Featured Publications
The Wildmon team is at the forefront of scientific research to advance our understanding of the natural world. Having led the development of conservation technology platforms such as Arbimon, Wildlife Insights, and Barcode of Life, our team is at the cutting edge of scientific innovation. Explore our team members’ featured publications below.
2023 | Ecological Informatics
Poor performance of acoustic indices as proxies for bird diversity in a fragmented Amazonian landscape
Bicudo, T., Llusia, D., Anciães, M., & Gil, D.
2023 | Biological Conservation
Aerial insectivorous bat responses to 30 years of forest insularization in a dam-created Amazonian archipelagic landscape.
Di Ponzio, R., Colombo, G. T., Bicudo, T., Benchimol, M., Pereira, M. J. R., Peres, C. A., & Bobrowiec, P. E. D.
2023 | Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
Is stability too revered in zoological nomenclature?
Raposo, M. A., da Silva, H. R., Francisco, B. C. S., Vieira, O., da Fonseca, O. V., de Assis, C. P., ... & Frazão, A.
2023 | Nature Communications
Soundscapes and deep learning enable tracking biodiversity recovery in tropical forests
Müller, J., Mitesser, O., Schaefer, H. M., Seibold, S., Busse, A., Kriegel, P., ... & Buřivalová, Z.
2023 | Ecosistemas
Flying through the forest canopy: movement patterns and habitat selection of rescued and wild Harpy Eagles in the Brazilian Amazon
Aguiar-Silva, F. H., Sanaiotti, T. M., Sanches, R. M., Bicudo, T., Tuyama, C. A., Junqueira, T. G., & Albernaz, A. L. K. M.
2022 | Remote Sensing
Passive acoustic monitoring as a tool to investigate the spatial distribution of invasive alien species
Ribeiro, Jr, J. W., Harmon, K., Leite, G. A., de Melo, T. N., LeBien, J., & Campos-Cerqueira, M.
2022 | Journal of Biogeography
Biogeography of a neotropical songbird radiation reveals similar diversification dynamics between montane and lowland clades
Buainain, N., Ferreira, M., Avendaño, J. E., Cadena, C. D., Faircloth, B. C., Brumfield, R. T., ... & Ribas, C. C.
2022 | The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
Understanding the occupancy patterns of Amazon floodplain birds
De Melo, T. N., Campos-Cerqueira, M., Mendonça D'Horta, F., & Ribas, C. C.
2021 | Journal of Biogeography
Validation of Thamnophilus capistratus Lesson, 1840 (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)
Paz, A., Brown, J. L., Cordeiro, C. L., Aguirre‐Santoro, J., Assis, C., Amaro, R. C., ... & Carnaval, A. C.
2022 | Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
First observations of parental care in Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans
de Melo, T. N., de Jesus Diniz, P., & Leite, G. A.
2021 | Journal of Biogeography
Effects of a major Amazonian river confluence on the distribution of floodplain forest avifauna
Laranjeiras, T. O., Naka, L. N., Leite, G. A., & Cohn‐Haft, M.
2021 | Ornitología Neotropical
Notes on the displays and possible lek behavior of the fiery topaz (Topaza pyra)(Apodiformes: Trochilidae)
de Melo, T. N., Olmos, F., de Souza, R. C. R., & Kirwan, G.
2021 | Diversity
Bird occupancy of a Neotropical forest fragment is mostly stable over 17 years but influenced by forest age
Campos-Cerqueira, M., Robinson, W. D., Augusto Leite, G., & Mitchell Aide, T.
2021 | Biodiversity and Conservation
Climate change is creating a mismatch between protected areas and suitable habitats for frogs and birds in Puerto Rico
Campos-Cerqueira, M., Terando, A. J., Murray, B. A., Collazo, J. A., & Aide, T. M.
2021 | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Multiple species and deep genomic divergences despite little phenotypic differentiation in an ancient Neotropical songbird, Tunchiornis ochraceiceps (Sclater, 1860)(Aves: Vireonidae).
Buainain, N., Maximiano, M. F., Ferreira, M., Aleixo, A., Faircloth, B. C., Brumfield, R. T., ... & Ribas, C. C.
2021 | Acta Amazonica
Impacts of a large hydroelectric dam on the Madeira River (Brazil) on floodplain avifauna
Melo, T. N. D., Cerqueira, M. C., D’Horta, F. M., Tuomisto, H., Doninck, J. V., & Ribas, C. C.
2020 | Oecologia
Assessing amphibian disease risk across tropical streams while accounting for imperfect pathogen detection
Ribeiro, J. W., Siqueira, T., DiRenzo, G. V., Lambertini, C., Lyra, M. L., Toledo, L. F., ... & Becker, C. G.
2020 | Ecological Informatics
A pipeline for identification of bird and frog species in tropical soundscape recordings using a convolutional neural network
LeBien, J., Zhong, M., Campos-Cerqueira, M., Velev, J. P., Dodhia, R., Ferres, J. L., & Aide, T. M.
2020 | Herpetological Review
New island records for anurans and squamates from the Lesser Sunda Archipelago
Reilly, S. B., Stubbs, A. L., Arida, E., Arifin, U. M. I. L. A. E. L. A., Bloch, L., Hamidy, A., ..., Harmon, K., ... & McGuire, J. A.
2020 | Molecular Ecology
Paleoclimatic evolution as the main driver of current genomic diversity in the widespread and polymorphic Neotropical songbird Arremon taciturnus
Buainain, N., Canton, R., Zuquim, G., Tuomisto, H., Hrbek, T., Sato, H., & Ribas, C. C.
2020 | Ardeola
Effects of forest fragmentation on feather corticosterone levels in an Amazonian bird community
Bicudo, T., Anciães, M., Arregui, L., & Pérez, DG
2020 | Environmental Conservation
Wildlife insights: A platform to maximize the potential of camera trap and other passive sensor wildlife data for the planet.
Ahumada, J. A., Fegraus, E., Birch, T., Flores, N., Kays, R., O’Brien, T. G., ... & Dancer, A.
2020 | Science
Ecology and economics for pandemic prevention
Dobson, A. P., Pimm, S. L., Hannah, L., Kaufman, L., Ahumada, J. A., Ando, A. W., ... & Vale, M. M.
2020 | Diversity and Distributions
Seeing the forest through many trees: Multi‐taxon patterns of phylogenetic diversity in the Atlantic Forest hotspot
Brown, J. L., Paz, A., Reginato, M., Renata, C. A., Assis, C., Lyra, M., ..., Assis, C.P..., & Carnaval, A. C.
2019 | Ecology
Disentangling data discrepancies with integrated population models
Saunders, S. P., Farr, M. T., Wright, A. D., Bahlai, C. A., Ribeiro Jr, J. W., Rossman, S., ... & Zipkin, E. F.
2019 | BioScience
Terrestrial passive acoustic monitoring: review and perspectives
Sugai, L. S. M., Silva, T. S. F., Ribeiro Jr, J. W., & Llusia, D.
2019 | Genome
Expedited assessment of terrestrial arthropod diversity by coupling Malaise traps with DNA barcoding
deWaard, J. R., Levesque-Beaudin, V., deWaard, S. L., Ivanova, N. V., McKeown, J. T., Miskie, R., ..., Ratnasingham, S., ..., & Hebert, P. D.
2018 | Biotropica
It's time to listen: There is much to be learned from the sounds of tropical ecosystems
Deichmann, J. L., Acevedo-Charry, O., Barclay, L., Burivalova, Z., Campos-Cerqueira, M., d'Horta, F., ... & Mitchell Aide, T.
2018 | PeerJ
Coarse-and fine-scale patterns of distribution and habitat selection places an Amazonian floodplain curassow in double jeopardy
Leite, G. A., Farias, I. P., Gonçalves, A. L., Hawes, J. E., & Peres, C. A.
2018 | Ecological Applications
Effects of agriculture and topography on tropical amphibian species and communities
Ribeiro Jr, J. W., Siqueira, T., Brejão, G. L., & Zipkin, E. F.
2017 | Journal of Ornithology
Geographic variation and taxonomy of the Arremon taciturnus (Hermann, 1783) species complex (Aves: Passerellidae)
Buainain, N., de Assis, C. P., & Raposo, M. A.
2017 | Atlas da Foz do Rio Itajaí-Açu, Itajaí-SC
Avifauna da Foz do Rio Itajaí-Açu, Itajaí-SC
Becher, G.M., Brittes, B.V., Mendes de Oliveira, L.A., Junior, F.F., Hillesheim, J.C.
2017 | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Scaling‐up camera traps: Monitoring the planet's biodiversity with networks of remote sensors.
Steenweg, R., Hebblewhite, M., Kays, R., Ahumada, J., Fisher, J. T., Burton, C., ... & Rich, L. N.
2016 | Behavioral Ecology
Insularization effects on acoustic signals of 2 suboscine Amazonian birds
Bicudo, T., Anciães, M., Benchimol, M., Peres, C. A., & Simões, P. I.
2016 | Journal of Field Ecology
Camera trapping in the ES George: who’s out there, and how many are deer
Harmon, K.
2016 | Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Improving distribution data of threatened species by combining acoustic monitoring and occupancy modelling
Campos-Cerqueira, M., & Aide, T. M.
2016 | Zoologia (Curitiba)
The foraging behavior of the Large-headed Flatbill, Ramphotrigon megacephalum and the Dusky-tailed Flatbill, Ramphotrigon fuscicauda (Aves: Tyrannidae)
Melo, T. N., & Guilherme, E.
2016 | Herpetological Review
Natural history notes: Trimeresurus insularis (white-lipped island pit viper): foraging behavior and diet
Reilly, S. B., Harmon, K. P., McGuire, J. A., Arida, E., Hamidy, A., & Iskandar, D. T.
2013 | PeerJ
Real-time bioacoustics monitoring and automated species identification
Aide T.M., Corrada-Bravo C., Campos-Cerqueira M., Milan C., Vega G. & Alvarez R.
2015 | Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia
Detailed description and seasonal variation in the diet of the Silvery-Cheeked Antshrike Sakesphorus cristatus (Wied, 1831)(Aves: Thamnophilidae) in a Brazilian semi-arid forest
Buainain, N., Gaspar, M. L., & de Assis, C. P.
2013 | PloS one
Monitoring the status and trends of tropical forest terrestrial vertebrate communities from camera trap data: a tool for conservation
Ahumada, J. A., Hurtado, J., & Lizcano, D.
2013 | The Condor
Foraging Behavior of Kaempfer's Woodpecker (Celeus obrieni), a Bamboo Specialist: Comportamiento de Forrajeo de Celeus obrieni, un Especialista de Bambú
Leite, G. A., Pinheiro, R. T., Marcelino, D. G., Figueira, J. E. C., & Delabie, J. H. C.
2013 | PloS One
A DNA-based registry for all animal species: the Barcode Index Number (BIN) system
Ratnasingham, S., & Hebert, P. D.
2012 | Zootaxa
São João del Rei is the type locality of Scytalopus speluncae (Aves: Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae)—a response to Maurício et al.(2010)
Raposo, M. A., Kirwan, G. M., Loskot, V., & De Assis, C. P.
2011 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Community structure and diversity of tropical forest mammals: data from a global camera trap network
Ahumada, J. A., Silva, C. E., Gajapersad, K., Hallam, C., Hurtado, J., Martin, E., ... & Andelman, S. J.
2011 | Nature Biotechnology
Minimum information about a marker gene sequence (MIMARKS) and minimum information about any (x) sequence (MIxS) specifications
Yilmaz, P., Kottmann, R., Field, D., Knight, R., Cole, J. R., Amaral-Zettler, L., ..., Ratnasingham, S., ..., & Glöckner, F. O.
2009 | Molecular Ecology Resources
Integration of DNA barcoding into an ongoing inventory of complex tropical biodiversity
Janzen, D. H., Hallwachs, W., Blandin, P., Burns, J. M., CADIOU, J. M., Chacon, I., ..., Ratnasingham, S., ..., & Wilson, J. J.
2007 | The Auk
Validation of Thamnophilus capistratus Lesson, 1840 (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)
Assis, C. P., Raposo, M. A., Stopiglia, R., & Parrini, R.
2007 | Molecular Ecology Notes
BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System
Ratnasingham, S., & Hebert, P. D.
2003 | Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
Barcoding animal life: cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 divergences among closely related species
Hebert, P. D., Ratnasingham, S., & De Waard, J. R.