Peer-reviewed Publications
2023
40. Giroux A, Ortega Z, Attias N, Desbiez ALJ, Valle D, Borger L, Oliveiras-Santos LGR (2023). Activity modulation and selection for forests help giant anteaters to cope with temperature changes. Animal Behaviour. 201, 191-209.
39. Santana D, Attias N, Massocato GF, Melo-Dias M, Desbiez ALJ (2023). Interactions of four teiid lizards with giant armadillo burrows and range extension of two endemic Cerrado species. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetologia. 6, 121-128.
38. Attias N, Yogui DR, Alves M, Kluyber D, Ribeiro Costa M, Pereira da Silva P, Queiroz EP, Desbiez ALJ. (2023). Presence and monitoring of albino giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in the Cerrado savanna. Revista do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. Ciencias Naturais. 18, 1-12.
37. Tucker MA, Adams TSF, Attias N, ...Mueller T. (2023). Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns. Science 380, 1059-1064. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo6499
36. Cullen, J. A.*, Attias, N.*, Desbiez, A. L. J., & Valle, D. (2023). Biologging as an important tool to uncover behaviors of cryptic species: An analysis of giant armadillos (Priodontes maximus). PeerJ, 11, e14726. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14726
35. Alves, M. H., Kluyber, D., Alves, A. C., Yogui, D. R., Pereira, F. M. A. M., Costa, M. R., Attias, N., da Silva, P. M. P., & Desbiez, A. L. J. (2023). Hematology and biochemistry reference intervals in chemically immobilized free-ranging giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla). European Journal of Wildlife Research, 69(2), 37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01663-5
34. Feijó, A., Assis Magalhães, R., Bocchiglieri, A., Cordeiro, J. L. P., Mendes de Sena, L. M., & Attias, N. (2023). Defining priority areas for conservation of poorly known species: A case study of the endemic Brazilian three-banded armadillo. Cambridge Prisms: Extinction, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1017/ext.2022.2
2022
33. Magalhães RA, Feijó A, Bocchiglieri A, Sena L, Attias N, Rodrigues FHG. 2022. Cephalic shield morphology as species diagnostic trait and individual natural mark in three-banded armadillos (Tolypeutes; Cingulata: Chlamyphoridae). Mammalia. 10.1515/mammalia-2022-0022
32. Desbiez AJ, Kluyber D, Massocato G, Barreto L & Attias N. 2022. O que sabemos sobre os tatus do Pantanal? Revisão do conhecimento sobre ecologia, biologia, morfologia, saúde, conservação, distribuição e métodos de estudo. Boletim Do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi - Ciências Naturais 17(1): 11-69. 10.46357/bcnaturais.v17i1.834
31. Broekman MJ, Hilbers JP, Huijbregts MAJ, Mueller T, Ali AH, Andrén H, Altmann J, Aronsson M, Attias N, ..., Tucker MA. 2022. Evaluating expert-based habitat suitability information of terrestrial mammals with GPS-tracking data. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31:1526-1541. 10.1111/geb.13523
30. Magioli M, Attias N, Massocato GF, Kluyber D, Moreira MZ, Ferraz KMPMB, Chiarello AG, Desbiez ALJ. What a few hairs can tell us about resource and habitat use of giant armadillos. Integrative Zoology. 18(1):129-142. 10.1111/1749-4877.12644
2021
29. Desbiez ALJ, & Attias N. 2021. The imperiled giant armadillo: Ecology and Conservation In Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. ISBN 9780124095489. 10.1016/B978-0-12-821139-7.00216-6
28. Desbiez ALJ, Massocato GF, Kluyber D, Attias N. 2021. Methods for the characterization of activity patterns of elusive species: the giant armadillo in the Brazilian Pantanal. Journal of Zoology. 10.1111/jzo.12921
27. Valle D, Jameel Y, Betancourt B, Azeria E, Attias N, Cullen J. Automatic selection of number of clusters using Bayesian clustering and sparsity-inducing priors. Ecological Applications e2524. 10.1002/eap.2524
26. Giroux A, Ortega Z, Oliveira-Santos LG, Attias N, Bertassoni A, Desbiez A. Sexual, allometric and forest cover effects on giant anteaters’ movement ecology. PLoS ONE 16(8): e0253345. 10.1371/journal.pone.0253345
25. Kluyber D, Attias N, Yogui DR, Alves MH, Alves AC, Massocato GF, Desbiez ALJ. 2021. Physical capture and chemical immobilization procedures for a mammal with singular anatomy: the giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla). European Journal of Wildlife Research. 67. 10.1007/s10344-021-01503-4
24. Desbiez ALJ, Larsen D, Massocato GF, Attias N, Kluyber D, Rumiz DI. 2021. First estimates of potential lifespan of giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) in the wild. Edentata. Online first
23. Giroux A, Ortega Z, Bertassoni A, Desbiez A, Kluyber D, Massocato G, de Miranda Guilherme, Mourão G, Surita L, Attias N, Bianchi RC, Gasparotto V, Oliveira-Santos LG. 2021. The role of environmental temperature on movement patterns of giant anteaters. Integrative Zoology. 10.1111/1749-4877.12539
22. Ferraz KMP, Oliveira BG, Attias N, Desbiez ALJ. 2021. Species distribution reveals highly fragmented suitable patches remaining for giant armadillos in the Brazilian Cerrado. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 19(1): 43-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2021.01.001
2020
21. Desbiez ALJ, Massocato GF, Attias N, Cove MV. 2020. Comparing density estimates from a short-term camera trap survey with a long-term telemetry study for a rare, wide-ranging nocturnal species with fossorial habits. Mastozoologia Neotropical. 27(2): 241-246. 10.31687/saremMN.20.27.2.0.08
20. Kluyber D, Desbiez ALJ, Attias N, Gennari SM, Soares HS, Bagagli E, Bosco SMG, Garcés HG, Ferreira JS, Brum Fontes AN, Suffys PN, Meireles LR, Luna EA, Jansen AM, Roque ALR. 2021. Zoonotic parasites infecting free-living armadillos from Brazil. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 68: 1639– 1651. 10.1111/tbed.13839
19. Desbiez ALJ, Massocato GF, Kluyber D, Oliveira-Santos LGR, Attias N. 2020. Life stage, sex, and behavior shape resource selection and influence conservation strategies for a threatened fossorial mammal. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy. 31(2). 10.4404/hystrix-00375-2020
18. Attias N, Gurarie E, Fagan WF, Mourão G. 2020. Ecology and social biology of the southern three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus; Cingulata: Chlamyphoridae) . Journal of Mammalogy. 101(6): 1692-1705. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa117
17. Luba CN, Kluyber D, Massocato GF, Attias N, Frome L, Desbiez ALJ. 2020. Size matters: penis size, sexual maturity and their consequences for giant armadillo conservation planning. Mammalian Biology. 100: 621–630. 10.1007/s42991-020-00065-3
16. Noonan M, Fleming CH, Tucker MA,…, Attias N, …, Fagan WF, Mueller T, Calabrese JM. 2020. Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements. Conservation Biology. 34(4):1017-1028.. 10.1111/cobi.13495
15. Kluyber D, Lopez RPG, Lima CFM, Massocato G, Attias N, Desbiez ALJ. 2020. Anesthesia and surgery protocols for intra-abdominal transmitter placement in four species of wild armadillo. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 51(3):524-536. 10.1638/2017-0194
14. Desbiez ALJ, Massocato GF, Kluyber D, Oliveira-Santos LGR, Attias N. 2020. Spatial ecology of the giant armadillo Priodontes maximus in Midwestern Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy. 101(1): 151–163. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz172
2019
13. Santos, P.M., Bocchiglieri, A., Chiarello, A., Attias N, ... Ribeiro, M.C. & Galetti, M.. 2019. Neotropical Xenarthrans: a data set of occurrence of xenarthran species in the Neotropics. Ecology, v. 1, p. e02663. 10.1002/ecy.2663
12. Desbiez ALJ, Massocato GF, Kluyber D, Do Nascimento Luba C, Attias N. 2019. How giant are giant armadillos? The morphometry of giant armadillos (Priodontes maximus Kerr, 1792) in the Pantanal of Brazil. Mammalian Biology. 95: 9-14. 10.1016/j.mambio.2018.12.007
< 2018
11. Attias N, Oliveira-Santos LGR, Fagan WF, Mourão G. 2018. Effects of air temperature on habitat selection and activity patterns of two tropical imperfect homeotherms. Animal Behaviour, 140: 129-140. 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.04.011
10. Tucker MA, Böhning-Gaese K, Fagan WF, Fryxell JM, Van Moorter B, Alberts SC, Ali AH, Allen AM, Attias N, et al. 2018. Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements. Science, 359: 466-469. 10.1126/science.aam9712
9. Gasparotto VPO, Attias N, Miranda FR, Soresini GCG, Canena A, Mourão GM. 2017. Chemical immobilization of free-ranging yellow armadillos Euphractus sexcinctus (Cingulata: Dasypodidae) for intra-abdominal transmitter implantation. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 53(4): 896-900. 10.7589/2016-12-262
8. Attias N, Miranda FR, Sena LMM, Tomas WM, Mourão GM. 2016. Yes, they can! Three-banded armadillos Tolypeutes sp. (Cingulata: Dasypodidae) dig their own burrows. Zoologia. 33(4). 10.1590/S1984-4689zool-20160035
7. Maccarini TB, Attias N, Medri IM, Marinho-Filho J, Mourão GM. 2015. Temperature influences the activity patterns of armadillo species in a large neotropical wetland. Mammal Research. 60(4). 10.1007/s13364-015-0232-2
6. Attias N, Siqueira MF, Bergallo HG. 2013. Acácias Australianas no Brasil: Histórico, Formas de Uso e Potencial de Invasão. (Australian Acacias in Brazil: History, Forms of use and Invasive Potential). Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2: 74-96. PDF
5. Albuquerque HG, Ferreira PM, Pessôa FS, Modesto TC, Luz JL, Raíces DSL, Ardente NC, Lessa ICM, Attias N, Jordão-Nogueira T, Enrici MC, Bergallo HG. 2013. Mammals of a forest fragment in Cambuci municipality, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Check List. 9(6). 10.15560/9.6.1505
4. Attias N, Raíces DSL, Pessôa FS, Albuquerque HG, Jordão-Nogueira T, Modesto TC, Bergallo HG: Potential distribution and new records of Trinomys species (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in Rio de Janeiro State. 2009. Zoologia (Curitiba Impresso). 26(2). 10.1590/S1984-46702009000200013
3. Pessôa FS, Modesto TC, Albuquerque HG, Attias N, Bergallo HG. 2009. Non-volant mammals, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural (RPPN) Rio das Pedras, municipality of Mangaratiba, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Check List. 5: 577-586. 10.15560/5.3.577
2. Modesto TC, Pessôa FS, Enrici MC, Attias N, Jordão-Nogueira T, Costa LM, Albuquerque HG, Bergallo HG. 2008. Mammals of Desengano State Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Biota Neotropica. 8(4). 10.1590/S1676-06032008000400015
1. Modesto TC, Pessôa FS, Jordão-Nogueira T, Enrici MC, Costa LM, Attias N, Almeida J, Raíces DSL, Albuquerque HG, Pereira BC, Esbérard CEL, Bergallo HG. 2008. Mammals, Serra da Concórdia, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Check List. 4(3). 10.15560/4.3.341
2023
40. Giroux A, Ortega Z, Attias N, Desbiez ALJ, Valle D, Borger L, Oliveiras-Santos LGR (2023). Activity modulation and selection for forests help giant anteaters to cope with temperature changes. Animal Behaviour. 201, 191-209.
39. Santana D, Attias N, Massocato GF, Melo-Dias M, Desbiez ALJ (2023). Interactions of four teiid lizards with giant armadillo burrows and range extension of two endemic Cerrado species. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetologia. 6, 121-128.
38. Attias N, Yogui DR, Alves M, Kluyber D, Ribeiro Costa M, Pereira da Silva P, Queiroz EP, Desbiez ALJ. (2023). Presence and monitoring of albino giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in the Cerrado savanna. Revista do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. Ciencias Naturais. 18, 1-12.
37. Tucker MA, Adams TSF, Attias N, ...Mueller T. (2023). Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns. Science 380, 1059-1064. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo6499
36. Cullen, J. A.*, Attias, N.*, Desbiez, A. L. J., & Valle, D. (2023). Biologging as an important tool to uncover behaviors of cryptic species: An analysis of giant armadillos (Priodontes maximus). PeerJ, 11, e14726. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14726
35. Alves, M. H., Kluyber, D., Alves, A. C., Yogui, D. R., Pereira, F. M. A. M., Costa, M. R., Attias, N., da Silva, P. M. P., & Desbiez, A. L. J. (2023). Hematology and biochemistry reference intervals in chemically immobilized free-ranging giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla). European Journal of Wildlife Research, 69(2), 37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01663-5
34. Feijó, A., Assis Magalhães, R., Bocchiglieri, A., Cordeiro, J. L. P., Mendes de Sena, L. M., & Attias, N. (2023). Defining priority areas for conservation of poorly known species: A case study of the endemic Brazilian three-banded armadillo. Cambridge Prisms: Extinction, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1017/ext.2022.2
2022
33. Magalhães RA, Feijó A, Bocchiglieri A, Sena L, Attias N, Rodrigues FHG. 2022. Cephalic shield morphology as species diagnostic trait and individual natural mark in three-banded armadillos (Tolypeutes; Cingulata: Chlamyphoridae). Mammalia. 10.1515/mammalia-2022-0022
32. Desbiez AJ, Kluyber D, Massocato G, Barreto L & Attias N. 2022. O que sabemos sobre os tatus do Pantanal? Revisão do conhecimento sobre ecologia, biologia, morfologia, saúde, conservação, distribuição e métodos de estudo. Boletim Do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi - Ciências Naturais 17(1): 11-69. 10.46357/bcnaturais.v17i1.834
31. Broekman MJ, Hilbers JP, Huijbregts MAJ, Mueller T, Ali AH, Andrén H, Altmann J, Aronsson M, Attias N, ..., Tucker MA. 2022. Evaluating expert-based habitat suitability information of terrestrial mammals with GPS-tracking data. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31:1526-1541. 10.1111/geb.13523
30. Magioli M, Attias N, Massocato GF, Kluyber D, Moreira MZ, Ferraz KMPMB, Chiarello AG, Desbiez ALJ. What a few hairs can tell us about resource and habitat use of giant armadillos. Integrative Zoology. 18(1):129-142. 10.1111/1749-4877.12644
2021
29. Desbiez ALJ, & Attias N. 2021. The imperiled giant armadillo: Ecology and Conservation In Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. ISBN 9780124095489. 10.1016/B978-0-12-821139-7.00216-6
28. Desbiez ALJ, Massocato GF, Kluyber D, Attias N. 2021. Methods for the characterization of activity patterns of elusive species: the giant armadillo in the Brazilian Pantanal. Journal of Zoology. 10.1111/jzo.12921
27. Valle D, Jameel Y, Betancourt B, Azeria E, Attias N, Cullen J. Automatic selection of number of clusters using Bayesian clustering and sparsity-inducing priors. Ecological Applications e2524. 10.1002/eap.2524
26. Giroux A, Ortega Z, Oliveira-Santos LG, Attias N, Bertassoni A, Desbiez A. Sexual, allometric and forest cover effects on giant anteaters’ movement ecology. PLoS ONE 16(8): e0253345. 10.1371/journal.pone.0253345
25. Kluyber D, Attias N, Yogui DR, Alves MH, Alves AC, Massocato GF, Desbiez ALJ. 2021. Physical capture and chemical immobilization procedures for a mammal with singular anatomy: the giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla). European Journal of Wildlife Research. 67. 10.1007/s10344-021-01503-4
24. Desbiez ALJ, Larsen D, Massocato GF, Attias N, Kluyber D, Rumiz DI. 2021. First estimates of potential lifespan of giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) in the wild. Edentata. Online first
23. Giroux A, Ortega Z, Bertassoni A, Desbiez A, Kluyber D, Massocato G, de Miranda Guilherme, Mourão G, Surita L, Attias N, Bianchi RC, Gasparotto V, Oliveira-Santos LG. 2021. The role of environmental temperature on movement patterns of giant anteaters. Integrative Zoology. 10.1111/1749-4877.12539
22. Ferraz KMP, Oliveira BG, Attias N, Desbiez ALJ. 2021. Species distribution reveals highly fragmented suitable patches remaining for giant armadillos in the Brazilian Cerrado. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 19(1): 43-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2021.01.001
2020
21. Desbiez ALJ, Massocato GF, Attias N, Cove MV. 2020. Comparing density estimates from a short-term camera trap survey with a long-term telemetry study for a rare, wide-ranging nocturnal species with fossorial habits. Mastozoologia Neotropical. 27(2): 241-246. 10.31687/saremMN.20.27.2.0.08
20. Kluyber D, Desbiez ALJ, Attias N, Gennari SM, Soares HS, Bagagli E, Bosco SMG, Garcés HG, Ferreira JS, Brum Fontes AN, Suffys PN, Meireles LR, Luna EA, Jansen AM, Roque ALR. 2021. Zoonotic parasites infecting free-living armadillos from Brazil. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 68: 1639– 1651. 10.1111/tbed.13839
19. Desbiez ALJ, Massocato GF, Kluyber D, Oliveira-Santos LGR, Attias N. 2020. Life stage, sex, and behavior shape resource selection and influence conservation strategies for a threatened fossorial mammal. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy. 31(2). 10.4404/hystrix-00375-2020
18. Attias N, Gurarie E, Fagan WF, Mourão G. 2020. Ecology and social biology of the southern three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus; Cingulata: Chlamyphoridae) . Journal of Mammalogy. 101(6): 1692-1705. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa117
17. Luba CN, Kluyber D, Massocato GF, Attias N, Frome L, Desbiez ALJ. 2020. Size matters: penis size, sexual maturity and their consequences for giant armadillo conservation planning. Mammalian Biology. 100: 621–630. 10.1007/s42991-020-00065-3
16. Noonan M, Fleming CH, Tucker MA,…, Attias N, …, Fagan WF, Mueller T, Calabrese JM. 2020. Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements. Conservation Biology. 34(4):1017-1028.. 10.1111/cobi.13495
15. Kluyber D, Lopez RPG, Lima CFM, Massocato G, Attias N, Desbiez ALJ. 2020. Anesthesia and surgery protocols for intra-abdominal transmitter placement in four species of wild armadillo. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 51(3):524-536. 10.1638/2017-0194
14. Desbiez ALJ, Massocato GF, Kluyber D, Oliveira-Santos LGR, Attias N. 2020. Spatial ecology of the giant armadillo Priodontes maximus in Midwestern Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy. 101(1): 151–163. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz172
2019
13. Santos, P.M., Bocchiglieri, A., Chiarello, A., Attias N, ... Ribeiro, M.C. & Galetti, M.. 2019. Neotropical Xenarthrans: a data set of occurrence of xenarthran species in the Neotropics. Ecology, v. 1, p. e02663. 10.1002/ecy.2663
12. Desbiez ALJ, Massocato GF, Kluyber D, Do Nascimento Luba C, Attias N. 2019. How giant are giant armadillos? The morphometry of giant armadillos (Priodontes maximus Kerr, 1792) in the Pantanal of Brazil. Mammalian Biology. 95: 9-14. 10.1016/j.mambio.2018.12.007
< 2018
11. Attias N, Oliveira-Santos LGR, Fagan WF, Mourão G. 2018. Effects of air temperature on habitat selection and activity patterns of two tropical imperfect homeotherms. Animal Behaviour, 140: 129-140. 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.04.011
10. Tucker MA, Böhning-Gaese K, Fagan WF, Fryxell JM, Van Moorter B, Alberts SC, Ali AH, Allen AM, Attias N, et al. 2018. Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements. Science, 359: 466-469. 10.1126/science.aam9712
9. Gasparotto VPO, Attias N, Miranda FR, Soresini GCG, Canena A, Mourão GM. 2017. Chemical immobilization of free-ranging yellow armadillos Euphractus sexcinctus (Cingulata: Dasypodidae) for intra-abdominal transmitter implantation. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 53(4): 896-900. 10.7589/2016-12-262
8. Attias N, Miranda FR, Sena LMM, Tomas WM, Mourão GM. 2016. Yes, they can! Three-banded armadillos Tolypeutes sp. (Cingulata: Dasypodidae) dig their own burrows. Zoologia. 33(4). 10.1590/S1984-4689zool-20160035
7. Maccarini TB, Attias N, Medri IM, Marinho-Filho J, Mourão GM. 2015. Temperature influences the activity patterns of armadillo species in a large neotropical wetland. Mammal Research. 60(4). 10.1007/s13364-015-0232-2
6. Attias N, Siqueira MF, Bergallo HG. 2013. Acácias Australianas no Brasil: Histórico, Formas de Uso e Potencial de Invasão. (Australian Acacias in Brazil: History, Forms of use and Invasive Potential). Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2: 74-96. PDF
5. Albuquerque HG, Ferreira PM, Pessôa FS, Modesto TC, Luz JL, Raíces DSL, Ardente NC, Lessa ICM, Attias N, Jordão-Nogueira T, Enrici MC, Bergallo HG. 2013. Mammals of a forest fragment in Cambuci municipality, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Check List. 9(6). 10.15560/9.6.1505
4. Attias N, Raíces DSL, Pessôa FS, Albuquerque HG, Jordão-Nogueira T, Modesto TC, Bergallo HG: Potential distribution and new records of Trinomys species (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in Rio de Janeiro State. 2009. Zoologia (Curitiba Impresso). 26(2). 10.1590/S1984-46702009000200013
3. Pessôa FS, Modesto TC, Albuquerque HG, Attias N, Bergallo HG. 2009. Non-volant mammals, Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural (RPPN) Rio das Pedras, municipality of Mangaratiba, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Check List. 5: 577-586. 10.15560/5.3.577
2. Modesto TC, Pessôa FS, Enrici MC, Attias N, Jordão-Nogueira T, Costa LM, Albuquerque HG, Bergallo HG. 2008. Mammals of Desengano State Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Biota Neotropica. 8(4). 10.1590/S1676-06032008000400015
1. Modesto TC, Pessôa FS, Jordão-Nogueira T, Enrici MC, Costa LM, Attias N, Almeida J, Raíces DSL, Albuquerque HG, Pereira BC, Esbérard CEL, Bergallo HG. 2008. Mammals, Serra da Concórdia, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Check List. 4(3). 10.15560/4.3.341
Manuscripts accepted for publication
Manuscripts under review
1. Valle D*, Attias N*, Cullen J, Giroux A, Oliveira-Santos LGR, Desbiez ALJ, Fletcher R. Improving the understanding of animal habitat selection and resource use with a new time model and a time-explicit step selection function (tSSF). Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Submitted
1. Valle D*, Attias N*, Cullen J, Giroux A, Oliveira-Santos LGR, Desbiez ALJ, Fletcher R. Improving the understanding of animal habitat selection and resource use with a new time model and a time-explicit step selection function (tSSF). Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Submitted
Pre-prints
1. Attias N, Araujo VC, Fragoso CE, Melo A, Mourao G. The survival of the fastest: Reproductive behavior of the Brazilian three-banded armadillo in the wild. bioRxiv 2022.12.12.519664; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.12.519664
1. Attias N, Araujo VC, Fragoso CE, Melo A, Mourao G. The survival of the fastest: Reproductive behavior of the Brazilian three-banded armadillo in the wild. bioRxiv 2022.12.12.519664; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.12.519664
Manuscripts in prep.
6. Attias N, ..., Desbiez ALJ. Comparative ecology of two large ant-eating species in the Neotropics.
5. Santana TS, Attias N, Nascimento NT, Tibcherani M, da Rocha MM, Desbiez ALJ. Dieta de tamanduá-bandeira, Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus 1758, no Cerrado do Mato Grosso do Sul.
4. Silva GCF, Miglionico MT, Soresini GCG, Attias N, Mourão GM, Viana LA. Three new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1881 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the three-banded armadillo Tolypeutes matacus (Desmarest, 1804) (Cingulata: Chlamyphoridae).
3. Ferraz KMPMB, Oliveira BG, Attias N, Besbiez ALJ. Cost and efficacy of different survey methods of a rare and elusive mammal for conservation planning purposes.
2. Attias N, ..., Mourão G. In prep. Effects of linear features on habitat selection and movement patterns of three-banded armadillos.
1. Magioli M, Yogui D, Alves MH, Attias N, Moreira MZ, Ferraz K, Chiarello AG, Desbiez ALJ. Resource and habitat use of anteaters and armadillos in a Neotropical savannah.
6. Attias N, ..., Desbiez ALJ. Comparative ecology of two large ant-eating species in the Neotropics.
5. Santana TS, Attias N, Nascimento NT, Tibcherani M, da Rocha MM, Desbiez ALJ. Dieta de tamanduá-bandeira, Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus 1758, no Cerrado do Mato Grosso do Sul.
4. Silva GCF, Miglionico MT, Soresini GCG, Attias N, Mourão GM, Viana LA. Three new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1881 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the three-banded armadillo Tolypeutes matacus (Desmarest, 1804) (Cingulata: Chlamyphoridae).
3. Ferraz KMPMB, Oliveira BG, Attias N, Besbiez ALJ. Cost and efficacy of different survey methods of a rare and elusive mammal for conservation planning purposes.
2. Attias N, ..., Mourão G. In prep. Effects of linear features on habitat selection and movement patterns of three-banded armadillos.
1. Magioli M, Yogui D, Alves MH, Attias N, Moreira MZ, Ferraz K, Chiarello AG, Desbiez ALJ. Resource and habitat use of anteaters and armadillos in a Neotropical savannah.
Book Chapters
2. Moura C, Attias N, Bergallo HG. The Risk of Invasions When Using Acacia spp. in Forestry. pp. 221-240. In: Mixed plantations of Eucalyptus and Leguminous trees (Eds. Cardoso, E.; de Moras Gonçalvez, J.L.; Balieiro, F.; Franco, A.A.). 2020. Spinger. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-32365-3_11
1. Bergallo HG, Esbérard CEL, Geise L, Grelle CEV, Vieira MV, Gonçalves PR, Paglia A, Attias N. Mamíferos endêmicos e ameaçados do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: diagnóstico e estratégias para a conservação (Threatened and endemic mammals of Rio de Janeiro State: diagnosis and strategies for conservation). In Estratégias e ações para a conservação da biodiversidade no Estado do Rio de Janeiro. (Eds. HG Bergallo, ECC Fidalgo, CFD Rocha, MC Uzêda, MB Costa, MA Alves, M Van Sluys, MA Santos, TC Castro da Costa, ACR Cozzolino). 2009: chapter 15; Instituto Biomas.
2. Moura C, Attias N, Bergallo HG. The Risk of Invasions When Using Acacia spp. in Forestry. pp. 221-240. In: Mixed plantations of Eucalyptus and Leguminous trees (Eds. Cardoso, E.; de Moras Gonçalvez, J.L.; Balieiro, F.; Franco, A.A.). 2020. Spinger. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-32365-3_11
1. Bergallo HG, Esbérard CEL, Geise L, Grelle CEV, Vieira MV, Gonçalves PR, Paglia A, Attias N. Mamíferos endêmicos e ameaçados do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: diagnóstico e estratégias para a conservação (Threatened and endemic mammals of Rio de Janeiro State: diagnosis and strategies for conservation). In Estratégias e ações para a conservação da biodiversidade no Estado do Rio de Janeiro. (Eds. HG Bergallo, ECC Fidalgo, CFD Rocha, MC Uzêda, MB Costa, MA Alves, M Van Sluys, MA Santos, TC Castro da Costa, ACR Cozzolino). 2009: chapter 15; Instituto Biomas.
Articles in Newspapers/Magazines
Desbiez A. L., Massocato G. F., Kluyber D., Attias N. Já viu um tatu-de-rabo-mole? Ecologia e comportamento de uma espécie bem discreta (Have you ever seen a naked-tailed armadillo? Ecology and behavior of a very shy species). 2018. Revista Ciência Pantanal, p. 36 – 41
Desbiez A. L., Massocato G. F., Kluyber D., Attias N. Já viu um tatu-de-rabo-mole? Ecologia e comportamento de uma espécie bem discreta (Have you ever seen a naked-tailed armadillo? Ecology and behavior of a very shy species). 2018. Revista Ciência Pantanal, p. 36 – 41
Interviews and Media Comments
3. Edmonds P. July 2018. The joy of the chase - or sex at high speeds. National Geographic Magazine. (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/07/basic-instincts-armadillo/)
2. Guimarães M. 2018. The gears of the forest: The loss of more than 60% of native vegetation within a region leads to profound changes in how it operates. Revista Pesquisa Fapesp. (http://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/2018/06/25/the-gears-of-the-forest/)
1. Guimarães M. 2018. Between water and land: The tendency toward more torrential rains could change the course of rivers and wetlands in the Pantanal region. Revista Pesquisa Fapesp. (http://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/2018/07/04/between-water-and-land/).
3. Edmonds P. July 2018. The joy of the chase - or sex at high speeds. National Geographic Magazine. (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/07/basic-instincts-armadillo/)
2. Guimarães M. 2018. The gears of the forest: The loss of more than 60% of native vegetation within a region leads to profound changes in how it operates. Revista Pesquisa Fapesp. (http://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/2018/06/25/the-gears-of-the-forest/)
1. Guimarães M. 2018. Between water and land: The tendency toward more torrential rains could change the course of rivers and wetlands in the Pantanal region. Revista Pesquisa Fapesp. (http://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/2018/07/04/between-water-and-land/).
Scientific Journal Editorial Board
2021 - Present: Neotropical Naturalist
Scientific Journal Referee
2016 - Present: Mammalia (Paris)
2017 - Present: Edentata (Belo Horizonte)
2017 - Present: Oecologia Australis
2018 - Present: Austral Ecology
2018 - Present: Journal of Neotropical Mammalogy
2018 – Present: Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment
2019 - Present: Movement Ecology
2019 - Present: Checklist
2020 - Present: Journal of Mammalogy
2020 - Present: Journal of Animal Ecology
2022 - Present: Journal of Environmental Management
2022 - Present: Frontiers Ecology and Evolution
2023 - Present: Food Webs
2021 - Present: Neotropical Naturalist
Scientific Journal Referee
2016 - Present: Mammalia (Paris)
2017 - Present: Edentata (Belo Horizonte)
2017 - Present: Oecologia Australis
2018 - Present: Austral Ecology
2018 - Present: Journal of Neotropical Mammalogy
2018 – Present: Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment
2019 - Present: Movement Ecology
2019 - Present: Checklist
2020 - Present: Journal of Mammalogy
2020 - Present: Journal of Animal Ecology
2022 - Present: Journal of Environmental Management
2022 - Present: Frontiers Ecology and Evolution
2023 - Present: Food Webs
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