NEOTROPICAL ALIEN MAMMALS: a data set of occurrence and abundance of alien mammals in the Neotropics - Clarissa Alves da Rosa; Bruno R. Ribeiro; Vanesa Bejarano; Fernando Henrique Puertas; Adriana Bocchiglieri; Adriana Loeser dos Santos Barbosa; Adriano Garcia Chiarello; Adriano Pereira Paglia; Adriele Aparecida Pereira; Adryelle Francisca de Souza Moreira; Agnis Cristiane de Souza; Aiesca Pellegrin; et al. (Ecology, 2020)
Biological invasion is one of the main threats to native biodiversity. For a species to become invasive, it must be voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into a nonnative habitat. Mammals were among first taxa to be introduced worldwide for game, meat, and labor, yet the number of species introduced in the Neotropics remains unknown. In this data set, we make available occurrence and abundance data on mammal species that (1) transposed a geographical barrier and (2) were voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into the Neotropics. Our data set is composed of 73,738 historical and current georeferenced records on alien mammal species of which around 96% correspond to occurrence data on 77 species belonging to eight orders and 26 families. Data cover 26 continental countries in the Neotropics, ranging from Mexico and its frontier regions (southern Florida and coastal‐central Florida in the southeast United States) to Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay, and the 13 countries of Caribbean islands. Our data set also includes neotropical species (e.g., Callithrix sp., Myocastor coypus , Nasua nasua) considered alien in particular areas of Neotropics. The most numerous species in terms of records are from Bos sp. ( n = 37,782), Sus scrofa ( n = 6,730), and Canis familiaris ( n = 10,084); 17 species were represented by only one record (e.g., S yncerus caffer, Cervus timorensis, Cervus unicolor, Canis latrans ). Primates have the highest number of species in the data set ( n = 20 species), partly because of uncertainties regarding taxonomic identification of the genera Callithrix, which includes the species Callithrix aurita, Callithrix flaviceps, Callithrix geoffroyi, Callithrix jacchus, Callithrix kuhlii, Callithrix penicillata , and their hybrids. This unique data set will be a valuable source of information on invasion risk assessments, biodiversity redistribution and conservation‐related research. There are no copyright restrictions. Please cite this data paper when using the data in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us on how they are using the data.

Damming reduced the functional richness and caused the shift to a new functional state of the phytoplankton in a subtropical region - Alfonso Pineda; Patrícia Iatskiu; Susicley Jati; Aline C. M. Paula; Bárbara F. Zanco; Claudia C. Bonecker; Geovani A. Moresco; Laura A. Ortega; Yasmin R. Souza; Luzia C. Rodrigues (Hydrobiologia, 2020)

Gonadal remodeling and hormonal regulation during sex change of juvenile dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus (Teleostei, Serranidae), an endangered protogynous hermaphrodite fish - J. A. Rodrigues-Filho; C. E. O. Garcia; C. G. Chehade; E. G. Sanches; M. I. Borella; F. L. Lo Nostro; B. C. Araújo; G. S. Branco; R. G. Moreira (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2020)

Association between maternal exposure to air pollution before conception and sex determination in the city of São Paulo - Mariana Azevedo Carvalho; Karen Hettfleisch; Agatha S Rodrigues; Alexandra Benachi; Sandra Elisabete Vieira; Silvia R D M Saldiva; Paulo Hilário N. Saldiva; Rossana Pulcineli Vieira Francisco; Lisandra Stein Bernardes (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2020)

Spatial distribution of the level of return of extreme precipitation events in Northeast Brazil - Daniele T. Rodrigues; Weber A. Gonçalves; Maria H. C. Spyrides; Cláudio M. Santos e Silva; Diego O. de Souza (International Journal of Climatology, 2020)
This study aimed to estimate levels of return of extreme daily precipitation events, associating them with natural disasters in Northeast Brazil (NEB), a region characterized by different climatic conditions and low rates of social and economic development. For this, generalized Pareto distribution (GPD) models were adjusted to the daily extreme precipitation data estimated by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 3B42 product of the multisatellite precipitation analysis for a period of 16 years (2000–2015). In addition, the estimates of the GPD model were compared using two data sources, TRMM and pluviometer. The investigation showed that the results of the GPD model estimated by means of the extreme data from the rain gauge and the TRMM were statistically the same, with 95% confidence. Thus, using the data referring to the 2,082 grid points of the TRMM, it was possible to map the spatial distribution of the estimates of the levels of return of extreme precipitation to the return periods of 2, 5 and 10 years, per seasonal period. In general, the results indicated that the intensity of expected extreme precipitation depends on the seasonal period and the place of occurrence of precipitation. The eastern NEB stood out as the region where the highest intensities of extreme precipitation are expected. Extreme precipitation values of up to 178 mm are expected in 2 years. The areas where natural disasters occurred in the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 are similar to those in which the highest rainfall intensities are expected. The results of this study can allow the evaluation of the spatial distribution of risks related to extreme precipitation events, and therefore, support the planning of regional public policies and environmental management for the prevention of natural disasters in NEB.

SERK genes identification and expression analysis during somatic embryogenesis and sporogenesis of sexual and apomictic Brachiaria brizantha (Syn. Urochloa brizantha) - Andréa D. Koehler; André S. T. Irsigler; Vera T. C. Carneiro; Glaucia B. Cabral; Júlio C. M. Rodrigues; Ana Cristina M. M. Gomes; Roberto C. Togawa; Marcos M. C. Costa; Adriana Pinheiro Martinelli; Diva Maria de Alencar Dusi (Planta, 2020)

Large Chestnut Trees (Castanea sativa) Respond Poorly to Liming and Fertilizer Application - M. Ângelo Rodrigues; Soraia Raimundo; Abel Pereira; Margarida Arrobas (Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 2020)

Melaleuca leucadendra Essential Oil Promotes Loss of Cell Membrane and Wall Integrity and Inhibits Bacterial Growth: An In Silico and In Vitro Approach - Jessica P. Bautista-Silva; Janaína B. Seibert; Tatiane R. Amparo; Ivanildes V. Rodrigues; Luiz Fernando M. Teixeira; Gustavo Henrique B. Souza; Orlando D. H. dos Santos (Current Microbiology, 2020)

Retrospective study of porcine circovirus 3 (PCV3) in swine tissue from Brazil (1967–2018) - I. L. F. Rodrigues; A. C. M. Cruz; A. E. Souza; F. B. Knackfuss; C. H. C. Costa; R. L. Silveira; T. X. Castro (Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2020)

Ion Pair Strategy in Solid Lipid Nanoparticles: a Targeted Approach to Improve Epidermal Targeting with Controlled Adapalene Release, Resulting Reduced Skin Irritation - Linna B. O. Rodrigues; Flávia A. Lima; Camila P. B. Alves; Elisângela Martins-Santos; Marta M. G. Aguiar; Cleida A. Oliveira; Rodrigo L. Oréfice; Lucas A. M. Ferreira; Gisele A. C. Goulart (Pharmaceutical Research, 2020)

Residential radon exposure and seasonal variation in the countryside of southeastern Brazil - Camila Rodrigues e Silva; Joseph M. Smoak; Emmanoel Vieira da Silva-Filho (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020)

Large‐scale DNA‐based survey of frogs in Amazonia suggests a vast underestimation of species richness and endemism - Jean‐Pierre Vacher; Jérôme Chave; Francesco Gentile Ficetola; Guilhem Sommeria‐Klein; Shengli Tao; Christophe Thébaud; Michel Blanc; Agustín Camacho; José Cassimiro; Timothy J. Colston; Maël Dewynter; Raffael Ernst; et al. (Journal of Biogeography, 2020)
Aim Mapping Amazonian biodiversity accurately is a major challenge for integrated conservation strategies and to study its origins. However, species boundaries and their respective distribution are notoriously inaccurate in this region. Here, we generated a georeferenced database of short mtDNA sequences from Amazonian frogs, revised the species richness and the delimitation of bioregions of the Eastern Guiana Shield and estimated endemism within these bioregions. Location Amazonia, with a focus on the Eastern Guiana Shield. Taxon studied Amphibia: Anura. Methods We used an extensive DNA‐based sampling of anuran amphibians of Amazonia using next‐generation sequencing to delimit Operational Taxonomic Units (OTU) and their distribution. We analysed this database to infer bioregions using Latent Dirichlet Allocation modelling. We then compared endemism within these bioregions based on our results and the current IUCN database, and inferred environmental variables that contributed the most to the biogeographic pattern. Results The recognized anuran species richness within the focal area increased from 440 species currently listed by the IUCN Red List to as much as 876 OTUs with our dataset. We recovered eight bioregions, among which three lie within the Eastern Guiana Shield. We estimated that up to 82% of the OTUs found in this area are endemic, a figure three times higher than the previous estimate (28%). Environmental features related to seasonal precipitations are identified as playing an important role in shaping Amazonian amphibian bioregions. Main conclusions Our results have major implications for defining future conservation priorities of this vast area given that endemism in most Amazonian bioregions is vastly underestimated, and might therefore hide a large portion of threatened species. Moreover, these findings raise concern about meta‐analyses based on public databases within Amazonia dealing with poorly known groups.

Evaluation of gully development over several years using GIS and fractal analysis: a case study of the Palmital watershed, Minas Gerais (Brazil) - L. S. C. Real; S. Crestana; R. R. M. Ferreira; V. G. S. Rodrigues (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020)

PAH Profiles in Suspended Particulate Matter from an Urbanized River Within the Brazilian Amazon - L. C. Sousa; C. C. S. Rodrigues; R. A. Mendes; J. A. M. Corrêa (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2020)

Cellular oxidative damage and impairment on the photosynthetic apparatus caused by Asian Soybean Rust on soybeans are alleviated by nickel - Andersom M. Einhardt; Sandro Ferreira; Gabriel M. F. Souza; Ana C. R. Mochko; Fabrício A. Rodrigues (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2020)

P2X7 siRNA targeted to the kidneys increases klotho and delays the progression of experimental diabetic nephropathy - A. M. Rodrigues; R. S. Serralha; D. Y. Lima; G. R. Punaro; I. Visona; M. J. S. Fernandes; E. M. S. Higa (Purinergic Signalling, 2020)

Entomopathogenic Viruses in the Neotropics: Current Status and Recently Discovered Species - D R Sosa-Gómez; F S Morgado; R F T Corrêa; L A Silva; D M P Ardisson-Araújo; B M P Rodrigues; E E Oliveira; R W S Aguiar; B M Ribeiro (Neotropical Entomology, 2020)

Natural Enemies of the Harrisia Cactus Mealybug and Other Hypogeococcus Species (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Puerto Rico: Identification and Taxonomic Notes on Primary and Secondary Parasitoids - S. V. Triapitsyn; S. D. Hight; G. A. Logarzo; M. B. Aguirre; J. C. Verle Rodrigues; V. A. Trjapitzin; Z. Rivera Ocasio; M. L. Rivera-Vázquez; M. J. West Ortiz; Y. Rodríguez Reyes (Neotropical Entomology, 2020)

Ouabain reduces the expression of the adhesion molecule CD18 in neutrophils - Luiz Henrique Agra Cavalcante-Silva; Éssia de Almeida Lima; Deyse C. M. Carvalho; Sandra Rodrigues-Mascarenhas (Inflammopharmacology, 2020)

Cytotoxic Effect of Prodigiosin, Natural Red Pigment, Isolated from Serratia marcescens UFPEDA 398 - J. C. L. Lapenda; V. P. Alves; M. L. Adam; M. D. Rodrigues; S. C. Nascimento (Indian Journal of Microbiology, 2020)

Correction to: CpG‑creating mutations are costly in many human viruses - Victoria R. Caudill; Sarina Qin; Ryan Winstead; Jasmeen Kaur; Kaho Tisthammer; E. Geo Pineda; Caroline Solis; Sarah Cobey; Trevor Bedford; Oana Carja; Rosalind M. Eggo; Katia Koelle; et al. (Evolutionary Ecology, 2020)

CpG-creating mutations are costly in many human viruses - Victoria R. Caudill; Sarina Qin; Ryan Winstead; Jasmeen Kaur; Kaho Tisthammer; E. Geo Pineda; Caroline Solis; Sarah Cobey; Trevor Bedford; Oana Carja; Rosalind M. Eggo; Katia Koelle; et al. (Evolutionary Ecology, 2020)
Mutations can occur throughout the virus genome and may be beneficial, neutral or deleterious. We are interested in mutations that yield a C next to a G, producing CpG sites. CpG sites are rare in eukaryotic and viral genomes. For the eukaryotes, it is thought that CpG sites are rare because they are prone to mutation when methylated. In viruses, we know less about why CpG sites are rare. A previous study in HIV suggested that CpG-creating transition mutations are more costly than similar non-CpG-creating mutations. To determine if this is the case in other viruses, we analyzed the allele frequencies of CpG-creating and non-CpG-creating mutations across various strains, subtypes, and genes of viruses using existing data obtained from Genbank, HIV Databases, and Virus Pathogen Resource. Our results suggest that CpG sites are indeed costly for most viruses. By understanding the cost of CpG sites, we can obtain further insights into the evolution and adaptation of viruses.

Correction to: In vitro mechanistic studies on α-amanitin and its putative antidotes - Daniela Ferreira Rodrigues; Ricardo Pires das Neves; Alexandra T. P. Carvalho; Maria Lourdes Bastos; Vera M. Costa; Félix Carvalho (Archives of Toxicology, 2020)

In vitro mechanistic studies on α-amanitin and its putative antidotes - Daniela Ferreira Rodrigues; Ricardo Pires das Neves; Alexandra T. P. Carvalho; Maria Lourdes Bastos; Vera M. Costa; Félix Carvalho (Archives of Toxicology, 2020)

Environmental enrichment induces intergenerational behavioural and epigenetic effects on fish - Waldir M. Berbel‐Filho; Nikita Berry; Deiene Rodríguez‐Barreto; Sofia Rodrigues Teixeira; Carlos Garcia de Leaniz; Sofia Consuegra (Molecular Ecology, 2020)
Parental effects influence offspring phenotypes through pre‐ and post‐natal routes but little is known about their molecular basis, and therefore their adaptive significance. Epigenetic modifications, which control gene expression without changes in the DNA sequence and are influenced by the environment, may contribute to parental effects. We investigated the effects of environmental enrichment on the behaviour, metabolic rate and brain DNA methylation patterns of parents and offspring of the highly inbreed mangrove killifish ( Kryptolebias marmoratus ). Parental fish reared in enriched environments had lower cortisol levels, lower metabolic rates and were more active and neophobic than those reared in barren environments. They also differed in 1,854 methylated cytosines (DMCs). Offspring activity and neophobia were determined by the parental environment. Among the DMCs of the parents, 98 followed the same methylation patterns in the offspring, three of which were significantly influenced by parental environments irrespective of their own rearing environment. Our results suggest that parental environment influences the behaviour and, to some extent, the brain DNA methylation patterns of the offspring.

Human Losses and Damage Expected in Future Earthquakes on Faial Island–Azores - J. Fontiela; P. Rosset; M. Wyss; M. Bezzeghoud; J. Borges; F. Cota Rodrigues (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2020)

Clindamycin inhibits nociceptive response by reducing tumor necrosis factor-α and CXCL-1 production and activating opioidergic mechanisms - Felipe F. Rodrigues; Marcela I. Morais; Ivo S. F. Melo; Paulo S. A. Augusto; Marcela M. G. B. Dutra; Sarah O. A. M. Costa; Fábio C. Costa; Franciele A. Goulart; Alysson V. Braga; Márcio M. Coelho; Renes R. Machado (Inflammopharmacology, 2020)

Gold-Coated Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Attenuate Collagen-Induced Arthritis after Magnetic Targeting - Maria Fernanda Hornos Carneiro; Ana Rita T. Machado; Lusânia M. G. Antunes; Talita E. Souza; Victor A. Freitas; Luiz C. A. Oliveira; Jairo L. Rodrigues; Marcio C. Pereira; Fernando Barbosa (Biological Trace Element Research, 2020)

Correction to: Ecological restoration as a strategy for mitigating and adapting to climate change: lessons and challenges from Brazil - Mercedes M. C. Bustamante; José Salomão Silva; Aldicir Scariot; Alexandre Bonesso Sampaio; Daniel Luis Mascia Vieira; Edenise Garcia; Edson Sano; Geraldo Wilson Fernandes; Giselda Durigan; Iris Roitman; Isabel Figueiredo; Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues; et al. (Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 2020)

Evidence of strong population bottleneck in genetics of endangered Brazilian Merganser (Mergus octosetaceus) - T. A. Maia; D. P. Campos; L. R. Silva; L. V. Lins; F. Ribeiro; F. Sebaio; F. R. Rodrigues; G. P. M. Dantas (Journal of Ornithology, 2020)

Tree diversity and above-ground biomass in the South America Cerrado biome and their conservation implications - Paulo S. Morandi; Beatriz Schwantes Marimon; Ben Hur Marimon-Junior; James A. Ratter; Ted R. Feldpausch; Guarino Rinaldi Colli; Cássia Beatriz Rodrigues Munhoz; Manoel Cláudio da Silva Júnior; Edson de Souza Lima; Ricardo Flores Haidar; Luzmila Arroyo; Alejandro Araujo Murakami; et al. (Biodiversity and Conservation, 2020)

COVID-19 and drug-induced liver injury: a problem of plenty or a petty point? - Joost Boeckmans; Robim M. Rodrigues; Thomas Demuyser; Denis Piérard; Tamara Vanhaecke; Vera Rogiers (Archives of Toxicology, 2020)

Climate change impacts under representative concentration pathway scenarios on streamflow and droughts of basins in the Brazilian Cerrado biome - Jéssica A. M. Rodrigues; Marcelo R. Viola; Lívia A. Alvarenga; Carlos R. de Mello; Sin C. Chou; Vinícius A. de Oliveira; Venkatesh Uddameri; Marco A. V. Morais (International Journal of Climatology, 2020)
Brazilian Cerrado biome is the largest and richest tropical savanna in the world. In order to understand the effects of climate changes on the hydrology of the Cerrado basins, this paper investigates the hydrological impacts of climate change throughout the 21st century under different emissions scenarios on the streamflow and on the droughts in the Sono, Manuel Alves da Natividade and Palma basins, located in the Brazilian Cerrado. For this purpose, the SWAT hydrological model driven by the downscaling of the HadGEM2‐ES and MIROC5 global climate models associated with RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios were used in three time slices (2011–2040, 2041–2070 and 2071–2099). The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and the Standardized Streamflow Index (SSFI) were used to characterize droughts. In general, the results showed that the duration, intensity and frequency of the meteorological and hydrological droughts are expected to increase during the future periods. However, the hydrological droughts are projected to be larger than the meteorological droughts. Reductions in the streamflow are indicated in all future time slices and under both RCPs, especially, during dry periods, which may cause negative impacts in the ecological functions of the Cerrado biome, risk for reduction of the recharge of aquifers and risk for the electric energy production in northern Brazil.

The Galactose-Binding Lectin Isolated from Vatairea macrocarpa Seeds Enhances the Effect of Antibiotics Against Staphylococcus aureus–Resistant Strain - Valdenice F. Santos; Maria S. Costa; Fábia F. Campina; Renato R. Rodrigues; Ana L. E. Santos; Felipe M. Pereira; Karla L. R. Batista; Rafael C. Silva; Raquel O. Pereira; Bruno A. M. Rocha; Henrique D. M. Coutinho; Claudener S. Teixeira (Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2020)

Deleterious effects of chronic mercury exposure on in vitro LTP, memory process, and oxidative stress - Leandro F. Oliveira; Laís D. Rodrigues; Giancarlo M. Cardillo; Mariana B. Nejm; Marcia Guimarães-Marques; Selvin Z. Reyes-Garcia; Karolini Zuqui; Dalton V. Vassallo; Ana C. Fiorini; Carla A. Scorza; Fulvio A. Scorza (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Studies in Neotropical Araliaceae. I. Resurrection of the genus Sciodaphyllum P. Browne to accommodate most New World species previously included in Schefflera J. R. Forst. & G. Forst. - Porter P. Lowry II; Gregory M. Plunkett; M. Marcela Mora; Asunción Cano; Pedro Fiaschi; David G. Frodin; Roy E. Gereau; Álvaro Idárraga-Piedrahíta; Jáider Jiménez-Montoya; J. Moisés F. Mendoza; David A. Neill; Orlando Rivera-Diaz; et al. (Brittonia, 2020)

Brazil's vegetation ravage may be encouraged by law - Gustavo H. Zaia Alves; Raffael M. Tófoli; Jorge L. Rodrigues-Filho; Patricia A. Sacramento; Vivian M. Cionek; Bruno R. S. Figueiredo; Edivando Vitor do Couto (Biodiversity and Conservation, 2020)

Natural Vs Managed Habitat: Effect Over the Seed-Predator Pachymerus nucleorum and Its Natural Enemies - J O S Silva; M L E Costa; B S Paixão; J D B Macêdo; P M S Rodrigues; E M F Lins-Neto (Neotropical Entomology, 2020)

Increased Mmp/Reck Expression Ratio Is Associated with Increased Recognition Memory Performance in a Parkinson’s Disease Animal Model - Adauto Spindola; Adriano D. S. Targa; Lais Soares Rodrigues; Sheila Maria Brochado Winnischofer; Marcelo M. S. Lima; Mari Cleide Sogayar; Marina Trombetta-Lima (Molecular Neurobiology, 2020)

Thiamine, riboflavin, and nicotinamide inhibit paclitaxel-induced allodynia by reducing TNF-α and CXCL-1 in dorsal root ganglia and thalamus and activating ATP-sensitive potassium channels - Alysson V. Braga; Sarah O. A. M. Costa; Felipe F. Rodrigues; Ivo S. F. Melo; Marcela I. Morais; Márcio M. Coelho; Renes R. Machado (Inflammopharmacology, 2020)

Molecular characterization of a germplasm bank of Platonia insignis Mart.: a fruit tree - D. N. Pena; E. F. Moura; S. M. Rodrigues; M. S. P. Oliveira; J. P. Sanches; M. F. Moura (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2020)

Do improved pastures enhance soil quality of cork oak woodlands in the Alentejo region (Portugal)? - A. R. Rodrigues; F. Costa e Silva; A. C. Correia; M. C. Bicho; M. Madeira; J. Coutinho (Agroforestry Systems, 2020)

TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access - Jens Kattge; Gerhard Bönisch; Sandra Díaz; Sandra Lavorel; Iain Colin Prentice; Paul Leadley; Susanne Tautenhahn; Gijsbert D. A. Werner; Tuomas Aakala; Mehdi Abedi; Alicia T. R. Acosta; George C. Adamidis; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2020)
Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem properties and their benefits and detriments to people. Plant trait data thus represent the basis for a vast area of research spanning from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology, to biodiversity conservation, ecosystem and landscape management, restoration, biogeography and earth system modelling. Since its foundation in 2007, the TRY database of plant traits has grown continuously. It now provides unprecedented data coverage under an open access data policy and is the main plant trait database used by the research community worldwide. Increasingly, the TRY database also supports new frontiers of trait‐based plant research, including the identification of data gaps and the subsequent mobilization or measurement of new data. To support this development, in this article we evaluate the extent of the trait data compiled in TRY and analyse emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness. Best species coverage is achieved for categorical traits—almost complete coverage for ‘plant growth form’. However, most traits relevant for ecology and vegetation modelling are characterized by continuous intraspecific variation and trait–environmental relationships. These traits have to be measured on individual plants in their respective environment. Despite unprecedented data coverage, we observe a humbling lack of completeness and representativeness of these continuous traits in many aspects. We, therefore, conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements. This can only be achieved in collaboration with other initiatives.

Correction to: Bridging the gap between will and action on climate change adaptation in large cities in Brazil - Gabriela Marques Di Giulio; Roger Rodrigues Torres; David M. Lapola; Ana Maria Bedran-Martins; Maria da Penha Vasconcellos; Diego Rafael Braga; Marcos Paulo Fuck; Yohanna Juk; Veruska Nogueira; Ana Carolina Penna; Tiago Jacaúna; Marcelo Fetz; et al. (Regional Environmental Change, 2019)

Bridging the gap between will and action on climate change adaptation in large cities in Brazil - Gabriela Marques Di Giulio; Roger Rodrigues Torres; David M. Lapola; Ana Maria Bedran-Martins; Maria da Penha Vasconcellos; Diego Rafael Braga; Marcos Paulo Fuck; Yohanna Juk; Veruska Nogueira; Ana Carolina Penna; Tiago Jacaúna; Marcelo Fetz; et al. (Regional Environmental Change, 2019)

Exercise Modalities Improve Aversive Memory and Survival Rate in Aged Rats: Role of Hippocampal Epigenetic Modifications - Louisiana Carolina Ferreira de Meireles; Fernando Galvão; Deena M. Walker; Laura Reck Cechinel; Ágnis Iohana de Souza Grefenhagen; Gisele Andrade; Roberta Passos Palazzo; Gisele Agustini Lovatel; Carla Giovanna Basso; Eric J. Nestler; Ionara Rodrigues Siqueira (Molecular Neurobiology, 2019)

Antibacterial activity of silver/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite synthesized by sustainable process - Raynara M. S. Jacovone; Jaqueline J. S. Soares; Thainá S. Sousa; Flávia R. O. Silva; Rafael H. L. Garcia; Hang N. Nguyen; Debora F. Rodrigues; Solange K. Sakata (Energy, Ecology and Environment, 2019)

Physiological and biochemical responses of soybean to white mold affected by manganese phosphite and fluazinam - M. I. C. Novaes; D. Debona; I. R. F. Fagundes-Nacarath; V. V. Brás; F. A. Rodrigues (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2019)

Effects of ammoniated pearl millet silage on intake, feeding behavior, and blood metabolites in feedlot lambs - Thomaz C. G. de C. Rodrigues; Poliane M. Freitas; Edson M. Santos; Gherman G. L. de Araújo; Aureliano J. V. Pires; Maria C. C. Ayres; Lorendane M. de Carvalho; Jocely G. Souza; Gleidson G. P. de Carvalho (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2019)

Synthesis, structural characterization, and cytotoxic evaluation of chalcone derivatives - Paulo N. Bandeira; Telma L. G. Lemos; Hélcio S. Santos; Mylena C. S. de Carvalho; Daniel P. Pinheiro; Manoel O. de Moraes Filho; Cláudia Pessoa; Francisco W. A. Barros-Nepomuceno; Tigressa H. S. Rodrigues; Paulo R. V. Ribeiro; Herbert S. Magalhães; Alexandre M. R. Teixeira (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2019)

Testing main Amazonian rivers as barriers across time and space within widespread taxa - Renata M. Pirani; Fernanda P. Werneck; Andréa T. Thomaz; Mariah L. Kenney; Marcelo J. Sturaro; Teresa C. S. Ávila‐Pires; Pedro L. V. Peloso; Miguel T. Rodrigues; L. Lacey Knowles (Journal of Biogeography, 2019)
Aim Present Amazonian diversity patterns can result from many different mechanisms and, consequently, the factors contributing to divergence across regions and/or taxa may differ. Nevertheless, the river‐barrier hypothesis is still widely invoked as a causal process in divergence of Amazonian species. Here we use model‐based phylogeographic analyses to test the extent to which major Amazonian rivers act similarly as barriers across time and space in two broadly distributed Amazonian taxa. Local Amazon rain forest. Taxon The lizard Gonatodes humeralis (Sphaerodactylidae) and the tree frog Dendropsophus leucophyllatus (Hylidae). Methods We obtained RADseq data for samples distributed across main river barriers, representing main Areas of Endemism previously proposed for the region. We conduct model‐based phylogeographic and genetic differentiation analyses across each population pair. Results Measures of genetic differentiation (based on F ST calculated from genomic data) show that all rivers are associated with significant genetic differentiation. Parameters estimated under investigated divergence models showed that divergence times for populations separated by each of the 11 bordering rivers were all fairly recent. The degree of differentiation consistently varied between taxa and among rivers, which is not an artifact of any corresponding difference in the genetic diversities of the respective taxa, or to amounts of migration based on analyses of the site‐frequency spectrum. Main conclusions Taken together, our results support a dispersal (rather than vicariance) history, without strong evidence of congruence between these species and rivers. However, once a species crossed a river, populations separated by each and every river have remained isolated—in this sense, rivers act similarly as barriers to any further gene flow. This result suggests differing degrees of persistence and gives rise to the seeming contradiction that the divergence process indeed varies across time, space and species, even though major Amazonian rivers have acted as secondary barriers to gene flow in the focal taxa.

Diversity, genetic structure, and population genomics of the tropical tree Centrolobium tomentosum in remnant and restored Atlantic forests - Erick M. G. Cordeiro; Camila Menezes Macrini; Patricia Sanae Sujii; Kaiser Dias Schwarcz; José Baldin Pinheiro; Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues; Pedro H. S. Brancalion; Maria I. Zucchi (Conservation Genetics, 2019)

Ecological restoration as a strategy for mitigating and adapting to climate change: lessons and challenges from Brazil - Mercedes M. C. Bustamante; José Salomão Silva; Aldicir Scariot; Alexandre Bonesso Sampaio; Daniel Luis Mascia; Edenise Garcia; Edson Sano; Geraldo Wilson Fernandes; Giselda Durigan; Iris Roitman; Isabel Figueiredo; Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues; et al. (Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 2019)

(Cyto)genomic and epigenetic characterization of BICR 10 cell line and three new established primary human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cultures - Ilda P. Ribeiro; Joana M. Rodrigues; Alexandra Mascarenhas; Vanessa Marques; Francisco Caramelo; Maria J. Julião; Thomas Liehr; Joana B. Melo; Isabel M. Carreira (Genes & Genomics, 2019)

Defining the indigenous ranges of species to account for geographic and taxonomic variation in the history of human impacts: reply to Sanderson 2019 - P. J. Stephenson; Molly K. Grace; H. Resit Akçakaya; Ana S. L. Rodrigues; Barney Long; David P. Mallon; Erik Meijaard; Jon Paul Rodriguez; Richard P. Young; Thomas M. Brooks; Craig Hilton‐Taylor (Conservation Biology, 2019)

Flavonoids from Plinia cauliflora (Mart.) Kausel (Myrtaceae) with antifungal activity - Tatiana M. Souza-Moreira; Juliana A. Severi; Edvânio Ramos Rodrigues; Mayara Ivani de Paula; Jolindo A. Freitas; Wagner Vilegas; Rosemeire C. L. R. Pietro (Natural Product Research, 2019)

Distribution of Distances Between Symmetric Words in the Human Genome: Analysis of Regular Peaks - Carlos A. C. Bastos; Vera Afreixo; João M. O. S. Rodrigues; Armando J. Pinho; Raquel M. Silva (Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences, 2019)

Ecophysiology of mesophotic reef‐building corals in Hawai‘i is influenced by symbiont–host associations, photoacclimatization, trophic plasticity, and adaptation - Jacqueline L. Padilla‐Gamiño; Melissa S. Roth; Lisa J. Rodrigues; Christina J. Bradley; Robert R. Bidigare; Ruth D. Gates; Celia M. Smith; Heather L. Spalding (Limnology and Oceanography, 2019)
Mesophotic reef corals remain largely unexplored in terms of the genetic adaptations and physiological mechanisms to acquire, allocate, and use energy for survival and reproduction. In the Hawaiian Archipelago, the Leptoseris species complex form the most spatially extensive mesophotic coral ecosystem known and provide habitat for a unique community. To study how the ecophysiology of Leptoseris species relates to symbiont–host specialization and understand the mechanisms responsible for coral energy acquisition in extreme low light environments, we examined Symbiodinium (endosymbiotic dinoflagellate) photobiological characteristics and the lipids and isotopic signatures from Symbiodinium and coral hosts over a depth‐dependent light gradient (55–7 μ mol photons m −2 s −1 , 60–132 m). Clear performance differences demonstrate different photoadaptation and photoacclimatization across this genus. Our results also show that flexibility in photoacclimatization depends primarily on Symbiodinium type. Colonies harboring Symbiodinium sp. COI‐2 showed significant increases in photosynthetic pigment content with increasing depth, whereas colonies harboring Symbiodinium spp. COI‐1 and COI‐3 showed variability in pigment composition, yield measurements for photosystem II, as well as size and density of Symbiodinium cells. Despite remarkable differences in photosynthetic adaptive strategies, there were no significant differences among lipids of Leptoseris species with depth. Finally, isotopic signatures of both host and Symbiodinium changed with depth, indicating that coral colonies acquired energy from different sources depending on depth. This study highlights the complexity in physiological adaptations within this symbiosis and the different strategies used by closely related mesophotic species to diversify energy acquisition and to successfully establish and compete in extreme light‐limited environments.

Global Perspectives on Observing Ocean Boundary Current Systems - Robert E. Todd; Francisco P. Chavez; Sophie Clayton; Sophie Cravatte; Marlos Goes; Michelle Graco; Xiaopei Lin; Janet Sprintall; Nathalie V. Zilberman; Matthew Archer; Javier Arístegui; Magdalena Balmaseda; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019)

Autophagy and vacuolar biogenesis during the nectary development - Silvia R. Machado; Tatiane M. Rodrigues (Planta, 2019)

Transcript and metabolic adjustments triggered by drought in Ilex paraguariensis leaves - Raúl M. Acevedo; Edgardo H. Avico; Sergio González; Acácio Rodrigues Salvador; Máximo Rivarola; Norma Paniego; Adriano Nunes-Nesi; Oscar A. Ruiz; Pedro A. Sansberro (Planta, 2019)

Skeletal muscle miR-34a/SIRT1:AMPK axis is activated in experimental and human non-alcoholic steatohepatitis - André L. Simão; Marta B. Afonso; Pedro M. Rodrigues; Margarida Gama-Carvalho; Mariana V. Machado; Helena Cortez-Pinto; Cecília M. P. Rodrigues; Rui E. Castro (Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2019)

Occurrence and Environmental Distribution of 5 UV Filters During the Summer Season in Different Water Bodies - S. K. Fagervold; A. S. Rodrigues; C. Rohée; R. Roe; M. Bourrain; D. Stien; P. Lebaron (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2019)

Involvement of the Cholinergic Parameters and Glial Cells in Learning Delay Induced by Glutaric Acid: Protection by N-Acetylcysteine - Fernanda Silva Rodrigues; Viviane Nogueira de Zorzi; Marla Parizzi Funghetto; Fernanda Haupental; Alexandra Seide Cardoso; Sara Marchesan; Andréia M. Cardoso; Maria Rosa C. Schinger; Alencar Kolinski Machado; Ivana Beatrice Mânica da Cruz; Marta Maria Medeiros Frescura Duarte; Léder L. Xavier; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2019)

A commonly occurring genetic variant within the NPLOC4–TSPAN10–PDE6G gene cluster is associated with the risk of strabismus - Denis Plotnikov; Rupal L. Shah; Jamille N. Rodrigues; Phillippa M. Cumberland; Jugnoo S. Rahi; Pirro G. Hysi; Denize Atan; Cathy Williams; Jeremy A. Guggenheim (Human Genetics, 2019)

Technological advancements for the development of stem cell-based models for hepatotoxicity testing - Alessandra Natale; Koen Vanmol; Aysu Arslan; Sandra Van Vlierberghe; Peter Dubruel; Jürgen Van Erps; Hugo Thienpont; Matij Buzgo; Joost Boeckmans; Joery De Kock; Tamara Vanhaecke; Vera Rogiers; et al. (Archives of Toxicology, 2019)

NEOTROPICAL XENARTHRANS: a data set of occurrence of xenarthran species in the Neotropics - Paloma Marques Santos; Adriana Bocchiglieri; Adriano Garcia Chiarello; Adriano Pereira Paglia; Adryelle Moreira; Agnis Cristiane de Souza; Agustin Manuel Abba; Agustin Paviolo; Ailin Gatica; Akyllan Zoppi Medeiro; Alan Nilo Costa; Alberto Gonzalez Gallina; et al. (Ecology, 2019)
Xenarthrans—anteaters, sloths, and armadillos—have essential functions for ecosystem maintenance, such as insect control and nutrient cycling, playing key roles as ecosystem engineers. Because of habitat loss and fragmentation, hunting pressure, and conflicts with domestic dogs, these species have been threatened locally, regionally, or even across their full distribution ranges. The Neotropics harbor 21 species of armadillos, 10 anteaters, and 6 sloths. Our data set includes the families Chlamyphoridae (13), Dasypodidae (7), Myrmecophagidae (3), Bradypodidae (4), and Megalonychidae (2). We have no occurrence data on Dasypus pilosus (Dasypodidae). Regarding Cyclopedidae, until recently, only one species was recognized, but new genetic studies have revealed that the group is represented by seven species. In this data paper, we compiled a total of 42,528 records of 31 species, represented by occurrence and quantitative data, totaling 24,847 unique georeferenced records. The geographic range is from the southern United States, Mexico, and Caribbean countries at the northern portion of the Neotropics, to the austral distribution in Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay. Regarding anteaters, Myrmecophaga tridactyla has the most records ( n = 5,941), and Cyclopes sp. have the fewest ( n = 240). The armadillo species with the most data is Dasypus novemcinctus ( n = 11,588), and the fewest data are recorded for Calyptophractus retusus ( n = 33). With regard to sloth species, Bradypus variegatus has the most records ( n = 962), and Bradypus pygmaeus has the fewest ( n = 12). Our main objective with Neotropical Xenarthrans is to make occurrence and quantitative data available to facilitate more ecological research, particularly if we integrate the xenarthran data with other data sets of Neotropical Series that will become available very soon (i.e., Neotropical Carnivores, Neotropical Invasive Mammals, and Neotropical Hunters and Dogs). Therefore, studies on trophic cascades, hunting pressure, habitat loss, fragmentation effects, species invasion, and climate change effects will be possible with the Neotropical Xenarthrans data set. Please cite this data paper when using its data in publications. We also request that researchers and teachers inform us of how they are using these data.

Seed desiccation tolerance/sensitivity of tree species from Brazilian biodiversity hotspots: considerations for conservation - Rafaella C. Mayrinck; Larissa C. Vilela; Thalita M. Pereira; Ailton G. Rodrigues-Junior; Antonio C. Davide; Tatiana A. A. Vaz (Trees, 2019)

Photochemistry and hydric responses of congeneric Croton species at restoration sites under dry season: implications for species selection - Angélica L. Rodrigues; Angelo A. S. Bertholdi; Luís Paulo B. Mantoan; Gabriela M. Vasconcellos; Luiz Fernando R. Almeida (Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology, 2019)

Early Interaction of Alternaria infectoria Conidia with Macrophages - M. C. Almeida; D. Antunes; B. M. A. Silva; L. Rodrigues; M. Mota; O. Borges; C. Fernandes; T. Gonçalves (Mycopathologia, 2019)

Amyloid β Peptide Compromises Neural Stem Cell Fate by Irreversibly Disturbing Mitochondrial Oxidative State and Blocking Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Dynamics - Maria Filipe Ribeiro; Tânia Genebra; Ana Cristina Rego; Cecília M. P. Rodrigues; Susana Solá (Molecular Neurobiology, 2019)

Chemical Characterization and Biotechnological Applicability of Pigments Isolated from Antarctic Bacteria - Tiago R. Silva; Renata S. N. Tavares; Ramon Canela-Garayoa; Jordi Eras; Marili V. N. Rodrigues; Iramaia A. Neri-Numa; Glaucia M. Pastore; Luiz H. Rosa; José A. A. Schultz; Hosana M. Debonsi; Lorena R. G. Cordeiro; Valeria M. Oliveira (Marine Biotechnology, 2019)

Evaluation of the effects of extracts of Maytenus imbricata (Celastraceae) on the treatment of inflammatory and metabolic dysfunction induced by high-refined carbohydrate diet - C. C. Veloso; M. C. Oliveira; V. G. Rodrigues; C. C. Oliveira; L. P. Duarte; M. M. Teixeira; A. V. M. Ferreira; A. C. Perez (Inflammopharmacology, 2019)

Brazil in the mud again: lessons not learned from Mariana dam collapse - Vivian M. Cionek; Gustavo H. Zaia Alves; Raffael M. Tófoli; Jorge L. Rodrigues-Filho; Rosa M. Dias (Biodiversity and Conservation, 2019)

ATLANTIC BIRD TRAITS : a data set of bird morphological traits from the Atlantic forests of South America - Rodolpho Credo Rodrigues; Érica Hasui; Julia Camara Assis; João Carlos Castro Pena; Renata L. Muylaert; Vinicius Rodrigues Tonetti; Felipe Martello; André Luis Regolin; Thiago Vernaschi Vieira da Costa; Mauro Pichorim; Eduardo Carrano; Leonardo Esteves Lopes; et al. (Ecology, 2019)
Scientists have long been trying to understand why the Neotropical region holds the highest diversity of birds on Earth. Recently, there has been increased interest in morphological variation between and within species, and in how climate, topography, and anthropogenic pressures may explain and affect phenotypic variation. Because morphological data are not always available for many species at the local or regional scale, we are limited in our understanding of intra‐ and interspecies spatial morphological variation. Here, we present the ATLANTIC BIRD TRAITS , a data set that includes measurements of up to 44 morphological traits in 67,197 bird records from 2,790 populations distributed throughout the Atlantic forests of South America. This data set comprises information, compiled over two centuries (1820–2018), for 711 bird species, which represent 80% of all known bird diversity in the Atlantic Forest. Among the most commonly reported traits are sex ( n = 65,717), age ( n = 63,852), body mass ( n = 58,768), flight molt presence ( n = 44,941), molt presence ( n = 44,847), body molt presence ( n = 44,606), tail length ( n = 43,005), reproductive stage ( n = 42,588), bill length ( n = 37,409), body length ( n = 28,394), right wing length ( n = 21,950), tarsus length ( n = 20,342), and wing length ( n = 18,071). The most frequently recorded species are Chiroxiphia caudata ( n = 1,837), Turdus albicollis ( n = 1,658), Trichothraupis melanops ( n = 1,468), Turdus leucomelas ( n = 1,436), and Basileuterus culicivorus ( n = 1,384). The species recorded in the greatest number of sampling localities are Basileuterus culicivorus ( n = 243), Trichothraupis melanops ( n = 242), Chiroxiphia caudata ( n = 210), Platyrinchus mystaceus ( n = 208), and Turdus rufiventris ( n = 191). ATLANTIC BIRD TRAITS ( ABT ) is the most comprehensive data set on measurements of bird morphological traits found in a biodiversity hotspot; it provides data for basic and applied research at multiple scales, from individual to community, and from the local to the macroecological perspectives. No copyright or proprietary restrictions are associated with the use of this data set. Please cite this data paper when the data are used in publications or teaching and educational activities.

Multidisciplinary Scientific Cruise to the Rio Grande Rise - Luigi Jovane; James R. Hein; Isobel A. Yeo; Mariana Benites; Natascha M. Bergo; Paulo V. F. Corrêa; Daniel M. Couto; Ayrton D. Guimarães; Sarah A. Howarth; Henrique R. Miguel; Kira L. Mizell; Denise S. Moura; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019)

The Tropical Atlantic Observing System - G. R. Foltz; P. Brandt; I. Richter; B. Rodríguez-Fonseca; F. Hernandez; M. Dengler; R. R. Rodrigues; J. O. Schmidt; L. Yu; N. Lefevre; L. Cotrim Da Cunha; M. J. McPhaden; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019)
The tropical Atlantic is home to multiple coupled climate variations covering a wide range of timescales and impacting societally relevant phenomena such as continental rainfall, Atlantic hurricane activity, oceanic biological productivity, and atmospheric circulation in the equatorial Pacific. The tropical Atlantic also connects the southern and northern branches of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and receives freshwater input from some of the world’s largest rivers. To address these diverse, unique, and interconnected research challenges, a rich network of ocean observations has developed, building on the backbone of the Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA). This network has evolved naturally over time and out of necessity in order to address the most important outstanding scientific questions and to improve predictions of tropical Atlantic severe weather and global climate variability and change. The tropical Atlantic observing system is motivated by goals to understand and better predict phenomena such as tropical Atlantic interannual to decadal variability and climate change; multidecadal variability and its links to the meridional overturning circulation; air-sea fluxes of CO 2 and their implications for the fate of anthropogenic CO 2 ; the Amazon River plume and its interactions with biogeochemistry, vertical mixing, and hurricanes; the highly productive eastern boundary and equatorial upwelling systems; and oceanic oxygen minimum zones, their impacts on biogeochemical cycles and marine ecosystems, and their feedbacks to climate. Past success of the tropical Atlantic observing system is the result of an international commitment to sustained observations and scientific cooperation, a willingness to evolve with changing research and monitoring needs, and a desire to share data openly with the scientific community and operational centers. The observing system must continue to evolve in order to meet an expanding set of research priorities and operational challenges. This paper discusses the tropical Atlantic observing system, including emerging scientific questions that demand sustained ocean observations, the potential for further integration of the observing system, and the requirements for sustaining and enhancing the tropical Atlantic observing system.

Secretomic analysis of Beauveria bassiana related to cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, infection - Lucélia Santi; Caio J. B. Coutinho-Rodrigues; Markus Berger; Lisete A. S. Klein; Eduardo M. De Souza; Rafael L. Rosa; Jorge A. Guimarães; John R. Yates; Wendell M. S. Perinotto; Vânia R. E. P. Bittencourt; Walter O. Beys-da-Silva (Folia Microbiologica, 2019)

Geostatistical stationary space-time covariance functions modeling of Yellow Sigatoka progress in banana crop - J. D. P. Rodrigues; M. C. Alves; A. S. Freitas; E. A. Pozza; M. S. Oliveira; H. J. P. Alves (Australasian Plant Pathology, 2019)

Biogeographical history constrains climatic niche diversification without adaptive forces driving evolution - Marco Túlio P. Coelho; João Fabrício M. Rodrigues; José Alexandre F. Diniz‐Filho; Thiago F. Rangel (Journal of Biogeography, 2019)
Aim To evaluate the effect of biogeographical history on climatic niche diversification. Location Simulated clades evolving in South America. Methods We modelled species evolution under neutral community dynamics and purposely assumed that climatic niche is an emergent property of species. This assumption allows us to better understand whether phylogenetic niche conservatism could be observed when climatic niche is only constrained by biogeographical processes of dispersal and speciation. We varied speciation and dispersal probability, calculating phylogenetic signal of niche overlap and distance between niche centroids for each emergent artificial biota. We then compared the phylogenetic signal of our model with the expectation of climatic niche evolution under Brownian motion (BM). Results We found that phylogenetic signal of climatic niche in the spatially explicit neutral model is usually higher than expected by chance, but lower than expected by BM evolution. Because simulated climatic niches have lower phylogenetic signal than expected by BM evolution, standard ecological and evolutionary interpretation would suggest that climatic niche evolved with little variation over time caused by strong evolutionary constraints. However, our model assumes that climatic niche does not evolve by adaptive forces and is only a consequence of stochastic dispersal and speciation over space and time. Main conclusions Our study reinforces the strong imprints of biogeographical processes on climatic niche evolution, even when no adaptive forces are driving niche diversification. Therefore, although testing phylogenetic signal is the most common approach in studies evaluating phylogenetic patterns in climatic niche conservatism, our results reinforce previous claims that these patterns alone are not capable of distinguishing the possible effect of space in the retention of climatic niche. Biogeographical processes alone can leave imprints in patterns of climatic niche overlap between related species. A careful evaluation of macroevolutionary models underlying phylogenetic patterns of niche variation among species is important to avoid pitfalls related to interpretation of mechanisms of niche diversification.

Ochratoxin A in the Portuguese Wine Market, Occurrence and Risk Assessment - Liliana J.G. Silva; Ana P. Rodrigues; André M.P.T. Pereira; Celeste M. Lino; Angelina Pena (Food Additives & Contaminants Part B-Surveillance, 2019)

Control of Non-migrating Bar Morphodynamics on Survival of Populus nigra Seedlings during Floods - C. L. Wintenberger; S. Rodrigues; S. Greulich; J. G. Bréhéret; P. Jugé; M. Tal; A. Dubois; M. Villar (Wetlands, 2019)

Evidences of organic acids exudation in aluminium stress responses of two Madeiran wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) landraces - Marta Rodrigues; José Filipe T. Ganança; Emanuel M. da Silva; Teresa M. M. dos Santos; Jan J. Slaski; Janusz Zimny; Miguel Â. A. Pinheiro de Carvalho (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2019)

Divergent coronaviruses detected in wild birds in Brazil, including a central park in São Paulo - Carla M. Barbosa; Edison L. Durigon; Luciano M. Thomazelli; Tatiana Ometto; Roberta Marcatti; Marcello Shiavo Nardi; Daniel M. de Aguiar; João Batista Pinho; Maria Virginia Petry; Isaac Simão Neto; Patrícia Serafini; Roberta Costa Rodrigues; et al. (Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2019)

Isolation by instability: Historical climate change shapes population structure and genomic divergence of treefrogs in the Neotropical Cerrado savanna - Mariana M. Vasconcellos; Guarino R. Colli; Jesse N. Weber; Edgardo M. Ortiz; Miguel T. Rodrigues; David C. Cannatella (Molecular Ecology, 2019)
Although the impact of Pleistocene glacial cycles on the diversification of the tropical biota was once dismissed, increasing evidence suggests that Pleistocene climatic fluctuations greatly affected the distribution and population divergence of tropical organisms. Landscape genomic analyses coupled with paleoclimatic distribution models provide a powerful way to understand the consequences of past climate changes on the present‐day tropical biota. Using genome‐wide SNP data and mitochondrial DNA, combined with projections of the species distribution across the late Quaternary until the present, we evaluate the effect of paleoclimatic shifts on the genetic structure and population differentiation of Hypsiboas lundii , a treefrog endemic to the South American Cerrado savanna. Our results show a recent and strong genetic divergence in H. lundii across the Cerrado landscape, yielding four genetic clusters that do not seem congruent with any current physical barrier to gene flow. Isolation by distance (IBD) explains some of the population differentiation, but we also find strong support for past climate changes promoting range shifts and structuring populations even in the presence of IBD. Post‐Pleistocene population persistence in four main areas of historical stable climate in the Cerrado seems to have played a major role establishing the present genetic structure of this treefrog. This pattern is consistent with a model of reduced gene flow in areas with high climatic instability promoting isolation of populations, defined here as “isolation by instability,” highlighting the effects of Pleistocene climatic fluctuations structuring populations in tropical savannas.

Chemical characterisation of the constituents of Eugenia protenta McVaugh and leishmanicidal activity of dimethylxanthoxylin - Flávio N. Sarges; Márcia M. Cascaes; Lienne S. Moraes; Giselle M. S. P. Guilhon; Edilene O. Silva; Maria das Graças B. Zoghbi; Eloisa H. A. Andrade; Ana Paula D. Rodrigues; Brenda F. Costa; Rayssa N. M. Figueiredo (Natural Product Research, 2019)

Allochthonous versus autochthonous organic matter sustaining macroconsumers in a subtropical sandy beach revealed by stable isotopes - A. M. Garcia; M. C. L. M. Oliveira; C. Odebrecht; J. L. A. Colling; J. P. Vieira; F. L. Rodrigues; R. F. Bastos (Marine Biology Research, 2019)

Correction to: Occurrence of anti-Leptospira spp. antibodies in Rhipidomys spp. from a forest fragment of the Brazilian Cerrado - D. O. Gomes; G. B. Ramos; V. B. A. Alves; A. Z. Ciuffa; L. P. Cuccato; T. F. M. dos Reis; A. M. C. Lima; M. G. Coelho; G. V. Tolesano-Pascoli; V. S. Rodrigues; M. P. J. Szabó; V. N. Ramos (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2019)

Effect of temperature on the thermal conductivity of a granite with high heat production from Central Portugal - M. M. Miranda; C. R. Matos; N. V. Rodrigues; A. J. S. C. Pereira; J. J. Costa (Journal of Iberian Geology, 2019)

Can Luminol Be a Fluorophore? - M. Fátima Barroso; Rui J. A. Silva; Sérgio F. Moreira; Sofia S. Rodrigues; Helena M. R. Gonçalves; Abel J. Duarte (Journal of Fluorescence, 2019)

Pigments in an iridescent bacterium, Cellulophaga fucicola, isolated from Antarctica - Tiago R. Silva; Ramon Canela-Garayoa; Jordi Eras; Marili V. N. Rodrigues; Fábio N. dos Santos; Marcos N. Eberlin; Iramaia A. Neri-Numa; Glaucia M. Pastore; Renata S. N. Tavares; Hosana M. Debonsi; Lorena R. G. Cordeiro; Luiz H. Rosa; et al. (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2019)

Regulation of cell wall development in Brachypodium distachyon in vitro as affected by cytokinin and gas exchange - T. C. Mamedes-Rodrigues; D. S. Batista; T. A. Napoleão; E. A. Fortini; A. C. F. Cruz; M. G. C. Costa; W. C. Otoni (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2019)

Pharmaceutical Development of AAV-Based Gene Therapy Products for the Eye - Gerard A. Rodrigues; Evgenyi Shalaev; Thomas K. Karami; James Cunningham; Nigel K. H. Slater; Hongwen M. Rivers (Pharmaceutical Research, 2019)
A resurgence of interest and investment in the field of gene therapy, driven in large part by advances in viral vector technology, has recently culminated in United States Food and Drug Administration approval of the first gene therapy product targeting a disease caused by mutations in a single gene. This product, LUXTURNA™ (voretigene neparvovec-rzyl; Spark Therapeutics, Inc., Philadelphia, PA), delivers a normal copy of the RPE65 gene to retinal cells for the treatment of biallelic RPE65 mutation–associated retinal dystrophy, a blinding disease. Many additional gene therapy programs targeting both inherited retinal diseases and other ocular diseases are in development, owing to an improved understanding of the genetic basis of ocular disease and the unique properties of the ocular compartment that make it amenable to local gene therapy. Here we review the growing body of literature that describes both the design and development of ocular gene therapy products, with a particular emphasis on target and vector selection, and chemistry, manufacturing, and controls.

Dopaminergic Lesion in the Olfactory Bulb Restores Olfaction and Induces Depressive-Like Behaviors in a 6-OHDA Model of Parkinson’s Disease - Jessica L. Ilkiw; Luana C. Kmita; Adriano D. S. Targa; Ana Carolina D. Noseda; Lais S. Rodrigues; Flávia W. C. Dorieux; Juliane Fagotti; Patrícia dos Santos; Marcelo M. S. Lima (Molecular Neurobiology, 2019)

Unravelling the antitumoral potential of novel bis(thiosemicarbazonato) Zn(II) complexes: structural and cellular studies - Elisa Palma; Hugo M. Botelho; Goreti Ribeiro Morais; Inês Rodrigues; Isabel Cordeiro Santos; Maria Paula Cabral Campello; Paula Raposinho; Ana Belchior; Susana Sousa Gomes; Maria Fátima Araújo; Isabel Correia; Nadia Ribeiro; et al. (JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2019)

No genetic differentiation, but less diversity, in the Iberian breeding population of the Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) - Tiago M. Rodrigues; Pedro Andrade; María Vidal; Martin Boschert; David Gonçalves; Jesús Domínguez (Journal of Ornithology, 2019)

Crispoic acid, a new compound from Laelia marginata (Orchidaceae), and biological evaluations against parasites, human cancer cell lines and Zika virus - Andrezza C. Belloto; Gredson K. Souza; Paula C. Perin; Ivania T. A. Schuquel; Silvana M. O. Santin; Lucas U. R. Chiavelli; Francielle P. Garcia; Vanessa Kaplum; Jean H. S. Rodrigues; Débora B. Scariot; Rodrigo Delvecchio; Erik Machado-Ferreira; et al. (Natural Product Research, 2018)

Topical Drug Delivery to the Posterior Segment of the Eye: Addressing the Challenge of Preclinical to Clinical Translation - Gerard A. Rodrigues; David Lutz; Jie Shen; Xiaoda Yuan; Hong Shen; James Cunningham; Hongwen M. Rivers (Pharmaceutical Research, 2018)

Olive response to potassium applications under different water regimes and cultivars - Isabel Q. Ferreira; Margarida Arrobas; José Moutinho-Pereira; Carlos Correia; M. Ângelo Rodrigues (Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 2018)

Risk Assessment of the Drinking Water Samples in the Rural Area from MG, Brazil - Mayra S. Santos; Maria C. R. M. Metzker; Guilherme L. Rodrigues; Luis R. S. Corrêa; Mayne L. V. Silva; Ana L. G. Barbosa; Márcia C. S. Faria; Jairo L. Rodrigues (International Journal of Environmental Research, 2018)

Fire affects the occurrence of small mammals at distinct spatial scales in a neotropical savanna - Anna Carla L. Camargo; Rafaela Oliveira Llorente Barrio; Nícholas Ferreira de Camargo; André F. Mendonça; Juliana F. Ribeiro; Camila Moniz Freire Rodrigues; Emerson M. Vieira (European Journal of Wildlife Research, 2018)

Spatial variability and seasonal toxicity of dredged sediments from Guanabara Bay (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil): acute effects on earthworms - Christiane Monte; Ricardo Cesar; Ana Paula Rodrigues; Danielle Siqueira; Aline Serrano; Leticia Abreu; Matheus Teixeira; Mariana Vezzone; Helena Polivanov; Zuleica Castilhos; Tácio de Campos; Glaucia G. M. Machado; et al. (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Application of the Fenton’s process in a bubble column reactor for hydroquinone degradation - Vanessa N. Lima; Carmen S. D. Rodrigues; Luis M. Madeira (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Synthetic olive mill wastewater treatment by Fenton’s process in batch and continuous reactors operation - Bruno M. Esteves; Carmen S. D. Rodrigues; Luís M. Madeira (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

BRAZIL ROAD‐KILL: a data set of wildlife terrestrial vertebrate road‐kills - Clara Grilo; Michely R. Coimbra; Rafaela C. Cerqueira; Priscilla Barbosa; Rubem A. P. Dornas; Larissa O. Gonçalves; Fernanda Z. Teixeira; Igor Pfeifer Coelho; Brenda R. Schmidt; Diana L. K. Pacheco; Gabriela Schuck; Isadora B. Esperando; et al. (Ecology, 2018)
Mortality from collision with vehicles is the most visible impact of road traffic on wildlife. Mortality due to roads (hereafter road‐kill) can affect the dynamic of populations of many species and can, therefore, increase the risk of local decline or extinction. This is especially true in Brazil, where plans for road network upgrading and expansion overlaps biodiversity hotspot areas, which are of high importance for global conservation. Researchers, conservationists and road planners face the challenge to define a national strategy for road mitigation and wildlife conservation. The main goal of this dataset is a compilation of geo‐referenced road‐kill data from published and unpublished road surveys. This is the first Data Paper in the BRAZIL series (see ATLANTIC , NEOTROPICAL , and BRAZIL collections of Data Papers published in Ecology ), which aims make public road‐kill data for species in the Brazilian Regions. The dataset encompasses road‐kill records from 45 personal communications and 26 studies published in peer‐reviewed journals, theses and reports. The road‐kill dataset comprises 21,512 records, 83% of which are identified to the species level (n = 450 species). The dataset includes records of 31 amphibian species, 90 reptile species, 229 bird species, and 99 mammal species. One species is classified as Endangered, eight as Vulnerable and twelve as Near Threatened. The species with the highest number of records are: Didelphis albiventris (n = 1,549), Volatinia jacarina (n = 1,238), Cerdocyon thous (n = 1,135), Helicops infrataeniatus (n = 802), and Rhinella icterica (n = 692). Most of the records came from southern Brazil. However, observations of the road‐kill incidence for non‐Least Concern species are more spread across the country. This dataset can be used to identify which taxa seems to be vulnerable to traffic, analyze temporal and spatial patterns of road‐kill at local, regional and national scales and also used to understand the effects of road‐kill on population persistence. It may also contribute to studies that aims to understand the influence of landscape and environmental influences on road‐kills, improve our knowledge on road‐related strategies on biodiversity conservation and be used as complementary information on large‐scale and macroecological studies. No copyright or proprietary restrictions are associated with the use of this data set other than citation of this Data Paper.

A facile method to prepare translucent anatase thin films in monolithic structures for gas stream purification - Caio Rodrigues-Silva; Ricardo A. R. Monteiro; Márcia Dezotti; Adrián M. T. Silva; Eugénia Pinto; Rui A. R. Boaventura; Vítor J. P. Vilar (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Evaluation of different samplers and storage temperature effect on the methane carbon stable isotope analysis - Victor H. J. M. dos Santos; Diane O. Laroque; Caroline I. Baum; Pâmela de M. Engelmann; Rogério V. Lourega; Luiz F. Rodrigues (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2018)

Histopathological Evaluation of Combined Impacts of the Synthetic Progestin Levonorgestrel and Temperature on the Female Zebrafish Maturation Using a Semi-quantitative Grading Analysis—Is it Enough? - P. G. Cardoso; D. Rodrigues; T. V. Madureira; M. J. Rocha; E. Rocha (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2018)

In vitro assessment of hepatotoxicity by metabolomics: a review - Matthias Cuykx; Robim M. Rodrigues; Kris Laukens; Tamara Vanhaecke; Adrian Covaci (Archives of Toxicology, 2018)

Front Cover - Pietro Kiyoshi Maruyama; Jesper Sonne; Jeferson Vizentin‐Bugoni; Ana M. Martín González; Thais B. Zanata; Stefan Abrahamczyk; Ruben Alarcón; Andréa C. Araujo; Francielle P. Araújo; Andrea C. Baquero; Edgar Chávez‐González; Aline G. Coelho; et al. (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2018)

Functional diversity mediates macroecological variation in plant–hummingbird interaction networks - Pietro Kiyoshi Maruyama; Jesper Sonne; Jeferson Vizentin‐Bugoni; Ana M. Martín González; Thais B. Zanata; Stefan Abrahamczyk; Ruben Alarcón; Andréa C. Araujo; Francielle P. Araújo; Andrea C. Baquero; Edgar Chávez‐González; Aline G. Coelho; et al. (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2018)
Aim Species interaction networks are known to vary in structure over large spatial scales. We investigated the hypothesis that environmental factors affect interaction network structure by influencing the functional diversity of ecological communities. Notably, we expect more functionally diverse communities to form interaction networks with a higher degree of niche partitioning. Location: Americas. Time period: Current. Major taxa studied: Hummingbirds and their nectar plants. Methods We used a large dataset comprising 74 quantitative plant–hummingbird interaction networks distributed across the Americas, along with morphological trait data for 158 hummingbird species. First, we used a model selection approach to evaluate associations between the environment (climate, topography and insularity), species richness and hummingbird functional diversity as predictors of network structure (niche partitioning, i.e., complementary specialization and modularity). Second, we used structural equation models (SEMs) to ask whether environmental predictors and species richness affect network structure directly and/or indirectly through their influence on hummingbird functional diversity. For a subset of 28 networks, we additionally evaluated whether plant functional diversity was associated with hummingbird functional diversity and network structure. Results Precipitation, insularity and plant richness, together with hummingbird functional diversity (specifically, functional dispersion), were consistently strong predictors of niche partitioning in plant–hummingbird networks. Moreover, SEMs showed that environmental predictors and plant richness affected network structure both directly and indirectly through their effects on hummingbird functional diversity. Plant functional diversity, however, was unrelated to hummingbird functional diversity and network structure. Main conclusions: We reveal the importance of hummingbird functional diversity for niche partitioning in plant–hummingbird interaction networks. The lack of support for similar effects for plant functional diversity potentially indicates that consumer functional diversity might be more important for structuring interaction networks than resource functional diversity. Changes in pollinator functional diversity are therefore likely to alter the structure of interaction networks and associated ecosystem functions.

WASP nest: a worldwide assessment of social Polistine nesting behavior - Sara E. Miller; Sarah E. Bluher; Emily Bell; Alessandro Cini; Rafael Carvalho da Silva; André Rodrigues de Souza; Kristine M. Gandia; Jennifer Jandt; Kevin Loope; Amanda Prato; Jonathan N. Pruitt; David Rankin; et al. (Ecology, 2018)
Cooperative breeding decreases the direct reproductive output of subordinate individuals, but cooperation can be evolutionarily favored when there are challenges or constraints to breeding independently. Environmental factors, including temperature, precipitation, latitude, high seasonality, and environmental harshness have been hypothesized to correlate with the presence of cooperative breeding. However, to test the relationship between cooperation and ecological constraints requires comparative data on the frequency and variation of cooperative breeding across differing environments, ideally replicated across multiple species. Paper wasps are primitively social species, forming colonies composed of reproductively active dominants and foraging subordinates. Adult female wasps, referred to as foundresses, initiate new colonies. Nests can be formed by a single solitary foundress (noncooperative) or by multiple foundress associations (cooperative). Cooperative behavior varies within and among species, making paper wasps species well suited to disentangling ecological correlates of variation in cooperative behavior. This data set reports the frequency and extent of cooperative nest founding for 87 paper wasp species. Data were assembled from more than 170 published sources, previously unpublished field observations, and photographs contributed by citizen scientists to online natural history repositories. The data set includes 25,872 nest observations and reports the cooperative behavioral decisions for 45,297 foundresses. Species names were updated to reflect modern taxonomic revisions. The type of substrate on which the nest was built is also included, when available. A smaller population‐level version of this data set found that the presence or absence of cooperative nesting in paper wasps was correlated with temperature stability and environmental harshness, but these variables did not predict the extent of cooperation within species. This expanded data set contains details about individual nests and further increases the power to address the relationship between the environment and the presence and extent of cooperative breeding. Beyond the ecological drivers of cooperation, these high‐resolution data will be useful for future studies examining the evolutionary consequences of variation in social behavior. This data set may be used for research or educational purposes provided that this data paper is cited.

Quantifying species recovery and conservation success to develop an IUCN Green List of Species - H. Resit Akçakaya; Elizabeth L. Bennett; Thomas M. Brooks; Molly K. Grace; Anna Heath; Simon Hedges; Craig Hilton‐Taylor; Michael Hoffmann; David A. Keith; Barney Long; David P. Mallon; Erik Meijaard; et al. (Conservation Biology, 2018)
Stopping declines in biodiversity is critically important, but it is only a first step toward achieving more ambitious conservation goals. The absence of an objective and practical definition of species recovery that is applicable across taxonomic groups leads to inconsistent targets in recovery plans and frustrates reporting and maximization of conservation impact. We devised a framework for comprehensively assessing species recovery and conservation success. We propose a definition of a fully recovered species that emphasizes viability, ecological functionality, and representation; and use counterfactual approaches to quantify degree of recovery. This allowed us to calculate a set of 4 conservation metrics that demonstrate impacts of conservation efforts to date (conservation legacy); identify dependence of a species on conservation actions (conservation dependence); quantify expected gains resulting from conservation action in the medium term (conservation gain); and specify requirements to achieve maximum plausible recovery over the long term (recovery potential). These metrics can incentivize the establishment and achievement of ambitious conservation targets. We illustrate their use by applying the framework to a vertebrate, an invertebrate, and a woody and an herbaceous plant. Our approach is a preliminary framework for an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Green List of Species, which was mandated by a resolution of IUCN members in 2012. Although there are several challenges in applying our proposed framework to a wide range of species, we believe its further development, implementation, and integration with the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species will help catalyze a positive and ambitious vision for conservation that will drive sustained conservation action.

Gaseous and liquid effluents treatment in bubble column reactors by advanced oxidation processes: A review - Vanessa N. Lima; Carmen S. D. Rodrigues; Ricardo A. C. Borges; Luis M. Madeira (Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2018)

Combined effects of insecticide exposure and predation risk on freshwater detritivores - Andreia C. M. Rodrigues; Maria D. Bordalo; Oksana Golovko; Olga Koba; Carlos Barata; Amadeu M. V. M. Soares; João L. T. Pestana (Ecotoxicology, 2018)

Epaphroditidae sensu novo, an Endemic Caribbean Family of Morphologically Divergent Praying Mantises (Insecta, Mantodea) - H M Rodrigues; G J Svenson (Neotropical Entomology, 2018)

Global Island Monitoring Scheme (GIMS): a proposal for the long-term coordinated survey and monitoring of native island forest biota - Paulo A. V. Borges; Pedro Cardoso; Holger Kreft; Robert J. Whittaker; Simone Fattorini; Brent C. Emerson; Artur Gil; Rosemary G. Gillespie; Thomas J. Matthews; Ana M. C. Santos; Manuel J. Steinbauer; Christophe Thébaud; et al. (Biodiversity and Conservation, 2018)

Spatial distance and climate determine modularity in a cross‐biomes plant–hummingbird interaction network in Brazil - Andréa Cardoso Araujo; Ana M. Martín González; Brody Sandel; Pietro K. Maruyama; Erich Fischer; Jeferson Vizentin‐Bugoni; Francielle Paulina de Araújo; Aline Góes Coelho; Rogério Rodrigues Faria; Glauco Kohler; Flor Maria Guedes Las‐Casas; Ariadna Valentina Lopes; et al. (Journal of Biogeography, 2018)
Aim We examined the effects of space, climate, phylogeny and species traits on module composition in a cross‐biomes plant–hummingbird network. Location Brazil, except Amazonian region. Methods We compiled 31 local binary plant–hummingbird networks, combining them into one cross‐biomes metanetwork. We conducted a modularity analysis and tested the relationship between species’ module membership with traits, geographical location, climatic conditions and range sizes, employing random forest models. We fitted reduced models containing groups of related variables (climatic, spatial, phylogenetic, traits) and combinations of groups to partition the variance explained by these sets into unique and shared components. Results The Brazilian cross‐biomes network was composed of 479 plant and 42 hummingbird species, and showed significant modularity. The resulting six modules conformed well to vegetation domains. Only plant traits, not hummingbird traits, differed between modules, notably plants’ growth form, corolla length, flower shape and colour. Some modules included plant species with very restricted distributions, whereas others encompassed more widespread ones. Widespread hummingbirds were the most connected, both within and between modules, whereas widespread plants were the most connected between modules. Among traits, only nectar concentration had a weak effect on among‐module connectivity. Main conclusions Climate and spatial filters were the main determinants of module composition for hummingbirds and plants, potentially related to resource seasonality, especially for hummingbirds. Historical dispersal‐linked contingency, or environmental variations not accounted for by the explanatory factors here evaluated, could also contribute to the spatial component. Phylogeny and morphological traits had no unique effects on the assignment of species to modules. Widespread species showed higher within‐ and/or among‐module connectivity, indicating their key role connecting biomes, and, in the case of hummingbirds, communities within biomes. Our results indicate that biogeography and climate not only determine the variation of modularity in local plant–animal networks, as previously shown, but also affect the cross‐biomes network structure.

Transcriptome analysis provides insights into the delayed sticky disease symptoms in Carica papaya - Johana Madroñero; Silas P. Rodrigues; Tathiana F. S. Antunes; Paolla M. V. Abreu; José A. Ventura; A. Alberto R. Fernandes; Patricia Machado Bueno Fernandes (Plant Cell Reports, 2018)

Bradyrhizobium forestalis sp. nov., an efficient nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from nodules of forest legume species in the Amazon - Elaine Martins da Costa; Amanda Azarias Guimarães; Teotonio Soares de Carvalho; Tainara Louzada Rodrigues; Paula Rose de Almeida Ribeiro; Liesbeth Lebbe; Anne Willems; Fatima M. de Souza Moreira (Archives of Microbiology, 2018)

Diversification with gene flow and niche divergence in a lizard species along the South American “diagonal of open formations” - Emanuel M. Fonseca; Marcelo Gehara; Fernanda P. Werneck; Flávia M. Lanna; Guarino R. Colli; Jack W. Sites; Miguel T. Rodrigues; Adrian A. Garda (Journal of Biogeography, 2018)
Aim To assess the effects of historical events on the tempo and mode of diversification of the lizard Polychrus acutirostris along the South American diagonal of open formations ( DOF ). Location Caatinga and Cerrado biomes in Brazil. Methods We sequenced fragments of one mt DNA and three nu DNA genes of 68 individuals from 33 localities. We used population assignment methods to access genetic structure and estimate lineage boundaries. Next, we estimated lineage relationships, intraspecific diversity, environmental niche similarity and demographic history. Finally, we tested 12 diversification scenarios using an approximate Bayesian computation ( ABC ) approach. Results We recovered three non‐overlapping, geographically structured lineages corresponding to Caatinga, north‐east Cerrado and south‐west Cerrado, with the major divergence event dating to the Late Neogene. We also recovered a complex scenario of divergence associated with gene flow and niche divergence. Main conclusions We show a complex history of diversification along the South American DOF . Our findings support the role of environmental features as the likely drivers of P. acutirostris intraspecific diversification during the Late Neogene.

BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene - Maria Dornelas; Laura H. Antão; Faye Moyes; Amanda E. Bates; Anne E. Magurran; Dušan Adam; Asem A. Akhmetzhanova; Ward Appeltans; José Manuel Arcos; Haley Arnold; Narayanan Ayyappan; Gal Badihi; et al. (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2018)
Motivation The BioTIME database contains raw data on species identities and abundances in ecological assemblages through time. These data enable users to calculate temporal trends in biodiversity within and amongst assemblages using a broad range of metrics. BioTIME is being developed as a community‐led open‐source database of biodiversity time series. Our goal is to accelerate and facilitate quantitative analysis of temporal patterns of biodiversity in the Anthropocene. Main types of variables included The database contains 8,777,413 species abundance records, from assemblages consistently sampled for a minimum of 2 years, which need not necessarily be consecutive. In addition, the database contains metadata relating to sampling methodology and contextual information about each record. Spatial location and grain BioTIME is a global database of 547,161 unique sampling locations spanning the marine, freshwater and terrestrial realms. Grain size varies across datasets from 0.0000000158 km 2 (158 cm 2 ) to 100 km 2 (1,000,000,000,000 cm 2 ). Time period and grain BioTIME records span from 1874 to 2016. The minimal temporal grain across all datasets in BioTIME is a year. Major taxa and level of measurement BioTIME includes data from 44,440 species across the plant and animal kingdoms, ranging from plants, plankton and terrestrial invertebrates to small and large vertebrates. Software format .csv and .SQL.

Mini review on photosensitization by plants in grazing herbivores - Syeda M. Hussain; Valdo Rodrigues Herling; Paulo Henrique Mazza Rodrigues; Ishrat Naz; Hamayun Khan; Muhammad Tahir Khan (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2018)

P2X7 receptor and klotho expressions in diabetic nephropathy progression - A. M. Rodrigues; R. S. Serralha; C. Farias; G. R. Punaro; M. J. S. Fernandes; Elisa Mieko Suemitsu Higa (Purinergic Signalling, 2018)

Correction to: Organic phosphorus in the terrestrial environment: a perspective on the state of the art and future priorities - T. S. George; C. D. Giles; D. Menezes-Blackburn; L. M. Condron; A. C. Gama-Rodrigues; D. Jaisi; F. Lang; A. L. Neal; M. I. Stutter; D. S. Almeida; R. Bol; K. G. Cabugao; et al. (Plant and Soil, 2018)

Organic phosphorus in the terrestrial environment: a perspective on the state of the art and future priorities - T. S. George; C. D. Giles; D. Menezes-Blackburn; L. M. Condron; A. C. Gama-Rodrigues; D. Jaisi; F. Lang; A. L. Neal; M. I. Stutter; D. S. Almeida; R. Bol; K. G. Cabugao; et al. (Plant and Soil, 2018)

Contribution to the understanding of biologic concentrations of arsenic in children living in an urban area from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Thatiana Verônica Rodrigues de Barcellos Fernandes; Volney M. Camara; Paulo Rubens Guimarães Barrocas; Armando Mayer; Carmen I. R. Froes Asmus (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Vulnerability associated with “symptoms similar to those of mercury poisoning” in communities from Xingu River, Amazon basin - Flávio Mnaoel Rodrigues Da Silva-Junior; Ritta M. Oleinski; Antonia E. S. Azevedo; Kátia C. M. C. Monroe; Marina Dos Santos; Tatiane Britto Da Silveira; Adrianne Maria Netto De Oliveira; Maria Cristina Flores Soares; Tatiana Da Silva Pereira (Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2018)

Lepeophtheirus azoricus n. sp. (Copepoda: Caligidae) parasitic on dusky grouper, Epinephelus marginatus, from Atlantic waters off the Azores, Portugal - Argun Akif Özak; Alfredo M. V. Rodrigues; Nina S. S. Vieira; Rui M. G. Rosa; Alper Yanar; Erkin Koyuncu; Geoffrey A. Boxshall (Marine Biodiversity, 2018)

Detection of the antiviral activity of epicatechin isolated from Salacia crassifolia (Celastraceae) against Mayaro virus based on protein C homology modelling and virtual screening - P. G. Ferreira; A. C. Ferraz; J. E. Figueiredo; C. F. Lima; V. G. Rodrigues; A. G. Taranto; J. M. S. Ferreira; G. C. Brandão; S. A. Vieira-Filho; L. P. Duarte; C. L. de Brito Magalhães; J. C. de Magalhães (Archives of Virology, 2018)

Omics-based responses induced by bosentan in human hepatoma HepaRG cell cultures - Robim M. Rodrigues; Laxmikanth Kollipara; Umesh Chaudhari; Agapios Sachinidis; René P. Zahedi; Albert Sickmann; Annette Kopp-Schneider; Xiaoqi Jiang; Hector Keun; Jan Hengstler; Marlies Oorts; Pieter Annaert; et al. (Archives of Toxicology, 2018)

Structural associations between organelle membranes in nectary parenchyma cells - Silvia Rodrigues Machado; Elisa A. Gregório; Tatiane M. Rodrigues (Planta, 2018)

Electrodialytic treatment of sewage sludge: influence on microbiological community - Paula Guedes; Nazaré Couto; Joana Almeida; António M. Rodrigues; Eduardo P. Mateus; Alexandra B. Ribeiro (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2018)

Pedotransfer functions of potentially toxic elements in tropical soils cultivated with vegetable crops - Alexys G. F. Boim; Sónia M. Rodrigues; Sabrina N. dos Santos-Araújo; Eduarda Pereira; Luís R. F. Alleoni (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Transgenerational Effects of Toxicants: An Extension of the Daphnia 21-day Chronic Assay? - B. B. Castro; A. R. Freches; M. Rodrigues; B. Nunes; S. C. Antunes (Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2018)

Reconquering the water: Evolution and systematics of South and Central American aquatic lizards (Gymnophthalmidae) - Sergio Marques‐Souza; Ivan Prates; Antoine Fouquet; Agustín Camacho; Philippe J. R. Kok; Pedro M. S. Nunes; Francisco Dal Vechio; Renato Sousa Recoder; Nathalia Mejia; Mauro Teixeira Junior; Cesar Barrio‐Amorós; José Cassimiro; et al. (Zoologica Scripta, 2018)
The Cercosaurini tribe stands out from other Gymnophthalmidae lizards for including several species with morphological adaptations to aquatic lifestyle (“Crocodile‐Like Morphology” – CLM ). Recent molecular phylogenies of Cercosaurini demonstrated the paraphyly of CLM species, implicitly suggesting that adaptations to the aquatic life evolved more than once. However, CLM species have remained poorly sampled, and a number of uncertainties persist, such as the monophyly of Neusticurus and the placement of Potamites apodemus within the tribe. Based on a more extensive molecular and morphological data set, we propose a phylogenetic hypothesis for Neusticurus and investigate, for the first time, the phylogenetic position of P . apodemus . We recovered a monophyletic Neusticurus clade; however, Neusticurus rudis as currently understood was recovered as paraphyletic, with two lineages that also show consistent morphological diagnosis; as a result, we resurrect and provide a taxonomic redescription of Neusticurus surinamensis Müller, . Moreover, because P. apodemus was recovered as sister to all other Echinosaura , we propose a new combination for this species ( Echinosaura apodema ). We also review the distribution of Neusticurus species, offering a comprehensive view of their biogeography. Lastly, our ancestral character reconstruction and dating analyses indicate that the CLM phenotype evolved four times independently during Cercosaurini′s evolutionary history. We hypothesize that the CLM phenotype and subsequent adaptation to aquatic life may be linked to the development of the Pebas Lake in western Amazonia during the Miocene.

Usability of Computerized Lung Auscultation–Sound Software (CLASS) for learning pulmonary auscultation - Ana Machado; Ana Oliveira; Cristina Jácome; Marco Pereira; José Moreira; João Rodrigues; José Aparício; Luis M. T. Jesus; Alda Marques (Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 2018)

Fungal Endophyte Communities in Begonia Species from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest - Ana M. L. Correia; Simone P. Lira; Marco A. Assis; Andre Rodrigues (Current Microbiology, 2018)

Embryonic and larval development and fatty‐acid profile of Epinephelus marginatus spawned in captivity: tools applied to captive rearing - P. H. Mello; B. C. Araújo; M. F. Campos; J. A. Rodrigues‐Filho; C. E. O. Garcia; R. G. Moreira (Journal of Fish Biology, 2018)
Development, ontogeny of the digestive system and the fatty‐acid (FA) profile, were analysed during development of Epinephelus marginatus . Larvae were analysed 7 and 17 days post fertilization (dpf) to evaluate fatty‐acid profile and morphological variables, respectively. Epinephelus marginatus larvae have relatively slow development of digestive structures, but were able to capture, ingest and digest prey by 5 dpf. Eggs were composed of high percentages of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in phospholipids. The percentage of n3 PUFAs was higher than n6, especially docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), which exhibited higher levels compared with other marine species during the first 3 days of development, both in terms of phospholipids and triglycerides. The larvae present a high content of docosahexaenoic acid–eicosapentaenoic acid (DHA–EPA) and, during this phase, live food of small size was required (copepods or SS‐strain Brachionus rotundiformes ), enriched with DHA–EPA. These results may guide future studies on the contribution of FAs required during this stage of the life cycle of E. marginatus , to advance knowledge of the use of these FAs throughout ontogeny and contribute to the culture of this species commercial production or restocking.

Regenerative potential, metabolic profile, and genetic stability of Brachypodium distachyon embryogenic calli as affected by successive subcultures - T. C. Mamedes-Rodrigues; D. S. Batista; N. M. Vieira; E. M. Matos; D. Fernandes; A. Nunes-Nesi; C. D. Cruz; L. F. Viccini; F. T. S. Nogueira; W. C. Otoni (Protoplasma, 2018)

Author Correction: Ouabain attenuates ovalbumin-induced airway inflammation - José Guilherme F. M. Galvão; Luiz Henrique Agra Cavalcante-Silva; Deyse Cristina M. Carvalho; Laércia Karla D. P. Ferreira; Talissa Mozzini Monteiro; Adriano Francisco Alves; Larissa Adiles M. P. Ferreira; Francisco Allysson A. F. Gadelha; Marcia Regina Piuvezam; Sandra Rodrigues-Mascarenhas (Inflammation Research, 2018)

Seismic assessment of a heavy-timber frame structure with ring-doweled moment-resisting connections - Leonardo G. Rodrigues; Jorge M. Branco; Luís A. C. Neves; André R. Barbosa (Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2018)

Evidence for the involvement of opioid system in the antidepressant-like effect of ascorbic acid - Morgana Moretti; Camille M. Ribeiro; Vivian B. Neis; Luis Eduardo B. Bettio; Priscila B. Rosa; Ana Lúcia S. Rodrigues (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2018)

Maternal Hypermethioninemia Affects Neurons Number, Neurotrophins Levels, Energy Metabolism, and Na+,K+-ATPase Expression/Content in Brain of Rat Offspring - Bruna M. Schweinberger; André F. Rodrigues; Elias Turcatel; Paula Pierozan; Leticia F. Pettenuzzo; Mateus Grings; Giselli Scaini; Mariana M. Parisi; Guilhian Leipnitz; Emilio L. Streck; Florencia M. Barbé-Tuana; Angela T. S. Wyse (Molecular Neurobiology, 2018)

Tingenone, a pentacyclic triterpene, induces peripheral antinociception due to cannabinoid receptors activation in mice - C. C. Veloso; R. C. M. Ferreira; V. G. Rodrigues; L. P. Duarte; A. Klein; I. D. Duarte; T. R. L. Romero; A. C. Perez (Inflammopharmacology, 2018)

Long-term effects of grazing and topography on extra-radical hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in semi-arid grasslands - Haiyan Ren; Weiyang Gui; Yongfei Bai; Claudia Stein; Jorge L. M. Rodrigues; Gail W. T. Wilson; Adam B. Cobb; Yingjun Zhang; Gaowen Yang (Mycorrhiza, 2018)

Feline immudeficiency virus subtypes B and A in cats from São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil - Nathálya dos S. Martins; Ana Paula de S. Rodrigues; Luciana A. da Luz; Luana da L. dos Reis; Renata M. de Oliveira; Rudson A. de Oliveira; Ana Lucia Abreu-Silva; Jenner Karlisson P. dos Reis; Ferdinan A. Melo (Archives of Virology, 2018)

ATLANTIC BIRDS : a data set of bird species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest - Érica Hasui; Jean Paul Metzger; Rafael G. Pimentel; Luís Fábio Silveira; Alex A. d. A. Bovo; Alexandre C. Martensen; Alexandre Uezu; André L. Regolin; Arthur Â. Bispo de Oliveira; Cassiano A. F. R. Gatto; Charles Duca; Christian B. Andretti; et al. (Ecology, 2018)
South America holds 30% of the world's avifauna, with the Atlantic Forest representing one of the richest regions of the Neotropics. Here we have compiled a data set on Brazilian Atlantic Forest bird occurrence (150,423) and abundance samples ( N = 832 bird species; 33,119 bird individuals) using multiple methods, including qualitative surveys, mist nets, point counts, and line transects). We used four main sources of data: museum collections, on‐line databases, literature sources, and unpublished reports. The data set comprises 4,122 localities and data from 1815 to 2017. Most studies were conducted in the Florestas de Interior (1,510 localities) and Serra do Mar (1,280 localities) biogeographic sub‐regions. Considering the three main quantitative methods (mist net, point count, and line transect), we compiled abundance data for 745 species in 576 communities. In the data set, the most frequent species were Basileuterus culicivorus , Cyclaris gujanensis , and Conophaga lineata . There were 71 singletons, such as Lipaugus conditus and Calyptura cristata . We suggest that this small number of records reinforces the critical situation of these taxa in the Atlantic Forest. The information provided in this data set can be used for macroecological studies and to foster conservation strategies in this biodiversity hotspot. No copyright restrictions are associated with the data set. Please cite this Data Paper if data are used in publications and teaching events.

Mining noise affects loud call structures and emission patterns of wild black-fronted titi monkeys - M. H. L. Duarte; M. C. Kaizer; R. J. Young; M. Rodrigues; R. S. Sousa-Lima (Primates, 2018)

Commuter exposure to black carbon particles on diesel buses, on bicycles and on foot: a case study in a Brazilian city - Admir Créso Targino; Marcos Vinicius C. Rodrigues; Patricia Krecl; Yago Alonso Cipoli; João Paulo M. Ribeiro (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018)

Methylphenidate Decreases ATP Levels and Impairs Glutamate Uptake and Na+,K+-ATPase Activity in Juvenile Rat Hippocampus - Felipe Schmitz; Paula Pierozan; André F. Rodrigues; Helena Biasibetti; Mateus Grings; Bruna Zanotto; Daniella M. Coelho; Carmen R. Vargas; Guilhian Leipnitz; Angela T. S. Wyse (Molecular Neurobiology, 2017)

Organosulfur compound protects against memory decline induced by scopolamine through modulation of oxidative stress and Na+/K+ ATPase activity in mice - Fernanda D. da Silva; Mikaela P. Pinz; Renata L. de Oliveira; Karline C. Rodrigues; Francine R. Ianiski; Mariana M. Bassaco; Claudio C. Silveira; Cristiano R. Jesse; Silvane S. Roman; Ethel A. Wilhelm; Cristiane Luchese (Metabolic Brain Disease, 2017)

Role of Dynein Axonemal Heavy Chain 6 Gene Expression as a Possible Biomarker for Huntington’s Disease: a Translational Study - Lorena B. Areal; Lorraine P. Pereira; Fabiola M. Ribeiro; Isabella G. Olmo; Marcelo R. Muniz; Maria do Carmo Rodrigues; Patrik F. Costa; Cristina Martins-Silva; Stephen S. G. Ferguson; Daniela A. M. Guimarães; Rita G. W. Pires (Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2017)

Ouabain attenuates ovalbumin-induced airway inflammation - José Guilherme F. M. Galvão; Luiz Henrique Agra Cavalcante-Silva; Deyse Cristina M. Carvalho; Laércia Karla D. P. Ferreira; Talissa Mozzini Monteiro; Adriano Francisco Alves; Larissa Adilis M. P. Ferreira; Francisco Allysson A. F. Gadelha; Marcia Regina Piuvezam; Sandra Rodrigues-Mascarenhas (Inflammation Research, 2017)

Diversity and succession of pelagic microorganism communities in a newly restored Illinois River floodplain lake - Michael J. Lemke; Sara F. Paver; Keenan E. Dungey; Luiz Felipe M. Velho; Angela D. Kent; Luzia Cleide Rodrigues; Doyn M. Kellerhals; Michelle R. Randle (Hydrobiologia, 2017)

Why experiment with success? Opportunities and risks in applying assessment and adaptive management to the Emiquon floodplain restoration project - Richard E. Sparks; K. Douglas Blodgett; Andrew F. Casper; Heath M. Hagy; Michael J. Lemke; Luiz Felipe Machado Velho; Luzia Cleide Rodrigues (Hydrobiologia, 2017)

Biogeography of mutualistic fungi cultivated by leafcutter ants - Ulrich G. Mueller; Heather D. Ishak; Sofia M. Bruschi; Chad C. Smith; Jacob J. Herman; Scott E. Solomon; Alexander S. Mikheyev; Christian Rabeling; Jarrod J. Scott; Michael Cooper; Andre Rodrigues; Adriana Ortiz; et al. (Molecular Ecology, 2017)
Leafcutter ants propagate co‐evolving fungi for food. The nearly 50 species of leafcutter ants ( Atta , Acromyrmex ) range from Argentina to the United States, with the greatest species diversity in southern South America. We elucidate the biogeography of fungi cultivated by leafcutter ants using DNA sequence and microsatellite‐marker analyses of 474 cultivars collected across the leafcutter range. Fungal cultivars belong to two clades (Clade‐A and Clade‐B). The dominant and widespread Clade‐A cultivars form three genotype clusters, with their relative prevalence corresponding to southern South America, northern South America, Central and North America. Admixture between Clade‐A populations supports genetic exchange within a single species, Leucocoprinus gongylophorus . Some leafcutter species that cut grass as fungicultural substrate are specialized to cultivate Clade‐B fungi, whereas leafcutters preferring dicot plants appear specialized on Clade‐A fungi. Cultivar sharing between sympatric leafcutter species occurs frequently such that cultivars of Atta are not distinct from those of Acromyrmex . Leafcutters specialized on Clade‐B fungi occur only in South America. Diversity of Clade‐A fungi is greatest in South America, but minimal in Central and North America. Maximum cultivar diversity in South America is predicted by the Kusnezov–Fowler hypothesis that leafcutter ants originated in subtropical South America and only dicot‐specialized leafcutter ants migrated out of South America, but the cultivar diversity becomes also compatible with a recently proposed hypothesis of a Central American origin by postulating that leafcutter ants acquired novel cultivars many times from other nonleafcutter fungus‐growing ants during their migrations from Central America across South America. We evaluate these biogeographic hypotheses in the light of estimated dates for the origins of leafcutter ants and their cultivars.

New cytotoxic furan from the marine sediment-derived fungi Aspergillus niger - Paula Karina S. Uchoa; Antonia T. A. Pimenta; Raimundo Braz-Filho; Maria da Conceição F. de Oliveira; Natália N. Saraiva; Barbara S. F. Rodrigues; Ludwig H. Pfenning; Lucas M. Abreu; Diego V. Wilke; Katharine G. D. Florêncio; Mary Anne S. Lima (Natural Product Research, 2017)

High-touch surfaces: microbial neighbours at hand - L. Cobrado; A. Silva-Dias; M. M. Azevedo; A. G. Rodrigues (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2017)

Spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) and their host plants: a strategy for pasture diversification - R. Alvarenga; Alexander M. Auad; Jair C. Moraes; Sandra E. B. Silva; Brunno S. Rodrigues; Giani B. Silva (Applied Entomology and Zoology, 2017)

Physiological responses of reared sea bream ( Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758) to an Amyloodinium ocellatum outbreak - M Moreira; D Schrama; F Soares; T Wulff; P Pousão‐Ferreira; P Rodrigues (Journal of Fish Diseases, 2017)
Amyloodiniosis represents a major bottleneck for semi‐intensive aquaculture production in Southern Europe, causing extremely high mortalities. Amyloodinium ocellatum is a parasitic dinoflagellate that can infest almost all fish, crustacean and bivalves that live within its ecological range. Fish mortalities are usually attributed to anoxia, associated with serious gill hyperplasia, inflammation, haemorrhage and necrosis in heavy infestations; or with osmoregulatory impairment and secondary microbial infections due to severe epithelial damage in mild infestation. However, physiological information about the host responses to A. ocellatum infestation is scarce. In this work, we analysed the proteome of gilthead sea bream ( Sparus aurata ) plasma and relate it with haematological and immunological indicators, in order to enlighten the different physiological responses when exposed to an A. ocellatum outbreak. Using 2D‐ DIGE , immunological and haematological analysis and in response to the A. ocellatum contamination we have identified several proteins associated with acute‐phase response, inflammation, lipid transport, homoeostasis, and osmoregulation, wound healing, neoplasia and iron transport. Overall, this preliminary study revealed that amyloodiniosis affects some fish functional pathways as revealed by the changes in the plasma proteome of S. aurata, and that the innate immunological system is not activated in the presence of the parasite.

ATLANTIC ‐ CAMTRAPS : a dataset of medium and large terrestrial mammal communities in the Atlantic Forest of South America - Fernando Lima; Gabrielle Beca; Renata L. Muylaert; Clinton N. Jenkins; Miriam L. L. Perilli; Ana Maria O. Paschoal; Rodrigo L. Massara; Adriano P. Paglia; Adriano G. Chiarello; Maurício E. Graipel; Jorge J. Cherem; André L. Regolin; et al. (Ecology, 2017)
Our understanding of mammal ecology has always been hindered by the difficulties of observing species in closed tropical forests. Camera trapping has become a major advance for monitoring terrestrial mammals in biodiversity rich ecosystems. Here we compiled one of the largest datasets of inventories of terrestrial mammal communities for the Neotropical region based on camera trapping studies. The dataset comprises 170 surveys of medium to large terrestrial mammals using camera traps conducted in 144 areas by 74 studies, covering six vegetation types of tropical and subtropical Atlantic Forest of South America (Brazil and Argentina), and present data on species composition and richness. The complete dataset comprises 53,438 independent records of 83 species of mammals, includes 10 species of marsupials, 15 rodents, 20 carnivores, eight ungulates and six armadillos. Species richness averaged 13 species (±6.07 SD ) per site. Only six species occurred in more than 50% of the sites: the domestic dog Canis familiaris , crab‐eating fox Cerdocyon thous , tayra Eira barbara , south American coati Nasua nasua , crab‐eating raccoon Procyon cancrivorus and the nine‐banded armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus . The information contained in this dataset can be used to understand macroecological patterns of biodiversity, community, and population structure, but also to evaluate the ecological consequences of fragmentation, defaunation, and trophic interactions.

Wax Removal and Diamondback Moth Performance in Collards Cultivars - G. A. Silva; R. M. Pereira; N. Rodrigues-Silva; T. C. Souza; D. O. Ferreira; E. A. Queiroz; G. A. R. Silva; M. C. Picanço (Neotropical Entomology, 2017)

MPP+-Lesioned Mice: an Experimental Model of Motor, Emotional, Memory/Learning, and Striatal Neurochemical Dysfunctions - Mauricio P. Cunha; Francis L. Pazini; Vicente Lieberknecht; Josiane Budni; Ágatha Oliveira; Júlia M. Rosa; Gianni Mancini; Leidiane Mazzardo; André R. Colla; Marina C. Leite; Adair R. S. Santos; Daniel F. Martins; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2017)

Creatine Prevents Corticosterone-Induced Reduction in Hippocampal Proliferation and Differentiation: Possible Implication for Its Antidepressant Effect - Francis L. Pazini; Mauricio P. Cunha; Dayane Azevedo; Julia M. Rosa; André Colla; Jade de Oliveira; Ana B. Ramos-Hryb; Patricia S. Brocardo; Joana Gil-Mohapel; Ana Lúcia S. Rodrigues (Molecular Neurobiology, 2017)

Atorvastatin Protects from Aβ1–40-Induced Cell Damage and Depressive-Like Behavior via ProBDNF Cleavage - Fabiana K. Ludka; Maurício P. Cunha; Tharine Dal-Cim; Luisa Bandeira Binder; Leandra C. Constantino; Caio M. Massari; Wagner C. Martins; Ana Lúcia S. Rodrigues; Carla I. Tasca (Molecular Neurobiology, 2017)

Transcriptional profiling by RNA sequencing of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) roots infected by Fusarium solani f. sp. piperis - Edith C. O. Moreira; Daniel G. Pinheiro; Sheila M. C. Gordo; Simone M. Rodrigues; Elaine Pessoa; Hubert Schaller; Oriel F. de Lemos; Artur Silva; Horacio Schneider; Wilson A. Silva; Iracilda Sampaio; Sylvain Darnet (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2017)

Cholinergic Oculomotor Nucleus Activity Is Induced by REM Sleep Deprivation Negatively Impacting on Cognition - Patrícia Dos Santos; Adriano D. S. Targa; Ana Carolina D. Noseda; Lais S. Rodrigues; Juliane Fagotti; Marcelo M. S. Lima (Molecular Neurobiology, 2017)

Study of macro and microelements in fish from the Cienfuegos Bay. Relationship with its content in sediments - M. Peña-Icart; E. Rodrigues Pereira-Filho; L. Lopes Fialho; J. A. Nóbrega; C. Alonso-Hernández; Y. Bolaños-Alvarez; A. Muñoz-Caravaca; M. S. Pomares-Alfonso (Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2017)

Richness of periphytic algae and its relationship with hydrological attributes - Vanessa M. Algarte; Natália S. Siqueira; Daiane T. Ruwer; Nicolli C. Osório; Liliana Rodrigues (Brazilian Journal of Botany, 2017)

Chronic Treatment with Paraquat Induces Brain Injury, Changes in Antioxidant Defenses System, and Modulates Behavioral Functions in Zebrafish - Mauro E. Nunes; Talise E. Müller; Marcos M. Braga; Barbara D. Fontana; Vanessa A. Quadros; Aline Marins; Cíntia Rodrigues; Charlene Menezes; Denis B. Rosemberg; Vania Lucia Loro (Molecular Neurobiology, 2017)

N-acylhydrazones containing thiophene nucleus: a new anticancer class - Laura N. F. Cardoso; Thais C. M. Nogueira; Felipe A. R. Rodrigues; Augusto Cesar Aragão Oliveira; Maria Claudia dos Santos Luciano; Claudia Pessoa; Marcus V. N. de Souza (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2017)

Biology of the relict fungus-farming ant Apterostigma megacephala Lattke, including descriptions of the male, gyne, and larva - J. Sosa-Calvo; A. Ješovnik; C. T. Lopes; A. Rodrigues; C. Rabeling; M. Bacci; H. L. Vasconcelos; T. R. Schultz (Insectes Sociaux, 2017)

Informativeness of patient initial reports of adverse drug reactions. Can it be improved by a pharmacovigilance centre? - F Kheloufi; A Default; F Rouby; D Laugier-Castellan; M Boyer; B Rodrigues; J Ponte-Astoul; MJ Jean-Pastor; O Blin; J Micallef (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2017)

Global patterns of interaction specialization in bird–flower networks - Thais B. Zanata; Bo Dalsgaard; Fernando C. Passos; Peter A. Cotton; James J. Roper; Pietro K. Maruyama; Erich Fischer; Matthias Schleuning; Ana M. Martín González; Jeferson Vizentin‐Bugoni; Donald C. Franklin; Stefan Abrahamczyk; et al. (Journal of Biogeography, 2017)
Aim Among the world's three major nectar‐feeding bird taxa, hummingbirds are the most phenotypically specialized for nectarivory, followed by sunbirds, while the honeyeaters are the least phenotypically specialized taxa. We tested whether this phenotypic specialization gradient is also found in the interaction patterns with their floral resources. Location Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania/Australia. Methods We compiled interaction networks between birds and floral resources for 79 hummingbird, nine sunbird and 33 honeyeater communities. Interaction specialization was quantified through connectance ( C ), complementary specialization ( H 2 ′), binary ( Q B ) and weighted modularity ( Q ), with both observed and null‐model corrected values. We compared interaction specialization among the three types of bird–flower communities, both independently and while controlling for potential confounding variables, such as plant species richness, asymmetry, latitude, insularity, topography, sampling methods and intensity. Results Hummingbird–flower networks were more specialized than honeyeater–flower networks. Specifically, hummingbird–flower networks had a lower proportion of realized interactions (lower C ), decreased niche overlap (greater H 2 ′) and greater modularity (greater Q B ). However, we found no significant differences between hummingbird– and sunbird–flower networks, nor between sunbird– and honeyeater–flower networks. Main conclusions As expected, hummingbirds and their floral resources have greater interaction specialization than honeyeaters, possibly because of greater phenotypic specialization and greater floral resource richness in the New World. Interaction specialization in sunbird–flower communities was similar to both hummingbird–flower and honeyeater–flower communities. This may either be due to the relatively small number of sunbird–flower networks available, or because sunbird–flower communities share features of both hummingbird–flower communities (specialized floral shapes) and honeyeater–flower communities (fewer floral resources). These results suggest a link between interaction specialization and both phenotypic specialization and floral resource richness within bird–flower communities at a global scale.

Ashes from fluidized bed combustion of residual forest biomass: recycling to soil as a viable management option - Nuno C. Cruz; Sónia M. Rodrigues; Lina Carvalho; Armando C. Duarte; Eduarda Pereira; Paul F.A.M. Römkens; Luís A.C. Tarelho (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

P transformations in cacao agroforests soils in the Atlantic forest region of Bahia, Brazil - S. Aleixo; A. C. Gama-Rodrigues; M. G. Costa; M. V. S. Sales; E. F. Gama-Rodrigues; J. R. B. Marques (Agroforestry Systems, 2017)

Tauroursodeoxycholic Acid Enhances Mitochondrial Biogenesis, Neural Stem Cell Pool, and Early Neurogenesis in Adult Rats - Rita Soares; Filipa F. Ribeiro; Sara Xapelli; Tânia Genebra; Maria F. Ribeiro; Ana M. Sebastião; Cecília M. P. Rodrigues; Susana Solá (Molecular Neurobiology, 2017)

Erratum to: Reliable Rate Measurements for Active and Passive Hepatic Uptake Using Plated Human Hepatocytes - Yi-an Bi; Renato J. Scialis; Sarah Lazzaro; Sumathy Mathialagan; Emi Kimoto; Julie Keefer; Hui Zhang; Anna M. Vildhede; Chester Costales; A. David Rodrigues; Larry M. Tremaine; Manthena V. S. Varma (The AAPS Journal, 2017)

Reliable Rate Measurements for Active and Passive Hepatic Uptake Using Plated Human Hepatocytes - Yi-an Bi; Renato J. Scialis; Sarah Lazzaro; Sumathy Mathialagan; Emi Kimoto; Julie Keefer; Hui Zhang; Anna M. Vildhede; Chester Costales; A. David Rodrigues; Larry M. Tremaine; Manthena V. S. Varma (The AAPS Journal, 2017)

The pivotal role of small non-coding RNAs in the regulation of seed development - Andreia S. Rodrigues; Célia M. Miguel (Plant Cell Reports, 2017)

Ocular safety of Intravitreal Clindamycin Hydrochloride Released by PLGA Implants - Gabriella M. Fernandes-Cunha; Silvia Ligório Fialho; Gisele Rodrigues da Silva; Armando Silva-Cunha; Min Zhao; Francine Behar-Cohen (Pharmaceutical Research, 2017)

Copper effect in petroleum hydrocarbons biodegradation by microorganisms associated to Juncus maritimus: role of autochthonous bioaugmentation - I. P. F. M. Montenegro; A. P. Mucha; I. Reis; P. Rodrigues; C. M. R. Almeida (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2017)

Application of solar photo-Fenton toward toxicity removal and textile wastewater reuse - Maria Clara V. M. Starling; Paulo Henrique Rodrigues dos Santos; Felipe Antônio Ribeiro de Souza; Sílvia Corrêa Oliveira; Mônica M. D. Leão; Camila C. Amorim (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Benthic dinoflagellate blooms in tropical intertidal rock pools: elucidation of photoprotection mechanisms - J. S. Patil; R. V. Rodrigues; P. Paul; K. Sathish; M. Rafi; A. C. Anil (Marine Biology, 2017)

Preparation of Extruded Snacks with Flavored Flour Obtained from the Carcasses of Nile Tilapia: Physicochemical, Sensory, and Microbiological Analysis - Alex P. Justen; Maria Luiza Rodrigues de Souza; Antonio R. G. Monteiro; Jane M. G. Mikcha; Eliane Gasparino; Ádina B. Delbem; Maria Regina B. de Carvalho; Ana P. Del Vesco (Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology, 2017)

Occurrence of anti-Leptospira spp. antibodies in Rhipidomys spp. from a forest fragment of the Brazilian Cerrado - D. O. Gomes; G. B. Ramos; V. B. A. Alves; A. Z. Ciuffa; L. P. Cuccato; T. F. M. dos Reis; A. M. C. Lima; M. C. Gonçalves; G. V. Tolesano; V. S. Rodrigues; M. P. J. Szabó (Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2017)

An index of Brazil’s vulnerability to expected increases in natural flash flooding and landslide disasters in the context of climate change - Nathan S. Debortoli; Pedro Ivo M. Camarinha; José A. Marengo; Regina R. Rodrigues (Natural Hazards, 2017)

Caffeine Reverts Memory But Not Mood Impairment in a Depression-Prone Mouse Strain with Up-Regulated Adenosine A2A Receptor in Hippocampal Glutamate Synapses - Nuno J. Machado; Ana Patrícia Simões; Henrique B. Silva; Ana Paula Ardais; Manuella P. Kaster; Pedro Garção; Diana I. Rodrigues; Daniela Pochmann; Ana Isabel Santos; Inês M. Araújo; Lisiane O. Porciúncula; Ângelo R. Tomé; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2017)

Exploring 1,2,3-triazole derivatives by using in vitro and in silico assays to target new antifungal agents and treat Candidiasis - Taísa F. Santos; Jéssica B. de Jesus; Paulo M. Neufeld; Alessandro K. Jordão; Vinícius R. Campos; Anna C. Cunha; Helena C. Castro; Maria C. B. V. de Souza; Vitor F. Ferreira; Carlos R. Rodrigues; Paula A. Abreu (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2017)

Synthesis, antimicrobial activity and cytotoxic investigation of novel trifluoromethylated tetrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines - Elisandra Scapin; Clarissa P. Frizzo; Leticia V. Rodrigues; Geórgia C. Zimmer; Rodrigo A. Vaucher; Michelle R. Sagrillo; Janice L. Giongo; Carlos A. M. Afonso; Patrícia Rijo; Nilo Zanatta; Helio G. Bonacorso; Marcos A. P. Martins (Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2017)

3-D distribution of the radioelements in the granitic rocks of northern and central Portugal and geothermal implications - R. Lamas; M. M. Miranda; A. J. S. C. Pereira; L. J. P. F. Neves; N. Ferreira; N. V. Rodrigues (Journal of Iberian Geology, 2017)

Exceptional Symmetry by Genomic Word - Vera Afreixo; João M. O. S. Rodrigues; Carlos A. C. Bastos; Ana H. M. P. Tavares; Raquel M. Silva (Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences, 2017)

Adaptative processes, control measures, genetic background, and resilience of malaria vectors and environmental changes in the Amazon region - W. P. Tadei; I. B. Rodrigues; M. S. Rafael; R. T. M. Sampaio; H. G. Mesquita; V. C. S. Pinheiro; J. A. C. Zequi; R. A. Roque; J. M. M. dos Santos (Hydrobiologia, 2017)

Bacteria and fungi inactivation by photocatalysis under UVA irradiation: liquid and gas phase - Caio Rodrigues-Silva; Sandra M. Miranda; Filipe V. S. Lopes; Mário Silva; Márcia Dezotti; Adrián M. T. Silva; Joaquim L. Faria; Rui A. R. Boaventura; Vítor J. P. Vilar; Eugénia Pinto (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

“Why throw away something useful?”: Attitudes and opinions of people treated for bipolar disorder and their relatives on organ and tissue donation - Carolina S. Padoan; Lucas F. Garcia; Aline A. Rodrigues; Lucas M. Patusco; Mariana V. Atz; Flavio Kapczinski; José R. Goldim; Pedro V. S. Magalhães (Cell and Tissue Banking, 2017)

Conversion of Amazon rainforest to agriculture alters community traits of methane‐cycling organisms - Kyle M. Meyer; Ann M. Klein; Jorge L. M. Rodrigues; Klaus Nüsslein; Susannah G. Tringe; Babur S. Mirza; James M. Tiedje; Brendan J. M. Bohannan (Molecular Ecology, 2017)
Land use change is one of the greatest environmental impacts worldwide, especially to tropical forests. The Amazon rainforest has been subject to particularly high rates of land use change, primarily to cattle pasture. A commonly observed response to cattle pasture establishment in the Amazon is the conversion of soil from a methane sink in rainforest, to a methane source in pasture. However, it is not known how the microorganisms that mediate methane flux are altered by land use change. Here, we use the deepest metagenomic sequencing of Amazonian soil to date to investigate differences in methane‐cycling microorganisms and their traits across rainforest and cattle pasture soils. We found that methane‐cycling microorganisms responded to land use change, with the strongest responses exhibited by methane‐consuming, rather than methane‐producing, microorganisms. These responses included a reduction in the relative abundance of methanotrophs and a significant decrease in the abundance of genes encoding particulate methane monooxygenase. We also observed compositional changes to methanotroph and methanogen communities as well as changes to methanotroph life history strategies. Our observations suggest that methane‐cycling microorganisms are vulnerable to land use change, and this vulnerability may underlie the response of methane flux to land use change in Amazon soils.

Selection and Characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner) (Eubacteriales: Bacillaceae) Strains for Ecdytolopha aurantiana (Lima) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Control - J Zorzetti; A P S Ricietto; F A P Fazion; A M Meneguim; P M O J Neves; L A Vilas-Boas; R B Rodrigues; G T Vilas-Bôas (Neotropical Entomology, 2017)

Prevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in workers occupationally exposed to swine in Portugal - J. Teixeira; J. R. Mesquita; S. S. Pereira; R. M. S. Oliveira; J. Abreu-Silva; A. Rodrigues; M. Myrmel; K. Stene-Johansen; J. Øverbø; G. Gonçalves; M. S. J. Nascimento (Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 2017)

Ecology of termites from the genus Nasutitermes (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) and potential for science-based development of sustainable pest management programs - Isabelle Boulogne; Reginaldo Constantino; Nadine Amusant; Michaël Falkowski; Alice M. S. Rodrigues; Emeline Houël (Journal of Pest Science, 2017)