Publications
Peer-reviewed
Peer-reviewed
2025
20. Messeder JVS, Vizzachero BS, Morales JM, Ma H, Carlo TA. 2025. Rethinking the role of colour in avian fruit choices and foraging mechanisms. Functional Ecology, early view. — Link
19. Messeder JVS, Silveira FAO. 2025. Biotropica at the forefront of tropical seed dispersal ecology. Biotropica, 57(3), e70034. — Link
18. Carlo TA, Messeder JVS, Allbee S, Cruz-Mendoza A, Velázquez S, Andrzejewski C, Jenkins T, Cordeiro NJ. 2025. Revisiting ecological specialization: the case of frugivore-plant interactions. Oikos, e10948 — Link *Editor’s choice
17. Oliveira CS, Messeder JVS, Cornelissen T, Silveira FAO. 2025. Soil fertility and leaf traits drive insect herbivory variation across a tropical grassland-savanna-forest gradient. Journal of Vegetation Science, 36(5), e70074. — Link
2024
16. Messeder JVS, Carlo TA, Zhang G, Tovar JD, Arana C, Huang J, Huang C-H, Ma H. 2024. A highly resolved nuclear phylogeny uncovers strong phylogenetic conservatism and correlated evolution of fruit color and size in the megadiverse genus Solanum. New Phytologist, 243(2): 765-780. — Link
15. Carlo TA, Messeder JVS, Espíndola WD, Vizzachero BS, Boyer BW, Hernández-Mejía J, Torres-Páucar EA, Fontanella A, Pizo MA, Amico G, Salinas L, Arana C, Morán-López T, Morales JM. 2024. Negative density-dependence characterizes mutualistic interactions between birds and fruiting plants across latitudes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 379(1907): 20230128. — Link
14. Gross N, Maestre FT, Liancourt P, Berdugo M, ..., Messeder JVS, ..., Bagousse-Pinguet YL. 2024. Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world. Nature, 632: 808-814. — Link *Journal cover
13. Reginato M, Ordónez-Parra CA, Messeder JVS, Brito VLG, Dellinger A, Kriebel R, Marra C, Melo L, Cornelissen T, Fuzessy L, Sperotto T, Calderón-Hernández M, Guerra TJ, Kopper C, Mancipe-Murillo C, Pizo MA, Posada-Herrera JM, Hasui E, Silva WR, Silveira FAO. 2024. MelastomaTRAITs 1.0: A database of functional traits in Melastomataceae, a large pantropical Angiosperm family. Ecology, e4308. — Link
12. Biancari L, Aguiar MR, Eldridge DJ, Oñatibia GR, ..., Messeder JVS, ..., Maestre FT. 2024. Drivers of woody dominance across global drylands. Science Advances, 10: eadn6007. — Link
11. Díaz-Martínez P, Maestre FT, Moreno-Jiménez E, Delgado-Baquerizo M, ..., Messeder JVS, ..., Plaza C. 2024. Vulnerability of mineral-associated soil organic carbon to climate across global drylands. Nature Climate Change, 14: 976-982. — Link
2023
10. Arruda AJ, Medeiros N, Fiorini C, Ordóñez‐Parra CA, Dayrell RL, Messeder JVS, Zanetti M, Wardil M, Paiva DC, Kozovits AR, Buisson E, Le Stradic S, Silveira FAO. 2023. Ten principles for restoring campo rupestre, a threatened tropical, megadiverse, nutrient‐impoverished montane grassland. Restoration Ecology, 31(7): e13924. — Link
2022
9. Messeder JVS, Guerra TJ, Pizo MA, Blendinger PG, Silveira FAO. 2022. Seed dispersal ecology in Neotropical Melastomataceae. In: R Goldenberg, F Almeda, FA Michelangeli (Eds.). Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology of Melastomataceae, 1ed Springer Nature, p. 735-759. — Link
8. Ordóñez-Parra CA, Messeder JVS, Mancipe-Murillo C, Calderón-Hernández M, Silveira FAO. 2022. Seed germination ecology in Neotropical Melastomataceae: past, present and future. In: R Goldenberg, F Almeda, FA Michelangeli (Eds.). Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology of Melastomataceae, 1ed Springer Nature, p. 707-733. — Link
2021
7. Messeder JVS, Silveira FAO, Cornelissen TG, Fuzessy LF, Guerra TJ. 2021. Frugivory and seed dispersal in a hyper-diverse plant clade and its role as keystone resource for the Neotropical fauna. Annals of Botany, 127(5): 577-595. — Link
6. Oliveira CS, Messeder JVS, Teixido AL, Arantes MRR, Silveira FAO. 2021. Vegetative and reproductive phenology in a tropical grassland-savanna-forest mosaic. Journal of Vegetation Science, 32(2): e12997. — Link
2020
5. Messeder JVS, Guerra TJ, Dáttilo W, Silveira FAO. 2020. Searching for keystone plant resources in fruit-frugivore interaction networks across the Neotropics. Biotropica, 52(5): 857-870. — Link
*Biotropica Peter Ashton Prize 2021
4. Arruda AJ, Costa FV, Guerra TJ, Junqueira PA, Dayrell RLC, Messeder JVS, Rodrigues HTS, Buisson E, Silveira FAO. 2020. Topsoil disturbance reshapes diaspore interactions with ground‐foraging animals in a megadiverse grassland. Journal of Vegetation Science, 31(6): 1039-1052. — Link
2018
3. Guerra TJ, Messeder JVS, Arruda AJ, Fuzessy LF, Dayrell RLC, Neves FS, Silveira FAO. 2018. Handling by avian frugivores affect diaspore secondary removal. PLoS ONE, 13(8): e0202435. — Link
2. Teixido AL, Dayrell RLC, Arruda AJ, Azevedo LO, Junqueira PA, Messeder JVS, Silveira FAO. 2018. Differential gender selection on flower size in two Neotropical savanna congeneric species. Plant Ecology, 219(1): 89-100. — Link
2017
1. Guerra TJ, Dayrell RLC, Arruda AJ, Dáttilo W, Teixido AL, Messeder JVS, Silveira FAO. 2017. Intraspecific variation in fruit-frugivore interactions: effects of fruiting neighborhood and consequences for seed dispersal. Oecologia, 185(2): 233-243. — Link *Journal cover