Publications

Articles

Mellado, B.; Carneiro, L. O.; Nogueira, M. R.; Herrera, L.G.; Cruz-Neto, A. P.; Monteiro, L. R. (2025). Developmental instability, body mass, and reproduction predict immunological response in short-tailed bats. Current Zoology. 71:162-169. PDF.

Mellado, B.; Carneiro, L. O.; Nogueira, M. R.; Monteiro, L. R. (2024). Not all size measures are created equal: different body size proxies are not equivalent fitness predictors in the bat Carollia perspicillata. Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 31:9 PDF. 

Carneiro, L.; L. R. Monteiro; M. R. Nogueira (2023). Bilateral agenesis of M3 in the little yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira lilium (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Notas sobre Mamíferos Sudamericanos 5:e23.10.3. PDF.

Mayer, L. B.;  Mellado, B.; Ruiz-Miranda, C. R.; Nogueira, M. R.; Monteiro, L. R. (2023).  Diversity profiles of medium and large-size mammals in an Atlantic Forest remnant: seasonal and spatial patterns. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and the Environment. 59(2): 425-436. PDF.

Carneiro, L. O.; Mellado, B.; Monteiro, L. R.;  Nogueira, M. R. (2023).  Dwarfism in a Seba's short-tailed bat, Carollia perspicillata. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 101: 376-384. PDF.

Carneiro, L. O.; Mellado, B.; Nogueira, M. R.; Cruz-Neto, A. P.; Monteiro, L. R. (2023).  Flight performance and wing morphology in the bat Carollia perspicillata: biophysical models and energetics. Integrative Zoology. In Press. PDF.

Mellado, B.; Carneiro, L. O.; Nogueira, M. R.; Monteiro, L. R. (2022). The impact of marking on bats: mark-recapture models for assessing injury rates and tag loss. Journal of Mammalogy. 103:100-110 PDF. Link to Preprint

Carneiro, L. O.; Monteiro, L. R.; Nogueira, M. R. (2022). Sturnira tildae (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Mammalian Species. 54: seab018. PDF.

Lyra, R. B.; Monteiro, L. R.; Ruiz-Miranda, C. R. (2022). Song as a signal of male identity and quality in the Green-winged Saltator (Saltator similis). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 134(1) : 86-96, PDF.

Bubadué, J. M.; Carneiro, L. O.; Mellado, B.; Mayer, L. B.; Lyra, R. B.; Nogueira, M. R.; Monteiro, L. R. (2022). A Coleção Mastozoológica da Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense (UENFMZ): visão geral e registros notáveis. Brazilian Journal of Mammalogy, (e90), e90202113. PDF.

Monteiro, L. R. (2021). Evolução como processo emergente: desafiando o senso comum para remover obstáculos cognitivos. Genética na Escola. 16(2 Sup):343-342. PDF

Bubadué, J. M.; Nogueira, M. R.; Lima, I. P.; Peracchi, A. L.; Di Beneditto, A. P. M.; Rezende, C. E.; Monteiro, L. R. (2021). Nitrogen isotope enrichment associated with skull shape variation in the Dwarf little fruit bat Rhinophylla pumilio. Hystrix The Italian Journal of Mammalogy. 32:153-158. PDF.

Higham, T. E. ; Ferry, L. A. ; Schmitz, L. ; Irschick, D. J. ; Starko, S. ; Anderson, P. S. ; Bergmann, P. J. ; Jamniczky, H. A. ; Monteiro, L. R. ; Navon, D. ; Messier, J. ; Carrington, E. ; Farina, S. C. ; Feilich, K. L. ; Hernandez, L. P. ; Johnson, M. A. ; Kawano, S. M. ; Law, C. J. ; Longo, S. J. ; Martin, C. H. ; Martone, P. T. ; Rico-Guevara, A. ; Santana, S. E. ; Niklas, K. J. (2021) Linking Biomechanical Models And Functional Traits To Investigate Phenotypic Diversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 36:860-873. PDF.

Gonçalves, P. R. F. Di Dario, A. C. Petry, R. L Martins, R. N. da Fonseca, M. D. Henry, F. A. Esteves, C. R. Ruiz-Miranda, L. R. Monteiro, M. T. Nascimento (2020). Brazil undermines parks by relocating staff. Science. 368:1199. PDF.

Monteiro, L. R., B. Mellado, M. R. Nogueira, M. M. Morais-Jr (2019). Individual asymmetry as a predictor of fitness in the bat Carollia perspicillata. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 32: 1207-1229. PDF.

Mellado, B., L.O.Carneiro, M. R. Nogueira, L. R. Monteiro (2018). Diversity and seasonality of a phyllostomid assemblage from the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil.  Mastozoologia Neotropical.25: 363-377. PDF.

Di Beneditto, A. P. M., M. T. M. Tavares, and L. R. Monteiro (2018). Isotopic niche of the catfishes Bagre bagre and Genidens barbus in a coastal area of south-eastern Brazil. Biota Neotropica 18: e20180527. PDF.

Maestri, R., L. R. Monteiro, R. Fornel, T. R. O. de Freitas and B. D. Patterson, (2017).  Geometric morphometrics meets metacommunity ecology: environment and lineage distribution affects spatial variation in shape.  Ecography 41: 90-100. PDF.

Manhães, I., M. R. Nogueira, L. R. Monteiro (2017). Bite force and evolutionary studies in phyllostomid bats: a meta-analysis and validation. Journal of Zoology. 302:288-297. PDF.

Maestri, R., L. R. Monteiro, R. Fornel, N. Upham, B. D. Patterson, and T. R. O. de Freitas (2017). The ecology of a continental evolutionary radiation: Is the radiation of sigmodontine rodents adaptive? Evolution 71: 610-632. PDF.  Digest by B. S. McLean.

Nogueira, M. R., A. Ventura, C. C. P. da Veiga, L. R. Monteiro, N. L. Pinheiro, A. L. Peracchi (2017). Dicephalic parapagus conjoined twins in a large fruit-eating bat, genus Artibeus (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae). Anatomia Histologia Embryologia. 46: 319-324. PDF.

Souza, G., E. P. Caramaschi, L. R. Monteiro (2017). Morphometrics and allometry of the larvae of five Characiformes species in the Paraíba do Sul River Basin. Zygote. 25:507-518. PDF.

Di Beneditto, A. P. M., S. Siciliano, and L. R. Monteiro (2017). Herbivory level and niche breadth of juvenile green turtles (Chelonia midas) in a tropical coastal area: insights from stable isotopes. Marine Biology. 164:13. PDF.

Maestri, R., B. D. Patterson, R. Fornel, L. R. Monteiro, and T. R. O. de Freitas (2016). Diet, bite force and skull morphology in the generalist rodent morphotype. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 29: 2191-2204. PDF.

Souza, G., E. J. T. Melo, E. P. Caramaschi, D. R. Andrade, and L. R. Monteiro (2016). Early development and allometric growth patterns of the grumatã (Prochilodus vimboides Kner, 1859). Zygote. 24:428-441. PDF.

Di Beneditto, A. P. M. and L. R. Monteiro (2016). Isotopic niche of two coastal dolphins in a tropical marine area: specific and age class comparisons. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 96(4): 853-858. PDF.

Monteiro, L. R. (2013) Morphometrics and the comparative method: studying the evolution of biological shape. HYSTRIX 24:25-32. PDF.

Araújo, L. G. B. R. and L. R. Monteiro. (2013) Growth pattern and survival in populations of Poecilia vivipara (Teleostei; Poeciliidae) inhabiting an environmental gradient: a common garden study. Environmental Biology of Fishes 96(8):941-951. PDF.

Prôa, M. P., P. O'Higgins, and L. R. Monteiro. (2013). Type I error rates for testing genetic drift with phenotypic covariance matrices: a simulation study. Evolution 67(1):185-195. PDF.

Monteiro, L. R., and M. R. Nogueira. (2011). Evolutionary patterns and processes in the radiation of phyllostomid bats. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11:137. PDF. Highly Accessed

Hernández M.I.M., L. R. Monteiro, and M. E. Favila. (2011). The role of body size and shape in understanding competitive interactions within a community of Neotropical dung beetles. Journal of Insect Science 11:13. PDF.

Adams, D. C., A. Cardini, L. R. Monteiro, P. O'Higgins, and F. J. Rohlf. (2011) Morphometrics and phylogenetics: principal components of shape from cranial modules are neither appropriate nor effective cladistic characters. Journal of Human Evolution. 60:240-243. PDF.

Monteiro, L. R., and M. R. Nogueira. (2010). Adaptive radiations, ecological specialization, and the evolutionary integration of complex morphological structures. Evolution 64:724-744. PDF.

Nogueira, M. R., A. L. Peracchi, and L. R. Monteiro. (2009) Morphological correlates of bite force and diet in the skull and mandible of phyllostomid bats. Functional Ecology 23, 715-723. PDF.

Perez, S. I. and L. R. Monteiro. (2009) Non-random factors in modern human morphological diversification: a study of craniofacial variation in southern South American populations. Evolution 63, 978-993. PDF

Oliveira, M., A. P. M. Di Beneditto, L. R. Monteiro. (2009) Variação geográfica na forma e nas relações alométricas dos otólitos sagitta da maria-luiza Paralonchurus brasiliensis (Steindachner, 1875) (Teleostei, Sciaenidae) no litoral norte do Rio de Janeiro (21º S 23º S), Brasil. Boletim do Instituto de Pesca 35: 475-485. PDF

Clemente-Carvalho,R. B. G., L. R. Monteiro, V. Bonato, H. S. Rocha, G. R. Pereira, D. F. Oliveira, R. T. Lopes, C. F. B. Haddad, E. G. Martins, and S. F. dos Reis. (2008) Geographic variation in cranial shape in the pumpkin toadlet (Brachycephalus ephippium): a geometric analysis. Journal of Herpetology 42, 176-185. PDF

Gomes, Jr. and L. R. Monteiro. (2008) Morphological divergence patterns among populations of Poecilia vivipara (Teleostei Poeciliidae): test of an ecomorphological paradigm. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 93, 799-812. PDF

Nogueira, M. R., A. Pol, L. R. Monteiro, and A. L. Peracchi. (2008) First record of Miller's mastiff bat, Molossus pretiosus (Mammalia: Chiroptera), from the Brazilian Caatinga. Chiroptera Neotropical 14, 346-353. PDF.

Gomes, Jr. and L. R. Monteiro. (2007) Size and fecundity variation in populations of Poecilia vivipara Block & Schneider (Teleostei; Poeciliidae) inhabiting an environmental gradient. Journal of Fish Biology 71, 1799-1809. PDF

Nogueira, M. R., L. R. Monteiro, and A. L. Peracchi. (2006) New evidence of bat predation by the wooly false vampire bat Chrotopterus auritus. Chiroptera Neotropical 12, 286-288. PDF

Monteiro, L. R., A. P. M. Di Beneditto, L. H. Guillermo, and L. A. Rivera. (2005) Allometric changes and shape differentiation of sagitta otoliths in Sciaenid fishes. Fisheries Research 74, 288-299. PDF

Klingenberg, C. P., and L. R. Monteiro. (2005) Distances and directions in multidimensional shape spaces: implications for quantitative genetics and other applications. Systematic Biology 54, 678-688. PDF

Nogueira, M. R., L. R. Monteiro, A. L. Peracchi, and A. F. B. Araújo. (2005) Ecomorphological analysis of the masticatory apparatus in Chiroderma (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Journal of Zoology 266, 355-364. PDF

Monteiro, L. R., V. Bonato, and S. F. dos Reis. (2005) Evolutionary integration and morphological diversification in complex morphological structures: mandible shape divergence in spiny rats (Rodentia, Echimyidae). Evolution and Development 7, 430-440. PDF

Monteiro, L. R., and J. L. Gomes-Jr. (2005) Morphological divergence rate tests for natural selection: uncertainty of parameter estimation and robustness of results. Genetics and Molecular Biology 28, 345-355. PDF

Monteiro, L. R., and S. F. dos Reis. (2005) Morphological evolution in the mandible of spiny rats, genus Trinomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 43, 332-338. PDF

Rodrigues, D., D. Sanfelice, L. R. Monteiro, and G. R. P. Moreira. (2005) Ontogenetic Trajectories and Hind Tibia Geometric Morphometrics of Two Very Similar Leaf Footed Bugs, Holymenia clavigera (Herbst) and Anisoscelis foliacea marginella (Dallas) (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Neotropical Entomology 34, 769-776. PDF

Gomes-Jr, J. L., and L. R. Monteiro. (2004) A seleção natural e os peixinhos de aquário. Ciência Hoje das Crianças 150, 17-19. Full Text (in portuguese)

Neves, F. M., and L. R. Monteiro. (2003) Body shape and size divergence among populations of Poecilia vivipara in coastal lagoons of Southeastern Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology 63, 928-941. PDF

Nicola, P. A., L. R. Monteiro, L. M. Pessôa, F. J. Von Zuben, F. J. Rohlf, and S. F. dos Reis. (2003) Congruence of hierarchical, localised variation in cranial shape and molecular phylogenetic structure in spiny rats, genus Trinomys. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 80, 385-396. PDF

Monteiro, L. R., L. C. Duarte, and S. F. dos Reis. (2003) Environmental correlates of geographical variation in skull and mandible shape of Thrichomys apereoides (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Journal of Zoology 261, 47-57. PDF

Monteiro, L. R., J. A. F. Diniz Filho, S. F. dos Reis, and E. D. Araújo. (2003) Shape distances in general linear models: Are they really at odds with the goals of morphometrics?. Evolution 57, 196-199. PDF

Reis, S. F. dos, L. C. Duarte, L. R. Monteiro, and F. J. Von Zuben. (2002) Geographic variation in cranial morphology in Thrichomys apereoides (Rodentia: Echimyidae): I. Geometric descriptors of shape and multivariate analysis of geographic variation in shape. Journal of Mammalogy 83, 333-344. PDF

Reis, S. F., L. C. Duarte, L. R. Monteiro, and F. J. Von Zuben. (2002) Geographic variation in cranial morphology in Thrichomys apereoides (Rodentia: Echimyidae): II. Geographic units, morphological discontinuities, and sampling gaps. Journal of Mammalogy 83, 345-353. PDF

Monteiro, L. R., J. A. F. Diniz Filho, S. F. dos Reis, and E. D. Araújo. (2002) Geometric estimates of heritability in biological shape. Evolution 56, 563-572. PDF

Monteiro-Filho, E. L. A., L. R. Monteiro, and S. F. dos Reis. (2002) Skull shape and size divergence in the genus Sotalia: a tridimensional morphometric analysis. Journal of Mammalogy 83, 125-134. PDF

Monteiro, L. R., and L. G. Lessa. (2000) Comparative analysis of cranial suture complexity in the genus Caiman. Revista Brasileira de Biologia 60, 689-694. PDF

Monteiro, L. R. (2000) Geometric morphometrics and the development of complex structures: ontogenetic changes in scapular shape of Dasypodid armadillos. Hystrix Italian Journal Of Mammalogy (n.s.) 11, 91-98. PDF

Monteiro, L. R., B. Bordin, and S. F. dos Reis. (2000) Shape distances, shape spaces, and the comparison of morphometric methods. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15, 217-220. PDF

Duarte, L. C., L. R. Monteiro, F. J. Von Zuben, and S. F. dos Reis. (2000) Variation in mandible shape in Thrichomys apereoides (Mammalia: Rodentia): Geometric Analysis of a complex morphological structure. Systematic Biology 49, 563-578. PDF

Monteiro, L. R. (2000) Why morphometrics is special? The problem with using partial warps as characters for phylogenetic inference. Systematic Biology 49, 796-799. PDF

Monteiro, L. R., and A. S. Abe. (1999) Functional and historical determinants of shape in the scapula of xenarthran mammals: the evolution of a complex morphological structure. Journal of Morphology 241, 251-263. PDF

Cavalcanti, M. J., L. R. Monteiro, and P. R. D. Lopes. (1999) Landmark-based morphometric analysis in selected species of serranid fishes (Teleostei, Perciformes). Zoological Studies 38, 287-294. PDF

Monteiro, L. R. (1999) Multivariate regression models and geometric morphometrics: the search for causal factors in the analysis of shape. Systematic Biology 48, 192-199. PDF

Monteiro, L. R., L. G. Lessa, and A. S. Abe. (1999) Ontogenetic variation in skull shape of Thrichomys apereoides (Echimyidae: Rodentia). Journal of Mammalogy 80, 102-111. PDF.

Monteiro, L. R. (1999) Ontogenetic variation in the skull of Corallus caninus and Corallus enydris (Serpentes, Boidae), an allometric study. The Snake 28, 52-58. Proof PDF.

Monteiro, L. R., and A. S. Abe. (1998) Allometry and morphological integration in the skull of Tupinambis merianae (Lacertilia: Teiidae). Amphibia Reptilia 18, 397-405. PDF

Monteiro, L. R., and M. A, Soares. (1997) Allometric analysis of ontogenetic variation and evolution of the skull in Caiman (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae). Herpetologica 53, 62-69. EUA.PDF

Monteiro, L. R. (1997) Allometric growth and functional integration in the skull of the black caiman Melanosuchus niger (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae). A jackknife approach. Revista Brasileira de Biologia 57, 31-37.

Monteiro, L. R., M. J. Cavalcanti, and H. J. Sommer. (1997) Comparative ontogenetic shape changes in the skull of Caiman species (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae). Journal of Morphology 231, 53-62. PDF

Monteiro, L. R. (1996) Osteologia craniana de Corallus caninus L, 1758 e Corallus enydris L, 1758. Naturalia 21, 187-200.

Books:

Monteiro, L. R., and S. F. dos Reis. (1999) Princípios de morfometria geométrica. Ribeirão Preto: Holos Editora. LINK Review by Dr. Richard Reyment

Book Chapters:

Lima, I P., M. R. Nogueira, L. R. Monteiro, and A. L. Peracchi. (2016). Frugivoria e dispersão de sementes por morcegos na Reserva Natural Vale, Sudeste do Brasil. In: Floresta Atlântica de Tabuleiro: diversidade e endemismos na Reserva Natural Vale, editado por Rolim, S. G., L. F. T. Menezes, and A. C. Srbek-Araújo. p. 433-452, Belo Horizonte, Rona Editora. ISBN 9788562805639. PDF.

Monteiro, L. R., L.H. Guillermo, L. A. Rivera, and A. P. M. Di Beneditto. (2004) Geometric methods combining contour and landmark information in the statistical analysis of biological shape. In Proceedings of the Third Brazilian Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology, edited by Mondaini, R. Vol. 2, 336-355. Rio de Janeiro: E-papers. PDF

Monteiro, L. R., L. H. Guillermo, and L. A. Rivera. (2003) Shape Spaces, Metrics and Linear Models for Evolutionary Rates. In Proceedings of the Second Brazilian Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology, edited by Mondaini, R. Vol. 1, 179-207. Rio de Janeiro: E-Papers. PDF

Lecture Notes:

Monteiro, L. R., Gomes-Jr, J. L. (2006) Introdução à Biometria utilizando R (in portuguese). Electronically published at http://cran.r-project.org/manuals.html. PDF, DATA.