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Miguel Ângelo Marini

Miguel Ângelo Marini

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
35
Citations
4838
World Ranking
1723
National Ranking
62

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
35
Citations
5008
World Ranking
7350
National Ranking
137

Overview

Miguel Ângelo Marini is affiliated with the University of Brasília in Brazil and has contributed to research primarily in ecology and conservation biology. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecological Modeling.

The researcher's publications include a focus on avian species and their ecology, as well as broader wildlife and environmental topics. Notable recent papers are:

  • "Neotropical ornithology: Reckoning with historical assumptions, removing systemic barriers, and reimagining the future" (2023) published in Ornithological Applications
  • "The five million bird eggs in the world's museum collections are an invaluable and underused resource" (2020) published in The Auk
  • "Tropical deforestation induces thresholds of reproductive viability and habitat suitability in Earth's largest eagles" (2021) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Urbanization reduces diversity, simplifies community and filter bird species based on their functional traits in a tropical city" (2024) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) nest tree selection: Selective logging in Amazon forest threatens Earth's largest eagle" (2020) published in Biological Conservation

Frequent coauthors contributing extensively alongside Marini include Flávio Kulaif Ubaid, Crizanto Brito de Carvalho, Gustavo Bernardino Malacco da Silva, Tarcisio Lyra dos Santos Abreu, and Wagner Nogueira Alves.

The researcher's work has been published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • Datasets - Sistema SALVE - ICMBio
  • The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
  • Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club
  • Biological Conservation
  • Ornithology Research

Main fields of study include Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation, with significant interdisciplinary contributions to Plant Science and ecological modeling techniques. The topics covered prominently feature avian ecology and behavior, species distribution and climate change impacts, fish biology and ecology, wildlife ecology and conservation, and plant and vegetation dynamics studies. Additionally, Marini has engaged in research related to date palm species.

Best Publications

  • Edge effects on nest predation in the Shawnee National Forest, southern Illinois

    Miguel A. Marini;Scott K. Robinson;Edward J. Heske

  • Bird Conservation in Brazil

    Miguel Ângelo Marini;Frederico Innecco Garcia

  • Mixed-species bird flocks from Brazilian Atlantic forest: the effects of forest fragmentation and seasonality on their size, richness and stability

    Marcos Maldonado-Coelho;Miguel Â. Marini

  • Predicted climate-driven bird distribution changes and forecasted conservation conflicts in a neotropical savanna.

    Miguel Ângelo Marini;Morgane Barbet-Massin;Leonardo Esteves Lopes;Frédéric Jiguet

  • Annual Patterns of Molt and Reproductive Activity of Passerines in South-Central Brazil

    Miguel  Marini;Renata Durães

  • The effects of fragmentation on fluctuating asymmetry in passerine birds of Brazilian tropical forests

    M. Anciães;M. Anciães;M.Â. Marini

  • Predators of quail eggs, and the evidence of the remains: Implications for nest predation studies

    Miguel Â. Marini;Celine Melo

  • Effects of forest fragmentation on birds of the cerrado region, Brazil

    Miguel Â. Marini

  • Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

    Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Alain Dubois;Cristian Simón Abdala

  • Effects of forest fragment size and successional stage on mixed-species bird flocks in Southeastern Brazil.

    Marcos Maldonado-Coelho;Miguel  Marini

  • Diet of some Atlantic Forest birds

    Leonardo Esteves Lopes;Alexandre Mendes Fernandes;Miguel Ângelo Marini

  • Applying ecological niche modelling to plan conservation actions for the Red-spectacled Amazon (Amazona pretrei).

    Miguel Ângelo Marini;Morgane Barbet-Massin;Jaime Martinez;Nêmora P. Prestes

  • Major current and future gaps of Brazilian reserves to protect Neotropical savanna birds

    Miguel A. Ngelo Marini;Morgane Barbet-Massin;Leonardo Esteves Lopes;Frédéric Jiguet

  • Biologia reprodutiva de Elaenia chiriquensis (Lawrence) (Aves, Tyrannidae) em Cerrado do Brasil Central

    Rita de Cássia Surrage de Medeiros;Miguel Ângelo Marini

  • Predators of bird nests in the Neotropics: a review

    João C. T. Menezes;Miguel Ângelo Marini

  • Structure and organization of an avian haemosporidian assemblage in a Neotropical savanna in Brazil.

    Alan Fecchio;Marcos Robalinho Lima;Maria Svensson-Coelho;Miguel Ângelo Marini

  • Predation on vertebrates by Neotropical passerine birds

    Leonardo E. Lopes;Alexandre M. Fernandes;Miguel  . Marini

  • High prevalence of blood parasites in social birds from a neotropical savanna in Brazil

    Alan Fecchio;Marcos Robalinho Lima;Patrícia Silveira;Érika Martins Braga

  • Avian malaria in Brazilian passerine birds: parasitism detected by nested PCR using DNA from stained blood smears.

    S. F. Ribeiro;F. Sebaio;F. C. S. Branquinho;M. Â. Marini

  • Foraging Behavior and Diet of the Helmeted Manakin

    Miguel Ângelo Marini

  • A Multifaceted Approach to the Characterization of an Intergeneric Hybrid Manakin (Pipridae) from Brazil

    Miguel  Marini;Shannon J. Hackett

  • Avian host composition, local speciation and dispersal drive the regional assembly of avian malaria parasites in South American birds

    Alan Fecchio;Jeffrey A Bell;Rafael B P Pinheiro;Victor R Cueto

  • Territory size of three Antbirds (Aves, Passeriformes) in an Atlantic Forest fragment in southeastern Brazil

    Charles Duca;Charles Duca;Tadeu J. Guerra;Miguel Ângelo Marini;Miguel Ângelo Marini

  • Predicting the occurrence of rare Brazilian birds with species distribution models

    Miguel Â. Marini;Morgane Barbet-Massin;Leonardo E. Lopes;Frédéric Jiguet

  • Bird species distribution and conservation in Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Tadeu A. Melo-Júnior;Marcelo F. De Vasconcelos;Geraldo W. Fernandes;Miguel  Marini

  • Ecological correlates of ectoparasitism of Atlantic Forest birds, Brazil.

    Miguel Ângelo Marini;Bianca Luiza Reinert;Marcos Ricardo Bornschein;Júlio Cezar Pinto

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabrício R. Santos
Fabrício R. Santos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Frédéric Jiguet
Frédéric Jiguet French National Museum of Natural History
Colleen T. Downs
Colleen T. Downs University of KwaZulu-Natal
Mauro Galetti
Mauro Galetti Sao Paulo State University
Scott K. Robinson
Scott K. Robinson University of Florida
Jeffrey F. Kelly
Jeffrey F. Kelly University of Oklahoma
Marco Aurélio Pizo
Marco Aurélio Pizo Sao Paulo State University
James C. Russell
James C. Russell University of Auckland
Jason D. Weckstein
Jason D. Weckstein Drexel University
Carlos A. Peres
Carlos A. Peres University of East Anglia

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