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Damage costs from biological invasions and natural hazards are of similar magnitude.
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Global biological invasion costs increased by 702% from 1980–1999 to 2000–2019.
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Invasion costs increased faster than natural hazard damages over time (1980–2019).
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Limited Global South participation and parachute science hampers tropical ecology.
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Upgrades in equity, diversity and inclusion rooted in the Global South are essential.
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Tropical conservation practices must be led by local researchers and stakeholders.
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Recognition of science in the Global South may improve through outreach.
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International research must provide equitable workloads and recognition to Global South researchers.
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References are key to restoration, especially in highly threatened ecosystems.
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Optimal references connect conservation and restoration.
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Small remnants that serve as references can lead to landscape-scale benefits.
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A detailed habitat classification is needed for adequate protection and restoration.
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Ensuring optimal references protection will benefit future restoration initiatives.
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We evaluated 7 water-related ES in landscapes with different proportions between eucalyptus and natural forests.
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There is a threshold close to 20% of forest coverage below which ES supply tends to become unsustainable.
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The highest gain to the seven ES occurs in catchments with natural forest cover over 45%.
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Erosion control was the service most linked to natural forest decrease.
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Protecting further 6.75% of the Cerrado doubles representation of endemic tetrapods.
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Larger priority areas for conservation are concentrated in northern Cerrado.
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Small and m edium priority areas are scattered across southern Cerrado.
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Our ability to represent endemic terrestrial vertebrates decreased with recent habitat loss.
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Habitat loss precludes the representation of tetrapods in large top priority areas.
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The KBA Standards may not be scalable to all biodiversity.
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If everywhere can be a Key Biodiversity Area, nowhere is “Key”.
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If any area is “Key” the assessment process is solely based on manageability.
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Not all invasive grasses would be equally affected by climate change.
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Range retractions are projected for some species regardless of the scenario.
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We expect species niches to shift to areas not yet occupied.
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Arundo donax had the greatest range expansion in the SSP3 and SSP5 scenarios.
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We identified 52 community-based monitoring projects on game terrestrial fauna in the tropics.
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Most of these initiatives (86%) were interrupted due the lack of funding.
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The absence of spatio-temporal data analyses prevented the provision of information on monitored resource.
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The empowerment and management actions were hampered by the lack of local participation.
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Community-based approaches will be more efficient if they engage local people at all stages of the monitoring.
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Colombia covers over half of key wintering areas for migratory birds in South America.
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Most of the migrants’ overwinter range overlaps with working landscapes.
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Priority national restoration/rehabilitation areas are ineffective to benefit migrants.
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Forest conservation needs actions involving vulnerable and minority groups.
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Estimated ant species richness is higher in the tropical region.
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Estimated ant species richness was best explained by annual rainfall and mean temperature.
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The direction and effect of abiotic determinants are relative to the zoogeographic realm analyzed, highlighting regional effects.