Selected Publications
Selected Publications
2007
Thiago F.L.V.B. Rangel, Luis M. Bini, José A.F. Diniz-Filho, Miriam Plaza Pinto, Priscilla Carvalho and Rogério P. Bastos. 2007. HUMAN DEV0LOPMENT AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN BRAZILIAN CERRADO. Applied Geography. 27, 1-62 [PDF}
2006
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., L. M. Bini, M. P. Pinto, T. F. L. V. B. Rangel, P. Carvalho & R. P. Bastos. 2006. ANURAN SPECIES RICHNESS, COMPLEMENTARITY AND CONSERVATION CONFLICTS IN BRAZILIAN CERRADO. Acta Oecologica 29: 9-15 [PDF]
Bini, L. M., J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, T. F. L. V. B. Rangel, R. P. Bastos & Pinto, M. P. 2006. CHALLENGING WALLACEAN AND LINNEAN SHORTFALLS: KNOWLEDGE GRADIENTS AND CONSERVATION PLANNING IN A BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT. Diversity & Distributions 12: 475-482 [PDF] (see also Hugh Possingham`s comment on this paper for Faculty of 1000).
Hawkins, B. A., J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, C.A. Jaramillo & S. A. Soeller. 2006. POST-EOCENE CLIMATIC CHANGE, NICHE CONSERVATISM AND THE LATITUDINAL DIVERSITY GRADIENT IN NEW WORLD BIRDS. Journal of Biogeography 33: 770-780 [PDF].
Hawkins, B. A. & J. A. F. Diniz-Filho. 2006. BEYOND RAPOPORT`S RULE: EVALUATING RANGE SIZE PATTERNS IN NEW WORLD BIRDS IN A TWO-DIMENSIONAL FRAMEWORK. Global Ecology & Biogeography 15: 461-469 [PDF] (see also Ruggiero & Hawkins` ecological sounding on the same GEB issue) .
Rangel, T. F. L. V. B., J. A. F. Diniz-Filho & L.. M. Bini. 2006. TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED COMPUTATIONAL TOOL FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS IN MACROECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY. Global Ecology & Biogeography 15: 321-327 [PDF] (the full paper on our SAM software).
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F. & M. P. C. Telles. 2006. Optimization procedures for establishing reserve networks for biodiversity conservation taking into account population genetic structure. Genetics & Molecular Biology 29: 207-214 [PDF].
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F. 2006. MODERN PROCESSES DRIVE MACROECOLOGICAL PATTERNS IN NORTH AMERICAN AVIFAUNA. Journal of Biogeography 33: 1153-1154 [PDF] (a comment on Frank La Sorte`s JBI paper).
Melo, A. S., L. M. Bini & P. Carvalho. 2006.BRAZILIAN ARTICLES IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS ON LIMNOLOGY. Scientometrics 67: 187-199 [PDF].
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., L. M. Bini, Pinto, M. P, T. F. L. V. B. Rangel, P. Carvalho, Vieira, S. L. & R. P. Bastos 2006. CONSERVATION BIOGEOGRAPHY OF ANURANS IN BRAZILIAN CERRADO. Biodiversity & Conservation (in press) [PDF].
Luz, K. D. G., L. M. Bini, R. Fuji, A. A. Agostinho & H. F. 2006. FOOD SPECTRUM AND TROPHIC STRUCTURE OF THE ICHTHYOFAUNA OF CORUMBÁ RESERVOIR, PARANÁ RIVER BASIN, BRAZIL. Neotropical Ichthyology 4: 61-68 [PDF].
2005
Bini, L. M. & J. A. F. Diniz-Filho. 2005. CONSERVATION DOES NOT COMPROMISE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN BRAZILIAN CERRADO. Science dEbate published on 26 May, 2005 - response to Adams et al. (2004). Biodiversity conservation and the erradication of poverty. Science 306: 1146-1149.
Bini, L. M., L. G. Oliveira, D. C. Souza, P. Carvalho & M. P. Pinto. 2005. PATTERNS OF THE AQUATIC MACROPHYTES COVER IN CACHOEIRA DOURADA RESERVOIR (GO-MG). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 65: 19-24 [PDF]
Carvalho, P., S. M. Thomaz & L. M. Bini. 2005. EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON DECOMPOSITION OF A POTENTIAL NUISANCE SPECIES: THE SUBMERGED AQUATIC MACROPHYTE EGERIA NAJAS PLANCHON (HYDROCHARITACEAE). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 65: 51-60 [PDF]
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F. 2005. A NICE STEP TOWARDS THE FINAL FRONTIER. Journal of Biogeography 32:1287-1289 [PDF]
Rangel, T. F. L. V. B. & J. A. F. Diniz-Filho. 2005. AN EVOLUTIONARY TOLERANCE MODEL EXPLAINING SPATIAL PATTERNS IN SPECIES RICHNESS UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS AND GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINTS. Ecography 28:253-263 [PDF].
Bini, L. M., J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, P. Carvalho, M. P. Pinto & T. F. L. V. B. Rangel. 2005. LOMBORG AND THE LITANY OF BIODIVERSITY CRISIS: WHAT THE PEER REVIEW LITERATURE SAYS. Conservation Biology 20:1-6 [PDF].
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., R. P. Bastos, T. F. L. V. B. Rangel, L. M. Bini, P. Carvalho & R. J. Silva. 2005. MACROECOLOGICAL CORRELATES AND SPATIAL PATTERNS OF ANURAN DESCRIPTION DATES IN THE BRAZILIAN CERRADO. Global Ecology and Biogeography 14: 469-477 [PDF].
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., P. Carvalho, L. M. Bini & N. M. Tôrres. 2005. MACROECOLOGY, GEOGRAPHIC RANGE SIZE-BODY SIZE RELATIONSHIP AND MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION ANALYSIS FOR NEW WORLD CARNIVORA. Acta Oecologica 27:25-30 [PDF].
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F. & L. M. Bini. 2005. MODELLING GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS IN SPECIES RICHNESS USING EIGENVECTOR-BASED SPATIAL FILTERS. Global Ecology and Biogeography 14:177-185 [PDF].
Rangel, T. F. L. V. B. & J. A. F. Diniz-Filho. 2005. NEUTRAL COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, THE MIDDOMAIN EFFECT AND SPATIAL PATTERNS IN SPECIES RICHNESS. Ecology Letters 8:783-790 [PDF].
Telles, M.P.C., R.P. Bastos, T.N. Soares, L.V.R. & J. A. F. Diniz-Filho. 2005. RAPD VARIATION AND POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE OF Physalaemus cuvieri (ANURA: LEPTODACTYLIDAE) IN CENTRAL BRAZIL. Genetica 124:1-8 [PDF not available yet...].
Carvalho, P., J. A. F. Diniz-Filho & L. M. Bini. 2005. THE IMPACT OF FELSENSTEIN'S PHYLOGENY AND THE COMPARATIVE METHOD ON EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY. Scientometrics 62: 53-66 [PDF].
Hawkins, B. A., J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, and A. W. 2005. THE MID-DOMAIN EFFECT AND DIVERSITY GRADIENTS: IS THERE ANYTHING TO LEARN?. The American Naturalist 166:1-4 [PDF].
Hawkins, B. A., J. A. F. Diniz-Filho & S. A. Soeller. 2005. WATER LINKS THE HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY COMPONENTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN BIRD DIVERSITY GRADIENT. Journal of Biogeography 32:1035-1042 [PDF].
2004
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F. & L. M. Bini. 2005. BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE 1960S VIEW OF STATISTICS AND MATHEMATICS FOR 21ST-CENTURY BIOLOGISTS. Science dEbate published on 18 May, 2004 - response to: Bialek, W. & Botstein, D. Introductory Science and Mathematics Education for 21st-Century Biologists. Science 303: 788-790, 2004.
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., T. F. L. V. B. Rangel & B. A. Hawkins. 2004. A TEST OF MULTIPLE HYPOTHESIS OF THE DIVERSITY GRADIENT OF SOUTH AMERICAN OWLS. Oecologia 149: 633-638 [PDF].
Velho, L. F. M., L. M. Bini & F. A. Lansac-Tôha. 2004. TESTATE AMOEBA (RHIZOPODA) DIVERSITY IN PLANKTON OF THE UPPER PARANÁ RIVER FLOOODPLAIN, BRAZIL. Hydrobiologia 523: 103-111 [PDF]
Fernandez, D.R, A. A. Agostinho & L. M. Bini. 2004. SELECTION OF AN EXPERIMENTAL FISH LADDER LOCATED AT THE DAM OF THE ITAIPU BINACIONAL, PARANÁ RIVER, BRAZIL. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 47: 579-586. [PDF]
Hawkins, B. A. & J. A. F. Diniz-Filho. 2004. LATITUDE AND GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS IN SPECIES RICHNESS. Ecography 27:268-272 [PDF].
Bini, L. M., J. A. F. Diniz-Filho & B. A Hawkins. 2004. MACROECOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS FOR DIFFERENCES IN SPECIES RICHNESS GRADIENTS: A CANONICAL ANALYSIS OF SOUTH AMERICAN BIRDS. Journal of Biogeography 31:1819-1827 [PDF].
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F. 2004. MACROECOLOGY AND THE HIERARCHICAL EXPANSION OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY. Global Ecology And Biogeography 13:1-5 [PDF].
Jácomo, A. T. A., L. Silveira & J. A. F. Diniz-Filho. 2004. NICHE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE MANED-WOLF (Chrysocyon brachiurus), THE CRAB-EATING FOX (Dusicyon thous) AND THE HOARY-FOX (Dusicyon vetulus) IN CENTRAL BRAZIL. Journal of Zoology 262:99-106 [PDF].
Tôrres, N. M. & J. A. F. Diniz-Filho. 2004. PHYLOGENETIC AUTOCORRELATION AND EVOLUTIONARY DIVERSITY OF CARNIVORA (MAMMALIA) IN CONSERVATION UNITS OF THE NEW WORLD. Genetics and Molecular Biology 27:511-516 [PDF].
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F. 2004. PHYLOGENETIC AUTOCORRELATION OF EXTINCTION RISKS AND THE LOSS OF EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY IN FELIDAE (CARNIVORA). Evolutionary Ecology 18:273-282 [PDF].
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F. 2004. PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION PRIORITIES UNDER DISTINCT MODELS OF PHENOTYPIC EVOLUTION. Conservation Biology 18: 698-704 [PDF].
Mathias, P. B. V. C, C. V. Mendonça, T. F. L. V. B. Rangel & J. A. F. Diniz-Filho. 2004. SENSITIVITY OF MACROECOLOGICAL PATTERNS OF SOUTH AMERICAN PARROTS TO DIFFERENCES IN DATA SOURCES. Global Ecology and Biogeography 13:193-198 [PDF].
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., L. M. Bini, C. M. Vieira, M. C. Souza, R. P. Bastos, D. Brandão & L. G. Oliveira. 2004. SPATIAL PATTERNS IN SPECIES RICHNESS AND PRIORITY AREAS FOR CONSERVATION OF ANURANS IN THE CERRADO REGION, CENTRAL BRAZIL. Amphibia-Reptilia 5:63-75 [PDF].
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F. 2004. SPECIES ON A CHESSBOARD. Global Ecology And Biogeography 13: 95-96 [PDF].
2003
Silveira, L., A. T. A. Jácomo & J. A. F. Diniz-Filho. 2003. CAMERA TRAP, LINE TRANSECT CENSUS AND TRACK SURVEYS: A COMPARATIVE EVALUATION. Biological Conservation 114: 351-355 [PDF].
Telles, M. P. C., A. S. G. Coelho, L. J. Chaves, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho & F. D. Valva. 2003. GENETIC DIVERSITY AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF EUGENIA DYSENTERICA DC. (CAGAITEIRA - MYRTACEAE) IN CENTRAL BRAZIL: SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT. Conservation Genetics 4: 685-695 [PDF].
Hawkins, B. A., E. Porter & J. A. F. Diniz-Filho. 2003. PRODUCTIVITY AND HISTORY AS PREDICTORS OF THE LATITUDINAL DIVERSITY GRADIENT OF TERRESTRIAL BIRDS. Ecology 84: 1608-1623 [PDF].
Monteiro, L., J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, S. F. Reis & E. D. Araújo. 2003. SHAPE DISTANCES IN GENERAL LINEAR MODELS: ARE THEY REALLY AT ODDS WITH THE GOALS OF MORPHOMETRICS? A REPLY TO KLINGENBERG. Evolution 57:196-199 [PDF].
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., L. M. Bini & Bradford A Hawkins. 2003. SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION AND RED HERRINGS IN GEOGRAPHICAL ECOLOGY. Global Ecology And Biogeography 12:53-64. [PDF] (see Highlight at ISI).
Rangel, T. F. L. V. B. & J. A. F. Diniz-Filho. 2003. SPATIAL PATTERNS IN SPECIES RICHNESS AND THE GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINT SIMULATION MODEL: A GLOBAL ANALYSIS OF MID-DOMAIN EFFECT IN FALCONIFORMES. Acta Oecologica 24:203-207 [PDF].
Velho, L. F. M., F. A. Lansac-Tôha & L. M. Bini. 2003. INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY ON THE STRUCTURE OF TESTATE AMOEBAE (PROTOZOA, RHIZOPODA) ASSEMBLAGES IN THE PLANKTON OF THE UPPER PARANÁ RIVER FLOOPLAIN, BRAZIL. International Review Of Hydrobiology, 88: 154-166 [PDF].
Bini, L. M., L. F. M. Velho, F. A. Lansac-Tôha. 2003. THE EFFECT OF CONNECTIVITY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LOCAL AND REGIONAL SPECIES RICHNESS OF TESTATE AMOEBAE (PROTOZOA, RHIZOPODA) IN FLOODPLAIN LAGOONS OF THE UPPER PARANÁ RIVER, BRAZIL. Acta Oecologica 24: 145-151 [PDF].
Carvalho, P. , S. M. Thomaz & L. M. Bini. 2003. EFFECTS OF WATER LEVEL, ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC FACTORS ON BACTERIOPLANKTON ABUNDANCE IN LAGOONS OF A TROPICAL FLOODPLAIN (PARANÁ RIVER, BRAZIL). Hydrobiologia 510: 67-74 [PDF].
Murphy, K. J., G. Dickinson, S. M. Thomaz, L. M. Bini; BINI, Luis Mauricio ; DICK, K. ; GREAVES, K. ; KENNEDY, M. P. ; LIVINGSTONE, S. ; MCFERRAN, H. ; MILNE, J. M. ; OLDROYD, J. ; WINGFIELD, R. A. . Aquatic plant communities and predictors of diversity in a sub-tropical river floodplain: the Upper Rio Paraná, Brazil. Aquatic Botany, Amsterdam, v. 77, p. 257-276, 2003. [PDF].
Thomaz, S. M. D. C. Souza, L. M. Bini. 2003. SPECIES RICHNESS AND BETA DIVERSITY OF AQUATIC MACROPHYTES IN A LARGE SUBTROPICAL RESERVOIR (ITAIPU RESERVOIR, BRAZIL): THE INFLUENCE OF LIMNOLOGY AND MORPHOMETRY. Hydrobiologia 505:119-128 [PDF].
Thomaz, S. M., L. M. Bini & T. A. Pagioro. 2003. MACRÓFITAS AQUÁTICAS EM ITAIPU: ECOLOGIA E PERSPECTIVAS PARA O MANEJO. IN: Sidinei Magela Thomaz; Luis Mauricio Bini. (Org.). ECOLOGIA E MANEJO DE MACRÓFITAS AQUÁTICAS. EDUEM Maringá, pp. 319-341. [PDF].
Thomaz, S. M. & L. M. Bini 2003.. ANÁLISE CRÍTICA DOS ESTUDOS SOBRE MACRÓFITAS AQUÁTICAS DESENVOLVIDOS NO BRASIL. In: Sidinei Magela Thomaz; Luis Mauricio Bini. (Org.). ECOLOGIA E MANEJO DE MACRÓFITAS AQUÁTICAS. EDUEM Maringá, pp. 19-38. [PDF].
Bini, L. M., P. Carvalho, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, M. P. Pinto & T. F. L. V. B. Rangel. 2003. ANÁLISE CIENCIOMÉTRICA DOS ESTUDOS SOBRE EUTROFIZAÇÃO. In: IV Seminário do Projeto Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa em Eutrofização de Águas de Abastecimento Público, 2003, Curitiba. Anais do IV Seminário do Projeto Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa em Eutrofização de Águas de Abastecimento Público. Curitiba : UFPR - Imprensa Universitária, p. 114-124. [PDF].
PRE-2003 main papers…
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., C. E. R. Sant’Ana, Souza, M. C. & Rangel, T. F. L. V. B. 2002. NULL MODELS AND SPATIAL PATTERNS OF SPECIES RICHNESS IN SOUTH AMERICAN BIRDS OF PREY. Ecology Letters 5: 47-55 [PDF].
Hawkins, B. A. & J. A. F. Diniz-Filho. 2002. THE MID-DOMAIN EFFECT CANNOT EXPLAIN THE DIVERSITY GRADIENTS OF NEARCTIC BIRDS. Global Ecology & Biogeography 11: 419-426 [PDF] (this is a huge file, download can take a while…!).
Monteiro, L. R., J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, S. F. dos Reis & E. D. Araújo. 2002. GEOMETRIC ESTIMATES OF HERITABILITY IN BIOLOGICAL SHAPE. Evolution 56: 563-572 [PDF] (see also our response to Klingenberg’s paper - PDF)
Martins, E.P., J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, & E. Housworth. 2002. ADAPTIVE CONSTRAINTS AND THE PHYLOGENETIC COMPARATIVE METHODS: A COMPUTER SIMULATION TEST. Evolution 56: 1-13. [PDF]
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F. 2001. PHYLOGENETIC AUTOCORRELATION UNDER DISTINCT EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES. Evolution 55: 1104-1109 [PDF].
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F. & N. M. Torres. 2002. PHYLOGENETIC COMPARATIVE METHODS AND THE GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE SIZE – BODY SIZE RELATIONSHIP IN NEW WORLD CARNIVORA. Evolutionary Ecology 16: 351-367 [PDF].
Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., C. E. R. Sant’Ana & L. M. Bini. 1998. NA EIGENVECTOR METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PHYLOGENETIC INERTIA. Evolution 52: 1247-1262 [PDF].