Austral Ecology

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Attractiveness of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) to faeces from native mammals in different trophic guilds	90
Effects of topsoil transposition on the taxonomic and functional diversity of macrofauna of highly degraded soil	50
Elucidating dietary secrets of the Blue‐headed Macaw, Primolius couloni (Sclater, 1876), through citizen‐sourced photographs	37
Tree hollow decline in new forest reserves with a long history of logging	29
Tracking ecosystem decline in an uncertain and changing alpine landscape	26
Using bioindicators to inform effective predator management for threatened species protection	24
The influence of drought, precipitation and fossorial mammal reintroduction on the density of fossorial arthropods and their burrows in arid Australia	21
Mound‐building behaviour of a keystone bioturbator alters rates of leaf litter decomposition and movement in urban reserves	19
High severity fire promotes a more flammable eucalypt forest structure	19
Lithium Ore Tailings May Increase the Invasion Potential of Melinis minutiflora in Native Areas Around to Mining Sites	18
Slick. Australia's Toxic Relationship With Big Oilby RoyceKurmelovs, St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 2024. 342 pages, $34.99 Paperback. ISBN: 978 0 7022 6860	16
Metamorphosis: How Insects Are Changing Our WorldBy AdrianWashbourne, EricaMcAlister, Clayton VIC: CSIRO Publishing, 2024. 216 pp. ISBN: 978‐1‐4863‐1890‐2	15
Correction to: “An Investigation Into the Utility of Eastern Barn Owl Pellet Content as a Tool to Monitor Small Mammal Diversity in an Arid Ecosystem”	13
Collaborating with qualitative researchers to co‐design social‐ecological studies	12
Water conditions influence the detectability of Crossodactylus gaudichaudii (Anura, Hylodidae) in streams of the Atlantic Forest	12
Necrophagy in Aspidoscelis lineattissimus (Cope, 1878) and Incilius marmoreus (Wiegmann, 1833) by the Dung Beetle Canthon cyanellus (LeConte<	11
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Specialized herbivores have differential distribution in veredas under different drying levels	11
Interspecific variation in fish spatial synchrony relates to reproductive traits in a highly fragmented river	11
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Drones are an effective tool to assess the impact of feral horses in an alpine riparian environment	10
Microclimate, soil nutrients and stable isotopes in relation to elevation in the Australian Wet Tropics	10
Herbivores but not vegans: Deer as nest predators	10
The half century impact of fire on invertebrates in fire‐sensitive vegetation	10

Flood resilience: Response of an Australian sub‐tropical riparian rainforest to catastrophic flooding	10
Early vegetation recovery following a mid to high‐severity fire in the Andean‐Patagonian forests	10
Urbanização e abundância de recursos florais afetam as comunidades de abelhas em cidades neotropicais de médio porte	9
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Evaluating higher taxa as surrogates of harvestmen biodiversity (Arachnida: Opiliones) along a latitudinal gradient in the Atlantic Forest	9
Environmental and biological correlates of migration phenology of tropical leaf‐litter anurans	9
Flowering phenology and reproductive success of native shrub Berberis darwinii Hook. along different light environments	9
Modelling the distribution of a key habitat feature to guide future on‐ground habitat assessment for an endangered specialist songbird	9
Una revisión sistemática de las tendencias en ciencia ecológica en el Perú megabiodiverso: Vacíos en investigación y orientaciones futuras	9
Ineficácia das formigas na proteção de duas plantas mirmecófilas simpátricas contra besouros endofíticos	9
A influência da proximidade com as matas ciliares e a distância das áreas urbanas nos atropelamentos de vertebrados em uma área fragmentada do Cerrado brasileiro	9
Temporal resource partitioning and stochastic colonization explain the co‐occurrence of gall‐inducing insects in the super‐host plant Copaifera langsdorffii Desf. (Fabaceae)	9
Can switches in disturbance type improve habitat for grassland birds in semi‐arid grasslands of South‐Eastern Australia?	8
What did it used to look like? A case study from tall, wet mainland Mountain Ash forests prior to British invasion	8
Upper thermal tolerances and vulnerability to global warming in a Brazilian Caatinga fishAstyanax bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) population	8
Effect of an herbivorous subterranean rodent on vegetation in relation to primary productivity	8
Mopane (Colophospermum mopane): A potential winner under climate change in southern Africa	8
Spatiotemporal patterns of research on Southern Hemisphere amphidromous galaxiids: A semi–quantitative review	8
Exotic and native species used by traditional populations of the Patagonian steppe: An approach based on redundancy and versatility	8
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Millipede consumption and interaction between food preferences and sex in dung beetle Chalconotus convexus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae)	8
Competition and the life table of cladocerans from a tropical shallow lake	8
Patchiness of aquatic plant assemblages in seasonal wetlands: Local abiotic factors explain the spatial distribution of growth forms	8
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Problem solving of wild animals in the Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia	7
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Bud structure and development in trees of a neotropical savanna differing by leaf persistence	7
Invasion of rocky shores by a mytilid mussel reveals an abundant‐centre distribution coupled with moderate increases in densities at its absolute range limits	7
Scaling up restoration efforts by simulating the effects of fire to circumvent prescribed burns when preparing restoration sites in South African fynbos ecosystems	7
Trap type affects dung beetle taxonomic and functional diversity in Bornean tropical forests	7
Habitat but not group size or recent predator activity affect corvid collective vigilance at carcasses	7
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Influence of nest box design on internal microclimate: Comparisons of plastic prototypes	7
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Understorey vegetation moderates climate in open forests: The role of the skirt‐forming grass tree Xanthorrhoea semiplana F.Muell	7
Midnight siesta: Bimodal temporal activity observed in an endangered marsupial predator	6
Phenotypic plasticity of clonal populations of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii (Lankester, 1880) in Southern Hemisphere lakes (Chile) and the potential role of the zooplankton d	6
Relationship between the richness of tree species and edaphoclimatic characteristics of the south region of Bahia, Brazil	6
Trophic ecology of two amphibian species in patches and core forest of Atlantic Forest: A dietary and isotopic approach	6
Speedy blooming in Cerrado after fire is not uncommon: New records of Cyperaceae species flowering 24 h after burning	6
Urbanisation Does Not Affect Allometric Relationships in a Widespread Amazonian Dung Beetle Species	6
Alpine shrub leaf litter decomposition across mountain summits in south‐eastern Australia	6
Unexpected dispersal of Australian brush‐turkeys (Alectura lathami) in an urban landscape	6
Modelling the sustainable harvest of wild populations for the conservation of a threatened amphibian	6
Does Restinga degradation impact the association between mites and dung beetles?	6
Testing the effects of ecologically extinct mammals on vegetation in arid Australia: A long‐term experimental approach	6
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Don't take my trees: Re‐evaluating the importance of trees when it comes to managing green and golden bell frog, Litoria aurea, habitat	6
Conserving diversity, distinctiveness and connectivity in the Sunshine Coast heathlands, Queensland, Australia	6

Detection and density estimation for a cryptic species	6
The Juan Fernández Wrasse Malapterus reticulatus in the Continental Shelf of Chile	6
Revealing new insights into Red‐bellied Macaw foraging ecology through citizen photography	5
Optimising camera trap surveys for the Carpentarian Pseudantechinus (Pseudantechinus mimulus) in northwest Queensland	5
Differences in phenology between non‐native C4 grasses and native C3 and C4 grasses in a seasonally dry ecosystem	5
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The largest trees in Australia	5
Phenological asynchrony between sexes of Restionaceae can explain culm δ13C differences	5
The Jewel Box: How moths illuminate nature's hidden rules By Blackburn, Tim, 1st edition, Washington: Island Press. 2023. 288 pages. Price AUD $45 (hardback, also available as e‐book). ISBN: −13: 9781	5
Abiotic correlates with diversity and distinctiveness in Sunshine Coast heathlands: Moisture, volcanic landscapes and patterned mounds	5
Climate influences productivity but not breeding density of wedge‐tailed eaglesAquila audaxin arid and mesic Western Australia	5
Hyperepilithics—An overlooked life form of vascular plants on tropical vertical rock walls	5
Evidence of facilitation between early‐successional tree species and the regenerating plant community in a tropical seasonally dry environment	5
Factors affecting microhabitat use in two agamid species from south‐eastern Australia	5
Delayed greening during leaf expansion under ambient and elevated CO2 in tropical tree seedlings	5
Mepimbat tedul proujek: Indigenous knowledge of culturally significant freshwater turtles addresses species knowledge gaps in Northern Australia	5
Variations in chemical defences and patterns of natural enemy attack between native and introduced populations of fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis): Implications for biological control	5
Too cold is better than too hot: Preferred temperatures and basking behaviour in a tropical freshwater turtle	5
Report of conspecific pup consumption by the crab‐eating foxCerdocyon thous(Carnivora, Canidae)	5
Soil type, vegetation cover and temperature determinants of the diversity and structure of dung beetle assemblages in a South African open woodland and closed canopy mosaic	5
Potential role of damselflies in the pollination of Callitriche rimosa Fasset	5
Differences in mammal communities between forest fragments and restoration areas in the Atlantic Forest	5
Miniature GPS tags reveal extensive movements by a threatened narrow‐space bat and highlight sensitivity to forest clearing	5
Assessing Brazilian reptiles' road‐kill risks using trait‐based models	5
Can fieldwork driven by predictive species distribution models yield new rare or relevant geographic records? A case study with Neotropical snakes	5
Knowledge shortfalls on amphibian diets in Colombia: Future trends and challenges	5
Effect of agricultural activity on diet in an assemblage of lizards from Monte, Argentina	5
Invasion of an exotic annual forb affects grass‐feeding termites in a semi‐arid woodland	5
Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) diversity along a rainy season and edge effects in a riparian forest in Southeastern Brazil	4
Decision analysis for the planning and assessment of ex situ management: An application to the endangered mahogany glider	4
Multi‐scale habitat selection by a cryptic, critically endangered grassland bird—The Plains‐wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus): Implications for habitat management and conservation	4
Urbanization and abundance of floral resources affect bee communities in medium‐sized neotropical cities	4
Effects of the Australian 2019–2020 megafires on a population of endangered broad‐headed snakes Hoplocephalus bungaroides	4
The initial impact of a predator exclosure sanctuary on small vertebrates in semi‐arid Western Australia	4
An overview of the impacts of feral cattle, water buffalo and pigs on the savannas, wetlands and biota of northern Australia	4
Breeding phenology of a terrestrial‐breeding frog is associated with soil water potential: Implications for conservation in a changing climate	4
Rapid gain and loss of predator recognition by an evolutionarily naïve lizard	4
Diet and isotopic niche variation of mammals associated with road zones in Uruguay	4
Wood trait trade‐offs in desert plants: A triangular model to understand intra‐ and interspecific variations along an aridity gradient	4
Variation in fouling assemblages associated with prop roots of Rhizophora mangle L. in the Caribbean: The role of neutral and niche processes	4
Survival, seedlings growth and natural regeneration in areas under ecological restoration in a sandy coastal plain (restinga) of southeastern Brazil	4
Seasonal and spatial patterns of infestation with ectoparasitic mites on New Zealand geckos revealed using a crowd‐sourced citizen science database	4
Migration in Rufous‐Collared Sparrows (Zonotrichia capensis) from the Southernmost Tip of America	4
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Seasonal biology of the wheat sheath miner Cerodontha australis (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in perennial ryegrass in Waikato, New Zealand	4
How large felids of South America are influenced by environmental and anthropogenic variables in the most degraded portion of the Amazon	4
Host plant choice and effect of temperature on feeding behaviour ofPerzelia arda(Lepidoptera: Depressariidae), a leaf‐tying larva, on Nothofagaceae from the Andean Patagonian forest	4
Changes in the bird communities of Nothofagus forests in a long‐term plot in Tierra del Fuego	4
Recuperación temprana de la vegetación tras un incendio de mediana a alta severidad en los bosques andino‐patagónicos	4
Brushing up on carcass consumption: Investigating spatiotemporal scavenging dynamics of brushtail possums in Australian ecosystems	4
Quantifying Past and Predicting Future Cumulative Loss of Habitat for a Critically Endangered Nomadic Bird	4
Quantifying the direct fire threat to a critically endangered arboreal marsupial using biophysical, mechanistic modelling	4
Bark functional ecology and its influence on the distribution of Australian half‐butt eucalypts	4
Invasion strategies ofCynodon dactylon: Competitive ability under low‐nutrient conditions	4
Oomycetes as damping‐off pathogens and functional plant traits associated with the susceptibility of west Australian native plant species	4
An investigation into the utility of eastern barn owl pellet content as a tool to monitor small mammal diversity in an arid ecosystem	4
Dissipation of seabird‐derived nutrients in a terrestrial insular trophic web	4
A confirmed range extension for the south‐eastern long‐eared bat (Nyctophilus corbeni) into the central Victorian Murray corridor	4
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Bird Diversity of the Dry Chaco: Impacts of Land Use Change on Communities and Soundscapes	4
From leaves to the whole tree: Mistletoe effects on the productivity, water relations, and demography of a Neotropical savanna tree	4
Researchers in Argentina: Scientific vocation, publication strategies and time‐management tactics	4
Mortality rates of desert vegetation during high‐intensity drought at Uluru‐Kata Tjuta National Park, Central Australia	4
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Using baited remote underwater videos to survey freshwater turtles	3
Equivalence of citizen science and scientific data for modelling species distribution of birds from a tropical savanna	3
Ecological constraints and trait conservatism drive functional and phylogenetic structure of amphibian larvae communities in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	3
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Activity patterns and temporal niche partitioning in sympatric red‐legged and red‐necked pademelons	3
The southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii) remains an important disperser of native plants in fragmented rainforest landscapes	3
Using citizen science to measure recolonisation of birds after the Australian 2019–2020 mega‐fires	3
Are corals coming to a reef near you? Projected extension of suitable thermal conditions for hard coral communities along the east Australian coast	3
Dead in the water By RichardBeasley, Sydney: Published by Allen and Unwin. 2021	3
Unveiling the hidden impact: Wildlife roadkill assessment in the Paraguayan Chaco	3
First record of Aphis lugentis in Australia, tended by native ants on Senecio odoratus	3
Quantifying the distribution and morphological variation of the beetles Homocopris achamas and Uroxys coarctatus in Andean ecosystems of Colombia	3
Environmental factors associated to breeding areas of the South American locust Schistocerca cancellata on a regional scale	3
Plant functional traits explain species abundance patterns and strategies shifts among saplings and adult trees in Araucaria forests	3
Functional beta diversity of New Zealand fishes: Characterising morphological turnover along depth and latitude gradients, with derivation of functional bioregions	3

Prescribed burning beneficial or neutral for native herbaceous vegetation in an invader dominated commercially grazed savanna	3
Rare but not lost: Endemic mountain lizard occupancy following megafire and grazing disturbances	3
Deep water By JamesBradley, Melbourne, Vic.: Penguin Random House Hamish Hamilton. 2024	3
Trypauchen vagina (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) a new established species in the Southwestern Atlantic	3
Utilising power analyses and occupancy modelling to inform population monitoring of the regionally endangered black‐striped wallaby (Macropus dorsalis) in New South Wales	3
The importance of competition theme in reducing taxonomic bias in the Threatened Species Bake Off	3
Introduction to the Insect Ecology Special Issue	3
The stability of bird assemblages across time and the reliability of snapshot surveys	3
Strategic population responses of Daphnia spinulata Birabén, 1917 to salinity changes through laboratory bioassays	3
Structure and function of soil microbial communities in fertile islands in austral drylands	3
Cerrado native vegetation is a refuge for birds under the current climate change trajectory	3
2015/16 El Niño increased water demand and pushed plants from a Mesic tropical montane grassland beyond their hydraulic safety limits	3
Bird and insect pollinators differ in specialization and potential pollination services along disturbance and resource gradients	3
Influence of vegetation regeneration and agricultural land use on lizard composition, taxonomic and functional diversity between different vegetation types in Caatinga domain, Brazil	3
Does co‐occurrence drive vertical niche partitioning in parapatric tamarins (Saguinus spp.)?	3
Dung beetle β‐diversity across Brazilian tropical dry forests does not support the Pleistocene Arc hypothesis	3
Chilean blind spots in soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research	3
What an owl knows. The new science of the world's most enigmatic birds By JenniferAckerman, Melbourne: Scribe. 2023	3
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Is climate change causing the range contraction of Cape Rock‐jumpers (Chaetops frenatus)?	3
What type of rainforest burnt in the South East Queensland's 2019/20 bushfires and how might this impact biodiversity	3
Amazonian vegetation types and indigenous lands threatened by upcoming climate change: Forecast impact for Brazilian biomes	3
Where should I perch? The effects of body size, height, and leaf surface on the vertical perching position of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in an Amazonian area	3
Activity, movement and habitat‐use patterns of a critically endangered endemic Australian freshwater crayfish	3
Preliminary patterns of seasonal changes in species composition of surface‐active arthropods in a South African savannah	3
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Using drone imagery to upscale estimates of water capacity in tank bromeliads on steep neotropical inselbergs	3
Population decline and demography of the world’s largest breeding population of huemul deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus) in Bernardo O'Higgins National Park, Chile	3
Fire severity influences the post‐fire habitat structure and abundance of a cool climate lizard	3
Termites are key drivers of short‐term deadwood decay in Neotropical Cerrado across vegetation types	3
Multi‐year responses of reptiles to prescribed burning in a eucalypt forest ecosystem	3
The role of the peat seed bank in plant community dynamics of a fire‐prone New Zealand restiad bog	3
A shocking result—Electric fences protect western saw‐shelled turtle (Myuchelys bellii) nests from depredation by foxes	3
The Grove of Giants: Tasmania's most carbon‐dense forest	3
Woody plant encroachment constrains regeneration of ground‐layer species in a neotropical savanna from seeds	3
Use of eDNA and conventional sampling methods to survey rock pool (gnamma) biodiversity on granite inselbergs	3
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Responses of Gross's stinkfish, Callionymus grossi (Ogilby 1910) to perceived threats	2
Genetic sampling and an activity index indicate contrasting outcomes of lethal control for an invasive predator	2
Double mutualism involving Melocactus (Cactaceae) and lizards in the Brazilian Caatinga: Another isolated case or is it an established interaction?	2
Influence of soil properties on woody vegetation structure, diversity and seasonality in Neotropical savannas	2
The efficacy of performing field surveys during the dry and rainy seasons to estimate species richness and composition of local bat assemblages	2
Species richness, occurrence and rarity of bats in Brazilian caves	2
The utility of non‐lethal morphometrics to evaluate fish condition	2
Using qualitative data to classify reef fishes into dietary guilds	2
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Trends and gaps in the study of fire effects on plant–animal interactions in Brazilian ecosystems	2
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Quantity versus quality: A balance between egg and clutch size among Australian amphibians in relation to other life‐history variables	2
Phenology of the semiaquatic caterpillar Paracles klagesi and its response to environmental changes	2
Assessing the adequacy of an aggregated vegetation classification: A test in semi‐arid Australia	2
The impact of fire severity from the 2019 to 2020 mega‐fires on roosting ecology of a rainforest‐dependent bat (Phoniscus papuensis)	2
Niche modelling identifies low rainfall, but not soil type, as an important habitat requirement of the fossorial Australasian trapdoor spider genus Cantuaria (Hogg, 1902)	2
Spatial variability in the contribution of termites to the decay of plant detritus	2
Social media conservation messaging mirrors age‐old taxonomic biases in public domain	2
Predation of the critically endangered Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) by the swamp harrier (Circus approximans)	2
The vulnerability of native and invasive conifer seedlings to simulated warming in north‐western Patagonia	2
An endemic dung beetle species feeding on kauri snail carrion in Northland, New Zealand	2
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A most unusual tail: Scoliosis in a wild Australian skink, and reported incidences and suggested causes of similar malformations amongst squamates	2
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Pioneer palm tree as an ecosystem engineer: Effects on ant community structure	2
Acoustic communities in an environmental gradient from native to urban areas in Central Brazil	2
Interannual patterns of avian diseases in wild New Zealand avifauna near conservation areas	2
Colour matching by arthropods in burned and unburned backgrounds in a Neotropical savanna	2
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The use of taxonomic relationships among species in applied ecological research: Baseline, steps forward and future challenges	2
Fire severity and the post‐fire soil environment affect seedling regeneration success of the threatened Persoonia hirsuta (Proteaceae)	2
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Climate as a determinant of dung beetle response to native forest replacement by cattle pastures in South America	2
Monitoring vital signs: Wetland vegetation responses to hydrological resources in the Macquarie Marshes NSW, Australia	2
Gender stereotypes in ecological research themes: An analysis of the last 20 years of the Argentinian ecology conferences	2
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New Mutualisms at New Ecosystems: Seed Dispersal Assessment of Invasive Shrubs by Native and Non‐Native Mammals	2
Fish thieves: An alternative tactic of food capture in a Neotropical frugivorous species (Brycon falcatus)	2
Landscape‐scale distribution of nest predators and its relationship with regent honeyeater nest success	2
Pre‐loved home: Egg clutches of the striped marsh frog, Limnodynastes peronii, detected in water‐filled burrows created by the hunter hairy crayfish, Cherax setosus	2
The impact of a run‐of‐the‐river hydroelectric dam on a non‐volant small‐mammal assemblage in Brazilian Amazonia	2
Janusia anisandra (A. Juss.) Griseb (Malpighiaceae): The first case of enantiostyly in oil‐flower species	2
Observations of oviposition behaviour in the long‐tailed waspMegalyra fasciipennisWestwood, 1832 (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae)	2
A systematic review of the trends in ecological science in the megabiodiverse Peru: Research gaps and future directions	2
Prioritizing road mitigation using ecologically based land‐use planning	2
Road mortality in the blue‐black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) is seasonally driven and sex‐biased	2
Distributional modelling, megafires and data gaps highlight probable underestimation of climate change risk for two lizards from Australia’s montane rainforests	2
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Checking bioclimatic variables that combine temperature and precipitation data before their use in species distribution models	2
Alternance of alternative stable states influence the functional diversity of microcrustaceans in a shallow subtropical lake	2
Tree and grass competition in savannas: Interactive effects of soil moisture, grass defoliation and grass species identity on the growth and survival of tree seedlings	2
Açaí palm management disturbs seed rain and soil seed bank of an Amazonian estuarine forest	2
Courtship and homosexual behaviour in saw‐shelled turtles (Myuchelys latisternum)	2
Wind turbines kill bats, but they don't have to	2
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Bee diversity and pollination services improve with revegetation effort	2
Linking restoration to the IUCN red list for ecosystems: A case study of how we might track the Earth's ecosystems	1