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Albertina P. Lima is affiliated with the National Institute of Amazonian Research in Brazil and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, particularly focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology.

The primary topics of Albertina P. Lima's research include:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies

The scientist's notable recent papers cover various aspects of biogeography, systematics, and biodiversity in the Amazon region. Key publications include:

  • "Historical biogeography identifies a possible role of Miocene wetlands in the diversification of the Amazonian rocket frogs (Aromobatidae: Allobates)" (2020, Journal of Biogeography)
  • "Systematics and biogeography of the Boana albopunctata species group (Anura, Hylidae), with the description of two new species from Amazonia" (2021, Systematics and Biodiversity)
  • "Systematics and historical biogeography of Neotropical foam-nesting frogs of the Adenomera heyeri clade (Leptodactylidae), with the description of six new Amazonian species" (2020, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society)
  • "Not as widespread as thought: Integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic diversity in the Amazonian nurse frog Allobates tinae Melo-Sampaio, Oliveira and Prates, 2018 and description of a new species" (2020, Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research)
  • "Hierarchical effects of historical and environmental factors on lizard assemblages in the upper Madeira River, Brazilian Amazonia" (2020, PLoS ONE)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • William E. Magnusson
  • Miquéias Ferrão
  • Antoine Fouquet
  • Ígor Luís Kaefer
  • James Hanken

Albertina P. Lima has published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • Systematics and Biodiversity
  • PLoS ONE
  • PeerJ
  • Biotropica
  • Biodiversity and Conservation

Best Publications

  • Variation in aboveground tree live biomass in a central Amazonian Forest: Effects of soil and topography

    Carolina V. de Castilho;William E. Magnusson;R. Nazaré O. de Araújo;Regina C.C. Luizão

  • RAPELD: A MODIFICATION OF THE GENTRY METHOD FOR BIODIVERSITY SURVEYS IN LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH SITES.

    William E. Magnusson;Albertina P. Lima;Regina Luizão;Flávio Luizão

  • The correlates of foraging mode in a community of brazilian lizards

    W. E. Magnusson;L. Junqueira De Paiva;R. Moreira Da Rocha;C. R. Franke

  • Diets of Amazonian Crocodilians

    William E. Magnusson;Eduardo Vieira da Silva;Albertina P. Lima

  • Vertical distance from drainage drives floristic composition changes in an Amazonian rainforest

    Juliana Schietti;Thaise Emilio;Camilo D. Rennó;Debora P. Drucker

  • Guia de Sapos da Reserva Adolpho Ducke: Amazônia Central

    Albertina Pimentel Lima;William Ernest Magnusson;Marcelo Menin;Luciana K Erdtmann

  • Gradients within gradients: The mesoscale distribution patterns of palms in a central Amazonian forest

    Flávia R.C. Costa;Jean-Louis Guillaumet;Albertina P. Lima;Ocirio S. Pereira

  • Calls, colours, shape, and genes: a multi-trait approach to the study of geographic variation in the Amazonian frog Allobates femoralis

    Adolfo Amézquita;Albertina P. Lima;Robert Jehle;Lina Castellanos

  • Effects of prey size and foraging mode on the ontogenetic change in feeding niche ofColostethus stepheni (Anura: Dendrobatidae)

    Albertina P. Lima;Gloria Moreira

  • Acoustic interference and recognition space within a complex assemblage of dendrobatid frogs

    Adolfo Amézquita;Sandra Victoria Flechas;Albertina Pimentel Lima;Herbert Gasser

  • Use of Geometric Forms to Estimate Volume of Invertebrates in Ecological Studies of Dietary Overlap

    William E. Magnusson;Albertina P. Lima;Williams Alves da Silva;Maria Carmozina de Araújo

  • Ant diversity in an Amazonian savanna: Relationship with vegetation structure, disturbance by fire, and dominant ants

    Heraldo L. Vasconcelos;Marcos F. Leite;José M. S. Vilhena;Albertina P. Lima

  • Topographic and edaphic effects on the distribution of terrestrially reproducing anurans in Central Amazonia: mesoscale spatial patterns

    Marcelo Menin;Albertina P. Lima;William E. Magnusson;Fabiano Waldez

  • MASKING INTERFERENCE AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN THE AMAZONIAN DENDROBATID FROG ALLOBATES FEMORALIS

    Adolfo Amézquita;Adolfo Amézquita;Walter Hödl;Albertina Pimentel Lima;Lina Castellanos;Lina Castellanos

  • Systematics of spiny‐backed treefrogs (Hylidae: Osteocephalus): an Amazonian puzzle

    Karl-Heinz Jungfer;Julián Faivovich;Julián Faivovich;José M. Padial;Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher;Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher

  • Partitioning seasonal time: interactions among size, foraging activity and diet in leaf-litter frogs

    Albertina Pimentel Lima;William Ernest Magnusson

  • The Ecology of a Cryptic Predator, Paleosuchus trigonatus, in a Tropical Rainforest

    William E. Magnusson;Albertina P. Lima

  • THE EFFECTS OF SIZE ON THE DIETS OF SIX SYMPATRIC SPECIES OF POSTMETAMORPHIC LITTER ANURANS IN CENTRAL AMAZONIA

    Albertina Pimentel Lima

  • Aposematism increases acoustic diversification and speciation in poison frogs

    Juan C. Santos;Juan C. Santos;Margarita Baquero;César Barrio-Amorós;Luis A. Coloma

  • Acoustic and Morphological Differentiation in the Frog Allobates femoralis: Relationships with the Upper Madeira River and Other Potential Geological Barriers

    Pedro Ivo Simões;Albertina P. Lima;William E. Magnusson;Walter Hödl

Frequent Co-Authors

William E. Magnusson
William E. Magnusson National Institute of Amazonian Research
Flávia R. C. Costa
Flávia R. C. Costa National Institute of Amazonian Research
Izeni Pires Farias
Izeni Pires Farias Federal University of Amazonas
Walter Hödl
Walter Hödl University of Vienna
Janalee P. Caldwell
Janalee P. Caldwell University of Oklahoma
G. Bruce Williamson
G. Bruce Williamson Louisiana State University
Jean-Marc Hero
Jean-Marc Hero University of the Sunshine Coast
Ariovaldo Antonio Giaretta
Ariovaldo Antonio Giaretta Federal University of Uberlândia
Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues
Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues Universidade de São Paulo
Jansen Zuanon
Jansen Zuanon National Institute of Amazonian Research

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