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Regina H. Macedo

Regina H. Macedo

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
28
Citations
2443
World Ranking
2734
National Ranking
123

Regina H. Macedo publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Regina H. Macedo sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 113 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

Regina H. Macedo D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Regina H. Macedo sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 28 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Overview

Regina H. Macedo is affiliated with the University of Brasília in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their work extensively covers various topics relating to animal behavior, reproduction, and avian ecology. Key subject areas include:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Bird parasitology and diseases

Macedo has contributed multiple publications in subfields such as ecology, developmental biology, parasitology, and ecological modeling. Their frequent collaborators reflect sustained partnerships in related research areas and include:

  • Pedro Diniz
  • Carlos Humberto Biagolini
  • Renata Duarte Alquezar
  • Diego Gil
  • Edvaldo F. Silva-Jr

Their research outputs have appeared in several specialized venues, with repeated contributions to these journals:

  • Journal of Avian Biology
  • Ornithological applications
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Ibis

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Macedo include:

  • Neotropical ornithology: Reckoning with historical assumptions, removing systemic barriers, and reimagining the future (2023), Ornithological applications
  • Avian biotic homogenization driven by airport-affected environments (2020), Urban Ecosystems
  • An atypical mating system in a neotropical manakin (2020), Royal Society Open Science
  • Lack of consistent responses to aircraft noise in dawn song timing of bird populations near tropical airports (2020), Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Sex-specific effects of predation risk on parental care in a sexually dichromatic Neotropical songbird (2020), Journal of Avian Biology

This body of work reflects a focus on avian behavior and ecology, as well as the impacts of environmental factors and anthropogenic disturbances on bird populations.

Best Publications

  • Extrapair Paternity and Sexual Selection in Socially Monogamous Birds: Are Tropical Birds Different?

    Regina H. Macedo;Jordan Karubian;Michael S. Webster

  • 13. The Avifauna: Ecology, Biogeography, and Behavior

    Regina H. F. Macedo

  • Iridescent structural colour production in male blue-black grassquit feather barbules: the role of keratin and melanin.

    Rafael Maia;João Victor O Caetano;Sônia N Báo;Regina H Macedo

  • Coccidian oocyst parasitism in the blue-black grassquit: influence on secondary sex ornaments and body condition

    Fábio J.V. Costa;Regina H. Macedo

  • Nanostructural self-assembly of iridescent feather barbules through depletion attraction of melanosomes during keratinization.

    Rafael Maia;Regina H. F. Macedo;Matthew D. Shawkey

  • Breeding Strategies of a Socially Monogamous Neotropical Passerine: Extra-Pair Fertilizations, Behavior, and Morphology

    Carlos B. V. Carvalho;Regina H. Macedo;Jefferson A. Graves

  • Reproductive Patterns and Social Organization of the Communal Guira Cuckoo (Guira Guira) in Central Brazil

    Regina H. Macedo

  • LEK-LIKE MATING SYSTEM OF THE MONOGAMOUS BLUE-BLACK GRASSQUIT

    Juliana B. Almeida;Regina H. Macedo

  • Reproduction of Blue-black Grassquits in central Brazil.

    C B V Carvalho;R H F Macedo;J A Graves

  • Parasite levels in blue-black grassquits correlate with male displays but not female mate preference

    Thais M. Aguilar;Rafael Maia;Eduardo S.A. Santos;Regina H. Macedo

  • Here comes the sun: multimodal displays are associated with sunlight incidence

    Paula Sicsú;Lilian T. Manica;Rafael Maia;Regina H. Macedo

  • Genetic relatedness of communally breeding guira cuckoos

    James S. Quinn;Regina Macedo;Bradley N. White

  • Communal breeding in tropical Guira Cuckoos Guira guira : sociality in the absence of a saturated habitat

    Regina H. Macedo;Carlos A. Bianchi

  • Vigor and skill in the acrobatic mating displays of a Neotropical songbird

    Lilian T. Manica;Regina H. Macedo;Jeff A. Graves;Jeffrey Podos

  • CONTEXT AND FREQUENCY OF INFANTICIDE IN COMMUNALLY BREEDING GUIRA CUCKOOS

    Regina H. F. Macedo;Mariana Cariello;Laura Muniz

  • Confirmation of infanticide in the communally breeding guira cuckoo

    R. H. F. Macedo;C. Melo

  • Load Lightening in Southern Lapwings: Group‐Living Mothers Lay Smaller Eggs than Pair‐Living Mothers

    Eduardo S. A. Santos;Regina H. Macedo

  • Nest‐site selection by Blue‐black Grassquits in a Neotropical savanna: do choices influence nest success?

    Thais M. Aguilar;Raphael I. Dias;Ailton C. Oliveira;Regina H. Macedo

  • Migratory flows and foraging habitat selection by shorebirds along the northeastern coast of Brazil: The case of Baía de Todos os Santos

    Vitor O. Lunardi;Regina H. Macedo;José P. Granadeiro;Jorge M. Palmeirim

  • Individual female clutch identification through yolk protein electrophoresis in the communally breeding guira cuckoo (Guira guira)

    Mariana O. Cariello;Hubert G. Schwabb;Raymond W. Lee;Regina H. F. Macedo

  • Maternal androgens in eggs of communally breeding guira cuckoos (Guira guira)

    Mariana O. Cariello;Regina H.F. Macedo;Hubert G. Schwabl

  • Breeding patterns and habitat use in the endemic Curl-crested Jay of central Brazil

    Marina F. Amaral;Regina H. F. Macedo

  • Multimodal flight display of a neotropical songbird predicts social pairing but not extrapair mating success

    Lilian T. Manica;Lilian T. Manica;Jeff A. Graves;Jeffrey Podos;Regina H. Macedo

Frequent Co-Authors

M. S. Webster
M. S. Webster Vanderbilt University
Jeff A. Graves
Jeff A. Graves University of St Andrews
Jeffrey Podos
Jeffrey Podos University of Massachusetts Amherst
Hubert Schwabl
Hubert Schwabl Washington State University
Maydianne C. B. Andrade
Maydianne C. B. Andrade University of Toronto
Glauco Machado
Glauco Machado Universidade de São Paulo
Rui Filipe Oliveira
Rui Filipe Oliveira International Sleep Products Association
Jordan Karubian
Jordan Karubian Tulane University
Diego Gil
Diego Gil Spanish National Research Council
Donald Blomqvist
Donald Blomqvist University of Gothenburg

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