Search Results - "Garda, Adrian Antonio"
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Multilocus Phylogeography of the Treefrog Scinax eurydice (Anura, Hylidae) Reveals a Plio-Pleistocene Diversification in the Atlantic Forest
Published in PloS one (01-06-2016)“…We aim to evaluate the genetic structure of an Atlantic Forest amphibian species, Scinax eurydice, testing the congruence among patterns identified and…”
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Habitat‐dependent advertisement call variation in the monkey frog Phyllomedusa nordestina
Published in Ethology (01-06-2020)“…The acoustic adaptation hypothesis (AAH) predicts that acoustic signals are selected to propagate more efficiently in the habitat where they are normally…”
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Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Caatinga, northeastern Brazil: Detailed and updated overview
Published in Vertebrate zoology (12-08-2022)“…Abstract The Caatinga is the largest seasonal dry tropical forest in South America and it has been historically neglected in terms of its biodiversity…”
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Species richness and distribution patterns of the snake fauna of Rio Grande do Norte state, northeastern Brazil
Published in Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (01-01-2021)“…Abstract The Neotropics are one of the richest regions in biodiversity globally. Still, much remains unknown about the mechanisms and processes responsible for…”
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Conservation genetics of maned wolves in a highly impacted area of the Brazilian Cerrado biome
Published in Genetica (01-03-2011)“…Maned wolves are large canids currently considered vulnerable to extinction due to habitat loss. They are still commonly found within the urban mesh inside the…”
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The roles of niche divergence, dispersal, and geology on the diversification of Neotropical true frogs from the Rana palmipes species group (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) during the Great American Biotic Interchange
Published in Organisms diversity & evolution (01-12-2023)“…Geomorphological changes have played a central role in species diversification by promoting vicariance through barriers that reduce gene flow. However, niche…”
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Cryptic diversity and ancient diversification in the northern Atlantic Forest Pristimantis (Amphibia, Anura, Craugastoridae)
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-07-2020)“…[Display omitted] •The Pristimantis from Atlantic Forest comprises nine different lineages.•The main splits of this group began at Eocene and continued through…”
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Geoclimatic drivers of diversification in the largest arid and semi‐arid environment of the Neotropics: Perspectives from phylogeography
Published in Molecular ecology (01-07-2024)“…The South American Dry Diagonal, also called the Diagonal of Open Formations, is a large region of seasonally dry vegetation extending from northeastern Brazil…”
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Factors shaping a lizard community structure in a semiarid region of north-eastern Brazil
Published in Journal of arid environments (01-12-2023)“…We assessed the roles of historical and recent factors on the structure of a Neotropical lizard community from Serra da Capivara, in the semiarid Caatinga of…”
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The Caatinga region is a system and not an aggregate
Published in Journal of arid environments (01-08-2022)“…The Caatinga region, one of the world's most biodiverse tropical drylands, has been recently portrayed as an aggregate of closed biotas that do not interact…”
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Split distance: a key landscape metric shaping amphibian populations and communities in forest fragments
Published in Diversity & distributions (01-11-2014)“…Aim Habitat split isolates forest fragments where terrestrial adults of many amphibian species live from aquatic-breeding sites where their larvae develop,…”
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Global patterns of terrestriality in amphibian reproduction
Published in Global ecology and biogeography (01-06-2019)“…Aim Amphibians exhibit two basic reproductive modes, terrestrial and aquatic, each with different ecophysiological constraints related to evaporative water…”
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Climatic suitability, isolation by distance and river resistance explain genetic variation in a Brazilian whiptail lizard
Published in Heredity (01-03-2018)“…Spatial patterns of genetic variation can help understand how environmental factors either permit or restrict gene flow and create opportunities for regional…”
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Environmental factors influencing call propagation in Pithecopus nordestinus: testing the acoustic adaptation hypothesis
Published in Bioacoustics (Berkhamsted) (02-11-2022)“…The acoustic adaptation hypothesis (AAH) states that the acoustic signal of a species must propagate better in its native habitat. Studies have shown that…”
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Historical connections between Atlantic Forest and Amazonia drove genetic and ecological diversity in Lithobates palmipes (Anura, Ranidae)
Published in Systematics and biodiversity (31-12-2022)“…The Atlantic and Amazon rainforests have a shared but unclear past, with intermittent connections resulting from historical climate change. We investigate…”
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Reproduction, diet and sexual dimorphism of Gymnodactylus geckoides Spix, 1825 (Sauria: Squamata) from a Restinga area in northeastern Brazil
Published in Journal of natural history (26-10-2017)“…Reproduction, diet and sexual dimorphism are three crucial descriptive natural history parameters necessary to understand and recognize evolutionary processes…”
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Morphological characterization and taxonomic key of tadpoles (Amphibia: Anura) from the northern region of the Atlantic Forest
Published in Biota neotropica (01-01-2020)“…Although anuran tadpoles are widely distributed and abundant in tropical aquatic habitats, there is a lack of taxonomic keys for the Atlantic Forest. Herein,…”
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Background noise as a selective pressure: stream-breeding anurans call at higher frequencies
Published in Organisms diversity & evolution (01-03-2016)“…Acoustic signals are an important part in the behaviour of many species and may play a key role in speciation. However, little is known about the importance of…”
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Extreme specialization to rocky habitats in Tropidurus lizards from Brazil: Trade‐offs between a fitted ecomorph and autoecology in a harsh environment
Published in Austral ecology (01-09-2017)“…Ecomorphological theory indicates that different ecological requirements lead to different organismal designs. Given that species with equal requirements could…”
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Herpetofauna of Nísia Floresta National Forest, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil: Richness and abundance differences among natural and secondary forests
Published in Biota neotropica (2024)“…Abstract In the Atlantic Forest, species distributions are not uniform. The biome has been divided into 8 biogeographic sub-regions, such as the Pernambuco…”
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