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Guarino R. Colli

Guarino R. Colli

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
64
Citations
13293
World Ranking
1890
National Ranking
26

Overview

Guarino R. Colli is affiliated with the University of Brasília in Brazil. Their research broadly covers ecological and evolutionary topics, with a strong focus on amphibians and reptiles. Colli's work also engages with species distribution, climate change impacts, and biodiversity conservation within varied ecosystems.

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods, 2022, published in Nature
  • Biodiversity and conservation of the Cerrado: recent advances and old challenges, 2020, published in Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Large-scale Degradation of the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin, 2021, published in Environmental Management
  • The macroevolutionary singularity of snakes, 2024, published in Science
  • Congruence and Conflict in the Higher-Level Phylogenetics of Squamate Reptiles: An Expanded Phylogenomic Perspective, 2020, published in Systematic Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Colli include:

  • Cristiano de Campos Nogueira
  • Davi Lima Pantoja
  • Henrique Caldeira Costa
  • Carlos Roberto Abrahão
  • Yeda Soares de Lucena Bataus

Colli has contributed extensively to publications in several venues, most notably:

  • Datasets - Sistema SALVE - ICMBio
  • Journal of Biogeography
  • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PeerJ

Their research spans a range of subfields, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics
  • Ecological Modeling

The main topics of Colli's work focus on:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

Best Publications

  • The global distribution of tetrapods reveals a need for targeted reptile conservation

    Uri Roll;Uri Roll;Anat Feldman;Maria Novosolov;Allen Allison

  • A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods

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  • The phylogeny of advanced snakes (Colubroidea), with discovery of a new subfamily and comparison of support methods for likelihood trees.

    R. Alexander Pyron;R. Alexander Pyron;Frank T. Burbrink;Guarino R. Colli;Adrian Nieto Montes de Oca

  • 12. The Character and Dynamics of the Cerrado Herpetofauna

    Guarino R. Colli;Rogério P. Bastos;Alexandre F. B. Araujo

  • Habitat loss and the effectiveness of protected areas in the Cerrado Biodiversity Hotspot

    Renata D. Françoso;Reuber Brandão;Cristiano C. Nogueira;Yuri B. Salmona

  • Revisiting the historical distribution of Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests: new insights based on palaeodistribution modelling and palynological evidencegeb

    Fernanda P. Werneck;Gabriel C. Costa;Guarino R. Colli;Darién E. Prado

  • Sampling bias and the use of ecological niche modeling in conservation planning: a field evaluation in a biodiversity hotspot

    Gabriel C. Costa;Cristiano Nogueira;Ricardo B. Machado;Guarino R. Colli

  • Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna

    Cristiano C. Nogueira;Antonio J.S. Argôlo;Vanesa Arzamendia;Josué A. Azevedo

  • Climatic stability in the Brazilian Cerrado: implications for biogeographical connections of South American savannas, species richness and conservation in a biodiversity hotspot

    Fernanda P. Werneck;Cristiano Nogueira;Guarino R. Colli;Jack W. Sites

  • Coming to America: multiple origins of New World geckos.

    Tony Gamble;Aaron M Bauer;Guarino R Colli;Eli Greenbaum

  • The historical connections between the Amazon and the Atlantic Forest revisited

    Roger Maia Dias Ledo;Guarino Rinaldi Colli

  • DEEP DIVERSIFICATION AND LONG-TERM PERSISTENCE IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN 'DRY DIAGONAL': INTEGRATING CONTINENT-WIDE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND DISTRIBUTION MODELING OF GECKOS

    Fernanda P. Werneck;Tony Gamble;Tony Gamble;Guarino R. Colli;Miguel T. Rodrigues

  • Geographical ecology of a Neotropical lizard: Ameiva ameiva (Teiidae) in Brazil

    Laurie J. Vitt;Guarino R. Colli

  • Vicariance and endemism in a Neotropical savanna hotspot: distribution patterns of Cerrado squamate reptiles

    Cristiano Nogueira;Síria Ribeiro;Gabriel C. Costa;Guarino R. Colli

  • Biodiversity and conservation of the Cerrado: recent advances and old challenges

    Guarino R. Colli;Cecília R. Vieira;José Carmine Dianese

  • ANURAN SPECIES COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS IN BRAZILIAN CERRADO, A NEOTROPICAL HOTSPOT

    Paula Hanna Valdujo;Débora Leite Silvano;Guarino Colli;Marcio Roberto Costa Martins

  • Diet of Epipedobates flavopictus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) in a Neotropical Savanna

    Graziela M. Biavati;Helga C. Wiederhecker;Guarino R. Colli

  • Are lizards feeling the heat? A tale of ecology and evolution under two temperatures

    Shai Meiri;Aaron M. Bauer;Laurent Chirio;Guarino R. Colli

  • Local richness and distribution of the lizard fauna in natural habitat mosaics of the Brazilian Cerrado

    Cristiano Nogueira;Guarino R. Colli;Marcio Martins

  • Ecology of a Cerrado Lizard Assemblage in the Jalapao Region of Brazil

    Daniel O. Mesquita;R. Colli;Laurie J. Vitt

  • Redefining the Cerrado–Amazonia transition: implications for conservation

    Eduardo Q. Marques;Ben Hur Marimon-Junior;Beatriz S. Marimon;Eraldo A. T. Matricardi

  • Reproductive ecology of Ameiva ameiva (Sauria, Teiidae) in the Cerrado of Central Brazil

    Guarino R. Colli

Frequent Co-Authors

Gabriel C. Costa
Gabriel C. Costa Auburn University at Montgomery
Laurie J. Vitt
Laurie J. Vitt University of Oklahoma
Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues
Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues Universidade de São Paulo
Jack W. Sites
Jack W. Sites Brigham Young University
Shai Meiri
Shai Meiri Tel Aviv University
Janalee P. Caldwell
Janalee P. Caldwell University of Oklahoma
Aaron M. Bauer
Aaron M. Bauer Villanova University
Marcio Martins
Marcio Martins Universidade de São Paulo
Uri Roll
Uri Roll Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
R. Alexander Pyron
R. Alexander Pyron George Washington University

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