This session aims to convene ecologists and researchers to delve into the intricate relationship between biodiversity, climate, and vegetation in tropical mountainous ecosystems.

African's major terrestrial and coastal biomes comprises a wealthy repository of biodiversity, with a high proportion of native and endemic plant species, which makes it biologically unique and provides a wide range of ecosystem services.

Tropical environments are under threat for a variety of reasons including human population expansion and encroachment, habitat loss and fragmentation, and climate change.

Large trees dominate one’s perspective of the African tropical rainforest, which is mirrored in a research focus on canopy trees.

Wetlands are very important yet highly threatened.

Tropical forests are known for their incredibly complex networks of species interactions.

Use of dogs in conservation for wildlife population research, monitoring, management, prevention and enforcement of wildlife crimes is increasing globally due to the dogs’ superior olfactory system and ability to develop close working relationships with humans.

The tropics are renowned as global bastions of biodiversity but are increasingly imperilled by human activities.

The burgeoning energy demand worldwide has led to a proliferation of hydroelectric dams, firstly in the northern hemisphere and subsequently across tropical developing countries, which have become the new hydropower frontier.

Chemical cues and signals are widespread mechanisms that guide a diverse array of species interactions.

Tropical moist forests form a closed canopy with a complex vertical structure under warm and wet environments, where rainfall is evenly distributed.

Climate change is predicted to drive regional climate disruption and instability across the world, increasingly threatening global biodiversity, and ecosystem service delivery.

Climate and land-use change modify the structure and composition of ecosystems across the globe.

Wild meat refers to meat sourced from non-domesticated terrestrial mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians.

The goal of this conference session is to explore the synergies between sustainable agriculture practices, such as agroforestry and organic farming, and biodiversity conservation in tropical regions.

Effective and efficient biomonitoring tools are critical to evaluate biodiversity and ecosystem health.

Tackling the complexity of ecological systems and understanding patterns and processes for the advancement of theoretical ecology and informing policy makers has been the main goals of Ecological Modelling.

Tropical rainforests have an essential role in mitigating the increasing negative effects of the climate crisis.

In the age of smartphones and information technology, digital data, including social media content, has enormous potential to support and complement traditional ecological data.

Tropical ecosystems face unprecedented challenges, such as deforestation, defaunation and climate change.

The American tropics – Neotropics – comprise more species than any other region on Earth, due to a complex interaction of biotic and abiotic processes.