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PrePrints
Porto, L.M.V., Etienne, R.S. & Maestri, R. Competition and environmental gradients structure assemblages of Canidae across the planet. BioRXiv. DOI.
Porto, L.M.V., Bennett, D., Maestri, R. & Etienne, R.S. The effect of climate change on the distribution of Canidae. BioRXiv. DOI.
Duarte, L., Nakamura, G., Debastiani, V.J., Maestri, R., Pereira, M.J.R., Cianciaruso, M. & Diniz-Filho, J.A.F. There and Back to the Present: An Evolutionary Tale on Biological Diversity. BioRxiv. DOI.
Duarte, L., Lima, J., Maestri, R., Debastiani, V.J. & Collevatti, R. HaploVectors: an integrative analytical tool for phylogeography. BioRxiv. DOI.
2023
53. Porto, L.M.V., Etienne, R.S. & Maestri, R. Evolutionary radiation in canids following continental colonizations. Evolution. DOI.
52. Nakamura, G., Rodrigues, A. V., Luza, A. L., Maestri, R., Debastiani, V., & da Silva Duarte, L. Herodotools: An R package to integrate macroevolution, community ecology, and biogeography. EcoEvoRxiv. DOI. See the Introduction to Herodotools.
51. Andrade, B., […] Maestri, R., […] & Overbeck, G.E. 2023. 12,500+ and counting: biodiversity of the Brazilian Pampa. Frontiers of Biogeography, 12.5: e59288. DOI.
50. Loponte, D., Carbonera, M., Santos de Almeida, T., Maestri, R., Lourdeau, A., Santos Pereira, M., Silvestre, R. & Bertoncello, A. 2023. A review of the curved lithic cleavers from the rainforest of southeastern South America. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 47: 103714. DOI.
2022
49. Maestri, R., Luza, A.L., Hartz, S.M., Freitas, T.R.O. & Patterson, B.D. 2022. Bridging macroecology and macroevolution in the radiation of sigmodontine rodents. Evolution, 76: 1790-1805. DOI.
48. Iaeger, C.T., Maestri, R. & Fornel, R. 2022. Proechimys and Trinomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae): diferenças no sincrânio em dois gêneros de ratos de espinho na região Neotropical. Brazilian Journal of Mammalogy, 91: e91202221. DOI.
47. Imlau-Cardoso, R., Maestri, R., Duarte, L. & Pereira, M.J.R. 2022. Diversification of South American Vespertilionidae (Chiroptera) is not constrained by evolutionary priority effects. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 136: 334-345. DOI.
46. Durocher, M., Grouard, S., Nicolas, V., Maestri, R. & Evin, A. 2022. Defining fragmentation patterns of archaeological bone remains without topologies: a landmark-based approach on rodent mandibula. Quaternary, 5: 14. DOI.
45. Teixeira, M.C., Quintana, I.V., Segatto, A.L.A., Maestri, R., Freitas, L.B., Augsten, M., Stehmann, J.R. & Turchetto, C. 2022. Changes in floral shape: insights into the evolution of wild Nicotiana (Solanaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 199: 267-285. DOI.
2021
45. Van Dijk, A., Nakamura, G., Rodrigues, A.V., Maestri, R. & Duarte L.D.S. 2021. Imprints of tropical niche conservatism and historical dispersal in the radiation of Tyrannidae (Aves: Passeriformes). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 134:57-67. DOI.
44. Iaeger, C., Maestri, R. & Fornel, R. 2021. Diversification of the cranium and mandible of spiny rats of the genus Trinomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in an environmental and phylogenetic context. Journal of Mammalogy, 102:603-614. DOI.
43. Luza, A.L., Maestri, R., Debastiani, V.J., Patterson, B.D., Hartz, S.M. & Duarte, L. 2021. Is evolution faster at ecotones? A test using rates and tempo of diet transitions in Neotropical Sigmodontinae (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Ecology and Evolution, 11:18676-18690. DOI.
42. Esquivel, D.A., Maestri, R. & Santana, S. 2021. Evolutionary implications of dental anomalies in bats. Evolution, 75:1087-1096. DOI.
41. Freitas, T.R.O., Gonçalves, G.L. & Maestri, R. (Eds.). 2021. Tuco-tucos – An evolutionary approach to the diversity of a Neotropical rodent. Springer Nature Switzerland. DOI.
40. Fornel, R., Maestri, R., Cordeiro-Estrela, P. & Freitas, T.R.O. 2021. Skull shape and size diversification in the genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae). In: Freitas, T.R.O., Gonçalves, G.L. & Maestri, R. (Eds.) – Tuco-tucos – An evolutionary approach to the diversity of a Neotropical rodent. Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 113-140. DOI.
39. Maestri, R. & Patterson, B.D. 2021. Geographical and macroecological patterns of tuco-tucos. In: Freitas, T.R.O., Gonçalves, G.L. & Maestri, R. (Eds.) – Tuco-tucos – An evolutionary approach to the diversity of a Neotropical rodent. Springer Nature Switzerland, pp.113-140. DOI.
2020
38. Maestri, R., & Duarte, L. 2020. Evoregions: mapping shifts in phylogenetic turnover across biogeographic regions. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11:1652-1662. DOI.
37. Maestri, R., Fiedler, M., Shenbrot, G., Surkova, E., Medvedev, S. Khokhlova, I. & Krasnov, B. 2020. Harrison’s rule scales up to entire parasite assemblages but is determined by environmental factors. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89: 2888-2895. DOI.
36. Maestri., R. 2020. A macroecological perspective on Neotropical rodents. Mastozoología Neotropical 27: 27-36. DOI.
35. Maestri, R. & Duarte, L. 2020. Evolutionary Imprints on Species Distribution Patterns Across the Neotropics. In: Rull, V., Carnaval, A.C. – Neotropical Diversification: Patterns and Processes. (eds.). Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2020, p. 103-119. DOI.
34. Maestri, R., Shenbrot, G.I., Warburton, E.M., Khokhlova, I.S. & Krasnov, B.R. 2020. Contrasting responses of beta diversity components to environmental and host-associated factors in insect ectoparasites. Ecological Entomology 45: 594-605. DOI.
33. Lopes, C.M., de Barba, M., Boyer, F., Mercier, C., Galiano D., Kubiak, B.B., Maestri, R., Filho, P.J.S., Gielly, L., Coissac, E., Freitas, T.R.O. & Taberlet, P. 2020. Ecological specialization and niche overlap of subterranean rodents inferred from DNA metabarcoding diet analysis. Molecular Ecology, 29: 3144-3154. DOI.
32. Kubiak, B.B., Kretschmer, R., Leipnitz, L.T., Maestri, R., Almeida, T.S., Borges, L.R., Galiano, D., Pereira, J., Oliveira, E.H.C., Ferguson-Smith, M. & Freitas, T.R.O. 2020. Hybridization between subterranean tuco-tucos (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae) with contrasting phylogenetic positions. Scientific Reports 10:1502. DOI.
31. de la Sancha, N.U., Maestri, R., Bovendorp, R.S. & Higgins, C.L. 2020. Disentangling drivers of small mammal diversity in a highly fragmented forest system. Biotropica 52: 182-195. DOI.
30. Souza, M.M., Kubiak, B.B., Maestri, R., Kretschmer, R. & Galiano D. 2020. New record of Juliomys ossitenuis Costa, Pavan, Leite & Fagundes, 2007 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil. Check List, 16: 805-809. DOI.
29. Teixeira, M.C., Turchetto, C., Maestri, R. & Freitas, L.B. 2020. Morphological characterization of sympatric and allopatric populations of Petunia axillaris and P. exserta (Solanaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 192:550-567. DOI.
28. Alhajeri, B.H., Porto, L.M.V. & Maestri, R. 2020. Habitat productivity is a poor predictor of body size in rodents. Current Zoology 66:135-143. DOI.
2019
27. Maestri, R., Upham, N.S. & Patterson, B.D. 2019. Tracing the diversification history of a Neogene rodent invasion into South America. Ecography 42: 683-695. DOI.
26. Porto, L.M.V., Maestri, R. & Duarte L.D.S. 2019. Evolutionary relationships among life-history traits in Canidae (Mammalia: Carnivora). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 128: 311-322. DOI.
25. Peçanha, W.T., Quintela, F.M., Ribas, L.E.J., Althoff, S.L., Maestri, R., Gonçalves, G.L. & Freitas, T.R.O. 2019. A new species of Oxymycterus (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from a transitional area of Cerrado – Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy 100: 578-598. DOI.
24. Gordon, I.J., Prins, H.H.T., Mallon, J., Puk, L.D., Miranda, E.B.P., Starling-Manne, C., van der Wal, R., Moore, B., Foley, W., Lush, L., Maestri, R., Matsuda, I. & Clauss, M. 2019. The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing in Other Vertebrate Taxa. In: Gordon, Iain J., Prins, Herbert H.T. – The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing. (Org.). Ecological Studies. IIed.: Springer International Publishing, 2019, p. 339-404. DOI.
2018
23. Maestri, R., Monteiro, L.R., Fornel, R., Freitas, T.R.O. & Patterson, B.D. 2018. Geometric morphometrics meets metacommunity ecology: environment and lineage distribution affects spatial variation in shape. Ecography 41: 90-100. DOI. Blog post. [PDF]
22. Maestri, R. 2018. Digest: adaptive radiation and the multidimensional niche. Evolution 72: 2828-2829. DOI.
21. Kubiak, B.B., Maestri, R., Almeida, T.S., Borges, L.R., Galiano, D., Fornel, R. & Freitas, T.R.O. 2018. Evolution in action: soil hardness influences morphology in a subterranean rodent (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125: 766-776. DOI.
20. Reis, J., Bidau, C.J., Maestri, R. & Martinez, P.A. 2018. Diversification of the climatic niche drove the recent processes of speciation in Sigmodontinae (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Mammal Review 48: 328-332. DOI.
19. Luza, A.L., Trindade, J.P.P., Maestri, R., Duarte, L.D.S. & Hartz, S.M. 2018. Rodent occupancy in grassland paddocks subjected to different grazing intensities in South Brazil. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation 16: 151-157. DOI.
18. Gonçalves, G.L., Maestri, R., Moreira, G.R.P., Jacobi, M.A.M., Freitas, T.R.O. & Hoekstra, H.E. 2018. Divergent genetic mechanism leads to spiny hair in mammals. Plos One 13: e0202219. DOI.
2017
17. Maestri, R., Monteiro, L.R., Fornel, R., Upham, N.S., Patterson, B.D. & Freitas, T.R.O. 2017. The ecology of a continental evolutionary radiation: Is the radiation of sigmodontine rodents adaptive? Evolution 71: 610-632. DOI. Digest. [PDF]
16. Maestri, R. 2017. Using phylogenetic clade composition to understand biogeographical variation in functional traits. Frontiers of Biogeography 9: e34435. DOI. [PDF]
15. Maestri, R., Shenbrot, G.I. & Krasnov, B.R. 2017. Parasite beta diversity, host beta diversity and environment: application of two approaches to reveal patterns of flea species turnover in Mongolia. Journal of Biogeography 44: 1880-1890. DOI. [PDF]
14. Maestri, R., Luza, A.L., Barros, L.D., Hartz, S.M., Ferrari, A., Freitas, T.R.O. & Duarte, L.D.S. 2017. Geographical patterns of body mass distribution are robust even when inserting uncertainty in average estimates of species body mass. Journal of Biogeography 44: 2678-2680. DOI. [PDF]
13. Kubiak, B.B., Gutiérrez, E.E., Galiano, D., Maestri, R. & Freitas, T.R.O. Can niche modeling and geometric morphometrics document competitive exclusion in a pair of subterranean rodents (genus Ctenomys) with tiny parapatric distributions? Scientific Reports 7: 16283. DOI. [PDF]
12. Borges, L.R., Maestri, R., Kubiak, B.B., Galiano, D., Fornel, R. & Freitas, T.R.O. 2017. The role of soil features in shaping the bite force and related skull and mandible morphology in the subterranean rodents of genus Ctenomys (Hystricognathi: Ctenomyidae). Journal of Zoology 301: 108-117. DOI. Blog post.
11. Peçanha, W., Althoff, S.L., Galiano, D., Quintela, F.M., Maestri, R., Gonçalves, G.L. & Freitas, T.R.O. 2017. Pleistocene climatic oscillations in Neotropical open areas: refuge isolation in the rodent Oxymycterus nasutus endemic to grasslands. Plos One 12: e0187329. DOI.
10. Kubiak, B.B., Maestri, R., Galiano, D., Borges, L.R. & Freitas, T.R.O. 2017. Interspecific interactions may not influence home range size in subterranean rodents: a case study of two tuco-tuco species (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae). Journal of Mammalogy 98: 1753-1759. DOI.
2016
9. Maestri, R. & Patterson, B.D. 2016. Patterns of rodent richness and turnover for the South American rodent fauna. Plos One 11: e151895. DOI. [PDF]
8. Maestri, R., Luza, A.L., Barros, L.D., Hartz, S.M., Ferrari, A., Freitas, T.R.O. & Duarte, L.D.S. 2016. Geographical variation of body size in sigmodontine rodents depends on both environment and phylogenetic composition of communities. Journal of Biogeography 43: 1192-1202. DOI. [PDF]
7. Maestri, R., Patterson, B.D., Fornel, R., Monteiro, L.R. & Freitas, T.R.O. 2016. Diet, bite force, and skull morphology in the generalist rodent morphotype. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 29: 2191-2204. DOI. [PDF]
6. Maestri, R., Fornel, R., Gonçalves, G.L., Geise, L., Freitas T.R.O. & Carnaval, A.C. 2016. Predictors of intraspecific morphological variability in a tropical hotspot: comparing the influence of random and non-random factors. Journal of Biogeography 43: 2160-2172. DOI. [PDF]
2015
5. Maestri, R., Fornel, R., Galiano, D. & Freitas, T.R.O. 2015. Niche suitability affects development: skull asymmetry increases in less suitable areas. Plos One 10: e0122412. DOI. Media Interview.
4. Maestri, R., Fornel, R., Freitas, T.R.O. & Marinho, J.R. 2015. Ontogenetic allometry in the foot size of Oligoryzomys flavescens (Waterhouse, 1837) (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae). Brazilian Journal of Biology 75: 435-441. DOI.
3. Maestri, R., Kubiak, B.B., Galiano, D., Freitas, T.R.O. & Marinho, J.R. 2015. New record and distribution extension of the rare Atlantic Forest endemic Abrawayaomys ruschii Cunha & Cruz, 1979 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae). Check List 11: 1558. DOI.
2014
2. Maestri, R. & Marinho, J.R. 2014. Singing in the rain. Rainfall and moonlight affect daily activity patterns of rodents in a Neotropical forest. Acta Theriologica 59: 427-433. DOI. [PDF]
1. Maestri, R., Galiano, D., Kubiak, B.B. & Marinho, J.R. 2014. Diversity of small land mammals in a subtropical Atlantic forest in the western region of the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Biota Neotropica 14: 1-7. DOI. [PDF]