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Below I keep an up to date list of peer-reviewed publications:
- Cid, C. C. ; Villalobos, F. ; Dobrovolski, R. ; Carrillo, J. D. ; Silvestro, D. ; Vilela, B. The Clade Replacement Theory: A framework to study Age-dependent extinction. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2024.
- Montalva, J. ; Hoagland, B. ; Arbetman, M. ; Morales, C. ; Aizen, M. ; Vilela, B. ; Silva, D. P. . Macroecological perspectives on the competition between the native and invasive bumblebees in southern South America under climate change. Biological Invasions, 2023.
- Ramos'gutiérrez, Ignacio ; Lima, Herlander ; Vilela, Bruno ; Molina'venegas, Rafael. A generalized framework to expand incomplete phylogenies using non-molecular phylogenetic information. Global Ecology and Biogeography, p. 1-10, 2023.
- Haynie, H. ; Kushnick, G. ; Kvanagh, P. ; Ember, C. ; Bowern, C. ; Low, B. ; Tuff, T. ; Vilela, B. ; Kirby, K. ; Botero, C. ; Gavin, M. C. The biogeography and evolution of land ownership. Journal of Biogeography, v. 50, p. 1129-1138, 2023.
- Da Cruz, André Luis ; Vilela, Bruno ; Klein, Wilfried . Morphological and physiological traits of. the respiratory system in Iguana iguana and other non-avian reptiles. Zoology, 2023.
- Barbosa Junior, E. C. ; Rios, V. P. ; Dodonov, P. ; Vilela, B. ; Japyassu, H. F. . Effect of behavioural plasticity and environmental properties on the resilience of communities under habitat loss and fragmentation. Ecological Modelling, v. 472, p. 110071, 2022.
- Fristoe, T. ; Vilela, B. ; Brown, J. ; Botero, Carlos A. . Abundant-core thinking clarifies exceptions to the abundant-center distribution pattern. Ecography, 2022.
- Tourinho, L. ; Alves, S. M. B. ; Silva, F. B. L. ; Verdi, M. ; Roque, N. ; Conceicao, A. A. ; Aona, L. Y. ; Oliveira, G. ; Caiafa, A. N. ; Rigueira, D. M. G. ; Porto, T. J. ; Dobrovolski, R. ; Vilela, B. . A participatory approach to map strategic areas for conservation and restoration at a regional scale. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 2022.
- Nascimento, F. A. C. ; Aguilar, A. V. ; Pansonato, A. ; Lisboa, B. S. ; Vilela, B. Reproductive notes and larval development of Macrogenioglottus alipioi (Anura: Odontophrynidae) from the northern Atlantic forest. Phyllomedusa, v. 21, p. 181-203, 2022.
- Teles, W. S. ; Silva, Daniel Paiva ; Vilela, B. ; Lima-Junior, D. P. ; Pires-Oliveira, J. C. ; Miranda, M. S. How Will the Distributions of Native and Invasive Species Be Affected by Climate Change? Insights from Giant South American Land Snails. Diversity, v. 14, p. 467, 2022.
- Lopes, E. J. ; Vilela, B. ; Brito, T. ; Moura, T. ; Nemesio, A. ; Maues, M. ; Krug, C. ; Martins, M. ; Silva, Daniel Paiva ; Dobrovolski, R. ; Oliveira, F. F. Local abundance of neotropical orchid bees in Amazon forests not related to large-scale climate suitability. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2022.
- Araujo, H. R. M. ; Carvalho, J. E. ; Klein, W. ; Vilela, B. ; Cruz, A. Patterns of energetic substrate modifications in response to feeding in boas, Boa constrictor (Serpentes, Boidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 2021.
- Goncalves-Souza, D. ; Vilela, B. ; Phalan, B. ; Dobrovolski, R. The role of protected areas in maintaining natural vegetation in Brazil. Science Advances, v. 7, p. eabh2932, 2021.
- Haynie, Hannah J. ; Kavanagh, Patrick H. ; Jordan, F. ; Ember, C. ; Gray, Russell D. ; Greenhill, S. J. ; Kirby, K. ; Kushnick, G. ; Bobbi, L. ; Tuff, Ty ; Vilela, B. ; Botero, Carlos A. ; Gavin, Michael C. Pathways to social inequality. Evolutionary Human Sciences, v. 3, p. 1-14, 2021
- Sobral-Souza, T. ; Stropp, J. ; Santos, J. ; Prasniewski, V. M. ; Szinwelski, N. ; Vilela, B. ; Freitas, A. V. L. ; Ribeiro, M. C. ; Hortal, J. Knowledge gaps hamper understanding the relationship between fragmentation and biodiversity loss: the case of Atlantic Forest fruit-feeding butterflies. PeerJ, v. 9, p. e11673, 2021.
- Lanna, E. ; Santos, D. ; Carvalho, V. ; Vilela, Bruno ; Santos, G. G. ; Skinner, L. F. ; Segal, B. ; Carraro, J. L. ; Pinheiro, U. S. Different environmental drivers influence the reproduction of a tropical sponge (Tedania ignis) along a latitudinal gradient. Marine Ecology Progress Series, v. 667, p. 25-41, 2021.
- Aguilar, L. ; Lara-Flores, M. ; Osten, J. R. ; Robledo, J. A. K. ; Vilela, B. ; Cruz, A. Effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on biomarker responses in Gambusia yucatana, an endemic fish from Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021.
- Fulgencio-Lima, L. G. ; Andrade, A. F. A. ; Vilela, Bruno ; Lima-Junior, D. P. ; Souza, R. A. Sgarbi, L. F. ; Ziller, S. R. ; Simiao-Ferreira, J. ; De Marco Junior, P. ; Silva, D. P. Invasive plants in Brazil: climate change effects and detection of suitable areas within conservation units. Biological Invasions, 2021.
- Nascimento, F. A. C. ; Vilela, B. ; Dubeux, M. J. M. ; Araújo-Neto ; Galdino, J. Y. A. ; Leal, F. ; Sa, R. Reproductive biology and sexual dimorphism of the poorly known frog (Microhylidae, Gastrophryninae), with an updated diagnosis for the species. Studies On Neotropical Fauna and Environment, p. 1-15, 2020.
- Vilela, Bruno; Fristoe, T. ; Tuff, T. ; Kavanagh, P. H. ; Haynie, H. ; Gray, R. ; Gavin, M. C. ; Botero, Carlos A. Cultural transmission and ecological opportunity jointly shaped global patterns of reliance on agriculture. Evolutionary Human Sciences, v. 2, p. 1-11, 2020.
- Silva, R. R. ; Vilela, B. ; Silva, D. P. ; Andrade, A. F. A. ; Cerqueira, P. V. ; Goncalves, G. S. R. ; Santos, M. P. D. The role of ecological niche evolution on diversification patterns of birds distinctly distributed between the Amazonia and Atlantic rainforests. PLoS One, v. 15, p. e0238729, 2020.
- Kavanagh, P. H. ; Haynie, H. ; Kushnick, G. ; Vilela, B. ; Tuff, Ty ; Bowern, C. ; Low, B. ; Ember, C. ; Kirby, K. ; Botero, Carlos A. ; Gavin, M. C. Drivers of global variation in land ownership. Ecography. Early View. 2020.
- Ronquillo, C. ; Alves-Martins, F. ; Mazimpaka, V. ; Souza, T. S. ; Vilela, B. ; Medina, N. G. ; Hortal, Joaquín. Assessing spatial and temporal biases and gaps in the publicly available distributional information of Iberian mosses. Biodiversity Data Journal, v. 8, p. e5347, 2020.
- Coelho, M. T. P. ; Rodrigues, J. F. M. ; Medina, A. M. ; Scalco, P. ; Terribile, L. C. ; Vilela, B.; Diniz-Filho, J. A. F. ; Dobrovolski, R. Global expansion of COVID-19 pandemic is driven by population size and airport connections. PeerJ 8:e9708.
- Diele-Viegas, L. ; Figueroa, R. T. ; Vilela, B. ; Rocha, C. F. D . Are reptiles toast? A worldwide evaluation of Lepidosauria vulnerability to climate change. Climatic Change. 159, 581–599, 2020.
- Silva, R. M. ; Hirata, F. M. R. ; Moreira, E. F. ; Campos, A. ; Loiola, M. ; Reis, K. ; Silva, A. T. ; Barbosa, F. ; Salles, L. ; Menezes, R. ; Veiga, R. ; Coutinho, F. H. ; Dutilh, B. E. ; Guimaraes Jr, P. R. ; Assis, A. P. A. ; Souza, A. A. ; Miranda, J. G. V. ; Andrade, R. F. S. ; Vilela, B. ; Meirelles, P. M. Integrating Computational Methods to Investigate the Macroecology of Microbiomes. Frontiers in Genetics, v. 10, p. 1344, 2020.
- Silva, D. P. ; Castro, A. C. F. ; Vilela, B. ; Thomas, J. C. ; Alqarni, A. S. ; Ascher, J. S. ; Engel, M. S. Colonizing the east and the west: Distribution and niche properties of a dwarf Asian honey bee invading Africa, the Middle East, the Malay Peninsula, and Taiwan. Apidologie. 2019.
- Vivallo, F. ; Vilela, B. ; Silva, D. P. Inferring host-cleptoparasite complexes of South American Centridine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) using macroecological perspectives. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, p. 1-12, 2019.
- Gavin, M. C. ; Kavanagh, P. H. ; Haynie, H. ; Bowern, C. ; Ember, C. ; Gray, R. ; Kirby, K. ; Kushnick, G. ; Bobbi, L. ; Vilela, B. ; Botero, C. The Global Geography of Human Subsistence. Royal Society Open Science, 2018.
- Silva, D. P. ; Dew, R. M. ; Vilela, B. ; Stevens, M. I. ; Schwarz, M. P. No deaths in the desert: predicted responses of an arid-adapted bee and its two nesting trees suggest resilience in the face of warming climates. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2018.
- Kavanagh, P. H.*; Vilela, B.*; Haynie, H. ; Tuff, T. ; Ribeiro, M. S. L. ; Gray, R. ; Botero, C. ; Gavin, M. C. Hindcasting global population densities reveals forces enabling the origin of agriculture. Nature Human Behaviour 2, 478-484. *Joint first authors.
- Vilela, B.; Nascimento, F. A. C. ; Vital, M. V. C. Impacts of climate change on small-range amphibians of the Northern Atlantic Forest. Oecologia Australis. v.22 (2). (Invited submission, special edition on macroecology).
- Kass, J.; Vilela, B.; Aiello-Lammens, M. E.; Muscarella, R.; Merow, C.; Anderson, R. P. Wallace: a flexible platform for reproducible modeling of species niches and distributions built for community expansion. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 2017.
- Singh, M. ; Friess, D. A. ; Vilela, B.; Alban, J. D. T. ; Monzon, A. K. V. ; Veridiano, R. K. A. Spatial relationships between above-ground biomass and bird species biodiversity in Palawan, Philippines. PLoS One. 2017.
- Mata, R. A. ; Tidon, R. ; Oliveira, G. ; Vilela, B. ; Diniz-Filho, J. A. F. ; Rangel, T. F. ; Terribile, L. C. Stacked species distribution and macroecological models provide incongruent predictions of species richness for Drosophilidae in the Brazilian savanna. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2017.
- Hawkins, B. A. ; Leroy, B. ; Rodriguez, M. A. ; Singer, A. ; Vilela, B. ; Villalobos, F. ; Wang, X. ; Zelený, D. Structural bias in aggregated trait variables driven by repeated species co-occurrences: a pervasive problem in community and assemblage data. Journal of Biogeography, 2017.
- Silva, D. P. ; Vilela, B. ; Buzatto, B. A. ; Moczek, A. P. ; Hortal, J. Contextualized niche shifts upon independent invasions by the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus. Biological Invasions, 2016.
- Vilela, B. ; Villalobos, F. letsR: a new R package for data handling and analysis in macroecology. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, v. 6 (10), p. 229-1234, 2015.
- Aiello-Lammens, M. E. ; Boria, R. A. ; Radosavljevic, A. ; Vilela, B. ; Anderson, R. P. spThin: an R package for spatial thinning of species occurrence records for use in ecological niche models. Ecography (Copenhagen), v. 38 (5), 2015.
- Silva, D. P. ; Vilela, B. ; De Marco Junior, P. ; Nemesio, A. Using Ecological Niche Models and Niche Analyses to Understand Speciation Patterns: The Case of Sister Neotropical Orchid Bees. Plos One, v. 9, p. e113246, 2014.
- Vilela, B. ; Villalobos, F. ; Rodriguez, M. A. ; Terribile, L. C. Body Size, Extinction Risk and Knowledge Bias in New World Snakes. Plos One, v. 9, p. e113429, 2014.
- Vilela, B. ; Lisboa, B. S. ; Nascimento, F. A. C. Reproduction of Agalychnis granulosa Cruz, 1989 (Anura: Hylidae). Journal of Natural History, v.49, p. 1-9, 2014.
- Maciel, A. O. ; Vilela, B.; Nascimento, F.A.C. ; Borges-Nojosa, D. M. ; Lima, D. C. First records of Chthonerpeton arii Cascon and Lima-Verde, 1994 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae) out of the type locality. Check List (São Paulo. Online), v. 9, p. 818-819, 2013.
- Araújo-Neto ; Vilela, B.; Galdino, J. Y. A. ; Nascimento, F.A.C. ; Lisboa, B. S. New records and geographic distribution map of Dendropsophus haddadi (Bastos and Pombal, 1996) (Anura: Hylidae) with comments on color patterns. Check List (São Paulo. Online), v. 8, p. 248-250, 2012.
- Vilela, B. ; De Lima, M. G. ; Gonçalves, U. ; Skuk, G. O. S. Siphlophis compressus (Daudin, 1803) (Squamata: Dipsadidae): First records for the Atlantic forest north of the São Francisco river, northeastern Brazil. Cuadernos de Herpetología, v. 25, p. 23-24, 2011.