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1. Creation of forest edges has a global impact on forest vertebrates

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Pfeifer, M., Lefebvre, V., Peres, C. A., Banks-Leite, C., Wearn, O. R., Marsh, C. J., Butchart, S. H. M., Arroyo-Rodriguez, V., Barlow, J., Cerezo, A., Cisneros, L., D'Cruze, N., Faria, D., Hadley, A., Harris, S.M., Klingbeil, B.T., and Kormann, U.

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Vertebrates -- Environmental aspects -- Distribution, Forests and forestry -- Environmental aspects -- United Kingdom, Habitat destruction -- Environmental aspects, Company distribution practices, Environmental issues, Science and technology, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

Forest edges influence more than half of the world's forests and contribute to worldwide declines in biodiversity and ecosystem functions. However, predicting these declines is challenging in heterogeneous fragmented landscapes. Here we assembled a global dataset on species responses to fragmentation and developed a statistical approach for quantifying edge impacts in heterogeneous landscapes to quantify edge-determined changes in abundance of 1,673 vertebrate species. We show that the abundances of 85% of species are affected, either positively or negatively, by forest edges. Species that live in the centre of the forest (forest core), that were more likely to be listed as threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), reached peak abundances only at sites farther than 200-400 m from sharp high-contrast forest edges. Smaller-bodied amphibians, larger reptiles and medium-sized non-volant mammals experienced a larger reduction in suitable habitat than other forest-core species. Our results highlight the pervasive ability of forest edges to restructure ecological communities on a global scale. Fragmentation of forest ecosystems produces forest edges, which affect the distribution of many analysed vertebrate species; smaller-bodied amphibians, larger reptiles and medium-sized mammals experience a larger reduction in suitable habitat than other forest-core species. Forest biodiversity on the edge The fragmentation of the world's forests is leading to the erosion of biodiversity and ecosystem services. In this meta-analysis, Marion Pfeifer and colleagues assess the impact of human-induced forest fragmentation on the abundance of 1,673 species of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians in forests around the globe. They find that forest edges have altered the abundance of 85% of these species, with 11%, 30%, 41% and 57% of bird, reptile, amphibian and mammal species, respectively, showing strong declines in abundance towards forest edges. Overall, the findings suggest that more than half of the world's forests house disrupted vertebrate populations., Author(s): M. Pfeifer [sup.1] [sup.2] , V. Lefebvre [sup.2] [sup.3] , C. A. Peres [sup.4] , C. Banks-Leite [sup.2] , O. R. Wearn [sup.5] , C. J. Marsh [sup.6] , [...]

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2017
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2. A data-driven method based on quadratic programming for distance-based formation control of Euler-Lagrange systems

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Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Arroyo Rodriguez, V., Gamonal Fernández, Manuela, Moreno, Patricio, Colombo, Leonardo, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Arroyo Rodriguez, V., Gamonal Fernández, Manuela, Moreno, Patricio, and Colombo, Leonardo

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Distance-based formation control of second-order autonomous agents can be seen as a physical system of particles linked by springs, whose evolution may be described by a Lagrangian function. In this letter we present a method based on quadratic programming to approximate the unknown Lagrangian function associated with the distance-based formation control of second-order agents from a set of sample data.

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2021

3. The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

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Hudson, L., Newbold, T., Contu, S., Hill, S., Lysenko, I., De Palma, A., Phillips, H., Alhusseini, T., Bedford, F., Bennett, D., Booth, H., Burton, V., Chng, C., Choimes, A., Correia, D., Day, J., Echeverria-Londono, S., Emerson, S., Gao, D., Garon, M., Harrison, M., Ingram, D., Jung, M., Kemp, V., Kirkpatrick, L., Martin, C., Pan, Y., Pask-Hale, G., Pynegar, E., Robinson, A., Sanchez-Ortiz, K., Senior, R., Simmons, B., White, H., Zhang, H., Aben, J., Abrahamczyk, S., Adum, G., Aguilar-Barquero, V., Aizen, M., Albertos, B., Alcala, E., del Mar Alguacil, M., Alignier, A., Ancrenaz, M., Andersen, A., Arbelaez-Cortes, E., Armbrecht, I., Arroyo-Rodriguez, V., Aumann, T., Axmacher, J., Azhar, B., Azpiroz, A., Baeten, L., Bakayoko, A., Baldi, A., Banks, J., Baral, S., Barlow, J., Barratt, B., Barrico, L., Bartolommei, P., Barton, D., Basset, Y., Batary, P., Bates, A., Baur, B., Bayne, E., Beja, P., Benedick, S., Berg, A., Bernard, H., Berry, N., Bhatt, D., Bicknell, J., Bihn, J., Blake, R., Bobo, K., Bocon, R., Boekhout, T., Bohning-Gaese, K., Bonham, K., Borges, P., Borges, S., Boutin, C., Bouyer, J., Bragagnolo, C., Brandt, J., Brearley, F., Brito, I., Bros, V., Brunet, J., Buczkowski, G., Buddle, C., Bugter, R., Buscardo, E., Buse, J., Cabra-Garcia, J., Caceres, N., Cagle, N., Calvino-Cancela, M., Cameron, S., Cancello, E., Caparros, R., Cardoso, P., Carpenter, D., Carrijo, T., Carvalho, A., Cassano, C., Castro, H., Castro-Luna, A., Cerda, R., Cerezo, A., Chapman, K., Chauvat, M., Christensen, M., Clarke, F., Cleary, D., Colombo, G., Connop, S., Craig, M., Cruz-Lopez, L., Cunningham, S., D'Aniello, B., D'Cruze, N., da Silva, P., Dallimer, M., Danquah, E., Darvill, B., Dauber, J., Davis, A., Dawson, J., de Sassi, C., de Thoisy, B., Deheuvels, O., Dejean, A., Devineau, J., Diekoetter, T., Dolia, J., Dominguez, E., Dominguez-Haydar, Y., Dorn, S., Draper, I., Dreber, N., Dumont, B., Dures, S., Dynesius, M., Edenius, L., Eggleton, P., Eigenbrod, F., Elek, Z., Entling, M., Esler, K., De Lima, R., Faruk, A., Farwig, N., Fayle, T., Felicioli, A., Felton, A., Fensham, R., Fernandez, I., Ferreira, C., Ficetola, G., Fiera, C., Filgueiras, B., Firincioglu, H., Flaspohler, D., Floren, A., Fonte, S., Fournier, A., Fowler, R., Franzen, M., Fraser, L., Fredriksson, G., Freire-, G., Frizzo, T., Fukuda, D., Furlani, D., Gaigher, R., Ganzhorn, J., Garcia, K., Garcia-R, J., Garden, J., Garilleti, R., Ge, B., Gendreau-Berthiaume, B., Gerard, P., Gheler-Costa, C., Gilbert, B., Giordani, P., Giordano, S., Golodets, C., Gomes, L., Gould, R., Goulson, D., Gove, Aaron, Granjon, L., Grass, I., Gray, C., Grogan, J., Gu, W., Guardiola, M., Gunawardene, Nihara, Gutierrez, A., Gutierrez-Lamus, D., Haarmeyer, D., Hanley, M., Hanson, T., Hashim, N., Hassan, S., Hatfield, R., Hawes, J., Hayward, M., Hebert, C., Helden, A., Henden, J., Henschel, P., Hernandez, L., Herrera, J., Herrmann, F., Herzog, F., Higuera-Diaz, D., Hilje, B., Hofer, H., Hoffmann, A., Horgan, F., Hornung, E., Horvath, R., Hylander, K., Isaacs-Cubides, P., Ishida, H., Ishitani, M., Jacobs, C., Jaramillo, V., Jauker, B., Jimenez Hernandez, F., Johnson, M., Jolli, V., Jonsell, M., Juliani, S., Jung, T., Kapoor, V., Kappes, H., Kati, V., Katovai, E., Kellner, K., Kessler, M., Kirby, K., Kittle, A., Knight, M., Knop, E., Kohler, F., Koivula, M., Kolb, A., Kone, M., Koroesi, A., Krauss, J., Kumar, A., Kumar, R., Kurz, D., Kutt, A., Lachat, T., Lantschner, V., Lara, F., Lasky, J., Latta, S., Laurance, W., Lavelle, P., Le Feon, V., LeBuhn, G., Legare, J., Lehouck, V., Lencinas, M., Lentini, P., Letcher, S., Li, Q., Litchwark, S., Littlewood, N., Liu, Y., Lo-Man-Hung, N., Lopez-Quintero, C., Louhaichi, M., Lovei, G., Lucas-Borja, M., Luja, V., Luskin, M., MacSwiney G, M., Maeto, K., Magura, T., Mallari, N., Malone, L., Malonza, P., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Mandujano, S., Maren, I., Marin-Spiotta, E., Marsh, C., Marshall, E., Martinez, E., Pastur, G., Mateos, D., Mayfield, M., Mazimpaka, V., McCarthy, J., McCarthy, K., McFrederick, Q., McNamara, S., Medina, N., Medina, R., Mena, J., Mico, E., Mikusinski, G., Milder, J., Miller, J., Miranda-Esquivel, D., Moir, M., Morales, C., Muchane, M., Mudri-Stojnic, S., Munira, A., Muonz-Alonso, A., Munyekenye, B., Naidoo, R., Naithani, A., Nakagawa, M., Nakamura, A., Nakashima, Y., Naoe, S., Nates-Parra, G., Gutierrez, D., Navarro-Iriarte, L., Ndang'ang'a, P., Neuschulz, E., Ngai, J., Nicolas, V., Nilsson, S., Noreika, N., Norfolk, O., Noriega, J., Norton, D., Noeske, N., Nowakowski, A., Numa, C., O'Dea, N., O'Farrell, P., Oduro, W., Oertli, S., Ofori-Boateng, C., Oke, C., Oostra, V., Osgathorpe, L., Eduardo Otavo, S., Page, N., Paritsis, J., Parra-H, A., Parry, L., Pe'er, G., Pearman, P., Pelegrin, N., Pelissier, R., Peres, C., Peri, P., Persson, A., Petanidou, T., Peters, M., Pethiyagoda, R., Phalan, B., Philips, T., Pillsbury, F., Pincheira-Ulbrich, J., Pineda, E., Pino, J., Pizarro-Araya, J., Plumptre, A., Poggio, S., Politi, N., Pons, P., Poveda, K., Power, E., Presley, S., Proenca, V., Quaranta, M., Quintero, C., Rader, R., Ramesh, B., Ramirez-Pinilla, M., Ranganathan, J., Rasmussen, C., Redpath-Downing, N., Reid, J., Reis, Y., Rey Benayas, J., Carlos Rey-Velasco, J., Reynolds, C., Ribeiro, D., Richards, M., Richardson, B., Richardson, M., Macip Rios, R., Robinson, R., Robles, C., Roembke, J., Romero-Duque, L., Ros, M., Rosselli, L., Rossiter, S., Roth, D., Roulston, T., Rousseau, L., Rubio, A., Ruel, J., Sadler, J., Safian, S., Saldana-Vazquez, R., Sam, K., Samnegard, U., Santana, J., Santos, X., Savage, J., Schellhorn, N., Schilthuizen, M., Schmiedel, U., Schmitt, C., Schon, N., Schuepp, C., Schumann, K., Schweiger, O., Scott, D., Scott, K., Sedlock, J., Seefeldt, S., Shahabuddin, G., Shannon, G., Sheil, D., Sheldon, F., Shochat, E., Siebert, S., Silva, F., Simonetti, J., Slade, E., Smith, J., Smith-Pardo, A., Sodhi, N., Somarriba, E., Sosa, R., Soto Quiroga, G., St-Laurent, M., Starzomski, B., Stefanescu, C., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Stouffer, P., Stout, J., Strauch, A., Struebig, M., Su, Z., Suarez-Rubio, M., Sugiura, S., Summerville, K., Sung, Y., Sutrisno, H., Svenning, J., Teder, T., Threlfall, C., Tiitsaar, A., Todd, J., Tonietto, R., Torre, I., Tothmeresz, B., Tscharntke, T., Turner, E., Tylianakis, J., Uehara-Prado, M., Urbina-Cardona, N., Vallan, D., Vanbergen, A., Vasconcelos, H., Vassilev, K., Verboven, H., Verdasca, M., Verdu, J., Vergara, C., Vergara, P., Verhulst, J., Virgilio, M., Van Vu, L., Waite, E., Walker, T., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watling, J., Weller, B., Wells, K., Westphal, C., Wiafe, E., Williams, C., Willig, M., Woinarski, J., Wolf, J., Wolters, V., Woodcock, B., Wu, J., Wunderle, J., Yamaura, Y., Yoshikura, S., Yu, D., Zaitsev, A., Zeidler, J., Zou, F., Collen, B., Ewers, R., Mace, G., Purves, D., Scharlemann, J., Purvis, A., Hudson, L., Newbold, T., Contu, S., Hill, S., Lysenko, I., De Palma, A., Phillips, H., Alhusseini, T., Bedford, F., Bennett, D., Booth, H., Burton, V., Chng, C., Choimes, A., Correia, D., Day, J., Echeverria-Londono, S., Emerson, S., Gao, D., Garon, M., Harrison, M., Ingram, D., Jung, M., Kemp, V., Kirkpatrick, L., Martin, C., Pan, Y., Pask-Hale, G., Pynegar, E., Robinson, A., Sanchez-Ortiz, K., Senior, R., Simmons, B., White, H., Zhang, H., Aben, J., Abrahamczyk, S., Adum, G., Aguilar-Barquero, V., Aizen, M., Albertos, B., Alcala, E., del Mar Alguacil, M., Alignier, A., Ancrenaz, M., Andersen, A., Arbelaez-Cortes, E., Armbrecht, I., Arroyo-Rodriguez, V., Aumann, T., Axmacher, J., Azhar, B., Azpiroz, A., Baeten, L., Bakayoko, A., Baldi, A., Banks, J., Baral, S., Barlow, J., Barratt, B., Barrico, L., Bartolommei, P., Barton, D., Basset, Y., Batary, P., Bates, A., Baur, B., Bayne, E., Beja, P., Benedick, S., Berg, A., Bernard, H., Berry, N., Bhatt, D., Bicknell, J., Bihn, J., Blake, R., Bobo, K., Bocon, R., Boekhout, T., Bohning-Gaese, K., Bonham, K., Borges, P., Borges, S., Boutin, C., Bouyer, J., Bragagnolo, C., Brandt, J., Brearley, F., Brito, I., Bros, V., Brunet, J., Buczkowski, G., Buddle, C., Bugter, R., Buscardo, E., Buse, J., Cabra-Garcia, J., Caceres, N., Cagle, N., Calvino-Cancela, M., Cameron, S., Cancello, E., Caparros, R., Cardoso, P., Carpenter, D., Carrijo, T., Carvalho, A., Cassano, C., Castro, H., Castro-Luna, A., Cerda, R., Cerezo, A., Chapman, K., Chauvat, M., Christensen, M., Clarke, F., Cleary, D., Colombo, G., Connop, S., Craig, M., Cruz-Lopez, L., Cunningham, S., D'Aniello, B., D'Cruze, N., da Silva, P., Dallimer, M., Danquah, E., Darvill, B., Dauber, J., Davis, A., Dawson, J., de Sassi, C., de Thoisy, B., Deheuvels, O., Dejean, A., Devineau, J., Diekoetter, T., Dolia, J., Dominguez, E., Dominguez-Haydar, Y., Dorn, S., Draper, I., Dreber, N., Dumont, B., Dures, S., Dynesius, M., Edenius, L., Eggleton, P., Eigenbrod, F., Elek, Z., Entling, M., Esler, K., De Lima, R., Faruk, A., Farwig, N., Fayle, T., Felicioli, A., Felton, A., Fensham, R., Fernandez, I., Ferreira, C., Ficetola, G., Fiera, C., Filgueiras, B., Firincioglu, H., Flaspohler, D., Floren, A., Fonte, S., Fournier, A., Fowler, R., Franzen, M., Fraser, L., Fredriksson, G., Freire-, G., Frizzo, T., Fukuda, D., Furlani, D., Gaigher, R., Ganzhorn, J., Garcia, K., Garcia-R, J., Garden, J., Garilleti, R., Ge, B., Gendreau-Berthiaume, B., Gerard, P., Gheler-Costa, C., Gilbert, B., Giordani, P., Giordano, S., Golodets, C., Gomes, L., Gould, R., Goulson, D., Gove, Aaron, Granjon, L., Grass, I., Gray, C., Grogan, J., Gu, W., Guardiola, M., Gunawardene, Nihara, Gutierrez, A., Gutierrez-Lamus, D., Haarmeyer, D., Hanley, M., Hanson, T., Hashim, N., Hassan, S., Hatfield, R., Hawes, J., Hayward, M., Hebert, C., Helden, A., Henden, J., Henschel, P., Hernandez, L., Herrera, J., Herrmann, F., Herzog, F., Higuera-Diaz, D., Hilje, B., Hofer, H., Hoffmann, A., Horgan, F., Hornung, E., Horvath, R., Hylander, K., Isaacs-Cubides, P., Ishida, H., Ishitani, M., Jacobs, C., Jaramillo, V., Jauker, B., Jimenez Hernandez, F., Johnson, M., Jolli, V., Jonsell, M., Juliani, S., Jung, T., Kapoor, V., Kappes, H., Kati, V., Katovai, E., Kellner, K., Kessler, M., Kirby, K., Kittle, A., Knight, M., Knop, E., Kohler, F., Koivula, M., Kolb, A., Kone, M., Koroesi, A., Krauss, J., Kumar, A., Kumar, R., Kurz, D., Kutt, A., Lachat, T., Lantschner, V., Lara, F., Lasky, J., Latta, S., Laurance, W., Lavelle, P., Le Feon, V., LeBuhn, G., Legare, J., Lehouck, V., Lencinas, M., Lentini, P., Letcher, S., Li, Q., Litchwark, S., Littlewood, N., Liu, Y., Lo-Man-Hung, N., Lopez-Quintero, C., Louhaichi, M., Lovei, G., Lucas-Borja, M., Luja, V., Luskin, M., MacSwiney G, M., Maeto, K., Magura, T., Mallari, N., Malone, L., Malonza, P., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Mandujano, S., Maren, I., Marin-Spiotta, E., Marsh, C., Marshall, E., Martinez, E., Pastur, G., Mateos, D., Mayfield, M., Mazimpaka, V., McCarthy, J., McCarthy, K., McFrederick, Q., McNamara, S., Medina, N., Medina, R., Mena, J., Mico, E., Mikusinski, G., Milder, J., Miller, J., Miranda-Esquivel, D., Moir, M., Morales, C., Muchane, M., Mudri-Stojnic, S., Munira, A., Muonz-Alonso, A., Munyekenye, B., Naidoo, R., Naithani, A., Nakagawa, M., Nakamura, A., Nakashima, Y., Naoe, S., Nates-Parra, G., Gutierrez, D., Navarro-Iriarte, L., Ndang'ang'a, P., Neuschulz, E., Ngai, J., Nicolas, V., Nilsson, S., Noreika, N., Norfolk, O., Noriega, J., Norton, D., Noeske, N., Nowakowski, A., Numa, C., O'Dea, N., O'Farrell, P., Oduro, W., Oertli, S., Ofori-Boateng, C., Oke, C., Oostra, V., Osgathorpe, L., Eduardo Otavo, S., Page, N., Paritsis, J., Parra-H, A., Parry, L., Pe'er, G., Pearman, P., Pelegrin, N., Pelissier, R., Peres, C., Peri, P., Persson, A., Petanidou, T., Peters, M., Pethiyagoda, R., Phalan, B., Philips, T., Pillsbury, F., Pincheira-Ulbrich, J., Pineda, E., Pino, J., Pizarro-Araya, J., Plumptre, A., Poggio, S., Politi, N., Pons, P., Poveda, K., Power, E., Presley, S., Proenca, V., Quaranta, M., Quintero, C., Rader, R., Ramesh, B., Ramirez-Pinilla, M., Ranganathan, J., Rasmussen, C., Redpath-Downing, N., Reid, J., Reis, Y., Rey Benayas, J., Carlos Rey-Velasco, J., Reynolds, C., Ribeiro, D., Richards, M., Richardson, B., Richardson, M., Macip Rios, R., Robinson, R., Robles, C., Roembke, J., Romero-Duque, L., Ros, M., Rosselli, L., Rossiter, S., Roth, D., Roulston, T., Rousseau, L., Rubio, A., Ruel, J., Sadler, J., Safian, S., Saldana-Vazquez, R., Sam, K., Samnegard, U., Santana, J., Santos, X., Savage, J., Schellhorn, N., Schilthuizen, M., Schmiedel, U., Schmitt, C., Schon, N., Schuepp, C., Schumann, K., Schweiger, O., Scott, D., Scott, K., Sedlock, J., Seefeldt, S., Shahabuddin, G., Shannon, G., Sheil, D., Sheldon, F., Shochat, E., Siebert, S., Silva, F., Simonetti, J., Slade, E., Smith, J., Smith-Pardo, A., Sodhi, N., Somarriba, E., Sosa, R., Soto Quiroga, G., St-Laurent, M., Starzomski, B., Stefanescu, C., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Stouffer, P., Stout, J., Strauch, A., Struebig, M., Su, Z., Suarez-Rubio, M., Sugiura, S., Summerville, K., Sung, Y., Sutrisno, H., Svenning, J., Teder, T., Threlfall, C., Tiitsaar, A., Todd, J., Tonietto, R., Torre, I., Tothmeresz, B., Tscharntke, T., Turner, E., Tylianakis, J., Uehara-Prado, M., Urbina-Cardona, N., Vallan, D., Vanbergen, A., Vasconcelos, H., Vassilev, K., Verboven, H., Verdasca, M., Verdu, J., Vergara, C., Vergara, P., Verhulst, J., Virgilio, M., Van Vu, L., Waite, E., Walker, T., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Watling, J., Weller, B., Wells, K., Westphal, C., Wiafe, E., Williams, C., Willig, M., Woinarski, J., Wolf, J., Wolters, V., Woodcock, B., Wu, J., Wunderle, J., Yamaura, Y., Yoshikura, S., Yu, D., Zaitsev, A., Zeidler, J., Zou, F., Collen, B., Ewers, R., Mace, G., Purves, D., Scharlemann, J., and Purvis, A.

Abstract

The PREDICTS project—Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems (www.predicts.org.uk)—has collated from published studies a large, reasonably representative database of comparable samples of biodiversity from multiple sites that differ in the nature or intensity of human impacts relating to land use. We have used this evidence base to develop global and regional statistical models of how local biodiversity responds to these measures. We describe and make freely available this 2016 release of the database, containing more than 3.2 million records sampled at over 26,000 locations and representing over 47,000 species. We outline how the database can help in answering a range of questions in ecology and conservation biology. To our knowledge, this is the largest and most geographically and taxonomically representative database of spatial comparisons of biodiversity that has been collated to date; it will be useful to researchers and international efforts wishing to model and understand the global status of biodiversity.

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2017

4. Compound Crises: The Impact of Emergencies and Disasters on Mental Health Services in Puerto Rico.

Author

Rivera FI, Belligoni S, Arroyo Rodriguez V, Chapdelaine S, Nannuri V, and Steen Burgos A

Subjects
Puerto Rico, Humans, Emergencies, Health Services Accessibility, Mental Health, Mental Health Services organization & administration, Disasters
Abstract

Background: Mental health in Puerto Rico is a complex and multifaceted issue that has been shaped by the island's unique history, culture, and political status. Recent challenges, including disasters, economic hardships, and political turmoil, have significantly affected the mental well-being of the population, coupled with the limitations in the accessibility of mental health services. Thus, Puerto Rico has fewer mental health professionals per capita than any other state or territory in the United States., Objective: This comprehensive review examines the impact of disasters on mental health and mental health services in Puerto Rico. Given the exodus of Puerto Ricans from the island, this review also provides an overview of mental health resources available on the island, as well as in the continental United States. This review identifies efforts to address mental health issues, with the intent of gaining a proper understanding of the available mental health services, key trends, as well as observable challenges and achievements within the mental health landscape of the Puerto Rican population., Design: A comprehensive search using the PRIMO database of the University of Central Florida (UCF) library database was conducted, focusing on key terms related to disasters and mental healthcare and services in Puerto Rico. The inclusion criteria encompassed studies on Puerto Rican individuals, both those who remained on the island and those who migrated post-disaster, addressing the mental health outcomes and services for adults and children. We included peer-reviewed articles published from 2005 onwards in English and/or Spanish, examining the impact of disasters on mental health, accessibility of services, and/or trauma-related consequences., Results: In this scoping review, we identified 39 studies addressing the mental health profile of Puerto Ricans, identifying significant gaps in service availability and accessibility and the impact of environmental disasters on mental health. The findings indicate a severe shortage of mental health services in Puerto Rico, exacerbated by disasters such as Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the earthquakes of late 2019 and early 2020 that followed, and the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in substantial delays in accessing care, and limited insurance coverage, particularly in rural regions. Despite these challenges, efforts to improve mental health services have included substantial federal funding and community initiative aimed at enhancing care availability and infrastructure. Limitations include the use of a single database, language restrictions, and potential variability in data extraction and synthesis., Conclusions: This scoping review highlights the significant impact of disasters on mental health in Puerto Rico and the challenges in accessing mental health services exacerbated by disasters. Despite efforts, significant gaps in mental healthcare and services persist, emphasizing the need for more rigorous research and improvements in infrastructure and workforce to enhance mental health outcomes for Puerto Ricans both on the island and in the continental United States.

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2024
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5. BIOFRAG - a new database for analyzing BIOdiversity responses to forest FRAGmentation.

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Pfeifer M, Lefebvre V, Gardner TA, Arroyo-Rodriguez V, Baeten L, Banks-Leite C, Barlow J, Betts MG, Brunet J, Cerezo A, Cisneros LM, Collard S, D'Cruze N, da Silva Motta C, Duguay S, Eggermont H, Eigenbrod F, Hadley AS, Hanson TR, Hawes JE, Heartsill Scalley T, Klingbeil BT, Kolb A, Kormann U, Kumar S, Lachat T, Lakeman Fraser P, Lantschner V, Laurance WF, Leal IR, Lens L, Marsh CJ, Medina-Rangel GF, Melles S, Mezger D, Oldekop JA, Overal WL, Owen C, Peres CA, Phalan B, Pidgeon AM, Pilia O, Possingham HP, Possingham ML, Raheem DC, Ribeiro DB, Ribeiro Neto JD, Douglas Robinson W, Robinson R, Rytwinski T, Scherber C, Slade EM, Somarriba E, Stouffer PC, Struebig MJ, Tylianakis JM, Tscharntke T, Tyre AJ, Urbina Cardona JN, Vasconcelos HL, Wearn O, Wells K, Willig MR, Wood E, Young RP, Bradley AV, and Ewers RM

Abstract

Habitat fragmentation studies have produced complex results that are challenging to synthesize. Inconsistencies among studies may result from variation in the choice of landscape metrics and response variables, which is often compounded by a lack of key statistical or methodological information. Collating primary datasets on biodiversity responses to fragmentation in a consistent and flexible database permits simple data retrieval for subsequent analyses. We present a relational database that links such field data to taxonomic nomenclature, spatial and temporal plot attributes, and environmental characteristics. Field assessments include measurements of the response(s) (e.g., presence, abundance, ground cover) of one or more species linked to plots in fragments within a partially forested landscape. The database currently holds 9830 unique species recorded in plots of 58 unique landscapes in six of eight realms: mammals 315, birds 1286, herptiles 460, insects 4521, spiders 204, other arthropods 85, gastropods 70, annelids 8, platyhelminthes 4, Onychophora 2, vascular plants 2112, nonvascular plants and lichens 320, and fungi 449. Three landscapes were sampled as long-term time series (>10 years). Seven hundred and eleven species are found in two or more landscapes. Consolidating the substantial amount of primary data available on biodiversity responses to fragmentation in the context of land-use change and natural disturbances is an essential part of understanding the effects of increasing anthropogenic pressures on land. The consistent format of this database facilitates testing of generalizations concerning biologic responses to fragmentation across diverse systems and taxa. It also allows the re-examination of existing datasets with alternative landscape metrics and robust statistical methods, for example, helping to address pseudo-replication problems. The database can thus help researchers in producing broad syntheses of the effects of land use. The database is dynamic and inclusive, and contributions from individual and large-scale data-collection efforts are welcome.

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2014
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6. Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas.

Author

Laurance WF, Useche DC, Rendeiro J, Kalka M, Bradshaw CJ, Sloan SP, Laurance SG, Campbell M, Abernethy K, Alvarez P, Arroyo-Rodriguez V, Ashton P, Benítez-Malvido J, Blom A, Bobo KS, Cannon CH, Cao M, Carroll R, Chapman C, Coates R, Cords M, Danielsen F, De Dijn B, Dinerstein E, Donnelly MA, Edwards D, Edwards F, Farwig N, Fashing P, Forget PM, Foster M, Gale G, Harris D, Harrison R, Hart J, Karpanty S, Kress WJ, Krishnaswamy J, Logsdon W, Lovett J, Magnusson W, Maisels F, Marshall AR, McClearn D, Mudappa D, Nielsen MR, Pearson R, Pitman N, van der Ploeg J, Plumptre A, Poulsen J, Quesada M, Rainey H, Robinson D, Roetgers C, Rovero F, Scatena F, Schulze C, Sheil D, Struhsaker T, Terborgh J, Thomas D, Timm R, Urbina-Cardona JN, Vasudevan K, Wright SJ, Arias-G JC, Arroyo L, Ashton M, Auzel P, Babaasa D, Babweteera F, Baker P, Banki O, Bass M, Bila-Isia I, Blake S, Brockelman W, Brokaw N, Brühl CA, Bunyavejchewin S, Chao JT, Chave J, Chellam R, Clark CJ, Clavijo J, Congdon R, Corlett R, Dattaraja HS, Dave C, Davies G, Beisiegel Bde M, da Silva Rde N, Di Fiore A, Diesmos A, Dirzo R, Doran-Sheehy D, Eaton M, Emmons L, Estrada A, Ewango C, Fedigan L, Feer F, Fruth B, Willis JG, Goodale U, Goodman S, Guix JC, Guthiga P, Haber W, Hamer K, Herbinger I, Hill J, Huang Z, Sun IF, Ickes K, Itoh A, Ivanauskas N, Jackes B, Janovec J, Janzen D, Jiangming M, Jin C, Jones T, Justiniano H, Kalko E, Kasangaki A, Killeen T, King HB, Klop E, Knott C, Koné I, Kudavidanage E, Ribeiro JL, Lattke J, Laval R, Lawton R, Leal M, Leighton M, Lentino M, Leonel C, Lindsell J, Ling-Ling L, Linsenmair KE, Losos E, Lugo A, Lwanga J, Mack AL, Martins M, McGraw WS, McNab R, Montag L, Thompson JM, Nabe-Nielsen J, Nakagawa M, Nepal S, Norconk M, Novotny V, O'Donnell S, Opiang M, Ouboter P, Parker K, Parthasarathy N, Pisciotta K, Prawiradilaga D, Pringle C, Rajathurai S, Reichard U, Reinartz G, Renton K, Reynolds G, Reynolds V, Riley E, Rödel MO, Rothman J, Round P, Sakai S, Sanaiotti T, Savini T, Schaab G, Seidensticker J, Siaka A, Silman MR, Smith TB, de Almeida SS, Sodhi N, Stanford C, Stewart K, Stokes E, Stoner KE, Sukumar R, Surbeck M, Tobler M, Tscharntke T, Turkalo A, Umapathy G, van Weerd M, Rivera JV, Venkataraman M, Venn L, Verea C, de Castilho CV, Waltert M, Wang B, Watts D, Weber W, West P, Whitacre D, Whitney K, Wilkie D, Williams S, Wright DD, Wright P, Xiankai L, Yonzon P, and Zamzani F

Subjects
Agriculture statistics & numerical data, Animals, Data Collection, Ecology statistics & numerical data, Environmental Pollution adverse effects, Environmental Pollution statistics & numerical data, Fires statistics & numerical data, Forestry statistics & numerical data, Interviews as Topic, Mining statistics & numerical data, Population Growth, Rain, Reproducibility of Results, Research Personnel, Surveys and Questionnaires, Temperature, Biodiversity, Conservation of Natural Resources statistics & numerical data, Endangered Species statistics & numerical data, Trees physiology, Tropical Climate
Abstract

The rapid disruption of tropical forests probably imperils global biodiversity more than any other contemporary phenomenon. With deforestation advancing quickly, protected areas are increasingly becoming final refuges for threatened species and natural ecosystem processes. However, many protected areas in the tropics are themselves vulnerable to human encroachment and other environmental stresses. As pressures mount, it is vital to know whether existing reserves can sustain their biodiversity. A critical constraint in addressing this question has been that data describing a broad array of biodiversity groups have been unavailable for a sufficiently large and representative sample of reserves. Here we present a uniquely comprehensive data set on changes over the past 20 to 30 years in 31 functional groups of species and 21 potential drivers of environmental change, for 60 protected areas stratified across the world’s major tropical regions. Our analysis reveals great variation in reserve ‘health’: about half of all reserves have been effective or performed passably, but the rest are experiencing an erosion of biodiversity that is often alarmingly widespread taxonomically and functionally. Habitat disruption, hunting and forest-product exploitation were the strongest predictors of declining reserve health. Crucially, environmental changes immediately outside reserves seemed nearly as important as those inside in determining their ecological fate, with changes inside reserves strongly mirroring those occurring around them. These findings suggest that tropical protected areas are often intimately linked ecologically to their surrounding habitats, and that a failure to stem broad-scale loss and degradation of such habitats could sharply increase the likelihood of serious biodiversity declines.

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2012
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