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Forest cover and social relations are more important than economic factors in d...

A pragmatic approach for producing theoretical syntheses in ecology

It has been proposed that ecological theory develops in a pragmatic way. This implies that ecologists are free to decide what, from the knowledge available to them, they will use to build models and learn about phenomena. Because in fields that develop pragmatically knowledge generation is based on the decisions of individuals and not on a set of predefined axioms, the best way to produce theoretical synthesis ...

Linking human and ecological components to understand human-wildlife conflicts ...

Indirect effects of habitat loss via habitat fragmentation: A cross-taxa analys...

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Brazil's environmental leadership at risk

Forest legislative changes and their impacts on mammal ecology and diversity in...

Forest ecosystems within Brazil host one of the highest levels of mammalian diversity on Earth, much of which within legally required forest set-asides in private landholdings. The Legal Reserves (RLs) and Permanent Protected Areas (APPs) of the Brazilian Forest Code provide an important strategy to maintain this diversity. Yet a proposed amendment to Brazil's 1965 forestry code would reduce protection of Brazi...

Mudanças no Código Florestal e seu impacto na ecologia e diversidade dos mamife...

A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: Th...

Science has a critical role to play in guiding more sustainable development trajectories. Here, we present the Sustainable Amazon Network (Rede Amazônia Sustentável, RAS): a multidisciplinary research initiative involving more than 30 partner organizations working to assess both social and ecological dimensions of land-use sustainability in eastern Brazilian Amazonia. The research approach adopted by RAS offers...

Disturbance or propagule pressure? Unravelling the drivers and mapping the inte...

Shared ways of thinking in Brazil about the science–practice interface in ecolo...