Curriculum Vitae
Diogo Borges
Provete, PhD
Assistant Professor (Tenured)
Institute of Biosciences · UFMS
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Diogo Borges Provete, PhD
Assistant Professor (Tenured) · Institute of Biosciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS)
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Education
| 2011 – 2015 |
PhD, Ecology and Evolution — Federal University of Goiás, Brazil. Visiting scholar at the Mathew A. Leibold Lab, University of Texas at Austin. Phylogenetic structure of metacommunities along environmental gradients. Advisor: Adriano S. Melo. |
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| 2008 – 2010 |
MSc, Animal Biology — São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil. Resource use and co-occurrence patterns between tadpoles and predaceous insects in sub-tropical assemblages. Advisors: Itamar A. Martins & Denise C. Rossa-Feres. |
| 2003 – 2006 | BSc, Biological Sciences — Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFAL), Brazil. |
Academic Positions
| 2024 – 2025 | Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow (Experienced Researchers), Sabbatical at iDiv, Leipzig, Germany |
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| 2020 – present | Assistant Professor (Tenured), Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS) |
| 2017 – 2020 | Assistant Professor, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS) |
| 2016 – present | Fellow, Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, Sweden |
| 2016 – 2017 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Federal University of São Carlos, Sorocaba, Brazil. Supervisor: Prof. Fernando R. da Silva |
| 2015 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Supervisor: Prof. Alexandre Antonelli |
Teaching
Courses taught
| 2020 | Introduction to R Software (grad) — UFMS |
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| 2019 | Multivariate statistics (grad) — UFMS |
| Urban ecology (undergrad) — UFMS | |
| Introduction to GLMMs with R (grad) — UFPE | |
| 2018 | Ecology of freshwater communities (undergrad) — UFMS |
| General Ecology (undergrad) — UFMS | |
| Introduction to R programming for biologists (undergrad) — UFMS | |
| Field ecology (grad) — UFMS | |
| Community ecology (grad) — UNESP | |
| 2017 | Biostatistics (grad) — UFSCar |
| Phenotypic evolution & PCMs (grad) — UFSCar | |
| Phenotypic evolution & PCMs (grad) — UFMS | |
| Introductory statistics for biologists (undergrad) — UFMS | |
| Ecology of interactions (undergrad) — UFMS | |
| 2016 | Phenotypic evolution & PCMs (grad) — UNESP |
| Phenotypic evolution & PCMs (grad) — UNIFESP | |
| 2015 | Community ecology (grad) — UNESP |
| 2011 | Ecological statistics with R (grad) — UNESP |
Student supervision
| 2025 – | Bruna Maria de Paula Campos · MSc |
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| 2024 – | Ana Paula Andreazzi · PhD |
| 2023 – | Daiene L. Hokama Sousa · PhD |
| 2023 – 2025 | Leandro B. Menezes · MSc |
| 2020 – 2025 | Marcos V. Severgnini · PhD |
| 2019 – 2023 | Matheus de Toledo Moroti · PhD |
| 2019 – 2021 | Gabriel Tirintan · MSc |
| 2018 – 2023 | Philip T. Soares · PhD |
| 2018 – 2023 | Adriana Carolina Acero-Murcia · PhD |
| 2018 – 2020 | Marcos V. Severgnini · MSc |
| 2020 | Laura Bonin · Biology undergrad (honors thesis) |
| 2020 | Hellen Lacerda · Biology undergrad (honors thesis) |
Teaching assistantship for Biology majors
| 2014 | Philosophy of Science — Federal University of Goiás |
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| 2011 | Biostatistics — Federal University of Goiás |
| 2009 | Population ecology — São Paulo State University |
| 2006 | Vertebrate Zoology I — Federal University of Alfenas |
| 2005 | Cell Biology — Federal University of Alfenas |
| 2004 | Developmental Biology — Federal University of Alfenas |
Awards
| 2024 | Ecological Society of America Early Career Fellow |
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| 2021 | Highly Commended best poster (Acero-Murcia & Severgnini, PhD students) — Brazilian Symposium of Vertebrate Morphology |
| 2021 | Highly Commended best oral presentation — Brazilian Symposium of Vertebrate Morphology |
| 2019 | Best poster (L. Bonin, undergrad) — X Brazilian Congress of Mammalogy |
| 2016 | Sentinels of Science Award — Champions of Recognition (Editors) and top 10% reviewer (Publons) |
| 2013 | Best student paper in Herpetology published in 2012 — Copeia |
| 2012 | Travel award — Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (USD 500) |
| 2011 | Travel award — South American Chapter of ESA (USD 700) |
| 2010 | Student Travel Award — International Society of Vertebrate Morphology, 9th ICVM (USD 1,000) |
| 2005 | Travel Award — IV Meeting of the South American Group of the Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine (BRL 300) |
Publications
Authorship key: red number = three most important papers · underlined name in PDF = lab graduate student.
Peer-reviewed journal articles
[57] Rebouças, R.; Moroti, M. T.; Carvalho, T.; Martins, M. R.; Toledo, L. F.; PROVETE, D. B. 2026. Environmental and geomorphological drivers of frog diversity on islands worldwide. Ecography 2026: e07818. doi:10.1002/ecog.07818
[56] Ramalho, Q.; De Souza, J. S.; Provete, D. B. 2025. Irregular funding cycles in Brazilian science pose a barrier to conservation and global leadership. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation 23(4): 231–235.
[55] Fiorillo, B.; Faggioni, G. P.; Provete, D. B. 2025. The utility of an index of biotic integrity for predicting terrestrial frog species diversity in a tropical forest. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. doi:10.1080/01650521.2025.2543354
[54] Soares, H. K. L.; Barboza, R. R. D.; Feijó, A.; Provete, D. B.; Alves, R. R. N. 2025. Worldwide patterns of wild mammal trade are driven by species ecology, evolutionary relatedness, and socio-political variables. Ethnobiology and Conservation 14: 25, 1–17.
[53] Menezes, L. B. C.; Severgnini, M. R.; Pezzuti, T. L.; Garey, M. V.; Provete, D. B. 2025. The tadpole of Chiasmocleis altomontana (Anura: Microhylidae). PeerJ 13: e19220.
[52] Severgnini, M. R.; de Oliveira, M.; Valério, L.; Provete, D. B. 2024. Temporal dynamics of species richness and composition in a peri-urban tropical frog community in central Brazil. Ecology and Evolution 14(1): e70628.
[51] Moroti, M. T.; Skeels, A.; da Silva, F. R.; PROVETE, D. B. 2024. Climate interacts with diversification rate in determining species richness and functional diversity of tetrapods in a global hotspot. Journal of Biogeography. doi:10.1111/jbi.15001
[50] da Silva, F. R.; Oliveira-Silva, A. E.; Antonelli, A.; Carnaval, A. C.; PROVETE, D. B. 2024. Zoogeographical regions in the Atlantic Forest: patterns and potential drivers. Journal of Biogeography. doi:10.1111/jbi.14859
[49] Franco-Belussi, L.; Oliveira-Junior, J. G.; Goldberg, J.; Fernandes, C. E.; de Oliveira, C.; PROVETE, D. B. 2024. Multiple morphophysiological responses of a tropical frog to urbanization conform to the pace-of-life syndrome. Conservation Physiology 11: coad106.
[48] Jenkins, G. B.; Beckerman, A. P.; Bellard, C.; Benítez-López, A.; Ellison, A. M.; Foote, C. G.; Hufton, A. L.; Lashley, M. A.; Lortie, C. J.; Ma, Z.; Moore, A. J.; Narum, S. R.; Nilsson, J.; O’Boyle, B.; PROVETE, D. B.; Razgour, O.; Rieseberg, L.; Riginos, C.; Santini, L.; Sibbett, B.; Peres-Neto, P. R. 2023. Reproducibility in ecology and evolution: minimum standards for data and code. Ecology and Evolution 13: e9961. doi:10.1002/ece3.9961
[47] Freire Jr, G. B.; Salscido, D.; Oliveira, H. F. M.; Ribeiro, D. B.; PROVETE, D. B.; Silva, T.; Dias, J. P.; Rodrigues, H. P.; Santos, J. P.; Diniz, I. R. 2023. Body size and its correlates in fruit-feeding butterflies in a seasonal environment. Journal of Insect Conservation. doi:10.1007/s10841-023-00481-z
[46] Acero-Murcia, A. C.; Severgnini, M. R.; Fischer, E. A.; PROVETE, D. B. 2023. An evolutionary ecomorphological perspective on the assembly of a Neotropical bat metacommunity. Journal of Mammalian Evolution. doi:10.1007/s10914-023-09667-3
[45] Bovo, R.; Simon, M.; Provete, D. B.; Lyra, M. L.; Navas, C.; Andrade, D. 2023. Beyond Janzen’s hypothesis: how amphibians that climb tropical mountains respond to climate variation. Integrative Organismal Biology 5(1): obad009. doi:10.1093/iob/obad009
[44] Kloh, J. S.; Figueiredo, C. C.; PROVETE, D. B.; Eterovick, P. C. 2023. Taste for pollen comes in different shapes: consumption by tadpoles from three divergent ecomorphotypes. Journal of Zoology 320(1): 42–52. doi:10.1111/jzo.13051
[43] Halpern, B.; Boettiger, K.; Dietze, M.; (…) PROVETE, D. B.; (…); Wymore, A. 2022. Priorities for synthesis in ecology and environmental science. Ecosphere 14(1): e4342. doi:10.1002/ecs2.4342
[42] Sanchez-Domene, D.*; Silva, F. R.*; Provete, D. B.*; Navarro-Lozano, A.; Acayaba, R. D.; Montagner, C. C.; Rossa-Feres, D. C.; Lopez-Iborra, G. M.; Almeida, E. A. 2022. Combined effects of landscape composition and agrochemicals on frog communities amid sugarcane-dominated agroecosystems. Ecological Applications. doi:10.1002/eap.2781 — *authors contributed equally
[41] Ceron, K.; Provete, D. B.; Pires, M. M.; Araujo, A. C.; Blüthgen, N.; Santana, D. J. 2022. Prey availability and interaction rewiring drive the spatial and seasonal structure of a predator-prey metaweb. Ecology. doi:10.1002/ecy.3716
[40] Ganci, C. C.; PROVETE, D. B.; Püttker, T.; Lindenmayer, D.; Almeida-Gomes, M. 2021. High species turnover shapes anuran community composition in ponds along an urban-rural gradient. Urban Ecosystems 25: 633–642. doi:10.1007/s11252-021-01174-8
[39] Franco-Belussi, L.*; PROVETE, D. B.*; Leão, T. R. F.; Siqueira, M. S.; Valverde, B. S. L.; Martins, B. O.; de Oliveira, C.; Fernandes, C. E. S. 2021. Hematological parameters of a Neotropical wild frog population, with a phylogenetic perspective on blood cell composition in Anura. Current Zoology 68(3): 361–369. doi:10.1093/cz/zoab059 — *authors contributed equally
[38] Gomes-Mello, F.; PROVETE, D. B.; Heino, J.; da Silva, F. R. 2021. Community composition–environment relationships vary over time: are snapshot studies of metacommunity dynamics useful? Basic and Applied Ecology 56: 85–96.
[37] Valente-Neto, F.; Roque, F. O.; Pauliquevis, C. F.; Oliveira, A. K. M.; Provete, D. B.; Szabo, J. K.; Souza, F. L. 2021. Loss of cultural and functional diversity associated with birds across the urbanization gradient in a tropical city. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 615797.
[36] Benício, R. A.; PROVETE, D. B.; Lyra, M. L.; Heino, J.; Haddad, C. F. B.; Rossa-Feres, D. C.; da Silva, F. R. 2021. Differential speciation rates, colonization time, and niche conservatism affect community assembly across adjacent biogeographical regions. Journal of Biogeography. doi:10.1111/jbi.14145
[35] PROVETE, D. B.; Garey, M. V.; Picheli, K. O.; Mello, C. M.; Gonçalves, D. S.; Conte, C. E.; Rossa-Feres, D. C. 2021. The tadpole and advertisement call of Trachycephalus imitatrix and T. dibernardoi (Anura: Hylidae). Journal of Herpetology. doi:10.1670/20-010
[34] Oliveira, C.; Campos, I.; PROVETE, D. B.; Garnieri, M.; Cardozo, S. 2020. Defensive behavior and caudal autotomy rate in Coleodactylus meridionalis (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae). Journal of Natural History 54: 2209–2218.
[33] Martins, B. O.; Franco-Belussi, L.; Siqueira, M. S.; Fernandes, C. E.; Provete, D. B. 2021. The evolution of red blood cell shape in fishes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. doi:10.1111/jeb.13757
[32] Moroti, M. T.; Soares, P. T.; Pedrozo, M.; Provete, D. B.*; Santana, D. J.* 2021. Prey availability, phylogeny and morphology effects on partitioning of trophic resources in an anuran community. Basic and Applied Ecology 50: 181–191. — *joint senior authors
[31] Alves, R. R. N.; Borges, A. K. M.; Barboza, R.; Souto, W. M. S.; Gonçalves-Souza, T.; Provete, D. B.; Albuquerque, U. P. 2020. A global analysis of ecological and evolutionary drivers of the use of wild mammals in traditional medicine. Mammal Review 50. doi:10.1111/mam.12233
[30] Franco-Belussi, L.; PROVETE, D. B.; Borges, R. E.; Oliveira, C.; Santos, L. R. S. 2020. Idiosyncratic liver pigment alterations of five frog species in response to contrasting land use patterns in the Brazilian Cerrado. PeerJ 8: e9751. doi:10.7717/peerj.9751
[29] Garey, M. V.; PROVETE, D. B.; Melo, L. S. O.; Haddad, C. F. B.; Rossa-Feres, D. C. 2020. The larva and advertisement call of Bokermannohyla ahenea (Anura: Hylidae). South American Journal of Herpetology 15. doi:10.2994/SAJH-D-18-00006.1
[28] Tonini, J.*; PROVETE, D. B.*; Maciel, N.; Morais, A. R.; Goute, S.; Toledo, F.; Pyron, R. A. 2020. Ecomorphological escape from constrained acoustic allometry in frogs. Ecology and Evolution 10: 3686–3695. doi:10.1002/ece3.6155 — *authors contributed equally
[27] Ceron, K.; Santana, D. J.; Lucas, E. M.; Zocche, J. J.; PROVETE, D. B. 2020. Microclimatic variables influence the temporal dynamics of an anuran metacommunity in a non-stationary way. Ecology and Evolution 10: 4630–4639. doi:10.1002/ece3.6217
[26] Almeida-Gomes, M.; Valente-Neto, F.; Pacheco, E. O.; Ganci, C. C.; Leibold, M. A.; Melo, A. S.; PROVETE, D. B. 2020. How does the landscape affect metacommunity structure? A quantitative review for lentic environments. Current Landscape Ecology Reports 5(2): 1–8. doi:10.1007/s40823-020-00049-6
[25] Toscano, N. P.; De Freitas, N. H. A.; De Rezende, M. R. C.; PROVETE, D. B.; Lyra, M.; Haddad, C. F. B.; Rossa-Feres, D. C.; da Silva, F. R. 2019. External morphology and internal oral features of the tadpole of Crossodactylus caramaschii (Anura: Hylodidae). Journal of Herpetology 53: 263–271.
[24] Tomas, W. M.; Roque, F. O.; Medici, R. G.; Chiaravalloti, P. E.; (…) PROVETE, D. B.; et al. 2019. Sustainability agenda for the Pantanal wetland: perspectives on a collaborative interface for science, policy, and decision-making. Tropical Conservation Science 12: 194008291987263.
[23] Garey, M. V.*; PROVETE, D. B.*; Gonçalves-Souza, T.; Melo, L. S. O.; Rossa-Feres, D. C.; Haddad, C. F. B. 2018. Phylogenetic and adaptive components of the anuran advertisement call correlate with temporal species co-occurrence. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125(2): 292–301. — *authors contributed equally
[22] Franco-Belussi, L.*; PROVETE, D. B.*; Oliveira, C. 2017. Environmental correlates of internal coloration in frogs vary throughout space and lineages. Ecology and Evolution 7(22): 9222–9233. — *authors contributed equally
[21] Fanali, L. Z.; Valverde, B. S. L.; Franco-Belussi, L.; PROVETE, D. B.; Oliveira, C. 2017. Response of digestive organs of Hypsiboas albopunctatus (Anura: Hylidae) to benzo[α]pyrene. Amphibia-Reptilia 38(2): 175–185.
[20] da Silva, F. R.; Provete, D. B.; Gerassi, L. K.; Bovo, R. P. 2017. What do data from fieldwork and scientific collections tell us about species richness and composition of amphibians and reptiles? South American Journal of Herpetology 12(9): 99–106.
[19] Livingston, G.*; Fukumori, K.*; PROVETE, D. B.*; Kawachi, M.; Takamura, N.; Leibold, M. A. 2017. Predators regulate prey species sorting and spatial distribution in microbial landscapes. Journal of Animal Ecology 89(2): 501–510. — *authors contributed equally · Featured in F1000 Prime
[18] Faria, S. C.; PROVETE, D. B.; Thurman, C. L.; McNamara, J. C. 2017. Phylogenetic patterns and the adaptive evolution of osmoregulation in fiddler crabs (Brachyura, Uca). PLoS One 12: e0171870. — Winner of the 2017 “Prof. Sergio de Almeida Rodrigues” Award (Cebimar/USP)
[17] PROVETE, D. B.; Guimarães, C. S.; Melo, L. S. O.; Rossa-Feres, D. C. 2017. Tadpole of Proceratophrys mantiqueira (Anura: Odontophrynidae), with description of its internal oral features. Copeia 105(1): 46–52.
[16] da Silva, F. R.; PROVETE, D. B.; Hawkins, B. A. 2016. Range maps and checklists provide similar estimates of taxonomic and phylogenetic alpha diversity, but less so for beta diversity, of Brazilian Atlantic Forest anurans. Natureza & Conservação 14(2): 99–105.
[15] Garey, M. V.; PROVETE, D. B. 2016. Species composition, conservation status, and sources of threat of anurans in mosaics of highland grasslands of southern and southeastern Brazil. Oecologia Australis 20(2): 94–108.
[14] Leite, G. B.; Franco-Belussi, L.; PROVETE, D. B.; Oliveira, C. 2015. Comparative testis morphology in Neotropical anuran species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 257: 29–38.
[13] Garey, M. V.; PROVETE, D. B.; Martins, I. A.; Rossa-Feres, D. C.; Haddad, C. F. B. 2014. Anurans from the Serra da Bocaina National Park and surrounding buffer area, southeastern Brazil. Check List 10(2): 308–316.
[12] Provete, D. B.; Gonçalves-Souza, T.; Garey, M. V.; Martins, I. A.; Rossa-Feres, D. C. 2014. Broad-scale spatial patterns of canopy cover and pond morphology affect the structure of a Neotropical amphibian metacommunity. Hydrobiologia 734: 69–79.
[11] Loyola, R. D.; Lemes, P.; Brum, F. T.; Provete, D. B.; Duarte, L. S. 2014. Clade-specific consequences of climate change to amphibians in Atlantic Forest protected areas. Ecography 37(1): 65–72.
[10] Provete, D. B. 2013. What is on the horizon for ecophylogenetics? Natureza & Conservação 11(1): 7–14.
[9] Villalobos, F.; Dobrovolski, R.; Provete, D. B.; Gouvea, S. F. 2013. Is rich and rare the common share? Describing biodiversity and informing conservation practices for South American amphibians. PLoS One 8: e56073.
[8] Provete, D. B.; Martins, I. A.; Gomes, F. B. R.; Garey, M. V.; Rossa-Feres, D. C. 2013. The larvae of Proceratophrys melanopogon (Anura: Cycloramphidae), with emphasis on internal oral morphology and comparisons with P. moratoi and P. cururu. Herpetologica 69: 163–174.
[7] Gomes, F. B. R.; Provete, D. B.; Martins, I. A. 2012. The tadpole of Hylodes magalhaesi Bokermann, 1967 (Anura: Hylodidae). Journal of Herpetology 46(4): 614–619.
[6] Provete, D. B.; Franco-Belussi, L.; Santos, L. R. S.; Zieri, R.; Moresco, R. M.; Almeida, S. C.; Martins, I. A.; Oliveira, C. 2012. Phylogenetic signal and diversity of visceral pigmentation in eight anuran families. Zoologica Scripta 41: 547–556.
[5] Provete, D. B.; Garey, M. V.; Nascimento, J.; Lourenço, L. B.; Rossa-Feres, D. C.; Haddad, C. F. B.; Toledo, L. F. 2012. Redescription of Physalaemus barrioi Bokermann, 1967 (Anura: Leiuperidae). Copeia 2012: 507–518. — Best Student Paper in Herpetology, Copeia/ASIH
[4] Provete, D. B.; Garey, M. V.; Silva, F. R.; Jordani, M. X. 2012. Knowledge gaps and bibliographical revision about free-swimming anuran larvae from Brazil. North-Western Journal of Zoology 8: 283–286.
[3] Provete, D. B.; Garey, M. V.; Dias, N. Y. N.; Rossa-Feres, D. C. 2011. The tadpole of Physalaemus moreirae Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937 (Anura: Leiuperidae). Herpetologica 67: 258–270.
[2] Provete, D. B.; Silva, F. R.; Garey, M. V.; Rossa-Feres, D. C. 2011. The anuran fauna from the northwestern region of the State of São Paulo: species list and key for adults. Biota Neotropica 11: 377–391. doi:10.1590/S1676-06032011000200036
[1] Gomes, F. B. R.; Provete, D. B.; Martins, I. A. 2010. The tadpole of Physalaemus jordanensis Bokermann, 1967 (Anura, Leiuperidae) from Campos do Jordão, Serra da Mantiqueira, southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 2327: 65–68.
Preprints (in review)
Ganci, C. C.; Ortega, Z.; Provete, D. B. 2020. Harlequin frogs (Lysapsus) prefer mild places to park. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2020.06.11.146613
Martins, C. de A.; Pays, O.; Souza, F. L.; Renaud, P.-C.; Valente-Neto, F.; Silveira, M.; Ochoa-Quintero, J.; Provete, D. B.; Santos, C. C.; Melo, I.; Rodrigues, M. E.; Duleba, S.; Nunes, A. V.; Ceballos-Rivera, O. D.; de O. Roque, F. 2023. Biodiversity responses to forest cover loss: taxonomy and metrics matter. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2023.05.21.541657
Severgnini, M. R.; Provete, D. B. 2024. The effect of urbanisation and local environmental heterogeneity on phenotypic variability of a tropical treefrog. bioRxiv 2024.11.28.625871. doi:10.1101/2024.11.28.62587
Commentaries, editorials, and magazine papers
[9] Jenkins, G. B.; Bosso, L.; Muth, A.; Nazareno, A. G.; Provete, D. B. 2024. The same, but different: introducing a new chapter at Journal of Biogeography. Journal of Biogeography 51: 1825–1826. doi:10.1111/jbi.14965
[8] Williams, J. W.; Taylor, A.; Tolley, K. A.; Provete, D. B.; Correia, R.; Guedes, T. B.; Farooq, H.; Li, Q.; Pinheiro, H. T.; Liz, A. V.; Luna, L. W.; Matthews, T. J.; Palmeirim, A. F.; Puglielli, G.; Rivadeneira, M. M.; Robin, V. V.; Schrader, J.; Shestakova, T. A.; Tukiainen, H.; von der Heyden, S.; Zizka, A. 2023. Shifts to open access with high article processing charges hinder research equity and careers. Journal of Biogeography 50: 1485–1489. doi:10.1111/jbi.14697
[7] Zenni, R. D.; Andersen, A.; Andrew, N. R.; Dias, A. T. C.; Quintero-Galvis, J. F.; Harguindeguy, N. P.; Jaureguiberry, P.; Lozano, V. L.; Nunes, C. A.; Pareja, M.; Perez, L. I.; Provete, D. B.; Pucheta, E.; Rolhauser, A. G.; da Silva, P. G.; Teixeira, F. Z.; Wacker, C.; Moulton, T. 2024. Ecology in South America: present state and future prospects. Austral Ecology 49: e13457. doi:10.1111/aec.13457
[6] Jenkins, G. B.; Provete, D. B.; Harris, A. J. 2022. Expanding nature notes? A space for ecological observations, new species, and species records. Ecology and Evolution 12: e9215.
[5] Provete, D. B.; Moreno, S.; D’Bastiani, E.; Santiago-Rosario, L. Y.; Tumber-Dávila, S. J. 2024. We are stronger together: building community to face barriers for Latin American and underrepresented ecologists. Bulletin of the ESA 105(4): e02180.
[4] Mello, F. N. A.; Martínez-Blancas, A.; Vaz, M. C.; Bender, A.; Provete, D. B. 2021. Human dimensions: the Latin America and the Caribbean Chapter of ESA. Bulletin of the ESA 102(3): e01883. doi:10.1002/bes2.1883
[3] Ceron, K.; Severgnini, M. R.; Provete, D. B. 2020. Boas práticas em análise de séries temporais em herpetologia. Herpetologia Brasileira 9(3): 70–83.
[2] Provete, D. B.; Melo, A. S. 2012. O programa R e suas aplicações em Herpetologia. Herpetologia Brasileira 1: 15–17.
[1] Provete, D. B.; Villalobos, F.; Cianciaruso, M. V. 2012. Shadows of the past: paleo-reconstructions, phylogenies, and macroecological hypotheses. Frontiers of Biogeography 4(2): 54–55.
Book chapters
[4] Severgnini, M. R.; Ganci, C. C.; Souza, F. L.; Almeida-Gomes, M.; Angeoletto, F. H. S.; PROVETE, D. B. 2025. Ecological dynamics of frogs in tropical cities: uncovering bias using a systematic literature review. In: Angeoletto, F. H. S.; Tryjanowski, P.; Fellowes, M. (Eds.) Ecology of Tropical Cities: Biodiversity, People & Places, pp. 265–290. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-70867-1
[3] Guedes, T.; Anderson, J.; Bacon, C.; PROVETE, D. B.; Antonelli, A. 2020. Diversity, endemism, and evolutionary history of mountain biotas outside the Andean region. In: Rull, V.; Carnaval, C. (Eds.) Neotropical Diversification. Springer, Berlin.
[2] Gonçalves-Souza, T.; Garey, M. V.; da Silva, F. R.; Albuquerque, U. P.; PROVETE, D. B. 2019. Multidimensional analyses for testing ecological, ethnobiological, and conservation hypotheses. In: Methods and techniques in ethnobiology and ethnoecology. Springer, Berlin.
[1] Gonçalves-Souza, T.; PROVETE, D. B.; Garey, M. V.; da Silva, F. R.; Albuquerque, U. P. 2019. Going back to basics: how to master the art of making scientifically sound questions. In: Methods and techniques in ethnobiology and ethnoecology. Springer, Berlin.
Books
Acero-Murcia, A. C.; PROVETE, D. B.; Fischer, E. A. 2023. Morcegos da Serra da Bodoquena. Editora UFMS, Campo Grande. 30 p. [In Portuguese]
da Silva, F. R.; Gonçalves-Souza, T.; Paterno, G. B.; PROVETE, D. B.; Vancine, M. H. 2022. Análises Ecológicas no R. NUPEA, Recife, Brazil. Freely available at analises-ecologicas.com
Vasconcelos, T.; da Silva, F. R.; PROVETE, D. B.; Gomes, T.; Prado, V. H. M. 2019. Biogeographic patterns of South American Amphibians. Springer, Berlin.
Selected oral presentations
Provete, D. B.; Severgnini, M. R.; Maestri, R. The tempo and mode of tadpole body shape evolution. 2021 Virtual Asilomar conference, American Society of Naturalists. video
Provete, D. B.; Franco-Belussi, L.; Santos, L. R. S.; Zieri, R.; Moresco, R. M.; Almeida, S. C.; Martins, I. A.; Oliveira, C. Phylogenetic signal and diversity of visceral pigmentation in eight anuran families. 2013 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Albuquerque, USA.
Provete, D. B.; Gonçalves-Souza, T.; Garey, M. V.; Martins, I. A.; Rossa-Feres, D. C. Fine-scale spatial patterns and pond morphology jointly affect metacommunity structure of Neotropical tadpoles. 49th Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, 2012, Bonito, Brazil.
Provete, D. B. Phylogenies help to uncover diversity patterns of Neotropical amphibians. 49th Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, 2012, Bonito, Brazil.
Provete, D. B.; Gonçalves-Souza, T.; Martins, I. A.; Rossa-Feres, D. C. Predaceous insects do not influence space use by anuran larvae in ponds: the role of scale and environment. 96th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, 2011, Austin, TX.
Provete, D. B.; Garey, M. V.; Martins, I. A.; Rossa-Feres, D. C. Abundance patterns and spatial distribution in a metacommunity of tadpoles along a canopy cover gradient. IX Latin American Congress of Herpetology, 2011, Curitiba, Brazil.
Provete, D. B. Chondrocrania of frog larvae of the genus Physalaemus (Anura: Leiuperidae) and their relatives. 9th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, 2010, Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Professional Services
Administrative positions
| 2022 – present | Coordinator, Evolution English Language Service (EELS), Society for the Study of Evolution |
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| 2024 – 2026 | Council Speaker, Ecological Society of America |
| 2022 – 2026 | Member of the Council, Ecological Society of America |
| 2022 – 2023 | Chair, Latin American and Caribbean Chapter of ESA |
| 2020 – 2021 | Chair, Latin American and Caribbean Chapter of ESA |
| 2019 – 2022 | Graduate Program Director, Animal Biology Graduate Program, UFMS |
Committees
| 2020 – 2022 | Member, Issues in Ecology Committee — Ecological Society of America |
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| 2022 – 2025 | Member, International Committee — Society for the Study of Evolution |
Grant reviewer panelist
| 2021 | Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment |
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| 2020 | Superintendência de Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior do Paraná (Brazil) |
| 2018 – 2020 | Society of Systematic Biologists (graduate student research award) |
| 2016 | Amazonas State Research Foundation (Brazil) |
Journal reviewer
Full record: Web of Science author profile.
Acta Herpetologica · American Journal of Botany · American Naturalist · Amphibia-Reptilia · Anatomical Record · Animal Conservation · Asian Herpetology Research · Austral Ecology · Biodiversity Data Journal · Biodiversity and Conservation · Biological Reviews · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society · Biota Neotropica · Biotropica · Botany · Brazilian Journal of Biology · Caldasia · Check List · Chemosphere · Climatic Change · Community Ecology · Communications Biology · Copeia · Current Zoology · Diversity and Distributions · Ecography · Ecology · Ecology and Evolution · Ecological Research · Environmental Entomology · Environmental Management · Ethnobiology and Conservation · Evolution · Forest Ecology and Management · Freshwater Biology · Functional Ecology · Herpetologia Brasileira · Herpetology Notes · Herpetological Conservation and Biology · Herpetological Journal · Herpetologica · Hydrobiologia · Integrative and Comparative Biology · Integrative Zoology · Journal of Animal Ecology · Journal of Avian Biology · Journal of Biogeography · Journal of Evolutionary Biology · Journal of Experimental Biology · Journal of Herpetology · Journal of Mountain Science · Journal of Natural History · Journal for Nature Conservation · Journal of Thermal Biology · Journal of Tropical Ecology · Landscape Ecology · Methods in Ecology and Evolution (Reviewer programme advisor) · Natureza & Conservação · Neotropical Biodiversity · Neotropical Ichthyology · North-Western Journal of Zoology · Oecologia · Oecologia Australis · Oikos · One Earth · Peerage of Science · PeerJ · Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation · PLoS One · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B · Phyllomedusa · Proceedings of the Royal Society B · Restoration Ecology · Revista de Biologia Neotropical · Salamandra · South American Journal of Herpetology · Urban Ecosystems · Web Ecology · Wetlands · ZooKeys · Zoologia · Zoology · Zoomorphology · Zootaxa.
Editorial board membership
| 2023 – present | Associate Editor — Evolution |
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| 2023 – present | Senior Editor — Journal of Biogeography |
| 2022 – present | Subject Matter Editor — Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment |
| 2022 – present | Section then Senior Editor — Ecology and Evolution |
| 2021 – 2023 | Associate Editor — Journal of Biogeography |
| 2021 – 2022 | Associate Editor — Ecology and Evolution |
| 2021 – 2023 | Editor — Austral Ecology |
| 2020 – 2023 | Subject Matter Editor — Ecosphere |
| 2021 – 2022 | Section Editor (Biodiversity and Conservation) — PeerJ |
| 2020 – 2025 | Academic Editor — PeerJ |
| 2020 | Academic Editor — PLoS One |
| 2020 | Associate Editor — Herpetological Journal |
| 2019 – present | Associate Editor — Journal of Herpetology |
| 2014 – 2023 | Associate Editor — Amphibia-Reptilia |
| 2013 – 2018 | Subject Editor — Biodiversity Data Journal |
| 2013 – 2015 | Editor-in-Chief — Check List |
| 2013 – 2015 | Subject Editor — North-Western Journal of Zoology |
| 2012 – 2014 | Managing Editor — Herpetology Notes |
Research Experience and Technical Skills
- Field work surveying anuran amphibians: Serra da Bocaina National Park (Atlantic Rainforest, SP); Salto Morato Private Reserve (Atlantic Rainforest, PR); several localities in NW São Paulo (Atlantic Dry Forest); Lambari State Park (Atlantic Dry Forest, MG); several localities in southern Minas Gerais (Atlantic Dry Forest); Silvânia National Forest (Cerrado, GO); Base de Estudos do Pantanal (Pantanal, MS).
- Programming languages: R (intermediate–advanced), including phylogenetic, trait and multivariate community data; Matlab (beginner). Mesquite, SUPERSMART, Phylocom.
- Wet-laboratory procedures: processing biological material for scanning electron microscopy; clearing and staining of vertebrate bone and cartilage tissues.
Grants and Fellowships
| 2024 – 2025 | Subsidy towards research costs (Forschungskostenzuschuss) — Humboldt Foundation — EUR 12,000 |
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| 2024 – 2027 | Research Productivity grant — FUNDECT-CNPq — BRL 75,600 |
| 2022 – 2025 | Research grant — CNPq — BRL 99,000 |
| Dec 2016 – Aug 2017 | FAPESP postdoctoral fellowship — BRL 188,212 |
| Apr 2015 – Oct 2015 | CNPq Science-without-Borders postdoctoral fellowship — SEK 137,740 |
| Apr 2011 – Mar 2015 | CAPES-DS PhD fellowship — BRL 64,800 |
| Feb 2013 – Dec 2013 | CAPES-PDSE PhD exchange fellowship — BRL 60,662.64 |
| Mar 2009 – Feb 2010 | FAPESP Master’s fellowship — BRL 16,481.52 |
| Sep 2008 – Feb 2009 | CAPES-DS Master’s fellowship — BRL 8,500 |
Invited symposia and seminars
| 2025 | Evolution seminar — Universität Bielefeld, Germany |
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| 2025 | Boas práticas para redação e submissão de artigos — Wiley Customer Education |
| 2025 | Acesso aberto e seus benefícios — Wiley Customer Education |
| 2024 | Panelist — “Equity in open access publishing” — Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers |
| 2024 | iDiv Seminar Series — The other story told by urban ecology in the Global South |
| 2019 | Short-course on Macroevolution — III Congresso Paulista de Ciências Biológicas, UNESP, São José do Rio Preto |
| 2017 | Seminar series, Department of Environmental Sciences — UFSCar, Sorocaba |
| 2017 | Science Club event series, Department of Biosciences — Swansea University, UK |
| 2016 | Institute of Biosciences, Letters and Exact Sciences — UNESP, São José do Rio Preto |
| 2016 | Seminars in Aquatic Biology, Institute of Biosciences — UNESP, Santos |