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2015 Biotropica Awards for Excellence in Tropical Biology & Conservation

Photo 5: A Swallow-tailed hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura) visiting the flowers of Palicourea rigida (Rubiaceae), an interaction typically observed in the open savanna (credit P.E. Oliveira).

Every year Biotropica’s Editorial Board selects the recipient of the Award for Excellence in Tropical Biology and Conservation, which recognizes… Read More »

Editor’s Choice @Biotropica 47(2): Introduced plants & the diet of tortoises on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos

Yum. A male tortoise (C. porter) feeding on the probably introduced Paspalum conjugatum (Photo by Christian Ziegler).

  The March 2015 Editor’s Choice Article is: Blake, S., Guézou, A., Deem, S. L., Yackulic, C. B. and Cabrera,… Read More »

Biotropica 47(1) Editor’s Choice: Amphibian Hotspots & Conservation Priorities in Cuba

•	: Eleutherodactylus iberia: According to our results, this Critically Endangered frog is not adequately covered by the Cuban Protected Areas (Photo by Ansel Fong).

The January Editor’s Choice article addresses a critical issue in conservation in a remarkable biological hotspot.  Fong et al. modeled… Read More »

Photos from the Field: Putz & Romero 2014. Futures of Tropical Forests

1 year old logging gap in Gabon,

Francis E. Putz and Claudia Romero. Futures of Tropical Forests (sensu lato). Biotropica 46(4):495-505. When net deforestation declines in the tropics,… Read More »

Update: Conservation of Fuleco, the Three Banded Armadillo

The Brazilian Three-banded armadillo Tolypeutes tricinctus, the official mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. It’s habitat is the Caatinga drylands of Northeastern Brazil. Among the most threatened tropical dry forests of the world, the Caatinga has now been reduced to 53 percent of its original area. Besides strong pressure from subsistence hunting, T. tricinctus also experiences the loss of habitat due to the use of the vegetation for industrial and domestic fuelwood and conversion for livestock ranching. (Photo credit: J. A. Siqueira).

The Brazilian Government has announced its National Action Plan for the conservation of the Three Banded Armadillo.  This was one… Read More »

Tropical Biology and Conservation in Brazil

Tropical Biology and Conservation in Brazil

Brazil always fascinated early naturalists – many will be familiar with the writings of Darwin, Wallace, Roosevelt, von Humboldt, and… Read More »

Photos from the Field: Baldauf et al. 2014. Nontimber forest products in Brazil’s Cerrado

Harvesting increases flower and fruit production in H. drasticus (Photo: C. Baldauf)

Cristina Baldauf, Alexsandra Salvador da Silva, Julia C. Sfair, Rosijânia Ferreira and Flavio Antonio Maës dos Santos. 2014. Harvesting Increases Reproductive… Read More »

Biotropica 46(3) Editor’s Choice: Projecting the impact of management decisions in Kenya

Sunrise at Buyangu Hill in Kakamega Forest, Photo by Nina Farwig

  The May 2014 Editor’s Choice Article is “Linking land-use scenarios, remote sensing and monitoring to project impact of management… Read More »

Ainda há chance de um gol de placa para o tatu-bola e a Caatinga

The Brazilian Three-banded armadillo Tolypeutes tricinctus, the official mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. It’s habitat is the Caatinga drylands of Northeastern Brazil. Among the most threatened tropical dry forests of the world, the Caatinga has now been reduced to 53 percent of its original area. Besides strong pressure from subsistence hunting, T. tricinctus also experiences the loss of habitat due to the use of the vegetation for industrial and domestic fuelwood and conversion for livestock ranching. (Photo credit: J. A. Siqueira).

  Pela conservação do mascote da Copa do Mundo e de seu habitat, pesquisadores propõem desafio à Fifa e ao… Read More »

A challenge to FIFA & the Brazilian government as the World Cup approaches

The Brazilian Three-banded armadillo Tolypeutes tricinctus, the official mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. It’s habitat is the Caatinga drylands of Northeastern Brazil. Among the most threatened tropical dry forests of the world, the Caatinga has now been reduced to 53 percent of its original area. Besides strong pressure from subsistence hunting, T. tricinctus also experiences the loss of habitat due to the use of the vegetation for industrial and domestic fuelwood and conversion for livestock ranching. (Photo credit: J. A. Siqueira).

Scientists challenge FIFA & the Brazilian government: Protect 1,000 hectares of the critically endangered Caatinga ecosystem for each goal scored in… Read More »

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