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Shark hotspot: Drivers for distribution and conservation in a tropical oceanic archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean
Kirsten Wohak, Bianca de Sousa Rangel, Ricardo Clapis Garla, André S. Afonso, Caio Ribeiro Pimentel, Antônio Batista Anderson, Guilherme Loyola da Cruz, Stephanie D.T. Delfino, ... Hudson Tercio Pinheiro
10.1016/j.pecon.2025.08.008
Highlights

  • The Fernando de Noronha Archipelago is a shark hotspot.

  • Humans influence sharks through the competition for prey and joint use of reefs.

  • Sharks need conservation, especially the largest which were found outside the MPA.

  • We propose including a bigger part of the home range of resident sharks in the MPA.

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Available online 29 September 2025
Landscape composition drives taxonomic and functional diversity of bats and small rodents in human-modified tropical landscapes
Nastienka Y. Pérez-Jiménez, Gabriela Borja-Martínez, Giovani Hernández-Canchola, Luis Daniel Avila-Cabadilla, Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez, Ella Vázquez-Domínguez
10.1016/j.pecon.2025.09.004
Highlights

  • Land-use changes are transforming tropical forests into heterogeneous landscape mosaics with various anthropogenic land covers.

  • Urban cover is the main landscape factor negatively impacting bat and small rodent taxonomic and functional diversity.

  • Functional diversity of both taxa decreases with increasing urban cover, filtering out more specialized species.

  • Forest cover favored some unique functional attributes in bats, increasing their functional diversity.

  • Preventing urban expansion and deforestation, while maintaining forest cover and forest remnants are urgent strategies.

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Available online 25 September 2025
Revisiting the role of the Nature-based Solutions Standards to promote climate adaptation in cities
Helena Alves Prado, Aliny Patricia Flauzino Pires
10.1016/j.pecon.2025.09.002
Highlights

  • Implementing NbS criteria can be essential to ensure its full potential.

  • Studies are still focused on NbS biophysical dimension.

  • Increased complexity in NbS projects can reduce effect size but increase its variability.

  • Social, economic, and political dimensions need greater consideration in NbS research.

  • Interdisciplinary collaboration can be crucial for advancing NbS projects implementation.

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Available online 25 September 2025
Roads imperil South American protected areas
Santiago A. Schauman, Esteban G. Jobbágy, Josep Peñuelas, William F. Laurance, Germán Baldi
10.1016/j.pecon.2025.08.005
Highlights

  • 830,000 km of roads (∼20× Earth’s circumference) run through 3,837 protected areas in South America.

  • 83% of protected land is roadless but fragmented into ∼25,500 patches; half <1 km² and only 6% >100 km².

  • Roads are widespread across regions and IUCN categories; in most biomes, median interior distance to roads is ≤3 km.

  • Mitigation requires restoring connectivity, roadless cores, road regulation, and biodiversity-sensitive planning.

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Available online 25 September 2025
Brazil as a global player in fungal conservation: A rapid shift from neglect to action
Elisandro Ricardo Drechsler-Santos, Kelmer Martins-Cunha, Thiago Kossmann, Genivaldo Alves-Silva, Felipe Bittencourt, Domingos Cardoso, Larissa Trierveiler-Pereira, Tiara Sousa Cabral, ... Diogo H. Costa-Rezende
10.1016/j.pecon.2025.08.006
Highlights

  • Brazil harbors high fungal diversity, much of it still undocumented.

  • Fungi have long been overlooked in national biodiversity conservation policies.

  • Recent policy change enables a turning point for fungal conservation in Brazil.

  • Inclusion of fungi in public policies is essential for biodiversity goals.

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Available online 15 September 2025
Climate change and feeble governance threaten the endangered endemic Cerrado flora in Brazil
Emilly Layne Martins do Nascimento, Santiago José Elías Velazco, Fernando M. Ramos, Rafael G. Ramos, Aline C. Soterroni, Geiziane Tessarolo
10.1016/j.pecon.2025.08.007
Highlights

  • Projections indicate significant species range reductions by 2050, even under optimistic climate scenarios.

  • The interaction between land-use and climate change leads to compounded impacts on the threaten the endemic Cerrado flora.

  • Partial implementation of the Forest Code leads higher biodiversity loss in the Cerrado.

  • Despite Forest Code safeguards, complementary measures are essential to secure Cerrado biodiversity.

  • Conservation plans must address both climate change impacts and land-use dynamics to preserve the ecological integrity of the Cerrado.

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Available online 15 September 2025
Effects of human activities on zooplankton biodiversity in aquatic systems across three vegetation domains: A landscape analysis approach
Escarlett de Arruda Ramos, Gisele Daiane Pinha, Marciel Elio Rodrigues, Nadson Ressyé Simões
10.1016/j.pecon.2025.09.001
Highlights

  • Landscape features play potencial roles in shaping the biodiversity of aquatic microorganisms.

  • Anthropogenic transformation impacts alpha e beta diversity of the zooplankton.

  • The conservation of riparian zones in the Atlantic Forest helps to sustain zooplankton biodiversity.

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Available online 15 September 2025
Gaining habitat-generalists fails to offset the loss of habitat-dependent species in highly deforested landscapes
Paulo Ricardo Siqueira, Andrea Larissa Boesing, Pedro Giovâni da Silva, Tiago Vinicius Fernandes, Pietro Kiyoshi Maruyama, Frederico de Siqueira Neves
10.1016/j.pecon.2025.08.003
Highlights

  • The decrease in forest cover leads to nearly twofold greater loss of forest-dependent birds compared to the gain of habitat-generalists.

  • Species composition of forest-dependent and habitat-generalist bird assemblages are positively correlated with the variation in forest cover within the landscape.

  • The required amount of forest cover to protect forest-dependent birds in the Atlantic Forest is higher than 30%.

  • The benchmark of 20% of forest cover established by Brazilian law may not provide sufficient protection for most forest-dependent bird species.

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Available online 15 September 2025
Irregular funding cycles in Brazilian science pose a barrier to biodiversity conservation and global leadership
Quezia Ramalho, Joice Silva de Souza, Diogo B. Provete
10.1016/j.pecon.2025.08.002
Highlights

  • Irregular funding in Brazil fosters ECR brain drain, hindering biodiversity research.

  • Delays fuel research attrition and deepen inequities in conservation science.

  • Disrupted research threatens Brazil’s environmental leadership.

  • Streamlined funding can reduce financial insecurity and attrition among ECRs.

  • Stable funding strengthens research quality and supports Brazil’s conservation goals.

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Available online 15 September 2025
Nature-based activities improve human-nature connectedness: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Kevin A. Wood, Lucy L. Jupe, Ella E. McCutcheon, Cath Cooke, Julia L. Newth
10.1016/j.pecon.2025.08.001
Highlights

  • We reviewed changes in human-nature connectedness linked to 6 environmental activities.

  • Human-nature connectedness increased most after mindfulness and wildlife encounters.

  • Human-nature connectedness increased most after activities carried out over 2–7 days.

  • Changes in human-nature connectedness did not vary between adults and children.

  • Activities facilitated by conservation organisations foster human-nature connectedness.

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Available online 15 September 2025
Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation