2018

Alves, R.J.V., Weksler, M., Oliveira, J.A., Buckup, P.A., Pombal, J.P., Jr., Santana, H.R.G., Peracchi, A. L., Kellner, A.W.A., Aleixo, A., Bonino, A.R.L., Almeida, A.M.P., Albernaz, A.L., Ribas, C.C., Zilberberg, C., Grelle, C.E.V., Rocha, C.F.D., Lamas, C.J.E., Haddad, C.F.B., Bonvicino, C.R., Prado, C.P.A., Lima, D.O., Rossa-Feres, D.C., Santos, F.R., Salimena, F.R.G., Perini, F.A., Bockmann, F.A., Franco, F.L., Giudice, G.M.L., Colli, G.R., Vieira, I.C.G., Marinho-Filho, J., Werneck, J.M.C.F., Santos, J.A.D., Nascimento, J.L., Nessimian, J.L., Cordeiro, J.L.P., Claro, K., Salles, L.O., Casatti, L., Py-Danie, L.H.R., Silveira, L.F., Toledo, L.F., Oliveira, L.F., Malabarba, L.R., Silva, M.D., Couri, M.S., Martins, M.R.C., Tavares, M.D.S., Sobral, M.E.G., Vieira, M.V., Oliveira, M.L.A., Pinna, M.C.C., Hopkins, M.J.G., Solé, M., Menezes, N.A., Passos, P., D’andrea, P.S., Pinto, P.C.E.A., Viana, P.L., Toledo, P.M., Reis, R.E., Vilela, R., Bastos, R.P., Collevatti, R.G., Silva, R.C., Fisher, S.C., & Caramaschi, U. (2018) Brazilian legislation on genetic heritage harms Biodiversity Convention goals and threatens basic biology research and education. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 90: 1279-1284.

Amaral, C. D., Costa, G. B., Souza, W. M., Alves, P. A., Borges, I. A., Tolardo, A. L., Romeiro, M. F., Drumond, B. P., Abrahão, J. S., Kroon, E. G., Paglia, A. P., Figueiredo, L. T. M. & Trindade, G. S. (2018) Silent Orthohantavirus Circulation Among Humans and Small Mammals from Central Minas Gerais, Brazil. EcoHealth, 15, 1-13.

Andrade, F. S., Haga, I. A., Lyra, M. L., Leite, F. S. F., Kwet, A., Haddad, C. F. B., Toledo, L. F. & Giaretta, A. A. (2018). A new species of Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Leiuperinae) from eastern Brazil, with novel data on the advertisement call of Pseudopaludicola falcipes (Hensel). Zootaxa, 4433: 71-100.

Andrade, J. T. M., Cordeiro, N. I. S., Montresor, L. C., Luz, D. M. R., Luz, R. C. R., Martinez, C. B., Pinheiro, J.,Paglia, A. P. & Vidigal, T. H. D. A. (2018) Effect of temperature on behavior, glycogen content, and mortality in Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) (Bivalvia: Mytilidae). Journal of Limnology, 77, 189-198.

Araujo, A. C. M. G., González, A. M. M., Sandel, B., Maruyama, P. K., Fischer, E., Vizentin-Bugoni, J., Araújo, F. P., Coelho, A. G., Faria, R. R., Kohler, G., Las-Casas, F. M. G., Lopes, A. V., Machado, A. O., Machado, C. G., Machado, I. C., Mcguire, J. A., Moura, A. C., Oliveira, G. M., Oliveira, P. E. Rocca, M. A., Rodrigues, L. C., Rodrigues, M., et al. (2018) Spatial distance and climate determine modularity in a cross-biomes plant-hummingbird interaction network in Brazil. Journal of Biogeography, 45, 1846-1858.

Araújo, N. P., Bonvicino, C. & Svartman, M. (2018) Comparative cytogenetics of four species of Thrichomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Genome, X, p.gen-2018-0147.

Araújo, N. P., Dias, C. A. R., Stumpp, R. & Svartman, M. (2018) Cytogenetic analyses in Trinomys (Echimyidae, Rodentia), with description of new karyotypes. PeerJ, 6, 5316.

Azevedo G.H.F., Griswold C.E. & Santos A.J (2018) Systematics and evolution of ground spiders revisited (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae). Cladistics, 34(6): 579–626. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cla.12226

Azevedo G.H.F., Griswold C.E. & Santos A.J. (2018) To complicate or to simplify? Phylogenetic tests of complexity trends and genital evolution in ground spiders (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 184(3): 673–694. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly016

Bedê, L. C., Paglia, A. P., Neves, A. C. O. & Martins, R. P. (2018) Effects of traditional extractive management on the seedling recruitment dynamics of Comanthera elegantula (Eriocaulaceae) in Espinhaço mountain range, SE Brazil. Flora, 238, 216-224.

Bittencourt, J.S., Rohn, R., Gallego, O.F., Monferran, M.D. & Uhlein, A. (2018) The morphology and systematics of the clam shrimp Platyestheria gen. nov. abaetensis (Cardoso) (Crustacea, Spinicaudata) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Sanfranciscana Basin, southeast Brazil. Cretaceous Research, 91: 274–286.

Brandão, K.O., Reis, D.A.R., Garcia, C., Pasa, R., Almeida-Toledo, L.F. & Kavalco, K.F. (2018) Studies in two allopatric populations of Hypostomus affinis (Steindachner, 1877): the role of mapping the ribosomal genes to understand the chromosome evolution of the group. Comparative Cytogenetics, 12: 1-12.

Buzatti, R.S.O., Pfeilsticker, T.R., Magalhães, R.F., Bueno, M.L., Lemos-Filho, J.P. & Lovato, M.B. (2018) Genetic and historical colonization analyses of an endemic savanna tree, Qualea grandiflora, reveal ancient connections between Amazonian savannas and Cerrado core. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9: 981.

Calaça, P.S.S.T., Schlindwein, C., Bastos, E.M.A.F. (2018). Discriminating unifloral honey from a dioecious mass flowering tree of Brazilian seasonally dry tropical forest through pollen spectra: consequences of honeybee preference for staminate flowers. Apidologie 49: 705-720

Capaverde Jr, U. D., Pereira, L. G. A., Tavares, V. C., Magnusson, W. E., Baccaro, F. B., Bobrowiec, P. E. D. (2018) Subtle changes in elevation shift bat-assemblage structure in Central Amazonia. Biotropica, 1, 1-10.

Carmo, F., Mota, R., Kamino, L. & Jacobi, C. M. (2018) Check-list of vascular plant communities on ironstone ranges of south-eastern Brazil: dataset for conservation. Biodiversity Data Journal, 6, e27032, 2018.

Carvalho-Ribeiro, S. M., Soares-Filho, B. S., Costa, W. L., Bachi, L., Oliveira, A. R., Bilotta, P., Saadi, A., Lopes, E., O’riordan, T., Pennacchio, H. L., Queiroz, L., Hecht, S., Rajão, R., Oliveira, U. & Sampaio, C. C. (2018) Can multifunctional livelihoods including recreational ecosystem services (RES) and non timber forest products (NTFP) maintain biodiverse forests in the Brazilian Amazon? Ecosystem Services, 01, 1/1-10.

Carvalho, C. J. B. & Haseyama, K.L.F. (2018) A new species of Polietina (Diptera: Muscidae) from South America, with an updated phylogeny of the genus and a review of species identity in GenBank. Zootaxa, 4407: 415-426.

Cavender-Bares, J., Arroyo, M.T.K., Abell, R., Ackerly, D., Ackerman, D., Arim, M., Belnap, J., Castañeda Moya, F., Dee, L., Estrada-Carmona, N., Gobin, J., Isbell, F., Jaffe, R., Köhler, G., Kraft, N., Mcfarlane, N., Martínez-Garza, C., Metzger, J. P., Mora, A., Oatham, M., Paglia, A., Pedrana, J., Peri, P. L., Piñeiro, G., Randall, R., et al. (2018) Status, trends and future dynamics of biodiversity and ecosystems underpinning nature?s contributions to people. In: Rice, J., Seixas, C.S., Zaccagnini, M.E., Bedoya-Gaitán, M., Valderrama N.. (Org.). The IPBES regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for the Americas. 1ed.Bonn: Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, p. 171-294.

Coelho, E., Ferreira, G., Viana, A., Falcao, L. A. D. & Paglia, A. P. (2018) Species Richness, Abundance and Functional Diversity of a Bat Community along an Elevational Gradient in the Espinhaço Mountain Range, Southeastern Brazil. Acta Chiropterologica, 20, 129-138.

Coscarelli, D., Montresor, L. C., Russo, P., Melo, A. L. & Vidigal, T. H. D. A. (2018) Predicting the distribution of Omalonyx (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Succineidae) species from literature review, museum databases and new sampling efforts in Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 18, e-20170409.

Costa, B.K.P., Mesquita, J. N., Rego, J.O., Schlindwein, C. (2018). Trade off between quantity and size of pollen grains in the heterandrous flowers of Senna pendula (Fabaceae). Acta Botanica Brasilica 32: 446-453.

Costa, H. C., Senaris, J. C., Rojas-Runjaic, F. J. M., Zaher, H. & Garcia, P. C. A. (2018) Redescription of the rare South American worm lizard Amphisbaena rozei (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Amphibia-Reptilia, 39, 21-30.

Dias-Silva, L., Duarte, G. T., Alves, R., Pereira, M. J. R. & Paglia, A. P. (2018) Feeding and social activity of insectivorous bats in a complex landscape: The importance of gallery forests and karst areas. Mammalian Biology, 88, 52-63.

Dias, C.A.R. & Perini, F.A. (2018) Biogeography and early emergence of the genus Didelphis (Didelphimorphia, Mammalia). Zoologica Scripta, 47: 645-654.

Dias, C.A.R., Garbino, G.S.T. & Perini, F.A. (2018) On the identity of Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758. Mammalia, 82: 626-631.

Duarte, G. T., Santos, P. M., Cornelissen, T. G., Ribeiro, M. C. & Paglia, A. P. (2018) The effects of landscape patterns on ecosystem services: meta-analyses of landscape services. Landscape Ecology, 33, 1247-1257.

Falcão, L., Espírito-Santo, M., Fernandes, G. & Paglia, A. P. (2018) Effects of Habitat Structure, Plant Cover, and Successional Stage on the Bat Assemblage of a Tropical Dry Forest at Different Spatial Scales. Diversity, 10, 41-52.

Ferreira, L.J. & Lopes, L.E. (2018) Breeding biology of the Pale-bellied Tyrant-manakin Neopelma pallescens (Aves: Pipridae) in southeastern Brazil. Journal of Natural History, 52: 1893-1908.

Freitas, F.V., Santos Jr., J.E., Santos, F.R. & Silveira, F.A. (2018) Species delimitation and sex associations in the bee genus Thygater, with the aid of molecular data, and the description of a new species. Apidologie, 484-496.

Garbino, G. S. T. & Tavares, V. C. (2018) Roosting ecology of Stenodermatinae bats (Phyllostomidae): evolution of foliage roosting and correlated phenotypes. Mammal Review, 1, 1-15.

Gonçalves-Souza, P., Schlindwein, C. & Paiva, E.A.S. (2018). Floral resins of Philodendron adamantinum (Araceae): secretion, release and synchrony with pollinators. Acta Botanica Brasilica 32: 392-40.1

Ho, B., Greenlaw, K., Al Tuwaijri, A. Moussette, S., Martínez, F., Giorgio, E., Brusco, A., Ferrero, G. B., Linhares, N. D., Valadares, E. R., Svartman, M., Kalscheuer, Vera M., Rodríguez Criado, G., Laprise, C., Greenwood, C. M. T. & Naumova, A. K. (2018) X chromosome dosage and presence of SRY shape sex-specific differences in DNA methylation at an autosomal region in human cells. Biology of Sex Differences, 9 (1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-018-0169-7

Hughes, F. M., Figueira, J. E. C., Jacobi, C. M. & Borba, E. L. (2018) Demographic processes and anthropogenic threats of lithophytic cacti in eastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Botany, 41, 631-640.

Jacinavicius, F.C., Bassini-Silva, R., Mendoza-Roldan, J.A., Pepato, A.R., Ochoa, R., Welbourn, C. & Barros-Battesti, D.M. (2018) A checklist of chiggers from Brazil, including new records (Acari: Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae). Zookeys, 743: 1-41.

Klimov, P.B., O’Connor, B.M., Chetverikov, P.E., Bolton, S.J., Pepato, A.R., Mortazavi, A.L., Toltikov, A.V., Bauchan, G.R. & Ochoa, R. (2018) Comprehensive phylogeny of acariform mites (Acariformes) provides insights on the origin of the four-legged mites (Eriophyoidea), a long branch. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 119: 105-117.

Krug, C., Cordeiro, G.D., Schäffler, I., Silva, C.I., Oliveira, R., Schlindwein, C., Dötterl, S., Alves-dos-Santos, I.( 2018). Nocturnal Bee Pollinators are attracted to Guarana flowers by their scents. Frontiers in Plant Science 9:1072.

Laurindo, R.S. & Gregorin, R. Temperature and resource availability drive the seasonal abundance of Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Atlantic Forest remnants of southeastern Brazil. Mammalia, 82: 20180003.

Lins, A.C.R., Magalhães, R.F., Costa, R.N., Brandão, R.A., Py-Daniel, T. R., De Oliveira Miranda, N.E., Maciel, N.M., Nomura, F. & Pezzuti, T.L. (2018) The larvae of two species of Bokermannohyla (Anura, Hylidae, Cophomantini) endemic to the highlands of central Brazil. Zootaxa, 4527: 501-520.

Lopes, L. E. & Peixoto, H. J. C. (2018) Aves campestres ameaçadas de extinção encontradas nos Campos do Alto Rio Grande, sul de Minas Gerais: notas sobre sua história natural e proposições para estudos futuros In Atualidades Ornitológicas, 201: 40-48.

Lopes, L. E., Chaves, A.V., Aquino, M.M., Silveira, L.F. & Santos, F. R. (2018) The striking polyphyly of Suiriri: convergent evolution and social mimicry in two cryptic Neotropical birds. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 56: 270-279.

Lopes, L. E., Heming, N.M., Jahn, A.E., Ferreira, D., Putare, O.B. & Marini, M.Â. (2018) Breeding biology of the White-throated Kingbird (Tyrannus albogularis) in Brazil and Bolivia. Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 130: 915-923.

Loureiro, L., Gregorin, R. & Perini, F. A. (2018) Diversity, morphological phylogeny, and distribution of bats of the genus Molossus E. Geoffroy, 1805 (Chiroptera, Molossidae) in Brazil. Zoosystema, 40: 425-452.

Magalhães M.D.F. & Santos A.J. (2018) The spider family Oecobiidae in Madagascar, including four new species and a new record. Zootaxa, 4527(1): 37–48 (erratum: Zootaxa 4543(4): 600, 2019).

Magalhães, R.F., Lacerda, J.V.A., Reis, L.P., Garcia, P.C.A. & Pinheiro, P.D.P. (2018) Sexual dimorphism in Bokermannohyla martinsi (Bokermann, 1964) (Anura, Hylidae) with a report of male-male combat. South American Journal of Herpetology, 13: 202-209.

Magalhães, R.F., Rocha, P.C., Santos, F.R., Stüssmann, C. & Giaretta, A.A. (2018) Integrative taxonomy helps to assess the extinction risk of anuran species. Journal for Nature Conservation, 45: 1-10.

Marini, M. Â., Silva, M.A.A., Reis, J.N., Heming, N.M. & Lopes, L.E. (2018) Coletores de ovos de aves brasileiras no início do século XX: ‘Caetano-Guimarães-Chagas’ em Minas Gerais. Atualidades Ornitológicas, 205: 33-40.

Marques-Santos, F., Wischhoff, U., Roper, J. & Rodrigues, M. (2018) Delayed plumage maturation explains differences in breeding performance of Saffron Finches. Emu, 118, 1-11.

Marsola, J., Bittencourt, J. S., Butler, R., Da-Rosa, Á.A., Sayão, J. & Langer, M. (2018) A new dinosaur with theropod affinities from the Late Triassic Santa Maria Formation, South Brazil. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 38: e1531878.

Marsola, J.C.A., Bittencourt, J.S., Da Rosa, A.A.S., Martinelli, A.G., Ribeiro, A.M., Ferigolo, J. & Langer, M.C. (2018) New sauropodomorph and cynodont remains from the Late Triassic Sacisaurus site in southern Brazil and its stratigraphic position in the Norian Caturrita Formation. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 63: 653-669.

Martins P.H. & Santos A. J. (2018) Morphology and taxonomy of the orb-weaver spider genus Mecynogea, and a peculiar species of Argiope (Araneae: Araneidae). Zootaxa, 4415(3): 423–451. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4415.3.2

Meireles, R.C., Teixeira, J.P.G., Solar, R., Vasconcelos, B.N.F., Fernandes, R.B.A. & Lopes, L.E. (2018) Soil attributes drive nest-site selection by the campo miner Geositta poeciloptera. PLoS One, 13: e0192185.

Melo, B.T., Mota, T.R.P., Schlindwein, C., Antonini, Y., Oliveira, R. (2018). Floral colour change in Byrsonima variabilis (Malpighiaceae) as a visual cue for pollen but not oil foraging by oil-collecting bees. Science of Nature 105: 46.

Mesquita, J.N., Blüthgen, N., Schlindwein, C. (2018). Flowers with poricidal anthers and their complex interaction networks – disentangling legitimate pollinators and illegitimate visitors. Functional Ecology 32: 2321-2332.

Miranda, F. R., Casali, D. M., Perini, F. A., Machado, F. A. & Santos, F. R. (2018) Taxonomic review of the genus Cyclopes Gray, 1821 (Xenarthra: Pilosa), with the revalidation and description of new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 183: 687-721.

Miranda, L. S., Mills, C. E., Hirano, Y. M., Collins, A. G., Marques, A. C. (2018) A review of the global diversity and natural history of stalked jellyfishes (Cnidaria, Staurozoa). Marine Biodiversity, 48: 1695-1714.

Missagia, R.V. & Perini, F.A. (2018) Skull morphology of the Brazilian shrew mouse Blarinomys breviceps (Akodontini; Sigmodontinae), with comparative notes on Akodontini rodents. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 277: 148-161.

Monteiro, J. P. C., Condez, T. H., Garcia, P. C. A., Comitti, E. J., Amaral, I. B. & Haddad, C. F. B. (2018) A new species of Brachycephalus (Anura, Brachycephalidae) from the coast of Santa Catarina State, southern Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4407, 483-505.

Monteiro, J. P. C., Condez, T. H., Garcia, P.C.A. & Haddad, C. F. B. (2018) The advertisement calls of two species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from southern Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4415, 183-188.

Moras, L. M., Gregorin, R., Sattler, T., Tavares, V. C. (2018) Uncovering the diversity of dog-faced bats of the genus Cynomops (Chiroptera: Molossidae), with the redescription of C. milleri and the description of two new species. Mammalian Biology, 89, 37-51.

Nascimento, A.C., Chaves, A.V., Leite, F.S.F., Eterovick, P.C., Santos, F. R. (2018) Past vicariance promoting deep genetic divergence in an endemic frog species of the Espinhaço Range in Brazil: The historical biogeography of Bokermannohyla saxicola (Hylidae). PLoS One, 13: e0206732.

Oliveira U., Soares-Filho B.S., Paglia A.P., Brescovit A.D., Carvalho C.J.B., Silva D.P., Rezende D.T., Leite F.S.F, Batista J.A.N., Pena Barbosa J.P.P., Stehmann J.R., Ascher J.S., Vasconcelos M.F., De Marco P., Löwenberg-Neto P., Ferro V.G. & Santos A.J. (2018) Reply to Biodiversity conservation gaps in Brazil: a role for systematic conservation planning. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 16: 166–167.

Oliveira, A. S., Rajão, R. G., Soares-Filho, B. S., Oliveira, U., Santos, L. R. S., Assunção, A. C., Van Der Hoff, R., Rodrigues, H. O., Ribeiro, S. M. C., Merry, F. & Lima, L. S. (2018). Economic losses to sustainable timber production by fire in the Brazilian Amazon. Geographical Journal, 1, 1-13.

Oliveira, S.S., Oliveira, R. & Schlindwein, C. (2018). Pollination of Blumenbachia amana (Loasaceae): flower morphology and partitioned pollen presentation guarantee a private reward to a specialist pollinator. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 124: 479-491.

Oliveira, U., Soares-Filho, B. S., Paglia, A. P., Brescovit, A. D., Carvalho, C. J. B., Silva, D. P., Rezende, D. T., Leite, F. S. F., Batista, J. A. N., Barbosa, J. P. P. P., Stehmann, J. R., Ascher, J. S., Vasconcelos, M. F., Marco, P., Löwenberg-Neto, P., Ferro, V. G. & Santos, A. J. (2018). Reply to Biodiversity conservation gaps in Brazil: A role for systematic conservation planning. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 16, 166-167.

Oliveira, U., Soares-Filho, B.S., Santos, A.J., Paglia, A.P., Brescovit, A.D., Barbosa, J.P.P.P., Carvalho, C.J.B., Silva, D.P., Rezende, D.T., Leite, F. S. F. et al. (2018). Reply to biodiversity conservation gaps in Brazil: A role for systematic conservation planning. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 17: 1-3.

Paim, F. P., Valenta, K., Chapman, C. A., Paglia, A. P. & de Queiroz, H. L. (2018) Tree community structure reflects niche segregation of three parapatric squirrel monkey species (Saimiri spp.). Primates, 59, 1-10.

Pasa, R., Dergam, J.A., Kavalco, K. F. (2018) Trends in karyotype evolution in Astyanax (Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae): Insights from molecular data. Frontiers in Genetics, 9: 1-11.

Paschoal, A. M. O., Massara, R. L., Bailey, L. L., Doherty, P. F., Santos, P. M., Paglia, A. P., Hirsch, A. & Chiarello, A. G., (2018) Anthropogenic Disturbances Drive Domestic Dog Use of Atlantic Forest Protected Areas. Tropical Conservation Science, 11, 194008291878983-14.

Pepato, A.R., Vidigal, T. H. D. A. & Klimov, P. B. (2018) Molecular phylogeny of marine mites (Acariformes: Halacaridae), the oldest radiation of extant secondarily marine animals. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 129 182-188.

Pinheiro, P.D.P., Cintra, C.E.D., Valdujo, P.H., Silva, H.L.R., Martins, I.A., Silva, N. J., Garcia, P.C.A. (2018) A new species of the Boana albopunctata group (anura: hylidae) from the cerrado of Brazil. South American Journal of Herpetology, v. 13, p. 170-182.

Pinto, H.A., Goncalves, N. Q., Lopez, D., Pulido-Murillo, E. A. & Melo, A. L. (2018) The life cycle of a zoonotic parasite reassessed: Experimental infection of Melanoides tuberculata (Mollusca: Thiaridae) with Centrocestus formosanus (Trematoda: Heterophyidae). PLoS One, 13, e0194161.

Pulido-Murillo, E. A., Furtado, L. F. V., Melo, A. L., Rabelo, E. M. L. & Pinto, H.A. (2018) Fishborne Zoonotic Trematodes Transmitted by Melanoides tuberculata Snails, Peru. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24, 606-608.

Ramos, E.K.S., Magalhães, R.F., Sari, E.H.R., Rosa, A.H.B., Garcia, P.C.A. & Santos, F.R. (2018) Population genetics and distribution data reveal conservation concerns to the sky island endemic Pithecopus megacephalus (Anura, Phyllomedusidae). Conservation Genetics, 19: 99-110.

Rego, J. O., Oliveira, R. S., Jacobi, C. M. & Schlindwein, C. (2018) Constant flower damage caused by a common stingless bee puts survival of a threatened buzz-pollinated species at risk. Apidologie, 49, 276-286.

Reis, D.A.R., Brandão, K.O., Almeida-Toledo, L.F., Pasa, R. & Kavalco, K.F. (2018) The persevering cytotaxonomy: Discovery of a unique XX/XY sex chromosome system in catfishes suggests the existence of a new, endemic and rare species. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 156: 45-55.

Rezende, G. C., Garbino, G. S. T. & Tavares, V. C. (2018) Tent use by Artibeus and Uroderma (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in Northern Colombia. Mastozoologia Neotropical /Journal of Neotropical Mammalogy, 25, 001-006.

Sabbag, A.F., Lyra, M.L., Zamudio, K.R., Haddad, C.F.B., Feio, R.N., Leite, F.S.F., Gasparini, J.L. & Brasileiro, C.A. (2018). Molecular phylogeny of Neotropical rock frogs reveals a long history of vicariant diversification in the Atlantic forest. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 122: 142-156.

Salles, D. M., Carmo, F. F. & Jacobi, C. M. (2018) Habitat Loss Challenges the Conservation of Endemic Plants in Mining-Targeted Brazilian Mountains. Environmental Conservation, 46, 1-7.

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