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What drives the dynamics of a soil mite population under seasonal flooding? A null model analysis by Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Franklin, Elizabeth

“…Floods can inflict high mortality on terrestrial organisms, but may also promote adaptive evolution. In seasonal floodplains, several taxa show flood-related…”
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Hunger for sex: Abundant, heterogeneous resources select for sexual reproduction in the field by Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Franklin, Elizabeth, Norton, Roy A.

“…Major hypotheses on sex evolution predict that resource abundance and heterogeneity should either select for or against sexual reproduction. However, seldom…”
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Determinants of intra‐annual population dynamics in a tropical soil arthropod by Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Franklin, Elizabeth, Norton, Roy A.

“…Studies on inter‐annual dynamics of populations from temperate regions have shown that density dependence and climate effects are relatively common, albeit…”
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A tropical arthropod unravels local and global environmental dependence of seasonal temperature–size response by Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Franklin, Elizabeth, Norton, Roy A., de Morais, José W.

“…In most ectotherms, adult body size decreases with warming, the so-called ‘temperature–size rule' (TSR). However, the extent to which the strength of the TSR…”
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Taxonomic sufficiency and indicator taxa reduce sampling costs and increase monitoring effectiveness for ants by Souza, Jorge Luiz Pereira, Baccaro, Fabricio Beggiato, Landeiro, Victor Lemes, Franklin, Elizabeth, Magnusson, William Ernest, Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Fernandes, Itanna Oliveira, Andersen, Alan

“…AIM: Despite the accelerating loss of biodiversity and the increased number of methods for conservation planning, the availability of information about the…”
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Linking functional trade-offs, population limitation and size structure: Termites under soil heterogeneity by Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Franklin, Elizabeth, Venticinque, Eduardo Martins, Acioli, Agno Nonato Serrão

“…Organismal fitness is fuelled by resources. However, resource acquisition often involves conflicting functional demands that may ultimately shape broader…”
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Geographic position of sample grid and removal of uncommon species affect multivariate analyses of diverse assemblages: The case of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) by Franklin, Elizabeth, de Moraes, Jamile, Landeiro, Victor Lemes, de Souza, Jorge Luiz Pereira, Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Magnusson, William Ernest, de Morais, José Wellington

“…•We revisited an oribatid-mite dataset recorded in 72 plots covering 64km2.•We then moved a 25km2 grid into its 16 possible positions within the larger…”
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Differential environmental effects on caste allocation in two Amazonian Melipona bees by Brito, Diana Vieira, da Silva Nunes, Raquel Amazonas, Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Nunes-Silva, Carlos Gustavo, Carvalho-Zilse, Gislene Almeida

“…In Melipona bees, gyne proportion is exceptionally high in relation to other genera of eusocial bees. However, hypotheses on caste determination in this genus…”
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Impact of environmental temperatures on mortality, sex and caste ratios in Melipona interrupta Latreille (Hymenoptera, Apidae) by Becker, Tatiane, Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Carvalho-Zilse, Gislene Almeida

“…Temperature is a major driver of biological phenomena, from metabolism to ecological interactions and rates of evolutionary diversification. However, species…”
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Soil fertility in indigenous swidden fields and fallows in northern Amazonia, Brazil by de Pinho, Rachel Camargo, Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Alfaia, Sonia Sena, Barbosa, Reinaldo Imbrozio, Lincoln, Noa Kekuewa

“…In the northern Brazilian Amazon, indigenous peoples who inhabit the savannas of Roraima, plant their crop fields in frequently managed “forest islands” using…”
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Direct and indirect effects of geographic and environmental factors on ant beta diversity across Amazon basin by Guilherme, Diego Rodrigues, Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Baccaro, Fabrício Beggiato, Franklin, Elizabeth, dos Santos Neto, Cláudio Rabelo, Souza, Jorge Luiz Pereira

“…Understanding the direct and indirect effects of niche and neutral processes in structuring species diversity is particularly challenging because environmental…”
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Pied tamarins change their vocal behavior in response to noise levels in the largest city in the Amazon by Sobroza, Tainara Venturini, Gordo, Marcelo, Dunn, Jacob C., Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Naissinger, Bruna Mendel, Barnett, Adrian Paul Ashton

“…Many animal species depend on sound to communicate with conspecifics. However, human‐generated (anthropogenic) noise may mask acoustic signals and so disrupt…”
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Spatial abundance pattern of a common soil arthropod changes suddenly with season in a tropical rainforest by Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Franklin, Elizabeth, Norton, Roy A., de Morais, José Wellington, Guilherme, Diego R.

“…•Abundance of the soil mite Rostrozetes ovulum varied more in time than in space.•Abundance fluctuations from different locations were synchronized.•The…”
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Anthropogenic factors do not affect male or female jaguar habitat use in an Amazonian Sustainable Reserve by Montanarin, Anelise, Ramalho, Emiliano Esterci, Rocha, Daniel Gomes da, Gräbin, Diogo Maia, Alvarenga, Guilherme Costa, Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Baccaro, Fabricio Beggiato, Magnusson, William Ernest

“…[Display omitted] •We evaluated jaguar habitat use accounting for individual non-independence.•We did not find habitat-use differences between jaguar sexes in…”
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Local forest specialists maintain traditional ecological knowledge in the face of environmental threats to Brazilian Amazonian protected areas by Alves, Rubana Palhares, Levis, Carolina, Bertin, Vinicius Mutti, Ferreira, Maria Julia, Cassino, Mariana Franco, Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Schietti, Juliana, Clement, Charles R.

“…There is a concern that environmental threats that result in local biodiversity loss compromise traditional peoples’ livelihoods and their traditional…”
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Robustness of biodiversity surrogates to temporal variation and imperfect detection by da Silva Utta, Ana Cristina, Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Magnusson, William Ernest, Souza, Jorge Luiz Pereira

“…Introduction Common species can predict overall species richness and composition, serving as a shortcut to biodiversity and supporting well-informed management…”
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Observed and dark diversity of plants’ life-forms are driven by climate and human impacts in a tropical dry forest by de Oliveira Gonçalves-Araújo, Magno Daniel, de Carvalho, Carlos Eduardo, Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Trindade, Diego Pires Ferraz, Hughes, Frederic, de Araújo, Francisca Soares, Pärtel, Meelis, Sfair, Julia Caram

“…Species richness is the most commonly used metric to quantify biodiversity. However, examining dark diversity, the group of absent species which can…”
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How do tree density and body size influence acoustic signals in Amazonian nurse frogs? by da Rosa, Marina Vieira, Ferrão, Miquéias, Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Lima, Albertina Pimentel

“…The Acoustic Adaptation Hypothesis (AAH) predicts that acoustic signals emitted at sites with greater vegetation density should have spectral and temporal…”
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Can environmental complexity predict functional trait composition of ground-dwelling ant assemblages? A test across the Amazon Basin by Guilherme, Diego Rodrigues, Souza, Jorge Luiz Pereira, Franklin, Elizabeth, Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Chagas, Andreia Conceição das, Baccaro, Fabricio Beggiato

“…Environmental gradients may influence species distributions by filtering their functional traits, resulting in a correspondence between community functional…”
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Does co‐occurrence drive vertical niche partitioning in parapatric tamarins (Saguinus spp.)? by Sobroza, Tainara Venturini, Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Gordo, Marcelo, Kinap, Natalia Margarido, Barnett, Adrian Paul Ashton, Spironello, Wilson Roberto

“…Stable species coexistence is a result of a balance between niche and fitness differences. One of the most common competitive patterns that arise from…”
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