Habitat structure and food resources for wildlife across successional stages in a tropical forest

Non-volant mammals of the Mestre Álvaro Environmental Protection Area, state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil

“…This diversity of environments can provide food resources and shelter for the establishment of a well-structured community of mammals (August 1983), if conservation measures are in place (Pinotti et al 2012).…”

Neotropical rainforest restoration: comparing passive, plantation and nucleation approaches

“…Most practitioners consider planting high density of trees in total area a tried-and-true method, but plantations can also be expensive and ecologically insufficient in many environmental contexts (Murcia 1997;Souza and Batista 2004;Sampaio et al 2007;Rey Benayas et al 2008) since they still relies on natural processes, for example, the recovery of pollinators (Dixon 2009), seed dispersers, consumers and mycorrhizae (Ruiz-Jaen and Aide 2005; Brudvig 2011; Morrison and Lindell 2012). More than creating vegetative cover, the success of habitat restoration depends on the arrival of these wildlife colonists (Wunderle 1997;Scott et al 2001;Bowen et al 2007;Pinotti et al 2012;Chazdon 2014;Peña-Domene et al 2014). …”

Response of tropical birds to habitat modifications in fragmented forest patches: A case from a tropical lowland rainforest in south-west Sri Lanka

“…Studies in the tropics have reported that understory insectivores and omnivores tend to be more associated with intermediate successional forests and secondary forests (Raman et al 1998, Pinotti et al 2012, Casas et al 2016). This can be attributed to the abundant availability of moisture-dependent insects and shade-dependent plants/fruits in these habitats (Villard 1998, Pinotti et al 2012).…”

“…This can be attributed to the abundant availability of moisture-dependent insects and shade-dependent plants/fruits in these habitats (Villard 1998, Pinotti et al 2012). This probably explains why insectivore and frugivore feeding guilds dominate the secondary forest habitat in this study.…”