Author pages are created from data sourced from our academic publisher partnerships and public sources.
- Publications
- Influence
The Status of the World's Land and Marine Mammals: Diversity, Threat, and Knowledge
- J. Schipper, Janice S. Chanson, +127 authors B. E. Young
- Biology, Environmental Science
- Science
- 10 October 2008
Knowledge of mammalian diversity is still surprisingly disparate, both regionally and taxonomically. Here, we present a comprehensive assessment of the conservation status and distribution of the… Expand
Changing the Course of Biodiversity Conservation in the Caatinga of Northeastern Brazil
- I. Leal, J. C. Silva, M. Tabarelli, T. Lacher
- Geography
- 1 June 2005
Abstract: The 735,000-km2 Caatinga is a mosaic of thorn scrub and seasonally dry forests, with more than 2000 species of vascular plants, fishes, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals. Endemism in… Expand
4. The mammals of northeastern Brazil: a preliminary assessment
- M. A. Mares, M. Willig, Karl E. Streilein, T. Lacher
- Biology
- 1981
- 140
- 16
Assessment of assemblage‐wide temporal niche segregation using null models
- I. Castro-Arellano, T. Lacher, M. Willig, T. Rangel
- Mathematics, Biology
- 1 May 2010
Summary 1. Although time can be subdivided to promote species coexistence, quantitative examination of assemblage-wide temporal niche overlap has seldom been explored with appropriate null models.… Expand
Mudando o curso da conservação da biodiversidade na Caatinga do Nordeste do Brasil
- I. Leal, M. C. D. Silva, M. Tabarelli, T. Lacher
- Geography
- 2005
The 735,000km 2 Caatinga is a mosaic of thorn scrub and seasonally dry forests, with more than 2,000 species of vascular plants, fishes, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals. Endemism in these… Expand
- 161
- 10
Environmental Degradation in the Pantanal EcosystemIn Brazil, the world's largest wetland is being threatened by human activities
- C. J. R. Alho, T. Lacher, H. C. Gonçalves
- Biology
- 1 March 1988
ment was part of the opening ceremonies of a worldwide campaign directed at the conservation of wetlands. The campaign was promoted by UNESCO, with the cooperation of the International Union for the… Expand
The Brazilian Caatinga in South American zoogeography : tropical mammals in a dry region
- M. A. Mares, M. Willig, T. Lacher
- Biology
- 1985
Recent research in South American biogeography on groups other than mammals suggests that the semi-arid Caatinga of northeastern Brazil provided xeric refugia during mesic phases of the Pleistocene… Expand
Agrochemical use on banana plantations in Latin America : Perspectives on ecological risk
- W. Henriques, R. D. Jeffers, T. Lacher, R. Kendall
- Biology
- 1997
Developing tropical nations have greatly expanded their agricultural production during the past decade. Substantial areas of tropical ecosystems have been altered to accommodate agriculture. Banana… Expand
The comparative social behavior of Kerodon rupestris and Galea spixii and the evolution of behavior in the Caviidae
- T. Lacher
- Biology
- 1981
- 85
- 6
Tropical ecotoxicology: Status and needs
- T. Lacher, M. Goldstein
- Geography
- 1997
Ecotoxicology has focused almost exclusively on countries and ecosystems in temperate zones. Tropical ecosystems, which combined contain as much as 75% of the global biodiversity, have been… Expand