Austral Ecology

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The initial impact of a predator exclosure sanctuary on small vertebrates in semi‐arid Western Australia	51
Metamorphosis: How Insects Are Changing Our WorldBy AdrianWashbourne, EricaMcAlister, Clayton VIC: CSIRO Publishing, 2024. 216 pp. ISBN: 978‐1‐4863‐1890‐2	41
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	20
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”	17
Miniature GPS tags reveal extensive movements by a threatened narrow‐space bat and highlight sensitivity to forest clearing	16
The Expansion of Perna viridis Towards South Brazil: Bridging the Gap With Traditional Scientific Surveys and Citizen Science	15
Seasonal biology of the wheat sheath miner Cerodontha australis (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in perennial ryegrass in Waikato, New Zealand	14
Urbanization and abundance of floral resources affect bee communities in medium‐sized neotropical cities	14
Variations in chemical defences and patterns of natural enemy attack between native and introduced populations of fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis): Implications for biological control	13
Specialized herbivores have differential distribution in veredas under different drying levels	12
Factors affecting microhabitat use in two agamid species from south‐eastern Australia	12
Tree hollow decline in new forest reserves with a long history of logging	12
Effects of the Australian 2019–2020 megafires on a population of endangered broad‐headed snakes Hoplocephalus bungaroides	12
Mopane (Colophospermum mopane): A potential winner under climate change in southern Africa	12
Effects of topsoil transposition on the taxonomic and functional diversity of macrofauna of highly degraded soil	12
Tracking ecosystem decline in an uncertain and changing alpine landscape	12
Evidence of Persistence of Two Small, Sympatric Threatened Mammals (Dasyuridae) Following a Major Flood Event	11
Diet and isotopic niche variation of mammals associated with road zones in Uruguay	11
The southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius johnsonii) remains an important disperser of native plants in fragmented rainforest landscapes	11
Delayed greening during leaf expansion under ambient and elevated CO2 in tropical tree seedlings	11
Evidence of facilitation between early‐successional tree species and the regenerating plant community in a tropical seasonally dry environment	11
Brushing up on carcass consumption: Investigating spatiotemporal scavenging dynamics of brushtail possums in Australian ecosystems	11
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Bird Diversity of the Dry Chaco: Impacts of Land Use Change on Communities and Soundscapes	11

Deep water By JamesBradley, Melbourne, Vic.: Penguin Random House Hamish Hamilton. 2024	10
Predation of the critically endangered Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) by the swamp harrier (Circus approximans)	10
Is climate change causing the range contraction of Cape Rock‐jumpers (Chaetops frenatus)?	10
Breeding phenology of a terrestrial‐breeding frog is associated with soil water potential: Implications for conservation in a changing climate	10
Quantity versus quality: A balance between egg and clutch size among Australian amphibians in relation to other life‐history variables	10
An endemic dung beetle species feeding on kauri snail carrion in Northland, New Zealand	10
Species richness, occurrence and rarity of bats in Brazilian caves	9
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Effect of forestry (Pinus sp.) on the bat community (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in Neotropical region	9
Influence of environmental conditions and initial sapling size in Nothofagus survival and growth: Implications for restoration of burnt sub‐Antarctic forests	9
Woody plant encroachment constrains regeneration of ground‐layer species in a neotropical savanna from seeds	9
Carbon Storage Variation of Plantation Forest and Their Management Practices in Amhara, Ethiopia	9
Metabolic response to increasing environmental temperature in the invasive mussel Limnoperna fortunei	9
Using Patterns of Post‐Fire Plant Reproduction to Inform Minimum Fire Intervals for Conservation Management in a Fire‐Prone Woodland	9
Avian prey intake and breeding success parity of the powerful owl in dry, inland Victoria	9
The importance of competition theme in reducing taxonomic bias in the Threatened Species Bake Off	9
Phenology of the semiaquatic caterpillar Paracles klagesi and its response to environmental changes	9
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 forest	9
The abundance and geographic distributions of two species of ticks in South Australia: Bundey Bore revisited	8
Rapid change in anti‐predator behaviour of a threatened marsupial after thousands of years of isolation from predators	8
Wildfire Impact on Coastal Groundwater‐Dependent Heathland: Structural and Floristic Responses and Management	8
Prevalence of invasive fish and plants in the winter diet of the rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster)	8
Do xerophytic and mesophytic perennial grasses differ in soil resource capture and allocation? A field 15N experiment	8
A systematic review of the trends in ecological science in the megabiodiverse Peru: Research gaps and future directions	8
Are Lizard Assemblages From the Atlantic Forest Under the Influence of Ecological Release?	8
Nature Positive—What Does It Mean for Australia?	8
A chucao tapaculo, Scelorchilus rubecula (Kittlitz, 1830), plucking hair from a southern pudu, Pudu puda (Molina, 1782), in the Chilean temperate forest	8
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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	8
An Austral Ecology 5 year retrospective on Natural History Notes: A compelling case for curiosity	8
Exploring intermediate richness peak: Contrasting local and regional patterns of vascular epiphytes in the Brazilian tropical montane cloud forests	8
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
Symbiotic bacteria in the relationship between Anaphes nitens (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) and Gonipterus platensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	7
Tendências e lacunas no estudo do efeito do fogo nas interações planta‐animal em ecossistemas brasileiros	7
Vegetation phenology in the Argentinean Wet Chaco: Assessing seasonality and precipitation dependence throughNDVI MODIStime series (2000–2018)	7
Short‐term impacts of the 2019–20 fire season on biodiversity in eastern Australia	7
Pollination of Richea dracophylla (Ericaceae) and the role of the nocturnal ant Notoncus hickmani (Formicinae)	7
Conspecific density plays a pivotal role in shaping sapling community in highly fragmented subtropical forests	7
Impact of reserve area on reproduction of a moth‐pollinated Stackhousia Sm. (Celastraceae) species in a fragmented landscape	7
The case for studying tadpole autecology, with comments on strategies to study other small,fast‐movinganimals in nature	7
Habitat associations of dryland avian communities during an extended dry period	7
Filling the gap of phonation in reptiles: First record of oral emission of the worm lizard, Amphisbaena alba	6
Ecosystem engineering in a high and cold desert: Effect of a subterranean rodent on lizard abundance and behaviour	6
Richness and composition of terrestrial mammals vary in eucalyptus plantations due to stand age	6
Mycophagy and feeding on other native land snails by the black snail Macrocyclis peruvianus (Gastropoda, Macrocyclidae)	6
New Zealand divaricate plant species: Tensile strength and Remote Island occurrence	6
An ephemerality paradox: Evidence of virtual semelparity in ephemeral pool‐breeding anurans	6
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 specie	6
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Evidence that predator satiation drives reproductive synchrony in the desert masting grass, soft spinifex (Triodia pungens)	6

Rapid on‐ground assessment after the 2019–2020 megafires reveals new information on rare and threatened plants in northern New South Wales, Australia	6
Occupancy of urban roosts by spectacled flying‐foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) is not affected by diurnal microclimate	6
Efecto de la configuración de áreas forestales sobre la comunidad de murciélagos insectívoros en paisajes agroforestales	6
Environmental associations and effects of disturbances by common wombats in alpine Tasmania	6
Increased herbivory but not cyanogenesis is associated with urbanization in a tropical wildflower	6
Breeding habitats, phenology and size of a resident population of Two‐banded Plover (Charadrius falklandicus) at the northern edge of its distribution	6
Seasonality drives variation in the use of forest strata by adult males of a dimorphic frugivorous bird species	6
Phylogenies of traits and functions in soil invertebrate assemblages	6
Linking functional and phylogenetic diversity to assess decay in ecosystem services induced by metacommunity‐level mammal extirpations	6
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Environmental conditions are more effective than nutrient availability and spatial processes on explaining microphytoplankton functional structure in a subtropical hypereutrophic reservoir	6
Field guide to the reptiles of Northern Territory ChrisJolly, BrendanSchembri, StewartMacDonald, Melbourne, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. 2023. 400 pp. RRP AUD $49.99 (paperback).	6
Disentangling drivers of vertebrate roadkill in a protected area in the Amazon rainforest	6
Effects of Intraspecific and Interspecific Indirect Competition on Foraging Activity in Subtropical Facultative and Obligatory Shredder Organisms	6
Effects on the embryonic and larval development of cane toads (Rhinella marina) reared in alkaline artesian spring water	6
A multi‐scale synthesis of mousedeer habitat associations in Southeast Asia reveals declining abundance but few extirpations in fragments and edges	6
Austral Ecology Editorial Volume 47 Issue 7	6
Species distribution modelling of the endangered Mahogany Glider (Petaurus gracilis) reveals key areas for targeted survey and conservation	6
Impacts of a Potential HPAI H5N1 Incursion on Australian Wildlife	6
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Analysis of similarities (ANOSIM) for 2‐way layouts using a generalised ANOSIM statistic, with comparative notes on Permutational Multivariate Analysis of Variance (PERMANOVA)	6
A range‐wide monitoring programme for a critically endangered nomadic bird	6
Courtship and homosexual behaviour in saw‐shelled turtles (Myuchelys latisternum)	5
2015/16 El Niño increased water demand and pushed plants from a Mesic tropical montane grassland beyond their hydraulic safety limits	5
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Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) diversity along a rainy season and edge effects in a riparian forest in Southeastern Brazil	5
Drones are an effective tool to assess the impact of feral horses in an alpine riparian environment	5
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Seasonal Thermoregulation of Brush‐Tailed Mulgaras (Dasycercus blythi)	5
Ecosystem stability of temperate grasslands in response to variability of hydrological conditions	5
Association between bryophytes and seedlings in Nothofagussub‐Antarctic forests	5
Using bioindicators to inform effective predator management for threatened species protection	5
The role of the peat seed bank in plant community dynamics of a fire‐prone New Zealand restiad bog	5
A most unusual tail: Scoliosis in a wild Australian skink, and reported incidences and suggested causes of similar malformations amongst squamates	5
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Influence of nest box design on internal microclimate: Comparisons of plastic prototypes	5
High severity fire promotes a more flammable eucalypt forest structure	5
Multi‐year responses of reptiles to prescribed burning in a eucalypt forest ecosystem	5
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Fish and macroinvertebrates respond differently to seasonal drying in tropical non‐perennial streams	5
Evaluating higher taxa as surrogates of harvestmen biodiversity (Arachnida: Opiliones) along a latitudinal gradient in the Atlantic Forest	5
Trends and gaps in the literature on native palms of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	5
Herbivores but not vegans: Deer as nest predators	5
Influence of vegetation regeneration and agricultural land use on lizard composition, taxonomic and functional diversity between different vegetation types in Caatinga domain, Brazil	5
Utilising power analyses and occupancy modelling to inform population monitoring of the regionally endangered black‐striped wallaby (Macropus dorsalis) in New South Wales	5
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Hyperepilithics—An overlooked life form of vascular plants on tropical vertical rock walls	5
Testing the effects of ecologically extinct mammals on vegetation in arid Australia: A long‐term experimental approach	5
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The Effects of Temperature on the Swimming Performance, Starvation‐Survival and Morphometrics of Zoea 1 Larvae of the Kelp Crab (Taliepus dentatus) From Central Chile	5
Overcoming the lack of distribution data for range‐restricted habitat specialist frogs	5
Hippos alter their aggregations to mitigate density‐dependent drought effects	5
Exotic and native species used by traditional populations of the Patagonian steppe: An approach based on redundancy and versatility	5
Mortality rates of desert vegetation during high‐intensity drought at Uluru‐Kata Tjuta National Park, Central Australia	5
Distribution, nature and threats to soils of the Australian Alps: A review	4
Psarocolius decumanus(Icteridae) acts as a seedling disperser ofGomesa recurva(Orchidaceae) in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest	4
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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 aridez	4
Evidence from citizen science suggests foliage as a possible day roost for the hairy big‐eyed bat (Chiroderma villosum)	4
Wind turbines kill bats, but they don't have to	4
Unveiling the hidden impact: Wildlife roadkill assessment in the Paraguayan Chaco	4
Is the Long‐Nosed Potoroo a Facultative Arboreal Species?	4
Hold your breath: Observations of the endangered pygmy bluetongue (Tiliqua adelaidensis) submerged in flooded burrows	4
Landscape characteristics effects on Diptera assemblages and their relation with seasonal variations in urban green patches	4
Ground dwelling mammal response to fire: A case study from Monga National Park after the 2019/2020 Clyde Mountain fire	4
Survival and growth of cactus species after a wildfire in central Argentina: Differences among species and the effects of microenvironment characteristics	4
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Remnant Habitat Patches Have Lower Reptile Richness and Diversity Compared to Areas of Continuous Habitat	4
To the future: An ecology of love, hope, and action	4
First record of preying behaviour of Achelous spinimanus	4
An ecological risk assessment for the impacts of offshore wind farms on birds in Australia	4
Wood trait trade‐offs in desert plants: A triangular model to understand intra‐ and interspecific variations along an aridity gradient	4
A seven‐year study of the response of woodland birds to a large‐scale wildfire and the role of proximity to unburnt habitat	4
Predators in a mining landscape: Threats to a behaviourally unique, endangered lizard	4
What are the associations between thinning and fire severity?	4
Effects of wetland connectivity on overwintering and movement behaviours of Australian freshwater turtles	4
Stress‐Testing Monitoring Design to Lock in Conservation Success	4
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La importancia de alimentarse rápido cuando hay ladrones cerca: Cleptoparasitismo sobre Zarapitos alimentándose en una playa arenosa expuesta en el sur de Chile	4
And the Oscar goes to… – Species‐specific ant behaviour related to predator defence in ant‐mimicking spiders	4
Interannual patterns of avian diseases in wild New Zealand avifauna near conservation areas	4
How much carbon is stored in the terrestrial ecosystems of the Chilean Patagonia?	4
Delayed release improves site fidelity but has little effect on survival or breeding success of reintroduced western quolls (Dasyurus geoffroii)	4
Local and non‐local soil microbiota impede germination of the endangered Acacia whibleyana	4
Bioclimatic changes in ecoregions of southern South America: Trends and projections based on Holdridge life zones	4
Reproductive Biology of the Desertic Micro‐Endemic Nolana chapiensis (Solanaceae: Nolanoideae) in Southern Peru: Self‐Incompatibility and Solitary Bees as Exclusive Pollinators	3
Investigating the effects of landscape productivity on the spatial ecology of a threatened marsupial inside feral predator exclosures	3
Influences on koala habitat selection across four local government areas on the far north coast of NSW	3
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Allometry and the distribution of fruit and seed traits across tropical plant species	3
How close is danger? Relationship between the distance from an exotic tree plantation and occupancy of an endemic lizard	3
Introduction: In appreciation of K. Robert Clarke	3
Patchiness caused by aphid herbivory and ozone events affects aphid's spread	3
Comparing different citizen science platforms for collecting urban ecological data from Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) in Argentina	3
Filling Gap and Geographic Distribution Map of Elachistocleis helianneae Caramaschi, 2010 (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae)	3
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Interspecific variation in fish spatial synchrony relates to reproductive traits in a highly fragmented river	3
Invasion determinants of honey locust in agroecosystems of the Rolling Pampa, Argentina	3
Survival, seedlings growth and natural regeneration in areas under ecological restoration in a sandy coastal plain (restinga) of southeastern Brazil	3
Description and shaping factors of diet and feeding ecology of neotropical tadpoles: A case study and a comprehensive review	3
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Saving the endangered Mary River turtle: Enhancing conservation outcomes through community engagement	3
Seasonal changes in the dietary compositions of rusa deer in Pangandaran Nature Reserve, West Java, Indonesia	3
Differences in phenology between non‐native C4 grasses and native C3 and C4 grasses in a seasonally dry ecosystem	3
No evidence for the simultaneous induction of structural and chemical defences in spiny southern African savanna trees	3
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Mother Chemical Stimulus and Aggregation Behaviour of Tadpoles in a Neotropical Foam‐Nesting Frog	3
Commensalistic epiphyte–phorophyte networks in woody vegetation of tropical inselbergs: Patterns of organization and structure	3
Understanding dispersal patterns can inform future translocation strategies: A case study of the threatened greater stick‐nest rat (Leporillus conditor)	3
Apparent anti‐parasite behaviour in the Norfolk Island green parrot Cyanoramphus cookii	3
Underestimating the underdog: Camera trap observations of full‐contact combat between quenda (Isoodon fusciventer) and black rats (Rattus rattus)	3
Arbuscular mycorrhizal and dark septate fungi colonization in an invasive plant from Patagonian wetlands	3
Knowledge of ground‐dwelling beetle communities in the tropical Andes: Gaps and trends	3
A Newly Discovered Symbiotic Relationship Between Giant Cowbirds (Molothrus oryzivorus) and South American Tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in Suriname	3
Attractiveness of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) to faeces from native mammals in different trophic guilds	3
Microsite abiotic conditions and juvenile response under three early successional shrub/tree species in a SEMI‐ARID region	3
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Thermal scanners versus spotlighting: New opportunities for monitoring threatened small endotherms	3
The influence of proximity with riparian forests and the distance from urban areas on roadkills of vertebrates in a fragmented Brazilian savanna area	3
Interspecific variation in the diet of a native apex predator and invasive mesopredator in an alpine ecosystem	3
Vegetações amazônicas e terras indígenas ameaçadas pelas próximas mudanças climáticas: Previsão de impacto nos biomas brasileiros	3
Herbivory and Seed Banks Will Limit Regeneration and Restoration of an Endangered Subtropical Rainforest	3
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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 q	3
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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 deficiency	3
Novel mating behaviours in male tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) expand our understanding of reptile courtship	3
Kangaroo grass is a keystone species for ecological fire management	3
A generalised analysis of similarities (ANOSIM) statistic for designs with ordered factors	3
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Patchiness of aquatic plant assemblages in seasonal wetlands: Local abiotic factors explain the spatial distribution of growth forms	3
Increase in size and shrub cover improves bird functional diversity in Neotropical urban green spaces	3
Urbanisation Does Not Affect Allometric Relationships in a Widespread Amazonian Dung Beetle Species	3
The effect of environmental temperature on bee activity at strawberry farms	3
Soil mesofauna drives litter decomposition under combined nitrogen and phosphorus additions in a Brazilian woodland savanna	3
Movement patterns of two northern quolls after a large wildfire	3
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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 versatilidad	2
Effects of Soil Attributes on Floristic Composition and Structure of Dry Forests in the Brazilian Savanna	2
Variation in thermal and hydrotime requirements for seed germination of Chaco seasonally dry forest species in relation to population environmental conditions and seed mass	2
Abundant tiny turtle ants can foster notably speciose mimicry complexes	2
The risks of standing out to mate: Predation of Hylodes cardosoi by Bothrops jararaca	2
Strange bedfellows: Mammal burrow disturbances may provide thermoregulatory microsites for fossorial reptiles in densely vegetated dunes	2
Impacts of Traditional and New Land Uses on Dung Beetle Assemblages in the Brazilian Pantanal	2
Neotropical songbird chick predation by an invasive wasp, the German yellowjacket (Vespula germanica)	2
Diet of small mammals in semi‐deciduous forest fragments in Central Brazil	2
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Monitoring the population status of a secretive lizard, the threatened heath skinkLiopholis multiscutata, in south‐eastern Australia using surrogate metrics: An update	2
Climatic, geographic and anthropogenic factors shape the structure of bat–fruit networks in the Neotropical region	2
Polistes dominula (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) paper wasps detect native grasshoppers using olfactory cues	2
Alternance of alternative stable states influence the functional diversity of microcrustaceans in a shallow subtropical lake	2
Linking restoration to the IUCN red list for ecosystems: A case study of how we might track the Earth's ecosystems	2
Climate as a determinant of dung beetle response to native forest replacement by cattle pastures in South America	2
Juvenile proportion as a predictor of freshwater turtle population change	2
Condors scavenge on fish at the land–water interface in the Andean foothill of southern Bolivia	2
Landscape‐scale distribution of nest predators and its relationship with regent honeyeater nest success	2
Problem‐solving of the cylinder, tile and lever tasks by wild animals in Dryandra National Park, Western Australia	2
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Uruguayan Grasslands: A Threatened Natural Asset	2
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Detection dogs can help researchers with elusive forest owl conservation	2
Records of the land planarian Polycladus gayi (Tricladida, Geoplanidae) preying on black snails Macrocyclis peruvianus (Gastropoda, Macrocyclidae)	2
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The efficacy of performing field surveys during the dry and rainy seasons to estimate species richness and composition of local bat assemblages	2
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A especialização individual é maior em populações generalistas de posições tróficas intermediárias a altas em peixes tropicais de água doce	2
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Can an acoustic observatory contribute to the conservation of threatened species?	2
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Responses of floodplain birds to high‐amplitude precipitation fluctuations over two decades	2