A5076636962- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Connexins and lens biology
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Indigenous Health and Education
Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica
2020-2023
Universidad Nacional de La Matanza
2020-2023
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
2008-2020
Duke University
2015-2018
O estado do Espírito Santo é uma das regiões reconhecidas como mais ricas em termos de diversidade espécies. Entretanto, o conhecimento sobre a fauna mamíferos ainda limitado. Devido à falta lista completa as espécies silvestres e pouca informação os registros dessas espécies, realizamos um estudo sistemático status científico Santo. Assim, reunimos banco dados digital informações ocorrência utilizando publicados ou associados espécimes tombados museus. Verificamos, também, quais onde houve...
The maned sloth Bradypus torquatus (Pilosa, Bradypodidae) is endemic to a small area in the Atlantic Forest of coastal Brazil. It has been listed as threatened species because its restricted geographic range, habitat loss and fragmentation, declining populations. major objectives this study were estimate potential distribution, climatic conditions across distributional identify suitable areas strongholds. We developed model suitability for using two methods, Maxent Mahalanobis Distance,...
Background As a landscape architect and major seed disperser, the lowland tapir ( Tapirus terrestris ) is an important indicator of ecological health certain habitats. Therefore, reliable data regarding populations are fundamental in understanding ecosystem dynamics, including those associated with Atlantic Forest Brazil. Currently, many population monitoring studies use invasive tagging radio or satellite/Global Positioning System (GPS) collars. These techniques can be costly unreliable,...
Priodontes maximus is the largest living armadillo and at risk of extinction. The species ranges throughout South America one its last refuges in entire Atlantic Forest a reserve complex called Sooretama. We investigated conservation status role as an ecosystem engineer employed camera-traps, active searches checked data from previous studies area. In past 14 years, there were 70 records 31 sites, including 43 camera-trap images, 25 excavations two carcasses. However, our recent field work...
Abstract Most plant species in the Atlantic Forest invest zoochory as a dispersal mechanism and many depend on vertebrates to fulfill that role. The sizes of fruits seeds are limiting factors interactions between species. For example, plants produce with large more dependent frugivorous for dispersal. We used camera traps observe two seed-producing genus Spondias Tableland Espírito Santo, Brazil. Between 2015 2016 (622 days), we recorded 17 potentially ingesting fruit at studied sites. Among...
Introduction The first locus for nonsyndromic autosomal recessive hearing loss is on chromosome 13q11-22. 35delG mutation present in 80% of cases which GJB2 involved, makes the study this very important. viability and benefits screening mutations connexin 26 gene are now beginning to change diagnostic evaluation identification etiology loss. Objective To investigate occurrence patients with sensorineural their degree relatives. Methods This transversal included 72 from local hospital. were...
In Brazil, Private Reserves of Natural Heritage (RPPN) support protection important forest patches that are essential habitats for endemic and endangered species. We present the first list medium large-bodied mammals RPPN Recanto das Antas from a heterogeneous landscape Atlantic Forest in Espírito Santo, Brazil. conducted camera trapping surveys 2015 adjacent areas different habitats. also made opportunistic records direct observations during fieldwork. recorded at least 21 wild two domestic...
Sloths were a curiosity item for Europeans in the 16th and 17th centuries, several descriptions of them exist bestiaries texts that time. Here, we assemble drawings sloths from travellers naturalists those centuries Brazilian Atlantic Forest. The sloth was novelty to European audience, it described many strange inaccurate ways: as monster, beast, or an odd child. It served source admiration, amusement, confusion among centuries. We also raised question about identity Carolus Clusius' sloth,...
Highways limit the movement and dispersion of wild animals contribute to their loss due roadkills, leading isolation decline populations, increasing risk local extinction. The Lowland Tapir Tapirus terrestris is largest neotropical herbivore-frugivore, despite its wide distribution in South America it threatened with In this study we report six roadkill events tapirs between 2014 2019 a section federal highway crossing mosaic Atlantic Forest reserves called Sooretama, one last tapir refuges...
Abstract Drones (unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs), are an advanced technology that allows the collection of large amounts data in a short amount time, including detection cryptic and arboreal animals. Here, we report first records southern maned sloth Bradypus crinitus obtained with thermal cameras from drone. As far as know, this is time has been observed by We recorded four individuals B. Brazilian Atlantic Forest, plus Procyon cancrivorus , which were all resting forest canopy. The...
INTRODUCTION: Rhodnius domesticus Neiva & Pinto, 1923 is a rare sylvatic triatomine endemic to the Atlantic Forest, with one known record for Espírito Santo (ES), Brazil from 1969. We present here its rediscovery in ES, 42 years after first record. METHODS: In January 2011, specimen was collected rural area of municipality Santa Teresa, ES. RESULTS: confirmed this as new R. Baixo Caldeirão locality. CONCLUSIONS: This finding supports possibility wild population mountainous region forest
Monitoring biological communities through time helps reveal the state of habitat conservation. We performed a new inventory medium and large-sized mammals in Augusto Ruschi Biological Reserve, southeastern Brazil. Our assessment was based on camera-trapping sampling design that incorporates one-year Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) to characterize environmental heterogeneity across study area. selected locations different microhabitats conduct 90-day camera trap monitoring. effort 28,704...
A coleção de mamíferos do Museu Biologia Professor Mello Leitão (MBML), Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica (INMA), é uma regional criada em 1949. Com quase 4.000 exemplares depositados, os seus dados estão disponibilizados repositórios acesso público. São 151 espécies nativas Brasil depositadas na coleção, o que representa 74% diversidade Espírito Santo, 44% e 21% Brasil. Dentre grupos mais representativos, destacam-se morcegos, roedores primatas. Para primeiros, 1/4 dos espécimes foram...