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Dr. Cássio Cardoso Pereira​

Ph.D. in Ecology

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Peer-reviewed articles

1. Fernandes, G. W.; de Paula, G. A.; ...; Pereira, C. C.; et al. 2026. Blue List of Reference Ecosystems: A Strategic Approach to Guide and Improve Ecological Restoration. In prep.

2. Salm, R.; Schmalz, K. E.; ...; Pereira, C. C.; et al. 2026. Palm community structure in relation to topography, hydrography, and forest structure in the Iriri River Valley, eastern Amazon. Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 21: 297–320.

3. Fenster, C.; Pereira, C. C.; & Willig, M. 2026. Commentary 76.5. BioScience, 76: 406–406.

4. Negreiros, D.; Toma, T. S.; ...; Pereira, C. C.; et al. 2026. The Blue List Initiative: Guiding Biodiversity Restoration in Brazil’s Espinhaço Range. Applied Vegetation Science, 29: e70073.

5. Sperandei, V. F.; Vaz-Silva, W.; Pereira, C. C.; & Tejerina-Garro, F. L. 2026. Widespread, IUCN Least Concern anurans dominate cave use in Brazil, indicating opportunistic habitat use. Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 21: 31–48.

6. Silva, A. A. N.; Sperandei, V. F.; & Pereira, C. C. 2026. When calves get vulnerable, ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) get bold: a camera trap record of opportunistic foraging in a fragmented landscape. Biotropica, 58: e70168.

7. Cornelisen, T. G.; Mendes, G. M.; ...; Pereira, C. C.; et al. 2026. Quantifying leaf herbivory: a guide to methodological trade-offs and best practices. Ecology, 107: e70308.

8. Fenster, C. B.; Quintana-Ascencio, A.; & Pereira, C. C. 2026. Commentary on 76.2. BioScience, 76: 96–96.

9.    Pereira, C. C.; Kenedy-Siqueira, W.; Maia, L. R.; et al. 2026. The Cerrado crisis review: highlighting threats and providing future pathways to save Brazil’s biodiversity hotspot. Nature Conservation, 61: 29–70.

10. Novais, S.; Matías-Ferrer, N.; Ruíz-Guerra, B.; Pereira, C. C.; et al. 2026. Ants and Extrafloral Nectary-Bearing Plants. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 107: e70053.

11. Ávila, A. A.; Pereira, C. C.; Oliveira, C. P., et al. 2025. Forgotten guardians of biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest: seed rain confirms the ecological role of hedgerows in landscape connectivity. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 158: 350–357.

12. Fenster, C. B.; & Pereira, C. C. 2025. An eclectic, diverse, and highly entertaining issue. BioScience, 75: 690–690.

13. Novais, S.; Matías-Ferrer, N.; Ruíz-Guerra, B.; Pereira, C. C.; et al. 2025. Ants and extrafloral nectary-bearing plants: a dataset of interactions and outcomes. Ecology, 106: e70186.

14.    Pereira, C. C.; Fernandes, S.; & Sperandei, V. F. 2025. Scientific journals need to flourish on mainstream social media. BioScience, 75: 905–909.

15. Fernandes, S.; Fernandes, G. W.; Pereira, C. C.; et al. 2025. Reimagining River Governance: Insights from the Colorado River Crisis. BioScience, 75: 607–608.

16. Rodrigues, D. J.; Sobral-Souza, T.; ...; Pereira, C. C.; et al. 2025. Passando a boiada: degazettement and downsizing threaten protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 23: 1–5.

17. Pereira, C. C. 2025. Net-zero emissions commitments more threatened than ever. Nature, 638: 39–39.

18.    Pereira, C. C.;  Rodrigues, D. J.; Salm, R.; Fearnside, P. M. 2025. Amazon projects pose risks to Brazil and the World. BioScience, 75: 432–435.

19.   Ripple, W. J.; Wolf, C.; ...; Pereira, C. C.; et al. 2024. The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth. BioScience, 74: 812–824.

20. Pereira, C. C.; Fernandes, S.; Kenedy-Siqueira, W.; et al. 2024. Brazil’s Cerrado cannot be a sacrifice zone for the Amazon: financial assistance and stricter laws are needed. BioScience, 74: 584–585.

21. Pereira, C. C.; Fernandes, S.; Fernandes, G. W.; Goulart, F. F. 2024. Eight years after the Fundão tailings dam collapse: chaos on the muddy banks. Nature Conservation, 56: 77–82.

22.   Pereira, C. C.; Fernandes, G. W.; Cornelissen, T. G. 2024. From leaves to whole plants: effects of shelter-builders on arthropod communities are stronger in dry seasons. Biotropica, 56: e13362.

23. Spadeto, C.; Negreiros, D.; Pereira, C. C.; et al. 2024. Facilitation and allelopathy mediate phylogenetic and functional diversity under Atlantic Rainforest trees. Flora, 317: e152552.

24.   Pereira, C. C.; Kenedy-Siqueira, W.; Negreiros, D.; et al. 2024. Scientists' warning: key points where biodiversity can improve climate change mitigation. BioScience, 74: 315–318.

25. Overback, G. E.; Toma, T. S.; ...; Pereira, C. C.; et al. 2024. Brazil’s natural grasslands under attack. Science, 384: 168–169.

26. Pereira, C. C. 2024. Standing on one foot. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 22: e2720.

27. Toma, T. S.; Oliveira, H. F. M.; ...; Pereira, C. C.; et al. 2024. Aim for heterogeneous restoration. Science, 383: 376–376.

28. Andrade, A. G.; Pereira, C. C.; Sperandei, V. F.; et al. 2023. Small reserve but high diversity: butterfly community across an altitudinal gradient in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Nature Conservation, 53: 321–340.

29. Robinson, M.; Hahn, P.; ...; Pereira, C. C.; et al. 2023. Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory. Science, 382: 679–683.

30. Pereira, C. C.; Fernandes, G. W. & Cornelissen, T. G. 2023. The curious case of leaf-rolling nematodes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 21: 427–427.

31. Pereira, C. C.; Fernandes, G. W; Negreiros, D.; et al. 2023. Hope for funding biodiversity efforts. Science, 382: 383–384.

32. Sperandei, V. F.; Alvarenga, D. A.; Araújo, M. S. & Pereira, C. C. 2023. Are caves true habitats for anurans or more a favorable rocky environment? A discussion of habitat occupation by frogs in Neotropical caves. Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 18: 131–137.

33. Pereira, C. C. ; Negreiros, D.; Barbosa, M.; et al. 2023. Has climate change hijacked the environmental agenda?. Nature Conservation, 53: 157–164.

34.   Pereira, C. C. ; Mello, M. A. R.; Negreiros, D.; et al. 2023. Beware of scientific scams! Hints to avoid predatory publishing in biological journals. Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 18: 97–105.

35. Pereira, C. C.; Fernandes, G. W. & Cornelissen, T. G. 2022. A double defensive mutualism? A case between plants, extrafloral nectaries, and trophobionts. Alpine Entomology, 6: 129–131.

36. Henriques, N. R. & Pereira, C. C. 2022. Lessons from a tropical deciduous shrub species: leaf fall can play a more important role than rain in leaf budding. Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 17: 239–251.

37. Pereira, C. C. 2022. Vote against Amazon deforestation in Brazil. Science, 378: 364–365.

38. Pereira, C. C. & Fernandes, G. W. 2022. Cerrado Rupestre is not Campo Rupestre: The unknown and threatened savannah on rocky outcrops. Nature Conservation, 49: 131–136.

39. Pereira, C. C. & Fernandes, G. W. 2022. Cerrado conservation is key to the water crisis. Science, 377: 270–270.

40. Pereira, C. C. 2022. Twitter: a blue badge for scientists?. Nature, 605: 30–30.

41. Pereira, C. C.; Arruda, D. M.; Santos Soares, F. F.; et al. 2022. The importance of pollination and dispersal syndromes for the conservation of neotropical savanna fragments on ironstone outcrops immersed in an agricultural landscape. Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 17: 87–102.

42. Romero, G. Q.; Golçalves-Souza, T.; ...; Pereira, C. C.; et al. 2022. Climate variability and aridity modulate the role of leaf shelters for arthropods: A global experiment. Global Change Biology, 28: 3694–3710.

43.   Pereira, C. C.; Boaventura, M. G.; Cornelissen, T. G.; et al. 2022. What triggers phenological events in plants under seasonal environments? A study with phylogenetically related plant species in sympatry. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 84: e257969.

44. Pereira, C. C.; Novais, S.; Barbosa, M.; et al. 2022. Arthropod constructs and host plants. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 103: e01971.

45. Pereira, C. C.; Novais, S.; Barbosa, M.; et al. 2022. Subtle structures with not-so-subtle functions: a dataset of arthropod constructs and their host plants. Ecology, 103: e3639.

46.    Pereira, C. C.; Sperandei, V. F.; Henriques, N. R.; et al. 2021. Gallers as leaf rollers: ecosystem engineering in a tropical system and its effects on arthropod biodiversity. Ecological Entomology, 46: 470–481. 

47. Mendes, G. M.; Silveira, F.; ...; Pereira, C. C.; et al. 2021. How much leaf area do insects eat? A dataset of insect herbivory sampled globally with a standardized protocol. Ecology, 102: e03301. 

48.    Pereira, C. C.; Boaventura, M. G.; De Castro, G. C.; et al. 2020. Are extrafloral nectaries efficient against herbivores? Herbivory and plant defenses in contrasting tropical species. Journal of Plant Ecology, 13: 423–430. 

49. Pereira, C. C.; Santos Soares, F. F.; Fonseca, R. S.; et al. 2019. Ferruginous Rupestrian Savannah: a floristic and structural analysis of these rare environments. Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 14: 381–397.

50. Henriques, N. R.; Cintra, F.; Pereira, C. C.; et al. 2019. Indirect effects of ecosystem engineering by insects in a tropical liana. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 13: 499–504.

51. Boaventura, M. G.; Pereira, C. C. & Cornelissen, T. G. 2018. Plant architecture influences gall abundance in a tropical montane plant species. Acta Botanica Brasilica, 32: 670–674.


52. Pereira, C. C.; Santos Soares, F. F.; Fonseca, R. S.; et al. 2014. Frugivoria e dispersão por aves das sementes de Erythroxylum suberosum A.St.-Hil. (Erythroxylaceae) no Cerrado brasileiro. Atualidades Ornitológicas, 182: 18–20.

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