Publications
2021
Accepted - Marques, FC, Bochio, GM, Lima, MR & dos Anjos, L. The selection of indicator species of birds and mammals for the monitoring of restoration areas in a highly fragmented forest landscape.
32. Monge-Fuentes, V, Mayer, AB, Lima, MR, Geraldes, LR, Zanotto, LN, Moreira, KG, Martins, OP, Piva, HL, Felipe, MSS, Amaral, AC, Bocca, AL, Tedesco, AC & Mortari, MR. Dopamine-loaded nanoparticules systems circumvent the blood-brain barrier motor function in mouse model for Parkinson's disease. Scientific Reports, 11:15185.
31. Batista, CB, Lima, IP & Lima, MR. (2021) Thirty-six years of research on bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) in the Londrina region, Paraná state, southern Brazil: what have we learned? Mastozoología Neotropical, 28(1):1-13.
30. Fecchio, Alan; Lima, Marcos R.; Bell, Jeffrey; Schunck, Fabio; Corrêa, Aline; Beco, Renata; Jahn, Alex; Fontana, Carla; da Silva, Thaiane; Repenning, Márcio ; Braga, Érika ; Silva, José; Lugarini, Camile; Silva, Jean; Andrade, Leontina; Dispoto, Janice; dos Anjos, Carolina; Weckstein, Jason; Kirchgatter, Karin; Ellis, Vincenzo; Ricklefs, Robert; De La Torre, Gabriel. (2021) Loss of forest cover and host functional diversity increases prevalence of avian malaria parasites in the Atlantic Forest. International Journal for Parasitology, 51(9):719-728.
29. Fecchio, A, Faria, IP, Bell, JA, Nunes, R, Weckstein, JD & Lima, MR. (2021) Mining increases the prevalence of avian haemosporidian parasites: a local analysis in Northeast Amazonia. Parasitology Research, 120:605-613.
28. Araújo, C, Jardim, M, Saturnino, N, Lima, GMR, Lima, MR & dos Anjos, L. (2021) The optimal listening period for an effective assessment of bird richness and composition: a case study of Neotropical forest. Journal of Ornithology, 162:303-306.
27. Batista, CB, Limas, IP & Lima, MR (2021) Beta diversity patterns of bats in the Atlantic Forest: How does the scale of analysis affect the importance of spatial and environmental factors? Journal of Biogeography, 48(1):1-10.
2020
26. Biolchi, AM, Oliveira, DGdO, Amaral HdO, Campos, GAA,Gonçalves JC, Souza, ACBdS Lima, MR, Silva LP & Mortari, MR (2020) Fraternine, a novel wasp peptide, protects against motor impairments in 6-OHDA model of parkinsonism. Toxins, 12(9):550.
25. Adelino, JRP, Calsavara, LC, Willrich, G, Lima, GMR, Lima, MR & dos Anjos, L. (2020) Ecosystem functions of birds as a tool to track restoration efficiency in Brazil. Ornithology Research, 28:38-50.
24. Lima, MR & Pérez-Tris, J (2020) Host specialization and dispersal in avian haemosporidians. In D Santiago-Alarcon & AR Marzal (Eds.), Avian Malaria and Related Parasites in the Tropics: Ecology, Evolution and Systematics.
23. Da Silva, Lima, MR, Meletti, PC & Jerep, FC (2020) Impact of environmental enrichment and social group size in the agressiveness and foraging activity of Serrapinnus notomelas. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 224:104943.
2019
22. Rodrigues et al. (2019) Atlantic bird traits: a dataset of bird morphological traits from the Atlantic forests of South America. Ecology, 100:pe02647.
21. Willrich, G, Lima, MR & dos Anjos, L (2019) The role of environmental heterogeneity for the maintenance of distinct bird communities in fragmented forests. EMU, 119:374-383.
2018
20. dos Anjos, L, Volpato, GH, Lopes, EV, Willrich, G, Bochio, GM, Arakaki-Lindsey, BR, Nadson, SR, Mendonça, LB, Boçon, R, Carvalho, J & Lima, MR (2018) Distributions of birds and plants in ecoregions: implications for the conservation of a neotropical biodiversity hotspot. Austral Ecology, 43:839-849.
2017
19. Adelino, JRP, dos Anjos, L & Lima, MR (2017) Invasive potential of the pied crow (Corvus albus) in eastern Brazil: best to eradicate before it spreads. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 15:227-233.
2016
18. Santos Junior, PCA, Marques, FC, Lima, MR & dos Anjos, L (2016) The importance of restoration areas to conserve bird species in a highly fragmented Atlantic forest landscape. Natureza & Conservação, 14:1-7.
17. Gomes, FMM, Paniago, CK, Freire, DO, Souza, ACB, Lima, MR, Júnior, NGO, Franco, OL & Mortari, MR (2016) Anxiolytic-like effect of a novel peptide isolated from the venom of the social wasp Synoeca surinama. Toxicon, 122:39-42.
16. Willrich, G, Calsavara, LC, Lima, MR, Oliveira, RC, Bochio, GM, Rosa, GLM, Muzi, VC & dos Anjos (2016) Twenty-three years of bird monitoring reveal low extinction and colonization of species in a reserve surrounded by and extremely fragmented landscape in southern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 24:235-259.
2015
15. Fecchio, A, Lima, MR, Silveira, P, Ribas, ACA, Caparroz, R & Marini, MÂ (2015) Age, but not sex and seasonality, influence Haemosporida prevalence in White-banded Tanagers (Neotraupis fasciata) from Central Brazil. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 93:71-77.
14. Dias, RI & Lima, MR (2015) Breeding biology and nest surivival in Tropical Screech-Owls (Megascops choliba) in the Brazilian Cerrado. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 127:432-440.
13. Hellgren, O., Atkinson, CT, Bensch, S, Albayrak, T, Dimitrov, D, Ewen, J, Kim, KS, Lima, MR, Marin, L, Palinauskas, V, Ricklefs, R, Sehgal, RN, Valkiunas, G, Tsuda, Y & Marzal, A et al. (2015) Global phylogeography of the avian malaria pathogen Plasmodium relictum based on MSP1 allelic diversity. Ecography, 38:842-850.
2014
12. Lima, MR & Bensch, S (2014) Why some parasites are widespread and abundant while others are local and rare? Molecular Ecology, 23:3130-3132.
11. Clark, NJ, Clegg, SM & Lima, MR (2014) A review of global diversity in avian haemosporidians (Plasmodium and Haemoproteus: Haemosporida): new insights from molecular data. International Journal for Parasitology, 140:181-192.
2013
10. Fecchio, A, Lima, MR, Svensson-Coelho, M, Marini, MÂ & Ricklefs, R (2013) Structure and organization of an avian haemosporidian assemblage in a Neotropical savanna in Brazil. Parasitology, 140:181-192.
2011
08. Fecchio, A, Lima, MR, Silveira, P, Braga, EM & Marini, MÂ (2011) High prevalence of blood parasites in social birds from a Neotropical savanna in Brazil. EMU, 111:132-138.
07. Lima, MR, Macedo, R, Muniz, L, Pacheco, A & Graves, J (2011) Group composition, mating system and relatedness in the communally breeding Guira Cuckoo in central Brazil. The Auk, 128:475-486.
06. Marzal, A et al. (2011) Diversity, loss, and gain of malaria parasites in a globally invasive bird. PLoS ONE, 6:e21905.
2010
05. Lima, MR, Simpson, L, Fechio, A & Kyaw, CM (2010) Low prevalence of haemosporidian parasites in the introduced House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in Brazil. Acta Parasitologica, 55:297-303.
04. Lima, MR (2010) Effects of infectious diseases and parasites on host populations and natural communities: the use of non-indigenous species (NIS) as models. Oecologia Australis, 14:766-783.
2005
03. Macedo, RHF, Quinn, JF & Lima, MR (2005) Reproductive skew and individuals strategies: infanticide or cooperation? Acta Ethologica, 8:92-102.
2004
02. Cariello, MO, Lima, MR, Schwabl, HG, Macedo, RH (2004) Egg characteristic are unreliable in determining maternity in communal clutches of Guira Cuckoos Guira guira. Journal of Avian Biology, 35:117-124.
2003
01. Kyaw, C, de Araujo, C, Lima, MR, Gondim, E, Brigido, M & Giugliano, L (2003) Evidence for the presence of type III secretion system in diffusely adhering Escherichia coli (DAEC). Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 3:111-117.