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A framework for integrating biodiversity concerns into national REDD+ programmes

A large-scale assessment of plant dispersal mode and seed traits across human-modified Amazonian forests

journal article from 'Journal of Ecology'

A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: the Sustainable Amazon Network

scientific article

Amazonian countryside habitats provide limited avian conservation value

article published in 2011

Annotated checklist of the birds of Brazil by the Brazilian Ornithological Records Committee—second edition

Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can double biodiversity loss from deforestation.

scientific article

Biodiversity conservation in human-modified Amazonian forest landscapes

Biodiversity scientists must fight the creeping rise of extinction denial

scientific article published on 18 August 2020

Climatic and local stressor interactions threaten tropical forests and coral reefs

scientific article published on 27 January 2020

Conservation value of remnant riparian forest corridors of varying quality for amazonian birds and mammals

scientific article

Constraints on avian seed dispersal reduce potential for resilience in degraded tropical forests

scientific article published on 16 November 2023

Developing evidence-based arguments to assess the pristine nature of Amazonian forests

article

Ecological and geographical overlap drive plumage evolution and mimicry in woodpeckers

scientific article published on 08 April 2019

Environment and Development. Brazil's environmental leadership at risk

scientific article

Exposing hidden endemism in a Neotropical forest raptor using citizen science

scientific article published on 20 September 2014

First documented record of barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) in the Antarctic

scientific article published in 2011

Fisheries: Leave Brazil's Red List alone

scientific article

Gap-crossing movements predict species occupancy in Amazonian forest fragments

article

Habitat and Life History Determinants of Antbird Occurrence in Variable-Sized Amazonian Forest Fragments

How many bird and mammal extinctions has recent conservation action prevented?

scientific article published on 10 September 2020

How pervasive is biotic homogenization in human-modified tropical forest landscapes?

scientific article published on 24 August 2015

How pristine are tropical forests? An ecological perspective on the pre-Columbian human footprint in Amazonia and implications for contemporary conservation

Hydropower and the future of Amazonian biodiversity

article

Idiosyncratic responses of Amazonian birds to primary forest disturbance

scientific article published on 13 November 2015

Integrated terrestrial-freshwater planning doubles conservation of tropical aquatic species

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Interspecific conflict structures urban avian assemblages

scientific article published on 26 November 2018

Introductions do not compensate for functional and phylogenetic losses following extinctions in insular bird assemblages

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Mediation of area and edge effects in forest fragments by adjacent land use

scientific article published on 04 September 2019

Multi‐decadal land use impacts across the vast range of an iconic threatened species

scientific article published on 17 August 2021

Oil-palm concerns in Brazilian Amazon

scientific article published on May 9, 2013

Poor prospects for avian biodiversity in Amazonian oil palm

scientific article published on 8 May 2015

Predation on artificial caterpillars following understorey fires in human‐modified Amazonian forests

scientific article published on 01 April 2022

Rapid avifaunal collapse along the Amazonian deforestation frontier

Road networks predict human influence on Amazonian bird communities

scientific article

Second rate or a second chance? Assessing biomass and biodiversity recovery in regenerating Amazonian forests

scientific article published on 04 October 2018

Species interactions regulate the collapse of biodiversity and ecosystem function in tropical forest fragments

scientific article published in October 2015

Species, extinct before we know them?

scientific article published on March 2015

The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems

scientific article published in Nature

The ‘Meidum geese’ revisited: Early historical art is not a suitable basis for taxonomic speculation

Two hundred years of local avian extinctions in eastern Amazonia.

scientific article published on 29 April 2014

UK budget cuts erode Paris promises

scientific article published in Nature

Understanding motivations and attitudes among songbird‐keepers to identify best approaches to demand reduction

scientific article published in 2021

Using avian functional traits to assess the impact of land-cover change on ecosystem processes linked to resilience in tropical forests

scientific article published in December 2016

Water: A drought plan for biodiversity

scientific article

Wildlife Trade and the Emergence of Infectious Diseases

scholarly article by Louise Swift et al published 23 February 2007 in EcoHealth