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8- Oliveira, P.S. 1988. Ant-mimicry in some Brazilian salticid and clubionid spiders (Araneae: Salticidae, Clubionidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 33: 1-15.

9- Oliveira, P.S. & Hölldobler, B. 1989. Orientation and communication in the Neotropical ant Odontomachus bauri Emery (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae). Ethology, 83: 154-166.

10- Oliveira, P.S. & Hölldobler, B. 1990. Dominance orders in the ponerine ant Pachycondyla apicalis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 27: 385-393.

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14- Morellato, L.P.C. & Oliveira, P.S. 1991. Distribution of extrafloral nectaries in different vegetation types of Amazonian Brazil. Flora 185: 33-38.

15- Oliveira, P.S. & Freitas, A.V.L. 1991. Hostplant record for Eunica bechina magnipunctata (Nymphalidae) and observations on oviposition sites and immature biology. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 30: 140-141.

16- Medeiros, F.N.S., Lopes, L.E., Moutinho, P.R.S., Oliveira, P.S. & Hölldobler, B. 1992. Functional polygyny, agonistic interactions and reproductive dominance in the neotropical ant Odontomachus chelifer (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae). Ethology 91: 134-146.

17- Costa, F.M.C.B., Oliveira-Filho, A.T. & Oliveira, P.S. 1992. The role of extrafloral nectaries in Qualea grandiflora (Vochysiaceae) in limiting herbivory: an experiment of ant protection in cerrado vegetation. Ecological Entomology 17: 362-365.

18- Freitas, A.V.L. & Oliveira, P.S. 1992. Biology and behavior of Eunica bechina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) with special reference to larval defense against ant predation. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 31: 1-11.

19- Del Claro, K. & Oliveira, P.S. 1993. Ant-homoptera interaciton: do alternative sugar sources distract tending ants? Oikos 68: 202-206.

20- Morellato, L.P.C. & Oliveira, P.S. 1994. Extrafloral nectaries in the tropical tree Guarea macrophylla (Meliaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 72: 157-160.

21- Fernandes, W.D., Oliveira, P.S., Carvalho, S.L. & Habib, M.E.M. 1994. Pheidole ants as potential biological control agents of the boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in Southeast Brazil. Journal of Applied Entomology 118: 437-441.

22- Oliveira, P.S., Klitzke, C. & Vieira, E. 1995. The ant fauna associated with the extrafloral nectaries of Ouratea hexasperma (Ochnaceae) in an area of cerrado vegetation in Central Brazil. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 131: 77-82.

23- Oliveira, P.S., Galetti, M., Pedroni, F. & Morellato, L.P.C. 1995. Seed cleaning by Mycocepurus goeldii ants (Attini) facilitates germination in Hymenaea courbaril (Caesalpiniaceae). Biotropica 27: 518-522.

24- Leal, I.R. & Oliveira, P.S. 1995. Behavioral ecology of the neotropical termite-hunting ant Pachycondyla (=Termitopone) marginata: colony founding, group-raiding and migratory patterns. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 37: 373-383.

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26- Freitas, A.V.L. & Oliveira, P.S. 1996. Ants as selective agents on herbivore biology: effects on the behaviour of a non-myrmecophilous butterfly. Journal of Animal Ecology 65: 205-210.

27- Del-Claro, K. & Oliveira, P.S. 1996. Honeydew flicking by treehoppers provides cues to potential tending ants. Animal Behaviour 51: 1071-1075.

28- Heinze, J., Trunzer, B., Oliveira, P.S. & Hölldobler, B. 1996. Regulation of reproduction in the neotropical ponerine ant, Pachycondyla villosa. Journal of Insect Behavior 9: 441-450.

29- Oliveira, P.S. 1997. The ecological function of extrafloral nectaries: herbivore deterrence by visiting ants and reproductive output in Caryocar brasiliense (Caryocaraceae). Functional Ecology 11: 323-330.

30- Castanho, L.M. & Oliveira, P.S. 1997. Biology and behaviour of the neotropical ant-mimicking spider Aphantochilus rogersi (Araneae: Aphantochilidae): nesting, maternal care and ontogeny of ant-hunting techniques. Journal of Zoology, London 242: 643-650.

31- Leal, I.R. & Oliveira, P.S. 1998. Interactions Between Fungus-Growing Ants (Attini), Fruits and Seeds in Cerrado Vegetation in Southeast Brazil. Biotropica 30: 170-178.

32- Oliveira, P.S., Obermayer, M. & Hölldobler, B. 1998. Division of labor in the neotropical ant Pachycondyla stigma (Ponerinae), with special reference to mutual antennal rubbing between nestmates. Sociobiology 31: 9-24.

33- Oliveira, P.S. & Pie, M.R. 1998. Interaction between ants and plants bearing extrafloral nectaries in cerrado vegetation. Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil 27: 161-176.

34- Pizo, M.A. & Oliveira, P.S. 1998. Interaction between ants and seeds of a nonmyrmecochorous neotropical tree, Cabralea canjerana (Meliaceae), in the Atlantic forest of Southeast Brazil. American Journal of Botany 85: 669-674.

35- Machado, G. & Oliveira, P.S. 1998. Reproductive biology of the neotropical harvestman (Goniosoma longipes) (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae): mating and oviposition behaviour, brood mortality, and parental care. Journal of Zoology, London 246: 359-367.

36- Del-Claro, K. & Oliveira, P.S. 1999. Ant-Homoptera interactions in a neotropical savanna: The honeydew-producing treehopper Guayaquila xiphias (Membracidae) and its associated ant fauna on Didymopanax vinosum (Araliaceae). Biotropica 31: 135-144.

37- Acosta-Avalos, D., Wajnberg, E., Oliveira, P.S., Leal, I., Farina, M. & Esquivel, D. 1999. Isolation of magnetic nanoparticles from Pachycondyla marginata ants. Journal of Experimental Biology 202: 2687-2692.

38- Oliveira, P.S. 1999. ATB Presidential Address. Tropinet 10: 1.

39- Oliveira, P.S., Rico-Gray, V., Díaz-Castelazo, C, & Castillo-Guevara, C. 1999. Interaction between ants, extrafloral nectaries, and insect herbivores in Neotropical coastal sand dunes: Herbivore deterrence by visiting ants increases fruit set in Opuntia stricta (Cactaceae). Functional Ecology 13: 623-631.

40- Pizo, M.A. & Oliveira, P.S. 1999. Removal of seeds from vertebrate feces by ants: effects of seed species and deposition site. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77: 1595-1602.

41- Oliveira, P.S. 1999. Edward O. Wilson, Doyen of Biodiversity's Crusade, 1999 Honorary Fellow of ATB. Biotropica 31: 538-539

42- Machado, G., Raimundo, R.L.G. & Oliveira, P.S. 2000. Daily activity schedule, gregariousness, and defensive behaviour in the Neotropical harvestmen Goniosoma longipes (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae). Journal of Natural History 34: 587-596.

43- Del-Claro, K. & Oliveira, P.S. 2000. Conditional outcomes in a neotropical treehopper-ant association: temporal and species-specific variation in ant protection and homopteran fecundity. Oecologia 124: 156-165.

44- Leal, I.R. & Oliveira, P.S. 2000. Foraging ecology of attine ants in a Neotropical savanna: seasonal use of fungal substrate in the cerrado vegetation of Brazil. Insectes Sociaux 47: 376-382.

45- Pizo, M.A. & Oliveira, P.S. 2000. The Use of Fruits and Seeds by Ants in the Atlantic Forest of Southeast Brazil. Biotropica 32(b): 851-861.

46- Queiroz, J.M. & Oliveira, P.S. 2001. Tending ants protect honeydew-producing whiteflies (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Environmental Entomology 30: 295-297.

47- Passos, L. & Oliveira, P.S. 2001. Ant effects on seedling recruitment in Guapira opposita (Nyctaginaceae) in a Brazilian rainforest. In: Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare. Ganeshaiah, K.N., Uma Shaanker, R. & Bawa, K.S. (Editors). Oxford-IBH, New Delhi. pp. 629-632.

48- Oliveira, P.S., Machado, G. & Bonato, V. 2001. Alarm communication in a neotropical harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones). In: Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare. Ganeshaiah, K.N., Uma Shaanker, R. & Bawa, K.S. (Editors). Oxford-IBH, New Delhi. pp. 641-644.

49- Acosta-Avalos, D., Esquivel D. M. S., Wajnberg, E., Lins de Barros H. G. P., Oliveira, P.S. & Leal, I. 2001. Seasonal patterns in the orientation system of the migratory ant Pachycondyla marginata. Naturwissenschaften 88: 343-346.

50- Pizo, M.A. & Oliveira, P.S. 2001. Size and lipid content of nonmyrmecochorous diaspores: effects on the interaction with litter-foraging ants in the Atlantic rain forest of Brazil. Plant Ecology 157: 37-52.

51- Passos, L. & Oliveira, P.S. 2002. Ants affect the distribution and performance of Clusia criuva seedlings, a primarily bird-dispersed rainforest tree. Journal of Ecology 90: 517-528.

52- Machado, G., Bonato, V. & Oliveira, P.S. 2002. Alarm communication: a new function for the scent gland secretion in harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones). Naturwissenschaften 89: 357-360.

53- Oliveira, P.S. & Marquis, R.J. 2002. Introduction: Development of research in the cerrados. In: The Cerrados of Brazil: Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Savanna. Oliveira, P.S. & Marquis R.J. (Editors). Columbia University Press, NY. pp. 1-10.

54- Oliveira, P.S., Freitas, A.V.L. & Del-Claro, K. 2002. Ant foraging on plant foliage: contrasting effects on the behavioral ecology of insect herbivores. In: The Cerrados of Brazil: Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Savanna. Oliveira, P.S. & Marquis R.J. (Editors). Columbia University Press, NY. pp. 287-305.

55- Fourcassié, V. & Oliveira, P. S. 2002. Foraging ecology of the giant Amazonian ant Dinoponera gigantea (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae): activity schedule, diet, and spatial foraging patterns. Journal of Natural History 36: 2211-2227.

56- Machado, G. & Oliveira, P.S. 2002. Maternal care in the Neotropical harvestman Bourguyia albiornata (Arachnida: Opiliones): Oviposition site selection and egg protection. Behaviour 139: 1509-1524.

57- Passos, L. & Oliveira, P.S. 2003. Interactions between ants, fruits, and seeds in a restinga forest in south-eastern Brazil. Journal of Tropical Ecology 19: 261-270.

58- Cogni, R., Freitas, A.V.L., & Oliveira P.S. 2003. Interhabitat differences in ant activity on plant foliage: Ants at extrafloral nectaries of Hibiscus pernambucensis in sandy and mangrove forests. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 107: 125-131.

59- Del-Claro, K. & Oliveira, P.S. 2003. O Que é Ecologia Comportamental. In: As Distintas Faces do Comportamento Animal. Del-Claro, K. & F. Prezoto. (Editors). Livraria Conceito, Jundiaí, Brasil. pp. 160-164.

60- Rico-Gray, V., Oliveira, P.S., Parra-Tabla, V., Cuautle, M. & Díaz-Castelazo, C. 2004. Ant-Plant Interactions: Their Seasonal Variation and Effects on Plant Fitness. In: Coastal Sand Dunes: Ecology and Restoration. Martínez M.L., Psuty, N. & Lubke, R. (editores). Springer-Verlag, Berlin. pp. 221-239.

61- Passos, L. & Oliveira, P.S. 2004. Interaction between ants and fruits of Guapira opposita (Nyctaginaceae) in a Brazilian sandy plain rainforest: ant effects on seeds and seedlings. Oecologia 139: 376-382.

62- Cogni, R. & Oliveira P.S. 2004. Patterns in foraging and nesting ecology in the neotropical ant Gnamptogenys moelleri (Formicidae, Ponerinae). Insectes Sociaux 51: 123-130.

63- Cogni, R. & Oliveira P.S. 2004. Recruitment behavior during foraging in the neotropical ant Gnamptogenys moelleri (Formicidae: Ponerinae): does the type of food matter. Journal of Insect Behavior 17:443-458.

64- Oliveira, P.S. & Freitas A.V.L. 2004. Ant-Plant-Herbivore Interactions in the Neotropical Cerrado Savanna. Naturwissenschaften 91:557-570.

65- Díaz-Castelazo, C., V. Rico-Gray, P.S. Oliveira & M. Cuautle. 2004. Extrafloral nectary-mediated ant-plant interactions in the coastal vegetation of Veracruz, Mexico: Richness, occurrence, seasonality and ant foraging patterns. Ecoscience 11:472-481.

66- Pizo, M.A., L. Passos & P.S. Oliveira. 2005. Ants as seed dispersers of fleshy diaspores in Brazilian Atlantic forests. In: Seed fate: Predation, dispersal and seedling establishment. P.-M. Forget, J. E. Lambert, P. E. Hulme & S. B. Vander Wall (editores.). CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. pp 315-329.

67- Pizo, M.A., P.R. Guimarães, Jr. & P.S. Oliveira. 2005. Seed removal by ants from faeces produced by different vertebrate species. Ecoscience 12:136-140.

68- Quental, T.B., J.R. Trigo & P.S. Oliveira. 2005. Host-Plant Flowering Status and Sugar Concentration of Phloem Sap: Effects on an Ant-Treehopper Interaction. European Journal of Entomology 102:201-208.

69- Oliveira, P.S. & Del-Claro, K. 2005. Multitrophic interactions in a neotropical savanna: Ant-hemipteran systems, associated insect herbivores, and a host plant. In: Biotic Interactions in the Tropics. Burslem, DFRP, Pinard, MA & Hartley, SE (editors). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. pp. 414-438.

70- Dutra, H.P, Freitas, A.V.L., & Oliveira P.S. 2006. Dual ant attraction in the Neotropical shrub Urera baccifera (Urticaceae): the role of ant visitation to pearl bodies and fruits in herbivore deterrence and leaf longevity. Functional Ecology 20:252-260.

71- Christianini, A.V, Mayhé-Nunes, A.J. & Oliveira P.S. 2007. The role of ants in the removal of non-myrmecochorous diaspores and seed germination in a Neotropical savanna. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23:343-351.

72- Guimarães Jr., P.R., Rico-Gray, V., Oliveira, P.S., Izzo, T.J., dos Reis, S.F. & Thompson, J.N. 2007. Interaction intimacy affects structure and coevolutionary dynamics in mutualistic networks. Current Biology 17:1-7.

73- Machado, S.R., Morellato, L.P.C., Sajo, M.G., & Oliveira, P.S. 2008. Morphological patterns of extrafloral nectaries in woody plant species of the Brazilian cerrado. Plant Biology 10: 660-673.

74- Oliveira, P.S. 2008. Interações entre formigas e frutos carnosos: Efeitos na biologia de sementes e plântulas. In: Insetos Sociais - da Biologia à Aplicação. E. F. Vilela, I. A. Santos, J. H. Schoereder, J. Lino-Neto, L. A. O. Campos & J. E. Serrão (editores). Editora da Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Minas Gerais pp. 266-275.

75- Kaminski, L. A., Sendoya, S.F., Freitas, A.V.L., & Oliveira, P.S. 2009. Ecologia comportamental na interface formiga-planta-herbívoro: Interações entre formigas e lepidópteros. Oecologia Brasiliensis 13:27-44.

76- Medeiros, F.N.S. & Oliveira, P.S. 2009. Season-Dependent Foraging Patterns: Case Study of a Neotropical Forest-Dwelling Ant (Pachycondyla striata; Ponerinae). In: Food Exploitation by Social Insects: Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches. S. Jarau & M. Hrncir (editores). CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, USA. pp. 81-95.

77- Christianini, A.V . & Oliveira, P.S. 2009. The relevance of ants as seed rescuers of a primarily bird-dispersed tree in the neotropical cerrado savanna. Oecologia 160:735–745.

78- Raimundo, R. L. G., Freitas, A.V.L., & Oliveira, P.S. 2009. Seasonal patterns in activity rhythm and foraging ecology in the Neotropical forest-dwelling ant, Odontomachus chelifer (Formicidae: Ponerinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102:1151-1157.

79- Sendoya, S.F., Freitas, A.V.L., & Oliveira, P.S. 2009. Egg-laying butterflies distinguish predaceous ants by sight. American Naturalist 174:134-140.

80- Silveira, H.C.P., Oliveira, P.S., & Trigo, J.R. 2010. Attracting predators without falling prey: Chemical camouflage protects honeydew-producing treehoppers from ant predation. American Naturalist 175:261-268.

81- Christianini, A.V . & Oliveira, P.S. 2010. Birds and ants provide complementary seed dispersal in a neotropical savanna. Journal of Ecology 98:573–582.

82- Schoereder, J.H., Sobrinho, T.G., Madureira, M.S., Ribas, C.R., & Oliveira, P.S. 2010. The arboreal ant community visiting extrafloral nectaries in the Neotropical cerrado savanna. Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 3:3-27.

83- Rodrigues, D., Kaminski, L.A., Freitas, A.V.L., & Oliveira, P.S. 2010. Trade-offs underlying polyphagy in a facultative ant-tended florivorous butterfly: the role of host plant quality and enemy-free space. Oecologia 163:719-728.

84- Kaminski, L.A., Freitas, A.V.L., & Oliveira, P.S. 2010. Interaction between mutualisms: Ant-tended butterflies exploit enemy-free space provided by ant-treehopper associations. American Naturalist 176:322-334.

85- Silva, D.P. & Oliveira, P.S. 2010. Field biology of Edessa rufomarginata (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae): Phenology, behavior, and patterns of host plant use. Environmental Entomology 39:1903-1910.

86- Oliveira, P. S., Camargo, R. X. & Fourcassié, V. 2011. Nesting patterns, ecological correlates of polygyny and social organization in the neotropical arboreal ant Odontomachus hastatus (Formicidae, Ponerinae). Insectes Sociaux 58:207–217.

87- Leal, I. R.; Silva, P. S. D., & Oliveira, P.S. 2011. Natural history and ecological correlates of fungus-growing ants (Formicidae: Attini) in the Neotropical cerrado savanna. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 104: 910-908.

88- Oliveira, P.S., Sendoya S.F., & Del-Claro, K. 2012. Defesas bióticas contra herbívoros em plantas do Cerrado: Interações entre formigas, nectários extraflorais e insetos trofobiontes. In: Ecologia das Interações Plantas-Animais: Uma Abordagem Ecológico-Evolutiva. K. Del-Claro & H. M. Torezan-Silingardi. (Editores). Rio de Janeiro: Technical Books. pp. 155-168.

89- Christianini, A. V., Mayhé-Nunes, A. J., & Oliveira, P.S. 2012. Exploitation of Fallen Diaspores By Ants: Are There Ant-Plant Partner Choices? Biotropica 44: 360-367.

90- Camargo, R. X. & Oliveira, P.S. 2012. Natural history of the Neotropical arboreal ant, Odontomachus hastatus (Formicidae, Ponerinae): Nest sites, foraging schedule, and diet. Journal of Insect Science 12: 48. 

91- Moraes, A., Greeney H. F., Oliveira, P.S., Barbosa E. P., Freitas, A. V. L. 2012. Morphology and behavior of the early stages of the skipper Urbanus esmeraldus on an ant-visited host plant, Urera baccifera. Journal of Insect Science 12: 52.

92- Bächtold, A., Del-Claro, K., Kaminski, L.A., Freitas, A.V.L., & Oliveira, P.S. 2012. Natural history of an ant-plant-butterfly interaction in a Neotropical savanna. Journal of Natural History 46: 943–954.

93- Leal, I. R.; Silva, P. S. D., & Oliveira, P.S. 2012. Letter to the Editor. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 105: 509.

94- Muniz, D.G., Freitas, A.V.L. & Oliveira, P.S. 2012. Phenological relationships of Eunica bechina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and its host plant, Caryocar brasiliense (Caryocaraceae), in a Neotropical savanna. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 47: 111–118.

95- Belchior, C., Del-Claro, K. & Oliveira, P.S. 2012. 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. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 6:571–582.

96- Christianini, A.V. & Oliveira, P.S. 2013. Edge effects decrease ant-derived benefits to seedlings in a neotropical savanna. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 7:191-199.

97- Bieber, A.G.D., Silva, P.D. & Oliveira, P.S. 2013. Attractiveness of Fallen Fleshy Fruits to Ants Depends on Previous Handling by Frugivores. Écoscience 20:85-89.

98- Christianini, A.V., Oliveira, P.S., Bruna, E.M. & Vasconcelos, H.L. 2014. Fauna in decline: Meek shall inherit. Science, 345: 1129.

99 - Rodrigues, P.A.P. & Oliveira, P.S. 2014. Visual navigation in the Neotropical ant Odontomachus hastatus (Formicidae, Ponerinae), a predominantly nocturnal, canopy-dwelling predator of the Atlantic rainforest. Behavioural Processes 109:48-57.

100 - Bottcher, C. & Oliveira, P.S. 2014. Consumption of lipid-rich seed arils improves larval development in a Neotropical primarily carnivorous ant, Odontomachus chelifer (Ponerinae). Journal of Tropical Ecology 30:621-624.

101 - Sendoya S.F. & Oliveira, P.S. 2015. Ant-caterpillar antagonism at the community Level: Interhabitat variation of tritrophic interactions in a Neotropical savanna. Journal of Animal Ecology 84:442-452.

102 - Azevedo-Silva, M., Mori, G.M. Souza, A.P. & Oliveira, P.S. 2015. Microsatellites for two Neotropical dominant ant species, Camponotus renggeri and C. rufipes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Conservation Genetics Resources 7:459-462.

103- Ronque, M.U.V., Azevedo-Silva, M., Mori, G.M., Souza, A.P. & Oliveira, P.S. 2016. Three ways to distinguish species: using behavioural, ecological, and molecular data to tell apart two closely related ants, Camponotus renggeri and Camponotus rufipes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176:170-181.

104- Sendoya, S.F., Blüthgen, N., Tamashiro, J.Y., Fernandez, F. & Oliveira, P.S. 2016. Foliage-foraging ants in a neotropical savanna: effects of plant and insect exudates on ant communities. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 10:183-195.

105- Gonçalves, A.Z., Oliveira, R.S., Oliveira, P.S. & Romero, G.Q. 2016. Species-specific effects of ant inhabitants on bromeliad nutrition. Plos One 11: e0152113.

106- Mota, L.L. & Oliveira, P.S. 2016. Myrmecophilous butterflies utilise ant-treehopper associations as visual cues for oviposition. Ecological Entomology 41:338-343.

107- Vidal, M.C., Sendoya, S.F. & Oliveira, P.S. 2016. Mutualism exploitation: Predatory drosophilid larvae sugar-trap ants and jeopardize facultative ant-plant mutualism. Ecology 97:1650-1657.

108 - Bachtold, A., Kaminski L.A., Magaldi, L.M., Oliveira, P.S., Del-Claro, K., Janzen, D.H., Burns, J.M., Grishin, N., Hajibabaei, M., Hallwachs, W. & Freitas, A.V.L. 2017. Integrative data helps the assessment of a butterfly within the Udranomia kikkawai species complex (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae): Immature stages, natural history, and molecular evidence. Zoologischer Anzeiger 266:169-176.

109 - Breviglieri, C.P.B., Oliveira, P.S. & Romero, G.Q. 2017. Fear mediates trophic cascades: nonconsumptive effects of predators drive aquatic ecosystem function. American Naturalist 189:490-500.

110 - Cuquetto-Leite, L., Dolder, H., Oliveira, P.S., Espirito-Santo, N.B., Lino-Neto, J. & Mancini, K.C. 2017. Structural and Ultrastructural Characterization of the Spermatozoa in Pachycondyla striata and P. marginata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae. Insectes Sociaux 64:209–217.

111 - Gonçalves A.Z., Srivastava D.S., Oliveira, P.S. & Romero, G.Q. 2017. Predatory ants change community structure in a detritus-based food web. Journal of Animal Ecology 86:790–799.

112 - Sendoya, S.F & Oliveira, P.S. 2017. Behavioural ecology of defence in a risky environment: Caterpillars versus ants in a Neotropical savanna. Ecological Entomology 42: 553-556.

113 - Oliveira, P.S. & Koptur, S. 2017. Ants and plants: A prominent interaction in a changing world. In: Ant-Plant Interactions: Impacts of Humans on Terrestrial Ecosystems, Oliveira, P.S. & Koptur, S. (editors). pp. XV- XIX. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

114 - Oliveira, P.S., Christianini, A.V., Bieber, A.G.D., & Pizo, M.A. 2017. Anthropogenic disturbances affect the interactions between ants and fleshy fruits in two Neotropical biodiversity hotspots. In: Ant-Plant Interactions: Impacts of Humans on Terrestrial Ecosystems, Oliveira, P.S. & Koptur, S. (editors). pp. 133-156. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

115 - Ronque, M.U.V., Fourcassie, V. & Oliveira, P.S. 2018. Ecology and field biology of two dominant Camponotus ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Brazilian savannah. Journal of Natural History 52: 237-252.

116 - Ibarra-Isassi, J. & Oliveira, P.S. 2018. Indirect effects of mutualism: ant-treehopper associations deter pollinators and reduce reproduction in a tropical shrub. Oecologia 186: 691-701.

117 - Ronque, M.U.V., Migliorini, G.H., & Oliveira, P.S. 2018. Thievery in rainforest fungus-growing ants: Interspecific assault on culturing material at nest entrance. Insectes Sociaux 65: 507-510.

118 - Magalhaes, V.B., Espirito Santo, N.B., Salles, L.F.P., Soares Jr, H. & Oliveira, P.S. 2018. Secondary seed dispersal by ants in Neotropical cerrado savanna: Species-specific effects on seeds and seedlings of Siparuna guianensis (Siparunaceae). Ecological Entomology 43: 665-674.

119 - Vidal, M.C., Sendoya S.F., Yamaguchi, L.F., Kato, M.J., Oliveira, R.S. & Oliveira, P.S. 2018. Natural history of a sit-and-wait dipteran predator that uses extrafloral nectar as prey attractant. Environmental Entomology 47: 1165-1172.

120 - Salles, L.F.P., Christianini, A.V. & Oliveira, P.S. 2018. Dirt roads and fire breaks produce no edge effects on litter-dwelling arthropods in a tropical dry-forest: a case study. Journal of Insect Conservation 22:647-657.

121 - Camargo, P., Christianini, A.V., Piratelli, A., Oliveira, P.S. & Rodrigues, S. 2019. Interhabitat variation in diplochory: Seed dispersal effectiveness by birds and ants differs between Atlantic forest and Cerrado savanna. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 38:48-57.

122 - Ronque, M.U.V., Feitosa, R.M. & Oliveira, P.S. 2019. Natural history and ecology of fungus-farming ants: a field study in Atlantic rainforest. Insectes Sociaux 66:375-387.

123 - Calheiros, A.C., Ronque, M.U.V., Soares, Jr, H., & Oliveira, P.S. 2019. Field biology and foraging ecology of the leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex subterraneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Neotropical Cerrado savanna. Environmental Entomology 48:1434-1441.

124 - Calheiros, A.C., Ronque, M.U.V., & Oliveira, P.S. 2019. Social organization and subcaste specialization in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex subterraneus (Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Journal of Insect Behavior 32:267-280.

125 -Azevedo-Silva, M., Mori, G.M., Carvalho, C.S., Côrtes, M.C., Souza. A.P., Oliveira, P.S. 2020. Breeding systems and colony genetic diversity in tropical carpenter ants: Different strategies for similar outcomes in Brazilian Cerrado savanna. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190:1020-1035.

126 - Ronque, M.U.V., Lyra, M.L., Migliorini, G.H., Bacci M., Oliveira, P.S. 2020. Symbiotic bacterial communities in rainforest fungus-farming ants: evidence for species and colony specificity. Scientific Reports 10:10172.

127 - Lemos, A. S. M.; Azevedo-Silva, M.; Gonçalves-Neto, S.; Souza, A.P. & Oliveira, P.S. 2020. Microsatellites for the Neotropical Ant, Odontomachus chelifer (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Science 20(5):1- 6.

128 - Gonçalves-Neto, S., Azevedo-Silva, M., Lemos, A.S.M. Souza, A.P., & Oliveira, P.S. 2021. Microsatellites for the Neotropical Ant, Camponotus leydigi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological Science 24:79-84.

129 - Soares Jr, H. & Oliveira, P.S. 2021. Foraging and spatial ecology of a polydomous carpenter ant, Camponotus leydigi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in tropical Cerrado savanna: A natural history account. Environmental Entomology 50:19-27.

130 - Freitas, A.V.L., Muniz, D.G., Carreira, J.Y.O. & Oliveira, P.S. 2021. Fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages in a Neotropical savanna: Assessing phenological patterns using baited traps. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 75:88-103.

131- Dáttilo, W., Serio-Silva, J.C., Thompson, J.N., Del-Claro, K., Guimarães, P.R., Oliveira, P.S., Jordano, P., Marquis, R.J., & Koptur, S. 2021. In remembrance of Victor Rico Gray (1951-2021): An astonishing tropical ecologist. Biotropica 53:1238-1243.

132 -Silva, R.R., Martello, F., Feitosa, R.M., Silva, O., Prado, L., Brandão, C.R.F., Albuquerque, E., Morini, M., Delabie, J., Monteiro, E., Ribeiro, M., et al., Oliveira, P.S., et al. 2022. Atlantic ants: a dataset of ants in Atlantic forests of South America. Ecology 103 (2) e03580.

133- Koptur, S., Clayborn, J., Harris, B., Jones, I., Pimienta, M.C., Primoli, A.S., & Oliveira, P.S. 2022. Caterpillar responses to ant protectors of plants. In: Caterpillars in the Middle. Marquis R.J. and S. Koptur (eds). Springer, Berlin. pp 297–317.

134 - Pereyra, M, Zeballos, S.R., Galetto, L. & Oliveira. P.S. 2022. Influence of secondary dispersal by ants on invasive processes of exotic species with fleshy fruits. Biological Invasions 24: 3275-3289.

135 - Rocha, F.P., Ronque, M.U.V., Lyra, M.L., Bacci, M., Oliveira, P.S. 2023. Habitat and host species drive the structure of bacterial communities of two Neotropical Trap-Jaw Odontomachus ants. Microbial Ecology 86: 699-712.

136 - Azevedo-Silva, M., Lemos, A.S.M., Gonçalves-Neto, S., Salles, L.P.S., Pereyra, M., Christianini, A.V., Souza, A.P., & Oliveira, P.S. 2023. Are There Edge Effects on the Genetic Diversity of the Trap-Jaw Ant Odontomachus chelifer (Formicidae: Ponerinae) in a Neotropical Savanna Fragment? A First Assessment. Environmental Entomology 52: 279–285.

137 - Azevedo-Silva, M., Côrtes, M.C., Carvalho, C.S., Mori, G.M., Souza, A.P., & Oliveira, P.S. 2023. Landscape genetics in a highly threatened environment: how relevant to ants is the physiognomic mosaic of the cerrado savanna? Conservation Genetics. 24: 709-719.

138 - Bottcher, C., Berthelot, K., Bernadou, A., Orivel, J., Fourcassié, V., Oliveira, P.S. & Jeanson, R. 2024. Colony structure, ecological correlates and nestmate recognition in the ant Odontomachus hastatus: A comparative study between populations with different social organizations. Insectes Sociaux 71: 61-73.

139 - Bitar, M.R.; Tome, L.R.; Costa, F.V.; Kato, R.B.; Oliveira, P.S.; Goes-Neto, A.; Ribeiro, S.P. 2024. Bacterial communities associated with a polydomous arboreal ant: inter-nest variation and interaction with the phyllosphere of a tropical tree. Myrmecological News, 34: 119-127.

140 - Vieira-Silva, A., G.B. Evora, A.V.L. Freitas, P.S. Oliveira. 2024. The Relevance of Flash Coloration Against Avian Predation in a Morpho Butterfly: A Field Experiment in a Tropical Rainforest. Ethology 130: 1-9.

Books

Oliveira, P.S. & Marquis, R.J. 2002 (Editors).The Cerrados of Brazil: Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Savanna. 398 pp. Columbia University Press, NY.

Rico-Gray, V. & Oliveira, P.S. 2007. The Ecology and Evolution of Ant-Plant Interactions. 331 pp. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Del-Claro, K., Oliveira, P.S. & Rico-Gray, V. 2009 (Editors). Encyclopedia of Tropical Biology and Conservation Management. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 11 Volumes, 5000 pp. EOLSS Publishers Co. Ltd., Paris, France.

Oliveira, P.S. & Koptur, S. 2017 (Editors). Ant-Plant Interactions: Impacts of Humans on Terrestrial Ecosystems. 431 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.