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Legally protected, practically overlooked: The neglect of diffuse seeps in the conservation of Cerrado non-floodplain wetlands
Alessandra Bassani, Natashi A.L. Pilon, Franciele Parreira Peixoto, Caio R.C. Mattos, Fernando A.O. Silveira, Luciano Soares da Cunha, Rafael S. Oliveira
10.1016/j.pecon.2025.06.001
Highlights

  • Non-floodplain wetlands form where groundwater emerges to the surface, forming seeps.

  • Cerrado’s non-floodplain wetlands are key for regional and continental water security.

  • Brazil faces challenges to identify and protect diffuse seeps in wetlands.

  • Despite existing legal protection, Cerrado diffuse seep wetlands face severe threats.

  • Science-policy alignment is key to protecting non-floodplain wetlands effectively.

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Available online 16 June 2025
Ecosystem functional meltdown through biological annihilation in the world’s ecoregions
José F. González-Maya, I. Mauricio Vela-Vargas, Gerardo Ceballos
10.1016/j.pecon.2025.05.002
Highlights

  • Ecosystem function depends on species diversity; effects of species loss on functionality remain unclear.

  • Over 65% of functional diversity in Asia, Europe, and America comes from threatened species.

  • Ecosystems with species at high risk are highly vulnerable to ecological meltdown.

  • Ecological meltdown collapse could drastically affect human lifestyles and global environmental systems.

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Available online 12 June 2025
The long-term absence of natural fires restructures the small-bodied mammal assemblages across a Protected Area of Brazilian Cerrado
Marco Rodrigo de Souza, Manoel dos Santos Filho, Mariella Butti de Freitas Guilherme, Juliano A. Bogoni
10.1016/j.pecon.2025.05.003
Highlights

  • Natural fires shape local environment and its biota.

  • Small-bodied mammal assemblages tend to homogenization in response to prolonged natural fire absence.

  • Big-fires are arguably disastrous, but the absence of natural fires reassembles the biotas.

  • Further technical discussions about fire management in Cerrado are needed.

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Available online 12 June 2025
Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation