Articles - 2021


Updated: 02/05/2025
  1. ANJOS, S. F. dos; ODA, F. H.; CAMPIÃO, K. M.; ÁVILA, R,. W.; SANTOS, J. N. dos; SANTOS, A. N. dos; ALMEIDA, G. O.; MELO, F. T. de V.; RODRIGUES, D. J. 2021. A new species of Cosmocercoides (Ascaridida: Cosmocercidae) parasitic in tree frogs from Southern Amazonia. Journal of Parasitology, 107 (2): 239-245. Key Words: Southern Amazonia, Helminth, Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Nematoda, Hylidae. DOI: 10.1645/20-78. Available online
  2. APPEL, G.; CAPAVERDE JR., U. D.; OLIVEIRA, L. Q. de; PEREIRA, L. G, do A.; TAVARESA, V. da C.; LÓPEZ-BAUCELLS, A.; MAGNUSSON, W. E.; BACCARO, F. B.; BOBROWIEC, P. E. D.. 2021. Use of complementary methods to sample bats in the Amazon. Acta Chiropterologica, 23(2), 499-511, 2021. DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2021.23.2.017. Available online
  3. CARON, T. M. F.; CHUMA, V. J. U. R.; SANDI, A. A.; NORRIS, D. 2021. Big trees drive forest structure patterns across a lowland Amazon regrowth gradient. Scientific Reports, v. 11, n. 1, p. 3380. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83030-5. Available online
  4. CHUMA, V. J. U. R.; NORRIS, D. 2021. Contribution of Vouacapoua americana fruit-fall to therelease of biomass in a lowland Amazon forest. Scientific Reports, v. 11, p. 4302. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83803-y. Available online
  5. DAYRELL, J. S.; MAGNUSSON, W. E.; BOBROWIEC, P. E. D.; LIMA, A. P. 2021. Impact of an Amazonian hydroelectric dam on frog assemblages. PLoS ONE 16(6):e0244580. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244580. Available online
  6. DORIA, C. R. C.; DUTKA-GIANELLI, J.; PAES DE SOUZA, M.; LORENZEN, K.;ATHAYDE, S. 2021. Stakeholder perceptions on the governance of fisheries systems transformed by hydroelectric dam development in the Madeira River, Brazil. Frontiers in Environmental Science, v. 9, 575514. DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.575514. Available online
  7. DORIA, C. R. C.; AGUDELO, E.; AKAMA, A.; BONFIM, M.; CARNEIRO, L.; BRIGLIA-FERREIRA, S. R.; CARVALHO, L. N.; BONILLA-CASTILLO, C. A.; CHARVET, P.; CATÂNEO, D. T. B. dos S.; SILVA, H. P. da; GARCIA-DÁVILA, C. R.; ANJOS, H. D. B. dos; DUPONCHELLE, F.; ENCALADA, A.; FERNANDES, I.; FLORENTINO, A. C.; GUARIDO, P. C. P.; GUEDES, T. L. de O.; JIMENEZ-SEGURA, L.; LASSO-ALCALÁ, O. M.; MACEAN, M. R.; MARQUES, E. E.; MENDES-JÚNIOR, R. N. G.; MIRANDA-CHUMACERO, G.; NUNES, J. L. S.; OCCHI, T. V. T.; PEREIRA, L. S.; CASTRO-PULIDO, W.; SOARES, L.; SOUSA, R. G. C.; TORRENTE-VILARA, G.; DAMME, P. A. V.; ZUANON, J.; VITULE, J. R. S. 2021. The silent threat of non-native fish in the Amazon: ANNF Database and Review. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, v. 9: 646702. DOI: 10.3389/FEVO.2021.646702. Key Words: biological invasions, invasive alien species, freshwater ecosystems, escapes, colonization sucess, propagule pressure. Available online
  8. Draper, F. C. et al. (2021). Amazon tree dominance across forest strata. Nature Ecology and Evolution 5:757–767. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01418-y.
  9. DUPONCHELLE, F.; ISAAC, V. J.; DORIA, C.; VAN DAMME, P. A.; HERRERA-R, G. A.; ANDERSON, E. P.; CRUZ, R. E. A.; HAUSER, M.; HERMANN, T. W.; AGUDELO, E.; BONILLA'CASTILLO, C.; BARTHEM, R.; FREITAS, C. E. C.; GARCÍA-DÁVILA, C.; GARCÍA-VASQUEZ, A.; RENNO, JEAN-FRANÇOIS; CASTELLO, L. 2021. Conservation of migratory fishes in the Amazon basin. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater ecosystems, v, 1, pp. 1-19. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3550. Available online
  10. FADINI, R. F.; BROCARDO, C. R.; ROSA, C.; ARAGÓN, S.; LIMA, A. P.; MAGNUSSON, W. E. 2021. Long-term standardized ecological research in an Amazonian savanna: a laboratory under threat. An Acad Bras Cienc (2021) 93(Suppl. 4): e20210879. DOI 10.1590/0001-3765202120210879. Available online
  11. FERNANDES, I. Y.; MORAES, L. J. C. L.; MENIN, M.; FARIAS, I. P.; LIMA, A. P.; KAEFER, I. L. 2021. Unlinking the speciation steps: geographical factors drive changes in sexual signals of an Amazonian nurse-frog through body size variation. Evolutionary Biology (2021) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11692-020-09525-7. Key Words: Amazonia, Anura, Biogegraphy, genotype, landscape, phenotype. Available online
  12. ForestPlots.net et al. (2021) Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots. Biological Conservation 260:108849. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108849. Available online
  13. JACKMAN, J. M.; BENVENUTO, C.; COSCIA, I.; CARVALHO, C. O.; READY, J. S.; BOUBLI, J. P.; MAGNUSSON, W. E.; McDEVITT, A. D.; SALES, N. G. 2021. eDNA in a bottleneck: Obstacles to fish metabarcoding studies in megadiverse freshwater systems. Environmental DNA, 2021; 00:1-13. DOI: 10.1002/edn3.191. Key Words: Amazon, barcoding gap, freshwater, MiFish, Neotropics, reference database, taxonomic resolution. Available online
  14. GONZÁLEZ-ALVARADO, A.; VAZ-DE-MELLO, F. Z. 2021. Towards a comprehensive taxonomic revision of the Neotropical dung beetle subgenus Deltochilum (Deltohyboma) Lane, 1946 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): Division into species-groups. PLoS ONE 16(1): e0244657. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244657. Available online
  15. HIPÓLITO, J.; COUTINHO, J.; MAHLMANN, T.; SANTANA, T. B. R.; MAGNUSSON, W. E. 2021. Legislation and pollination: Recommendations for policymakers and scientists. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 2021. ISSN 2530-0644. Key Words: Brazil, Biodiversity, Crops, Laws, Pollinators, Sustainability science. Available online e em https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2021.01.003.
  16. LONARDONI, A. P.; RÖPKE, C. P.; MELO, T.; TORRENTE-VILARA, G. 2021. Damming in the Madeira River modifies the food spectrum of piscivorous and affects their resource partitioning. Neotropical Ichthyology 19(3), e210087. Key Words: Amazônia, amplitude de nicho alimentar, Hidrelétricas, interações interespecíficas, sobreposição alimentar. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2021-0087. Available online
  17. MARIONI, B.; BARAO-NÓBREGA, J. A. L.; BOTERO-ARIAS, R.; MUNIZ, F.; CAMPOS, Z.; DA SILVEIRA, R.; MAGNUSSON, W. E.; VILLAMARÍN, F. 2021. Science and conservation of Amazonian crocodilians: a historical review. Aquatic Conserv Mar Freshw Ecosyst., v. 31, pp. 1056-1067. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3541. Key Words: floodplain, monitoring, protected area, reptiles, sustainability, wetlands. Available online
  18. MORAES, L. J. C. L.; LIMA, A. P. 2021. A new nurse frog (Allobates, Aromobatidae) with a cricket-like advertisement call from Eastern Amazonia. Herpetological (2021) 77 (2), pp. 146-163. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1655/Herpetologica-D-20-00010.1. Available online
  19. NORONHA, J. da C. de; PRADO, C. P. A.; HERO, Jean-Marc; CASTLEY, G.; RODRIGUES, D. de J. Aspects of the reproductive ecology of Trachycephalus cunauaru (Anura: Hylidae) in the southern Amazon. Acta Amazonica, v. 51, pp. 34-41, 2021. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202002361. Key Words: phytotelmata, artificial reproductive sites, canopy sampling, oophagy, amphibians. Available online
  20. PEQUENO, P. A. C. L.; FRANKLIN, E.; NORTON, R. A. 2021. Microgeographic morphophysiological divergence in an Amazonian soil mite. Evolutionary Biology (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11692-020-09528-4.Key Words: adaptation, functional analysis, gradient model, passive dispersal, phenotypic plasticity, sympatry. Available online
  21. PEQUENO, P. A. C. L.; FRANKLIN, E.; NORTON, R. A. 2021. Modelling selection, drift, dispersal and their interactions in the community assembly of Amazonian soil mites. Oecologia (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-04954-3. Key Words: Community structure, Ecological niche, Environmental filtering, Functional traits, Dispersal limitation. Available online
  22. PELISSARI, S. R. N.; SINHORIN, V. D. G.; CASTOLDI, L.; VASCONCELOS, L. G. de; RODRIGUES, D. J.; RIBEIRO, E. B. S.; KERKHOFF, J.; SINHORIN, A. P. 2021. Methanolic extract of Rhinella marina Poison: chemical composition, antioxidant and immunomodulatory activities. J. Braz. Chem. Soc., v. 32, n. 8, pp. 1584-1597. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21577/0103-5053.20210057. Key Words: Rhinella marina, oxidative stress, immunomodulatorion, venom, paratoid gland, toad. Available online
  23. RAASCH-FERNANDES, L. D.; BONALDO, S. M.; RODRIGUES, D. de J.; FERRARINI, S. R.; VERÇOSA, A. G. A.; OLIVEIRA, D. L. de. 2021. In vitro antimicrobial activity of methanolic extracts from cutaneous secretions of Amazonian amphibians against phytopathogens of agricultural interest. Acta Amazonica, v. 51(2) 2021: 145 - 155. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201904462. Key Words: inhibition; conidia; Rhaebo guttatus; Rhinella marina. Available online
  24. RABELO, R. M.; OLIVEIRA, I. F.; MAGNUSSON, W. 2021. Finding a lost species in the 'Lost World': predicted habitat occupancy by an endemic butterfly in a Neotropical sky-island archipelago. Insect Conservation and Diversity (2021). DOI: 10.1111/icad.12521. Key Words: Antirrhea, Bayesian occupancy model, detectability, endemism, last glacial maximum, Pantepui, species distribution modelling, Vicariance-Migration hypothesis. Available online
  25. RABELO, R. M.; PEREIRA, G. C. N.; VALSECCHI, J.; MAGNUSSON, W. E. The role of river flooding as an environmental filter for Amazonian butterfly assemblages. Front. Ecol. Evol., v. 9:693178. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.693178. Key Words: Amazonian floodplains, Lepidoptera, rarefaction, species composition, species density, species richness, terra firme, várzea. Available online
  26. ROCHA, S. M. C. da; LIMA, A. P.; KAEFER, I. L. 2021. Key roles of parternal care and climate on offspring survival of an Amazonian poison frog. An Acad Bras Cienc (2021) 93:e20210067. DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202120210067. Key Words: Allobates paleovarzensis, Aromobatidae, Dendrobatoidea, ENSO 2015-2016, nurse frogs, parental care. Available online
  27. ROSA, C. A. Savannah for sale: is there hope for neotropical biodiversity on private, Brazilian properties? Animal Conservation 24 (2021), p. 1-2. DOI: 10.1111/acv.12617. Available online
  28. ROSA, C.; BACCARO, F.; CRONEMBERGER, C.; HIPÓLITO, J.; BARROS, C. F.; RODRIGUES, D. de J.; NECKEL-OLIVEIRA, S.; OVERBECK, G. E.; DRECHSLER-SANTO, E. R. et al. 2021. The program of biodiversity Research in Brazil: The role of regional networks for biodiversity knowledge, dissemination, and conservation. An Acad Bras Cienc. (2021) 93(2), e20201604, pp. 11-19. Available online
  29. ROSA, C. A. da; GANANÇA, P. H. S.; LIMA, A. P.; MAGNUSSON, W, E, 2021. Corrigendum: Necromys lasiurus: lições de um estudo de 38 anos em uma savana amazônica. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, v. 9, p. 606. DOI=10.3389/fevo.2021.716384. Available online
  30. ROSA, C.; SECCO, H.; SILVA, L G. da; LIMA, M. G. de; GORDO, M.; MAGNUSSON, W. 2021. Burying water and biodiversity through road constructions in Brazil. Aquatic Conserv: Mar Freshw Ecosyst. 2021, pp. 1-3. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3544. Key Words: Amazon, drainage, ecofriendly road, riparian biodiversity, riparian zones, sustainability.
  31. ROSA, D. C. P.; BROCARDO, C. R.; ROSA, C.; CASTRO, A. B.; NORRIS, D.; FADINI, R.; 2021. Species-rich but defaunated: the case of medium and large-bodied mammals in a sustainable use protected area in the Amazon. Acta Amazonica, v. 51(4):323-333. Keywords: camera trapping, poaching, tropical forest, wildlife management. Available online e em http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202101481.
  32. SILVA, W. R.; PEQUENO, P. A. C. L.; FARIAS, H. L. S.; MELO, V. F.; VILLACORTA, C. D. A.; CARVALHO, L. C. S.; PERDIZ, R. O.; CITÓ, A. C.; BARBOSA, R. I. 2021. Environmental filters and biotic interactions drive species richness and composition in ecotone forests of the northern Brazilian Amazonia. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (Ciências Naturais), 16(2): 229-244. Keywords: Estrutura da comunidade. Ilha de Maracá. Roraima. Florestas sazonais. Espécies de árvores. Available onlin
  33. SOUZA, J. L. P.; FERNANDES, I. O. 2021. Do spatial and temporal scales affect the efficiency of surrogates in ant monitoring on the hydroelectric power-plant area in Brazilian Amazon? Ecological Indicators, v. 121, p. 107158, 2021. Keywords: Amazon, Madeira River, Species occurrence, Standardized sampling protocol, Tropical forest. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107158. Available online
  34. SOUZA, J. R. D.; KAEFER, I. L.; LIMA, A. P. 2021. Calling activity determines male mating sucess in a territorial frog with parental care. Ethology, 127(4): pp. 359-365. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13135. Available online
  35. SOUZA HOLANDA, P. M.; SOUZA, J. L. P.; BACCARO, F. B. 2021. Seasonal fluctuation of groundwater level inflluences local litter-dwelling and richness, composition and colonization in the Amazon rainforest. Ecological Entomology, v. 46, pp. 220-231. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12954. Keywords: Disturbance, formicidae, tropical forests, water table. Available online
  36. SOUZA, E.; LIMA, A. P.; MAGNUSSON, W. E.; KAWASHITA-RIBEIRO, R.; FADINI, R.; GHIZONI JR., I. R.; GANANÇA, P.; FRAGA, R. 2021. Short-and long-term effects of fire and vegetation cover on four lizard species in Amazonian savannas. Canadian Journal of Zoology, v. 99, n. 3, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2020-0224
  37. TORRALVO, K.; DE FRAGA, R.; LIMA, A. P.; DAYRELL, J.; MAGNUSSON, W. E. 2021. Environmental filtering and deforestation shape frog assemblages in Amazonia: An empirical approach assessing species abundances and functional traits. Biotropica. 2022;54:226–238. DOI: 10.1111/btp.13053. Keywords: Alter do Chão, anthropogenic disturbance, community structure, functional diversity, Tapajós FLONA, taxonomic composition. Available online