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  • Morgan Manning, Grady Roberts, Phil Hahn, Jessica Kahler, Emilio Bruna, Miguel Acevedo (NA) Sequencing foundational computational instruction in the life sciences. Authorea. 2026: NA.
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  • Ana Yoko Ykeuti Meiga, Arnaud J. L. Desbiez, Rubem A. P. Dornas, Aline Giroux, Emilio M. Bruna, Alessandra Bertassoni, Nina Attias, Vanessa Hull, Grazielle Soresini, Mario H. Alves, Denis Valle (2026) Beyond deforestation: the impact of agricultural intensification on a flagship mammal species. NA. NA: NA.
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  • David S. Mason, Kevin M. Robertson, Phillip G. Hahn, Emilio M. Bruna, John L. Willis, Marcus A. Lashley (2026) Fire enables passive directed seed dispersal by birds. Current Biology. 36: 28-37.e5.
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  • Harikrishnan Venugopalan Nair Radhamoni, Michelle Elise Spicer, Marlyse C. Duguid, Liza S. Comita, Emilio Bruna, Andrew J. Andrade, Jared J. Beck, Julia I. Burton, Hector Chuquillanqui, Daniele Cicuzza, Martin Dovciak, Frank S. Gilliam, Keri Greig, Clayton W. Hale, Catherine Hulshof, Natalie Izlar, Sarah E. Johnson, Joseph LaManna, David P. Matlaga, David Kimutai Melly, Austin Menzmer, Kathryn Miller, Gabriel M. Moulatlet, Jonathan A. Myers, Jay P. Sah, Marcel Carita Vaz, Anna Wassel, Sienna A. Wessel, Jin Yin, Alejandro Zuluaga, Simon A. Queenborough (2026) Herbaceous plants in forest ecosystems: one hundred fundamental and applied questions. Journal of Vegetation Science. 37: e70168.
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  • Robert J. Fletcher, Thomas A. H. Smith, Maggie Jones, Fredericke Schellenberg, Rikki Payne, Nicholas Kortessis, Emilio M. Bruna, Robert D. Holt (2026) Landscape quality drives ecological responses to habitat loss and fragmentation. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 10: 1265-1272.
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  • Monize Altomare, Emilio M Bruna, Karen Neves, Erica Rievrs Borges, Imma Oliveras Menor, Jamir A Prado Junior, Heraldo L Vasconcelos (2026) The phylogenetic diversity of plant communities in response to anthropogenic disturbances in a Neotropical savanna. Annals of Botany. NA: mcag058.
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  • Jacy L. Hyde, Christine Swanson, Stephanie A. Bohlman, Simone Athayde, Emilio M. Bruna, Denis R. Valle (2025) A lack of open data standards for large infrastructure projects hampers social-ecological research in the Brazilian Amazon. PeerJ. 13: e19926.
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  • Farah Carrasco-Rueda, Catherine L. Cardelus, Yolanda Chirango, Claudia J. Garnica-Diaz, Yadok Godwill, Vinita Gowda, Bea Maas, Flavia Montano-Centellas, Rebecca Ostertag, Anand Roopsind, Sheherazade , German Vargas G., Yit Arn Teh, Emilio M. Bruna, Norbert J. Cordeiro, Gbadamassi G. O. Dossa, Edu Effiom, Lucia G. Lohmann, Myriam Mujawamariya, Imma Oliveras Menor, Pia Parolin, Juan M. Posada, Rakan A. Zahawi, Louis S. Santiago (2025) ATBC Code of Conduct. Biotropica. 57: e70090.
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  • Jedediah F. Brodie, Farah Carrasco-Rueda, Sumita Chatterjee, Yolando Chirango, Claudia J. Garnica-Diaz, Vinita Gowda, Bea Maas, Flavia Montano-Centellas, Rebecca Ostertag, Priyanka Hariharan, German Vargas, Emilio M. Bruna, Catherine L. Cardelus, Norbert J. Cordeiro, Gbadamassi G. O. Dossa, Edu Effiom, Lucia G. Lohmann, Imma O. Menor, Myriam Mujawamariya, Pia Parolin, Juan M. Posada, Mariana Soto Rueda, Yit Arn Teh, Biplang Yadok, Rakan A. Zahawi, Louis Santiago (2025) ATBC Code of Ethics. Biotropica. 57: e70091.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna (2025) Is there really such a thing as Tropical Biology?. Biotropica. 57: e13387.
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  • Thomas A. H. Smith, Robert D. Holt, Emilio M. Bruna, Robert J. Fletcher Jr. (2025) Isolating the role of the matrix at patch and landscape scales. Journal of Animal Ecology. 94: 1800-1810.
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  • Jennifer S. Powers, Emilio M. Bruna, Lucia G. Lohmann (2025) Looking back and moving forward: reflections on 60 years of the association for tropical biology and conservation. Biotropica. 57: e70074.
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  • Ana Maria Ferreira, Ana Paula Faria, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Emilio M. Bruna, Vladimir Eliodoro Costa, Ana Silvia Franco Pinheiro Moreira (2024) Does chronic nitrogen deposition have effects on grass physiology of natural habitats?. South African Journal of Botany. 165: 339-348.
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  • Robert J. Fletcher, Thomas A.H. Smith, Savannah Troy, Nicholas Kortessis, Edgar C. Turner, Emilio M. Bruna, Robert D. Holt (2024) The Prominent Role of the Matrix in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 55: 423-447.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna, Maria Uriarte, Maria Rosa Darrigo, Paulo Rubim, Cristiane F. Jurinitz, Eric R. Scott, Osmaildo Ferreira da Silva, W. John Kress (2023) Demography of the understory herb eliconia acuminata (Heliconiaceae) in an experimentally fragmented tropical landscape. Ecology. 104: e4174.
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  • Emilio M Bruna (2023) Fundamental errors of data collection and validation undermine claims of ideological intensification in STEM. BioScience. 73: 775-777.
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  • Robert J. Fletcher Jr., 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: e4037.
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  • The Herbivory Variability Network (2023) Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory. Science. 382: 679-683.
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  • Benjamin S. Halpern, Carl Boettiger, Michael C. Dietze, Jessica A. Gephart, Patrick Gonzalez, Nancy B. Grimm, Peter M. Groffman, Jessica Gurevitch, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kimberly J. Komatsu, Kristy J. Kroeker, Heather J. Lahr, David M. Lodge, Christopher J. Lortie, Julie S. S. Lowndes, Fiorenza Micheli, Hugh P. Possingham, Mary H. Ruckelshaus, Courtney Scarborough, Chelsea L. Wood, Grace C. Wu, Lina Aoyama, Eva E. Arroyo, Christie A. Bahlai, Erin E. Beller, Rachael E. Blake, Karrigan S. Bork, Trevor A. Branch, Norah E. M. Brown, Julien Brun, Emilio M. Bruna, Lauren B. Buckley, Jessica L. Burnett, Max C. N. Castorani, Samantha H. Cheng, Sarah C. Cohen, Jessica L. Couture, Larry B. Crowder, Laura E. Dee, Arildo S. Dias, Ignacio J. Diaz-Maroto, Martha R. Downs, Joan C. Dudney, Erle C. Ellis, Kyle A. Emery, Jacob G. Eurich, Bridget E. Ferriss, Alexa Fredston, Hikaru Furukawa, Sara A. Gagne, Sarah R. Garlick, Colin J. Garroway, Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, Angelica L. Gonzalez, Eliza M. Grames, Tamar Guy-Haim, Ed Hackett, Lauren M. Hallett, Tamara K. Harms, Danielle E. Haulsee, Kyle J. Haynes, Elliott L. Hazen, Rebecca M. Jarvis, Kristal Jones, Gaurav S. Kandlikar, Dustin W. Kincaid, Matthew L. Knope, Anil Koirala, Jurek Kolasa, John S. Kominoski, Julia Koricheva, Lesley T. Lancaster, Jake A. Lawlor, Heili E. Lowman, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Kari E. A. Norman, Nan Nourn, Casey C. O'Hara, Suzanne X. Ou, Jacqueline L. Padilla-Gamino, Paula Pappalardo, Ryan A. Peek, Dominique Pelletier, Stephen Plont, Lauren C. Ponisio, Cristina Portales-Reyes, Diogo B. Provete, Eric J. Raes, Carlos Ramirez-Reyes, Irene Ramos, Sydne Record, Anthony J. Richardson, Roberto Salguero-Gomez, Erin V. Satterthwaite, Chloe Schmidt, Aaron J. Schwartz, Craig R. See, Brendan D. Shea, Rachel S. Smith, Eric R. Sokol, Christopher T. Solomon, Trisha Spanbauer, Paris V. Stefanoudis, Beckett W. Sterner, Vitor Sudbrack, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Ashley R. Townes, Mireia Valle, Jonathan A. Walter, Kathryn I. Wheeler, William R. Wieder, David R. Williams, Marten Winter, Barbora Winterova, Lucy C. Woodall, Adam S. Wymore, Casey Youngflesh (2023) Priorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science. Ecosphere. 14: e4342.
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  • Emilio Bruna, Jennifer S. Powers, Lucia G. Lohmann (2022) 2022 ATBC Honorary Fellows. Biotropica. 54: 1521-1522.
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  • 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: 6-10.
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  • 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. NA: 1-38.
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  • Eric R. Scott, Maria Uriarte, Emilio M. Bruna (2021) Delayed effects of climate on vital rates lead to demographic divergence in Amazonian forest fragments. Global Change Biology. NA: NA.
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  • 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: 2729-2739.
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  • Noelle G Beckman, Clare E Aslan, Haldre S Rogers, Oleg Kogan, Judith L Bronstein, James M Bullock, Florian Hartig, Janneke HilleRisLambers, Ying Zhou, Damaris Zurell, Jedediah F Brodie, Emilio M Bruna, Robert Stephen Cantrell, Robin R Decker, Edu Efiom, Evan C Fricke, Katherine Gurski, Alan Hastings, Jeremy S Johnson, Bette A Loiselle, Maria N Miriti, Michael G Neubert, Liba Pejchar, John R Poulsen, Gesine Pufal, Onja H Razafindratsima, Manette E Sandor, Katriona Shea, Sebastian Schreiber, Eugene W Schupp, Rebecca S Snell, Christopher Strickland, Jenny Zambrano (2020) Advancing an interdisciplinary framework to study seed dispersal ecology. AoB PLANTS. 12: NA.
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  • Alan N Costa, Alessandra Bartimachi, Heraldo L Vasconcelos, Emilio M Bruna, Ernane HM Vieira-Neto (2020) Annual litter production in a Brazilian Cerrado woodland savanna. Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science. 82: 65-69.
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  • 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: 1093-1102.
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  • 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: 399-399.
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  • 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: 2028.
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  • 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: 227-238.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna (2019) Biotropica: The next 50 years. Biotropica. 51: NA.
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  • L. Johnson-Ulrich, Emilio M. Bruna (2019) Emilio Bruna. Project Biodiversify. NA: NA.
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  • Clare Aslan, Noelle G Beckman, Haldre S Rogers, Judie Bronstein, Damaris Zurell, Florian Hartig, Katriona Shea, Liba Pejchar, Mike Neubert, John Poulsen, Janneke HilleRisLambers, Maria Miriti, Bette Loiselle, Edu Effiom, Jenny Zambrano, Geno Schupp, Gesine Pufal, Jeremy Johnson, James M Bullock, Jedediah Brodie, Emilio Bruna, Robert Stephen Cantrell, Robin Decker, Evan Fricke, Katie Gurski, Alan Hastings, Oleg Kogan, Onja Razafindratsima, Manette Sandor, Sebastian Schreiber, Rebecca Snell, Christopher Strickland, Ying Zhou (2019) Employing plant functional groups to advance seed dispersal ecology and conservation. AoB PLANTS. 11: NA.
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  • 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: e02706.
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  • Robert J. Fletcher, 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: 1680-1689.
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  • Alan N. Costa, Emilio M. Bruna, Heraldo 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: e5612.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna (2018) Editorial board members are a non-random sample of ecological experts. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2: 202-202.
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  • Kelly R. Zamudio, Alexander Kellner, Cristiana Serejo, Marcelo Ribeiro de Britto, Clovis B. Castro, Paulo A. Buckup, Debora O. Pires, Marcia Couri, Adriano Brilhante Kury, Irene Azevedo Cardoso, Marcela L. Monne, Jose Pombal, 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. 361: 1322-1323.
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  • Johanna Espin, Sebastian Palmas, Farah Carrasco-Rueda, Kristina Riemer, Pablo E. Allen, Nathan Berkebile, Kirsten A. Hecht, Kay Kastner-Wilcox, Mauricio M. Nunez-Regueiro, Candice Prince, Constanza Rios, Erica Ross, Bhagatveer Sangha, Tia Tyler, Judit Ungvari-Martin, Mariana Villegas, Tara T. Cataldo, Emilio M. Bruna (2017) A persistent lack of international representation on editorial boards in environmental biology. PLoS Biology. 15: e2002760.
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  • 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: 70-78.
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  • Alan N. Costa, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Emilio 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: 132-141.
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  • 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. NA: 27-30.
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  • Lars A. Brudvig, Shawn J. Leroux, Cecile H. Albert, Emilio M. Bruna, Kendi F. Davies, Robert M. Ewers, Douglas J. Levey, Renata Pardini, Julian Resasco (2017) Evaluating conceptual models of landscape change. Ecography. 40: 74-84.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna (2017) Invasive new U.S. visa rules hurt americans too. Americas Quarterly. NA: NA.
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  • 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: 15-22.
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  • 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: 737-748.
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  • Julian Resasco, Emilio M. Bruna, Nick M. Haddad, Cristina Banks-Leite, Christopher R. Margules (2017) The contribution of theory and experiments to conservation in fragmented landscapes. Ecography. 40: 109-118.
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  • Bruna, EM (2016) 2016 Luis F. Bacardi Award, Alwyn Gentry Awards. Biotropica. 48: 933-935.
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  • Michael C. Whitlock, Judith L. Bronstein, Emilio M. Bruna, Aaron M. Ellison, Charles W. Fox, Mark A. McPeek, Allen J. Moore, Mohamed A.F. Noor, Mark D. Rausher, Loren H. Rieseberg, Michael G. Ritchie, Ruth G. Shaw (2016) A balanced data archiving policy for long-term studies. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 31: 84-85.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna, Marielos Pena-Claros, Bryan Finegan, Beth A. Kaplin (2016) A new data archiving policy for extitBiotropica. Biotropica. 48: 139-140.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna (2016) Biotropica renames its ‘Outstanding Paper’ awards for two pioneering scientists. Biotropica. 48: 929-929.
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  • 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. The American Naturalist. 188: S74-S89.
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  • 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: 586-597.
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  • 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: 1022.
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  • Paul V. A. Fine, Emilio M. Bruna (2016) Neotropical white-sand forests: origins, ecology and conservation of a unique rain forest environment. Biotropica. 48: 5-6.
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  • 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: 726-728.
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  • Ernane H. M. Vieira-Neto, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Emilio M. Bruna (2016) Roads increase population growth rates of a native leaf-cutter ant in Neotropical savannahs. Journal of Applied Ecology. 53: 983-992.
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  • Bruna, EM (2015) 2015 Biotropica Awards for Excellence in Tropical Biology and Conservation. Biotropica. 47: 779-782.
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  • Jason D. Hoeksema, Emilio M. Bruna (2015) Context-dependent outcomes of mutualistic interactions. NA. NA: 181-202.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna (2014) A Word from the Editor-in-Chief. Biotropica. 46: 377-377.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna (2014) Biotropica to become an ‘online‐only’ journal in 2015. Biotropica. 46: NA.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna, Thiago J. Izzo, Brian D. Inouye, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2014) Effect of mutualist partner identity on plant demography. Ecology. 95: 3237-3243.
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  • Alexander V. Christianini, Paulo S. Oliveira, Emilio M. Bruna, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2014) Fauna in decline: Meek shall inherit. Science. 345: 1129-1129.
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  • 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. NA: 145-174.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna (2014) On identifying rising stars in ecology. Bioscience. 64: 169.
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  • Pedro B. Vasconcelos, Glein M. Araujo, Emilio M. Bruna (2014) The role of roadsides in conserving Cerrado plant diversity. Biodiversity and Conservation. 23: 3035-3050.
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  • Matthew J. Smith, Cody Weinberger, Emilio M. Bruna, Stefano Allesina (2014) The scientific impact of nations: journal placement and citation performance. PLOS ONE. 9: e109195.
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  • Alyssa H. Cho, Shelly A. Johnson, Carrie E. Schuman, Jennifer M. Adler, Oscar Gonzalez, Sarah J. Graves, Jana R. Huebner, D. Blaine Marchant, Sami W. Rifai, Irina Skinner, Emilio M. Bruna (2014) Women are underrepresented on the editorial boards of journals in environmental biology and natural resource management. PeerJ. 2: e542.
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  • 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: 728-736.
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  • 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: 1479-1484.
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  • 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 herb Heliconia acuminata. Molecular Ecology. 22: 5716-5729.
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  • Christine M. Lucas, Emilio M. Bruna, Cristiane M. N. Nascimento (2013) Seedling co-tolerance of multiple stressors in a disturbed tropical floodplain forest. Ecosphere. 4: art3.
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  • Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Emilio M. Bruna (2012) Arthropod responses to the experimental isolation of Amazonian forest fragments. Zoologia. 29: 515-530.
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  • Fabiane M. Mundim, Emilio M. Bruna, Ernane H. M. Vieira-Neto, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2012) Attack frequency and the tolerance to herbivory of Neotropical savanna trees. Oecologia. 168: 405-414.
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  • Gwenllian D. Iacona, L. Katherine Kirkman, Emilio M. Bruna (2012) Experimental test for facilitation of seedling recruitment by the dominant bunchgrass in a fire-maintained savanna. PLoS ONE. 7: e39108.
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  • 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: 390-393.
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  • Heather A. Passmore, Emilio M. Bruna, Sylvia M. Heredia, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2012) Resilient networks of ant-plant mutualists in amazonian forest fragments. PLoS ONE. 7: e40803.
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  • 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. 3: art31.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna, Thiago J. Izzo, Brian D. Inouye, Maria Uriarte, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2011) Asymmetric dispersal and colonization success of amazonian plant-ants queens. PLoS ONE. 6: e22937.
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  • 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: 924-937.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna, Ana Segalin Andrade (2011) Edge effects on growth and biomass partitioning of an Amazonian understory herb ( extitHeliconia acuminata ; Heliconiaceae). American Journal of Botany. 98: 1727-1734.
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  • Paul R. Gagnon, Emilio M. Bruna, Paulo Rubim, Maria Rosa Darrigo, Ramon C. Littell, Maria Uriarte, W. John Kress (2011) Growth of an understory herb is chronically reduced in Amazonian forest fragments. Biological Conservation. 144: 830-835.
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  • Alana Vaz Ferreira, Emilio M. Bruna, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2011) Seed predators limit plant recruitment in Neotropical savannas. Oikos. 120: 1013-1022.
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  • William F. Laurance, Jose L.C. Camargo, Regina C.C. Luizao, Susan G. Laurance, Stuart L. Pimm, Emilio M. Bruna, Philip C. Stouffer, G. Bruce Williamson, Julieta Benitez-Malvido, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Kyle S. Van Houtan, Charles E. Zartman, Sarah A. Boyle, Raphael K. Didham, Ana Andrade, Thomas E. Lovejoy (2011) The fate of Amazonian forest fragments: A 32-year investigation. Biological Conservation. 144: 56-67.
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  • Nigel C. A. Pitman, Jocelyn Widmer, Clinton N. Jenkins, Gabriela Stocks, Lisa Seales, Franklin Paniagua, Emilio M. Bruna (2011) Volume and geographical distribution of ecological research in the andes and the amazon, 1995–2008. Tropical Conservation Science. 4: 64-81.
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  • 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: 518-519.
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  • Lucas Berio Fortini, Emilio M. Bruna, Daniel J. Zarin, Steel S. Vasconcelos, Izildinha S. Miranda (2010) Altered resource availability and the population dynamics of tree species in Amazonian secondary forests. Oecologia. 162: 923-934.
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  • Ian J. Fiske, Emilio M. Bruna (2010) Alternative spatial sampling in studies of plant demography: consequences for estimates of population growth rate. Plant Ecology. 207: 213-225.
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  • 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: 361-372.
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  • 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: 2389-2403.
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  • Maria Uriarte, Emilio M. Bruna, Paulo Rubim, Marina Anciaes, Inge Jonckheere (2010) Effects of forest fragmentation on the seedling recruitment of a tropical herb: assessing seed vs. safe-site limitation. Ecology. 91: 1317-1328.
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  • Gwenllian D. Iacona, L. Katherine Kirkman, Emilio M. Bruna (2010) Effects of resource availability on seedling recruitment in a fire-maintained savanna. Oecologia. 163: 171-180.
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  • Maria Beatriz N. Ribeiro, Emilio M. Bruna, Waldir Mantovani (2010) Influence of post-clearing treatment on the recovery of herbaceous plant communities in amazonian secondary forests. Restoration Ecology. 18: 50-58.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna, Juliane Fernandes Guimaraes, Caue T. Lopes, Polyanna Duarte, Ana Claudia Lemos Gomes, Sonia Cristina S. Belentani, Renata Pacheco, Katia G. Facure, Frederico G. Lemos, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2010) Mammalia, Estação Ecológica do Panga, a Cerrado protected area in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. CheckList: the journal of biodiversity data. 6: 668.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna (2010) Scientific journals can advance tropical biology and conservation by requiring data archiving. Biotropica. 42: 399-401.
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  • M. C. Cortes, V. Gowda, W. J. Kress, E. M. Bruna, M. Uriarte (2009) Characterization of 10 microsatellite markers for the understorey Amazonian herb extitHeliconia acuminata. Molecular Ecology Resources. 9: 1261-1264.
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  • 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: 341-345.
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  • Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Renata Pacheco, Raphael C. Silva, Pedro B. Vasconcelos, Caue T. Lopes, Alan N. Costa, Emilio M. Bruna (2009) Dynamics of the leaf-litter arthropod fauna following fire in a neotropical woodland savanna. PLoS ONE. 4: e7762.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna, Ian J. Fiske, Matthew D. Trager (2009) Habitat fragmentation and plant populations: is what we know demographically irrelevant?. Journal of Vegetation Science. 20: 569-576.
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  • Kristine L. Callis, Lindsey R. Christ, Julian Resasco, David W. Armitage, Jeremy D. Ash, Timothy T. Caughlin, Sharon F. Clemmensen, Stella M. Copeland, Timothy J. Fullman, Ryan L. Lynch, Charley Olson, Raya A. Pruner, Ernane H.M. Vieira-Neto, Raneve West-Singh, Emilio M. Bruna (2009) Improving Wikipedia: educational opportunity and professional responsibility. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 24: 177-179.
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  • 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: 254-268.
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  • 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: 555-562.
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  • 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: 642-646.
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  • Alan N. Costa, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Ernane H.M. Vieira-Neto, Emilio 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: 849-854.
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  • 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. NA: 301-311.
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  • 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: e3080.
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  • 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: 241-249.
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  • William F. Morris, Catherine A. Pfister, Shripad Tuljapurkar, Chirrakal V. Haridas, Carol L. Boggs, Mark S. Boyce, Emilio M. Bruna, Don R. Church, Tim Coulson, Daniel F. Doak, Stacey Forsyth, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Carol C. Horvitz, Susan Kalisz, Bruce E. Kendall, Tiffany M. Knight, Charlotte T. Lee, Eric S. Menges (2008) Longevity can buffer plant and animal populations against changing climatic variability. Ecology. 89: 19-25.
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  • Gabriela Stocks, Lisa Seales, Franklin Paniagua, Erin Maehr, Emilio M. Bruna (2008) The Geographical and Institutional Distribution of Ecological Research in the Tropics: The Geography of Tropical Ecology. Biotropica. 40: 397-404.
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  • Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2007) 2007 Biotropica Award for Excellence in Tropical Biology and Conservation. Biotropica. 39: 668-669.
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  • 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: e908.
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  • 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: 3-13.
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  • M Boyce, C Haridas, C Lee, Thenceasstochasticdemographyw (2006) Demography in an increasingly variable world. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 21: 141-148.
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  • Matthew D. Trager, Emilio M. Bruna (2006) Effects of plant age, experimental nutrient addition and ant occupancy on herbivory in a neotropical myrmecophyte. Journal of Ecology. 94: 1156-1163.
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  • 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: 36-59.
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  • Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Ernane H. M. Vieira-Neto, Fabiane M. Mundim, Emilio M. Bruna (2006) Roads alter the colonization dynamics of a keystone herbivore in Neotropical savannas. Biotropica. 38: 661-665.
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  • E. M. Bruna, K. A. Kainer (2005) A delicate balance in Amazonia.. Science. 307: 1044-1045..
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  • David M. Lapola, Emilio M. Bruna, CG de Willink, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2005) Ant-tended Hemiptera in Amazonian myrmecophytes: Patterns of abundance and implications for mutualism function (Hymenoptera : Formicidae). Sociobiology. 46: 433-442.
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  • Daniel F. Doak, William F. Morris, Cathy Pfister, Bruce E. Kendall, Emilio M. Bruna (2005) Correctly estimating how environmental stochasticity influences fitness and population growth. The American Naturalist. 166: E14-E21.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna, Madan K. Oli (2005) Demographic effects of habitat fragmentation on a tropical herb: life-table response experiments. Ecology. 86: 1816-1824.
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  • E. M. Bruna, W. J. Kress (2005) Forest fragments and tropical plant reproduction in Amazonian Brazil.. NA. NA: 141-146.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna, Maria Beatriz Nogueira Ribeiro (2005) Regeneration and population structure of extitHeliconia acuminata in Amazonian secondary forests with contrasting land-use histories. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 21: 127-131.
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  • E. M. Bruna, M. B. Nogueira Ribeiro (2005) Regeneration and population structure of Heliconia acuminata in Amazonian secondary forests with contrasting land-use histories. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 21: 127-131.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna, Maria Beatriz Nogueira Ribeiro (2005) The compensatory responses of an understory herb to experimental damage are habitat‐dependent. American Journal of Botany. 92: 2101-2106.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Sylvia Heredia (2005) The effect of habitat fragmentation on communities of mutualists: Amazonian ants and their host plants. Biological Conservation. 124: 209-216.
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  • David M. Lapola, Bruna E. M., H. L. Vasconcelos (2004) Amizade tênue: relações mutualísticas entre plantas e formigas na Amazônia.. Ciência Hoje. 34: 28-33.
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  • E.M. Bruna (2004) Biological impacts of deforestation and fragmentation. NA. NA: 85-90.
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  • 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: 219-225.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna, David M. Lapola, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2004) Interspecific variation in the defensive responses of obligate plant-ants: experimental tests and consequences for herbivory. Oecologia. 138: 558-565.
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  • E. M. Bruna (2004) The biological consequences of deforestation and habitat fragmentation.. NA. NA: 85-90.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna, W. John Kress, Francisco Marques, Osmaildo Ferreira da Silva (2004) extitHeliconia acuminata reproductive success is independent of local floral density. Acta Amazonica. 34: 467-471.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna (2003) Are plant populations in fragmented habitats recruitment limited? Tests with an Amazonian herb. Ecology. 84: 932-947.
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  • David M. Lapola, Emilio M. Bruna, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos (2003) Contrasting responses to induction cues by ants inhabiting Maieta guianensis (Melastomataceae). Biotropica. 35: 295-300.
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  • Bruna, Emilio (2003) For the Love of Nature. Science’s Next Wave (AAAS Online Magazine). NA: NA.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna (2002) A biologist's guide to fragmenting the Amazon (including why that's a bad idea). Conservation Biology. 16: 1446-1448.
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  • William F. Laurance, Thomas E. Lovejoy, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Emilio M. Bruna, Raphael K. Didham, Philip C. Stouffer, Claude Gascon, Richard O. Bierregaard, Susan G. Laurance, Erica Sampaio (2002) Ecosystem decay of amazonian forest fragments: a 22-year investigation. Conservation Biology. 16: 605-618.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna (2002) Effects of forest fragmentation on Heliconia acuminata seedling recruitment in central Amazonia. Oecologia. 132: 235-243.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna, Olavo Nardy, Sharon Y. Strauss, Susan Harrison (2002) Experimental assessment of extitHeliconia acuminata growth in a fragmented Amazonian landscape. Journal of Ecology. 90: 639-649.
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  • 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: 639-649..
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  • Emilio M. Bruna, W. John Kress (2002) Habitat fragmentation and the demographic structure of an Amazonian understory herb (Heliconia acuminata). Conservation Biology. 16: 1256-1266.
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  • Jason D. Hoeksema, Emilio M. Bruna (2000) Pursuing the big questions about interspecific mutualism: a review of theoretical approaches. Oecologia. 125: 321-330.
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  • S. Harrison, E. Bruna (1999) Habitat fragmentation and large-scale conservation: what do we know for sure?. Ecography. 22: 225-232.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna (1999) Seed germination in rainforest fragments. Nature. 402: 139-139.
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  • 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: 681-688.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna, Robert N. Fisher, Ted J. Case (1996) New evidence of habitat segregation between two cryptic species of pacific skinks (Emoia cyanura and E. impar). Copeia. 1996: 998.
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  • Emilio M. Bruna, Robert N. Fisher, Ted J. Case (1995) Cryptic species of Pacific skinks (Emoia): further support from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Copeia. 1995: 981.
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