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Bones and all: a new critically endangered Pantepui species of Stefania (Anura: Hemiphractidae) and a new osteological synapomorphy for the genus
The hemiphractid frog genus Stefania is one of the many ancient (near-) endemic lineages of vertebrates inhabiting the biodiverse Pantepui...
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The Pantepui in the Brazilian Amazon: Vascular Flora of Serra Do Aracá, a Cradle of Diversity, Richness and Endemism
Formed by tall flat-topped mountains known as tepuis, the Pantepui is an important center of vascular plant endemism and diversity in South America....
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The Pantepui “Lost World”: Towards a Biogeographical, Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis of a Pristine Neotropical Sky-Island Archipelago
Pantepui is an archipelago of sky islands formed by the flat summits of the Neotropical Guiana table mountains (tepuis) situated between the Orinoco...
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Short-Tailed Opossums Genus Monodelphis: Patterns of Phenotypic Evolution and Diversification
Monodelphis comprises one of most speciose genera of living marsupials, with 24 described species that inhabit the litter layer and other...
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Marsupials in the Guiana Region (Northeastern Amazonia): Diversity and Endemism
The Guiana Region occupies the northeast quadrant of Amazonia and encompasses primarily lowland rainforest, but with minor components of other...
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Marsupials in the Guiana Region (Northeastern Amazonia): Diversity and Endemism
The Guiana Region occupies the northeast quadrant of Amazonia and encompasses primarily lowland rainforest, but with minor components of other...
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Dissecting bird diversity in the Pantepui area of endemism, northern South America
The Pantepui region harbors one of the most distinctive endemic montane bird faunas in the Neotropics, and is located across the tepuis of northern...
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Plant Diversity and Endemism of the White-Sand Open Vegetation in the Lowlands of the Amazonas State, Venezuela
White-sand ecosystems form scattered patches across the lowland rainforests of the Amazonia and have been recognized for their extremely poor...
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Back from the deaf: integrative taxonomy revalidates an earless and mute species, Hylodes grandoculis van Lidth de Jeude, 1904, and confirms a new species of Pristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1870 (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Eastern Guiana Shield
Many anuran species remain to be formally named and described in Amazonia, notably in the Guiana Shield, and particularly in megadiverse groups such...
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Short-Tailed Opossums Genus Monodelphis: Patterns of Phenotypic Evolution and Diversification
Monodelphis comprises one of most speciose genera of living marsupials, with 24 described species that inhabit the litter layer and other...
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Human influence on the distribution of cacao: insights from remote sensing and biogeography
Cacao ( Theobroma cacao , Malvaceae) is an important tree crop in Africa and in the Americas. Current genomic evidence suggests that its original range...
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Historical biogeography highlights the role of Miocene landscape changes on the diversification of a clade of Amazonian tree frogs
The diversification processes underlying why Amazonia hosts the most species-rich vertebrate fauna on earth remain poorly understood. We studied the...
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Amphibians and Reptiles of Venezuelan Guayana: Diversity, Biogeography and Conservation
Venezuelan Guayana covers a fifth of the Precambrian Guiana Shield in South America, one of the largest wilderness areas on the planet. Scientific...
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Diversity, Endemism, and Evolutionary History of Montane Biotas Outside the Andean Region
Mountain ranges are important centers of biodiversity around the world. This high diversity is the result of the presence of different soil types and...
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Taxonomic Checklist of Living American Marsupials
An updated checklist for living American marsupial species (orders Didelphimorphia, Microbiotheria, and Paucituberculata) is presented here. It...
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A New Species of Butterfly of the Genus Protopedaliodes from the Isolated Tramen Tepui in the Guyana Shield (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
A new species of Protopedaliodes Viloria & Pyrcz, a satyrine butterfly genus endemic to the highest part of the Guyana Shield, P. arekuna Pyrcz &...
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Biodiversity and Conservation of Bats in Brazilian Amazonia: With a Review of the Last 10 Years of Research
Neotropical bats are known for their extraordinary taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity, and for the ecosystem services they provide...
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The first botanical explorations of bryophyte diversity in the Brazilian Amazon mountains: high species diversity, low endemism, and low similarity
We investigated the species richness, endemism, and similarity of the bryoflora (mosses and liverworts) on five Brazilian Amazon mountains (four...
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Taxonomic Checklist of Living American Marsupials
An updated checklist for living American marsupial species (orders Didelphimorphia, Microbiotheria, and Paucituberculata) is presented here. It...