Priorities for scientists and decision makers in conservation agenda do not match.

Only 6% of decision makers feel themselves well informed about conservation.

Science is not being sufficiently applied to support policies in Brazil.

We evaluate 8 Ficus species for their ability to resprout and establish from large cuttings (≥2m).

Three species had high establishment rates and several individuals produced fruit within 1–2 years.

Ability to resprout had a phylogenetic signal with species in the subgenus Urostigma (hemiepiphytes) more likely to establish.

Technique is broadly accessible given pantropical distribution of group, and has potential to rapidly integrate keystone species into regenerating ecosystems.

Fragment size and landscape change affect the nutritional condition of birds.

Feather growth rate was lower in fragments surrounded by young borders.

Feather growth rate increased with fragment size and age of second-growth in matrix.

Ptilochronology useful to study effects of fragmentation and landscape change.

Conservation of carnivores has been undermined where livestock herding is conducted.

Identify the management practices of livestock related with predation is important.

Distance to water sources was different between ranches with and without predation.

Hunting of wildlife in the area by human communities may lead livestock predation.

The availability of water in low-risk areas could reduce the losses by predation.

Human and livestock biomass far outweigh the biomass of extant or extinct mammals.

We evaluated detection and occupation of rodents in grazed and ungrazed paddocks.

All three rodent species showed higher detection probabilities during the winter.

The less vagile species had higher occupation probabilities in ungrazed paddocks.

Decreasing stocking rates along with ungrazed areas are best management practices.

Eragrostis plana invasion in native grasslands in southern Brazil is a serious conservation problem due to its low palatability and ability to rapidly spread.

Soil scarification increased the rate of E. plana invasion and changed the composition and diversity of plant communities.

Levels of E. plana invasion were low in all grazing systems when soils were undisturbed. Moderately grazed grasslands can resist the invasion by E. plana.