Search Results - "Faria, Lucas D.B."

Human presence as a determinant of the occurrence of mammals in a high diversity protected area of Cerrado-Caatinga ecotone in Brazil by Pereira, Adriele A, Rosa, Clarissa, Faria, Lucas D B, Silva, Lucas G DA, Passamani, Marcelo

“…The Cerrado domain and its biodiversity has suffered several anthropogenic influences. Our objective was to evaluate the influence of biotic and anthropic…”
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Fluctuations in density of an outbreak species drive diversity cascades in food webs by Eveleigh, Eldon S, McCann, Kevin S, McCarthy, Peter C, Pollock, Steven J, Lucarotti, Christopher J, Morin, Benoit, McDougall, George A, Strongman, Douglas B, Huber, John T, Umbanhowar, James, Faria, Lucas D.B

“…Patterns in food-web structure have frequently been examined in static food webs, but few studies have attempted to delineate patterns that materialize in food…”
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Morphological traits, allometric relationship and competition of two seed-feeding species of beetles in infested pods by Silva, Jessica A., Monteiro, Angelo B., Maia, Laís F., Faria, Lucas D.B.

“…Pair-wise competition produces asymmetric consequences for the interacting species, resulting in reduction of species fitness at the individual scale; however,…”
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The eco-evolutionary dynamics of a predator-prey system across an r/K continuum by Mendes, Pedro B., Faria, Lucas D.B.

“…•We show a method for the partitioning of the selection gradient in its r- and K-selection components.•K-selection replaces r-selection in crowded environments…”
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Simplification effect of lead soil contamination on the structure and function of a food web of plant-associated insects by Morales-Silva, Tiago, Silva, Bruna C., Silva, Victor H.D., Faria, Lucas D.B.

“…Anthropogenic activities such as mining, industry, urban waste production, and the overuse of agricultural inputs may result in the contamination of the…”
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Soil contamination with permissible levels of lead negatively affects the community of plant-associated insects: A case of study with kale by Morales-Silva, Tiago, Silva, Bruna C., Faria, Lucas D.B.

“…This study investigated whether lead (Pb), at concentrations allowed for soil, affects the community of insects that live in the aerial part of plants. We…”
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Trade-offs between growth, reproduction and defense in response to resource availability manipulations by Tuller, Juliana, Marquis, Robert J, Andrade, Samara M M, Monteiro, Angelo B, Faria, Lucas D B

“…The Brazilian Cerrado is one of the most endangered biomes in the world. We evaluated the sustainability of leaf harvest in one of the most important Cerrado…”
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Insect sociality plays a major role in a highly complex flower-visiting network in the neotropical savanna by Pires, Epifânio P., Faria, Lucas D. B., Monteiro, Angelo B., Domingos, Daniel Q., Mansanares, Mariana E., Hermes, Marcel G.

“…Mutualistic networks between plants and their flower visitors provide information about the ecological dynamics and coevolutionary processes shaping species…”
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Four years host-parasitoid food web: testing sampling effort on trophic levels by Maia, Laís F., Nascimento, André R., Faria, Lucas D. B.

“…Incomplete sampling is a major problem affecting data quality with respect to food webs. We described a host-parasitoid food web based on data from four years…”
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Multitrophic interactions drive body size variations in seed‐feeding insects by Oliveira, Tamires C. T. de, Monteiro, Angelo B., Morales‐Silva, Tiago, Maia, Laís F., Faria, Lucas D. B.

“…1. The intensity of community interactions and the structure of food webs can be associated with an organism's body size. However, little is known about how…”
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Seed predation food web, nutrient availability, and impact on the seed germination of Senegalia tenuifolia (Fabaceae) by Tuller, Juliana, Paula, Elisa L. de, Maia, Lais F., Moraes, Raphael A., Faria, Lucas D. B.

“…Food web studies, which include qualitative and quantitative information about species interactions for all trophic levels in a specific community, are…”
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Foraging behaviour by an intraguild predator blowfly, Chrysomya albiceps (Diptera: Calliphoridae) by FARIA, Lucas D. B, REIGADA, Carolina, TRINCA, Luzia A, GODOY, Wesley A. C

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Morphological traits, allometric relationship and competition of two seed-feeding species of beetles in infested pods by Jessica A. Silva, Angelo B. Monteiro, Laís F. Maia, Lucas D.B. Faria

“…Abstract Pair-wise competition produces asymmetric consequences for the interacting species, resulting in reduction of species fitness at the individual scale;…”
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