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Modeling occupancy of hosts by mistletoe seeds after accounting for imperfect detectability by Fadini, Rodrigo F, Cintra, Renato

“…The detection of an organism in a given site is widely used as a state variable in many metapopulation and epidemiological studies. However, failure to detect…”
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Correction: Modeling Occupancy of Hosts by Mistletoe Seeds after Accounting for Imperfect Detectability by Fadini, Rodrigo F, Cintra, Renato

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127004.]…”
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Long-term standardized ecological research in an Amazonian savanna: a laboratory under threat by Fadini, Rodrigo F, Brocardo, Carlos R, Rosa, Clarissa, Aragón, Susan, Lima, Albertina P, Magnusson, William E

“…A few decades ago, researchers from the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) started a pilot study to integrate the ecological studies of several…”
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Bat and bee pollination in Psittacanthus mistletoes, a genus regarded as exclusively hummingbird-pollinated by Fadini, Rodrigo F., Fischer, Erich, Castro, Sônia J., Araujo, Andréa C., Ornelas, Juan Francisco, de Souza, Paulo R.

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Responses of ground-dwelling birds and mammals to local environmental variables and human pressure in an Amazonian protected area by Brocardo, Carlos R., Rosa, Dian C. P., Castro, Arlison B., Rosa, Clarissa, Torralvo, Kelly, Pequeno, Pedro, Magnusson, William E., Fadini, Rodrigo F.

“…Vertebrates play key roles as seed dispersers, herbivores, and top predators in tropical ecosystems. Therefore, obtaining population estimates for these…”
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Reaching the canopy on the ground: incidence of infection and host-use by mistletoes (Loranthaceae and Viscaceae) on trees felled for timber in Amazonian rainforests by Lira, Jéssica, Caires, Claudenir S., Fadini, Rodrigo F.

“…There is a profound absence of knowledge of infestation prevalence and host-use by mistletoes of mature South American tropical rainforests. In this study, we…”
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Hyper abundant mesopredators and bird extinction in an Atlantic forest island by Galetti, Mauro(Universidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Ecologia Laboratório de Biologia da Conservação), Bovendorp, Ricardo S.(Universidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Ecologia Laboratório de Biologia da Conservação), Fadini, Rodrigo F.(Universidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Ecologia Laboratório de Biologia da Conservação,Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia), Gussoni, Carlos O. A.(Universidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Ecologia Laboratório de Biologia da Conservação), Rodrigues, Marcos(Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Departamento de Zoologia), Alvarez, Ariane D.(Universidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Ecologia Laboratório de Biologia da Conservação), Guimarães Jr, Paulo R.(University of California Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), Alves, Kaiser(Universidade Estadual Paulista Departamento de Ecologia Laboratório de Biologia da Conservação)

“…Islands can serve as model systems for understanding how biological invasions affect native species. Here we examine the negative effects of mesopredator…”
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Strengthening top-down strategies are also required for conservation of the Araucaria Forest by Brocardo, Carlos R., Szinwelski, Neucir, Cândido-Jr, José Flávio, Squinzani, Larissa I., Prasniewski, Victor M., Limont, Marcelo, Fadini, Rodrigo F.

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A Host Creates an Enemy-free Space for Mistletoes by Reducing Seed Predation Caused by a Woodboring Beetle: A Hypothesis by Fadini, Rodrigo F., Mellado, Ana, Ghizoni, Leidielly P.

“…Parasitic plants rely on host plants for nutrition. The number of host species varies largely between groups, from single species or genus to hundreds of…”
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Fire and Host Abundance as Determinants of the Distribution of Three Congener and Sympatric Mistletoes in an Amazonian Savanna by Fadini, Rodrigo F., Lima, Albertina P.

“…Most mistletoe species that live in savanna patches are subjected to frequent fires. Although having similar habits, even congener species may parasitize very…”
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Effects of frugivore impoverishment and seed predators on the recruitment of a keystone palm by Fadini, Rodrigo F., Fleury, Marina, Donatti, Camila I., Galetti, Mauro

“…Many plant species are threatened as a result of extinction of their large-bodied frugivores all over the world. Additionally, introduced herbivores and seed…”
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Conservation opportunities for rare and endemic tropical mistletoes by Fadini, Rodrigo F., Caires, Claudenir S., Dettke, Greta A., Menezes, Marcelo O.T., Fontúrbel, Francisco E.

“…•Mistletoes have little or no conservation appeal in the tropics.•We answer Why, what and how to protect tropical mistletoes, using Brazilian species as…”
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