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Dr Cássio Alencar Nunes

Senior Research Associate

  1. 2011
  2. Mechanisms of pH control in the midgut of Lutzomyia longipalpis: Roles for ingested molecules and hormones

    Santos, V. C., Nunes, C. A., Pereira, M. H. & Gontijo, N. F., 1/05/2011, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 214, 9, p. 1411-1418 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. 2016
  4. Cerrado to rupestrian grasslands: Patterns of species distribution and the forces shaping them along an altitudinal gradient

    Fernandes, G. W., Almeida, H. A., Nunes, C. A., Xavier, J. H. A., Cobb, N. S., Carneiro, M. A. A., Cornelissen, T., Neves, F. S., Ribeiro, S. P., Nunes, Y. R. F., Pires, A. C. V. & Beirão, M. V., 21/04/2016, Ecology and Conservation of Mountaintop Grasslands in Brazil. Springer International Publishing, p. 345-378 34 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  5. Dung beetles along a tropical altitudinal gradient: Environmental filtering on taxonomic and functional diversity

    Nunes, C. A., Braga, R. F., Figueira, J. E. C., De Siqueira Neves, F. & Fernandes, G. W., 23/06/2016, In: PLoS One. 11, 6, e0157442.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Effects of a possible pollinator crisis on food crop production in Brazil

    Novais, S. M. A., Nunes, C. A., Santos, N. B., D'Amico, A. R., Fernandes, G. W., Quesada, M., Braga, R. F. & Neves, A. C. O., 30/11/2016, In: PLoS One. 11, 11, e0167292.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. 2017
  8. Patterns of taxonomic and functional diversity of termites along a tropical elevational gradient

    Nunes, C. A., Quintino, A. V., Constantino, R., Negreiros, D., Reis Júnior, R. & Fernandes, G. W., 1/03/2017, In: Biotropica. 49, 2, p. 186-194 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. 2018
  10. Advertisement calls of topotypes of Elachistocleis matogrosso (Anura: Microhylidae)

    Pansonato, A., Mudrek, J. R., Nunes, C. A. & Strüssmann, C., 15/02/2018, In: Salamandra. 54, 1, p. 92-96 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  11. Published

    Linking Biodiversity, the Environment and Ecosystem Functioning: Ecological Functions of Dung Beetles Along a Tropical Elevational Gradient

    Nunes, C. A., Braga, R. F., de Moura Resende, F., de Siqueira Neves, F., Figueira, J. E. C. & Fernandes, G. W., 1/09/2018, In: Ecosystems. 21, p. 1244-1254 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 2019
  13. Patch and landscape effects on forest-dependent dung beetles are masked by matrix-tolerant dung beetles in a mountaintop rainforest archipelago

    da Silva, P. G., Nunes, C. A., Ferreira, L. F., Braga, R. F., Beiroz, W., Perillo, L. N., Solar, R. R. C. & de Siqueira Neves, F., 15/02/2019, In: Science of the Total Environment. 651, p. 1321-1331 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Fire? They don't give a dung! The resilience of dung beetles to fire in a tropical savanna

    Nunes, C. A., Beiroz, W., da Silva, P. G., Braga, R. F., Fernandes, G. W. & Neves, F. D. S., 1/06/2019, In: Ecological Entomology. 44, 3, p. 315-323 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. 2020
  16. High Temporal Beta Diversity in an Ant Metacommunity, With Increasing Temporal Functional Replacement Along the Elevational Gradient

    Nunes, C. A., Castro, F. S., Brant, H. S. C., Powell, S., Solar, R., Fernandes, G. W. & Neves, F. S., 10/11/2020, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8, 571439.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. 2021
  18. Published

    Drought-driven wildfire impacts on structure and dynamics in a wet Central Amazonian forest

    Pontes-Lopes, A., Silva, C. V. J., Barlow, J., Rincón, L. M., Campanharo, W. A., Nunes, C. A., de Almeida, C. T., Silva Júnior, C. H. L., Cassol, H. L. G., Dalagnol, R., Stark, S. C., Graça, P. M. L. A. & Aragão, L. E. O. C., 26/05/2021, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 288, 1951, p. 20210094 10 p., 20210094.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Habitat generalists drive nestedness in a tropical mountaintop insect metacommunity

    Neves, F. D. S., Da Silva, P. G., Solar, R., Nunes, C. A., Beirão, M. D. V., Brant, H., Castro, F. S. D., Dáttilo, W., Guevara, R. & Fernandes, G. W., 30/06/2021, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 133, 2, p. 577-586 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Temperature and productivity distinctly affect the species richness of ectothermic and endothermic multitrophic guilds along a tropical elevational gradient

    Lasmar, C. J., Rosa, C., Queiroz, A. C. M., Nunes, C. A., Imata, M. M. G., Alves, G. P., Nascimento, G. B., Ázara, L. N., Vieira, L., Louzada, J., Feitosa, R. M., Brescovit, A. D., Passamani, M. & Ribas, C. R., 30/09/2021, In: Oecologia. 197, 1, p. 243-257 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Functional redundancy of Amazonian dung beetles confers community-level resistance to primary forest disturbance

    Alencar Nunes, C., Barlow, J., Machado Franca, F., De Berenguer Cesar, E., Solar, R. R. C., Louzada, J., Leitão, R. P., Mala, L. F., Fonseca Oliveira, V. H., Braga, R. F., Vaz-de-Mello, F. Z. & Sayer, E., 30/11/2021, In: Biotropica. 53, 6, p. 1510-1521 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Spatio-Temporal variation in dry season determines the Amazonian fire calendar

    Carvalho, N. S., Anderson, L. O., Nunes, C. A., Pessôa, A. C. M., Silva Junior, C. H. L., Reis, J. B. C., Shimabukuro, Y. E., Berenguer, E., Barlow, J. & Aragão, L. E. O. C., 6/12/2021, In: Environmental Research Letters. 16, 12, 11 p., 125009.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. 2022
  24. Published

    Linking land-use and land-cover transitions to their ecological impact in the Amazon

    Nunes, C. A., Berenguer, E., França, F., Ferreira, J., Lees, A. C., Louzada, J., Sayer, E. J., Solar, R., Smith, C. C., Aragão, L. E. O. C., Braga, D. L., de Camargo, P. B., Cerri, C. E. P., de Oliveira R.C., J., Durigan, M., Moura, N., Oliveira, V. H. F., Ribas, C., Vaz-de-Mello, F., Vieira, I., & 2 othersZanetti, R. & Barlow, J., 5/07/2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 27, 9 p., e2202310119.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. 2023
  26. Published

    Structure and composition of the nematode community in a restoration area affected by iron tailings

    Ribeiro, L. G., Puerari, H. H., Silva, A. O., Vaz, K. A., dos Santos, J. V., Nunes, C. A., Barbosa, M. V., da Rocha, M. R., Siqueira, J. O. & Carneiro, M. A. C., 30/06/2023, In: Pedobiologia. 97-98, 150864.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

    Synergize Consortium, 21/08/2023, In: Current biology : CB. 33, 16, p. 3495-3504 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Soil arthropod community responses to restoration in areas impacted by iron mining tailings deposition after Fundão dam failure

    Ribeiro, L. G., Silva, A. O., Vaz, K. A., dos Santos, J. V., Nunes, C. A. & Carneiro, M. A. C., 12/10/2023, In: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 195, 11, p. 1299 1299.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. 2024
  30. Forthcoming

    Brazilian public funding for biodiversity research in the Amazon

    Stegmann, L. F., França, F. M., Carvalho, R. L., Barlow, J., Berenguer, E., Castello, L., Juen, L., Baccaro, F. B., Vieira, I. C. G., Nunes, C. A., Oliveira, R., Venticinque, E. M., Schietti, J. & Ferreira, J., 12/01/2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Ecology in South America: Present state and future prospects

    Zenni, R. D., Andersen, A., Andrew, N. R., Dias, A. T. C., Quintero-Galvis, J. F., Harguindeguy, N. P., Jaureguiberry, P., Lozano, V. L., Nunes, C. A., Pareja, M., Perez, L. I., Provete, D. B., Pucheta, E., Rolhauser, A. G., da Silva, P. G., Teixeira, F. Z., Wacker, C. & Moulton, T., 16/01/2024, In: Austral Ecology. 49, 1, 11 p., e13413.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

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