Professional Summary
Ecologist. My research interests include ecosystem ecology, ecological interactions and behavioral ecology.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Renan-Fernandes-Moura
Education
PhD: Universidade Federal de Uberlandia Brazil, 2021 (Ecology)
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Moura R.F.; dos Santos L.R.; da Costa Silva V.M.; Fagundes R.; Del-Claro K. (06-01-2023). Extrafloral nectaries exhibit dual ecological functions in a plant from the Brazilian Cerrado. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 17 (3) , 301-311More Information
Moura R.F.; Del-Claro K. (01-01-2023). Plants with extrafloral nectaries share indirect defenses and shape the local arboreal ant community. Oecologia, 201 (1) , 73-82More Information
Moura R.F.; Couto C.M.V.; Del-Claro K. (08-01-2022). Ant nest distribution and richness have opposite effects on a Neotropical plant with extrafloral nec. Ecological Entomology, 47 (4) , 626-635More Information
Santos L.R.D.; Moura R.F. (01-01-2021). Local and Temporal Effects on Ant Richness, Recruitment, and Resource Dominance in Two Cerrado Areas. Sociobiology, 68 (2) More Information
Moura R.F.; Queiroga D.; Vilela E.; Moraes A.P. (01-01-2021). Polyploidy and high environmental tolerance increase the invasive success of plants. Journal of Plant Research, 134 (1) , 105-114More Information
Moura R.; Tizo-Pedroso E.; Del-Claro K. (07-01-2018). Colony size, habitat structure, and prey size shape the predation ecology of a social pseudoscorpion. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 72 (7) More Information
Queiroga D.; Moura R. (12-01-2017). Positive Relation Between Abundance of Pericarpial Nectaries and Ant Richness in Tocoyena formosa (R. Sociobiology, 64 (4) , 423-429More Information
Moura R.; Alves-Silva E.; Del-Claro K. (01-01-2017). Patterns of growth, development and herbivory of Palicourea rigida are affected more by sun/shade co. Acta Botanica Brasilica, 31 (2) , 286-294More Information
Moura R.; Dawson D.; Nogueira D. (01-01-2017). The use of microsatellite markers in neotropical studies of wild birds: A literature review. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, 89 (1) , 145-154More Information
Alves-Silva E.; Porto A.C.F.; Firmino C.; Silva H.V.; Becker I.; Resende L.; Borges L.; Pfeffer L.; Silvano M.; Galdiano M.S.; Silvestrini R.; Moura R. (09-01-2016). Are the impact factor and other variables related to publishing time in ecology journals?. Scientometrics, 108 (3) , 1445-1453More Information
Moura RF, Sternberg M, Vorst H, Katz O (2024). Plant silicon content as a proxy for understanding plant community properties and ecosystem structure. Ecosphere
Katz O.; Moura R.F.; Gruntman M.; Sternberg M. (01-01-2025). The Plant Ionome as a Functional Trait: Variation across Bioclimatic Regions and Functional Groups. Physiologia Plantarum, 177 (1) More Information
Moura R.F.; Sternberg M.; Vorst C.; Katz O. (07-01-2024). Plant silicon content as a proxy for understanding plant community properties and ecosystem structur. Ecosphere, 15 (7) More Information
Del-Claro K.; da Costa Silva V.M.; Calixto E.S.; de Oliveira E.C.; Pereira I.; Anjos D.; Torezan-Silingardi H.M.; Moura R.F. (03-21-2024). Evidence of climate change effects on insect diversity: The wind and the pinwheel. Effects of Climate Change on Insects Physiological Evolutionary and Ecological Responses, 179-202More Information
Marquis R.J.; Moura R.F. (05-03-2021). Escape as a mechanism of plant resistance against herbivores. Plant Animal Interactions Source of Biodiversity, 39-57More Information
Moura R.F.; Colberg E.; Alves-Silva E.; Mendes-Silva I.; Fagundes R.; Stefani V.; Del-Claro K. (05-03-2021). Biotic defenses against herbivory. Plant Animal Interactions Source of Biodiversity, 93-118More Information