Austral Ecology

Papers
(The median citation count of Austral Ecology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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Evidence of facilitation between early‐successional tree species and the regenerating plant community in a tropical seasonally dry environment21
Do Eucalypt Species Display Similar Potential Niche Patterns to North American Trees?18
Seasonal biology of the wheat sheath miner Cerodontha australis (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in perennial ryegrass in Waikato, New Zealand16
Mopane (Colophospermum mopane): A potential winner under climate change in southern Africa16
Variations in chemical defences and patterns of natural enemy attack between native and introduced populations of fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis): Implications for biological control15
Effects of topsoil transposition on the taxonomic and functional diversity of macrofauna of highly degraded soil15
Delayed greening during leaf expansion under ambient and elevated CO2 in tropical tree seedlings13
Effects of the Australian 2019–2020 megafires on a population of endangered broad‐headed snakes Hoplocephalus bungaroides13
Tree hollow decline in new forest reserves with a long history of logging13
Tracking ecosystem decline in an uncertain and changing alpine landscape12
The Expansion of Perna viridis Towards South Brazil: Bridging the Gap With Traditional Scientific Surveys and Citizen Science12
Specialized herbivores have differential distribution in veredas under different drying levels12
Metamorphosis: How Insects Are Changing Our WorldBy AdrianWashbourne, EricaMcAlister, Clayton VIC: CSIRO Publishing, 2024. 216 pp. ISBN: 978‐1‐4863‐1890‐212
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 686012
Evidence of Persistence of Two Small, Sympatric Threatened Mammals (Dasyuridae) Following a Major Flood Event11
Urbanization and abundance of floral resources affect bee communities in medium‐sized neotropical cities11
The initial impact of a predator exclosure sanctuary on small vertebrates in semi‐arid Western Australia11
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”11
Factors affecting microhabitat use in two agamid species from south‐eastern Australia11
Miniature GPS tags reveal extensive movements by a threatened narrow‐space bat and highlight sensitivity to forest clearing11
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An endemic dung beetle species feeding on kauri snail carrion in Northland, New Zealand10
Species richness, occurrence and rarity of bats in Brazilian caves10
Breeding phenology of a terrestrial‐breeding frog is associated with soil water potential: Implications for conservation in a changing climate10
Quantity versus quality: A balance between egg and clutch size among Australian amphibians in relation to other life‐history variables10
Predation of the critically endangered Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) by the swamp harrier (Circus approximans)10
Woody plant encroachment constrains regeneration of ground‐layer species in a neotropical savanna from seeds10
Is climate change causing the range contraction of Cape Rock‐jumpers (Chaetops frenatus)?10
Deep water By JamesBradley, Melbourne, Vic.: Penguin Random House Hamish Hamilton. 20249
Bird Diversity of the Dry Chaco: Impacts of Land Use Change on Communities and Soundscapes9
Phenology of the semiaquatic caterpillar Paracles klagesi and its response to environmental changes9
Effect of forestry (Pinus sp.) on the bat community (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in Neotropical region9
The importance of competition theme in reducing taxonomic bias in the Threatened Species Bake Off9
The southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii) remains an important disperser of native plants in fragmented rainforest landscapes9
Aridity mediates the effect of wood extraction on the reproductive output of an endemic disturbance‐adapted woody species (Cenostigma microphyllum, Leguminosae) in the Caatinga dry forest9
Are Lizard Assemblages From the Atlantic Forest Under the Influence of Ecological Release?9
Diet and isotopic niche variation of mammals associated with road zones in Uruguay9
Brushing up on carcass consumption: Investigating spatiotemporal scavenging dynamics of brushtail possums in Australian ecosystems9
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The abundance and geographic distributions of two species of ticks in South Australia: Bundey Bore revisited9
Metabolic response to increasing environmental temperature in the invasive mussel Limnoperna fortunei9
Conspecific density plays a pivotal role in shaping sapling community in highly fragmented subtropical forests8
Symbiotic bacteria in the relationship between Anaphes nitens (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) and Gonipterus platensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)8
An Austral Ecology 5 year retrospective on Natural History Notes: A compelling case for curiosity8
A systematic review of the trends in ecological science in the megabiodiverse Peru: Research gaps and future directions8
Hidden impacts of environmental stressors on freshwater communities could be revealed at lower concentrations by correlation of abundances network analyses: An example with herbicides glyphosate, 2,8
Short‐term impacts of the 2019–20 fire season on biodiversity in eastern Australia8
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Rapid change in anti‐predator behaviour of a threatened marsupial after thousands of years of isolation from predators8
Avian prey intake and breeding success parity of the powerful owl in dry, inland Victoria8
Using Patterns of Post‐Fire Plant Reproduction to Inform Minimum Fire Intervals for Conservation Management in a Fire‐Prone Woodland8
Do xerophytic and mesophytic perennial grasses differ in soil resource capture and allocation? A field 15N experiment8
Habitat associations of dryland avian communities during an extended dry period8
Carbon Storage Variation of Plantation Forest and Their Management Practices in Amhara, Ethiopia8
Influence of environmental conditions and initial sapling size in Nothofagus survival and growth: Implications for restoration of burnt sub‐Antarctic forests8
Tree and grass competition in savannas: Interactive effects of soil moisture, grass defoliation and grass species identity on the growth and survival of tree seedlings8
Efecto de la configuración de áreas forestales sobre la comunidad de murciélagos insectívoros en paisajes agroforestales7
The case for studying tadpole autecology, with comments on strategies to study other small,fast‐movinganimals in nature7
Filling the gap of phonation in reptiles: First record of oral emission of the worm lizard, Amphisbaena alba7
Tendências e lacunas no estudo do efeito do fogo nas interações planta‐animal em ecossistemas brasileiros7
Occupancy of urban roosts by spectacled flying‐foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) is not affected by diurnal microclimate7
Impact of reserve area on reproduction of a moth‐pollinated Stackhousia Sm. (Celastraceae) species in a fragmented landscape7
Potential Effects of an Emerging Disease on Tree Communities Around a Susceptible Foundation Tree Species7
Disentangling drivers of vertebrate roadkill in a protected area in the Amazon rainforest7
Prevalence of invasive fish and plants in the winter diet of the rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster)7
Pollination of Richea dracophylla (Ericaceae) and the role of the nocturnal ant Notoncus hickmani (Formicinae)7
Vegetation phenology in the Argentinean Wet Chaco: Assessing seasonality and precipitation dependence throughNDVI MODIStime series (2000–2018)7
Nature Positive—What Does It Mean for Australia?7
Exploring intermediate richness peak: Contrasting local and regional patterns of vascular epiphytes in the Brazilian tropical montane cloud forests7
Ecosystem stability of temperate grasslands in response to variability of hydrological conditions6
Environmental associations and effects of disturbances by common wombats in alpine Tasmania6
Notes on an interspecific interaction between distant taxa: Observation of active cohabitation and communal nesting resources between Gehyra mutilata (Wiegmann, 1834) and two vespid wasp specie6
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Increased herbivory but not cyanogenesis is associated with urbanization in a tropical wildflower6
Ecosystem engineering in a high and cold desert: Effect of a subterranean rodent on lizard abundance and behaviour6
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A range‐wide monitoring programme for a critically endangered nomadic bird6
Linking functional and phylogenetic diversity to assess decay in ecosystem services induced by metacommunity‐level mammal extirpations6
Mycophagy and feeding on other native land snails by the black snail Macrocyclis peruvianus (Gastropoda, Macrocyclidae)6
Fish and macroinvertebrates respond differently to seasonal drying in tropical non‐perennial streams6
Species distribution modelling of the endangered Mahogany Glider (Petaurus gracilis) reveals key areas for targeted survey and conservation6
Phylogenies of traits and functions in soil invertebrate assemblages6
Impacts of a Potential HPAI H5N1 Incursion on Australian Wildlife6
Field guide to the reptiles of Northern Territory ChrisJolly, BrendanSchembri, StewartMacDonald, Melbourne, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. 2023. 400 pp. RRP AUD $49.99 (paperback). 6
Evidence that predator satiation drives reproductive synchrony in the desert masting grass, soft spinifex (Triodia pungens)6
Richness and composition of terrestrial mammals vary in eucalyptus plantations due to stand age6
New Zealand divaricate plant species: Tensile strength and Remote Island occurrence6
A chucao tapaculo, Scelorchilus rubecula (Kittlitz, 1830), plucking hair from a southern pudu, Pudu puda (Molina, 1782), in the Chilean temperate forest6
Hippos alter their aggregations to mitigate density‐dependent drought effects6
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Association between bryophytes and seedlings in Nothofagussub‐Antarctic forests6
The Effects of Temperature on the Swimming Performance, Starvation‐Survival and Morphometrics of Zoea 1 Larvae of the Kelp Crab (Taliepus dentatus) From Central Chile6
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Effects of Intraspecific and Interspecific Indirect Competition on Foraging Activity in Subtropical Facultative and Obligatory Shredder Organisms6
An ephemerality paradox: Evidence of virtual semelparity in ephemeral pool‐breeding anurans6
Environmental conditions are more effective than nutrient availability and spatial processes on explaining microphytoplankton functional structure in a subtropical hypereutrophic reservoir6
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Seasonality drives variation in the use of forest strata by adult males of a dimorphic frugivorous bird species6
Rapid on‐ground assessment after the 2019–2020 megafires reveals new information on rare and threatened plants in northern New South Wales, Australia6
Wildfire Impact on Coastal Groundwater‐Dependent Heathland: Structural and Floristic Responses and Management6
A multi‐scale synthesis of mousedeer habitat associations in Southeast Asia reveals declining abundance but few extirpations in fragments and edges6
Trends and gaps in the literature on native palms of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest6
Utilising power analyses and occupancy modelling to inform population monitoring of the regionally endangered black‐striped wallaby (Macropus dorsalis) in New South Wales5
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Influence of nest box design on internal microclimate: Comparisons of plastic prototypes5
Evaluating higher taxa as surrogates of harvestmen biodiversity (Arachnida: Opiliones) along a latitudinal gradient in the Atlantic Forest5
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Drones are an effective tool to assess the impact of feral horses in an alpine riparian environment5
Exotic and native species used by traditional populations of the Patagonian steppe: An approach based on redundancy and versatility5
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The role of the peat seed bank in plant community dynamics of a fire‐prone New Zealand restiad bog5
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Estimating Above‐Ground Liana Biomass in Disturbed Australian Tropical Forests5
Hyperepilithics—An overlooked life form of vascular plants on tropical vertical rock walls5
High severity fire promotes a more flammable eucalypt forest structure5
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Overcoming the lack of distribution data for range‐restricted habitat specialist frogs5
Seasonal Thermoregulation of Brush‐Tailed Mulgaras (Dasycercus blythi)5
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Wood trait trade‐offs in desert plants: A triangular model to understand intra‐ and interspecific variations along an aridity gradient5
2015/16 El Niño increased water demand and pushed plants from a Mesic tropical montane grassland beyond their hydraulic safety limits5
Using bioindicators to inform effective predator management for threatened species protection5
Courtship and homosexual behaviour in saw‐shelled turtles (Myuchelys latisternum)5
Herbivores but not vegans: Deer as nest predators5
Testing the effects of ecologically extinct mammals on vegetation in arid Australia: A long‐term experimental approach5
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Investigating Fish‐Habitat Associations on Mesophotic Reefs Using Stereo‐BRUVS5
Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) diversity along a rainy season and edge effects in a riparian forest in Southeastern Brazil5
Unveiling the hidden impact: Wildlife roadkill assessment in the Paraguayan Chaco5
A most unusual tail: Scoliosis in a wild Australian skink, and reported incidences and suggested causes of similar malformations amongst squamates5
Novel mating behaviours in male tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) expand our understanding of reptile courtship4
Apparent anti‐parasite behaviour in the Norfolk Island green parrot Cyanoramphus cookii4
The Effects of Myrtle Rust on Post‐Fire Regeneration of Myrtaceae in Australia4
Arbuscular mycorrhizal and dark septate fungi colonization in an invasive plant from Patagonian wetlands4
Surviving in the Amazon Arc of Deforestation: Richness and Defaunation of Mammals in Priority‐Protected Areas of the Brazilian Midwest4
Is the Long‐Nosed Potoroo a Facultative Arboreal Species?4
Interannual patterns of avian diseases in wild New Zealand avifauna near conservation areas4
Influence of vegetation regeneration and agricultural land use on lizard composition, taxonomic and functional diversity between different vegetation types in Caatinga domain, Brazil4
To the future: An ecology of love, hope, and action4
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Introduction: In appreciation of K. Robert Clarke4
Distribution, nature and threats to soils of the Australian Alps: A review4
And the Oscar goes to… – Species‐specific ant behaviour related to predator defence in ant‐mimicking spiders4
Stress‐Testing Monitoring Design to Lock in Conservation Success4
First record of preying behaviour of Achelous spinimanus4
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Landscape characteristics effects on Diptera assemblages and their relation with seasonal variations in urban green patches4
How much carbon is stored in the terrestrial ecosystems of the Chilean Patagonia?4
Hold your breath: Observations of the endangered pygmy bluetongue (Tiliqua adelaidensis) submerged in flooded burrows4
Mortality rates of desert vegetation during high‐intensity drought at Uluru‐Kata Tjuta National Park, Central Australia4
Wind turbines kill bats, but they don't have to4
Remnant Habitat Patches Have Lower Reptile Richness and Diversity Compared to Areas of Continuous Habitat4
Predators in a mining landscape: Threats to a behaviourally unique, endangered lizard4
What are the associations between thinning and fire severity?4
Compromisos de rasgos del leño en plantas del desierto: un modelo triangular para comprender las variaciones intra e interespecíficas a lo largo de un gradiente de aridez4
Effects of wetland connectivity on overwintering and movement behaviours of Australian freshwater turtles4
Evidence from citizen science suggests foliage as a possible day roost for the hairy big‐eyed bat (Chiroderma villosum)4
Bioclimatic changes in ecoregions of southern South America: Trends and projections based on Holdridge life zones4
An ecological risk assessment for the impacts of offshore wind farms on birds in Australia4
Multi‐year responses of reptiles to prescribed burning in a eucalypt forest ecosystem4
Local and non‐local soil microbiota impede germination of the endangered Acacia whibleyana4
La importancia de alimentarse rápido cuando hay ladrones cerca: Cleptoparasitismo sobre Zarapitos alimentándose en una playa arenosa expuesta en el sur de Chile4
Psarocolius decumanus(Icteridae) acts as a seedling disperser ofGomesa recurva(Orchidaceae) in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest4
Kangaroo grass is a keystone species for ecological fire management4
Ground dwelling mammal response to fire: A case study from Monga National Park after the 2019/2020 Clyde Mountain fire4
Microsite abiotic conditions and juvenile response under three early successional shrub/tree species in a SEMI‐ARID region3
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Commensalistic epiphyte–phorophyte networks in woody vegetation of tropical inselbergs: Patterns of organization and structure3
Vegetações amazônicas e terras indígenas ameaçadas pelas próximas mudanças climáticas: Previsão de impacto nos biomas brasileiros3
Invasion determinants of honey locust in agroecosystems of the Rolling Pampa, Argentina3
Comparing different citizen science platforms for collecting urban ecological data from Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) in Argentina3
The effect of environmental temperature on bee activity at strawberry farms3
Seasonal changes in the dietary compositions of rusa deer in Pangandaran Nature Reserve, West Java, Indonesia3
Bud structure and development in trees of a neotropical savanna differing by leaf persistence3
The largest trees in Australia3
Description and shaping factors of diet and feeding ecology of neotropical tadpoles: A case study and a comprehensive review3
Too cold is better than too hot: Preferred temperatures and basking behaviour in a tropical freshwater turtle3
Influencia de las condiciones ambientales y del tamaño inicial de los renovales en la supervivencia y el crecimiento de Nothofagus: Implicaciones para la restauración de bosques subantárticos q3
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Thermal scanners versus spotlighting: New opportunities for monitoring threatened small endotherms3
Mother Chemical Stimulus and Aggregation Behaviour of Tadpoles in a Neotropical Foam‐Nesting Frog3
The influence of proximity with riparian forests and the distance from urban areas on roadkills of vertebrates in a fragmented Brazilian savanna area3
Increase in size and shrub cover improves bird functional diversity in Neotropical urban green spaces3
Investigating the effects of landscape productivity on the spatial ecology of a threatened marsupial inside feral predator exclosures3
Changes in Vegetation Cover and Their Effects on the Diversity of Fruit‐Feeding Butterflies3
Movement patterns of two northern quolls after a large wildfire3
No evidence for the simultaneous induction of structural and chemical defences in spiny southern African savanna trees3
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The long unknown: Rediscovery of the long sunskink, Lampropholis elongata (Squamata: Scincidae)—After almost a decade, and after 50 years of data deficiency3
Understanding dispersal patterns can inform future translocation strategies: A case study of the threatened greater stick‐nest rat (Leporillus conditor)3
Survival, seedlings growth and natural regeneration in areas under ecological restoration in a sandy coastal plain (restinga) of southeastern Brazil3
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Knowledge of ground‐dwelling beetle communities in the tropical Andes: Gaps and trends3
Optimising camera trap surveys for the Carpentarian Pseudantechinus (Pseudantechinus mimulus) in northwest Queensland3
Herbivory and Seed Banks Will Limit Regeneration and Restoration of an Endangered Subtropical Rainforest3
Attractiveness of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) to faeces from native mammals in different trophic guilds3
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Influences on koala habitat selection across four local government areas on the far north coast of NSW3
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Saving the endangered Mary River turtle: Enhancing conservation outcomes through community engagement3
Patchiness caused by aphid herbivory and ozone events affects aphid's spread3
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A Newly Discovered Symbiotic Relationship Between Giant Cowbirds (Molothrus oryzivorus) and South American Tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in Suriname3
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Survival and growth of cactus species after a wildfire in central Argentina: Differences among species and the effects of microenvironment characteristics3
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Assessing Brazilian reptiles' road‐kill risks using trait‐based models3
Differences in Establishment of Host and Parasite After One Decade Among Four Simultaneous Translocations of a Long‐Lived Reptile3
Reproductive Biology of the Desertic Micro‐Endemic Nolana chapiensis (Solanaceae: Nolanoideae) in Southern Peru: Self‐Incompatibility and Solitary Bees as Exclusive Pollinators3
Water conditions influence the detectability of Crossodactylus gaudichaudii (Anura, Hylodidae) in streams of the Atlantic Forest3
Filling Gap and Geographic Distribution Map of Elachistocleis helianneae Caramaschi, 2010 (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae)3
Interspecific variation in fish spatial synchrony relates to reproductive traits in a highly fragmented river3
Interspecific variation in the diet of a native apex predator and invasive mesopredator in an alpine ecosystem3
Allometry and the distribution of fruit and seed traits across tropical plant species3
How close is danger? Relationship between the distance from an exotic tree plantation and occupancy of an endemic lizard3
Underestimating the underdog: Camera trap observations of full‐contact combat between quenda (Isoodon fusciventer) and black rats (Rattus rattus)3
Records of the land planarian Polycladus gayi (Tricladida, Geoplanidae) preying on black snails Macrocyclis peruvianus (Gastropoda, Macrocyclidae)2
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Especies exóticas y nativas utilizadas por las poblaciones tradicionales de la estepa patagónica: Un enfoque basado en la redundancia y la versatilidad2
Strange bedfellows: Mammal burrow disturbances may provide thermoregulatory microsites for fossorial reptiles in densely vegetated dunes2
Monitoring the population status of a secretive lizard, the threatened heath skinkLiopholis multiscutata, in south‐eastern Australia using surrogate metrics: An update2
Mitigating Road Barrier Effects for Small Mammals: Evidence From Wildlife Passages in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest2
Condors scavenge on fish at the land–water interface in the Andean foothill of southern Bolivia2
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Detection dogs can help researchers with elusive forest owl conservation2
Effects of habitat, season and flood on corvid scavenging dynamics in Central Australia2
Incidental invertebrate‐derived DNA detection of invasive and threatened species in temperate dry Southeast Australian forest2
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Neotropical songbird chick predation by an invasive wasp, the German yellowjacket (Vespula germanica)2
A especialização individual é maior em populações generalistas de posições tróficas intermediárias a altas em peixes tropicais de água doce2
Problem‐solving of the cylinder, tile and lever tasks by wild animals in Dryandra National Park, Western Australia2
Linking restoration to the IUCN red list for ecosystems: A case study of how we might track the Earth's ecosystems2
Abundant tiny turtle ants can foster notably speciose mimicry complexes2
Diet of small mammals in semi‐deciduous forest fragments in Central Brazil2
The risks of standing out to mate: Predation of Hylodes cardosoi by Bothrops jararaca2
Climate as a determinant of dung beetle response to native forest replacement by cattle pastures in South America2
Areas of endemism in the Afrotropical region based on the geographical distribution of Tipulomorpha (Insecta: Diptera)2
Polistes dominula (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) paper wasps detect native grasshoppers using olfactory cues2
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Variation in thermal and hydrotime requirements for seed germination of Chaco seasonally dry forest species in relation to population environmental conditions and seed mass2
Can an acoustic observatory contribute to the conservation of threatened species?2
Alternance of alternative stable states influence the functional diversity of microcrustaceans in a shallow subtropical lake2
Juvenile proportion as a predictor of freshwater turtle population change2
The efficacy of performing field surveys during the dry and rainy seasons to estimate species richness and composition of local bat assemblages2
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Intra‐seasonal and daily variations in nectar availability affect bee assemblage in a monodominant afforested Brazilian Cerrado2
Multisite species‐level roadkill across years reveals challenges and opportunities for monitoring and mitigation2
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