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Marcio R. Pie is affiliated with Edge Hill University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The work incorporates subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Paleontology.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse areas including Plant and animal studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, and Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy.

Frequent coauthors working with Marcio R. Pie include Fernanda S. Caron, Madhava Meegaskumbura, Antônio Ostrensky, Gajaba Ellepola, and Aline Horodesky.

Publication venues where Marcio R. Pie has frequently contributed include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research, Ecology and Evolution, Scientific Reports, and Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Recent papers by Marcio R. Pie demonstrate work on evolutionary biology, systematics, and biomechanics, with notable publications such as:

  • The evolutionary history of bees in time and space, 2023, Current Biology
  • The Haeckelian shortfall or the tale of the missing semaphoronts, 2020, Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research
  • Evolution in Sinocyclocheilus cavefish is marked by rate shifts, reversals, and origin of novel traits, 2021, BMC Ecology and Evolution
  • UCE Phylogenomics Resolves Major Relationships Among Ectaheteromorph Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A New Classification For the Subfamilies and the Description of a New Genus, 2022, Insect Systematics and Diversity
  • Mandibular morphology, task specialization and bite mechanics in Pheidole ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), 2021, Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Best Publications

  • Prediction of phylogeographic endemism in an environmentally complex biome.

    Ana Carolina Carnaval;Eric Waltari;Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues;Dan Rosauer

  • Biogeography and diversification of colletid bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae): emerging patterns from the southern end of the world

    Eduardo Andrade Botelho de Almeida;Eduardo Andrade Botelho de Almeida;Marcio R. Pie;Seán G. Brady;Bryan N. Danforth

  • Survival in patchy landscapes: the interplay between dispersal, habitat loss and fragmentation

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  • Nest architecture, activity pattern, worker density and the dynamics of disease transmission in social insects.

    Marcio R. Pie;Rebeca B. Rosengaus;James F.A. Traniello

  • The relationship between environmental variation and species abundance in shrimp community (Crustacea: Decapoda: Penaeoidea) in south-eastern Brazil

    Antonio L. Castilho;Marcio R. Pie;Adilson Fransozo;Allysson P. Pinheiro

  • A null model of morphospace occupation.

    Marcio R. Pie;Joshua S. Weitz

  • Interaction between ants and plants bearing extrafloral nectaries in cerrado vegetation

    Paulo S. Oliveira;Marcio R. Pie

  • Postglacial north-south expansion of populations of Rhizophora mangle (Rhizophoraceae) along the Brazilian coast revealed by microsatellite analysis.

    Maria W. Pil;Maria R. T. Boeger;Valéria C. Muschner;Marcio R. Pie

  • Context of diversification of the viviparous Gyrodactylidae (Platyhelminthes, Monogenoidea)

    Walter A. Boeger;Delane C. Kritsky;Marcio R. Pie

  • Increased anthropogenic disturbance and aridity reduce phylogenetic and functional diversity of ant communities in Caatinga dry forest

    Xavier Arnan;Gabriela Burle Arcoverde;Marcio R. Pie;José D. Ribeiro-Neto

  • Morphology and histology of the male reproductive system of the mangrove land crab Ucides cordatus (L.) (Crustacea, Brachyura, Ocypodidae)

    G. G. Castilho;A. Ostrensky;M. R. Pie;W. A. Boeger

  • Evaluating methods for phylogenomic analyses, and a new phylogeny for a major frog clade (Hyloidea) based on 2214 loci

    Jeffrey W. Streicher;Jeffrey W. Streicher;Elizabeth C. Miller;Pablo C. Guerrero;Claudio Correa

  • Morphological evolution in a hyperdiverse clade: the ant genus Pheidole

    M. R. Pie;J. F. A. Traniello

  • Cryptic species in the cosmopolitan Bugula neritina complex (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata)

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  • Isolation drives taxonomic and functional nestedness in tropical reef fish faunas

    Mariana G. Bender;Fabien Leprieur;David Mouillot;Michel Kulbicki

  • The evolution of climatic niches in squamate reptiles

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  • Mode of transmission, host switching, and escape from the Red Queen by viviparous gyrodactylids (Monogenoidea).

    Walter A. Boeger;Delane C. Kritsky;Marcio R. Pie;Kerlen B. Engers

  • Evaluating the impact of seismic prospecting on artisanal shrimp fisheries

    José M. Andriguetto-Filho;Antonio Ostrensky;Marcio R. Pie;Ubiratã A. Silva

  • Understanding the mechanisms underlying the distribution of microendemic montane frogs (Brachycephalus spp., Terrarana: Brachycephalidae) in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

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  • Species delimitation, phylogeny and evolutionary demography of co-distributed, montane frogs in the southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

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  • Diet and Diversification in the Evolution of Coral Reef Fishes

    Fabio L. Lobato;Diego R. Barneche;Alexandre C. Siqueira;Ana M. R. Liedke

  • Phylogenomics of montane frogs of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is consistent with isolation in sky islands followed by climatic stability

    Marcio R Pie;Brant C Faircloth;Luiz F Ribeiro;Marcos R Bornschein

  • Systematics and origin of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) in the Neotropical region

    Mauricio M. Zenker;Niklas Wahlberg;Gunnar Brehm;José A. Teston

  • Biogeographic, historical and environmental influences on the taxonomic and functional structure of Atlantic reef fish assemblages

    Mariana G. Bender;Mariana G. Bender;Marcio R. Pie;Enrico L. Rezende;David Mouillot

  • Density and disease resistance in group-living insects: do eusocial species exhibit density-dependent prophylaxis?

    M.R. Pie;R.B. Rosengaus;D.V. Calleri;J.F.A. Traniello

  • Mandibular morphology, task specialization and bite mechanics in Pheidole ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

    Cristian L. Klunk;Marco A. Argenta;Alexandre Casadei-Ferreira;Evan P. Economo

  • Phylogenomic species delimitation in microendemic frogs of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

    Marcio R. Pie;Marcos R. Bornschein;Luiz F. Ribeiro;Brant C. Faircloth

  • The diversification of neopasiphaeine bees during the Cenozoic (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)

    Eduardo A. B. Almeida;Laurence Packer;Gabriel A. R. Melo;Bryan N. Danforth

  • Two new species of the Brachycephalus pernix group (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the state of Paraná, southern Brazil.

    Luiz F. Ribeiro;David C. Blackburn;Edward L. Stanley;Marcio R. Pie

  • Diversity and composition of Arctiinae moth assemblages along elevational and spatial dimensions in Brazilian Atlantic Forest

    Mauricio Moraes Zenker;Philip J. DeVries;Carla M. Penz;José A. Teston

  • Fast Census of Moth Diversity in the Neotropics: A Comparison of Field-Assigned Morphospecies and DNA Barcoding in Tiger Moths

    Mauricio M. Zenker;Rodolphe Rougerie;José A. Teston;Michel Laguerre

Frequent Co-Authors

Brant C. Faircloth
Brant C. Faircloth Louisiana State University
Evan P. Economo
Evan P. Economo Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

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