Manuscripts 2024 and pre-prints
(*lab members)
SizeAcross: a global dataset of size spectra across aquatic ecosystems and trophic levels (under revision)
Arranz I, Ersoy Z, Evangelista C, et al
Global patterns in niches breadth of aquatic insects (under revision)
Grigoropoulou A, Saito VS, et al.
Can omnivory explain variation in size-density relationships? The case of Leptonema in a neotropical stream (under review)
Robert V*, Mello JLS*, Shimabukuro EM*, Saito VS
Aquatic-terrestrial linkages drive strong predator biodiversity patterns in the tropics (under review)
Nash L, Recalde F, Chambers T, Saito VS, Romero GQ, Kratina P
BioTIME 2.0: expanding and improving a database of biodiversity time series (under review)
Dornelas et al. (more than a 100 collaborators)
Microcrustaceans diversity and dynamics in the Congo River Basin (under review)
Perbiche-Neves et al.
A primer of size-structured metacommunities (submitted - invited book chapter)
Saito VS & Perkins DM
Human land-use and non-native species interact to modify the size spectra of fish communities and reduce fisheries yield
Moi et al.
Intraspecific competition along different life stages can stabilize coexistence among dragonflies and damselflies
Pestana GC*, Zanatta FO*, Saciloti E*, Saito VS
Keystone communities underpin metacommunity reorganization after agrochemical contamination in aquatic ecosystems
(from our MesoDisper experiment)
Vieira et al.
Nitrate enrichment is the main driver of changes in tropical diatom communities in experimental streams subjected to multiple stressors (from our first ExStream experiment)
Maciel et al.
The experimental effects of multiple agricultural stressors on the diversity and size structure of tropical stream macroinvertebrates (from our first ExStream experiment)
Segatti et al.
Published papers
36 - Ecological perspectives on the organization of biodiversity in neotropical streams (2024) Hydrobiologia
Valente-Neto FV*, Mello JLS*, Pestana GC*, Shimabukuro EM*, de Siqueira AS*, Covich AC, Saito VS
*lab mambers
35 - Untangling the complex food webs of tropical rainforest streams (2024) Journal of Animal Ecology
Saito VS, Kratina P, Barbosa G, Ferreira FC, Leal JB*, Zemelka G, Sarmento H, Perkins D
*undergrad student
Here is an invited blog post about this study
34 - The relationships between biotic uniqueness and environmental uniqueness are context-dependent across drainage basins worldwide (2024) Landscape Ecology
Snåre, H., García-Girón, J., Alahuhta, J., Bini, L.M., Boda, P., Bonada, N., Brasil, L.S., Callisto, M., Castro, D.M.P., Chen, K., Csabai, Z., Datry, T., Domisch, S., García-Marquez, J.R., Floury, M., Friberg, N., Gill, B.A., González-Trujillo, J.D., Göthe, E., Haase, P., Hamada, N., Hill, M.J., Hjort, J., Juen, L., Jupke, J.F., Justino de Faria, A.P., Li, Z., Ligeiro, R., Linares, M.S., Andrade, A.L., Macedo, D.R., Mathers, K.L., Mellado-Diaz; A., Milosevic, D., Moya, N., Poff, N.L., Rolls, R.J., Roque, F.O., Saito, V.S., Sandin, L., Schäfer, R.B., Scotti, A., Siqueira, T., Martins, R.T., Valente-Neto, F*, Wang, B., Wang, J., Xie, Z. & Heino, J.
33 - Understanding temporal variability across trophic levels and spatial scales in freshwater ecosystems (2024) Ecology
Siqueira T, et al.
Data and code: https://zenodo.org/record/6591419
32 - Community reorganization stabilizes freshwater ecosystems in intensively managed agricultural fields (2023) Journal of Applied Ecology
Schiesari L, Saito VS*, Oliveira JC, Carmo J, Espíndola ELG, Ferreira J, Freitas LS, Goebbels AJ, Leite JPCB, Montagner C, Munin NCG, Pelinson RM, Querido BB, Rossetto R, Saldanha E, R Taniwaki, Martinelli LA
*equal contribution of the first two authors
FAPESP's release of this paper:
Collyer G*, Perkins DM, Petsch D, Siqueira T, Saito VS
Winner of the Harald Sioli Prize for best study from 2021-2022 at the Brazilian Congress of Limnology
Here are a few pre-releases about this study:
https://www.ufscar.br/noticia?codigo=15157
https://www.gov.br/capes/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/monocultura-impacta-cadeia-alimentar
I gave an interview about this study at Radio UFSCar (in Portuguese):
http://www.radio.ufscar.br/playerPodcast/349
Journal of Tropical Ecology
Lima-Keppe I, Saito VS, Soares JF, Nunes-Silva A, Ostrenski A, Ferreira IEP, Perbiche-Neves G
29 - Catchment scale deforestation increases the uniqueness of subtropical stream communities (2022)
Oecologia
Schneck F, Bini LM, Melo AS, Petsch DK, Saito VS, Wengrat S, Siqueira T
Freshwater Biology
Saito VS, Stoppa NE*, Shimabukuro E, Cañedo-Argüelles M, Bonada N, Siqueira T
27- A metabolic perspective of stochastic community assembly (2021)
Saito VS, Perkins DM, Kratina P
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
You can check a post-release interview about this paper in the links below (in Portuguese):
Ufscar Communication Department https://www2.ufscar.br/noticia?codigo=13551
São Carlos Agora https://www.saocarlosagora.com.br/cidade/pesquisador-da-ufscar-une-teorias-para-melhor-entender-a/135153/
Radio Sanca Web https://www.radiosanca.com.br/sao-carlos/educacao/pesquisador-da-ufscar-une-teorias-para-melhor-entender-a-biodiversidade
Canal Ambiental https://ambiental.t4h.com.br/noticias/pesquisador-da-ufscar-une-teorias-para-compreender-melhor-a-biodiversidade/
Peralta-Maráver et al. (23 researchers from Brazil and the UK)
Science of the Total Environment
25- Local and regional drivers of macrophyte beta diversity in tropical coastal rivers (2021)
Nunes LS, VS Saito, AFM Camargo
Freshwater Science
Petsch DK, Saito VS, Landeiro V, Silva TSF, Bini LM, Heino J, Soininen J, Tolonen K, Jyrkänkallio-Mikkola J, Pajunen V, Siqueira T and Melo AS
Freshwater Science
Featured article: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/714353
23- Historical legacies and contemporary processes shape beta diversity in Neotropical montane streams (2020)
González-Trujillo JD, Saito VS, Petsch DK, Muñoz I, Sabater S
Journal of Biogeography
The leading author (JD) was featured in this post-release text, where he explains our paper: https://journalofbiogeographynews.org/2021/02/14/ecr-feature-juan-david-gonzalez-trujillo-on-processes-shaping-beta-diversity/
This study received a 'Mención de Honor - Premio Medalla Humboldt-Caldas ' from the Colombian Academy of Sciences and the German Embassy due to its contribution to Biogeography.
22- Community size can affects the signals of selection and ecological drift on biodiversity (2020)
T Siqueira, VS Saito, LM Bini, AS Melo, D Petsch, V Landeiro, K Tolonen, J Jyrkankallio-Mikkola, J Soininen, J Heino
Ecology
A pre-print of this article was recommended by Dr. Eric Harvey for PCI Ecology
https://ecology.peercommunityin.org/public/rec?id=46&reviews=True
Here is also a post-release text at FAPESP site: http://agencia.fapesp.br/comunidades-pequenas-de-insetos-respondem-de-maneira-menos-previsivel-as-mudancas-ambientais/33455/
21- Comparing taxon- and trait-environment relationships in stream communities (2020)
VS Saito, T Siqueira, LM Bini, R Costa-Pereira, E Santos, S Pavoine
Ecological Indicators
Santos MR, Saito VS, Pamplim PAZ, Pereira AA, Fonseca-Gessner AA
Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
19- A Humboldtian approach to mountain conservation and freshwater ecosystem services (2019)
M Callisto, R Solar, FAO Silveira, VS Saito, RM Hughes, CBM Alves, GW Fernandes, JF Gonçalves Júnior, RP Leitão, RL Massara, DR Macedo, FS Neves
Frontiers in Environmental Sciences
Our main message is within the video below developed by Bob Solar:
S Veron, VS Saito, N Padilla, F Forest, Y Bertheau.
The Quarterly Review of Biology
17- Distinct responses of Copepoda and Cladocera diversity to climatic, environmental, and geographic filters in the La Plata River basin (2019)
G Perbiche-Neves, VS Saito, NR Simões, JR Debastiani-Júnior, ...
Hydrobiologia
16- Egg‐laying traits reflect shifts in dragonfly assemblages in response to different amount of tropical forest cover (2019)
ME Rodrigues, FDO Roque, R Guillermo‐Ferreira, VS Saito, MJ Samways
Insect Conservation and Diversity
15- Subtropical streams harbour higher genus richness and lower abundance of insects compared to boreal streams, but scale matters (2018)
J Heino, AS Melo, J Jyrkänkallio‐Mikkola, DK Petsch, VS Saito, ...
Journal of Biogeography
** Editor's choice of September 2018
14- Phylogenetic structure of communities between temperate and tropical regions: Exploring patterns through literature datasets (2018)
CA Martins, M Silveira, VS Saito, R Costa-Pereira, LSM Sugai, O Pays, ...
Acta Oecologica
13- Ecological versatility and the assembly of multiple competitors: cautionary notes for assembly inferences (2018)
VS Saito, F Laroche, T Siqueira, S Pavoine
Ecology
12- Cyclopoid copepods as bioindicators of eutrophication in reservoirs: Do patterns hold for large spatial extents? (2016)
G Perbiche-Neves, VS Saito, D Previattelli, CEF da Rocha, MG Nogueira
Ecological Indicators
11- Phylogenetic clustering among aggressive competitors: evidence from odonate assemblages along a riverine gradient (2016)
VS Saito, F Valente-Neto, ME Rodrigues, F de Oliveira Roque, T Siqueira
Oecologia
10- Evidence of species sorting driving aquatic beetles associated with woody debris in a transitional region between Cerrado and Atlantic Forest biomes (2016)
F Valente-Neto, VS Saito, T Siqueira, AA Fonseca-Gessner
Aquatic Ecology
9- Phylogenies and traits provide distinct insights about the historical and contemporary assembly of aquatic insect communities (2016)
VS Saito, MV Cianciaruso, T Siqueira, AA Fonseca‐Gessner, S Pavoine
Ecology and Evolution
8- How does leaf litter chemistry influence its decomposition and colonization by shredder Chironomidae (Diptera) larvae in a tropical stream? (2016)
LA Leite-Rossi, VS Saito, MB Cunha-Santino, S Trivinho-Strixino
Hydrobiologia
7- Dispersal traits drive the phylogenetic distance decay of similarity in Neotropical stream metacommunities (2015)
VS Saito, J Soininen, AA Fonseca‐Gessner, T Siqueira
Journal of Biogeography
** Featured by F1000
https://f1000.com/prime/727546464
6- How Should Ecologists Define Sampling Effort? The Potential of Procrustes Analysis for Studying Variation in Community Composition (2015)
VS Saito, AA Fonseca‐Gessner, T Siqueira
Biotropica
5- How Does Landscape Modification Induce Biological Homogenization in Tropical Stream Metacommunities? (2015)
T Siqueira, CGLT Lacerda, VS Saito
Biotropica
4- Should phylogenetic and functional diversity metrics compose macroinvertebrate multimetric indices for stream biomonitoring? (2015)
VS Saito, T Siqueira, AA Fonseca-Gessner
Hydrobiologia
3- Taxonomic composition and feeding habits of Chironomidae in Cerrado streams (Southeast Brazil): impacts of land use changes (2014)
VS Saito, AA Fonseca-Gessner
Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
2- Macroinvertebrates under stochastic hydrological disturbance in Cerrado streams of Central Brazil (2012)
VS Saito, GR Mazão
Iheringia. Série Zoologia
1- Characterization of galls, insect galls and associated fauna of Ecological Station of Jataí (Luiz Antônio, SP) (2012)
VS Saito, MV Urso-Guimarães
Biota Neotropica
My master thesis
Macroinvertebrados aquáticos em riachos de Cerrado: Abordagens ecológicas teórica e aplicada
VS Saito 3/2013
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
My doctoral dissertation
Padrões de montagem de comunidades: investigando a estrutura funcional e filogenética para inferir processos em comunidades naturais
VS Saito 12/2016
Universidade Federal de São Carlos