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Leandro Silveira

Leandro Silveira

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Ecology and Evolution

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Leandro Silveira is affiliated with the University of Brasília in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Ecology. Silveira's work spans several subfields, including Ecology, Genetics, Small Animals, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to wildlife and conservation biology. Key areas of their work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Leandro Silveira has authored papers published in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Biological Conservation, SSRN Electronic Journal, Brazilian Journal of One Health, and Asclepius International Journal of Scientific Health Science.

Some recent papers include:

  • Environmental and anthropogenic factors synergistically affect space use of jaguars, 2021, Current Biology
  • "When the felid's away, the mesocarnivores play": seasonal temporal segregation in a neotropical carnivore guild, 2021, Mammalian Biology
  • Jaguars from the Brazilian Pantanal: Low genetic structure, male-biased dispersal, and implications for long-term conservation, 2021, Biological Conservation
  • Reserve size, dispersal and population viability in wide ranging carnivores: the case of jaguars in Emas National Park, Brazil, 2020, Animal Conservation
  • AMAZONIA CAMTRAP: A data set of mammal, bird, and reptile species recorded with camera traps in the Amazon forest, 2022, Ecology

Silveira has collaborated frequently with a set of co-authors, including:

  • Giselle Bastos Alves
  • Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo
  • Gediendson Ribeiro de Araújo
  • Anah T. A. Jácomo
  • Natália Mundim Tôrres

Best Publications

  • Camera trap, line transect census and track surveys: a comparative evaluation

    Leandro Silveira;Leandro Silveira;Anah T.A. Jácomo;Anah T.A. Jácomo;José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho;José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho

  • Improving density estimates for elusive carnivores: Accounting for sex-specific detection and movements using spatial capture–recapture models for jaguars in central Brazil

    Rahel Sollmann;Rahel Sollmann;Mariana Malzoni Furtado;Mariana Malzoni Furtado;Beth Gardner;Heribert Hofer

  • Niche separation between the maned wolf ( Chrysocyon brachyurus ), the crab-eating fox ( Dusicyon thous ) and the hoary fox ( Dusicyon vetulus ) in central Brazil

    Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo;Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo;Leandro Silveira;Leandro Silveira;José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho;José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho

  • Jaguar and Puma Activity Patterns and Predator-Prey Interactions in Four Brazilian Biomes

    Vania C. Foster;Vania C. Foster;Pedro Sarmento;Rahel Sollmann;Rahel Sollmann;Natalia Tôrres;Natalia Tôrres

  • Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) on wild carnivores in Brazil.

    Marcelo B. Labruna;Rodrigo S. P. Jorge;Dênis A. Sana;Anah Tereza A. Jácomo

  • Genome-wide signatures of complex introgression and adaptive evolution in the big cats

    Henrique V. Figueiró;Gang Li;Fernanda J. Trindade;Juliana Assis

  • Molecular Data Reveal Complex Hybridization and a Cryptic Species of Neotropical Wild Cat

    Tatiane C. Trigo;Alexsandra Schneider;Tadeu G. de Oliveira;Livia M. Lehugeur

  • Can species distribution modelling provide estimates of population densities? A case study with jaguars in the Neotropics

    Natália M. Tôrres;Natália M. Tôrres;Paulo De Marco Júnior;Thiago Santos;Leandro Silveira

  • Impact of wildfires on the megafauna of Emas National Park, central Brazil

    Leandro Silveira;Flávio Henrique;G. Rodrigues;Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo

  • Using occupancy models to investigate space partitioning between two sympatric large predators, the jaguar and puma in central Brazil

    Rahel Sollmann;Rahel Sollmann;Mariana Malzoni Furtado;Mariana Malzoni Furtado;Heribert Hofer;Anah T.A. Jácomo

  • Composição e caracterização da fauna de mamíferos do Parque Nacional das Emas, Goiás, Brasil

    Flávio H.G. Rodrigues;Leandro Silveira;Anah T.A. Jácomo;Ana Paula Carmignotto

  • Use of Camera‐Trapping to Estimate Puma Density and Influencing Factors in Central Brazil

    Nuno Negrões;Pedro Sarmento;Joana Cruz;Catarina Eira

  • Resource Selection and Its Implications for Wide-Ranging Mammals of the Brazilian Cerrado

    Carly Vynne;Jonah L. Keim;Ricardo B. Machado;Jader Marinho-Filho

  • Effectiveness of Scat-Detection Dogs in Determining Species Presence in a Tropical Savanna Landscape

    Carly Vynne;John R. Skalski;Ricardo B. Machado;Martha J. Groom

  • Combining camera-trapping and noninvasive genetic data in a spatial capture–recapture framework improves density estimates for the jaguar

    Rahel Sollmann;Rahel Sollmann;Natália Mundim Tôrres;Natália Mundim Tôrres;Mariana Malzoni Furtado;Mariana Malzoni Furtado;Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo

  • Ecology of the Giant Armadillo (Priodontes maximus) in the Grasslands of Central Brazil

    Leandro Silveira;Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo;Mariana Malzoni Furtado;Natália Mundim Torres

  • Comparative analyses of semen and endocrine characteristics of free-living versus captive jaguars (Panthera onca).

    R. G Morato;V. A Conforti;F. C Azevedo;A. T. A Jácomo

  • Density of the Near Threatened jaguar Panthera onca in the caatinga of north-eastern Brazil

    Leandro Silveira;Anah T. A. Jácomo;Samuel Astete;Rahel Sollmann

  • Home Range and Spatial Organization of Maned Wolves in the Brazilian Grasslands

    Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo;Cyntia Kayo Kashivakura;Claudia Ferro;Mariana Malzoni Furtado;Mariana Malzoni Furtado

  • Private forest reserves can aid in preserving the community of medium and large-sized vertebrates in the Amazon arc of deforestation

    Nuno Negrões;Nuno Negrões;Eloy Revilla;Carlos Fonseca;Amadeu M. V. M. Soares

  • Recurrent Evolution of Melanism in South American Felids

    Alexsandra Schneider;Corneliu Henegar;Kenneth Day;Devin Absher

Frequent Co-Authors

Rahel Sollmann
Rahel Sollmann University of California, Davis
José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho Universidade Federal de Goiás
Eduardo Eizirik
Eduardo Eizirik Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Francisco Palomares
Francisco Palomares Spanish National Research Council
Milton Cezar Ribeiro
Milton Cezar Ribeiro Sao Paulo State University
Carlos Fonseca
Carlos Fonseca University of Aveiro
Howard Quigley
Howard Quigley Panthera Corporation
Pedro Manoel Galetti
Pedro Manoel Galetti Federal University of São Carlos
Marcelo B. Labruna
Marcelo B. Labruna Universidade de São Paulo

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