Publications

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. 

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.

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. In Press.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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. 

Mellado, Breno; de Oliveira Carneiro, Lucas ; Nogueira, Marcelo R. ; Monteiro, Leandro R. Diversity and seasonality of a Phyllosomid assemblage from the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil. MASTOZOOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL /JOURNAL OF NEOTROPICAL MAMMALOGY, v. 25, p. 363-377, 2018. 

Manhães, I. A. ; Nogueira, Marcelo R. ; Monteiro, L. R. . Bite force and evolutionary studies in phyllostomid bats: a meta-analysis and validation. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, v. 302, p. 288-297, 2017. 

Nogueira, Marcelo R. ; Ventura, A. ; Veiga, C. C. P. ; Monteiro, L. R. ; Pinheiro, N. L. ; Peracchi, A. L. . Dicephalic parapagus conjoined twins in a large fruit-eating bat, genus Artibeus (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae). ANATOMIA HISTOLOGIA EMBRYOLOGIA, v. 46, p. 319-324, 2017. 

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

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.

Monteiro, L. R.; Nogueira, M. R. . Evolutionary patterns and processes in the radiation of phyllostomid bats. BMC Evolutionary Biology (Online), v. 11, p. 137, 2011. 

Monteiro, Leandro R.; Nogueira, Marcelo R. . Adaptive radiations, ecological specialization, and the evolutionary integration of complex morphological structures. Evolution (Lancaster, PA.), v. 64, p. 724-744, 2010. 

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

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

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

Nogueira, M. R. ; Monteiro, L. R. ; Peracchi, A. L. ; Araújo, A. F. B. . Ecomorphological analysis of the masticatory apparatus in Chiroderma (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Journal of Zoology, Reino Unido, v. 266, n.4, p. 355-364, 2005. 

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

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. (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.; Reis, Sergio Furtado dos. Princípios de morfometria geométrica. 1. ed. Ribeirão Preto: Holos Editora, 1999. v. 1. 188p.