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h-index: 38
Works: 98
Citations: 6,276

Most-cited papers

The conservation status of the world's reptiles
M. Böhm, B. Collen, J. Baillie, P. Bowles +240 more
2013953 citations Open access
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Imputation of missing data in life‐history trait datasets: which approach performs the best?
C. Penone, Ana D. Davidson, K. Shoemaker, M. Di Marco +5 more
2014410 citations Open access
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Phylogenetic niche conservatism and the evolutionary basis of ecological speciation
R. Pyron, G. Costa, M. Patten, F. Burbrink
2015Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society318 citations Open access
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Revisiting the historical distribution of Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests: new insights based on palaeodistribution modelling and palynological evidencegeb
F. Werneck, G. Costa, G. Colli, Darien E. Prado +1 more
2011314 citations Open access
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AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits
B. F. Oliveira, V. A. São-Pedro, G. Santos-Barrera, C. Penone +1 more
2017Scientific Data288 citations Open access
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Global priorities for conservation across multiple dimensions of mammalian diversity
F. T. Brum, C. Graham, G. Costa, S. Hedges +5 more
2017Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America280 citations Open access
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Climatic stability in the Brazilian Cerrado: implications for biogeographical connections of South American savannas, species richness and conservation in a biodiversity hotspot
F. Werneck, Cristiano C. Nogueira, G. Colli, J. Sites +1 more
2012253 citations
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Sampling bias and the use of ecological niche modeling in conservation planning: a field evaluation in a biodiversity hotspot
G. Costa, Cristiano C. Nogueira, R. B. Machado, G. Colli
2010Biodiversity and Conservation240 citations
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Biome stability in South America over the last 30 kyr: Inferences from long‐term vegetation dynamics and habitat modelling
G. Costa, A. Hampe, M. Ledru, Pablo A. Martínez +5 more
2018162 citations Open access
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Vicariance and endemism in a Neotropical savanna hotspot: distribution patterns of Cerrado squamate reptiles
Cristiano C. Nogueira, S. Ribeiro, G. Costa, G. Colli
2011159 citations
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The importance of biotic interactions in species distribution models: a test of the Eltonian noise hypothesis using parrots
C. D. de Araújo, Luiz Octavio Marcondes-Machado, G. Costa
2014147 citations
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Species and functional diversity accumulate differently in mammals
B. F. Oliveira, A. Machač, G. Costa, T. Brooks +3 more
2016145 citations
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The Dynamic Habitat Indices (DHIs) from MODIS and global biodiversity
V. Radeloff, M. Dubinin, N. Coops, Andrew M. Allen +14 more
2019Remote Sensing of Environment132 citations Open access
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Predator size, prey size, and dietary niche breadth relationships in marine predators.
G. Costa
2009Ecology130 citations
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Squamate richness in the Brazilian Cerrado and its environmental–climatic associations
G. Costa, Cristiano C. Nogueira, R. B. Machado, G. Colli
2007104 citations Open access
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Niche Expansion and the Niche Variation Hypothesis: Does the Degree of Individual Variation Increase in Depauperate Assemblages?
G. Costa, D. Mesquita, G. Colli, L. Vitt
2008American Naturalist99 citations
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Optimal foraging constrains macroecological patterns: body size and dietary niche breadth in lizards
G. Costa, L. Vitt, E. Pianka, D. Mesquita +1 more
200897 citations
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Cetartiodactyla: Updating a time-calibrated molecular phylogeny.
J. P. Zurano, F. Magalhães, A. E. Asato, Gabriel S. C. Silva +3 more
2019Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution94 citations Open access
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Disentangling the Role of Climate, Topography and Vegetation in Species Richness Gradients
M. R. Moura, F. Villalobos, G. Costa, P. Garcia
2016PLoS ONE93 citations Open access
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Detecting the influence of climatic variables on species distributions: a test using GIS niche‐based models along a steep longitudinal environmental gradient
G. Costa, C. Wolfe, D. Shepard, J. Caldwell +1 more
200890 citations Open access
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Estimating synchronous demographic changes across populations using hABC and its application for a herpetological community from northeastern Brazil
M. Gehara, A. Garda, F. Werneck, E. Oliveira +11 more
2017Molecular Ecology86 citations
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Life-History Patterns of Lizards of the World
D. Mesquita, G. Costa, G. Colli, T. B. Costa +3 more
2016American Naturalist86 citations
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Gastrointestinal Helminths from Six Species of Frogs and Three Species of Lizards, Sympatric in Pará State, Brazil
S. Goldberg, C. Bursey, J. Caldwell, L. Vitt +1 more
200773 citations
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Speciation with gene flow in whiptail lizards from a Neotropical xeric biome
E. Oliveira, M. Gehara, V. A. São-Pedro, Xin Chen +10 more
2015Molecular Ecology62 citations
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Snake diets and the deep history hypothesis
T. Colston, G. Costa, L. Vitt
201062 citations Open access
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Species diversity as a surrogate for conservation of phylogenetic and functional diversity in terrestrial vertebrates across the Americas
G. Rapacciuolo, C. Graham, Julie Marin, J. Behm +6 more
2018Nature Ecology & Evolution60 citations Open access
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Invasive potential of the coral Tubastraea coccinea in the southwest Atlantic.
Pablo Riul, Carlos H. Targino, Lélis Carlos, J. Creed +2 more
201360 citations Open access
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Geography of current and future global mammal extinction risk
Ana D. Davidson, K. Shoemaker, B. Weinstein, G. Costa +5 more
2017PLoS ONE58 citations Open access
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Global mammal beta diversity shows parallel assemblage structure in similar but isolated environments
C. Penone, B. Weinstein, C. Graham, T. Brooks +4 more
2016Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences52 citations Open access
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Herpetofauna of protected areas in the Caatinga II: Serra da Capivara National Park, Piauí, Brazil
Lucas Barbosa de Queiroga Cavalcanti, T. B. Costa, G. Colli, G. Costa +7 more
201452 citations Open access
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Climatic suitability, isolation by distance and river resistance explain genetic variation in a Brazilian whiptail lizard
E. Oliveira, P. Martinez, V. A. São-Pedro, M. Gehara +5 more
2018Heredity51 citations Open access
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Niche conservatism and the potential for the crayfish Procambarus clarkii to invade South America
A. V. Palaoro, Marcelo M. Dalosto, G. Costa, S. Santos
201349 citations
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Congruence and conflict in the higher-level phylogenetics of squamate reptiles: an expanded phylogenomic perspective.
S. Singhal, T. Colston, M. Grundler, Stephen A. Smith +5 more
2020Systematic Biology48 citations
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Plant phylogenetic diversity stabilizes large‐scale ecosystem productivity
G. G. Mazzochini, C. Fonseca, G. Costa, R. Santos +2 more
2019Global Ecology and Biogeography48 citations
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Evolutionary time drives global tetrapod diversity
Julie Marin, G. Rapacciuolo, G. Costa, C. Graham +6 more
2018Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences42 citations Open access
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Biogeography of the Amazon molly: ecological niche and range limits of an asexual hybrid species
G. Costa, I. Schlupp
201042 citations
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A CRITICALLY ENDANGERED NEW SPECIES OF CNEMIDOPHORUS (SQUAMATA, TEIIDAE) FROM A CERRADO ENCLAVE IN SOUTHWESTERN AMAZONIA, BRAZIL
G. Colli, G. Costa, A. Garda, K. Kopp +5 more
200340 citations
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Amphibian Speciation Rates Support a General Role of Mountains as Biodiversity Pumps
Adrián García-Rodríguez, P. Martinez, B. F. Oliveira, J. Velasco +2 more
2021American Naturalist39 citations Open access
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Reproduction, Body Size, and Diet of Polychrus acutirostris (Squamata: Polychrotidae) in Two Contrasting Environments in Brazil
A. Garda, G. Costa, F. França, Lilian G. Giugliano +10 more
201238 citations
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Microhabitat Variation Explains Local‐scale Distribution of Terrestrial Amazonian Lizards in Rondônia, Western Brazil
A. Garda, H. Wiederhecker, Alison M. Gainsbury, G. Costa +4 more
201335 citations Open access
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Global patterns of terrestriality in amphibian reproduction
M. Lion, G. G. Mazzochini, A. Garda, Tien-Ming Lee +3 more
2019Global Ecology and Biogeography34 citations
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Phylogeography of Muller's termite frog suggests the vicariant role of the Central Brazilian Plateau
E. Oliveira, M. Gehara, V. A. São-Pedro, G. Costa +4 more
2018Journal of Biogeography33 citations
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The signature of human pressure history on the biogeography of body mass in tetrapods
G. Rapacciuolo, Julie Marin, G. Costa, M. Helmus +6 more
201733 citations Open access
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Morphological and ecological divergence in South American canids
J. P. Zurano, P. A. Martinez, Jhoann Canto-Hernández, J. Montoya-Burgos +1 more
201731 citations
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ECOLOGY OF AN AMAZONIAN SAVANNA LIZARD ASSEMBLAGE IN MONTE ALEGRE, PARÁ STATE, BRAZIL
D. Mesquita, G. Costa, G. Colli
200631 citations
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Spermatozoa of Pseudinae (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae), with a test of the hypothesis that sperm ultrastructure correlates with reproductive modes in anurans
A. Garda, G. Costa, G. Colli, S. Báo
2004Journal of morphology31 citations
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Aggression, color signaling, and performance of the male color morphs of a Brazilian lizard (Tropidurus semitaeniatus)
Andre C. Bruinjé, F. Coelho, Tales M. Paiva, G. Costa
2019Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology28 citations
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Decoupled erosion of amphibians’ phylogenetic and functional diversity due to extinction
B. F. Oliveira, Brett R. Scheffers, G. Costa
2019Global Ecology and Biogeography27 citations Open access
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Species Composition, Biogeography, and Conservation of the Caatinga Lizards
D. Mesquita, G. Costa, A. Garda, F. Delfim
201726 citations
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Lizards and termites revisited
G. Colli, R. Constantino, G. Costa
200625 citations
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