Sítio Parque Nacional do Catimbau

2022

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Pontes et al 2022 Staminode of Jacaranda rugosa A.H. Gentry (Bignoniaceae) promotes functional specialization by ensuring signaling and mechanical fito medium‑sized bees. Organisms Diversity & Evolution

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Pinho et al 2022 Cross-scale drivers of woody plant species commonness and rarity in the Brazilian drylands. Diversity and Distributions

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Oliveira et al 2022 Chronic anthropogenic disturbances and aridity negatively affect specialized reproductive traits and strategies of edible fruit plant assemblages in a Caatinga dry forest. Forest Ecology and Management

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Santos-Neto et al 2022 Aridity, but not disturbance, reduces the specialization and modularity of plant–insect herbivore interaction networks in Caatinga dry forest. Journal of Insect Conservation

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Souza et al 2022 Extrafloral nectar secretion does not mediate ant predatory activity on Pityrocarpa moniliformis plants in a seasonally dry forest. Acta Oecologica

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Pimentel et al 2022 Estimates of insect consumption and guano input in bat caves in Brazil. Mammal Research

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Bezerra et al 2022 Drastic impoverishment of the soil seed bank in a tropical dry forest exposed to slash-and-burn agriculture. Forest Ecology and Management

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Vanderlei et al 2022 Impoverished woody seedling assemblages and the regeneration of Caatinga dry forest in a human-modified landscape.Biotropica

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Merano et al 2022 Contrasting effects of chronic anthropogenic disturbance on activity and species richness of insectivorous bats in neotropical dry forest. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

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Vieira et al 2022 Divergent herb communities in drier and chronically disturbed areas of the Brazilian Caatinga. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

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2021

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Aecyo et al 2021 Plastome evolution in the Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae) and its application in phylogenomics and populations genetics. Planta

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Domingos-Melo et al 2021 Sweet Rain- from Bat-Pollinated Flowers: How Does Sugar Concentration Modulate Nectar Retention? International Journal of Plant Sciences

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Leal et al 2021a First record of albinism in a mustached bat (Chiroptera, Mormoopidae) from South America. Notas sobre Mamíferos Sudamericanos

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Leal et al 2021b Morcegos cavernícolas do carste arenítico do Parque Nacional do catimbau, Nordeste do Brasil. Mastozoología Neotropical

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Leal et al 2021c Mobility of bats between caves: ecological aspects and implications for conservation and environmental licensing activities in Brazil. Studies on neotropical fauna and environment

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Oliveira et al 2021 Morphology of four common and phylogenetically distant ant species varies along disturbance and aridity gradients in the Caatinga dry forest. Biotropica

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Câmara et al 2021 Drought-induced reductions in plant defenses: Insights from extrafloral nectaries in the Caatinga dry forest. Biotropica

 

Arnan et al 2021 Individual and interactive effects of chronic anthropogenic disturbance and rainfall on taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic composition and diversity of extrafloral nectary‑bearing plants in Brazilian Caatinga. Conservation Ecology

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Laurentino et al 2021 Socioeconomic and ecological indicators in willingness to accept compensation for the conservation of medicinal plants in a tropical dry forest. Environment, Development and Sustainability

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Filgueiras et al 2021 Recovery of dung beetle assemblages in regenerating Caatinga dry forests following slash-and-burn agriculture. Forest Ecology and Management

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Gonçalves et al 2021 Livelihood strategies and use of forest resources in a protected area in the Brazilian semiarid. Environment, Development and Sustainability

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Gonçalves et al 2021 Effects of domestic wood collection on tree community structure in a human-dominated seasonally dry tropical forest. Journal of Arid Environments

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Vanderlei et al 2021 Extensive clonal propagation and resprouting drive the regeneration of a Brazilian dry forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology

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Jamelli et al 2021 Habitat use and feeding behavior of domestic free-ranging goats in a seasonal tropical dry forest. Journal of Arid Environments

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Silva et al 2021 Effect of land use and seasonality on nematode faunal structure and ecosystem functions in the Caatinga dry forest. European Journal of Soil Biology

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Barros et al 2021 Resprouting drives successional pathways and the resilience of Caatinga dry forest in human-modified landscapes. Forest Ecology and Management

 

2020

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Chaves et al 2020 Hunters' preferences and perceptions as hunting predictors in a semiarid ecosystem. Science of the Total Environment

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​Barbier et al 2020 Ecology of Antricola ticks in a bat cave in north-eastern Brazil. Experimental and Applied Acarology

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Melo et al 2020 Adding forests to the water–energy–food nexus. Nature Sustainability

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Albuquerque-Lima et al 2020 An explosion of perfume: Mass flowering and sphingophily in the Caatinga dry region in Brazil. Plant Species Biology

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Rocha et al 2020 Reproductive biology of columnar cacti: are bats the only protagonists in the pollination of Pilosocereus, a typical chiropterophilous genus? ​Folia Geobot

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Domingos-Melo et al 2020 The dark side of the rain: self-pollination setbacks due to water exposure in Pavonia varians Moric (Malvaceae), a species with rain-dependent flowering.Acta Botanica Brasilica

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Barbosa et al 2020 Reproductive biology of Syagrus coronata (Arecaceae): sex-biased insect visitation and the unusual case of scent emission by peduncular bracts. Plant Biology

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Oliveira et al 2020 An endemic lizard of Catimbau National Park, Pernambuco, Brazil, as prey of Tropidurus cocorobensis (Squamata, Tropiduridae). Herpetology Notes

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Carvalho et al 2020 Ants as providers of ecosystem services in Caatinga: How to inform society about ecological research. Journal of Environmental Analysis and Progress

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Oliveira et al 2020 Plant protection services mediated by extrafloral nectaries decline with aridity but are not influenced by chronic anthropogenic disturbance in Brazilian Caatinga. Journal of Ecology

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Menezes et al 2020 Introduced goats reduce diversity and biomass of herbs in Caatinga dry forest. Land Degradation & Development

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Gonçalves et al 2020 The palm Syagrus coronata proliferates and structures vascular epiphyte assemblages in a human-modified landscape of the Caatinga. Journal of Tropical Ecology

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Alves et al 2020 Landscape-scale patterns and drivers of novel mammal communities in a human-modified protected area. Landscape Ecol

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Andrade et al 2020 Rainfall reduction increases insect herbivory in tropical herb communities. Journal of Vegetation Scencie

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Trindade et al 2020 Water availability mediates functional shifts across ontogenetic stages in a regenerating seasonally dry tropical forest. Journal of Vegetation Scencie

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Knoechelmann et al 2020 Leaf-cutting ants negatively impact the regeneration of the Caatinga dry forest across abandoned pastures. Biotropica

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Pereira et al 2020 Intense mycorrhizal root colonization in a human-modified landscape of the Caatinga dry forest. Forest Ecology and Management

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Silva et al 2020 Land use, soil properties and climate variables influence the nematode communities in the Caatinga dry forest. Applied Soil Ecology

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Szyja et al 2020 Neglected but Potent Dry Forest Players: Ecological Role and Ecosystem Service Provision of Biological Soil Crusts in the Human-Modified Caatinga. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

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Silva et al 2020 Divergent responses of plant reproductive strategies to chronic anthropogenic disturbance and aridity in the Caatinga dry forest. Science of the Total Environment.

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Maia et al 2020 Species diversity of Glomeromycota in Brazilian biomes. Sydowia

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Passos et al 2020  Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Community Structure in the Rhizosphere of Three Plant Species of Crystalline and Sedimentary Areas in the Brazilian Dry Forest. Microbial Ecology.

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Ventura et al 2020 Impacto de caprinos e ovinos sobre a comunidade de plantas regenerantes na caatinga. Gaia Scientia

 

2019

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Domingos-Melo et al 2019 It's raining fragrant nectar in the Caatinga: evidence of nectar olfactory signaling in bat-pollinated flowers. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America

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Diniz et al 2019 Flowers up! The effect of floral height along the shoot axis on the fitness of batpollinated species. Annals of Botany

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Marinho et al 2019  High diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in natural and anthropized sites of a Brazilian tropical dry forest (Caatinga). Fungal Ecology

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Silva et al 2019 A Small Elevational Gradient Shows Negative Bottom-to-Top Bryophyte Richness in a Seasonally Dry Forest in Brazil. Cryptogamie Bryologie

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Otálora-Ardila et al 2019 Thermally-assisted monitoring of bat abundance in an exceptional cave in Brazil’s Caatinga drylands. Acta Chiropterologica

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Zorger et al 2019 Functional organization of woody plant assemblages along precipitation and human disturbance gradients in a seasonally dry tropical forest. Biotropica​

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Silva et al 2019 Spatiotemporal responses of ant communities across a disturbance gradient: the role of behavioral traits. Insectes Sociaux​

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Camara et al 2019 Anthropogenic disturbance and rainfall variation threaten the stability of plant–ant interactions in the Brazilian Caatinga. Ecography

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Oliveira et al 2019 Effects of increasing aridity and chronic anthropogenic disturbance on seed dispersal by ants in Brazilian Caatinga. Journal of Animal Ecology

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Santos et al 2019 Frugivory by birds in four species of Cactaceae in the Caatinga, a dry forest in Brazil. Iheringia, Série Zoologia

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Las-casas et al 2019  The avifauna of the Catimbau National Park, an important protected area in the Brazilian semiarid. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia.

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Silva et al 2019  Extrafloral nectar as a driver of ant community spatial structure along disturbance and rainfall gradients in Brazilian dry forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology

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Pinho et al 2019   Plant functional assembly is mediated by rainfall and soil conditions in a seasonally dry tropical forest. Basic and Applied Ecology

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Neri et al 2019 - Green versus green? Adverting potential conflicts between windpower generation and biodiversity conservation in Brazil. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

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Ribeiro et al 2019 - Functional diversity and composition of Caatinga woody flora are negatively impacted by chronic anthropogenic disturbance. Journal of Ecology

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Silva et al 2019 - Climate change will reduce suitable Caatinga dry forest habitat for endemic plants with disproportionate impacts on specialized reproductive strategies. PLOS ONE

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Souza et al 2019 - Multiple drivers of aboveground biomass in a human-modified landscape of the Caatinga dry forest. Forest Ecology and Management.

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Specht et al 2019 - Socioeconomic differences among resident, users and neighbour populations of a protected area in the Brazilian dry forest. Journal of Environmental Management.

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2018

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Revista Ciência & Cultura: Edição especial Caatinga

   - Tabarelli, M. & Leal, I - Apresentação

   - Tabarelli, M; Leal, I; Scarano, F.R; Silva, J.M.C. - Caatinga: legado, trajetória e desafios rumo à   sustentabilidade

   - Garda, A.A; Lion, Lima, S.M.Q; Mesquita, D.O; Araujo, H. F.P; Napoli, M.F.- Os animais vertebrados   do bioma Caatinga

   - Leal, I; Lopes, A.V; Machado, I.C; Tabarelli, M.- Interações planta-animal na Caatinga: visão geral    e perspectivas futuras

   - Albuquerque, U.P; Melo, F.P.L. - Socioecologia da Caatinga 

 - Fonseca, C.R; Antongiovanni, M; Matsumoto, M; Enrico Bernard, E; Venticinque, E.M.- Oportunidades   de conservação na Caatinga

   - Fernandes, M.F; Queiroz, L.P. - Vegetação e flora da Caatinga

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Arnan et al. 2018 - A framework for deriving measures of chronic anthropogenic disturbance: Surrogate, direct, single and multi-metric indices in Brazilian Caatinga

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Câmara et al. 2018 - Effects of chronic anthropogenic disturbance and rainfall on the specialization of ant-plant mutualistic networks in the Caatinga, a Brazilian dry forest. Journal of Animal Ecology

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Marinho et al. 2018 - Checklist of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in tropical forests. Sydowia

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Arnan et al. 2018 - Increased anthropogenic disturbance and aridity reduce phylogenetic and functional diversity of ant communities in Caatinga dry forest.

 

Barbier et al. 2018 - Structure and composition of Nycteribiidae and Streblidae flies on bats along an
environmental gradient in Northeastern Brazil

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Domingos-Melo et al. 2018 - Beyond taxonomy: anther skirt is a diagnostic character that provides specialized noctuid pollination in Marsdenia megalantha (Asclepiadoideae–Apocynaceae)

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Sfair et al. 2018 - Chronic human disturbance affects plant trait distribution in a seasonally dry tropical forest 

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Silva et al. 2018 - Bryophyte richness of soil islands on rocky outcrops is not driven by island size or habitat heterogeneity 

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Siqueira et al. 2018 - Human disturbance promotes herbivory by leaf-cutting ants in the Caatinga dry forest.

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2017

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Barbier et al 2017 - From the Atlantic Forest to the borders of Amazonia: species richness, distribution, and host association of ectoparasitic flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae) in northeastern Brazil 

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Sousa et al. 2017 - Predictors of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in the Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest. Microbial Ecology

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Domingos-Melo et al. 2017 - Complex flowers and rare pollinators: Does ant pollination in Ditassa show a stable system in Asclepiadoideae (Apocynaceae)? 

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Rito et al. 2017 - Euphorbiaceae responses to chronic anthropogenic disturbances in Caatinga vegetation: from species proliferation to biotic homogenization. Plant Ecology.

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Rito et al 2017 - Precipitation mediates the effect of human disturbance on the Brazilian Caatinga vegetation. Journal of Ecology.

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Siqueira et al. 2017 - Leaf-cutting ant populations profit from human disturbances in tropical dry forest in Brazil. Journal of Tropical Ecology.

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2016

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Ito et al. 2016 - What is for dinner? First report of human blood in the diet of the hairy-legged vampire bat Diphylla ecaudata 

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Oliveira et al. 2016 - Chronic anthropogenic disturbance as a secondary driver of ant community structure: interactions with soil type in Brazilian Caatinga. Environmental Conservation

 

Ribeiro-Neto et al. 2016 - Chronic anthropogenic disturbance causes homogenization of plant and ant communities in the Brazilian Caatinga. Biodiversity and Conservation

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Ribeiro et al. 2016 - Phylogenetic impoverishment of plantcommunities following chronic humandisturbances in the Brazilian Caatinga. Ecology

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2015

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Leal et al. 2015a - The Benefits of Myrmecochory: A Matter of Stature. Biotropica

 

Leal et al. 2015b - Disturbance Winners or Losers? Plants Bearing Extrafloral Nectaries in Brazilian Caatinga. Biotropica

 

Ribeiro et al. 2015 - Chronic anthropogenic disturbance drives thebiological impoverishment of the Brazilian Caatinga vegetation. Journal of Applied Ecology

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2014

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Leal et al. 2014 - The Multiple impacts of Leaf-Cutting Ants and Their Novel Ecological Role in Human-Modified Neotropical Forests. Biotropica

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Leal et al. 2014 - Anthropogenic disturbance reduces seed‑dispersal services for myrmecochorous plants in the Brazilian Caatinga. Oecologia

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Nascimento et al. 2014 - The introduced tree Prosopis juliflora is a serious threat to native species of the Brazilian Caatinga vegetation. Science of the Total Environment

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Almeida et al. 2014 - The alien flora of Brazilian Caatinga: deliberate introductions expand the contingent of potential invaders. In: Biological Invasions

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Melo et al. 2014 - Football and Biodiversity Conservation: FIFA and Brazil can still hit a green goal goalgoal.Biotropica.

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2013

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Tabarelli et al. 2013 - LIVRO PELD CNPQ - Dez anos do Programa de Pesquisas Ecológicas de Longa Duração - Achados, Lições e Perspectivas

 

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