NERP-RELATED PUBLICATIONS
2025
Sabino-Oliveira, A.C., Carneiro, L.T., Brito, V.L.G., Machado, I.C. (2025). Flower age increases male but not female performance through resource availability in a floral oil-producing species. Plant Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.70094.
Trevizan, R., Oliveira, P.E., Brito, V.L.G., Oliveira, L., Telles, F. (2025). Bract size affects resource availability and fruit set in a hummingbird-pollinated plant with distyly polymorphism. Plant Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.70079.
Matallana-Puerto, C.A., Costa, S.C., Araujo, A.S., Guilherme, C.P., Ament, D.C., Fachin, D.A., Savaris, M., Riccardi, P.R., Dios, R.V.P., Madeira-Ott, T., Silva, V.C., Oliveira, P.E., Cardoso, J.C.F. (2025). The Hidden Diptera Diversity in Aristolochia Trap-Flowers: Revealing the Identity of Pollinators Through Taxonomic Knowledge. Journal of Applied Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13472.
Monteiro, T.R., Gonçalves, R.V.S.; Telles, F.J., Barônio, G.J., Nogueira, A., Brito, V.L.G. (2025). A modified petal and stamen dimorphism interact to enhance pollen placement by a buzz-pollinated flower. Annals of Botany, 135 (4): 669–680. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae210.
Pacheco, A., Bergamo, P.J., Freitas, L. (2025). High frequency of ambophily in a Brazilian campos de altitude, Annals of Botany, 135 (3): 483-494. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae176.
2024
Pacheco, A., Bergamo, P.J., Freitas, L. (2024). An unexpected case of wind pollination: ambophily in an ornithophilous tropical mountaintop Orobanchaceae. Plant Syst Evol, 310, 9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-024-01890-6.
Lunau, K., De Camargo, M.G.G., Brito, V.L.G. (2024). Pollen, anther, stamen, and androecium mimicry. Plant Biology 1: 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13628.
Reginato, M., Ordónez'parra, C.A., Messeder, J.V.S.. Brito, V.L.G.; Dellinger, A., Kriebel, R, Marra, C.; Melo, L.; Cornelissen, T., Fuzessy, L., Sperotto, P., Calderón'hernández, M., Guerra, T.J., Kopper, C., Mancipe'murillo, C., Pizo, M.A., Posada'herrera, J.M., Hasui, É., Silva, W.R., Silveira, F.A.O., et.al. (2024). MelastomaTRAITs 1.0: A database of functional traits in Melastomataceae, a large pantropical angiosperm family. ECOLOGY, e4308: 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4308.
Matallana-puerto, C.A., Brito, V.L.G., Kuster, V.C., Oliveira, P.E., Cardoso, J.C.F. (2024). Sex, Flies And Flower Trap: Trapping Trichomes And Their Function In Pollination. Functional Ecology, 38 (10): 2261-2270. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14633.
Borin, D., De Brito, V.L.G., Leonel, E.D., Hansen, M. (2024). Buzz pollination: A theoretical analysis via scaling invariance. PHYSICAL REVIEW E 110: 054201. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.110.054201.
Anderson, B., Sabino-Oliveira, A.C., Matallana-Puerto, C.A., Arvelos, C.A., Novaes, C.S., De Cario Calaça, D.C., Schulze-Albuquerque, I., Santos Pereira, J.P., Borges, J. O., De Melo, L.R.F., Consorte, P.M., Medina-Benavides, S., De Oliveira Andrade, T., Monteiro, T. R., Marcelo, V.G., Silva, V.H.D., Oliveira, P.E., De Brito, V.L.G. (2024). Pollen Wars: Explosive Pollination Removes Pollen Deposited from Previously Visited Flowers. AMERICAN NATURALIST, 204 (6): 000-000. https://doi.org/10.1086/732797.
Matallana‐Puerto, C. A., Duarte, M. O., Aguilar Fachin, D., Poloni Guilherme, C., Oliveira, P. E., Cardoso, J. C. F. (2024). First evidence of late‐acting self‐incompatibility in the Aristolochiaceae. Plant Biology, 26(4), 612-620. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13649.
2023
Delgado, T., Leal, L.C., El Ottra, J.H.L., Brito, V.L.G., Nogueira, A. (2023). Flower size affects bee species visitation pattern on flowers with poricidal anthers across pollination studies. FLORA, v. 299, p. 152198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2022.152198.
Trevizan, R., Caetano, A.P.S., Brito, V.L.G., Oliveira, P.E., Telles, F.J. (2023). Stamen and pollen heteromorphism linked to the division of labour in Melastomataceae species. FLORA, v. 305, p. 152315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2023.152315.
Opedal, Ø.H., Pérez'barrales, R., Brito, V.L.G., Muchhala, N., Capó, M., Dellinger, A. (2023). Pollen as the link between floral phenotype and fitness. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, v. 110, p. 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16200.
2022
Oliveira, L.C., Nunes, C.E.P., Brito, V.L.G, Caetano, A.P.S. (2022). Floral oil production in a family dominated by pollen flowers: The case of Macairea radula (Melastomataceae). FLORA, v. 288, p. 152008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2022.152008.
Oliveira, L.C., Matias, R., Furtado, M.T., Romero, R., De Brito, V.L.G. (2022). What explains the variation in length of stamens and styles in a pollen flower? a study exemplified by Macairea radula (Melastomataceae). PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION, v. 308, p. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-022-01808-0.
Salim, J.A., Saraiva, A.M., Zermoglio, P.F., Agostini, K., Wolowski, M., Drucker, D.P., Soares, F.M., Bergamo, P.J., Varassin, I.G., Freitas, L., Maués, M.M., Rech, A.R., Veiga, A.K., Acosta, A.L., Araujo, A.C., Nogueira, A., Blochtein, B., Freitas, B.M., Albertini, B.C., Brito, V.L.G., et.al. (2022). Data standardization of plant-pollinator interactions. GigaScience, v. 11, p. giac043. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giac043.
Santana, P.C., Raderschall, C.A., Rodrigues, R.M., Ellis, A.G., De Brito, V.L.G. (2022). Retention of colour-changed flowers increases pollinator attraction to Lantana undulata inflorescences. FLORA, v. 296, p. 152152. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2022.152152.
Viana, J.V.D.A., De Brito, V.L.G., De Melo, C. (2022). Colour matching by arthropods in burned and unburned backgrounds in a Neotropical savanna. AUSTRAL ECOLOGY, v. 47, p. 1427. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13225.
Matallana-Puerto, C.A., Rosero-Lasprilla, L., Ordóñez-Blanco, J.C., Gonçalves, R.V.S., Cardoso, J.C.F. (2022). Rarity up in the mountain: Ecological niche modeling, phenology, and reproductive biology of the most commercialized Masdevallia species. Journal for Nature Conservation. Volume 65, 126120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2021.126120.
Cardoso, J.C.F., Trevizan, R., Matallana-Puerto, C.A., Gonçalves, R.V., Oliveira, P.E., Coelho, C.P., Matias, R. (2022). Do distylous syntopic plant species partition their floral morphological traits?, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 137, Issue 1, Pages 54–67. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blac072.
Matallana-Puerto, C.A., Cardoso, J.C.F. (2022). Ratatouille of flowers! Rats as potential pollinators of a petal-rewarding plant in the urban area. Ecology, v. 103, n. 9, p. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3778.
Matallana-Puerto, C.A., Cardoso, J.C.F. (2022). Rats Pollinate a Petal-Rewarding Fruit Plant. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 103.4: 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.2009.
2021
Melo, L.R.F., Vasconcelos T., Reginato, M. Caetano, A.P.S. ; Brito, V.L.G. (2021). Evolution of stamen dimetrism in Melastomataceae, a large radiation of pollen flowers. Perspectives In Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics. v. 48, p. 777-780. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2021.125589
Marcelo, V.G., Brito, V.L.G., Vallejo-Marín, M., Consolaro, Hélder. (2021). Andromonoecy in Solanum lycocarpum A. St. ‐Hil. (Solanaceae): Floral attributes, visitors and variation in sexual expression over time. Plant Species Biology, v. X, p. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/1442-1984.12316.
Bochorny, T., Bacci, L. F., Dellinger, A. S. ; Michelangeli, F.A., Goldenberg, R., Brito, V.L.G. (2021). Connective appendages in Huberia bradeana (Melastomataceae) affect pollen release during buzz pollination. Plant Biology, v. X, p. 1. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13244.
Oliveira, A.C.S., Souza, J.T., De Brito, V.L.G., Almeida, N.M. (2021). Attraction of florivores and larcenists and interaction between antagonists in Senna rugosa (Fabaceae). Arthropod-Plant Interactions, v. 15, p. 535-544. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-021-09843-3.
Domingos'Melo, A., Brito, V.L.G., Sérsic, A., Cocucci, A.A., Lunau, K., Machado, I.C. (2021). Shining bright in the dusk: How do bat-pollinated flowers reflect light?. ECOLOGY, v. e03416, p. 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3416.
Hansen, M., Lanes, G.C., Brito, V.L.G., Leonel, E.D. (2021). Investigation of pollen release by poricidal anthers using mathematical billiards. PHYSICAL REVIEW E, v. 104, p. 034409. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.104.034409.
Domingos'Melo, A., Brito, V.L.G., Sérsic, A., Cocucci, A.A., Lunau, K., Machado, I.C. (2021). Get There Early to Photograph Bats Pollinating Flowers in the Field. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America (Online), v. 102, p. 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1911.
Brito, V.L.G., Leite, F.B., Jorge, L.R., Sazima, M. (2021). Distinct pollen release dynamics between stamens generate division of labour in pollen flowers of two Pleroma species (Melastomataceae). FLORA, v. 285, p. 151961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2021.151961.
Valadão-Mendes, L.B., Rocha, I., Meireles, D.A.L. , Leite, F.B., Sazima, M., Maruyama, P.K., Brito, V.L.G. (2021). Flower morphology and plant-bee pollinator interactions are related to stamen dimorphism in Melastomataceae. PLANT BIOLOGY, v. 24, n. 2, p. 240-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13359.
2020
De Brito, V.L.G., Leite, F.B., Telles, F.J., ; Jorge, L.R., Sazima, M. (2020). The attractive role of floral elements in heterantherous species without pronounced stamen differences. Arthropod-Plant Interactions (Online), v. 15, p. 23-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-020-09794-1.
Aguiar, J.M.R.B.V., Maciel, A.A., Santana, P.C.; Telles, F.J., Bergamo, P.J., Oliveira, P.E., Brito, V.L.G. (2020). Intrafloral Color Modularity in a Bee-Pollinated Orchid. Frontiers in Plant Science, v. 11, p. 1. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.589300.
Oliveira, L.C., Teixido, A.L., Trevizan, R., Brito, V.L.G. (2020). Bee-Mediated Selection Favors Floral Sex Specialization in a Heterantherous Species: Strategies to Solve the Pollen Dilemma. Plants, v. 9, p. 1685. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9121685.
Caetano, A.P.S., Reginato,M., Goldenberg, R., Cortez, P.A., Basso-Alves, J.P., Michelangeli, F.A., Carmello-Guerreiro, S.M., Teixeira, S.P. (2020). Structure and evolution of polysporangiate anthers in Melastomataceae. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics,46 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2020.125556.
Brito, V.L.G., Nunes, C. E.P., Resende, C.R., Montealegre-Zapata, F., Vallejo-Marín M. (2020). Biomechanical properties of a buzz-pollinated flowerR. Soc. open sci.7201010 http://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201010.
Telles, F.J., Klunk, C. L., Maia, F.R., Brito, V.L.G., Varassin, I.G. (2020). Towards a new understanding of the division of labour in heterantherous flowers: the case of Pterolepis glomerata (Melastomataceae), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 131(1) 1–11, https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa107.
Marquitti, F.M.D., Fernandes, L.D., de Aguiar, M.A.M. (2020). Allopatry increases the balance of phylogenetic trees during radiation under neutral speciation. Ecography. 43: 1487–1498 https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04937.
Aguiar, J.M.R.B.V., Giurfa, M., Sazima, M. (2020). Cognitive analysis of deceptive pollination: associative mechanisms underlying pollinators’ choices in non-rewarding colour polymorphic scenarios. Scientific reports 10, 9476. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66356-4.
Barônio, G.J., de Brito, V.L.G., Nogueira, A. et al. (2020). Beyond robbery: the role of upside-down behaviour performed by small oil-collecting bees in Malpighiaceae. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 14, 613–621. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-020-09770-9
Nascimento, V.T., Agostini, K., Souza, K.S., Maruyama, P.K. (2020). Tropical urban areas support highly diverse plant-pollinator interactions: An assessment from Brazil, Landscape and Urban Planning, 198. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016920461931374X.
Valadão-Mendes, L.B. (2020). Conservation of Native Bees and Plant Species from the Endangered Campos rupestres, with Emphasis on Specialized Buzz-Pollination https://www.rufford.org/projects/lorena_bueno_valad%C3%A3o_mendes.
Aguiar, J.M.R.B.V., Telles, F.J., Bergamo, P., Brito, V.L.G., Sazima, M. (2020). Como treinar sua abelha: métodos aplicados à biologia cognitiva da polinização. Oecologia Australis, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.4257/oeco.2020.2401.04.
Potascheff, C. de M, de Brito, V. L. G, Galetto, L., Sebbenn, A. M, Oliveira, P. E. (2020). Nectar features, diurnal and nocturnal pollinators, and male fitness in Qualea grandiflora (Vochysiaceae). Plant systematics and evolution, 306, 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-020-01646-y.