2012

  • Tinker, M. T., P. R. Guimaraes, M. Novak, F. M. D. Marquitti, J. Bodkin, M. Staedler, G. Bentall, J. Estes. 2012. Structure and mechanism of diet specialization: testing models of individual variation in resource use with sea otters. Ecology Letters (in press)

2011

  • Donatti, C.I., P. R. Guimaraes, M. Galetti, M. A. Pizo, F. M. D. Marquitti, R. Dirzo. 2011. Analysis of a hyper-diverse seed dispersal network: modularity and underlying mechanisms. Ecology Letters 14:773-781.

  • Fontaine, C., P. R. Guimaraes, S. Kefi., N. Loeuille, J. Memmott, W. Van der Putten, F. van Veen, E. Thebault. The ecological and evolutionary implications of merging different types of networks. Ecology Letters 14:773-781.

  • Guimaraes, P.R., P. Jordano, J. N. Thompson. 2011. Evolution and coevolution in mutualistic networks. Ecology Letters 14:877-885. See also the article in Science highlighting this study: [Editors' Choice]

  • Genini, J., M. Cortes, P. R. Guimaraes, M. Galetti. 2011. Mistletoes play different roles in a parasitism network. Biotropica (in press).

  • Mello, M. A.R, F. M. D. Marquitti, P. R. Guimaraes, E. K. V. Kalko, P. Jordano, M. A. M. de Aguiar. 2011.The missing part of seed dispersal networks: structure and robustness of bat-fruit interactions. PLoS ONE 6: e17395 .

  • Mello, M. A.R, F. M. D. Marquitti, P. R. Guimaraes, E. K. V. Kalko, P. Jordano, M. A. M. de Aguiar. 2011. The modularity of seed dispersal: differences in structure and robustness between bat - and bird - fruit networks. Oecologia 167: 131-140

  • Pires, M.M., P. R. Guimaraes, M. S. Araujo, A. A. Giaretta, J. C. L. Costa, S. F. dos Reis. 2011. The nested assembly of individual-resource networks. Journal of Animal Ecology 80: 893-903

  • Pires, M.M., P.I. Prado, P. R. Guimaraes. 2011. Do Food Web Models Reproduce the Structure of Mutualistic Networks? PLoS ONE6: e27280

  • Yeakel, J. D., M. Novak; P. R Guimaraes,N. J. Dominy, P. L. Koch, E. J. Ward, J. W Moore, B. X. Semmens. 2011. Merging resource availability with isotope mixing models: the role of neutral interaction assumptions. PLoS ONE 6: e22015

  • Rico-Gray, V., C. Diaz-Castelazo; A. Ramirez-Hernandez, P. R Guimaraes,J. N. Holland. 2011. Abiotic factors shape temporal variation in the structure of an ant-plant network. Arthropod-Plant Interactions (in press)

  • Sazima, C., P. Jordano; P. R Guimaraes,S. F. dos Reis, I. Sazima. 2011. Cleaning associations between birds and herbivorous mammals in Brazil: structure and complexity. Auk (in press)

2010

  • Araujo, M. S., E. G. Martins, L. D. Cruz, F. R. Fernandes, A. X. Linhares, S. F. dos Reis, P. R. Guimaraes. 2010. Nested diets: a novel pattern of individual-level resource use. Oikos 119:81-88

  • Diaz-Castelazo, C., P. R. Guimaraes, P. Jordano, J. N. Thompson, R. J. Marquis, V. Rico-Gray. 2010. Changes of a mutualistic network over time: reanalysis over a 10-year period. Ecology 91:793-801.

  • Genini, J., L. P. C. Morellato, P. R. Guimaraes, J. M. Olesen. 2010. Cheaters in mutualism networks. Biology Letters 6:494-497.

  • Guimaraes, P. R. 2010. A estrutura e dinamica evolutiva de redes mutualisticas. Ciencia e Ambiente.

  • Hisi, A., N. S., P. R.Guimaraes, M. A. M. de Aguiar. 2010. The role of predator overlap in the robustness and extinction of a four species predator-prey network. Physica A 389: 4725-4733

  • Sazima, C., P. R. Guimaraes, S. F. dos Reis, I. Sazima. 2010. What makes a species central in a cleaning mutualism network? Oikos 119:1319-1325.

2009

  • Donatti, C., P. R. Guimaraes, M. Galetti. 2009. Seed dispersal and predation in the endemic Atlantic rainforest palm Astrocaryum aculeatissimum across a gradient of seed disperser abundance. Ecological Research 24: 1187-1195.

  • Galetti, M., R. S. Boverdorp, R. F. Fadini, C. O. A. Gussoni, M. Rodrigues, P. R. Guimaraes, A. D. Alvarez. 2009. Hyper abundant mesopredators and non-random bird extinction in an Atlantic forest island. Zoologia. 26: 288-298.

  • Martins, V. F., P. R. Guimaraes, C. R. B. Haddad, J. Semir. 2009. The effect of ants on the seed dispersal cycle of the typical myrmecochorous Ricinus communis. Plant Ecology 205: 213-222.

  • Perez, S. I., M. A. M. de Aguiar, P. R. Guimaraes, S. F. dos Reis. 2009. Searching for modular structure in complex phenotypes: Inferences from network theory. Evolutionary Biology. 36: 416-422.

2008

  • Almeida-Neto, M., P. Guimaraes, P. R. Guimaraes, R. D. Loyola, W. Urlich. 2008. A consistent metric for nestedness analysis in ecological systems: reconciling concept and measurement. Oikos 117: 1227-1239. [PDF]

  • Araujo, M. S., P. R. Guimaraes, R. Svanback, A. Pinheiro, P. Guimaraes, S. F. dos Reis, D. I. Bolnick. 2008. Network analysis reveals contrasting effects of intraspecific competitions on individual vs. population diets. Ecology 89: 1981-1993. [PDF]

  • Fortuna, M. A., C. Garcia, P. R. Guimaraes, J. Bascompte. 2008. Spatial mating networks in insect-pollinated plants. Ecology Letters 11: 490-498. [PDF]

  • Francisco, M. R., V. O. Lunardi, P. R. Guimaraes, M. Galetti. 2008. Factors affecting seed predation of Eriotheca gracipiles (Bombacaceae) by parakeets in a cerrado fragment. Acta Oecologica 33: 240-245. [PDF]

  • Guimaraes, P. R., M. Galetti, P. Jordano. 2008. Seed dispersal anachronisms: rethinking the fruits extinct megafauna ate. PLoS ONE 3: e1745. [PDF]

  • Krishna, A., P. R. Guimaraes, P. Jordano, J. Bascompte. 2008. A neutral-niche theory of nestedness in mutualistic networks. Oikos 117: 1609-1618. [PDF]

  • Mello, M. A.R., F.M. D. Marquitti, P. R. Guimaraes, E.K.V. Kalko, P. Jordano. 2008. Small differences may lead to big consequences: bat and bird seed dispersal networks (Abstract, Luis F Barcardi Award 2008). Biotropica 40: 777-777.


2007

  • Almeida-Neto, M., P. R. Guimaraes, T. M. Lewinsohn. 2007. On nestedness analyses: rethinking matrix temperature and anti-nestedness. Oikos. 116:716-722. [PDF]

  • Briani, D. C., P. R. Guimaraes. 2007. Fruit damage of Solanum lycocarpum (Solanaceae) by rodents (Rodentia: Muridae) in the cerrado of central Brazil. Acta Oecologica 31:8-12. [PDF]

  • Donatti, C. I., M. Galetti, M. A. Pizo, P. R. Guimaraes, P. Jordano. 2007. Living in the land of ghosts: Fruit traits and the importance of large mammals as seed dispersers in the Pantanal, Brazil . In: Dennis, A., R. Green, E. W. Schupp, D. Wescott. Frugivory and seed dispersal: theory and applications in a changing world. Wallingford : Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau International.

  • Guimaraes, P. R., M. Argollo de Menezes, R. W. Baird, D. Lusseau, P.Guimaraes, S. F. dos Reis. 2007. Vulnerability of a killer whale social network to disease outbreaks. Physical Review E 76: 042901 [PDF]

  • Guimaraes, P. R., R. M. Bonaldo, J. P. Krajewski, A. Pinheiro, P. Guimaraes, J. Powers, S. F. dos Reis. 2007. Investigating small fish schools: selection of school-formation models by means of general linear models and numerical simulations. Journal of Theoretical Biology 245:784-789.[PDF]

  • Guimaraes, P. R., G. Machado, M.A.M de Aguiar, P. Jordano, J. Bascompte, A. Pinheiro, S. F. dos Reis. 2007.Build-up mechanisms determining the topology of mutualistic networks. Journal of Theoretical Biology 249: 181-189.[PDF]

  • Guimaraes, P. R., V. Rico-Gray, P. S. Oliveira, T. J. Izzo, S. F. dos Reis, J.N. Thompson. 2007. Interaction intimacy affects structure and coevolutionary dynamics in mutualistic networks. Current Biology 17: 1797-1803. [PDF] [Supplemental Data]

  • Guimaraes, P. R., C. Sazima. S. F. dos Reis, I. Sazima. 2007. The nested structure of marine cleaning symbiosis: is it like flowers and bees? Biology Letters 3:51-54. [PDF]. See also the article in Science highlighting this study: [Editors' Choice]

  • Silva, W., P. R. Guimaraes, P. Guimaraes, S. F. dos Reis. 2007. Investigating fragility in plant-frugivore networks: a case study for Atlantic Forest . In: Dennis, A. J., E. W. Schupp, R. J. Green, D. W. Wescott. Seed dispersal: theory and its application in a changing world. Wallingford. Wallingford: CAB International.561-578.


2006

  • Fonseca, R. L., P. R. Guimaraes, S. R. Morbiolo, R. S. Pereira, A. T. Peterson. 2006. Vulnerability of Brazilian national parks to invasion by the alien weed Crotalaria pallida Ait. (Fabaceae) . Weed Science 54: 458-463. [PDF]

  • Ferro, V.G., P. R. Guimaraes, J. R. Trigo. 2006. Why larvae of Utetheisa ornatrix (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) fed into pods of Crotalaria (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae)? Larval performance versus chemical and physical constraints. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 121: 23-29. [PDF]

  • Galetti, M., C. I. Donatti, A. Pires,P. R. Guimaraes, P. Jordano, P. 2006. Seed survival and dispersal of an endemic Atlantic forest palm: the combined effects of defaunation and forest fragmentation. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 151:141-149. [PDF]

  • Guimaraes, P. R., P. Guimaraes. 2006. Improving the analyses of nestedness for large sets of matrices. Environmental Modelling and Software. 21: 1512-1513. [PDF]

  • Guimaraes, P. R., U. Kubota, R. L. Fonseca, B. Z. Gomes, C. Bottcher, M. Galetti. 2006. Testing the quick meal hypothesis: the effect of pulp on hoarding and seed predation of Hymenaea courbaril by red-rumped agoutis (Dasyprocta leporina) in southeast Brazil. Austral Ecology. 31:95-98. [PDF]

  • Guimaraes, P. R., R. L. G. Raimundo, C. Bottcher, R. R. Silva, J. R. Trigo. 2006. Extrafloral nectaries as a deterrent mechanism against seed predators in the chemically defended weed Crotalaria pallida (Leguminosae). Austral Ecology. 31: 776-782. [PDF]

  • Guimaraes, P. R., V. Rico-Gray, S. F. dos Reis, J.N. Thompson. 2006. Asymmetries in specialization in ant-plant mutualistic networks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 273: 2041-2047. [PDF] [Supplementary Material]

  • Martins, V. F.,P. R. Guimaraes, R.R. da Silva, J. Semir. 2006. Secondary seed dispersal by ants of Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) in the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil : influence on seed germination. Sociobiology. 47: 265-274. [PDF]

  • Sazima, C., Bonaldo, R. M., Krajewski, J. P.,P. R. Guimaraes. 2006. The ubiquitous nuclear goatfish Pseudupeneus maculatus and its follower fishes at an oceanic island in the tropical West Atlantic. Journal of Fish Biology. 69: 883-891. [PDF]


2005



  • Guimaraes, P. R., M. A. M. de Aguiar, J. Bascompte, P. Jordano, S. F. dos Reis. 2005. Random initial condition in small Barabasi-Albert networks and deviations from the scale-free behavior. Physical Review E . 71: 037101. [PDF]

  • Guimaraes, P. R., B. Z. Gomes, Y. J. Ahn, M. Galetti.2005. Cache pilferage in red-rumped agoutis ( Dasyprocta leporina). Mammalia. 69:431-434. [PDF]

  • Guimaraes, P. R., P. F. M. Lopes, M. L. Lyra, A. P. Muriel. 2005. Fleshy pulp enhances the location of Syagrus romanzoffiana (Arecaceae) fruits by seed-dispersing rodents in an atlantic forest in southeastern Brazil . Journal of Tropical Ecology . 21: 109-112. [PDF]

  • Mello, M. A. R., N. O. Leiner, P. R. Guimaraes, P. Jordano. 2005. Size-based fruit selection of Calophyllum brasiliense (Clusiaceae) by bats in an Atlantic Forest , southeastern Brazil . Acta Chiropterologica . 7: 179-182. [PDF]

  • Pizo, M. A., P. R. Guimaraes, P. S. Oliveira. 2005. Seed removal by ants from faeces produced by different vertebrate species. Ecoscience . 12: 136-140. [PDF]


2000-2004


  • Galetti, M., P. R. Guimaraes. 2004. Seed dispersal of Attalea phalerata (Palmae) by Crested caracaras (Caracara plancus) in the Pantanal and a review of frugivory by raptors. Ararajuba . 12: 59-61. [PDF]

  • Raimundo, R. L. G., P. R. Guimaraes, M. Almeida-neto, M. A. Pizo. 2004. The influence of fruit morphology and habitat structure on ant-seed interactions: a study with artificial fruits. Sociobiology . 41: 261-270. [PDF]

  • Guimaraes, P. R., J. José, M. Galetti, J. R. Trigo. 2003. Quinolizidine alkaloids in Ormosia arborea seeds inhibit predation but not caching by agoutis ( Dasyprocta leporina). Journal of Chemical Ecology . 29: 1065-1072. [PDF]

  • Marsden, S. J., M. Whiffin, L. Sadgrove, P. R. Guimaraes. 2003. Bird Community composition and species abundance on two inshore islands in the Atlantic Forest region of Brazil . Ararajuba. 11:181-187.

  • Galetti, M., P. R. Guimaraes. S. J. Marsden. 2002. Riqueza, Risco de Extinção e Conservação dos Psitacídeos Neotropicais. In: M. Galetti; M. A. Pizo. Ecologia e Conservação de Psitacídeos no Brasil. Melopsittacus Publicações.

  • Guimaraes, P. R., R. Cogni. 2002. Seed cleaning of Cupania vernalis (Sapindaceae) by ants: edge effect in a highland forest in south-east Brazil . Journal of Tropical Ecology . 18: 303-307. [PDF]

  • Marsden, S. J., M. Whiffin, L. Sadgrove, P. R. Guimaraes. 2000. Parrot population and habitat use in and around two lowland Atlantic forest reserves, Brazil . Biological Conservation . 96: 209-215. [PDF]