Diniz et al. studied pollinator communities in the understory and canopy and recorded 2,000 plant-pollinator interactions using pollen DNA metabarcoding. They found that moths, stingless bees, and nocturnal bees were all far more abundant and diverse in the canopy, a pattern already evident in younger, late-successional forest canopies, not just …
Researchers placed logs from five native tree species across 62 plots along the chronosequence, exposed them in the field for six months. They found that recovering forests hosted more diverse and complex saproxylic beetle-tree interactions. Specialization, however, didn’t follow the expected linear decline: it was actually higher in agricultural and …
I am a Brazilian ecologist interested in community ecology, species interactions (particularly between plants and animals) and restoration. My research focuses on identifying the mechanisms driving forest recovery: how plant and animal communities, their interactions, and ultimately ecosystem functioning recover as agricultural land is abandoned and forests regenerate. During my …
The reptile and amphibian group never ceases to amaze us with new discoveries about the natural history of these animals. Now, moving beyond natural history, they share their findings on ecological recovery. In a publication led by Karla Neira-Salamea, they showed that understory frog communities recover with forest regeneration time. …
I have always been interested in how plants interact with their environment and respond to different stressors on both physiological and metabolic levels. After focusing on plant ecology during my studies, I am now excited to investigate ecological processes at the community level, particularly the mechanisms underlying tree-herbivore interactions across …
I am a Peruvian herpetologist. I am deeply interested in ecology of evolution of reptiles, specially of South-America, and to take my knowledge and projects into the communities of Latin America to link them to the international science community. After acquiring years of research and fieldwork experience in Peru, and …
I am an ecologist with interests spanning community ecology, macroecology, and applied conservation. I am particularly interested in understanding the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem stability, as well as the mechanisms underpinning the recovery of ecosystems. I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in subproject Z, carrying out bioinformatic analyses of …
My interests in ecology have been very broad from the beginning of my studies – there is simply so much that we still do not yet fully understand. Among my interests, a few topics that have fascinated me especially are forest recovery, community ecology, ecosystem services and responses to microclimatic …
I am interested in the ecology and diversity of herpetofauna in the tropics, particularly in the Chocó rainforest. I aim to understand the effects of habitat change and regeneration on tropical herpetofaunal communities and how species adapt to these changes during their life stages. In my early career years I …
I am a community ecologist with an emphasis on understanding and conserving species interactions, particularly plant-insect (i.e., pollination, herbivory, parasitoidism). I have worked and collaborated on projects in tropical, temperate, and arctic habitats and agroecosystems. My research investigates how agricultural practices reshape species interaction networks and how these networks and …
