Insect herbivores and leaf damage along successional and vertical gradients in a tropical dry forest

FS Neves, JO Silva, MM Espírito‐Santo… - Biotropica, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
The availability and quality of resources for herbivores in tropical dry forests (TDFs) vary in
time and space, affecting herbivore guilds differently across spatial scales (both horizontally …

Turnover and nestedness in subtropical dung beetle assemblages along an elevational gradient

PG da Silva, JM Lobo, MC Hensen… - Diversity and …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim We investigated changes in dung beetle β‐diversity components along a subtropical
elevational gradient, to test whether turnover or nestedness‐related processes drive the …

How habitat change and rainfall affect dung beetle diversity in Caatinga, a Brazilian semi-arid ecosystem

CN Liberal, ÂMI de Farias, MV Meiado… - Journal of Insect …, 2011‏ - academic.oup.com
The aim of the present study was to evaluate how dung beetle communities respond to both
environment and rainfall in the Caatinga, a semi-arid ecosystem in northeastern Brazil. The …

Oil palm agroforestry shows higher soil permanganate oxidizable carbon than monoculture plantations in Eastern Amazonia

MF Gomes, SS Vasconcelos… - Land Degradation & …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The expansion of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) cultivation in degraded areas has
increased in the Brazilian Amazon. Cultivation of oil palm in diversified agroforestry systems …

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

PG da Silva, CA Nunes, LF Ferreira, RF Braga… - Science of the Total …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Naturally fragmented landscapes provide suitable scenarios through which to investigate
patch and landscape effects on biodiversity patterns in areas that are isolated from the …

Wing morphology predicts individual niche specialization in Pteronotus mesoamericanus (Mammalia: Chiroptera)

HF Magalhães de Oliveira, NF Camargo… - PLoS …, 2020‏ - journals.plos.org
Morphological variation between individuals can increase niche segregation and decrease
intraspecific competition when heterogeneous individuals explore their environment in …

Spatial and temporal segregation in dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in the Cerrado of Central Brazil

PH de Oliveira Ribeiro, PHB Togni… - Biodiversity and …, 2022‏ - Springer
In dung beetles, spatial and temporal segregation is determined by the niche and
evolutionary history of the species and is mediated by competition. Different functional guilds …

Dung beetle assemblages (Coleoptera, Scarabaeinae) in Atlantic forest fragments in southern Brazil

RC Campos, MIM Hernández - Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 2013‏ - SciELO Brasil
Dung beetle assemblages (Coleoptera, Scarabaeinae) in Atlantic forest fragments in
southern Brazil. The beetles of the subfamily Scarabaeinae are important organisms that …

Resilient fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages across a Caatinga dry forest chronosequence submitted to chronic anthropogenic disturbance

DHA Melo, AVL Freitas, M Tabarelli, IR Leal… - Journal of Insect …, 2023‏ - Springer
Interest in forest regeneration has increased as secondary forests in regeneration process
are cited as the forests of the future. However, remaining forests are subjected to chronic …

Necrophagous beetles associated with carcasses in a semi-arid environment in Northeastern Brazil: implications for forensic entomology

ACG Mayer, SD Vasconcelos - Forensic Science International, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Data on the ecology and bionomics of necrophagous beetles are scarce in tropical countries
despite their relevance in forensic investigations. We performed a survey on the diversity …