Peer-reviewed Scientific Articles
2026
ZonationR: An R interface to the Zonation software for reproducible spatial conservation prioritisation workflows. Cavalcante, T., Ribeiro, B., Guidoni-Martins, K., & Kujala, H. Ecography, in press (2026) DOI
Continental-wide prioritization of protected areas to address global and habitat-specific goals for avian biodiversity conservation. Xu, Y., Pavón-Jordán, D., Hallman, T., Bakx, T. R. M., Brotons, L., Herrando, S., … Cavalcante, T., et al. Conservation Biology, e70324 (2026) DOI
2025
Evaluating trade-offs between species targets and average coverage in spatial conservation planning. Cavalcante, T., Kujala, H., Virtanen, E. A., O’Connor, L., Lehtinen, P., & Moilanen, A. Biological Conservation, 310, 111368 (2025) DOI
2024
Modelling 21st century refugia and impact of climate change on Amazonia’s largest primates. Cavalcante, T., Barnett, A. A., Van Doninck, J., & Tuomisto, H. Ecography, e06988 (2024) DOI
Assessing the invasive potential of Saguinus midas in the extent of occurrence of the critically endangered Saguinus bicolor. Lagroteria, D., Cavalcante, T., Zuquim, G., Röhe, F., Medeiros, A. S. M., Hrbek, T., et al. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 5, 1426488 (2024) DOI
2023
When partitioning is not an option: Resource availability predicts intraguild interactions in two isolated Amazonian primate assemblages. Cavalcante, T., Mourthé, Í., Barnett, A. A., & Bicca-Marques, J. C. Biotropica, 55, 839–848 (2023) DOI
2022
Pulp Fiction: Why some populations of ripe-fruit specialists Ateles chamek and A. marginatus prefer insect-infested foods. dos Santos-Barnett, T. C., Cavalcante, T., Boyle, S. A., Matte, A. L., Bezerra, B. M., Oliveira, T. G., et al. International Journal of Primatology, 43, 384–408 (2022) DOI
Combining geospatial abundance and ecological niche models to identify high-priority areas for conservation: The neglected role of broadscale interspecific competition. Cavalcante, T., Weber, M. M., & Barnett, A. A. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 915325 (2022) DOI
2021
Degree of frugivory predicts rates of food-related agonism and intragroup proximity in wild gray woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha cana). Cavalcante, T., Strier, K. B., & Bicca-Marques, J. C. International Journal of Primatology, 42, 533–547 (2021) DOI
2020
NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics. Nagy-Reis, M., Oshima, J. E. F., Kanda, C. Z., Palmeira, F. B. L., de Melo, F. R., Morato, R. G., … Cavalcante, T., et al. Ecology, 101(11), e03128 (2020) DOI
Niche overlap between two sympatric frugivorous Neotropical primates: Improving ecological niche models using closely-related taxa. Cavalcante, T., Jesus, A. S., Rabelo, R. M., Messias, M. R., Valsecchi, J., Ferraz, D., et al. Biodiversity Conservation, 29, 2749–2763 (2020) DOI
Being hunted high and low: do differences in nocturnal sleeping and diurnal resting sites of howler monkeys (Alouatta nigerrima and Alouatta discolor) reflect safety from attack by different types of predator? Jucá, T., Boyle, S., Cavalcanti, G., Cavalcante, T., Tomanek, P., Clemente, S., et al. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 131(1), 203–219 (2020) DOI
Extension of occurrence area of the maned wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus (Carnivora, Canidae) in the Amazon biome. Silva-Diogo, O., Goebel, L. G. A., de Sousa, M. R., Gusmão, A. C., Costa, T. M., Jesus, A. S., & Cavalcante, T. Oecologia Australis, 24(4), 928–937 (2020) DOI
2019
Predation of Boana boans (Anura, Hylidae) by an opportunistic frugivorous primate. Cavalcante, T., Simoes, P. I., & Mourthé, I. Acta Amazonica, 49(4), 307–310 (2019) DOI
Insights into the development of a juvenile harpy eagle’s hunting skills. Cavalcante, T., Tuyama, C. A., & Mourthé, I. Acta Amazonica, 49, 114–117 (2019) DOI
2017
Unexpected diversity: The potential role of privately-owned forest remnants in the conservation of the primates of the highly-impacted Rondônia center of endemism, southwestern Amazonia. Cavalcante, T., Gusmão, A. C., & Ferrari, S. F. Neotropical Primates, 24(2), 82–85 (2017) DOI
2016
Unusual intergroup movement of young males in a male philopatric society. Cavalcante, T., Jesus, A. S., & Strier, K. Neotropical Primates, 23(1), 9–13 (2016) DOI
Preprints
2026
Correcting overprediction reduces the propagation of uncertainty from species distribution models into spatial conservation prioritization. Cavalcante, T., Si-Moussi, S., Tzivanopoulos, M., Hoareau, M., Thuiller, W., & Kujala, H. bioRxiv (2026) View preprint
2025
Beyond species-level planning: The role of bioclimatic variation within species distributions. Cavalcante, T., Cimatti, M., Si-Moussi, S., Thuiller, W., Di Marco, M., & Kujala, H. bioRxiv (2025) View preprint
Synergies and trade-offs between maintaining climate niche variability and preserving climate stability. Cimatti, M., Cavalcante, T., Kujala, H., Si-Moussi, S., Thuiller, W., Visconti, P., & Di Marco, M. bioRxiv (2025) View preprint
2024
Report on network problem formulations, targets and preferences, including guidance and data on targets and optimal TEN-N design criteria. Jung, M., Davoli, M., Cavalcante, T., O’Connor, L., D’Alessio, A., Cimatti, M., et al. ARPHA Preprints (2024) View preprint