Comparative phylogeography and palaeomodelling reveal idiosyncratic responses to climate changes in Neotropical paper wasps

Phylogenomics indicates Amazonia as the major source of Neotropical swarm-founding social wasp diversity

(2020) Rodolpho S. T. Menezes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

What has become of the refugia hypothesis to explain biological diversity in Amazonia?

(2019) Daniel Gomes da Rocha et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Priority areas for conservation of orchid bees (Apidae, Euglossini) in the Atlantic Forest

(2019) Elder Assis Miranda et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Comparative phylogeography of five widespread tree species: Insights into the history of western Amazonia

(2019) Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Phylogeography of Sodreaninae harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae): Insights into the biogeography of the southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest

(2019) Elen Arroyo Peres et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Evidences for genetic differentiation within the highly endemic and endangered annual fish Austrolebias nigrofasciatus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae)

(2019) Crislaine Barbosa et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Phylogeographic analysis reveals high genetic structure with uniform phenotypes in the paper wasp Protonectarina sylveirae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

(2018) Marjorie da Silva et al.   PLoS One

Phylogeography and historical demography of the arboreal pit viper Bothrops bilineatus (Serpentes, Crotalinae) reveal multiple connections between Amazonian and Atlantic rain forests

(2018) Francisco Dal Vechio et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) on carcasses of Rattus norvegicus (Mammalia: Muridae) in the Central Amazonia, Brazil: possible forensic implications

(2018) Alexandre Somavilla et al.   REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ENTOMOLOGIA

The historical connections between the Amazon and the Atlantic Forest revisited

(2017) Roger Maia Dias Ledo et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Biogeographic links between southern Atlantic Forest and western South America: Rediscovery, re-description, and phylogenetic relationships of two rare montane anole lizards from Brazil

(2017) Ivan Prates et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The roles of barriers, refugia, and chromosomal clines underlying diversification in Atlantic Forest social wasps

(2017) Rodolpho S. T. Menezes et al.   Scientific Reports

Phylogeographic Studies Depict the Role of Space and Time Scales of Plant Speciation in a Highly Diverse Neotropical Region

(2016) Bárbara Simões Santos Leal et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES

Phylogeography of Partamona rustica (Hymenoptera, Apidae), an Endemic Stingless Bee from the Neotropical Dry Forest Diagonal

(2016) Elder Assis Miranda et al.   PLoS One

Inferring responses to climate dynamics from historical demography in neotropical forest lizards

(2016) Ivan Prates et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Neotropical forest expansion during the last glacial period challenges refuge hypothesis

(2016) Yuri L. R. Leite et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biogeographic history and cryptic diversity of saxicolous Tropiduridae lizards endemic to the semiarid Caatinga

(2015) Fernanda P Werneck et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Natural history and biogeography of Partamona rustica, an endemic bee in dry forests of Brazil

(2015) E. A. Miranda et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Polistinae biogeography in the Neotropics: history and prospects

(2015) Antônio F. Carvalho et al.   JOURNAL OF HYMENOPTERA RESEARCH

Predicting priority areas for conservation from historical climate modelling: stingless bees from Atlantic Forest hotspot as a case study

(2015) Antônio F. Carvalho et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Neotropical Polistinae (Vespidae) and the Progression Rule Principle: the Round-Trip Hypothesis

(2015) A F Carvalho et al.   NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Molecular Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography of the Neotropical Swarm-Founding Social Wasp Genus Synoeca (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

(2015) Rodolpho Santos Telles Menezes et al.   PLoS One

Efficient Bayesian inference under the structured coalescent

(2014) Timothy G. Vaughan et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Genetic diversity of Angiopolybia pallens (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) explained by the disjunction of South American rainforests

(2014) A.F. Carvalho et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH

Barriers, rather than refugia, underlie the origin of diversity in toads endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

(2014) Maria Tereza C. Thomé et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Climate, physiological tolerance and sex-biased dispersal shape genetic structure of Neotropical orchid bees

(2014) Margarita M. López-Uribe et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Brazil's environmental leadership at risk

(2014) J. Ferreira et al.   SCIENCE

BEAST 2: A Software Platform for Bayesian Evolutionary Analysis

(2014) Remco Bouckaert et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Revisiting the vanishing refuge model of diversification

(2014) Roberta Damasceno et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Phylogeography of the California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica) using multilocus DNA sequences and ecological niche modeling

(2013) Robert M. Zink et al.   AUK

DEEP DIVERSIFICATION AND LONG-TERM PERSISTENCE IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN ‘DRY DIAGONAL’: INTEGRATING CONTINENT-WIDE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND DISTRIBUTION MODELING OF GECKOS

(2012) Fernanda P. Werneck et al.   EVOLUTION

PartitionFinder: Combined Selection of Partitioning Schemes and Substitution Models for Phylogenetic Analyses

(2012) R. Lanfear et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

jModelTest 2: more models, new heuristics and parallel computing

(2012) Diego Darriba et al.   NATURE METHODS

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Phylogenetic origins of local-scale diversity patterns and the causes of Amazonian megadiversity

(2011) John J. Wiens et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The revision of the Brazilian Forest Act: increased deforestation or a historic step towards balancing agricultural development and nature conservation?

(2011) Gerd Sparovek et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Climate Change Impact on Neotropical Social Wasps

(2011) Alain Dejean et al.   PLoS One

Neotropical biodiversity: timing and potential drivers

(2011) Valentí Rull   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Phylogeography and historical demography of the neotropical stingless beeMelipona quadrifasciata(Hymenoptera, Apidae): incongruence between morphology and mitochondrial DNA

(2010) Henrique Batalha-Filho et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Pliocene and Pleistocene events shaping the genetic diversity within the central corridor of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

(2010) HELDER C. RESENDE et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Arlequin suite ver 3.5: a new series of programs to perform population genetics analyses under Linux and Windows

(2010) LAURENT EXCOFFIER et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Comprehensive phylogeny of apid bees reveals the evolutionary origins and antiquity of cleptoparasitism

(2010) S. Cardinal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Amazonia Through Time: Andean Uplift, Climate Change, Landscape Evolution, and Biodiversity

(2010) C. Hoorn et al.   SCIENCE

The Brazilian Atlantic Forest: How much is left, and how is the remaining forest distributed? Implications for conservation

(2009) Milton Cezar Ribeiro et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Phylogenetic endemism: a new approach for identifying geographical concentrations of evolutionary history

(2009) DAN ROSAUER et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The hidden diversity of Coleodactylus amazonicus (Sphaerodactylinae, Gekkota) revealed by molecular data

(2009) Silvia Rodrigues Geurgas et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

An improved bait method for collecting hymenoptera, especially social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae)

(2009) Fernando B Noll et al.   NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Stability Predicts Genetic Diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Hotspot

(2009) A. C. Carnaval et al.   SCIENCE

Effects of sample size on the performance of species distribution models

(2008) M. S. Wisz et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Modeling of species distributions with Maxent: new extensions and a comprehensive evaluation

(2008) Steven J. Phillips et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Historical climate modelling predicts patterns of current biodiversity in the Brazilian Atlantic forest

(2008) Ana Carolina Carnaval et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Paleodistributions and Comparative Molecular Phylogeography of Leafcutter Ants (Atta spp.) Provide New Insight into the Origins of Amazonian Diversity

(2008) Scott E. Solomon et al.   PLoS One