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Papers

(The median citation count of Biota Neotropica is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework	15
Effects of urbanization on the fauna of Odonata on the coast of southern Brazil	13
Building knowledge to save species: 20 years of ichthyological studies in the Tocantins-Araguaia River basin	12
Brazilian mangroves at risk	10
Limnoperna fortunei - Updating the geographic distribution in the Brazilian watersheds and mapping the regional occurrence in the Upper Uruguay River basin	10
From the headwaters to the Iguassu Falls: Inventory of the ichthyofauna in the Iguassu River basin shows increasing percentages of nonnative species	9
Broad and fine-scale threats on threatened Brazilian freshwater fish: variability across hydrographic regions and taxonomic groups	9
From insect-plant interactions to ecological networks	8
Severe coral bleaching of Siderastrea stellata at the only atoll in the South Atlantic driven by sequential Marine Heatwaves	7
Historical survey of research related to fire management and fauna conservation in the world and in Brazil	7
Scavengers flesh flies (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) from two phytophysiognomies in the state of Maranhão, Northeastern of Brazil	6
speciesLink: rich data and novel tools for digital assessments of biodiversity	6
Diversity of Cerambycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Cerrado of Central Brazil using a new type of bait	6
Microorganisms: the secret agents of the biosphere, and their key roles in biotechnology	6
Ecological and growth patterns of the longsnout seahorse Hippocampus reidi inferred by mark-recapture techniques in a tropical estuary	6
Relative condition factor and predictive model for the presence of the invasive snail Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica in Sergipe, Northeast Brazil	5
Checklist of Damselflies and Dragonflies (Odonata) from Acre state, and the first record of Drepanoneura loutoni von Ellenrieder & Garrison, 2008 for Brazil	5
Herpetofauna of Matas de Água Azul, an Atlantic Forest remnant in Serra do Mascarenhas, Pernambuco state, Brazil	5
Gastrotrichs and tardigrades in a remnant of Atlantic Forest (Serra do Japi, SP, Brazil)	5
Spatio-temporal variation of Mocis latipes (Guenée, 1852) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) populations in Brazil according to meteorological factors	5
First record of Moenkhausia costae (Steindachner 1907) in the Paraíba do Norte basin after the São Francisco River diversion	5
Ferns and lycophytes in Chapada das Mesas National Park and surroundings, Maranhão State, Brazil	5
Checklist of mammals from Goiás, central Brazil	5
Long-term monitoring of marine turtle nests in northeastern Brazil	5
Aquatic oligochaetes (Annelida: Clitellata) in reservoirs in São Paulo State: list of occurrence and ecological observations on the species	5

Terrestrial Gastropoda from the caves of Presidente Olegário, southeastern Brazil	4
Yeasts in native fruits from Brazilian neotropical savannah: occurrence, diversity and enzymatic potential	4
Spatial and seasonal variation of benthic fish assemblages in whitewater rivers of Central Amazon	4
Seed removal of Araucaria angustifolia by native and invasive mammals in protected areas of Atlantic Forest	4
Insect (Hexapoda) diversity in the Oceanic Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil: Seasonality and Populational Density of Tabanidae (Diptera)	4
Effect of land-use types on the ecomorphological structure of fish assemblage in distinct mesohabitats of neotropical streams	4
Foraging preferences of the native stingless bee Melipona seminigra pernigra (Apidae: Meliponini) in campo rupestre on canga of Serra dos Carajás, southeastern Amazonia	4
Checklist and contribution to the knowledge of the odonatofauna of Paraíba state, Brazil	4
Nematodes of Proceratophrys ararype (Anura: Odontophrynidae), an endemic frog from the Araripe Plateau, northeastern Brazil	4
Metabarcoding advances for ecology and biogeography of Neotropical protists: what do we know, where do we go?	4
Phyllanthaceae in the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil	4
Correlations between morphological fruit types, fruit and seed colors, and functional groups	3
New records of Tabanidae (Diptera) in an ecotone zone between the Cerrado and the Amazon Forest and an updated list of species of Tocantins, Brazil	3
Length-weight relationship and diet of the catfish Cambeva guareiensis (Siluriformes; Trichomycteridae)	3
A “hotspot” within a hotspot: the reptiles of the Estação Ecológica and Área de Proteção Ambiental de Murici, Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil	3
Remote spatial analysis lacking ethnographic grounding mischaracterizes sustainability of Indigenous burning regime	3
Functional Feeding Group composition and attributes: evaluation of freshwater ecosystems in Atlantic Forest, Brazil	3
Lizards and snakes of Refúgio de Vida Silvestre Matas do Siriji, an Atlantic Forest hotspot of the Pernambuco Endemism Center, Northeastern Brazil	3
Drifting in a free-flowing river: Distribution of fish eggs and larvae in a small tributary of a Neotropical reservoir	3
Length-weight relationship and condition factor for Prochilodus lineatus, an important commercial fish, in contrasting water-quality environments of the middle Tietê River basin, Southeast Brazil	3
Individual niche trajectories in nesting green turtles on Rocas Atoll, Brazil: an isotopic tool to assess diet shifts over time	3
The butterflies of Cristalino Lodge, in the Brazilian southern Amazonia: An updated species list with a significant contribution from citizen science	3
Fishes of the Mitú Region: middle basin of the río Vaupés, Colombian Amazon	3
Research trends on elasmobranchs from the Brazilian Amazon Coast: a four-decade review	3
The sweat bees from Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)	3
Amphibians and reptiles from the Parque Nacional da Tijuca, Brazil, one of the world’s largest urban forests	3
March or Die: road-killed herpetofauna along BR-040 highway, an ancient road on the Atlantic Forest from Southeastern Brazil	3
Bioprospecting macroalgae, marine and terrestrial invertebrates & their associated microbiota	3
Diversity, distribution and host plants of armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in Espírito Santo, Brazil	3
Bioprospecting as a strategy for conservation and sustainable use of the Brazilian Flora	3
Fish assemblage patterns in a subtropical estuary in southern Brazil	3
Trophic overlap of lionfish (Pterois volitans) and two native predators (Lutjanus apodus and Cephalopholis cruentata) in the western Caribbean	3
Leaf morphoanatomy of an endemic massaranduba from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil	3
Mammals in São Paulo State: diversity, distribution, ecology, and conservation	3
Type of shelter and first description of the echolocation call of disk-winged bat (Thyroptera devivoi)	2
Chemical, diversity and biotechnological potential of endophytic fungi isolated from Brazilian Cerrado plants	2
Insect galls on Asteraceae in Brazil: richness, geographic distribution, associated fauna, endemism and economic importance	2
The high biodiversity of benthic organisms in a coastal ecosystem revealed by an integrative approach	2
Potential dispersal of aquatic snails by waterbird endozoochory in neotropical wetlands	2
Phylogeography of the white-crowned parrot (Pionus senilis)	2
Fish fauna of small-order streams of savannah and forest fragments landscape in the lower Tapajós River basin, Amazonia	2
Composition and diversity of phytophilous cladocerans of oxbow lakes of Southwest Amazonian, Acre state, Brazil	2
Abundance and richness of Arctiinae moths throughout the night in a Cerrado area	2
Insect (Hexapoda) Diversity in the Oceanic Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil: Scenopinidae (Diptera)	2
New records of dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) from Amapá state, Brazil	2
Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Iguaçu National Park and surrounding areas in southern Brazil: a long-term survey, with six new records for the Brazilian fauna	2
Vascular plant checklist in an area of extreme biological importance: filling gaps in the Caparaó National Park-ES, Brazil	2
Georeferenced database and interactive online map of limnoterrestrial and freshwater Tardigrada from Central and South America	2
Tree species composition in Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2
Multi-taxon inventory and landscape characterization in an agrosystem of the Brazilian Midwest targeted for payment for environmental services	2

From genes to ecosystems: a synthesis of amphibian biodiversity research in Brazil	2
Feeding habits of the Robber Frog Pristimantis paulodutrai (Bokermann, 1975) in northeastern Brazil	2
Cecidomyiidae (Diptera, Insecta): richness of species and distribution in Brazil	2
Ichthyofauna of the Nascentes do Rio Parnaíba National Park: watershed divide in the main agricultural encroachment area in the Brazilian Cerrado	2
First occurrence in mangroves of South America of the exotic species Sonneratia apetala Buch.-Ham. from the Indo-Malayan region	2
Ephemeroptera (Insecta) from the metropolitan region of Santarém, Pará, Brazil	2
Anuran fauna of the Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho - Núcleo Sete Barras, southeastern Brazil: species composition, use of breeding sites, and seasonal patterns of breeding activity	2
Entomogenous galls and their associated fauna in deciduous dry forest and woodland vegetation remnants (Caatinga) in the Northern Depressão Sertaneja, Brazil	2
Biodiversity and public health interface	1
Contribution of the Brazilian National Forest Inventory to the knowledge of Cerrado woody flora	1
Florivory by lizards on Tacinga inamoena (K.Schum.) N.P.Taylor & Stuppy (Cactaceae) in the Brazilian Caatinga	1
Research in education and communication in science: contributions from the Biota-Fapesp program to biodiversity education	1
Mammals of Cajuru State Forest and surroundings: a neglected but important Protected Area for the Cerrado conservation in the São Paulo state, Brazil	1
Ecological and biological patterns of stream fish studies from the Piracicaba-Capivari-Jundiaí Basin (PCJ Basin, SP) assessed through a systematic review	1
Fish fauna in low-order streams of the Piquiri River, Upper Paraná River basin, Brazil	1
Phytoplankton composition from Araçá Bay and São Sebastião Channel, São Paulo, Brazil	1
Biodiversity Management and Research in Multifunctional Landscapes	1
Lizards from the Alto Sertão region of Sergipe state, northeastern Brazil	1
Living at the top of the forest line: medium and large mammals in a high-mountain ecotone in Peruvian Central Andes	1
One more place to call home: the invasive bivalve Mytilopsis leucophaeata reaches the Maricá-Guarapina lagoon system (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)	1
Occurrence of potential wild hosts of Echinococcus vogeli in the forests of southwestern Brazilian Amazonia	1
Diversity of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the Caribbean region of Colombia: temporal variation between two fragments of tropical dry forest	1
Breeding biology in a population of Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis, Statius Müller, 1776) at different elevations in the Tropical Andes	1
Phoretic association between Hisonotus chromodontus (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) and Ichthyocladius sp. (Diptera: Chironomidae) larvae in Amazonian streams	1
Aquatic larval of the genus Arrenurus (Trombidiformes: Parasitengonina: Arrenuridae) associated with Odonata species from Pampa Biome, Brazil	1
A multidisciplinary framework for biodiversity prediction in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest hotspot	1
Checklist of the ichthyofauna of Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, Middle Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil: high richness in a large protected area of Western-Central Amazonia	1
Conservation of the Black-collared Swallow, Pygochelidon melanoleuca (Wied, 1820) (Aves: Hirundinidae) in Brazil: potential negative impacts of hydropower plants	1
Mite fauna (Acari) associated with apple orchards (Malus domestica) and spontaneous vegetation as reservoir for predatory mites	1
Morphological characterization and diversity of tadpoles (Amphibia: Anura) at Emas National Park and its surrounding, Goiás State, Brazil	1
The importance of ethnoecological studies for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity: a critical analysis of six decades of support by FAPESP	1
Zooplankton diversity in Acre state, Amazon, Brazil: an overview of previous studies	1
Amazonian forest termites: a species checklist from the State of Acre, Brazil	1
Updated list of non-volant small mammals from the Serra da Bocaina National Park, southeastern Brazil	1
Anurans of a protected area from Mantiqueira Complex, Atlantic Forest of Minas Gerais state, Brazil	1
bnormal average increase in sea surface temperature may promote the first documented mortality event of a marine sponge in the Southeastern Brazil	1
Xylobotryum portentosum (Mont.) Pat. (Xylobotryomycetes, Ascomycota): a rare fungal species newly found in Southeastern Brazil	1
The contribution of the BIOTA/FAPESP Program to the advancement of the knowledge on terrestrial invertebrates	1
Attraction to conspecifcs in Rhinella icterica and R. ornata tadpoles (Anura: Bufonidae)	1
Morphological characterization and taxonomic key for tadpoles of Brazilian Cerrado	1
Composition and distribution of fishes from the Perequê-Açu river basin, Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil	1
Spider (Arachnida-Araneae) diversity in an amazonian altitudinal gradient: are the patterns congruent with mid-domain and rapoport effect predictions?	1
Breeding biology of Hooded Gnateater Conopophaga roberti Hellmayr, 1905 (Aves: Conopophagidae)	1
Streams fish from Upper Araguaia and Middle Rio da Mortes basin, Brazil: generating subsidies for preservation and conservation of this critical natural resource	1
Historical review on the type locality of Knodus victoriae (Steindachner 1907) (Teleostei: Characidae) and Loricaria parnahybae Steindachner 1907 (Teleostei: Loricariidae)	1
A compilation of host plants and their gall-inducing insects for the Caatinga Biome	1
Marine and coastal biodiversity studies, 60 years of research funding from FAPESP, what we have learned and future challenges	1
Novelties from the herbaceous stratum in a key region for the conservation of the Southern Amazon	1
Dragonflies and Damselflies in a region of the Triângulo Mineiro, Minas Gerais: checklist and taxonomic additions	1
Effects of the presence of litter on the composition of stream tadpoles' assemblages in an Atlantic Forest remnant of southeastern Brazil	1
Social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in Cerrado and Caatinga conservation units, Minas Gerais, Brazil	1
Insect galls of the Brazilian Cerrado: associated fauna	1
Fish fauna of the São Francisco River Interbasin Water Transfer reservoirs	1
Fishes from Yarinacocha lake: an emblematic Amazonian ecosystem in the lower Ucayali River basin, Pucallpa, Peru	1
Population density estimates for three endangered bird taxa from the Pernambuco Endemism Center, northeastern Brazil	1
Two in one: the little bat that pollinates and disperses plants at an urban site in Southeastern Brazil	1
Molecular confirmation of twinning in the West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus)	1
Natural history museums and zoological collections of São Paulo State	1
The bee fauna (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in Cerrado and Cerrado-Amazon Rainforest transition sites in Tocantins state, Northern Region of Brazil	1
Germination of fruits eaten by the maned wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus (Illiger, 1815) (Carnivora, Canidae)	1
Wood-inhabiting corticioid and poroid fungi (Basidiomycota) from Reserva Ecológica da Universidade Estadual de Goiás, a remnant of the Brazilian Cerrado	1
Plant galls recorded from Guanacaste Conservation Area-Costa Rica as an integrated concept of a biological database	1
Hair as a tool for identification of predators and prey: a study based on scats of jaguars (Panthera onca) and pumas (Puma concolor)	1
Fishes from the Colombian Amazonia region: species composition from the river systems within the rainforest biome	1
Searching for synthetic mechanisms on how biological traits mediate species responses to climate change	1
Insect galls from the Serra da Bandeira (Barreiras, Western Bahia, Brazil)	1
Blooming meal: flower eating by the Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui	1