Bruna Publications

 

 

[Emilio Bruna's publications in chronological order]

[papers by other members of the Bruna Lab]

Athayde_JEthno

Athayde et al. 2006
J. Ethnobiology

Bruna_Acta

Bruna et al. 2005
Acta Amazonica

Bruna_PRSLB

Bruna et al. 1996
P. Roy. Soc. Lond. B

 

 

Manuscripts In review

  1. Vieira-Neto, E. H. M. and E. M. Bruna. The collateral ecological effects of REDD for Neotropical savannas.
  2. Iacona, G. D., L. K. Kirkman, and E. M. Bruna. Experimental test for facilitation of seedling recruitment by the dominant bunchgrass in a fire-maintained savanna.
  3. Passmore, H. A., E. M. Bruna, S. Heredia, and H. L. Vasconcelos. Mutualistic networks in a fragmented Amazonian landscape.
  4. Lucas, C. M.  E. M. Bruna, and C. M. Nunes-Nascimento. Co-tolerance of seedlings to multiple stressors in a disturbed tropical floodplain fores.
  5. University of Florida Mobile Ecology Project*. Harnessing smartphones for ecological education, research, and outreach. *S. Arunachalam, O. Gonzalez, S. A. Johnson, A. Lau, F. M. Mundim, M. J. Palumbo, J. L. Ulrich, A. Washuta, A. C. Wolf, and E. M. Bruna.

Emilio Bruna's articles, book chapters, and essays: [2011] [2010] [2009] [2008] [2007-2006] [2005] [2004-2003] [2002-1995]

  1. Copeland, S. M. E. M. Bruna, L. V. Barbosa, M. C. Mack, and H. L. Vasconcelos. In press. Effects of experimentally elevated precipitation and nitrogen on soil fertility and plant growth in a Neotropical savanna. Ecosphere 3(4): 1-20 [pdf]

    2. The data used in the paper have been archived at Dryad Digital Repository. doi: 10.5061/dryad.dg380p9q

  2. Mundim, F. M., E. M. Bruna, E. H. M. Vieira-Neto, and H. L. Vasconcelos. 2012. Attack frequency and the tolerance to herbivory of Neotropical savanna trees.  Oecologia 168: 405-414. [pdf]
  3. Bruna, E. M. and A. Segalin de Andrade. 2011. Phenotypic plasticity in plant responses to edge effects: experimental test with an Amazonian understory herb. American Journal of Botany 98(10):1727-1734. [pdf]

    The data used in the paper have been archived at Dryad Digital Repository. doi:10.5061/dryad.553hc134

  4. Bruna, E. M., T. Izzo, B. Inouye, M. Uriarte, & H. L. Vasconcelos. 2011. Assymetric dispersal and colonization success of Amazonian plant-ant queens. PLoS ONE 6(8): e22937. [link].

    The data used in the paper have been archived at Dryad Digital Repository. doi:10.5061/dryad.h6t7g

  5. Uriarte, M. Anciães, M. T.B. da Silva, P. Rubim, E. Johnson, and E. M. Bruna. 2011. Disentangling the drivers of of reduced long-distance seed dispersal by birds in an experimentally fragmented landscape. Ecology 92(4): 924-937. [pdf]
    1. Highlighted by a UF Press Release found here.
  6. Ferreira, A.V., E. M. Bruna, and H. L. Vasconcelos. 2011. Seed predators limit plant recruitment in Neotropical savannas. Oikos 120: 1013-1022 [pdf]
  7. Laurance, W. F., J. L. C. Camargo, R. C. C. Luizão, S. G. Laurance, S. L. Pimm,  E. M. Bruna, P. C. Stouffer, G. B. Williamson, J. Benitez-Malvido, H. Vasconcelos, K. Van Houtan, C. E. Zartman, S. A. Boyle, R. Didham, A. Andrade, and T. E. Lovejoy.  2011. The fate of Amazonian forest fragments:  a 32-year investigation.  Biological Conservation 144(1) 56-67. [pdf].
  8. Pitman, N. C. A., J. Widmer, C. N. Jenkins, G. Stocks, L. Seales, F. Paniagua, and E. M. Bruna. 2011. Volume and geographical distribution of ecological research in the Andes and the Amazon, 1995-2008. Tropical Conservation Science 4(1): 64-81. [pdf].
    1. Our paper on the distribution of research in the Andes and Amazon was highlighted on Mongabay.com...you can read more here...
    2. ...And here is another interesting blog post exploring the overlap (or lack therefo) between ecological and archaeological field sites).
    3. One more mention from www.oecoamazonia.com
  9. E. M. Bruna, J. F. Guimarães, C. T. Lopes, R. Pacheco, K. G. Facure, and H. L. Vasconcelos. 2010. Mammalia, Estação Ecologica do Panga, a Cerrado protected area in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. CheckList 6(4):668-675.
  10. Gagnon, P. R., E. M. Bruna, P. Rubim, M. R. Darrigo, R. C. Littlel, M. Uriarte, and W. J. Kress. 2011. The growth of an understory herb is chronically reduced in Amazonian forest fragments. Biological Conservation 144: 830-835.
  11. Quitete Portela, R. de Cássia, E. M. Bruna, and F. A. Maës dos Santos.  In press. Are protected areas really protecting populations? A test with an Atlantic rain forest palm. Tropical Conservation Science. Highlighted on Mongabay.com here.
  12. Nogueira Ribeiro, M. B., E. M. Bruna, and W. Mantovani. 2010. nfluence of post-clearing treatment on the recovery of herbaceous plant communities in Amazonian secondary forests. Restoration Ecology 18(S1): 50-58 [pdf].
  13. Bruna, E. M. 2010. Journals can advance tropical biology and conservation by requiring data archiving.  Biotropica 42(4): 399–401 [pdf].
  14. Bruna, E. M. 2010.  Announcement: Biotropica Award for Excellence in Tropical Biology and Conservation. Biotropica 42(4): 518–519 [pdf].
  15. Quitete Portela, R. de Cássia, E. M. Bruna, and F. A. Maës dos Santos. 2010. Population growth rates and perturbation analysis of three palm species in Atlantic Rain Forest fragments: a landscape approach Biodiversity and Conservation 19: 2389-2403 [pdf].
  16. Uriarte, M., E. M. Bruna, P. Rubim, M. Anciaes, and I. Jonckeeere. 2010. Effects of forest fragmentation on seedling recruitment of an understory herb: assessing seed vs. safe-site limitation. Ecology 91(5):1317-1328. [pdf]
  17. Iacona, G. D., L. K. Kirkman, and E. M. Bruna. 2010. Effects of resource availability on patterns of seedling recruitment in a fire maintained savanna. Oecologia 163:171-180 [pdf]
  18. Fiske, I. and E. M. Bruna. 2010. Alternative spatial sampling in studies of plant demography: consequences for estimates of population growth rate. Plant Ecology 207(2) 213-225. [pdf]
  19. Fortini, L. B., E. M. Bruna, D. J. Zarin, S. S. Vasconscelos, and I. S. Miranda. 2010. Altered resource availability and the population dynamics of secondary forest tree species in the Eastern Amazon. Oecologia 162(4): 923-934. [pdf]
  20. Cardoso, E., M. I. Cruzeiro Moreno, E. M. Bruna, and H. L. Vasconcelos. 2009.Mudanças fitofisionômicas no Cerrado: 18 anos de sucesão ecológica na Estação Ecológica do Panga, Uberlândia - MG. Caminhos de Geografia 10(32) 254-268. [pdf]
  21. Vasconcelos, H. L. R. Pacheco, R. C. Silva, P. B. Vasconcelos, C. T. Lopes, A. N. Costa and E. M. Bruna. 2009. Dynamics of the leaf-litter arthropod fauna following fire in a Neotropical woodland savanna. PLoS ONE 4(11): e7762. [pdf]
  22. Kainer, K. A. M. DiGiano, A. Duchelle, L. H. O. Wadt, E. M. Bruna, and J. L. Dain. 2009. Partnering for greater success: Local stakeholders and research in tropical biology and conservation. Biotropica 41(5):555-562.[pdf]
  23. Izzo, T. J., H. L. Vasconcelos, B. D. Inouye, and E. M. Bruna.  2009. Cooperative colony founding alters the likelihood of interspecific competition between Amazonian plant-ants. Insectes Sociaux.56:341–345 [pdf]
  24. Dáttilo, W..F. C., T. J. Izzo, B. D. Inouye, H. L. Vasconcelos & E. M. Bruna. 2009. Volatile recognition by Pheidole minutula (Myrmicinae), an Amazonian ant-plant specialist. Biotropica 41(5): 642-646. [pdf]
  25. Côrtes, M., V. Gowda, W. J. Kress, E. M. Bruna, M. Uriarte. 2009. Characterization of 10 microsatellite markers for the understory Amazonian herb Heliconia acuminata. Molecular Ecology Resources 9 (4): 1261-1264.[pdf]
  26. Bruna, E. M., I. J. Fiske and M. Trager. 2009. Evaluating the effect of habitat fragmentation on plant populations: is what we know demographically irrelevant? Journal of Vegetation Science 20: 569-576.[pdf] [Appendices]
  27. Callis, K. L., L. R. Christ, J. Resasco, D. W. Armitage, J. D. Ash, T. T. Caughlin, S. F. Clemmensen, S. M. Copeland, T. J. Fullman, R. L. Lynch, C. Olson, R. A. Pruner, E. H. M. Vieira-Neto, R. West-Singh, and E. M. Bruna. 2009. Improving Wikipedia: educational opportunity and professional responsibility. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 24(4): 177-179. [pdf] [Supplementary Online Material].

    Coverage of our study in the blogosphere (a) Wikipedia's The Signpost (b) Conservation Magazine's Journal Watch Online (c) The Ecological Society of America's EcoTone (d) HASTAC (A consortium of humanists, artists, scientists, and engineers committed to new forms of collaboration across communities and disciplines fostered by creative uses of technology).

  28. Fiske, I. , E. M. Bruna, and B. M. Bolker. 2008. Effects of sample sizes on estimates of population growth rates calculated with matrix models. PLoS ONE 3(8): e3080. [pdf] .
  29. Stocks, G., L. Seales*, E. Maehr*, F. Paniagua*, and E. M. Bruna. 2008. The geographical and institutional distribution of ecological research in the tropics. Biotropica 40(4): 397-404. [pdf]
    1. The data used in the paper have been archived at Dryad Digital Repository doi:10.5061/dryad.9097
  30. Costa, A. N., H. L. Vasconcelos, E. H. M. Vieira-Neto, and E. M. Bruna. 2008. Do herbivores exert top-down effects in Neotropical savannas? Estimates of biomass consumption by leaf-cutter ants. Journal of Vegetation Science 19:849-854. [pdf]
  31. Bruna, E. M., M. R., Darrigo, A. M. Furuya Pacheco, and H. L. Vasconcelos. 2008. Interspecific variation in the defensive responses of ant mutualists to plant volatiles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 94:241-249. [pdf]
  32. Morris, W. F., C. A. Pfister, S. Tuljapurkar, C. V. Haridas, C. Boggs, M. S. Boyce, E. M. Bruna, D. R. Church, T. Coulson, D. F. Doak, S. Forsyth, J-M. Gaillard, C. C. Horvitz, S. Kalisz, B. E. Kendall, T. M. Knight, C. T. Lee, E. S. Menges.  2008.  Longevity can buffer plant and animal populations against changing climatic variability.  Ecology 89(1) 19-25. [pdf]
  33. Vasconcelos, H. L., A. N. Costa, E. H. M. Vieira-Neto, and E. M. Bruna.  2008.  Efeitos da herbivoria por formigas  do gênero Atta Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) sobre a vegetação do Cerrado. Pp. 301-311 In: Insetos Sociais: da biologia a aplicação. Vilela, E.F.; Santos, I.A.; Schoereder, J.H.; Lino Neto, J.; Campos, L.A.O. & Serrão, J.E. (Eds.).  Editora da Univ. Federal de Viçosa. Viçosa, MG.
  34. Girão, L. C., A. V. Lopes, M. Tabarelli, and E. M. Bruna. 2007. Changes in tree reproductive traits reduce functional diversity in a fragmented Atlantic Forest landscape. PLoS ONE 9:e908. [pdf]
  35. Trager, M. and E. M. Bruna. 2006. Effects of plant age, experimental nutrient addition and ant occupancy on herbivory in a neotropical myrmecophyte. Journal of Ecology 94: 1156-1163. [pdf]
  36. De Athayde, Simone Ferreira, G. M. da Silva, J. Kaiabi, M. Kaiabi, H. R. De Souza, E. M. Bruna, and K. Ono. 2006. Participatory management of "Arumã" (Ischnosiphon gracilis,Marantaceae) amongst the Kaiabi people in the Brazilian Amazon. The Journal of Ethnobiology 26(1): 36-59 (cover article). [pdf]
  37. Vasconcelos, H. L. E. H. M. Vieira-Neto, F. M. Mundim, and E. M. Bruna. 2006. Roads alter the colonization dynamics of a keystone herbivore in Neotropical savannas. Biotropica 38(5):661-665. [pdf]. Winner of the Award for Excellence in Tropical Biology and Conservation from the ATBC [citation].
  38. Boyce, M. S. C. V. Haridas, C. Lee, and The Stochastic Demography Working Group. 2006. Demography in an increasingly variable world. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21(3): 141-148. [pdf]
  39. Kainer, K. A., M. Schmink, J. R. Stepp, H. Covert, E. M. Bruna, J. L. Dain, S. Espinosa and S. Humphries. 2006. A framework for graduate education for tropical conservation and development. Conservation Biology 20(1): 3-13. [pdf]
  40. Bruna, E. M. and M. B. Nogueria Ribeiro. 2005. The compensatory responses of an understory herb to experimental damage are habitat-dependent. American Journal of Botany 92(12): 2101-2106. [pdf].
  41. Doak, D. F. W. F. Morris, C. A. Pfister, B. Kendall, and E. M. Bruna. 2005. Correctly estimating how environmental stochasticity influences fitness and population growth. American Naturalist.166(1): E14-25. [pdf]. Highlighted as a "Must read" by the Faculty of 1000 [link]
  42. Bruna, E. M. and M. K. Oli. 2005. Demographic consequences of habitat fragmentation for an Amazonian understory plant: analysis of life-table response experiments. Ecology 86(7): 1816-1824. [pdf]
  43. Lapola, D. M., E. M. Bruna, C. G. de Willink, and H. L. Vasconcelos. 2005. Ant-tended hemiptera in Amazonian myrmecophytes: patterns of abundance and implications for mutualism function. Sociobiology 46(2): 433-442. [pdf]
  44. Bruna E. M. and W. J. Kress. 2005. Forest fragments and tropical plant reproduction in Amazonian Brazil. Pp. 141-146 in G. A. Krupnick and W. J. Kress (eds.) Plant conservation: a natural history approach. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA.
  45. Bruna, E. M., H. L. Vasconcelos, and S. Heredia. 2005. The effect of habitat fragmentation on communities of mutualists: a test with Amazonian ants and their host plants. Biological Conservation 124(2005): 209-216. [pdf] [Digital Appendix]
  46. Bruna, E. M. and M. B. Nogueira-Ribeiro. 2005. Regeneration and population structure of Heliconia acuminata in Amazonian secondary forests with contrasting land-use histories. Journal of Tropical Ecology 21:127-131. [pdf]
  47. Bruna, E. M. and K. A. Kainer. 2005. A delicate balance in Amazonia. Science. 307:1044-1045 (Letter to the Editor). [pdf]
  48. Bruna, E. M. 2004. Biological impacts of deforestation and fragmentation. Pages 85-90 in The Encyclopaedia of Forest Sciences. J. Burley, J Evans, and J Youngquist, (eds.). Elsevier Press, London. [pdf]
  49. Bruna, E. M., W. J. Kress, F. Marques, and O. F. da Silva. 2004. Heliconia acuminata reproductive success is independent of local floral density. Acta Amazonica 34(3): 467-471 (cover article). [pdf]
  50. Lapola, D. M., E. M Bruna, and H. L. Vasconcelos. 2004. Amizade tênue: relações mutualísticas entre plantas e formigas na Amazônia. Ciência Hoje 34(204): 28-33. [pdf]
  51. Bruna, E. M., D. M. Lapola*, and H. L. Vasconcelos. 2004. Interspecific variation in defensive responses of obligate ant-plant inhabitants: are there consequences for host plants? Oecologia 238:558-565. [pdf]
  52. Nakazono, E., E. M. Bruna, and R. C. G. Mesquita. 2004. Experimental harvesting of Arumã (Ischnosiphon polyphyllus, Marantaceae), a nontimber forest product in the central Amazon. Forest Ecology and Management 190:219-225. [pdf]
  53. Lapola, D. M., E. M Bruna, and H. L. Vasconcelos. 2003. Contrasting induced responses by ants inhabiting Maieta guianensis (Melastomataceae). Biotropica 35(2):295-300. [pdf]
  54. Bruna, E. M. 2003. Are plant populations in fragmented habitats recruitment limited? Tests with an Amazonian herb. Ecology, 84(4): 932-947. [pdf]
  55. Bruna, E. M. 2003. "For the Love of Nature". Science's Next Wave Online Magazine (Invited Essay). [pdf]
  56. Bruna, E. M. and W. J. Kress. 2002. Habitat fragmentation and the demographic structure of an Amazonian understory herb (Heliconia acuminata). Conservation Biology, 16(5): 1256-1266. [pdf]
  57. Bruna, E. M., O. Nardy, S. Y. Strauss, and S. P. Harrison. 2002. Experimental assessment of Heliconia acuminata growth in a fragmented Amazonian landscape. Journal of Ecology, 90(4): 639-649. [pdf]. Winner of the John L. Harper Award from the British Ecological Society [citation].
  58. Bruna, E. M. 2002. Effects of forest fragmentation on Heliconia acuminata seedling recruitment in the central Amazon. Oecologia, 132:235-243. [pdf]
  59. Laurance, W.F., T. E. Lovejoy, H. L. Vasconcelos, E. M. Bruna, R. K. Didham, P. C. Stouffer, C. Gascon, R. O. Bierregaard, S. G. Laurance, and E. Sampaio. 2002. Ecosystem decay of Amazonian forest fragments: A 22-year investigation. Conservation Biology, 16(3): 605-618. [pdf]
  60. Bruna, E. M. 2002. A biologist’s guide to fragmenting the Amazon (including why it’s a bad idea). Conservation Biology, 16(5): 1446-1448 (book review). [pdf].
  61. Hoeksema, J. D. and E. M. Bruna. 2000. Pursuing the big questions about interspecific mutualism: a review of theoretical approaches. Oecologia, 125: 321-330. [pdf]
  62. Bruna, E. M. 1999. Seeds in rainforest fragments. Nature, 402:13. [pdf]
  63. Harrison, S. and E. Bruna. 1999. Habitat fragmentation and large-scale conservation: what do we know for sure? Ecography, 22: 225-232. [pdf]
  64. Bruna, E. M., R. N. Fisher, and T. J. Case. 1996. Morphological and genetic evolution appear decoupled in Pacific skinks (Emoia). Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B263:681-688 (cover article). [pdf]
  65. Bruna, E. M., R. N. Fisher, and T. J. Case. 1996 New evidence of habitat segregation between cryptic species of Pacific skinks (Emoia cyanura and E. impar). Copeia, 1996: 998-1005.
  66. Bruna, E. M., R. N. Fisher, and T. J. Case. 1995. Cryptic species of Pacific skinks (Emoia): further support form Mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Copeia, 1995: 981-983.

Publications by other members of the Bruna Lab

I encourage students and postdocs to get invlved in side projects, many of which results in papers. In addition, I am not always a co-author on publications resulting from my student's theses. Below are some papers produced by members of the Bruna Lab on which I am not a co-author.

  1. Lucas, C.M. F. Mekdeçe, C.N. Nascimento, A.S. Holanda, J. Braga, S. Dias, S. Sousa, P.S. Rosa, C. Suemitsu. In press. The effects of waterlogging and prolonged submergence on seed germination of Amazonian floodplain species. Aquatic Botany. Online: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2012.02.004
  2. Duchelle, A.E., K. Biedenweg, C. Lucas, J. Radachowsky, D. Wojcik, M. Londres, D. Alvira, W. Bartels, A.Virapongse, and K.A. Kainer.2009. Graduate students and knowledge exchange with local stakeholders: Possibilities and preparation.  Biotropica 41(5): 578-585.
  3. Parolin P, C. Lucas, M.T.F. Piedade, & F. Wittmann. In press. Drought responses of flood-tolerant trees in Amazonian Floodplains.  In press. Special Feature: Plant distribution in wetlands in relation to flooding tolerance and microbial processes. Annals of Botany.
  4. Lucas, C.M. 2008. Within flood season variation in fruit consumption and seed dispersal by two characin fishes of the Amazon. Biotropica  40(5): 581–589.
  5. Hartter, J., C. Lucas, A. Gaughan, and L.L. Aranda. 2008. Detecting tropical dry forest succession in a shifting cultivation mosaic of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico.  Applied Geography 28: 134-149.



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