Publications

species richness and abundance of bats in fragments of the stational semidecidual forest, upper paraná river, southern brazil.	the upper paraná river floodplain is inserted in a region of the mata atlântica biome, which is a critical area to preserve. due to the scarcity of researches about the chiropterofauna in this region, the present study investigated species richness and abundance of bats in remnants from the stational semidecidual forest of the upper paraná river, southern brazil. samplings were taken every month, from january to december 2006, using 32 mist nets with 8.0 x 2.5 m, resulting in 640 m2/h and totali ...	2009	19738978
cheating on the mutualistic contract: nutritional gain through seed predation in the frugivorous bat chiroderma villosum (phyllostomidae).	most frugivorous bats are efficient seed dispersers, as they typically do not damage seeds and transport them over long distances. in contrast, bats of the phyllostomid genus chiroderma cheat fig trees by acting more as seed predators than as seed dispersers. the bats initially separate seeds from fruit pulp in the mouth. after extracting the juice from the fruit pulp, they thoroughly chew the seeds and spit out small seed fragments in a pellet. consequently, the faeces contain almost no viable ...	2015	25833133
dental root size in bats with diets of different hardness.	the relationship between tooth roots and diet is relatively unexplored, although a logical relationship between harder diets and increased root surface area (rsa) is suggested. this study addresses the interaction between tooth morphology, diet, and bite force in small mammals, phyllostomid bats. using micro computed tomography (microct), tooth root morphology of two fruit-eating species (carollia perspicillata and chiroderma villosum) and two insect-eating species (mimon bennettii and macrotus ...	2015	26011087
on the mammals collected by friedrich sellow in brazil and uruguay (1814-1831), with special reference to the types and their provenance.	from 1814 to 1831, the prussian naturalist friedrich sellow collected 263 mammals in brazil and uruguay. upon receiving the specimens, the curator of the berlin zoological museum, martin lichtenstein, removed the original labels and replaced with ones containing more generalized locations. as a consequence, several type specimens have now dubious type localities. we examined these types as well as geographically restricted mammals collected by sellow. in some cases, there are inconsistencies bet ...	2017	28187657