Publications by authors named "Jose H F Mello"
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- * This study uses a combined Kermack-McCormick SIR model and cellular automata to predict how hantavirus spreads among host populations, revealing potential new areas of infection.
- * Findings indicate that 22 previously unconfirmed municipalities may see cases in the next decade, emphasizing the need for consistent prevention efforts due to habitat fragmentation and agricultural expansion.
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- Recent studies have shown significant changes in phenological events due to climate change, focusing mainly on temperate plants, while research on tropical species remains limited due to scarce long-term data.
- The study utilized herbarium specimens of four endemic Melastomataceae species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, analyzing flowering and fruiting patterns over nearly a century (1920-2018) and their relationship with climate variables.
- Findings revealed varied responses among the species to climate change, including delays or advancements in flowering and fruiting, demonstrating the complex effects of climate change in tropical forests and emphasizing the need for more research in this area.
Checkerboards have emerged as a metaphor to (1) describe mutually exclusive patterns of co-occurrence for ecologically similar species that are geographically interspersed (i.e., checkerboard distributions), and (2) characterize relationships among species distributions along gradients that involve entire metacommunities (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe investigated the spatial distribution of native and invasive marmoset species (Callithrix), as well as their hybrids, in the Serra dos Órgãos National Park (PARNASO) and surrounding area in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. To estimate occupancy and the detection probability, we surveyed 56 sites within the park and 52 sites outside its limits using vocal playbacks, as well as by interviewing local residents in the surrounding area. We estimated the occupancy and detection probability of Callithrix aurita and the observed groups composed of Callithrix jacchus, Callithrix penicillata, and their hybrids.
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