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Everyday adaptation practices by coffee farmers in three mountain regions in Africa
(Ecology and Society, 2022)
Mountain environments in East Africa experience more rapid increases in temperature than lower elevations, which, together with changing rainfall patterns, often negatively affect coffee production. However, little is known ...
Consistent diel activity patterns of forest mammals among tropical regions
(Nature communications, 2022)
An animal’s daily use of time (their “diel activity”) reflects their adaptations, requirements, and interactions, yet we know little about the underlying processes governing diel activity within and among communities. Here ...
Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients
(Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2022-08)
The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) is one of the most recognized global patterns of species richness exhibited across a wide range of taxa. Numerous hypotheses have been proposed in the past two centuries to explain ...
The number of tree species on Earth
(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022-01-31)
One of the most fundamental questions in ecology is how many species inhabit the Earth. However, due to massive logistical and financial challenges and taxonomic difficulties connected to the species concept definition, ...
Consistent daily activity patterns across tropical forest mammal communities
(Research square, 2022)
Most animals follow distinct daily activity patterns reflecting their adaptations1, requirements, and
Interactions 2-4. Specific communities provide specific opportunities and constraints to their members that further ...
Higher Maximum Temperature Increases the Frequency of Water Drinking in Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)
(Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2022)
Water plays a vital role in many aspects of sustaining life, including thermoregulation. Given that increasing temperatures and more extreme weather events due to climate change are predicted to influence water availability, ...
Occupancy winners in tropical protected forests: a pantropical analysis
(2022)
The structure of forest mammal communities appears surprisingly consistent across the continental tropics, presumably due to convergent evolution in similar environments. Whether such consistency extends to mammal occupancy, ...
Can Recognition and Respect of Forest Resource Rights save Echuya Central Forest Reserve? A Precursor for Appropriate Collaborative Forest Management
(Journal of Biodiversity Management & Forestry, 2022)
Recognition and respect for tenure and forest resource rights has for long been considered essential for policy makers to promote forest conservation. Several initiatives have indeed been undertaken to promote recognition ...
Global camera trap synthesis highlights the importance of protected areas in maintaining mammal diversity
(Conservation Letters, 2022)
The establishment of protected areas (PAs) is a central strategy for global biodiversity conservation. While the role of PAs in protecting habitat has been highlighted, their effectiveness at protecting mammal communities ...
Smallholder Knowledge of Local Climate Conditions Predicts Positive On-Farm Outcomes
(Weather, Climate, and Society, 2022)
People’s observations of climate change and its impacts, mediated by cultures and capacities, shape adaptive responses. Adaptation is critical in regions of rain fed smallholder agriculture where changing rainfall patterns ...