“…The potential for changes in benthic invertebrate populations and communities following the loss of riparian vegetation can depend on the type of ecosystem, degree of food‐web connectivity, dispersal, and the species pool as well as the type and intensity of the riparian alterations in the buffer‐zone along the stream channel (Dudley et al., 2021; Feijó‐Lima et al., 2019, 2023) and the landscape composition (Dala‐Corte et al., 2020). Understanding if the loss of vegetation around streams can influence trophic relationships as well as the composition of the FFG benthic invertebrates remains an important area of research for many ecosystems facing increasing anthropogenic pressures, especially in different types of tropical streams, where intensive modification of forest to agriculture is a widespread and increasing environmental problem (Boyero, López‐Rojo, et al., 2021; Dudgeon, 2010; Foley et al., 2011).…”