“Muita análise,
síntese modesta e,
como objetivo,
a vida como um todo.”
- H.J. Jordan -
Artigos científicos
XAVIER, G. M.; MOURA, R. R.; SOBCZAK, J. F.; PENTEADO-DIAS, A. M.; VASCONCELLOS-NETO, J.; GONZAGA, M. O. Spider colony extinction does not depend on degree of sociality and maternal size in three Anelosimus species (Araneae, Theridiidae). BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY, v. 79, p. 1, 2025.
PITILIN, R. B.; MOURA, R. R.; GONZAGA, M. O. The effect of diet on fecundity and survival of Tidarren haemorrhoidale (Bertkau, 1880) (Araneae: Theridiidae). JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY, v. 52, p. 260-265, 2025.
XAVIER, G. M.; MOURA, R. R.; PENTEADO'DIAS, A. M.; GONZAGA, M. O. Host selection and cocoon web variation induced by the parasitoid wasp Acrotaphus chedelae. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, v. x, p. 1-10, 2025.
MOURA, R. R.; PRADO, P. I. ; VASCONCELLOS-NETO, J. Unrevealing components of risk assessment: escape behaviour and refuge use in a web-building spider. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, v. 207, p. 47-54, 2024.
XAVIER, G. M.; MOURA, R. R.; VASCONCELLOS-NETO, J.; GONZAGA, M. O. Influences of sociality and maternal size on reproductive strategies: trade-offs between offspring size and quantity in five Anelosimus species (Araneae, Theridiidae). Science of Nature, v. 111, p. 7, 2024.
CERIBELLI, P.; MOURA, R. R.; KLOSS, T. G. Nutritional Status Does Not Restrict Foraging Activity and Web Investment in a Shelter-Building Spider Species, But Individuals are More Risk-Prone at Night. JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR, v. 1, p. 1-11, 2024.
MOURA, R. R. O curioso caso do papai-aranha. CIÊNCIA HOJE, v. 357, p. 1, 2024.
XAVIER, G. M.; GONZAGA, M. O.; CASTRO, V. C.; SILVA, W. D.; VALENTIM, A. M.; MOURA, R. R. Effects of host size on progeny sex and survivorship of Hymenoepimecis pinheirensis. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, v. 35, p. arae068, 2024.
QUERO, A.; GONZAGA, M. O.; VASCONCELLOS-NETO, J.; MOURA, R. R. Offspring mortality factors and parental care efficiency of the spider (Araneidae) in the Brazilian savanna. ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, v. 1, p. 1-17, 2023.
MOURA, R. R.; PÊGO, P. T.; SOBCZAK, J. F.; GONZAGA, M. O. Individual diet specialization in the spider Tidarren haemorrhoidale (Bertkau, 1880) (Theridiidae). ETHOLOGY, v. 00, p. 1-11, 2023.
MOURA, R. R.; GONZAGA, M. O. . Fios e desafios para sobrevivência. CIÊNCIA HOJE, v. 399, p. 1, 2023.
ARAUJO, G.; MOURA, R. R. Beyond classical theories: An integrative mathematical model of mating dynamics and parental care. JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, v. 00, p. 1-17, 2023.
MOURA, R. R.; GONZAGA, M. O. Fios e desafios para sobrevivência. CIÊNCIA HOJE. , v.399, 2023.
MOURA, R. R.; PÊGO, P. T.; SOBCZAK, J. F.; GONZAGA, M. O. Individual diet specialization in the spider Tidarren haemorrhoidale (Bertkau, 1880) (Theridiidae). ETHOLOGY. p. 1-11, 2023.
QUERO, ADILSON; GONZAGA, M. O.; VASCONCELLOS-NETO, J.; MOURA, R. R. Offspring mortality factors and parental care efficiency of the spider (Araneidae) in the Brazilian savanna. ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. p. 1-17, 2023.
DEUS, J. P. A.; ARAUJO, G.; BUSCHINI, M. L. T.; MOURA, R. R. Habitat types in the Atlantic Forest differently influence community structure and species interaction of cavity-nesting Hymenoptera and their natural enemies. JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION. 27, p. 129-140, 2022.
ARAUJO, G.; MOURA, R. R. Individual specialization and generalization in predator-prey dynamics: The determinant role of predation efficiency and prey reproductive rates. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY, v. 537, p. 111026, 2022.
MOURA, R. R.; GONZAGA, M. O.; PINTO, N. S.; VASCONCELLOS-NETO, J.; REQUENA, G. S. Assortative mating in space and time: patterns and biases. ECOLOGY LETTERS, v. 24, p. 1089-1102, 2021.
MEIRA, F. A.; MOURA, R. R.; GONZAGA, M. O. . Araneophagy as an alternative foraging tactic to kleptoparasitism in two Argyrodinae (Araneae: Theridiidae) species. BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES, v. 189, p. 104445, 2021.
MOURA, R. R.; TOZZO NETO, A.; GONZAGA, M. O. . Don't put all your eggs in small baskets: Ineffective guardians, incidence of parasitoids and clutch size of Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae, Theridiidae) along an urban gradient. ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER, p. 120-125, 2021.
XAVIER, G. M.; QUERO, A.; MOURA, R. R.; VIEIRA, C.; MEIRA, F. A.; GONZAGA, M. O. (2021). Influence of web traits, height, and daily periods of exposition on prey captured by orb-weaver spiders. BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES, 193:104536.
MEIRA, F. A.; MOURA, R. R.; Gonzaga, M.O. (2021). Araneophagy as an alternative foraging tactic to kleptoparasitism in two Argyrodinae (Araneae: Theridiidae) species. BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES, 189:104445.
MOURA, R. R.; PINTO, N. S.; VASCONCELLOS-NETO, J.; GONZAGA, M. O.; REQUENA, G. (2021). Assortative mating in space and time: Patterns and biases. ECOLOGY LETTERS, 24:1089-1102.
MOURA, R. R.; CARVALHO, R. L. (2021). A novel trophobiotic interaction between a Neotropical stink bug and an ant species: Insights into potential benefits to the host plant. BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES, 182:104296.
GARCIA, F. A. C.; MOURA, R. R.; OGAWA, C. Y.; ZANETTE, L. R. S.; SILVA, J. R. F.; REZENDE, C. F. (2020). Never forget where you came from: Microhabitat of origin influences boldness and exploration in the hermit crab Clibanarius symmetricus (Diogenidae). JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY, 151365:1-7.
PITILIN, R. B.; MOURA, R. R.; GONZAGA, M.O. (2020). Population and individual trophic niche of two sympatric cobweb spiders, Nihonhimea tesselata and Tidarren haemorrhoidale (Araneae: Theridiidae). JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY, 48:59-66.
XAVIER, G. M.; MOURA, R. R.; GONZAGA, M. O. (2020). Towards Simplicity And Accuracy: Assessing Traditional And New Estimators Of Orb-Web Capture Thread Length. BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES, 1:104086.
MOURA, R. R.; OLIVEIRA, I. D.; VASCONCELLOS-NETO, J.; GONZAGA, M. O. (2020). Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise: Indiscriminate male care in a neotropical spider. ETHOLOGY, 00:01-08.
MOURA, R. R.; VASCONCELLOS-NETO, J.; GONZAGA, M. O. (2020). Female sexual maturity as a determining factor of size-assortative pairing in the protandrous spider Manogea porracea (Araneae, Araneidae). ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER, 284:01-06.
MOURA, R. R.; STEFANI, V.; GUASTALLA, M. G.; CORREA, W. S. (2019). DENDROPSOPHUS MINUTUS (TREE FROG). PREDATION.. HERPETOLOGICAL REVIEW. , 50:758-759.
MOURA, R. R.; PINTO, N. S.; VASCONCELLOS-NETO, J.; GONZAGA, M. O. (2019). Does Body Size Influence Male Care? Investigating an Alternative Reproductive Tactic in Manogea porracea (Araneae: Araneidae), a Spider with Amphisexual Care. JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR, 32:201-206.
MOURA, R. R.; PITILIN, R. B.; BUSCHINI, M. L. T. (2019). Specialisation in prey capture drives coexistence among sympatric spider-hunting wasps. ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 1:een.12743.
SEGOVIA, J. M. G.; MOURA, R. R.; WILLEMART, R. H. (2019). Starvation decreases behavioral consistency in a Neotropical harvestman. ACTA ETHOLOGICA, 22:203-208.
MOURA, R. R.; GONZAGA, M. O. (2018). Sex ratio and density may affect temporal variation in size-assortative mating in a Neotropical ant species. ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER, 1:01-32.
MOURA, R. R.; GONZAGA, M. O. (2018). Spatial variation in sex ratio and density explains subtle changes in the strength of size-assortative mating in Edessa contermina (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). ACTA OECOLOGICA, 95:86-92.
MOURA, R. R.; VASCONCELLOS-NETO, J.; GONZAGA, M. O. (2017). Extended male care in Manogea porracea (Araneae: Araneidae): the exceptional case of a spider with amphisexual care. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 123:01-09.
MOURA, R. R.; RIBEIRO, P. V. A.; PEREIRA, B. G.; QUERO, A.; CARVALHO, R. L.; OLIVEIRA, D. C. (2017). Food, shelter or competitors? Overlapping of life stages and host plant selection in a Neotropical stink bug species. JOURNAL OF PLANT INTERACTIONS, 12:560-566.
XAVIER, G. M.; MOURA, R. R.; GONZAGA, M. O. (2017). Orb web architecture of Wixia abdominalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 (Araneae: Araneidae): intra-orb variation of web components. JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY, 45:160-165.
MOURA, R. R.; GONZAGA, M. O. (2017). Temporal variation in size-assortative mating and male mate choice in a spider with amphisexual care. NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN (THE SCIENCE OF NATURE), 104:01-10.
MOURA, R. R.; LEAL, L. C.; KLOSS, T. G. (2016). Does nutritional status constrain adoption of more costly and less risky foraging behaviour in an Amazonian shelter-building spider? JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, 50:2829-2837.
MOURA, R. R.; BARTOLETI, L. F. M.; BRITO, V. L. G. (2016). Novas Fronteiras da Teoria da Evolução. CIÊNCIA HOJE, 58:44-49.
GONZAGA, M. O.; PÊGO, P. T.; MEIRA, F. A.; MOURA, R. R.; LEE BANG, D. (2015). Changes to web architecture of Leucauge volupis (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) induced by the parasitoid Hymenoepimecis jordanensis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). BEHAVIOUR (Leiden. Print), 152:181-193.
MOURA, R. R.; PEIXOTO, P. E. C. (2013). The effect of operational sex ratio on the opportunity for sexual selection: a meta-analysis. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 86:675-683.
Livros e capítulos
LIVROS
MOURA, R. R.; STEFANI, V.; OLIVEIRA, P. E. A. M. (2019). Curso Ecologia de Campo 2018. Uberlândia: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, v.1. p.230, ISBN: 9788564554108.
BARONIO, G. J.; MOURA, R. R.; STEFANI, V.; OLIVEIRA, P. E. A. M. (2018) Curso de Ecologia de Campo 2017. Uberlândia: Regência e Arte Editora, v.1. p.261, ISBN: 9788593598173.
CAPÍTULOS
GONZAGA, M. O.; MOURA, R. R.; GAIONE-COSTA, A.; KLOSS, T. G. Patterns of host specificity in interactions involving behavioral manipulation of spiders by Darwin wasps. Advances in the Study of Behavior. 1ed.: Elsevier, 2024, v. , p. 1-63.
GONZAGA, M. O.; QUERO, A.; MOURA, R. R.; NASCIMENTO, A. L.; MEIRA, F. A.; PITILIN, R. B.; XAVIER, G. M. (2020). Ecologia e Comportamento de Aranhas. In: Ecologia e conservação dos cerrados, campos e florestas doTriângulo Mineiro e Sudeste de Goiás.1 ed.Uberlândia: Regência e Arte, p. 221-241, ISBN: 9786586084160.
ASSIS, J. R.; OLIVEIRA, L. C. S.; BOMFIM, P. M. S.; ROSA, T. F.; MOURA, R. R. (2019). Como as variações no tamanho de duas espécies de coleópteros afetam os pareamentos reprodutivos? In: Curso Ecologia de Campo 2018. Uberlândia: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, v.1, p. 93-104, ISBN: 9788564554108.
CARVALHO, D. N.; MOURA, R. R. (2019). Termorregulação na ave Nannopterum brasilianus em função das variações na temperatura do ambiente em uma área de conservação do cerrado. In: Curso Ecologia de Campo 2018. Uberlândia: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, v.1, p. 155-168, ISBN: 9788564554108.
CARVALHO, R. L.; ANJOS, D. V.; MOURA, R. R. (2017). Formigas associadas à planta Byrsonima verbascifolia (L.) Rich. Ex. Juss. (Malpighiaceae). In: Curso de Campo 2016 - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação de Recursos Naturais. Uberlândia: Recurso Digital, p. 219-228, ISBN: 9788593659800.
RIBEIRO, P. V. A.; REZENDE, U. C.; PEREIRA, B. G.; CARVALHO, M. M.; QUERO, A.; MOURA, R. R. (2017). Segregração espacial dos estágios ontogenéticos de Edessa contermina (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) em Byrsonima verbascifolia (Malpighiaceae). In: Curso de Campo 2016 - Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação de Recursos Naturais. Uberlândia: Recurso digital, 2017, p. 121-121, ISBN: 9788593659800.
MOURA, R. R. (2015). O doce do amor: o efeito da oferta de recurso alimentar sobre a atração de parceiros sexuais e dimorfismo sexual de tamanho em Edessa contermina Walker, 1868. In: Curso de Ecologia de Campo 2015.1 ed.Uberlândia: Composer, 2015, v.1, p. 279-290, ISBN: 9788569882251.
FERRANDO, C. P. R.; ISSA, L.; OLIVEIRA, M. S.; MOURA, R. F.; GONZAGA, M. O.; MOURA, R. R. (2015). Simulação de predação e seleção de micro-habitat por gafanhotos em um campo rupestre. In: Curso de Campo em Ecologia. Uberlândia: Composer, 2015, v.1, p. 29-36, ISBN: 9788569882251.