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New Additions to the Mammal List Documented in the Portuguese Red Data Book
Mathias, Marua da Luz; Mira, António; Joaquim, Tapisso; Pita, Ricardo; Neves, Tomé; Cabral, João Alexandre; Barros, Paulo; Rainho, AnaThis study outlines the procedures used for collecting, processing, and categorizing data on 16 new mammal species for mainland Portugal, belonging to four taxonomic groups: Eulipotyphla (1), Chiroptera (4), Rodentia (2), and Cetacea (9). Data collection and processing encompassed field and lab work and bibliographic compilation. Data categorization involves, whenever possible, the assessment of the approximate...
Amphibian and reptile dataset across different land-use types in Guinea-Bissau,...
dos Reis-Silva, Francisco; Alves-Martins, Fernanda; Martínez-Arribas, Javier; Pizzigalli, Cristian; Seck, Sambu; Rainho, Ana; Rocha, RicardoWest Africa is exceptionally biodiverse, yet its wildlife remains largely understudied despite the rapid and ongoing land-use changes. Large swaths of Guinea-Bissau’s landscape were historically characterised by native forest-savannah mosaics. However, key areas of savannah habitats have been converted to rice agroecosystems and forests are being transformed into cashew monocultures at unprecedented rates. Amph...
Unveiling how herpetofauna cope with land‐use changes—Insights from forest‐cash...
dos Reis‐Silva, Francisco; Pizzigalli, Cristian; Seck, Sambu; Cabeza, Mar; Rainho, Ana; Rocha, Ricardo; Palmeirim, Ana FilipaAgricultural induced land-use change comprises a key driver of biodiversity loss across tropical forests. Guinea-Bissau, among Afrotropical West Africa, was formerly occupied by native forest-savanna mosaics. While savannas have long given place to traditional rice agroecosystems, forests are now being transformed into cashew monocultures at unprecedented rates. The ecological impact of such rapid change is lar...
Tree and landscape characteristics outweigh insect abundance in driving bat act...
Fernandes, Gonçalo A.; Massaad, Mark; Chaves, Patrícia; Rainho, AnaThe urgent need to sustainably feed a growing human population is particularly pressing in tropical regions where food security remains uncertain. Ecological intensification strategies, such as integrating nature-based solutions, can help achieve this goal by leveraging ecosystem services. Isolated trees in agricultural landscapes play a vital role in enhancing productivity and biodiversity, supporting organism...
Worldwide Soundscapes: A Synthesis of Passive Acoustic Monitoring Across Realms
Darras, Kevin F. A.; Rountree, Rodney A.; Van Wilgenburg, Steven L.; Cord, Anna F.; Pitz, Frederik; Chen, Youfang; Dong, Lijun; Rocquencourt, AgnèsAim The urgency for remote, reliable and scalable biodiversity monitoring amidst mounting human pressures on ecosystems has sparked worldwide interest in Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), which can track life underwater and on land. However, we lack a unified methodology to report this sampling effort and a comprehensive overview of PAM coverage to gauge its potential as a global research and monitoring tool. ...
Friend or foe? Attitudes of rice farmers toward wild animals in West Africa
Chaves, Patrícia; Schaafsma, Marije; Dabo, Djunco; Lomba, Judite; Mané, Fodé Abulai; de Lima, Ricardo; Palmeirim, Jorge; Rocha, Ricardo; Seck, SambuAs the global human population grows and the demand for space and resources increases, human-wildlife interactions and conflicts are expected to rise, particularly in biodiversity-rich tropical agroecosystems where subsistence farmers and wildlife coexist. We investigated farmers' attitudes using the ABC framework, analyzing their affect, behavior, and cognition toward wild animals. Additionally, we explored ho...
Rhinolophus melehyi
Rainho, Ana; Alves, Pedro; Marques, J. Tiagoficha de espécie, estatuto de conservação, e mapa de distribuição
Friend or foe? Attitudes of rice farmers toward wild animals in West Africa
Chaves, Patrícia; Schaafsma, Marije; Dabo, Djunco; Lomba, Judite; Mane, Fode; F. De Lima, Ricardo; M. Palmeirim, Jorge; Rocha, Ricardo; Seck, SambuAs the global human population grows and the demand for space and resources increases, human-wildlife interactions and conflicts are expected to rise, particularly in biodiversity-rich tropical agroecosystems where subsistence farmers and wildlife coexist. We investigated farmers' attitudes using the ABC framework, analyzing their affect, behavior, and cognition toward wild animals. Additionally, we explored ho...
Friend or foe? Attitudes of rice farmers toward wild animals in West Africa
Chaves, Patrícia; Schaafsma, Marije; Dabo, Djunco; Lomba, Judite; Mane, Fode; F. De Lima, Ricardo; M. Palmeirim, Jorge; Rocha, Ricardo; Seck, SambuAs the global human population grows and the demand for space and resources increases, human-wildlife interactions and conflicts are expected to rise, particularly in biodiversity-rich tropical agroecosystems where subsistence farmers and wildlife coexist. We investigated farmers' attitudes using the ABC framework, analyzing their affect, behavior, and cognition toward wild animals. Additionally, we explored ho...
Editorial: Human impacts on bats in tropical ecosystems: sustainable actions an...
Bobrowiec, Paulo Estefano D.; Carvalho, William Douglas; Rainho, Ana; Webala, Paul W.; Aguiar, Ludmilla M. S.Globally, the most extraordinary biodiversity is in the tropics, spread in a great diversity of vegetation types and habitats. Among the myriad mammalian groups, bats stand out for their remarkable taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity (Wilson and Mittermeier, 2019). Within the tropics, bats can be found in different vegetation types varying in a gradient of structural complexity from dense ancient ...