Selected Publications (Lab members in bold).

  • 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)

  • 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 14:1170-1181.

  • 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]

  • 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 ONE 6: e27280

  • 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

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

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

  • 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., 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]

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