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Wetlands function as the “kidneys of the planet”, assuring water supply and quality.
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Cerrado wetlands have distinct vegetation types playing equivalent ecological roles.
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All types of Cerrado wetlands should have the same status of legal protection.
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The maximum water-table elevation defines the wetlands’ limit, biota and functioning.
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All human actions threatening the hydrology of Cerrado wetlands must be regulated.
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Multi-temporal cropland mask allows accurate classification of grassland remnants.
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Grasslands of Uruguayan Eastern Plains are in an advanced stage of fragmentation.
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Suitability for rice crop establishment drives the grassland fragmentation.
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Protected areas do not reduce the fragmentation rate.
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Protected areas do not promote forest regrowth.
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High concentration of rural settlements promote forest loss.
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Reserves in contexts with greater non-farm occupation endure lower forest loss.
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Local non-farm economic activities may help to conserve forest cover in protected areas.
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Science needs diversity to be more innovative and creative but women are still greatly underrepresented in many fields.
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Brazilian female ecologists get half the amount of grant funding and higher scholarship rejections compared to men.
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In Brazil, Ecology Post-Graduate programs show a strong decrease in women presence at the highest academic levels.
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Lower access to project funding, maternity, implicit bias, harassment, no role models can lead to women leaving academia.
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Involving more women and more people from underrepresented groups will lead to better science and conservation practices.
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Fires affect the ant communities in the Brazilian Pantanal wetland.
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Flooding, at a local scale, does not interact with fire to determine ant community structure.
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Ant communities were resilient, and the observed effect of fire on their structure decreased after one year and was not noticed after four years.
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Ant community recovery takes years, and there is a need for long intervals between fires to maintain the original ant community structure.
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The observed increase in fire frequency can be detrimental to the ant community structure recovery, threatening the conservation of ants.
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Two genetic populations (inland and coastal) were found, reflecting the two major forested blocks.
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Population genetic structure was better explained by elevation.
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Low effective population size was found in both genetic populations.
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The largest rainforest continuum is not totally permeable to gene flow of large mammals.
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Lowland tapir conservation efforts should be taken even for populations living in large continuous areas.
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Conserving ∼80% of the Brazilian Amazon is still feasible
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Conservation areas are essential for a new regional development model
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The cost of establishing.1.3 million km2 of new conservation areas is USD 1.0–1.6 billion
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The annual cost of 3.5 million km2 of conservation areas is USD 1.7–2.8 billion
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A new ambitious, decentralized, and agile fund mechanism is required
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Phylogenetic diversity is lower in rehabilitating minelands than at reference sites.
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Phylogenetic structure switches from clustering to overdispersion with stand age.
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Phylogenetic overdispersion at older sites indicates the recovery of biological interactions.
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Phylogenetic measures are associated with the environmental quality of rehabilitating sites.
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