Laboratory of Ecology and Conservation (LAEC)

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• Paolino, R. M., et al. (2026). "Human impacts outweigh environmental factors in shaping site use dynamics by terrestrial mammals and birds in restricted protected areas of the Atlantic forest." Journal for Nature Conservation 89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2025.127142

• Ferraz, K. M. P. M. d. B., et al. (2026). "The loss of prey base may drive the jaguar (Panthera onca) toward extinction in the Atlantic Forest of South America." Global Ecology and Conservation 66: e04084. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2026.e04084

• Santos, P. M., et al. (2025). "Deaths of southern maned three-toed sloths (Bradypus crinitus, Gray 1850) in an urban environment." Oecologia Australis 29(01): 89-95. https://doi.org/10.4257/oeco.2025.2901.07

• Sampaio, R., et al. (2025). "Using camera traps to enhance community-based management of subsistence hunting in the Amazon." Conserv Biol 39(3): e70044. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70044

• Sampaio, R., et al. (2025). "Quantifying spatial patterns of game vertebrate abundance in Amazonian forests through local ecological knowledge-based methods." Conserv Biol 39(3): e70029.

• https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70029

• Rodrigues, P. H. C., et al. (2025). "Rural dogs (Canis familiaris) as sentinels to ectoparasites and tick borne pathogens around six Atlantic Forest conservation units in Brazil." Veterinary Parasitology: 110609.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2025.110609

• Pônzio, M. d. C., et al. (2025). "Beyond classical invasions hypotheses: Investigating the impact of agricultural landscape simplification on wild pig populations." Biological Conservation 309: 111321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111321

• Magioli, M., et al. (2025). "Divergence Across Niche Dimensions Reveals Species' Ecological Roles." Ecology Letters 28(7): e70173.https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70173

• Gonçalves-Souza, T., et al. (2025). "Species turnover does not rescue biodiversity in fragmented landscapes." Nature 640 (8059), pages 702–706. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08688-7

• Gonçalves-Souza, T., et al. (2025). "LandFrag: A Dataset to Investigate the Effects of Forest Loss and Fragmentation on Biodiversity." Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(2): e70015. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70015

• dos Reis, S. C., et al. (2025). "Effects of Landscape Characteristics on Abundance of Giant Anteaters in Intensively Farmed Areas." Biotropica 57(6). https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70123

• Devarajan, K., et al. (2025). "When the wild things are: Defining mammalian diel activity and plasticity." Science Advances 11(9): eado3843. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ado3843

• Santos, P. M., et al. (2024). "What, where, and how: a spatiotemporally explicit analysis of the drivers of habitat loss within the range of maned three-toed sloths (Bradypus torquatus and Bradypus crinitus)." Mammal Review 54: 273–287. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12342

• Pasqualotto, N., et al. (2024). "Native forest and proximity to humans are stronger drivers of Brazilian cottontail habitat use than invasive European hare." Biotropica 56(2): e13301. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13301

• Pasqualotto, N., et al. (2024). "Determining abundance predictors of the European Hare (Lepus europaeus), a global invader in southeastern Brazil." Journal of Mammalogy. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyad130

• Ewart, H. E., et al. (2024). "Effects of anthropogenic disturbance and land cover protection on the behavioural patterns and abundance of Brazilian mammals." Global Ecology and Conservation 50: e02839.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02839

• Braga, P. R., et al. (2024). "Anthropogenic landscape features affect the ground habitat use of Penelope superciliaris (Cracidae), a large seed disperser bird in southeastern Brazil." Biotropica 56(6): e13382.https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13382

• Alberici, V., et al. (2024). "Unravelling unique responses of mammal abundance to road proximity in agricultural landscapes." Animal Conservation 27(5): 611-625. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12933

• Sampaio, R., et al. (2023). "Vertebrate population changes induced by hunting in Amazonian sustainable-use protected areas." Biological Conservation 284: 110206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110206

• Reis, S. C. d., et al. (2023). "Germination of fruits eaten by the maned wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus (Illiger, 1815) (Carnivora, Canidae)." Biota Neotropica 23. https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2022-1413

• Pônzio, M. d. C., et al. (2023). "Space use patterns of two large carnivores: Puma (Puma concolor) and Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) in tropical agroecosystems: Padrões de uso do espaço por dois grandes carnívoros: onça parda (Puma concolor) e lobo-guará (Chrysocyon brachyurus) em agroecossistemas tropicais." Journal of Mammalogy.

• https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyad085

• Magioli, M., et al. (2023). "What a few hairs can tell us about the resource use of giant armadillos." Integr Zool 18(1): 129-142.

• https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12644

• do Carmo Pônzio, M., et al. (2023). "Landscape heterogeneity can partially offset negative effects of habitat loss on mammalian biodiversity in agroecosystems." Journal of Applied Ecology 61(1): 120-133. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14543

• Ubaid, F. K., et al. (2022). "First records and range extension of Bristle-spined Porcupine, Chaetomys subspinosus (Olfers, 1818) (Rodentia, Erethizontidae), in Minas Gerais state, Brazil." Check List 18(1): 11-15.https://doi.org/10.15560/18.1.11

• Santos, P. M., et al. (2022). "Natural forest regeneration on anthropized landscapes could overcome climate change effects on the endangered maned sloth (Bradypus torquatus, Illiger 1811)." Journal of Mammalogy 103(6): 1383-1396. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac084

• Sampaio, R., et al. (2022). "Physical geography trumps legal protection in driving the perceived sustainability of game hunting in Amazonian local communities." Journal for Nature Conservation 67: 126175.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126175

• Pônzio, M., et al. (2022). "Mammals of Cajuru State Forest and surroundings: a neglected but important Protected Area for the Cerrado conservation in the São Paulo state, Brazil." Biota Neotropica 22(1).https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2021-1261

• Ferraz, K. M. P. M. d. B., et al. et al. (2022). "Best of both worlds: combining ecological and social research to inform conservation decisions in a Neotropical biodiversity hotspot." Journal for Nature Conservation: 126146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126146

• Entringer, H., et al. (2022). "Temporal variation of the diet of a top terrestrial predator: the jaguar as a case study." Mammal Research 67: 417–431. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13364-022-00648-0

• Chiarello, A. G., et al. (2022). "Bradypus torquatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.". Retrieved 8 march 2023, 2022, from https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3036/210442361.

• Versiani, N. F., et al. (2021). "Protected areas and unpaved roads mediate habitat use of the giant anteater in anthropogenic landscapes." Journal of Mammalogy 102(3): 802-813. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab004

• Rodrigues, T. F., et al. (2021). "Noninvasive Low‐cost Method to Identify Armadillos' Burrows: A Machine Learning Approach." Wildlife Society Bulletin 45(3): 396-401. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1222

• Pasqualotto, N., et al. (2021). "Niche opportunity created by land cover change is driving the European hare invasion in the Neotropics." Biological Invasions 23(1): 7-24. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-020-02353-y

• Magioli, M., et al. (2021). "The role of protected and unprotected forest remnants for mammal conservation in a megadiverse Neotropical hotspot." Biological Conservation 259: 109173.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320721002251

• Magioli, M., et al. (2021). "Land-use changes lead to functional loss of terrestrial mammals in a Neotropical rainforest." Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation 19(2): 161-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2021.02.006

• Rodrigues, N. T., et al. (2020). "DNA mini-barcoding of leporids using noninvasive fecal DNA samples and its significance for monitoring an invasive species." Ecol Evol 10(12): 5219-5225.https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5863

• de Andrade, A. C., et al. (2020). "City sloths and marmosets in Atlantic forest fragments with contrasting levels of anthropogenic disturbance." Mammal Research 65(3): 481-491.https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13364-020-00492-0