Publications
Our studies have been and are being supported by a large number of institutions and funding agencies, among which we would like to thanks: UFV, CAPES, CNPq, FAPEMIG, WUR, and NIOO-KNAW.
A complete list of our publications is available below:
Peer Reviewed Publications
Ciolete T, Cunha FCR, Lopes LE
Sex, age, and morphometric traits correlate with arrival date of a tropical songbird in its breeding grounds.
Ardeola - International Journal of Ornithology
2024 (in press).
Lopes LE, Batista MNM, Reis JN, Fernandes AM, Heming NM, Magnago G, Nacif JA, Nogueira W, Rodrigues M, Vasconcelos MF. Two centuries of ornithological exploration of the Rio Doce Basin, southeastern Brazil. Part II?A catalogue of its birds and a gazetteer.
Zootaxa
2024 (in press)
Selezneva A, Cunha FCR, Lopes LE
Testing the nest concealment hypothesis: A multifaceted approach
Heliyon
2024 (in press)
Biogeography and evolution of the Cerrado endemic avifauna
LE Lopes, JMC da Silva
Journal of Biogeography, 51 (11), 2170-2183
2024
Distinct taxonomic practices impact patterns of bird endemism in the South American Cerrado savannas
LE Lopes, LP Gonzaga, M Rodrigues, JMC da Silva
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlae019
2024
Diet of crescentchests (Melanopareiidae) based on stomach content analysis
LE Lopes, NC Gonçalves, COM Palhares, LF Silveira, PSF Ferreira
Ornithology Research, 32, 240-247
2024
VT Lombardi, LE Lopes
Journal of Natural History 58 (13-16), 527-546
2024
Behavioral responses of Vinaceous-breasted Amazon parrots to anti-predator training
AC Celeste, AR de Sá Lopes, M dos Santos Rocha, F de Souza Sá, LG Fortini, C. S. de Azevedo, LE Lopes
Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 106154
2024
EKL Batista, JEC Figueira, RRC Solar, CS de Azevedo, MV Beirão, ...
Fire 6 (6), 242
2023
LE Lopes, RC de Meireles, HJC Peixoto, JPG Teixeira, TLSS Machado, VT Lombardi
Bird Conservation International 33, e38
2023
Y Oniki-Willis, EO Willis, LE Lopes, L Rózsa
Diversity 15 (1), 54
2023
EG Santos, HC Wiederhecker, LE Lopes, MÂ Marini
Austral Ecology 48 (8), 2171-2184
2023
LE Lopes, MM Baptista, JN REIS, JF Pacheco, NM Heming
Zootaxa 5343 (1), 1-30
2023
Molt strategy and delayed plumage maturation in the Lined Seedeater
D Ferreira, L Figueira, F Cunha, LE Lopes
Journal of Field Ornithology 94 (3) 9
2023
Oological collections and egg collectors of Brazilian birds: an overview
MÂ Marini, M Assis, NO de Matos Sousa, LE Lopes, NM Heming
Arquivos de Zoologia 54 (1), 1-14
2023
DF Ferreira, FCR Cunha, LE Lopes
Avian Biology Research, 17581559231152711
2023
The future of suitable habitats of an endangered Neotropical grassland bird: A path to extinction?
RC Meireles, LE Lopes, GR Brito, R Solar
Ecology and Evolution 13 (2), e9802
2023
LE Lopes, F Schunck
Ornithology Research 30 (2), 87-98
2022
FCR Cunha, LE Lopes, A Selezneva
Emu-Austral Ornithology 122 (3-4), 167-175
2022
Diet of two coexisting martins (Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) from southeastern Brazil
Y Oniki-Willis, EO Willis, VLL Machado, LE Lopes
Ornithology Research 30 (2), 130-134
2022
Males of lined seedeaters suggest the nest site, but do not build the nest
DF Ferreira, FCR Cunha, LE Lopes
Behaviour 159 (8-9), 877-886
2022
Stomach contents of birds from the Brazilian Cerrado savannas
Y Oniki-Willis, EO Willis, VLL Machado, LE Lopes
Ornithology Research 30 (4), 241-246
2022
Baking a blue bread with a plant-based natural food dye
LE Lopes, RMF Lopes
Plant Now 2 (1), 18-21
2022
NOM Sousa, LE Lopes, LM Costa, JC Motta-Junior, ...
Biological Conservation 254, 108921
2021
Territorial behavior of the migratory Lined Seedeater during the breeding season
GM Martins, FCR Cunha, LE Lopes
Ornithology Research 29 (3), 133-139
2021
LE Lopes, JPG Teixeira, RC Meireles, DSS Bastos, LL de Oliveira, R Solar
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 94 (3), 143-151
2021
R Camargos de Meireles, L Esteves Lopes, M Pichorim, TLSS Machado, C Duca, R Solar
Austral Ecology 46 (8), 1236-1245
2021
Sex differences in anti-predatory behaviour in lined seedeaters Sporophila lineola
TAM Van Den Bemt, LE Lopes, FCR Cunha
Ardea 109 (1), 27-32
2021
GM Martins, DF Ferreira, S Pacheco, R Ribon, LE Lopes
Journal of Natural History 54 (29-30), 1827-1844
2020
The Dry-forest Sabrewing Campylopterus calcirupicola (Aves: Trochilidae) nests in limestone caves
LE Lopes, W Nogueira, W Miranda
Journal of Natural History 54 (25-26), 1593-1602
2020
Social paper wasp (Agelaia pallipes) predates songbird nestling
S Frankhuizen, L Esteves Lopes, F CR Cunha
Ethology 126 (10), 1004-1006
2020
BF Marçal, LE Lopes
Journal of Natural History 53 (39-40), 2479-2488
2020
RC Rodrigues, É Hasui, JC Assis, JCC Pena, RL Muylaert, VR Tonetti, ...
Ecology 100 (6), e02647
2019
Bird vulnerability to climate and land use changes in the Brazilian Cerrado
FJA Borges, BR Ribeiro, LE Lopes, R Loyola
Biological Conservation 236, 347-355
2019
BF de Marçal, LE Lopes
Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 27, 1-9
2019
DF Ferreira, MM Aquino, NM Heming, MÂ Marini, FSF Leite, LE Lopes
Journal of Natural History 53 (9-10), 595-610
2019
MF Vasconcelos, T Paula e Paula, CERT Benfica, LE Lopes
Atualidades Ornitológicas 209, 28
2019
ALC de Carvalho, AR Araújo, TMM Machado, R Ribon, LE Lopes
Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 27, 17-26
2019
Soil attributes drive nest-site selection by the campo miner Geositta poeciloptera
RC Meireles, JPG Teixeira, R Solar, BNF Vasconcelos, RBA Fernandes, LE Lopes
Plos one 13 (1), e0192185
2018
LE Lopes, AV Chaves, MM de Aquino, LF Silveira, FR dos Santos
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56 (2), 270-279
2018
LJ Ferreira, LE Lopes
Journal of Natural History 52 (29-30), 1893-1908
2018
LE Lopes, HJC Peixoto
Atualidades Ornitológicas 201, 40-48
2018
Breeding biology of the White-throated Kingbird (Tyrannus albogularis) in Brazil and Bolivia
LE Lopes, NM Heming, AE Jahn, DF Ferreira, O Barroso Putaré, MÂ Marini
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 130 (4), 915-923
2018
M Ângelo Marini, MA de Assis Silva, J Naiara Reis, N Marcel Heming, LE Lopes
Atualidades Ornitológicas 205, 33-40
2018
Natural history of the Lined Seedeater Sporophila lineola (Aves: Thraupidae) in southeastern Brazil
DF Ferreira, LE Lopes
Journal of Natural History 51 (23-24), 1425-1435
2017
TLSS Machado, VT Lombardi, RC de Meireles, JPG Teixeira, RRC Solar, LE Lopes
Journal of Natural History 51 (41-42), 2551-2563
2017
A cryptic new species of hummingbird of the Campylopterus largipennis complex (Aves: Trochilidae)
LE Lopes, MF Vasconcelos, LP Gonzaga
Zootaxa 4268 (1), 1–33-1–33
2017
Breeding biology of Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus in a natural savanna of central Brazil
SS Rodrigues, LE Lopes, MÂ Marini
Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 25, 237-244
2017
LE Lopes
Zootaxa 4221 (4), 431-456
2017
Aves de três municípios do Alto Rio São Francisco, Minas Gerais, Brasil
LE Lopes, JN Reis, AS Moura, BS Corrêa, CMS Carvalho, HJC Peixoto, MF Vasconcelos, M Maldonado-Coelho
Atualidades Orn 196, 33-46
2017
LE Lopes
Zootaxa 4329 (3), 201-218
2017
Evidence of hybrid origin for Tachyphonus nattereri Pelzeln, 1870 (Aves: Thraupidae)
LE Lopes, VDQ Piacentini
Zootaxa 4277 (3), 386-398
2017
A classification scheme for avian diet types
LE Lopes, AM Fernandes, MCI Medeiros, MÂ Marini
Journal of Field Ornithology 87 (3), 309-322
2016
Avifauna do Campus Florestal da Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil
LE Lopes, BF Marçal
Atualidades Ornitológicas 193, 41-56
2016
LE Lopes, BF Marçal, AV Chaves
North-Western Journal of Zoology 12 (2) 373-376
2016
Birds from the Pirizal region, pantanal of Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil
JB Pinho, LE Lopes, MÂ Marini
Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 24, 267-285
2016
LE Lopes, LP Gonzaga
Zootaxa 4193 (1), 138-150
2016
LE Lopes, JB Pinho, A Ortiz, MM Evangelista, LF Silveira, F Schunck, LE Lopes
Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 24, 137-167
2016
LE Lopes, LP Gonzaga
Zootaxa 4127 (3), 401–431-401–431
2016
Notas sobre a biologia reprodutiva de aves no estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil
DF Ferreira, LE Lopes
Atualidades Ornitológicas 194, 33-41
2016
A nest of the Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) from the upper Rio São Francisco, Minas Gerais, Brazil
CMS Carvalho, BBC Carvalho, LE Lopes
Atualidades Ornitológicas 187, 8-10
2015
HC Costa, LE Lopes, B de Freitas MARÇAL, G Zorzin
North-Western Journal of Zoology 10 (2), 445-453
2014
LE Lopes, LP Gonzaga
Zootaxa 3754 (4): 435–449
2014
Morphological variation in the Cinnamon Tanager Schistochlamys ruficapillus Aves: Thraupidae
LE Lopes, LP Gonzaga
Zootaxa 3873 (5): 477–494
2014
MF Vasconcelos, FCR Cunha, LE Lopes
Atualidades Ornitológicas 179, 53-73
2014
Range and natural history of point-tailed palmcreepers (Aves: Furnariidae)
LE Lopes, IP de Faria
Journal of Natural History 48 (19-20), 1217-1224
2014
Notas sobre a biologia reprodutiva de aves brasileiras
LE Lopes, HJC Peixoto, D Hoffmann
Atualidades ornitológicas 171, 33-49
2013
MÂ Marini, M Barbet-Massin, LE Lopes, F Jiguet
Journal of Ornithology 154, 393-402
2013
Taxonomy, natural history, and conservation of Paroaria baeri (Aves: Thraupidae)
LE Lopes, LP Gonzaga
Tropical Zoology 26 (2), 87-103
2013
Breeding biology of birds in the Cerrado of central Brazil
MÂ Marini, FJA Borges, LE Lopes, NOM Sousa, DT Gressler, LR Santos, ...
Ornitologia Neotropical 23 (3), 385-405
2012
Range and natural history of seven poorly-known Neotropical rails
LE Lopes, JB Pinho, MG Gaiotti, MM Evangelista, MF Vasconcelos
Waterbirds 35 (3), 470-478
2012
LE Lopes, LP Gonzaga
Zootaxa 3569 (1), 41-54
2012
Aves da Serra Azul, sul da Cadeia do Espinhaço, Minas Gerais, Brasil
LE Lopes, HJC Peixoto, W Nogueira
Atualidades Ornitológicas 169, 41-53
2012
Notas sobre a campainha-azul Porphyrospiza caerulescens
LE Lopes
Atualidades Ornitológicas On-line, 167, 57-68
2012
Boa constrictor (Boa Constrictor). Diet
LE Lopes
Herpethological Review, 43, 492
2012
LE Lopes, JB Pinho, CERT Benfica
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 123 (4), 797-802
2011
L Esteves Lopes, MF Vasconcelos
Interciencia: Revista de ciencia y tecnología de América 36 (10), 743-745
2011
Predicting the occurrence of rare Brazilian birds with species distribution models
MÂ Marini, M Barbet-Massin, LE Lopes, F Jiguet
Journal of Ornithology 151, 857-866
2010
Range extensions and conservation of some threatened or little known Brazilian grassland birds
LE Lopes, GB Malacco, EF Alteff, MF Vasconcelos, D Hoffmann, LF Silveira
Bird Conservation International 20 (1), 84-94
2010
Birds from Rio Pandeiros, southeastern Brazil: a wetland in an arid ecotone
LE Lopes, S D"Angelo Neto, LO Leite, LL Moraes, JMG Capurucho
Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 18, 267-282
2010
Breeding biology of Columbidae in central Brazil
MÂ Marini, FJA Borges, LE Lopes, LC França, C Duca, LV Paiva, LT Manica, DT Gressler, NM Heming
Ornitología Neotropical 21, 581-590
2010
MA Marini, M Barbet‐Massin, LE Lopes, F Jiguet
Conservation Biology 23 (6), 1558-1567
2009
Major current and future gaps of Brazilian reserves to protect Neotropical savanna birds
MÂ Marini, M Barbet-Massin, LE Lopes, F Jiguet
Biological Conservation 142 (12), 3039-3050
2009
Biologia reprodutiva de Tyrannus savana (Aves, Tyrannidae) em cerrado do Brasil Central
MÂ Marini, Y Lobo, LE Lopes, LF França, LV Paiva
Biota Neotropica 9 (1), doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032009000100007
2009
Aves da Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brasil: uma síntese histórica do conhecimento
LE Lopes, JB Pinho, B Bernardon, FF Oliveira, G Bernardon, LP Ferreira, MF Vasconcelos, M Maldonado-Coelho, PFA Nóbrega, TC Rubio
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 49 (2), 9-47
2009
Passeriformes: nest predators and prey in a Neotropical Savannah in Central Brazil
LF França, NOM Sousa, LR Santos, C Duca, DT Gressler, FJA Borges, LE Lopes, LT Manica, LV Paiva, RCS Medeiros, MÂ Marini
Zoologia (Curitiba) 26, 799-802
2009
LCP Faria, LA Carrara, FQ Amaral, MF Vasconcelos, MG Diniz, CD Encarnação, D Hoffmann, HB Gomes, LE Lopes, M Rodrigues
Biota Neotropica 9, 223-240
2009
JB Pinho, LE Lopes, M Maldonado-Coelho, TC Rubio, B Bernardon
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121 (1), 153-159
2009
Natural history notes on the Pale-throated Serra-finch (Embernagra longicauda) in eastern Brazil
D Hoffmann, LE Lopes, MF Vasconcelos
Ornitología Neotropical 20, 597-607
2009
As aves dos campos rupestres da Cadeia do Espinhaço: diversidade, endemismo e conservação
MF Vasconcelos, LE Lopes, CG Machado, M Rodrigues
Megadiversidade 4 (1-2), 221-241
2008
LE Lopes
Diversity and Distributions 14 (4), 561-568
2008
JF Pacheco, R Parrini, LE Lopes, MF Vasconcelos
Cotinga 30, 16-32
2008
MF Vasconcelos, LE Lopes, D Hoffmann, LF Silveira, F Schunck
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 128, 57-67
2008
LE Lopes, D Hoffmann, M Maldonado-Coelho, ER Luiz, SD Neto
Bird Conservation International 18 (1), 53-62
2008
Aves da região de Unaí e Cabeceira Grande, noroeste de Minas Gerais, Brasil
LE Lopes, GB Malacco, MF Vasconcelos, CE de Alencar Carvalho, C Duca, AM Fernandes, S D’Angelo Neto, MÂ Marini
Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 16 (3), 193-206
2008
MF Vasconcelos, LE Lopes, JF Pacheco
Atualidades Ornitológicas 143, 12-13
2008
D Hoffmann, MF Vasconcelos, LE Lopes, M Rodrigues
Iheringia, Série Zoologia 97, 296-300
2007
Aves da região de Pedro Afonso, Tocantins, Brasil
LE Lopes, VS Braz
Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 15 (4), 530-537
2007
MF Vasconcelos, LE Lopes, D Hoffmann
Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 15 (3), 439-442
2007
On the range of the Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor (Tyrannidae) in central-eastern Brazil
LE Lopes
Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 15 (3), 433-435
2007
LE Lopes, MÂ Marini
Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 41 (2), 87-92
2006
Life history of the Mato Grosso Antbird Cercomacra melanaria in the Brazilian Pantanal
JB Pinho, LE Lopes, DH Morais, AM Fernandes
Ibis 148 (2), 321-329
2006
As aves da região de Varginha e Elói Mendes, sul de Minas Gerais, Brasil
LE Lopes
Acta Biologica Leopoldensia 28 (1), 46-54
2006
Diet of some Atlantic Forest birds
LE Lopes, AM Fernandes, MÂ Marini
Ararajuba 13 (1), 95-103
2005
Predation on vertebrates by Neotropical passerine birds
LE Lopes, AM Fernandes, MÂ Marini
Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity 6 (1), 57-66
2005
LE Lopes, MÂ Marini
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 45, 127-141
2005
LE Lopes, MÂ Marini
Bird Conservation International 15 (4), 337-346
2005
LE Lopes
Iheringia 95 (4), 83-88
2005
New bird records to the Estação Ecológica de Águas Emendadas, Planaltina, Distrito Federal
LE Lopes, L Leite, JB Pinho, R Goes
Ararajuba 13 (2), 107-108
2005
BF Higgins, LE Lopes, FHA Santana, M Couri, JR Pujol-Luz
Entomología y Vectores 12, 127-131
2005
Field identification and new site records of Chapada Flycatcher Suiriri islerorum
LE Lopes
Cotinga 24, 38-41
2005
Novo limite sul na distribuição geográfica de Sakesphorus cristatus (Thamnophilidae)
MÂ Marini, LE Lopes
Ararajuba 13, 105-106
2005
JB Pinho, LE Lopes, AM Fernandes
Lundiana 6, 71-73
2005
Observations on a nest of the Stygian Owl (Asio stygius) in the Central Brazilian Cerrado
LE Lopes, R Goes, S Souza, RM Ferreira
Ornitología Neotropical 15, 423-427
2004
Brazilian Merganser Mergus octosetaceus discovered in Jalapão State Park, Tocantins, Brazil
VS Braz, TLS Abreu, LE Lopes, LO Leite, FGR França, MM Vasconcellos, SF Balbino
Cotinga 20, 68-71
2003
Consumption of vegetable matter by Furnarioidea
LE Lopes, AM Fernandes, MÂ Marini
Ararajuba 11 (2), 235-239
2003
Rediscovery of Scalloped Antbird Myrmeciza ruficauda in Minas Gerais, Brazil
MÂ Marini, R Durães, LE Lopes, AM Fernandes, CEA Carvalho
Cotinga 19, 59-61
2003
MA Marini, LE Lopes, AM Fernandes, F Sebaio
Ararajuba 10, 95-98
2002
Book Chapters
The Waterbirds and dynamics of Lagoa Santa Karst temporary lakes
JE Côrtes Figueira, PF Albonette de Nóbrega, T Dornas, JAB Aguiar, LE Lopes, MA Drumond
Lagoa Santa Karst: Brazil's Iconic Karst Region, 73-92
2020
Conference Proceedings
Diversidade de artrópodes em solos de canga na Serra da Piedade, MG
LE Lopes, LM Versieux, CS Castro, JC Almeida
Anais do V Simpósio de Ecossistemas de Brasileiros: Conservação 3, 358-2363
2000