The role of remnants of Amazon savanna for the conservation of Neotropical mammal communities in eucalyptus plantations

Improved estimates of forest cover and loss in the Brazilian Amazon in 2000–2017

“…Various forest restoration projects were carried out in the Brazilian Amazon, most of which focused primarily on commercial plantations, such as eucalyptus, pine and rubber 38 . Compared to native forests, commercial plantations usually have small species richness and simple canopy structure, which have very limited values for biodiversity conservation 39,40,41,42 . The largest tropical reforestation project in recent history was launched in late 2017 by Conservation International, the Brazilian Ministry of Environment, the Global Environment Facility, the World Bank and the Brazilian Biodiversity Fund with the aim to plant 73 × 10 6 trees in the Brazilian Amazon by 2023.…”

Oil palm monoculture induces drastic erosion of an Amazonian forest mammal fauna

“…Both terrestrial and arboreal forest mammals can be severely affected by a broad spectrum of anthropogenic habitat disturbance in Amazonian forests[ 37 ][ 38 ]. However, the high diversity of phenotypes and ecological traits of different functional groups, reflect their diverse responses to environmental change[ 39 ].…”

Native forest replacement by exotic plantations triggers changes in prey selection of mesocarnivores

“…Carnivores can respond positively, or negatively, to plantations depending on their ecological requirements and management prescriptions within these anthropic habitats (Acosta-Jamett and Simonetti, 2004;Di Bitetti et al, 2006;Pita et al, 2009;Mazzolli, 2010;Lantschner et al, 2012;Simonetti et al, 2013;Coelho et al, 2014). The decline in carnivore populations arising from the replacement, or loss, of natural habitats may result in cascading effects affecting the biodiversity at lower trophic levels (Jaksic et al, 1992, Thompson and Gese, 2007, Byrom et al, 2014Ripple et al, 2014).…”