María Piedad Baptiste's research while affiliated with Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt and other places

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The process of biological invasions resulting from the introduction of exotic species is one of the most critical components of global environmental change. Although many hypotheses try to explain the processes underlying biological invasions, changes in land use are essential drivers mediating the colonization of exotic species at the landscape le...
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La evaluación de riesgo de extinción de los mamíferos de Colombia se ha realizado heterogéneamente en los últimos 16 años. Sin embargo, las evaluaciones de los mamíferos de Colombia están desactualizadas. Por esta razón, se hace necesario renovar la evaluación del riesgo de extinción de los de mamíferos de Colombia. Este proceso se realiza de maner...
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Biodiversity loss is currently one of the most important societal concerns worldwide, and it is caused mainly by habitat loss and fragmentation, biological invasion, and climate change (Vitousek et al. 1996, Newbold et al. 2015, Bellard et al. 2016). Introduced species can have positive effects on human well‐being, especially when used for liveliho...
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To understand the effects of invasive species on soil hydraulic properties is a challenging task for Neotropical dry ecosystems because the relative paucity of knowledge of linkages between functional traits of species in response to drought conditions and land-cover transformation contexts. We tested whether functional strategies vary between nati...
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Current and future interactions between nature and society. This chapter should be cited as: Klatt, B. J., García Márquez., J. R., Ometto, J. P., Valle, M., Mastrangelo, M. E., Gadda, T., Pengue, W. A., Ramírez Hernández., W., Baptiste Espinosa., M. P., Acebey Quiroga., S.V., Blanco, M. V., Agard, J., and Guezala Villavicencio., M. C. Chapter 5: C...

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... Pigs and sheep were eradicated in 1965 and goats in 2005 . Currently, the mouse Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 is the only mammal (and invasive) that remains on the island , with records of the species until at least June 2015 (Rosa et al. 2020). In addition to the cited species, donkey (Equus asinus Linnaeus, 1758; introduced in 1916 and eradicated in 1965), cattle (Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758; two individuals introduced in 1916, but they did not survive) and the guinea fowl (Numida meleagris Linnaeus, 1758; introduced several times between 1700 and 1980) are examples of species introduced at Trindade Island over time . ...
... Invasive species in tropical dry forests negatively alter soil characteristics [19]. In contrast, the presence of invasive species in degraded habitats can improve soil moisture conditions and can facilitate the reclamation of such degraded areas [20]. ...