Abstract The Itaboraí Basin, located in Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has preserved one of
the most important early Eocene vertebrate assemblages of the Southern Hemisphere …

The time of the activity may be changed throughout the circadian cycle to increase the
fitness of species and allow their co‐existence. The goal of this paper was to test whether …

Abstract Background and Aims Much of our understanding of the ecology and evolution of
seed dispersal in the Neotropics is founded on studies involving the animal-dispersed …

Melastomataceae species successfully colonize, and in many cases dominate, ecosystems
ranging from forest to open vegetation, from sea level to mountain summits, and isolated …

We analyzed the feeding habits and the endozoochoric seed dispersal of six species of
Neotropical small rodents in a riparian forest in the Cerrado biome at the central portion of …

Metatherian mammals were taxonomically rich and abundant in Late Cretaceous faunas of
North America. Although much attention has been paid to metatherian taxonomy, a …

We analyzed the diet composition of Monodelphis domestica (Wagner, 1842) distributed in a
high-altitude rocky habitat (campo rupestre) in Southeastern Brazil, between October 2015 …

Species co-existence depends on how organisms utilize their environment and resources.
When two sympatric species are similar in some ecological requirements, their coexistence …

Abstract The Brazilian savanna (Cerrado) is one of the 25 world terrestrial hotspots, which
covers about 2 million km2 and harbors 26 marsupial species inhabiting grasslands …

Tribosphenic molars are considered great innovations in mammals and are related to
several structures and variables that can explain adaptation. The aim of this study was to …