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  1. Aposematism in semi-aquatic caterpillars: warning coloration fails to prevent predation by fish

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, November 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  2. Complex interactions in ant–plant mutualisms: The role of multiple ant food resources in mediating plant defence, pollination and fitness in a tropical shrub

    Article • Ecological Entomology, August 2025, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  3. Context-Dependent Ant-Pollinator Mutualism Impacts Fruit Set in a Hummingbird-Pollinated Plant

    Article • Plants, October 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  4. Extrafloral Nectary-Bearing Plants Recover Ant Association Benefits Faster and More Effectively after Frost-Fire Events Than Frost

    Article • Plants, October 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  5. Temporal and spatial variation in extrafloral nectar and associated ants in Canavalia rosea (Fabaceae) on coastal dunes along the Gulf of Mexico

    Article • Ecoscience, October 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  6. Effects of dominant ant species on ant community structure and ant–hemipteran interactions

    Article • Oikos, September 2023, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  7. Ineficácia das formigas na proteção de duas plantas mirmecófilas simpátricas contra besouros endofíticos

    Article • Austral Ecology, July 2023, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  8. Extrafloral nectaries exhibit dual ecological functions in a plant from the Brazilian Cerrado

    Article • Arthropod-Plant Interactions, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  9. Time course of inducibility of indirect responses in an ant‐defended plant

    Article • Ecology, March 2023, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  10. Variation of the Time Course of Inducibility of Indirect Defenses According to Plant Tissue and Severity of Damage

    Article • The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, March 2023, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  11. Ineffectiveness of ants in protecting two sympatric myrmecophilous plants against endophytic beetles

    Article • Austral Ecology, November 2022, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  12. Plants with extrafloral nectaries share indirect defenses and shape the local arboreal ant community

    Article • Oecologia, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  13. The effects of ants on pest control: a meta-analysis

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, August 2022, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  14. Negative cascading effects of a predatory fly larva on an ant–plant protective mutualism

    Article • Arthropod-Plant Interactions, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  15. Phenotypic plasticity in Acanthoscelides quadridentatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and its effect on the seed fate of Mimosa setosa (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)

    Article • Ecological Entomology, May 2022, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  16. Ant nest distribution and richness have opposite effects on a Neotropical plant with extrafloral nectaries

    Article • Ecological Entomology, March 2022, Wiley

    Renan Moura, Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  17. Natural history and daily rhythm activity of the myrmecophytic ant, Pseudomyrmex concolor Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

    Article • Insectes Sociaux, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  18. Negative effects of ant-plant interaction on pollination: costs of a mutualism

    Article • Sociobiology, December 2021, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  19. Multiple cues guarantee successful predation by a Neotropical wasp

    Article • Behaviour, December 2021, Brill

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  20. In remembrance of Victor Rico Gray (1951‐2021): An astonishing tropical ecologist

    Article • Biotropica, June 2021, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  21. Plant species specificity of ant–plant mutualistic interactions: Differential predation of termites by Camponotus crassus on five species of extrafloral nectaries plants

    Article • Biotropica, June 2021, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  22. Spatiotemporal niche‐based mechanisms support a stable coexistence of ants and spiders in an extrafloral nectary‐bearing plant community

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, April 2021, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  23. Spatio-temporal variation influences the division of labour in Pseudomyrmex concolor Smith (Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae)

    Article • Journal of Ethology, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  24. Neutral and niche‐based factors simultaneously drive seed and invertebrate removal by red harvester ants

    Article • Ecological Entomology, February 2021, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  25. Net benefits of a mutualism: Influence of the quality of extrafloral nectar on the colony fitness of a mutualistic ant

    Article • Biotropica, February 2021, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  26. Plant-Animal Interactions

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Richard T Corlett, Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  27. An Evolutionary Perspective on Plant-Animal Interactions

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  28. Biotic Defenses Against Herbivory

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  29. Impacts of Anthropocene Defaunation on Plant-Animal Interactions

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  30. Climate seasonality drives ant–plant–herbivore interactions via plant phenology in an extrafloral nectary‐bearing plant community

    Article • Journal of Ecology, September 2020, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  31. Optimal Defense Theory in an ant–plant mutualism: Extrafloral nectar as an induced defence is maximized in the most valuable plant structures

    Article • Journal of Ecology, August 2020, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  32. Switching roles from antagonist to mutualist: a harvester ant as a key seed disperser of a myrmecochorous plant

    Article • Ecological Entomology, May 2020, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  33. Spatio-temporal variation in seed traits affects the occurrence and body-size pattern of a seed-feeding beetle (Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) in Brazilian Cerrado

    Article • Acta Oecologica, May 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  34. Ants as diaspore removers of non‐myrmecochorous plants: a meta‐analysis

    Article • Oikos, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  35. Differences in size and energy content affect the territorial status and mating success of a neotropical dragonfly

    Article • Austral Ecology, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  36. Witches’ brooms increases arthropod-plant interactions in Ouratea hexasperma (Baill.) (Ochnaceae)

    Article • Acta Oecologica, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  37. Natural history and ecology of foraging of the Camponotus crassus Mayr, 1862 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Article • Journal of Natural History, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  38. Structural changes over time in individual‐based networks involving a harvester ant, seeds, and invertebrates

    Article • Ecological Entomology, May 2019, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  39. Temporal distribution, seed damage and notes on the natural history of Acanthoscelides quadridentatus and Acanthoscelides winderi (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) on their host plant, Mimosa setosa var. paludosa (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae), in the Br...

    Article • Journal of Natural History, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro, Bruno Sousa-Lopes

  40. Ant pollination of Paepalanthus lundii (Eriocaulaceae) in Brazilian savanna

    Article • Annals of Botany, March 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  41. Antiherbivore protection and plant selection by the lynx spider Peucetia flava (Araneae: Oxyopidae) in the Brazilian Cerrado

    Article • Journal of Zoology, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  42. Cotesia itororensis sp. nov. from Brazilian savanna: a new reared microgastrine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) described using an integrative taxonomic approach

    Article • Zootaxa, January 2019, Magnolia Press

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  43. The study of biotic interactions in the Brazilian Cerrado as a path to the conservation of biodiversity

    Article • Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, January 2019, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  44. PROTECTION MUTUALISM: AN OVERVIEW OF ANT-PLANT INTERACTIONS MEDIATED BY EXTRAFLORAL NECTARIES

    Article • Oecologia Australis, December 2018, Oecologia Australis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  45. Limited effects of fire disturbances on the species diversity and structure of ant-plant interaction networks in Brazilian Cerrado

    Article • Acta Oecologica, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  46. Are rare velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) to feed on extrafloral nectar?

    Article • Journal of Environmental Analysis and Progress, October 2018, Journal of Environmental Analysis and Progress - JEAP

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  47. Unmasking the architecture of ant–diaspore networks in the Brazilian Savanna

    Article • PLOS One, August 2018, PLOS

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  48. Pseudomyrmex concolor Smith (Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae) as induced biotic defence for host plant Tachigali myrmecophila Ducke (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae)

    Article • Ecological Entomology, August 2018, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  49. Cooperative foraging in neotropical pseudoscorpions: effects of prey changes on behavioral adjustments of colonies

    Article • acta ethologica, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  50. Colony size, habitat structure, and prey size shape the predation ecology of a social pseudoscorpion from a tropical savanna

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  51. Females of two species of Argia from Chapada dos Guimarães National Park, Brazil (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

    Article • Zootaxa, May 2018, Magnolia Press

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  52. Argia angelae (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) sp. nov. from Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brazil

    Article • Zootaxa, May 2018, Magnolia Press

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  53. Florivorous myrmecophilous caterpillars exploit an ant-plant mutualism and distract ants from extrafloral nectaries

    Article • Austral Ecology, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  54. Brazilian legislation on genetic heritage harms Biodiversity Convention goals and threatens basic biology research and education

    Article • Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, April 2018, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Luiz Malabarba, Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  55. Capture of large prey and feeding priority in the cooperative pseudoscorpion Paratemnoides nidificator

    Article • acta ethologica, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  56. Effects of different ant species on the attendance of neighbouring hemipteran colonies and the outcomes for the host plant

    Article • Journal of Natural History, February 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  57. Ant-partners play a minor role on occurrence of the myrmecophilous butterfly Leptotes cassius in its host plant

    Article • Arthropod-Plant Interactions, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  58. The Influence of Body Size and Agility in Displacement Capacity of Male Damselflies (Odonata, Protoneurinae)

    Article • Journal of Insect Behavior, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  59. A New Extrafloral Nectary-Bearing Plant Species in the Brazilian Savanna and its Associated Ant Community: Nectary Structure, Nectar Production and Ecological Interactions

    Article • Sociobiology, October 2017, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  60. The Influence of Fire and Deforestation on the Floral Symmetry and Fitness of Adenocalymma nodosun (Bignoniaceae)

    Article • Sociobiology, October 2017, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  61. Climate changes affecting biotic interactions, phenology, and reproductive success in a savanna community over a 10-year period

    Article • Arthropod-Plant Interactions, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  62. Increase in ant density promotes dual effects on bee behaviour and plant reproductive performance

    Article • Arthropod-Plant Interactions, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  63. Social wasp guild (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) visiting flowers in two of the phytophysiognomic formations: Riparian Forest and campos rupestres

    Article • Sociobiology, September 2017, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  64. Ant-related oviposition is not associated to low parasitism of the myrmecophilous butterfly Allosmaitia strophius in an extrafloral nectaried shrub

    Article • Acta Oecologica, August 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  65. Female color polymorphism of Ischnura capreolus Hagen, 1861 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) with notes on behavior and ontogenetic color changes

    Article • International Journal of Odonatology, July 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  66. Differences among ant species in plant protection are related to production of extrafloral nectar and degree of leaf herbivory

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, June 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  67. Patterns of growth, development and herbivory of Palicourea rigida are affected more by sun/shade conditions than by Cerrado phytophysiognomy

    Article • Acta Botanica Brasilica, June 2017, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  68. Colours of war: visual signals may influence the outcome of territorial contests in the tiger damselfly, Tigriagrion aurantinigrum

    Article • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, April 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  69. Variation in Extrafloral Nectary Productivity Influences the Ant Foraging

    Article • PLOS One, January 2017, PLOS

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  70. Integrative data helps the assessment of a butterfly within the Udranomia kikkawai species complex (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae): Immature stages, natural history, and molecular evidence

    Article • Zoologischer Anzeiger, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  71. Behaviour and Ecology of Spiders

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  72. Wandering and web spiders feeding on the nectar from extrafloral nectaries in neotropical savanna

    Article • Journal of Zoology, October 2016, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  73. Day/night turnover in ant foraging

    Article • Austral Ecology, September 2016, Wiley

    Dr Roberth Fagundes R Fagundes, Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  74. Erythrodiplax ana sp. nov. (Odonata: Libellulidae) from Brazilian palm swamps

    Article • Zootaxa, August 2016, Magnolia Press

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  75. Temporal Variation in the Abundance and Richness of Foliage-Dwelling Ants Mediated by Extrafloral Nectar

    Article • PLOS One, July 2016, PLOS

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  76. Biology, natural history and temporal fluctuation of the geometridOospila pallidariaassociated with host plant phenology

    Article • Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, July 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  77. Ants, plant characteristics and habitat conservation status affect the occurrence of myrmecophilous butterflies on an extrafloral nectaried Malpighiaceae

    Article • Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, June 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  78. Wasps are better plant-guards than ants in the extrafloral nectaried shrub Ouratea spectabilis (Ochnaceae)

    Article • Sociobiology, April 2016, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  79. Host plant phenology may determine the abundance of an ecosystem engineering herbivore in a tropical savanna

    Article • Ecological Entomology, April 2016, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  80. Food source availability and interspecific dominance as structural mechanisms of ant-plant-hemipteran multitrophic networks

    Article • Arthropod-Plant Interactions, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  81. The odonata community of a brazilian vereda: seasonal patterns, species diversity and rarity in a palm swamp environment

    Article • Bioscience Journal, April 2016, EDUFU - Editora da Universidade Federal de Uberlandia

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  82. Herbivory causes increases in leaf spinescence and fluctuating asymmetry as a mechanism of delayed induced resistance in a tropical savanna tree

    Article • Plant Ecology and Evolution, February 2016, National Botanical Garden of Belgium

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  83. Loss and gains in ant–plant interactions mediated by extrafloral nectar: fidelity, cheats, and lies

    Article • Insectes Sociaux, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  84. Herbivory-induced stress: Leaf developmental instability is caused by herbivore damage in early stages of leaf development

    Article • Ecological Indicators, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  85. Nestmate Recognition in the Amazonian Myrmecophyte Ant Pseudomyrmex concolor Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

    Article • Sociobiology, September 2015, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  86. On the inability of ants to protect their plant partners and the effect of herbivores on different stages of plant reproduction

    Article • Austral Ecology, September 2015, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  87. Structure and biodiversity of zooplankton communities in freshwater habitats of a Vereda Wetland Region, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Article • Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia, September 2015, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  88. Beneficial Effects of Ants and Spiders on the Reproductive Value of Eriotheca gracilipes (Malvaceae) in a Tropical Savanna

    Article • PLOS One, July 2015, PLOS

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  89. Ant Species Identity has a Greater Effect than Fire on the Outcome of an Ant Protection System in Brazilian Cerrado

    Article • Biotropica, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  90. Availability of food and nesting-sites as regulatory mechanisms for the recovery of ant diversity after fire disturbance

    Article • Sociobiology, April 2015, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  91. Delicate fangs, smart killing: the predation strategy of the recluse spider

    Article • Animal Behaviour, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  92. Foliar anti-herbivore defenses in Qualea multiflora Mart. (Vochysiaceae): Changing strategy according to leaf development

    Article • Flora, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  93. Secretory activity of extrafloral nectaries shaping multitrophic ant-plant-herbivore interactions in an arid environment

    Article • Journal of Arid Environments, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  94. Preferential consumption of larger fruits of Piper arboreum (Piperaceae) by Carollia perspicillata (Phyllostomidae) in the brazilian tropical dry forest

    Article • Bioscience Journal, January 2015, EDUFU - Editora da Universidade Federal de Uberlandia

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  95. Defences of a Neotropical harvestman against different levels of threat by the recluse spider

    Article • Behaviour, January 2015, Brill

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  96. Variation in the outcomes of an ant-plant system: Fire and leaf fungus infection reduce benefits to plants with extrafloral nectaries

    Article • Journal of Insect Science, November 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  97. Ant–herbivore interactions in an extrafloral nectaried plant: are ants good plant guards against curculionid beetles?

    Article • Journal of Natural History, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  98. Mimicry and Eavesdropping Enable a New Form of Social Parasitism in Ants

    Article • The American Naturalist, October 2014, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  99. The role of tending ants in host plant selection and egg parasitism of two facultative myrmecophilous butterflies

    Article • The Science of Nature, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  100. Ant-Plant Interaction in a Tropical Savanna: May the Network Structure Vary over Time and Influence on the Outcomes of Associations?

    Article • PLOS One, August 2014, PLOS

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  101. Conditional outcomes in ant–plant–herbivore interactions influenced by sequential flowering

    Article • Flora, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  102. Variation in the Outcomes of an Ant-Plant System: Fire and Leaf Fungus Infection Reduce Benefits to Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries

    Article • Journal of Insect Science, July 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  103. Individual-Based Ant-Plant Networks: Diurnal-Nocturnal Structure and Species-Area Relationship

    Article • PLOS One, June 2014, PLOS

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  104. The effects of forest fragmentation on the population ecology and natural history of a funnel-web spider

    Article • Journal of Natural History, June 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  105. Do ant visitors to extrafloral nectaries of plants repel pollinators and cause an indirect cost of mutualism?

    Article • Flora, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  106. Description of Cephalotes specularis n. sp. (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)—the mirror turtle ant

    Article • Zootaxa, May 2014, Magnolia Press

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  107. Fire triggers the activity of extrafloral nectaries, but ants fail to protect the plant against herbivores in a neotropical savanna

    Article • Arthropod-Plant Interactions, April 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  108. Importance of interaction frequency in analysis of ant-plant networks in tropical environments

    Article • Journal of Tropical Ecology, December 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  109. Social parasitism: emergence of the cuckoo strategy between pseudoscorpions

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, December 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  110. Predatory behavior of Pseudodorus clavatus (Diptera, Syrphidae) on aphids tended by ants

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, December 2013, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  111. Social Wasp-Flower Visiting Guild Interactions in Less Structurally Complex Habitats are More Susceptible to Local Extinction

    Article • Sociobiology, November 2013, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  112. Ants Visiting the Post-Floral Secretions of Pericarpial Nectaries in Palicourea rigida (Rubiaceae) Provide Protection Against Leaf Herbivores But Not Against Seed Parasites

    Article • Sociobiology, November 2013, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  113. Mate recognition in Acanthagrion truncatum (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v35i3.16138

    Article • Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences, August 2013, Universidade Estadual de Maringa

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  114. Influence, or the lack thereof, of host phenology, architecture and climate on the occurrence ofUdranomia spitzi(Hesperiidae: Lepidoptera)

    Article • Entomological Science, June 2013, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  115. Influence of extrafloral nectary phenology on ant-plant mutualistic networks in a neotropical savanna

    Article • Ecological Entomology, June 2013, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  116. The importance of natural history studies for a better comprehension of animal-plant interaction networks

    Article • Bioscience Journal, April 2013, EDUFU - Editora da Universidade Federal de Uberlandia

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  117. Effect of post-fire resprouting on leaf fluctuating asymmetry, extrafloral nectar quality, and ant–plant–herbivore interactions

    Article • The Science of Nature, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  118. Flower stage and host plant preference by floral herbivore thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera:Frankliniella) in a Brazilian savanna

    Article • Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, April 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  119. Influence of Camponotus blandus (Formicinae) and flower buds on the occurrence of Parrhasius polibetes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Banisteriopsis malifolia (Malpighiaceae)

    Article • Sociobiology, March 2013, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  120. Tending-Ants Increase Survivorship and Reproductive Success of Calloconophora pugionata Drietch (Hemiptera, Membracidae), a Trophobiont Herbivore of Myrcia obovata O.Berg (Myrtales, Myrtaceae)

    Article • Sociobiology, March 2013, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  121. Lycaenidae Larvae Feeding onPeixotoa parviflora(Malpighiaceae) in a Semi-Deciduous Forest in Southeastern Brazil

    Article • Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society, March 2013, Lepidopterists' Society

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  122. Foraging behavior ofBrachygastra lecheguana(Hymenoptera: Vespidae) onBanisteriopsis malifolia(Malpighiaceae): Extrafloral nectar consumption and herbivore predation in a tending ant system

    Article • Entomological Science, December 2012, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  123. Reproductive behavior ofAcanthagrion truncatumSelys, 1876 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

    Article • International Journal of Odonatology, December 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  124. Sexual size dimorphism, mating system and seasonality of a Neotropical damselfly,Telebasis carmesina(Coenagrionidae)

    Article • International Journal of Odonatology, December 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  125. Mating behaviour, nympho-imaginal development and description of a newMesabolivarspecies (Araneae: Pholcidae) from the Brazilian dry forest

    Article • Journal of Natural History, September 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  126. Seasonal patterns in the foraging ecology of the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex naegelii (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in a Neotropical savanna: daily rhythms, shifts in granivory and carnivory, and home range

    Article • Arthropod-Plant Interactions, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  127. Natural history of an ant–plant–butterfly interaction in a Neotropical savanna

    Article • Journal of Natural History, April 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  128. Capybaras and ticks in the urban areas of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil: ecological aspects for the epidemiology of tick-borne diseases

    Article • Experimental and Applied Acarology, February 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  129. Emergent Impacts of Ant and Spider Interactions: Herbivory Reduction in a Tropical Savanna Tree

    Article • Biotropica, January 2012, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  130. Ecologia Evolutiva e Conservação: uma Parceria Necessária

    Article • Natureza & Conservação, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  131. Plant-Arthropod Interactions: A Behavioral Approach

    Article • Psyche A Journal of Entomology, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  132. Ecology of neotropical mistletoes: an important canopy-dwelling component of Brazilian ecosystems

    Article • Acta Botanica Brasilica, January 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  133. Towards a mathematical model of within-session operant responding.

    Article • Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior Processes, January 2012, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  134. Effects of the Trophobiont HerbivoreCalloconophora pugionata(Hemiptera) on Ant Fauna Associated withMyrcia obovata(Myrtaceae) in a Montane Tropical Forest

    Article • Psyche A Journal of Entomology, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  135. Flower-Visiting Social Wasps and Plants Interaction: Network Pattern and Environmental Complexity

    Article • Psyche A Journal of Entomology, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  136. Territoriality and male-biased sexual size dimorphism in Argia reclusa (Odonata: Zygoptera)

    Article • acta ethologica, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  137. Oviposition and post-embryonic development of Aglaoctenus lagotis (Araneae: Lycosidae)

    Article • Zoologia (Curitiba), October 2011, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  138. Oviposition site selection inOxyagrion microstigmaSelys, 1876 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) is related to aquatic vegetation structure

    Article • International Journal of Odonatology, September 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  139. Colony cycle, foundation strategy and nesting biology of a Neotropical paper wasp

    Article • Revista chilena de historia natural, September 2011, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  140. Reproductive behavior of the Amazonian dwarf cichlid Apistogramma hippolytae Kullander, 1982: offsetting costs and benefits

    Article • acta ethologica, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  141. Is There Division of Labor in Cooperative Pseudoscorpions? An Analysis of the Behavioral Repertoire of a Tropical Species

    Article • Ethology, May 2011, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  142. Mating behaviour and maternal care in the tropical savanna funnel-web spiderAglaoctenus lagotisHolmberg (Araneae: Lycosidae)

    Article • Journal of Natural History, April 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  143. Influência de técnicas de enriquecimento ambiental no aumento do bem-estar de Callithrix penicillata (E. Geoffroy, 1812) (Primates: Callitrichidae) doi:10.5007/2175-7925.2011v24n1p83

    Article • Biotemas, February 2011, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  144. Ectoparasitism and phoresy in Thysanoptera: the case ofAulacothrips dictyotus(Heterothripidae) in the Neotropical savanna

    Article • Journal of Natural History, February 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  145. Resource Defense Polygyny by Hetaerina rosea Selys (Odonata: Calopterygidae): Influence of Age and Wing Pigmentation

    Article • Neotropical Entomology, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  146. Ant visitation to extrafloral nectaries decreases herbivory and increases fruit set in Chamaecrista debilis (Fabaceae) in a Neotropical savanna

    Article • Flora, November 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  147. Ant–plant interaction in the Neotropical savanna: direct beneficial effects of extrafloral nectar on ant colony fitness

    Article • Population Ecology, September 2010, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  148. Seasonal variation of ground spiders in a Brazilian Savanna

    Article • Zoologia (Curitiba), June 2010, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  149. Nectar- and pollen-gathering Cephalotes ants provide no protection against herbivory: a new manipulative experiment to test ant protective capabilities

    Article • acta ethologica, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  150. Relation of group size and daily activity patterns to southern lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) behaviour

    Article • Journal of Ethology, December 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  151. Ecology and behaviour of the weaver antCamponotus(Myrmobrachys)senex

    Article • Journal of Natural History, June 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  152. Insect-plant interactions: new pathways to a better comprehension of ecological communities in Neotropical savannas

    Article • Neotropical Entomology, April 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  153. Ecological and evolutionary pathways of social behavior in Pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones)

    Article • acta ethologica, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  154. ECOLOGIA COMPORTAMENTAL: UMA FERRAMENTA PARA A COMPREENSÃO DAS RELAÇÕES ANIMAIS-PLANTAS

    Article • Oecologia Australis, March 2009, Oecologia Australis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  155. Color changing and behavioral context in the Amazonian Dwarf Cichlid Apistogramma hippolytae (Perciformes)

    Article • Neotropical Ichthyology, January 2009, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  156. Natural history and foraging behavior of the carpenter ant Camponotus sericeiventris Guérin, 1838 (Formicinae, Campotonini) in the Brazilian tropical savanna

    Article • acta ethologica, May 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  157. Diversity of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Cerrado fragments of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

    Article • Neotropical Entomology, October 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  158. Floral visitors of Chamaecrista debilis (Vogel) Irwin & Barneby (Fabaceae - Caesalpinioideae) at cerrado of Estação Ecológica de Jataí, São Paulo State, Brazil

    Article • Neotropical Entomology, August 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  159. Cooperation in the neotropical pseudoscorpion, Paratemnoides nidificator (Balzan, 1888): feeding and dispersal behavior

    Article • Insectes Sociaux, March 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  160. Ant Defense Versus Induced Defense in Lafoensia pacari (Lythraceae), a Myrmecophilous Tree of the Brazilian Cerrado

    Article • Biotropica, November 2006, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  161. Mechanoreceptive function of pectines in the Brazilian yellow scorpion Tityus serrulatus: perception of substrate-borne vibrations and prey detection

    Article • acta ethologica, October 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  162. Host specificity of a Brazilian mistletoe, Struthanthus aff. polyanthus (Loranthaceae), in cerrado tropical savanna

    Article • Flora, February 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  163. MATRIPHAGY IN THE NEOTROPICAL PSEUDOSCORPION PARATEMNOIDES NIDIFICATOR (BALZAN 1888) (ATEMNIDAE)

    Article • Journal of Arachnology, December 2005, American Arachnological Society

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  164. The outcomes of an ant-treehopper association on Solanum lycocarpum St. Hill: increased membracid fecundity and reduced damage by chewing herbivores

    Article • Neotropical Entomology, December 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  165. Natural history and biology of Chlamisus minax Lacordaire (Chrysomelidae: Chlamisinae)

    Article • Neotropical Entomology, June 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  166. Multitrophic relationships, conditional mutualisms, and the study of interaction biodiversity in tropical savannas

    Article • Neotropical Entomology, December 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  167. Effects of predation pressure on the feeding behaviour of the serpa tetra Hyphessobrycon eques (Ostariophysi, Characidae)

    Article • acta ethologica, August 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  168. Host-parasite interactions between the piranha Pygocentrus nattereri (Characiformes: Characidae) and isopods and branchiurans (Crustacea) in the rio Araguaia basin, Brazil

    Article • Neotropical Ichthyology, June 2004, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  169. BEHAVIORAL REPERTORY OF THE NEOTROPICAL HARVESTMAN ILHAIA CUSPIDATA (OPILIONES, GONYLEPTIDAE)

    Article • Journal of Arachnology, April 2004, American Arachnological Society

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  170. Host–parasite interaction between branchiurans (Crustacea: Argulidae) and piranhas (Osteichthyes: Serrasalminae) in the Pantanal wetland of Brazil

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, July 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  171. Male-Male Agonistic Behavior and Ant-Mimicry in a Neotropical Richardiid (Diptera: Richardiidae)

    Article • Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, April 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

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

    Article • Oecologia, August 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  173. Ant-Homoptera Interactions in a Neotropical Savanna: The Honeydew- Producing Treehopper, Guayaquila xiphias (Membracidae), and Its Associated Ant Fauna on Didymopanax vinosum (Araliaceae)

    Article • Biotropica, March 1999, JSTOR

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

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

    Article • Biotropica, March 1999, Wiley

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  175. A new Brazilian species ofHeterothrips(Insecta: Thysanoptera) co-existing with ants in the flowers ofPeixotoa tomentosa(Malpighiaceae)

    Article • Journal of Natural History, September 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  176. Effect of herbivore deterrence by ants on the fruit set of an extrafloral nectary plant, Qualea multiflora (Vochysiaceae)

    Article • Journal of Tropical Ecology, November 1996, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  177. Honeydew flicking by treehoppers provides cues to potential tending ants

    Article • Animal Behaviour, May 1996, Elsevier

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  178. Ant-Homoptera Interaction: Do Alternative Sugar Sources Distract Tending Ants?

    Article • Oikos, November 1993, JSTOR

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  179. Notes on mimicry between two tropical beetles in south-eastern Brazil

    Article • Journal of Tropical Ecology, August 1991, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro

  180. Multitrophic interactions in a neotropical savanna: ant–hemipteran systems, associated insect herbivores and a host plant

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Dr Kleber Del-Claro