Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

ISSN: 2530-0644

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation (PECON) is a scientific journal devoted to improving theoretical and conceptual aspects of conservation science. It has the main purpose of communicating new research and advances to different actors of society, including researchers, conservationists, practitioners, and policymakers. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation publishes original papers on biodiversity conservation and restoration, on the main drivers affecting native ecosystems, and on nature¿s benefits to people and human wellbeing. This scope includes studies on biodiversity patterns, the effects of habitat loss, fragmentation, biological invasion and climate change on biodiversity, conservation genetics, spatial conservation planning, ecosystem management, ecosystem services, sustainability and resilience of socio-ecological systems, conservation policy, among others.

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation is the official scientific journal of the Brazilian Association for Ecological Science and Conservation. It is an open access journal, supported by the Boticário Group Foundation for Nature Protection, and thus without any charge for authors. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation was previously published, between 2003 and 2016, as 'Natureza & Conservação'.

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We tested the accuracy of biological attributes to predict reef fish species’ vulnerability to extinction.
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Megafauna, carnivorous, mobile invertivorous, habitat specialists, highly mobile species and Elasmobranchii have greater extinction risks.
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Reef sites along southestern Brazil have greater proportions and richness of threatened species.
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Biological attributes may be a tool to predict the vulnerability of reef fishes.

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Climate change promotes species loss and uneven modification of richness patterns in the avifauna associated to Neotropical seasonally dry forests

David A. Prieto-Torres, Andrés Lira-Noriega, Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 2020;18:19-30

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Over 77% of bird species tended to reduce their distributional ranges in Neotropical seasonally dry forests for years 2050 and 2070 (regardless climate and dispersal scenarios).
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This trend includes includes several potential species extirpations from the Neotropical seasonally dry forests.
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Uneven structural reorganization and biotic heterogeneity throughout the Neotropical seasonally dry forests.

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Fire drives abandoned pastures to a savanna-like state in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Jerônimo B.B Sansevero, Mário L. Garbin, Andrea Sánchez-Tapia, Fernando Valladares, Fabio R. Scarano

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 2020;18:31-6

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Fire induces the establishment of a savanna-like state in abandoned pastures impairing the recovery of the Atlantic Forest.
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Vegetation structure and plant functional traits in abandoned pastures were more similar to savannas than to the Atlantic Forest.
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The establishment of a savanna-like state reveal a worrying future for the Atlantic Forest because the ongoing climate change.

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Drivers of biodiversity associated with rhodolith beds from euphotic and mesophotic zones: Insights for management and conservation

Priscila de Cerqueira Veras, Ivan Pierozzi-Jr., Jaqueline Barreto Lino, Gilberto Menezes Amado-Filho, André Resende de Senna, Cinthya Simone Gomes Santos, Rodrigo Leão de Moura, Flávio Dias Passos, ... Guilherme Henrique Pereira-Filho

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 2020;18:37-43

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The density of organisms associated with rhodoliths in the euphotic zone is higher than in the mesophotic zone.
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Drivers of macrofauna associated to rhodoliths were depth zone, average diameter, biomass of macroalgae and density of rhodoliths.
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The biodiversity associated with the SW Atlantic mesophotic rhodolith beds seems to be much higher as previous works had shown for other rhodolith beds.

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Using genetics to plan black rat (Rattus rattus) management in Fernando de Noronha archipelago, Brazil

Fernanda Gatto-Almeida, Florian Pichlmueller, Tatiane Micheletti, Carlos R. Abrahão, Paulo R. Mangini, James C. Russell

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 2020;18:44-50

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Two geographically partitioned haplotypes reported.
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No recent gene flow between islands.
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Results indicate good chances of Rata Island remaining rat-free after eradication.

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Diving into science and conservation: recreational divers can monitor reef assemblages

Edson Aparecido Vieira, Leonardo Rodrigues de Souza, Guilherme Ortigara Longo

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 2020;18:51-9

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Volunteer divers recorded data for all species selected for the monitoring protocol.
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Diving experience did not affect data collection.
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Volunteer divers estimated abundance and size similarly to trained scientific divers.
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Volunteer divers recorded flagship species, complementing traditional surveys.
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Recreational divers enjoyed the citizen-science experience, attesting its potential.

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