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Paulo S. Oliveira is affiliated with the State University of Campinas in Brazil. Their scientific work primarily lies in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broad fields, their research predominantly focuses on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, as well as Genetics. Additional specialized subfields in their work include Insect Science, Social Psychology, and Ecological Modeling.

The main topics covered by their research encompass plant and animal studies, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, and animal behavior and reproduction. They have also contributed to studies in animal and plant science education, insect and pesticide research, species distribution and climate change, and insect symbiosis and bacterial influences.

Some of their notable recent publications include:

  • Symbiotic bacterial communities in rainforest fungus-farming ants: evidence for species and colony specificity (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • The Relevance of Flash Coloration Against Avian Predation in a Morpho Butterfly: A Field Experiment in a Tropical Rainforest (2024), published in Ethology
  • Fruit-Feeding Butterfly Assemblages in a Neotropical Savanna: Assessing Phenological Patterns Using Baited Traps (2021), published in Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society
  • Foraging and Spatial Ecology of a Polydomous Carpenter Ant, Camponotus leydigi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in Tropical Cerrado Savanna: A Natural History Account (2020), published in Environmental Entomology
  • Breeding systems and genetic diversity in tropical carpenter ant colonies: different strategies for similar outcomes in Brazilian Cerrado savanna (2020), published in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Paulo S. Oliveira include Marianne Azevedo-Silva, Anete Pereira de Souza, Gustavo Maruyama Mori, Marina Corrêa Côrtes, and Alessandra S M Lemos.

Their work has been published recurrently in venues such as Environmental Entomology, Insectes Sociaux, Ethology, Scientific Reports, and Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society.

Best Publications

  • The Cerrados of Brazil: Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Savanna

    Paulo S. Oliveira;Robert J. Marquis

  • The ecology and evolution of ant-plant interactions

    Victor Rico-Gray;Paulo S. Oliveira

  • Correction: Corrigendum: αB-crystallin interacts with and prevents stress-activated proteolysis of focal adhesion kinase by calpain in cardiomyocytes

    Michelle B.M. Pereira;Aline M. Santos;Danieli C. Gonçalves;Alisson C. Cardoso

  • 4. The Fire Factor

    Heloisa S. Miranda;Mercedes M. C. Bustamante;Antonio C. Miranda

  • Interaction intimacy affects structure and coevolutionary dynamics in mutualistic networks.

    Paulo R. Guimarães;Paulo R. Guimarães;Victor Rico-Gray;Paulo S. Oliveira;Thiago J. Izzo

  • Ant-plant-herbivore interactions in the neotropical cerrado savanna.

    Paulo S. Oliveira;André V. L. Freitas

  • Interaction between ants, extrafloral nectaries and insect herbivores in Neotropical coastal sand dunes: herbivore deterrence by visiting ants increases fruit set in Opuntia stricta (Cactaceae)

    P. S. Oliveira;V. Rico-Gray;C. Díaz-Castelazo†;C. Castillo-Guevara

  • The ecological function of extrafloral nectaries : herbivore deterrence by visiting ants and reproductive output in Caryocar brasiliense (Caryocaraceae)

    P. S. Oliveira

  • Conditional outcomes in a neotropical treehopper-ant association: temporal and species-specific variation in ant protection and homopteran fecundity.

    Kleber Del-Claro;Paulo S. Oliveira

  • 18. Biodiversity and Conservation Priorities in the Cerrado Region

    Roberto B. Cavalcanti;Carlos A. Joly

  • Interactions between Fungus‐Growing Ants (Attini), Fruits and Seeds in Cerrado Vegetation in Southeast Brazil1

    Inara R. Leal;Paulo S. Oliveira

  • Ants affect the distribution and performance of seedlings of Clusia criuva, a primarily bird-dispersed rain forest tree

    Luciana Passos;Paulo S. Oliveira

  • Ants as selective agents on herbivore biology : effects on the behaviour of a non-myrmecophilous butterfly

    Andre V. L. Freitas;Paulo S. Oliveira

  • Ant‐Homoptera Interactions in a Neotropical Savanna: The Honeydew‐Producing Treehopper, Guayaquila xiphias (Membracidae), and its Associated Ant Fauna on Didymopanax vinosum (Araliaceae)1

    Kleber Del-Claro;Paulo S. Oliveira

  • Extrafloral nectaries: their taxonomic distribution and abundance in the woody flora of cerrado vegetation in southeast Brazil

    Paulo S. Oliveira;Hermogenes F. Leitao-Filho

  • Interaction between ants and seeds of a nonmyrmecochorous neotropical tree, Cabralea canjerana (Meliaceae), in the Atlantic forest of southeast Brazil.

    Marco A. Pizo;Paulo S. Oliveira

  • Egg-Laying Butterflies Distinguish Predaceous Ants by Sight

    Sebastián F. Sendoya;André V. L. Freitas;Paulo S. Oliveira

  • Birds and ants provide complementary seed dispersal in a neotropical savanna

    Alexander V. Christianini;Paulo S. Oliveira

  • Size and lipid content of nonmyrmecochorous diaspores: effects on the interaction with litter-foraging ants in the Atlantic rain forest of Brazil

    Marco A. Pizo;Paulo S. Oliveira

  • Interactions between ants, fruits and seeds in a restinga forest in south-eastern Brazil

    Luciana Passos;Paulo S. Oliveira

  • 10. Ecophysiology of Woody Plants

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  • 16. Interactions Among Cerrado Plants and Their Herbivores: Unique or Typical?

    Robert J. Marquis;Helena C. Morais;Ivone R. Diniz

Frequent Co-Authors

André V. L. Freitas
André V. L. Freitas State University of Campinas
Suzanne Koptur
Suzanne Koptur Florida International University
Inara R. Leal
Inara R. Leal Federal University of Pernambuco
Victor Rico-Gray
Victor Rico-Gray Universidad Veracruzana
Marco Aurélio Pizo
Marco Aurélio Pizo Sao Paulo State University
Kleber Del-Claro
Kleber Del-Claro Federal University of Uberlândia
Fabio C. Gozzo
Fabio C. Gozzo State University of Campinas
Glauco Machado
Glauco Machado Universidade de São Paulo
Bert Hölldobler
Bert Hölldobler Arizona State University
Leonor Patricia C. Morellato
Leonor Patricia C. Morellato Sao Paulo State University

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