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Overview

Nilton C. Cáceres is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria in Brazil and has conducted research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Their work spans several subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Paleontology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecological Modeling

The central topics addressed in their research include:

  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Recent publications by Nilton C. Cáceres cover diverse aspects of ecology and biogeography, demonstrating contributions to mammal and bird diversity studies as well as ecogeographical patterns. Selected recent papers include:

  • Spatial heterogeneity and habitat configuration overcome habitat composition influences on alpha and beta mammal diversity, 2020, Biotropica
  • Climate and geographic distance are more influential than rivers on the beta diversity of passerine birds in Amazonia, 2020, Ecography
  • The dark side of coloration: Ecogeographical evidence supports Gloger's rule in American marsupials, 2020, Evolution
  • Big in the tropics: Ecogeographical clines in peccary size reveal the converse of Bergmann's rule, 2021, Journal of Biogeography
  • Niche partitioning in small mammals: interspecific and biome-level analyses using stable isotopes, 2021, Journal of Mammalogy

Nilton C. Cáceres frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Journal of Biogeography
  • Journal of Mammalian Evolution
  • Mammalian Biology
  • Biotropica
  • Ecography

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Felipe O. Cerezer
  • Cristian Dambros
  • Jamile Bubadué
  • Geruza Leal Melo
  • Jonas Sponchiado

Best Publications

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • Habitat selection by large mammals in a southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest

    Fernando Vilas Boas Goulart;Nilton Carlos Cáceres;Maurício Eduardo Graipel;Marcos Adriano Tortato

  • Food Habits and Seed Dispersal by the White-Eared Opossum Didelphis Albiventris in Southern Brazil

    Nilton C. Cáceres

  • Food Habits, Home Range and Activity of Didelphis aurita (Mammalia, Marsupialia) in a Forest Fragment of Southern Brazil

    Nilton C. Cáceres;Emygdio L.A. Monteiro-Filho

  • Testing the habitat amount hypothesis for South American small mammals

    Geruza Leal Melo;Jonas Sponchiado;Nilton Carlos Cáceres;Lenore Fahrig

  • Mammal occurrence and roadkill in two adjacent ecoregions (Atlantic Forest and Cerrado) in south-western Brazil.

    Nilton Carlos Cáceres;Wellington Hannibal;Dirceu R. Freitas;Edson L. Silva

  • Mammals from Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

    Nilton Carlos Cáceres;Ana Paula Carmignotto;Erich Fischer;Carolina Ferreira Santos

  • Diet of two marsupials, Lutreolina crassicaudata and Micoureus demerarae, in a coastal Atlantic Forest Island of Brazil

    N.C. Cáceres;I.R. Ghizoni-Jr;M.E. Graipel

  • Mammals in a fragmented savannah landscape in south-western Brazil.

    Nilton C. Cáceres;Rodrigo P. Nápoli;Janaina Casella;Wellington Hannibal

  • Abundance changes and activity flexibility of the oncilla, Leopardus tigrinus (Carnivora: Felidae), appear to reflect avoidance of conflict

    Luiz Gustavo R. Oliveira-Santos;Maurício E. Graipel;Marcos A. Tortato;Carlos A. Zucco

  • Differential trapping success for small mammals using pitfall and standard cage traps in a woodland savannah region of southwestern Brazil

    Nilton C. Caceres;Rodrigo P. Nápoli;Wellington Hannibal

  • Mammals of the Bodoquena Mountains, southwestern Brazil: an ecological and conservation analysis

    Nilton C. Cáceres;Marcos R. Bornschein;Wellington H. Lopes;Alexandre R. Percequillo

  • NEOTROPICAL XENARTHRANS: a data set of occurrence of xenarthran species in the Neotropics

    Paloma Marques Santos;Adriana Bocchiglieri;Adriano Garcia Chiarello;Adriano Pereira Paglia

  • Diet of three didelphid marsupials (Mammalia, Didelphimorphia) in southern Brazil

    N.C. Cáceres

  • Diet of four small mammal species from Atlantic forest patches in South Brazil

    Janaina Casella;Nilton Carlos Cáceres

  • Use of the space by the opossum Didelphis aurita Wied-Newied (Mammalia, Marsupialia) in a mixed forest fragment of southern Brazil

    Nilton Carlos Cáceres

  • Forest cover influences occurrence of mammalian carnivores within Brazilian Atlantic Forest

    André Luis Regolin;André Luis Regolin;Jorge José Cherem;Maurício Eduardo Graipel;Juliano André Bogoni

  • Population ecology and reproduction of the white.eared opossum Didelphis albiventris (Mammalia, Marsupialia)in an urban environment of Brazil

    Nilton Carlos Caceres

  • Biological characteristics influence mammal road kill in an Atlantic Forest–Cerrado interface in south-western Brazil

    N. C. Caceres

  • Use of vertical space by small mammals in gallery forest and woodland savannah in south-western Brazil

    Wellington Hannibal;Nilton C. Caceres

  • Ecogeographical Variation in Skull Shape of South-American Canids: Abiotic or Biotic Processes?

    Jamile de Moura Bubadué;Nilton Cáceres;Renan dos Santos Carvalho;Carlo Meloro

  • Small mammal community structure and microhabitat use in the austral boundary of the Atlantic Forest, Brazil

    Daniela O. de Lima;Bethânia O. Azambuja;Vagner L. Camilotti;Nilton C. Cáceres

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlo Meloro
Carlo Meloro Liverpool John Moores University
Mauro Galetti
Mauro Galetti Sao Paulo State University
Milton Cezar Ribeiro
Milton Cezar Ribeiro Sao Paulo State University
Carlos A. Peres
Carlos A. Peres University of East Anglia
Matt W. Hayward
Matt W. Hayward University of Newcastle Australia
Alain Dejean
Alain Dejean Paul Sabatier University
Pasquale Raia
Pasquale Raia University of Naples Federico II
Tim Diekötter
Tim Diekötter Kiel University
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Jérémy Bouyer
Jérémy Bouyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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