Publications

The Herbivory Variability Network (2023). Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory. Science 382, pp. 679-683, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4174, https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh8830.

Emilio M. Bruna (2023). Fundamental errors of data collection and validation undermine claims of ideological intensification in STEM. Bioscience, 73:11, pp. 775–777, https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article-abstract/73/11/775/7245170.

Bruna, Emilio M, Uriarte, María, Darrigo, Maria Rosa, Rubim, Paulo, Ferreira da Silva, Osmaildo, Kress, W. John (2023). Demography of the understory herb Heliconia acuminata (Heliconiaceae) in an experimentally fragmented tropical landscape. Ecology, 104(12):, pp. e4174, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4174.

Benjamin S Halpern, Carl Boettiger, Michael C Dietze, Jessica A Gephart, Patrick Gonzalez, Nancy B Grimm, Peter M Groffman, et al. (2023). Priorities for Synthesis Research in Ecology and Environmental Science. Ecosphere 14(1): e4342. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4342.

Robert J Fletcher, Thomas A. H. Smith, Nicholas Kortessis, Emilio M. Bruna, Robert D. Holt (2023). Landscape experiments unlock relationships among habitat loss, fragmentation, and patch-size effects. Ecology 104( 5): e4037, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4037.

Eric R. Scott, Maria Uriarte, Emilio M. Bruna (2022). Delayed effects of climate on vital rates lead to demographic divergence in Amazonian forest fragments. Global Change Biology, 28, 463– 479. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15900.

Emilio Bruna, Jennifer S. Powers, Lucia G. Lohmann (2022). 2022 ATBC Honorary Fellows. Biotropica, (54), 6, pp. 1521–1522, https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13170.

E. M. Bruna, J. S. Powers, L. G. Lohmann (2022). 2022 ATBC Honorary Fellows. Biotropica, 54: 1521-1522. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13170.

Fabiane M. Mundim, Ernane H. M. Vieira-Neto, Hans Alborn, Emilio M. Bruna (2021). Disentangling the influence of water limitation and simultaneous above and belowground herbivory on plant tolerance and resistance to stress. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, (109), 7, pp. 2729–2739, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13684.

Audrey C. Smith, Leandra Merz, Jesse B. Borden, Chris K. Gulick, Akhil R. Kshirsagar, Emilio M. Bruna (2021). Assessing the effect of article processing charges on the geographic diversity of authors using Elsevier’s ‘Mirror Journal’ system. Quantitative Science Studies, pp. 1–38, https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00157.

Emilio M. Bruna, Robin Chazdon, Timothy M. Errington, Brian A. Nosek (2021). A proposal to advance theory and promote collaboration in tropical biology by supporting replications. Biotropica, (53), 1, pp. 6–10, https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12912.

Jennifer S. Powers, Emilio M. Bruna, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Patricia Delamonica Sampaio, Saara J. DeWalt, Lucia G. Lohmann, Rakan A. Zahawi (2020). Tropical biology and conservation in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Biotropica, (52), 3, pp. 399–399.

Auriel M. v Fournier, Matthew E. Boone, Forrest R. Stevens, Emilio M. Bruna (2020). refsplitr: Author name disambiguation, author georeferencing, and mapping of coauthorship networks with Web of Science data. Journal of Open Source Software, (5), 45, pp. 2028, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.02028.

Laura Vivian Barbosa Silva, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Michelle C. Mack, Adao de Siqueira Ferreira, Emilio M. Bruna (2020). Effects of experimental nitrogen enrichment on soil properties and litter decomposition in a Neotropical savanna. Austral Ecology, (45), 8, pp. 1093–1102, https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12936.

Laura Vivian Barbosa Silva, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Michelle C. Mack, Adao de Siqueira Ferreira, Emilio M. Bruna (2020). Effects of experimental nitrogen enrichment on soil properties and litter decomposition in a Neotropical savanna. Austral Ecology, (45), 8, pp. 1093–1102.

Alan N. Costa, Alessandra Bartimachi, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Emilio M. Bruna, Ernane H. M. Vieira-Neto (2020). Annual litter production in a Brazilian Cerrado woodland savanna. Southern Forests, (82), 1, pp. 65–69.

Jorge A. Sefair, Chao Wang, Caroline L. Poli, Thomas A. H. Smith, Emilio M. Bruna, Robert D. Holt, Michael Barfield, Andrew J. Marx, Miguel A. Acevedo (2019). Towards a unified framework for connectivity that disentangles movement and mortality in space and time. Ecology Letters, (22), 10, pp. 1680–1689.

Mollie E. Brooks, Kasper Kristensen, Maria Rosa Darrigo, Paulo Rubim, Maria Uriarte, Emilio Bruna, Benjamin M. Bolker (2019). Statistical modeling of patterns in annual reproductive rates. Ecology, (100), 7.

NA (2019). Emilio Bruna. NA.

L. Johnson-Ulrich, Emilio M. Bruna (2019). Emilio Bruna. Project Biodiversify.

Emilio M. Bruna (2019). Biotropica: The next 50 years. Biotropica, (51), 4, pp. 461–462.

Alan N. Costa, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Ernane H. M. Vieira-Neto, Emilio M. Bruna (2019). Adaptive foraging of leaf-cutter ants to spatiotemporal changes in resource availability in Neotropical savannas. Ecological Entomology, (44), 2, pp. 227–238.

Kelly R. Zamudio, Alexander Kellner, Cristiana Serejo, Marcelo Ribeiro de Britto, Clovis B. Castro, Paulo A. Buckup, Debora O. Pires, Marcia Couri, Adriano BriIhante Kury, Irene Azevedo Cardoso, Marcela L. Monne, Jr. Pombal Jose, Catia Mello Patiu, Vinicius Padula, Alexandre Dias Pimenta, Carlos Renato Rezende Ventura, Eduardo Hajdu, Joana Zanol, Emilio M. Bruna, John Fitzpatrick, Luiz A. Rocha (2018). Lack of science support fails Brazil. Science (New York, N.Y.), (361), 6409, pp. 1322–1323.

E. M. Bruna (2018). Editorial board members are a non-random sample of ecological experts. Nature Ecology & Evolution, (2), 2, pp. 202–202.

A. N. Costa, E. M. Bruna, H. L. Vasconcelos (2018). Do an ecosystem engineer and environmental gradient act independently or in concert to shape juvenile plant communities? Tests with the leaf-cutter ant Atta laevigata in a Neotropical savanna. PeerJ, (6), pp. e5612.

J. Resasco, E. M. Bruna, N. M. Haddad, C. Banks-Leite, C. R. Margules (2017). The contribution of theory and experiments to conservation in fragmented landscapes. Ecography, (40), 1, pp. 109–118.

Maya Rocha-Ortega, Alessandra Bartimachi, Jorge Neves, Emilio M. Bruna, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2017). Seed removal patterns of pioneer trees in an agricultural landscape. Plant Ecology, (218), 6, pp. 737–748.

Adriano Antonio Brito Darosci, Emilio M. Bruna, Jose Carlos Motta-Junior, Cristiane da Silva Ferreira, John Gilman Blake, Cassia Beatriz Rodrigues Munhoz (2017). Seasonality, diaspore traits and the structure of plant-frugivore networks in Neotropical savanna forest. Acta Oecologica, (84), pp. 15–22, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2017.08.003.

Adriano Antonio Brito Darosci, Emilio M. Bruna, Jose Carlos Motta-Junior, Cristiane da Silva Ferreira, John Gilman Blake, Cassia Beatriz Rodrigues Munhoz (2017). Seasonality, diaspore traits and the structure of plant-frugivore networks in Neotropical savanna forest. Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology, (84), pp. 15–22.

Emilio M. Bruna, 2017 (2017). Invasive New U.S. Visa Rules Hurt Americans Too. Americas Quarterly.

L. A. Brudvig, S. J. Leroux, C. H. Albert, E. M. Bruna, K. F. Davies, R. M. Ewers, D. J. Levey, R. Pardini, J. Resasco (2017). Evaluating conceptual models of landscape change. Ecography, (40), 1, pp. 74–84.

Nigel Pitman, Joyce Widmer, Emilio Bruna, Clinton Jenkins, Gabriela Stocks, Lisa Seales, Franklin Paniagua, Erin Maehr (2017). El sorprendente liderazgo del Ecuador en la producción científica de la región andino-amazónica. NA, pp. 27–30.

A. N. Costa, H. L. Vasconcelos, E. M. Bruna (2017). Biotic drivers of seedling establishment in Neotropical savannas: selective granivory and seedling herbivory by leaf-cutter ants as an ecological filter. Journal of Ecology, (105), 1, pp. 132–141.

Fabiane M. Mundim, Hans T. Alborn, Ernane H. M. Vieira-Neto, Emilio M. Bruna (2017). A whole-plant perspective reveals unexpected impacts of above- and belowground herbivores on plant growth and defense. Ecology, (98), 1, pp. 70–78.

J. Espin, S. Palmas, F. Carrasco-Rueda, K. Riemer, P. E. Allen, N. Berkebile, K. A. Hecht, K. Kastner-Wilcox, M. M. Nunez-Regueiro, C. Prince, C. Rios, E. Ross, B. Sangha, T. Tyler, J. Ungvari-Martin, M. Villegas, T. T. Cataldo, E. M. Bruna (2017). A persistent lack of international representation on editorial boards in environmental biology. PLoS biology, (15), 12, pp. e2002760.

E. H. M. Vieira-Neto, H. L. Vasconcelos, E. M. Bruna (2016). Roads increase population growth rates of a native leaf-cutter ant in Neotropical savannahs. Journal of Applied Ecology, (53), 4, pp. 983–992.

T. H. Parker, S. Nakagawa, J. Gurevitch, IIEE (Improving Inference in Evolutionary Biology, cology) workshop participants (2016). Promoting transparency in evolutionary biology and ecology. Ecology Letters, (19), 7, pp. 726–728, https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12610.

Paul V. A. Fine, Emilio M. Bruna (2016). Neotropical White-sand Forests: Origins, Ecology and Conservation of a Unique Rain Forest Environment. Biotropica, (48), 1, pp. 5–6.

Karine S. Carvalho, Marcos Augusto Ferraz Carneiro, Ivan Cardoso Nascimento, Amartya Kumar Saha, Emilio Miguel Bruna (2016). Lower ant Diversity on Earth Mounds in a Semi-Arid Brazilian Ecosystem: Natural or a Sign of Degradation?. Sociobiology, (63), 4.

Mellissa S. Sobrinho, Marcelo Tabarelli, Isabel C. Machado, Julia C. Sfair, Emilio M. Bruna, Ariadna V. Lopes (2016). Land use, fallow period and the recovery of a Caatinga forest. Biotropica, (48), 5, pp. 586–597.

Fabiane M. Mundim, Emilio M. Bruna (2016). Is There a Temperate Bias in Our Understanding of How Climate Change Will Alter Plant- Herbivore Interactions? A Meta- analysis of Experimental Studies. American Naturalist, (188), pp. S74–S89.

Emilio M. Bruna (2016). Biotropica renames its ‘Outstanding Paper’ awards for two pioneering scientists. Biotropica, (48), 6, pp. 929–929, https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12408.

Emilio M. Bruna, Marielos Pena-Claros, Bryan Finegan, Beth A. Kaplin (2016). A new data archiving policy for extitBiotropica. Biotropica, (48), 2, pp. 139–140, https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12318.

M. C. Whitlock, J. L. Bronstein, E. M. Bruna, A. M. Ellison, C. W. Fox, M. A. McPeek, A. J. Moore, M. A. F. Noor, M. D. Rausher, L. H. Rieseberg, M. G. Ritchie, R. G. Shaw (2016). A Balanced Data Archiving Policy for Long-Term Studies. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, (31), 2, pp. 84–85.

Bruna, EM (2016). 2016 Luis F. Bacardi Award, Alwyn Gentry Awards. Biotropica, (48), 6, pp. 933–935, https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12400.

NA (2015). Front Matter. Biotropica, (47), 6.

Jason D. Hoeksema, Emilio M. Bruna (2015). Context-dependent outcomes of mutualistic interactions. NA, pp. 181–202, https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199675654.003.0010.

Bruna, EM (2015). 2015 Biotropica Awards for Excellence in Tropical Biology and Conservation. Biotropica, (47), 6, pp. 779–782, https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12291.

A. H. Cho, S. A. Johnson, C. E. Schuman, J. M. Adler, O. Gonzalez, S. J. Graves, J. R. Huebner, D. B. Marchant, S. W. Rifai, I. Skinner, E. M. Bruna (2014). Women are underrepresented on the editorial boards of journals in environmental biology and natural resource management. PeerJ, (2), pp. e542.

Matthew J Smith, Cody Weinberger, Emilio M Bruna, Stefano Allesina (2014). The Scientific Impact of Nations: Journal Placement and Citation Performance. PloS one, (9), 10, pp. e109195.

Pedro B. Vasconcelos, Glein M. Araujo, Emilio M. Bruna (2014). The role of roadsides in conserving Cerrado plant diversity. Biodiversity and Conservation, (23), 12, pp. 3035–3050.

E. M. Bruna (2014). On Identifying Rising Stars in Ecology. Bioscience, (64), 3, pp. 169–169.

Girao, LC, AV Lopes, Tabarelli, M, Bruna, EM (2014). Mudanças em atributos reprodutivos de árvores reduzema diversidade funcional em uma paisagem fragmentada de floresta Atlântica. NA, pp. 145–174.

A. V. Christianini, P. S. Oliveira, E. M. Bruna, H. L. Vasconcelos (2014). Fauna in decline: Meek shall inherit. Science (New York, N.Y.), (345), 6201, pp. 1129–1129.

E. M. Bruna, T. J. Izzo, B. D. Inouye, H. L. Vasconcelos (2014). Effect of mutualist partner identity on plant demography. Ecology, (95), 12, pp. 3237–3243.

Emilio M. Bruna (2014). Biotropica to Become an ‘Online‐Only’ Journal in 2015. Biotropica, (46), 6, https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12173.

E. M. Bruna (2014). A Word from the Editor-in-Chief. Biotropica, (46), 4, pp. 377–377.

Christine M. Lucas, Emilio M. Bruna, Cristiane M. N. Nascimento (2013). Seedling co-tolerance of multiple stressors in a disturbed tropical floodplain forest. Ecosphere (Washington, D.C), (4), 1.

Marina C. Cortes, Maria Uriarte, Maristerra R. Lemes, Rogerio Gribel, W. John Kress, Peter E. Smouse, Emilio M. Bruna (2013). Low plant density enhances gene dispersal in the Amazonian understory herbHeliconia acuminata. Molecular Ecology, (22), 22, pp. 5716–5729.

Glein M. Araujo, Alice F. Amaral, Emilio M. Bruna, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2013). Fire drives the reproductive responses of herbaceous plants in a Neotropical swamp. Plant Ecology, (214), 12, pp. 1479–1484.

Cristiane F. Jurinitz, Alexandre A. de Oliveira, Emilio M. Bruna (2013). Abiotic and Biotic Influences on Early-Stage Survival in Two Shade-Tolerant Tree Species in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Biotropica, (45), 6, pp. 728–736.

Stella M. Copeland, Emilio M. Bruna, Laura V. Barbosa Silva, Michelle C. Mack, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2012). Short-term effects of elevated precipitation and nitrogen on soil fertility and plant growth in a Neotropical savanna. Ecosphere (Washington, D.C), (3), 4.

H. A. Passmore, E. M. Bruna, S. M. Heredia, H. L. Vasconcelos (2012). Resilient Networks of Ant-Plant Mutualists in Amazonian Forest Fragments. Plos One, (7), 8.

Matthew J. Palumbo, Shelly A. Johnson, Fabiane M. Mundim, Anthony Lau, Andrea C. Wolf, Subramaniam Arunachalam, Oscar Gonzalez, Jennifer L. Ulrich, Amy Washuta, Emilio M. Bruna (2012). Harnessing Smartphones for Ecological Education, Research, and Outreach. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, (93), 4, pp. 390–393, https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9623-93.4.390.

G. D. Iacona, L. K. Kirkman, E. M. Bruna (2012). Experimental Test for Facilitation of Seedling Recruitment by the Dominant Bunchgrass in a Fire-Maintained Savanna. Plos One, (7), 7.

F. M. Mundim, E. M. Bruna, E. H. M. Vieira-Neto, H. L. Vasconcelos (2012). Attack frequency and the tolerance to herbivory of Neotropical savanna trees. Oecologia, (168), 2, pp. 405–414.

Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Emilio M. Bruna (2012). Arthropod responses to the experimental isolation of Amazonian forest fragments. Zoologia, (29), 6, pp. 515–530.

N. C. A. Pitman, J. Widmer, C. N. Jenkins, G. Stocks, L. Seales, F. Paniagua, E. M. Bruna (2011). Volume and geographical distribution of ecological research in the Andes and the Amazon, 1995-2008.. Tropical Conservation Science, (4), 1, pp. 64–81.

W. F. Laurance, J. L. C. Camargo, R. C. C. Luizao, S. G. Laurance, S. L. Pimm, E. M. Bruna, P. C. Stouffer, G. B. Williamson, J. Benitez-Malvido, H. L. Vasconcelos, K. S. Van Houtan, C. E. Zartman, S. A. Boyle, R. K. Didham, A. Andrade, T. E. Lovejoy (2011). The fate of Amazonian forest fragments: A 32-year investigation. Biological Conservation, (144), 1, pp. 56–67.

Alana Vaz Ferreira, Emilio M. Bruna, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2011). Seed predators limit plant recruitment in Neotropical savannas. Oikos, (120), 7, pp. 1013–1022, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.19052.x.

P. R. Gagnon, E. M. Bruna, P. Rubim, M. R. Darrigo, R. C. Littell, M. Uriarte, W. J. Kress (2011). Growth of an understory herb is chronically reduced in Amazonian forest fragments. Biological Conservation, (144), 2, pp. 830–835.

E. M. Bruna, A. S. de Andrade (2011). Edge effects on growth and biomass partitioning of an Amazonian understory herb (Heliconia acuminata; Heliconiaceae). American Journal of Botany, (98), 10, pp. 1727–1734.

Maria Uriarte, Marina Anciaes, Mariana T. B. da Silva, Paulo Rubim, Erik Johnson, Emilio M. Bruna (2011). Disentangling the drivers of reduced long-distance seed dispersal by birds in an experimentally fragmented landscape. Ecology, (92), 4, pp. 924–937, https://doi.org/10.1890/10-0709.1.

E. M. Bruna, T. J. Izzo, B. D. Inouye, M. Uriarte, H. L. Vasconcelos (2011). Asymmetric dispersal and colonization success of Amazonian plant-ants queens. PloS ONE, (6), 8, pp. e22937.

E. M. Bruna (2010). Scientific journals can advance tropical biology and conservation by requiring data archiving. Biotropica, (42), 4, pp. 399–401.

Emilio M. Bruna, Juliane Fernandes Guimaraes, Caue T. Lopes, Renata Pacheco, Katia G. Facure, Frederico G. Lemos, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2010). Mammalia, Estação Ecologica do Panga, a Cerrado protected area in Minas Gerais state, Brazil.. CheckList: Journal of Species Lists and Distribution, (6), 4, pp. 668–675.

M. B. N. Ribeiro, E. M. Bruna, W. Mantovani (2010). Influence of post-clearing treatment on the recovery of herbaceous plant communities in amazonian secondary forests. Restoration Ecology, (18), pp. 50–58.

G. D. Iacona, L. K. Kirkman, E. M. Bruna (2010). Effects of resource availability on seedling recruitment in a fire-maintained savanna. Oecologia, (163), 1, pp. 171–180.

M. Uriarte, E. M. Bruna, P. Rubim, M. Anciaes, I. Jonckheere (2010). Effects of forest fragmentation on the seedling recruitment of a tropical herb: assessing seed vs. safe-site limitation. Ecology, (91), 5, pp. 1317–1328.

Rita de Cassia Quitete Portela, Emilio M. Bruna, Flavio Antonio Maes dos Santos (2010). Demography of palm species in Brazil's Atlantic forest: a comparison of harvested and unharvested species using matrix models. Biodiversity and Conservation, (19), 8, pp. 2389–2403.

Rita de Cassia Quitete Portela, Emilio M. Bruna, Flavio Antonio Maes dos Santos (2010). Are protected areas really protecting populations? A test with an Atlantic rain forest palm. Tropical Conservation Science, (3), 4, pp. 361–372.

Rita de Cassia Quitete Portela, Emilio M. Bruna, Flavio Antonio Maes dos Santos (2010). Are Protected Areas Really Protecting Populations? A Test with an Atlantic Rain Forest Palm. Tropical Conservation Science, (3), 4, pp. 361–372, https://doi.org/10.1177/194008291000300402.

I. J. Fiske, E. M. Bruna (2010). Alternative spatial sampling in studies of plant demography: consequences for estimates of population growth rate. Plant Ecology, (207), 2, pp. 213–225.

L. B. Fortini, E. M. Bruna, D. J. Zarin, S. S. Vasconcelos, I. S. Miranda (2010). Altered resource availability and the population dynamics of tree species in Amazonian secondary forests. Oecologia, (162), 4, pp. 923–934.

Emilio M. Bruna (2010). 2010 Biotropica Award for Excellence in Tropical Biology and Conservation: Biotropica Award for Excellence in Tropical Biology and Conservation. Biotropica, (42), 4, pp. 518–519, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00691.x.

W. Dattilo, T. J. Izzo, B. D. Inouye, H. L. Vasconcelos, E. M. Bruna (2009). Recognition of Host Plant Volatiles by Pheidole minutula Mayr (Myrmicinae), an Amazonian Ant-Plant Specialist. Biotropica, (41), 5, pp. 642–646.

Karen A. Kainer, Maria L. DiGiano, Amy E. Duchelle, Lucia H. O. Wadt, Emilio Bruna, Jonathan L. Dain (2009). Partnering for Greater Success: Local Stakeholders and Research in Tropical Biology and Conservation. Biotropica, (41), 5, pp. 555–562.

E. Cardoso, E. M. Cruzeiro Moreno M. I. Bruna, H. L. Vasconcelos (2009). Mudanças fitofisionômicas no Cerrado: 18 anos de sucesão ecológica na Estação Ecológica do Panga, Uberlândia, MG.. Caminhos de Geografia, (10), 32, pp. 254–268.

K. L. Callis, L. R. Christ, J. Resasco, D. W. Armitage, J. D. Ash, T. T. Caughlin, S. F. Clemmensen, S. M. Copeland, T. J. Fullman, R. L. Lynch, C. Olson, R. A. Pruner, E. H. M. Vieira-Neto, R. West-Singh, E. M. Bruna (2009). Improving Wikipedia: educational opportunity and professional responsibility. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, (24), 4, pp. 177–179.

E. M. Bruna, I. J. Fiske, M. D. Trager (2009). Habitat fragmentation and plant populations: is what we know demographically irrelevant?. Journal of Vegetation Science, (20), 3, pp. 569–576.

H. L. Vasconcelos, R. Pacheco, R. C. Silva, P. B. Vasconcelos, C. T. Lopes, A. N. Costa, E. M. Bruna (2009). Dynamics of the leaf-litter arthropod fauna following fire in a Neotropical woodland savanna. PLoS ONE, (4), 11, pp. E7762.

T. J. Izzo, E. M. Bruna, H. L. Vasconcelos, B. D. Inouye (2009). Cooperative colony founding alters the outcome of interspecific competition between Amazonian plant-ants. Insectes Sociaux, (56), 4, pp. 341–345.

M. Cortes, V. Gowda, W. J. Kress, E. M. Bruna, M. Uriarte (2009). Characterization of 10 microsatellite markers for the understory Amazonian herb Heliconia acuminata. Molecular Ecology Resources, (9), 4, pp. 1261–1264.

G. Stocks, L. Seales, F. Paniagua, E. Maehr, E. M. Bruna (2008). The geographical and institutional distribution of ecological research in the tropics. Biotropica, (40), 4, pp. 397–404.

Emilio M. Bruna, Maria Rosa Darrigo, Angela Midori Furuya Pacheco, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2008). Interspecific variation in the defensive responses of ant mutualists to plant volatiles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, (94), 2, pp. 241–249.

Ian J. Fiske, Emilio M. Bruna, Benjamin M. Bolker (2008). Effects of sample size on estimates of population growth rates calculated with matrix models. PLoS One, (3), 8, pp. e3080.

H. L . Vasconcelos, A. N. Costa, E. H. M. Vieira-Neto, E. M. Bruna (2008). Efeitos da herbivoria por formigas do gênero Atta Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) sobre a vegetação do Cerrado.. NA, pp. 301–311.

A. N. Costa, H. L. Vasconcelos, E. H. M. Vieira-Neto, E. M. Bruna (2008). Do herbivores exert top-down effects in Neotropical savannas? Estimates of biomass consumption by leaf-cutter ants. Journal of Vegetation Science, (19), 6, pp. 849–854.

Luciana Coe Girao, Ariadna Valentina Lopes, Marcelo Tabarelli, Emilio M. Bruna (2007). Changes in tree reproductive traits reduce functional diversity in a fragmented Atlantic forest landscape. PLoS One, (2), 9, pp. e908.

Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2007). 2007 Biotropica Award for Excellence in Tropical Biology and Conservation. Biotropica, (39), 5, pp. 668–669, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00349.x.

H. L. Vasconcelos, E. H. M. Vieira-Neto, F. M. Mundim, E. M. Bruna (2006). Roads alter the colonization dynamics of a keystone herbivore in neotropical savannas. Biotropica, (38), 5, pp. 661–665.

Simone Ferreira De Athayde, Geraldo Mosimann Da Silva, Jewyt Kaiabi, Myauiup Kaiabi, Helder Rocha De Souza, Katia Ono, Emilio M. Bruna (2006). Participatory research and management of aruma (Ischnosiphon gracilis rudge koern., Marantaceae) by the Kaiabi people in the Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Ethnobiology, (26), 1, pp. 36–59.

M. D. Trager, E. M. Bruna (2006). Effects of plant age, experimental nutrient addition and ant occupancy on herbivory in a neotropical myrmecophyte. Journal of Ecology, (94), 6, pp. 1156–1163.

M Boyce, C Haridas, C Lee, Thenceasstochasticdemographyw (2006). Demography in an increasingly variable world. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, (21), 3, pp. 141–148, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2005.11.018.

K. A. Kainer, M. Schmink, H. Covert, J. R. Stepp, E. M. Bruna, J. L. Dain, S. Espinosa, S. Humphries (2006). A graduate education framework for tropical conservation and development. Conservation Biology, (20), 1, pp. 3–13.

E. M. Bruna, H. L. Vasconcelos, Sylvia Heredia (2005). The effect of habitat fragmentation on communities of mutualists: Amazonian ants and their host plants. Biological Conservation, (124), 2005, pp. 209–216.

E. M. Bruna, M. B. Nogueria Ribeiro (2005). The compensatory responses of an understory herb to experimental damage are habitat-dependent. American Journal of Botany, (92), 12, pp. 2101–210.

E. M. Bruna, M. B. N. Ribeiro (2005). Regeneration and population structure of Heliconia acuminata in Amazonian secondary forests with contrasting land-use histories. Journal of Tropical Ecology, (21), pp. 127–131.

E. M. Bruna, W. J. Kress (2005). Forest fragments and tropical plant reproduction in Amazonian Brazil.. NA, pp. 141–146.

E. M. Bruna, M. K. Oli (2005). Demographic effects of habitat fragmentation on a tropical herb: Life-table response experiments. Ecology, (86), 7, pp. 1816–1824.

D. F. Doak, W. F. Morris, C. Pfister, B. E. Kendall, E. M. Bruna (2005). Correctly estimating how environmental stochasticity influences fitness and population growth. American Naturalist, (166), 1, pp. E14–E21.

D. M. Lapola, E. M. Bruna, C. G. de Willink, H. L. Vasconcelos (2005). Ant-tended hemiptera in Amazonian myrmecophytes: patterns of abundance and implications for mutualism function. Sociobiology, (46), 2, pp. 433–442.

E. M. Bruna, K. A. Kainer (2005). A delicate balance in Amazonia.. Science (New York, N.Y.), (307), pp. 1044–1045..

E. M. Bruna, David M. Lapola, H. L. Vasconcelos (2004). Interspecific variation in the defensive responses of obligate plant-ants: experimental tests and consequences for herbivory.. Oecologia, (138), pp. 558–565.

Emilio M. Bruna, W. John Kress, Francisco Marques, Osmaildo Ferreira da Silva (2004). Heliconia acuminata reproductive success is independent of local floral density. Acta Amazonica, (34), 3, pp. 467–471.

Erika M. Nakazono, Emilio M. Bruna, Rita C. G. Mesquita (2004). Experimental harvesting of the non-timber forest product Ischnosiphon polyphyllus in central Amazonia. Forest Ecology and Management, (190), 2-3, pp. 219–225.

E.M. Bruna (2004). Biological Impacts of Deforestation and Fragmentation. NA, pp. 85–90, https://doi.org/10.1016/B0-12-145160-7/00017-X.

David M. Lapola, H. L. Vasconcelos (2004). Amizade tênue: relações mutualísticas entre plantas e formigas na Amazônia.. Ciência Hoje, (34), 204, pp. 28–33.

Bruna, Emilio (2003). For the Love of Nature. Science’s Next Wave (AAAS Online Magazine).

David M. Lapola, Emilio M. Bruna, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2003). Contrasting responses to induction cues by ants inhabiting Maieta guianensis (Melastomataceae). Biotropica, (35), 2, pp. 295–300.

E. M. Bruna (2003). Are plant populations in fragmented habitats recruitment limited? Tests with an Amazonian herb. Ecology, (84), 4, pp. 932–947.

E. M. Bruna, W. J. Kress (2002). Habitat fragmentation and the demographic structure of an Amazonian understory herb (Heliconia acuminata). Conservation Biology, (16), 5, pp. 1256–1266.

E. M. Bruna, O. Nardy, S. Y. Strauss, S. P. Harrison (2002). Experimental assessment of Heliconia acuminata growth in a fragmented Amazonian landscape. Journal of Ecology, (90), 4, pp. 639–649..

E. M. Bruna (2002). Effects of forest fragmentation on Heliconia acuminata seedling recruitment in central Amazonia. Oecologia, (132), pp. 235–243.

W. F. Laurance, T. E. Lovejoy, H. L. Vasconcelos, E. M. Bruna, R. K. Didham, P. C. Stouffer, C. Gascon, S. G. Laurance, E. Sampaio (2002). Ecosystem decay of Amazonian forest fragments, a 22 year investigation. Conservation Biology, (16), 3, pp. 605–618.

Emilio M. Bruna (2002). A Biologist's Guide to Fragmenting the Amazon (Including Why That's a Bad Idea). Conservation Biology, (16), 5, pp. 1446–1448.

J. D. Hoeksema, E. M. Bruna (2000). Pursuing the big questions about interspecific mutualism: a review of theoretical approaches. Oecologia, (125), 3, pp. 321–330.

E. M. Bruna (1999). Seed germination in rainforest fragments. Nature, (402), 6758, pp. 139.

S. Harrison, E. Bruna (1999). Habitat fragmentation and large-scale conservation: what do we know for sure?. Ecography, (22), pp. 225–232.

E. M. Bruna, R. N. Fisher, T. J. Case (1996). New evidence of habitat segregation between two cryptic species of Pacific skinks (Emoia cyanura and E. impar). Copeia, (1996), 4, pp. 998–1004.

E. M. Bruna, R. N. Fisher, T. J. Case (1996). Morphological and genetic evolution appear decoupled in Pacific skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences, (263), 1371, pp. 681–688.

E. M. Bruna, R. N. Fisher, T. J. Case (1995). Cryptic species of Pacific skinks (Emoia): Further support from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Copeia, (1995), 4, pp. 981–983.

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