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Paul Dufour, Auteur ; Alexander C. Lees, Auteur ; James Gilroy, Auteur ; Pierre-André Crochet, AuteurVagrancy is the occurrence of individuals outside the normal geographic range of their species. These rare and unpredictable events have long been neglected by the scientific community, belying a growing body of evidence that vagrancy can have a[...]
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Alexander C. Lees, Auteur ; Lucy Haskell, Auteur ; Tris Allinson, Auteur ; Simeon B. Bezeng, Auteur ; Ian J. Burfield, Auteur ; Luis Miguel Renjifo, Auteur ; Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Auteur ; Ashwin Viswanathan, Auteur ; Stuart H.m. Butchart, AuteurWe present an overview of the global spatiotemporal distribution of avian biodiversity, changes in our knowledge of that biodiversity, and the extent to which it is imperilled. Birds are probably the most completely inventoried large taxonomic c[...]
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Avian vagrancy—the appearance of birds outside of their expected habitat—is a phenomenon that has fascinated natural historians for centuries, from Victorian collectors willing to spend fortunes on a rare specimen to today’s bird-chasing “twitch[...]
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Alexander C. Lees, Auteur ; Simon Attwood, Auteur ; Jos Barlow, Auteur ; Ben Phalan, AuteurEfforts by conservation scientists to draw public attention to the biodiversity crisis are increasingly met with denialist rhetoric. We summarize some of the methods used by denialists to undermine scientific evidence on biodiversity loss, and o[...]
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Alexander C. Lees, Auteur ; Robert W. Martin, AuteurGaps in our knowledge of the geographical distribution of species represent a fundamental challenge to biogeographers and conservation biologists alike, and are particularly pervasive in the tropics. Here we highlight the case of the Rufous-thig[...]
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Alexander C. Lees, Auteur ; Robert W. Martin, AuteurGaps in our knowledge of the geographical distribution of species represent a fundamental challenge to biogeographers and conservation biologists alike, and are particularly pervasive in the tropics. Here we highlight the case of the Rufous-thig[...]
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Jos Barlow, Auteur ; Luke Parry, Auteur ; Toby A. Gardner, Auteur ; Alexander C. Lees, Auteur ; Carlos A. Peres, Auteur
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Nargila G. Moura, Auteur ; Alexander C. Lees, Auteur ; Christian B. Andretti, Auteur ; Bradley J. W. Davis, Auteur ; Ricardo R. C. Solar, Auteur ; Alexandre Aleixo, Auteur ; Jos Barlow, Auteur ; Joice Ferreira, Auteur ; Toby A. Gardner, AuteurHabitat loss and degradation is the most pervasive threat to tropical biodiversity worldwide. Amazonia sits at the frontline of efforts to both improve the productivity of tropical agriculture and prevent the loss of biodiversity. To date our un[...]
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Carlos A. Peres, Auteur ; Toby A. Gardner, Auteur ; Jos Barlow, Auteur ; Jansen Zuanon, Auteur ; Fernanda Michalski, Auteur ; Alexander C. Lees, Auteur ; Ima C. G. Vieira, Auteur ; Fatima M. S. Moreira, Auteur ; Kenneth J. Feeley, AuteurAmazonia (sensu lato) is by far the largest tropical forest region, but has succumbed to the highest absolute rates of tropical deforestation and forest degradation, driven by rapid frontier expansion, road-building, and spontaneous or governmen[...]
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The digitalization of museum collections and concurrent increase in citizen-science initiatives is ushering in an era of unprecedented availability of primary biodiversity data. These changes permit a reappraisal of phenological patterns of trop[...]
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Toby A. Gardner, Auteur ; Neil D. Burgess, Auteur ; Naikoa Aguilar-Amuchastegui, Auteur ; Jos Barlow, Auteur ; Erika Berenguer, Auteur ; Tom Clements, Auteur ; Finn Danielsen, Auteur ; Joice Ferreira, Auteur ; Wendy Foden, Auteur ; Valerie Kapos, Auteur ; Saiful M. Khan, Auteur ; Alexander C. Lees, Auteur ; Luke Parry, Auteur ; Rosa Maria Roman-Cuesta, Auteur ; Christine B. Schmitt, Auteur ; Niels Strange, Auteur ; Ida Theilade, Auteur ; Ima C. G. Vieira, AuteurThe UNFCCC mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in developing countries (REDD+) represents an unprecedented opportunity for the conservation of forest biodiversity. Nevertheless, there are widespread concerns surro[...]
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Jos Barlow, Auteur ; Toby A. Gardner, Auteur ; Alexander C. Lees, Auteur ; Luke Parry, Auteur ; Carlos A. Peres, AuteurArcheologists, paleoecologists and anthropologists argue that ecologists need to give greater consideration to the pre-historical influence of humans in shaping the current structure and composition of tropical forests. We examine these argument[...]
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Alexander C. Lees, Auteur ; Richard D. Moores, Auteur
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Ian A. McLaren, Auteur ; Alexander C. Lees, Auteur ; Chris Field, Auteur ; Krista J. Collins, AuteurWe used data from eastern North America in regressions to explain autumn frequencies of Nearctic landbird species in Britain and Ireland (UK-IR). The data were: day-counts of 16 August-15 November from Nova Scotia (NS) on Sable Island 1963-2000 [...]
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Alexander C. Lees, Auteur ; Carlos A. Peres, AuteurThe combined effects of rapid habitat loss, fragmentation and disturbance on tropical forest avifaunas have not been examined to date. The southern Amazonian 'arc of deforestation' marks the boundary of the most aggressive agricultural frontier [...]
