Publications

efficiency of playback for assessing the occurrence of five bird species in brazilian atlantic forest fragments.	playback of bird songs is a useful technique for species detection; however, this method is usually not standardized. we tested playback efficiency for five atlantic forest birds (white-browed warbler basileuterus leucoblepharus, giant antshrike batara cinerea, swallow-tailed manakin chiroxiphia caudata, whiteshouldered fire-eye pyriglena leucoptera and surucua trogon trogon surrucura) for different time of the day, season of the year and species abundance at the morro grande forest reserve (sou ...	2006	17143403
the genus nanopterodectes mironov, 2009 (acari, proctophyllodidae), with descriptions of three new species from antbirds (passeriformes: thamnophilidae) in brazil.	three new species of the recently discovered, and hitherto monotypic, feather mite genus nanopterodectes mironov, 2009 are described: n. acutirostris n. sp. from stymphalornis acutirostris bornschein, reinert & teixeira, n. mentalis n. sp. from dysithamnus mentalis (temminck), and n. leucopterus n. sp. from pyriglena leucoptera (vieillot). this feather mite genus is currently restricted to passerine birds of the neotropical family thamnophilidae in brazil. a key to the known species of nanoptero ...	2012	23065305
a new coccidian, isospora parnaitatiaiensis n. sp. (apicomplexa, eimeriidae), from the white-shouldered fire-eye pyriglena leucoptera (passeriformes, thamnophilidae) from south america.	a new coccidian species (protozoa: apicomplexa: isospora) parasitizing the white-shouldered fire-eye pyriglena leucoptera (vieillot, 1818) is described in the parque nacional do itatiaia. this park is a protected area in southeastern brazil with a high degree of vulnerability, representing a "conservation island" of biodiversity. isospora parnaitatiaiensis n. sp. has oocysts that are ellipsoidal, 23.8 × 19.4 μm, with smooth, bilayered wall, ~1.1 μm thick. micropyle and oocyst residuum are absent ...	2016	26508009
lower detection probability of avian plasmodium in blood compared to other tissues.	we tested whether the probability of detecting avian haemosporidia (plasmodium and haemoproteus) using molecular techniques differs among blood, liver, heart, and pectoral muscle tissues. we used a paired design, sampling the 4 tissue types in 55 individuals of a wild south american suboscine antbird, the white-shouldered fire-eye (pyriglena leucoptera). we also identified parasites to cytochrome b lineage. detection probability was significantly lower in blood compared to the other 3 tissue typ ...	2016	27045334
high emigration propensity and low mortality on transfer drives female-biased dispersal of pyriglena leucoptera in fragmented landscapes.	dispersal is a biological process performed in three stages: emigration, transfer and immigration. intra-specific variation on dispersal behavior, such as sex-bias, is very common in nature, particularly in birds and mammals. however, dispersal is difficult to measure in the field and many hypotheses concerning the causes of sex-biased dispersal remain without empirical confirmation. an important limitation of most empirical studies is that inferences about sex-biased dispersal are based only on ...	2017	28107517
does scale matter? the influence of three-level spatial scales on forest bird occurrence in a tropical landscape.	consequences of habitat fragmentation for species occurrence are amongst the most important issues in landscape and conservation ecology. empirical and theoretical studies have demonstrated that the total amount of habitat, patch size and connectivity have nonlinear effects on species survival on multiple spatial and temporal scales. therefore, population models need to incorporate multiple scales, which can be extremely valuable to prioritizing conservation efforts in these changing landscapes. ...	2018	29912911
isospora sagittulae mcquistion & capparella, 1992 (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) from antbirds (passeriformes: thamnophilidae) in the amazon and atlantic forest of brazil: with notes on its distribution and dispersion in the neotropical region.	in the current study, isospora sagittulae mcquistion and capparella, 1992 (protozoa: apicomplexa: eimeriidae) is reported from white-shouldered fire-eyes pyriglena leucoptera (vieillot, 1818) in the atlantic forest in southeastern brazil. to date, this coccidian species was described from antbirds in ecuador and brazilian amazon. in this sense, oocysts and measurements of the description of i. sagittulae from amazonian antbirds were required from the deposit for comparison between samples from t ...	2018	29948201
new species and additional data on the chewing louse genus myrsidea (phthiraptera: menoponidae) from wild neotropical passeriformes (aves).	twenty-four species of chewing lice of the genus myrsidea waterston, 1915 (phthiraptera: menoponidae) from neotropical suboscines (passeriformes: formicariidae, furnariidae, pipridae, thamnophilidae, tityridae, tyrannidae) are recorded and discussed. they include: eight new species which are described and illustrated (myrsidea capeki new species ex chiroxiphia caudata; myrsidea leptopogoni new species ex leptopogon superciliaris; myrsidea leucophthalmi new species ex automolus leucophthalmus; my ...	2018	30313568
vicariance, dispersal, extinction and hybridization underlie the evolutionary history of atlantic forest fire-eye antbirds (aves: thamnophilidae).	in order to gain insights into the biogeographic processes underlying biotic diversification in the atlantic forest (af), we used a multi-locus approach to examine the evolutionary history of the white-shouldered fire-eye (pyriglena leucoptera) and the fringe-backed fire-eye (pyriglena atra), two parapatric sister species endemic to the af. we sequenced one mitochondrial, three z chromosome-linked and three anonymous markers of 556 individuals from 66 localities. we recovered four lineages throu ...	2020	32283137
polymorphism and genetic diversity of isospora parnaitatiaiensis silva, rodrigues, lopes, berto, luz, ferreira & lopes, 2015 (eimeriidae) from antbirds (thamnophilidae) in brazil.	isospora parnaitatiaiensis silva, rodrigues, lopes, berto, luz, ferreira & lopes, 2015 was identified from a new host, the plain antvireo dysithamnus mentalis (temminck), and also from the white-shouldered fire-eye pyriglena leucoptera vieillot, in its type-locality, the itatiaia national park in the southeastern brazil, and a preliminary genotypic characterisation by sequencing the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene is provided. the oöcysts recovered from p. leucoptera and d. men ...	2020	32990887