Aguiar, A. C. F., Scarano, F. R., Bozelli, R. L., Branco, P. D., Ceotto, P., Farjalla, V. F., Loyola, R., & Silva, J. M. C. (2023). Business, biodiversity and innovation in Brazil. Perspectives in Ecology and Evolution, 21(1), 6-16.
Topf, J., Schultz, L. A., & Silva, J. M. C. (2023). An index to measure the sustainability of place-based development pathways. Ecological Economics, 204, 107645.
Journal Articles
Machado, R. B., Aguiar, L. M. S., & Silva, J. M. C. (2023). Brazil: Plan for zero vegetation loss in the Cerrado. Nature, 615(7961), 216.
Araujo, H. F. P., Machado, C. C. C., Alves, A. C. F., Lima, M. C., & Silva, J. M. C. (2022). Vegetation productivity under climate change depends on landscape complexity in tropical drylands. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 27, 54.
Sousa, J. C., Toledo, J. J., Barbosa, L. C. F., Carvalho, W. D., & Silva, J. M. C. (2022). Bird species responses to forest-savanna boundaries in an Amazonian savanna. Avian Conservation and Ecology, 17(1), Article 30.
Silva, J. M. C., & Bueno, O. (2022). What is conservation geography? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37(8), 625-626.
Araujo, H., Garda, A. A., Girão e Silva, W. A., Nascimento, N. F. F., Mariano, E. F., & Silva, J. M. C. (2022). The Caatinga region is a system and not an aggregate. Journal of Arid Environments, 203, 104778.
Carneiro, L., Bularmaqui, T. C. T., Aleixo, A., Oren, D. C., & Silva, J. M. C. (2022). Biogeography and diversification of Phlegopsis (Aves: Thamnophilidae), an endemic Amazonian clade. Journal of Biogeography, 49(6), 1110-1123.
Silva, J. M. C., Barbosa, L. C. F., Topf, J., Vieira, I. C. G., & Scarano, F. R. (2022). Minimum costs to conserve 80% of the Brazilian Amazon. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 20, 216-222.
De Araujo, H. F. P., Machado, C. C. C., Alves, A. C. F., Da Costa Lima, M., & Silva, J. M. C. (2022). Vegetation productivity under climate change depends on landscape complexity in tropical drylands. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 27, 54.
Pandilha, J., Toledo, J. J., Barbosa, L. C. F., Carvalho, W. D., Sousa, J. C., & Silva, J. M. C. (2021). Composition, richness and nestedness of gallery forest bird assemblages in an Amazonian savanna landscape: Lessons for conservation. PeerJ, 9, e12529.
Silva, J. M. C., Pinto, L. P., & Scarano, F. R. (2021). Toward integrating private conservation lands into national protected area systems: Lessons from a megadiversity country. Conservation Science and Practice, 3, e433.
Araujo, H. F. P., Machado, C. C. C., Pareyn, F. G. C., Nascimento, N. F. F., Araújo, L. D. A., Borges, L. A. A. P., Santos, B. A., Beirigo, R. M., Vasconcellos, A., Dias, B. O., Alvarado, F., & Silva, J. M. C. (2021). A sustainable agricultural landscape model for tropical drylands. Land Use Policy, 100, 104913.
Silva, J. M. C., Dias, T. C. A., Cunha, A. C., & Cunha, H. F. A. (2020). Funding deficits of protected areas in Brazil. Land Use Policy, 100, 104926.
Silva, J. M. C., Li, H., & Barbosa, L. C. F. (2020). The ecological intensity of human well-being at the local level. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 8, 100061.
Silva, J. M. C., & Topf, J. (2020). Conservation and development: A cross-disciplinary overview. Environmental Conservation, 47(4), 234-242.
Kauano, É. E., Silva, J. M. C., Diniz Filho, J. A. F., & Michalski, F. (2020). Do protected areas hamper economic development of the Amazon region? An analysis of the relationship between protected areas and the economic growth of Brazilian Amazon municipalities. Land Use Policy, 92, 104473.
Lapola, D. M., Silva, J. M. C., Braga, D. R., Carpigiani, L., Ogawa, F., Torres, R. R., Barbosa, L. C. F., Ometto, J. P. H. B. & Joly, C. A. (2019). A climate-change vulnerability and adaptation assessment for Brazil's protected areas. Conservation Biology, 34(2), 427-437.
Cunha, H. F. A., De Souza, A. F., & Silva, J. M. C. (2019). Public support for protected areas in new forest frontiers in the Brazilian Amazon. Environmental Conservation, 46, 278–284.
Silva, J. M. C., Rapini, A., Barbosa, L. C. F., & Torres, R. R. (2019). Extinction risk of narrowly distributed species of seed plants in Brazil due to habitat loss and climate change. PeerJ, 7, e7333.
Gomes, A. L. S., Vieira, J. L. F., & Silva, J. M. C. (2019). Sexual differences in oxidative stress in two species of neotropical manakins (Pipridae). Journal of Ornithology, 160, 1151–1157.
Silva, J. M. C., Castro-Dias, T. C. A., Cunha, A. C., & Cunha, H. F. A. (2019). Public spending in federal protected areas in Brazil. Land Use Policy, 86, 158-164.
Silva, J. M. C., Souza, M. A., Ribeiro, V., & Machado, R. B. (2018). Niche expansion of the common waxbill (Estrilda astrild) in its non-native range in Brazil. Biological Invasions, 20(9), 2635-2646.
Scarano, F. R., & Silva, J. M. C. (2018). Production and international trade: Challenges for achieving targets 6 and 11 of the global strategy for plant conservation in Brazil. Rodriguésia, 69(4), 1577-1585.
Silva, J. M. C., & Prasad, S. (2017). Green and socioeconomic infrastructures in the Brazilian Amazon: Implications for a changing climate. Climate and Development, 11(2), 153–166.
Kasecker, T. P., Ramos-Neto, M. B., Silva, J. M. C., & Scarano, F. R. (2017). Ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change: Defining hotspot municipalities for policy design and implementation in Brazil. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategy for Global Change, 8, 981–993.
Kauano, E., Silva, J. M. C., & Michalski, F. (2017). Illegal use of natural resources in federal protected areas of the Brazilian Amazon. PeerJ, 5, e3902.
Silva, J. M. C., Prasad, S., & Diniz-Filho, J. A. F. (2017). The impact of deforestation, urbanization, public investments, and agriculture on human welfare in the Brazilian Amazonia. Land Use Policy, 65, 135-142.
Hilário, R. R., Toledo, J. J., Mustin, K., Castro, I. J., Costa-Neto, S. V., Kauano, E. E., Eilers, V., Vasconcelos, I. M., Mendes-Junior, R. N., Funi, C., Fearnside, P. M., Silva, J. M. C., Euler, A. M. C., & Carvalho, W. D. (2017). The fate of an Amazonian savanna: Government land-use planning endangers sustainable development in Amapá, the most protected Brazilian state. Tropical Conservation Science, 10, 1-8.
Mustin, K., Carvalho, W. D., Hilário, R. R., Costa-Neto, S. V., Silva, C. R., Vasconcelos, I. M., Castro, I. J., Eilers, V., Kauano, E. E., Mendes-Junior, R. N., Funi, C., Fearnside, P. M., Silva, J. M. C., Euler, A. M. C., & Toledo, J. J. (2017). Biodiversity threats and conservation challenges in the Cerrado of Amapá, an Amazonian savanna. Nature Conservation, 22, 107-127.
Silva, J. M. C., & Wheeler, E. (2017). Ecosystems as infrastructure. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 15, 32-35.
Araújo, H., Vieira-Filho, A., Barbosa, M. R., Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., & Silva, J. M. C. (2017). Passerine phenology in the largest tropical dry forest of South America: Effects of climate and resource availability. Emu-Austral Ornithology, 117(1), 78-91.
Castro Dias, T. C. A., Cunha, A. C., & Silva, J. M. C. (2016). Return on investment of the ecological infrastructure in a new forest frontier in Brazilian Amazonia. Biological Conservation, 194, 184-193.
Boss, R. L., & Silva, J. M. C. (2014). Core and transient species in an Amazonian savanna bird assemblage. Brazilian Journal of Ornithology, 22(4), 372-380.
Gomes, A. L. S., Gonçalves, A. F. G., Vieira, J. L. F., Marceliano, M. L. V., & Silva, J. M. C. (2014). Natural gaps associated with oxidative stress in Willisornis poecilinotus (Aves: Thamnophilidae) in a tropical forest. Acta Amazonica, 44(2), 207-212.
Borges, S. H., & Silva, J. M. C. (2012). A new area of endemism for Amazonian birds in the Rio Negro Basin. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 124(1), 15-23.
Scarano, F., Guimarães, A., & Silva, J. M. C. (2012). Rio+20: Lead by example. Nature, 486, 25-26.
Vasconcelos, M. F., Dantas, S. M., & Silva, J. M. C. (2011). Avifaunal inventory of the Amazonian savannas and adjacent habitats of the Monte Alegre. Bulletin of the Goeldi Museum, Natural Sciences, 6(2), 119-145.
Santos, M. P. D., Silveira, L. F., & Silva, J. M. C. (2011). Birds of Serra do Cachimbo, Pará State, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Ornithology, 19(2), 244-259.
Cabanne, G. S., D'Horta, F. M., Meyer, D., Silva, J. M. C., & Miyaki, C. Y. (2011). Evolution of Dendrocolaptes platyrostris (Aves: Furnariidae) between the South American open vegetation corridor and the Atlantic forest. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 103(4), 801-820.
Nogueira, C., Buckup, P. A., Menezes, N. A., Oyakawa, O. T., Kasecker, T. P., Ramos Neto, M. B., & Silva, J. M. C. (2010). Restricted-range fishes and the conservation of Brazilian freshwaters. PLoS ONE, 5(6), e11390.
Garda, A. A., Silva, J. M. C., & Baião, P. (2010). Biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in the Amazon. Systematics and Biodiversity, 8(2), 169-175.
Alves, M. A. S., Silva, J. M. C., & Costa, E. S. (2008). Brazilian ornithology: History and current trends. Neotropical Ornithology, 19(5), Article 24, 391-399.
D'Horta, F. M., Silva, J. M. C., & Ribas, D. C. (2008). Species limits and hybridization zones in Icterus cayanensis-chrysocephalus group (Aves: Icteridae). Journal of Biological Linnean Society, 95(3), 583-597.
Vieira, I. C. G., Toledo, P., Silva, J. M. C., & Higuchi, H. (2008). Deforestation and threats to the biodiversity of Amazonia. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 68(4), 631-637.
Hoffmann, M., Brooks, T., Fonseca, G. A. B., Gascon, C., Rodrigues, A. S. L., Hawkins, A., James, R. E., Langhammer, P., Mittermeier, R., Pilgrim, J., & Silva, J. M. C. (2008). Conservation planning and the IUCN Red List. Endangered Species Research, 6, 113-125.
Peres, M. C. L., Silva, J. M. C., & Brescovit, A. D. (2007). The influence of treefall gaps on the distribution of web-building and ground hunter spiders in an Atlantic Forest remnant, northeastern Brazil. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 42(1), 49-60.
Santos, A. M. M., Cavalcanti, D. R., Silva, J. M. C., & Tabarelli, M. (2007). Biogeographical relationships among tropical forests in north-eastern Brazil. Journal of Biogeography, 34, 437-446.
Silva, M. A. M., & Silva, J. M. C. (2007). A note on the relationships between visitor interest and characteristics of the mammal exhibits in Recife zoo, Brazil. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 105(1-3), 223-226.
Mittermeier, R., Gascon, C., Rajaobelina, L., Supriatwa, J., Silva, J. M. C., Rodriguez, C. M., Zhi, L., & Brandon, K. (2007). Local and global priorities. Science, 318, 1379-1380.
Santos, M. P. D., & Silva, J. M. C. (2007). As aves das savanas de Roraima. Ararajuba: Brazilian Ornithological Journal, 15(2), 189-207.
Leal, I. R., Silva, J. M. C., Tabarelli, M., & Lacher, T. (2005). Changing the course of biodiversity conservation in the Caatinga of Northeastern Brazil. Conservation Biology, 19(3), 701-706.
Silva, J. M. C., Rylands, A. B., & Fonseca, G. A. B. (2005). The fate of the Amazonian areas of endemism. Conservation Biology, 19(3), 689-694.
Tabarelli, M., Pinto, L. P., Silva, J. M. C., Hirota, M., & Bede, L. (2005). Challenges and opportunities for biodiversity conservation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Conservation Biology, 19(3), 695-700.
Brandon, K., Fonseca, G. A. B., Rylands, A. B., & Silva, J. M. C. (2005). Brazilian conservation: Challenge and opportunities. Conservation Biology, 19(3), 595-600.
Vieira, I. C. G., Silva, J. M. C., & Toledo, P. (2005). Estratégias para evitar a perda da biodiversidade na Amazônia. Estudos Avançados, 19(54), 153-164.
Fonseca, G. A. B., & Silva, J. M. C. (2005). Megadiversidade amazônica: Desafios para a sua conservação. Ciência & Ambiente, 31, 13-23.
Silva, J. M. C. (2005). Áreas de endemismo da Amazônia. Ciência & Ambiente, 31, 25-38.
Tabarelli, M., Silva, J. M. C., & Gascon, C. (2004). Forest fragmentation, synergisms and the impoverishment of neotropical forests. Biodiversity and Conservation, 13, 1419-1425.
Silva, J. M. C., Sousa, M. C., & Casteleti, C. H. M. (2004). Areas of endemism for passerine birds in the Atlantic Forest, South America. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 13(1), 85-92.
Silva, J. M. C., Oren, D. C., & Lima, M. F. (2004). Fernando Novaes: O fundador da moderna ornitologia brasileira. Ararajuba: Brazilian Ornithological Journal, 12, 65-68.
Silva, J. M. C., Gonzaga, L. P., & Coelho, G. (2003). Discovered on the brink of extinction: A new species of Pygmy-Owl (Strigidae: Glaucidium) from Atlantic Forest of Northeastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Ornithology, 10(17), 123-130.
Bates, J. M., Tello, J. G., & Silva, J. M. C. (2003). Initial assessment of genetic diversity in ten bird species of South American Cerrado. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 38(2), 87-94.
Silva, J. M. C., & Bates, J. M. (2002). Biogeographic patterns and conservation in the South American Cerrado: A tropical savanna hotspot. Bioscience, 52(3), 225-233.
Silva, J. M. C., Novaes, F. C., & Oren, D. C. (2002). Differentiation of Xiphocolaptes (Dendrocolaptidae) across the river Xingu, Brazilian Amazonia: Recognition of a new species phylogenetic and biogeographic implications. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 122(3), 185-194.
Silva, J. M. C., & Tabarelli, M. (2001). The future of the Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil. Conservation Biology, 15(4), 819-820.
Silva, J. M. C., & Tabarelli, M. (2000). Tree species impoverishment and the future flora of the Atlantic forest of northeast Brazil. Nature, 444(6773), 72-74.
Vickery, P., Tubaro, P., Silva, J. M. C., Peterjohn, B. G., Herkert, J. R., Dale, B., & Cavalcanti, R. B. (1999). Conservation of grassland birds in the Western Hemisphere. Studies on Avian Biology, 19, 2-26.
Silva, J. M. C. (1999). Seasonal movements and conservation of seedeaters of the genus Sporophila in South America. Studies on Avian Biology, 19(1), Article 5, 272-280.
Garcia-Moreno, J., & Silva, J. M. C. (1998). An interplay between forest and non-forest South American avifaunas suggested by the phylogeny of Lepidocolaptes woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 32, 164-173.
Silva, J. M. C. (1998). Integrating biogeography and conservation: An example with birds and plants of the Cerrado region. Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 70(4), 881-888.
Vieira, I. C. G., & Silva, J. M. C. (1997). Phenology, fruit set and dispersal of Cordia multispicata Cham.: An important weed shrub of abandoned pastures in Eastern Amazonia. Brazilian Journal of Botany, 20(1), 51-56.
Silva, J. M. C., & Oren, D. C. (1997). Geographic variation and conservation of the Moustached Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes falcirostris), an endemic and threatened species of Northeastern Brazil. Bird Conservation International, 7(3), 263-274.
Silva, J. M. C. (1997). Endemic bird species and conservation in the Cerrado region, South America. Biodiversity and Conservation, 6(3), 435-450.
Silva, J. M. C., Oren, D. C., Roma, J. C., & Henriques, L. M. P. (1997). Composition and distribution patterns of the avifauna of an Amazonian upland savanna, Amapá, Brazil. Ornithological Monographs, 48, 743-762.
Silva, J. M. C. (1996). New data support the specific status of Reiser's Tyrannulet, a poorly known endemic bird from Central Brazil. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 116, 109-113.
Silva, J. M. C., & Straube, F. C. (1996). Systematics and biogeography of scaled woodcreepers (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 31, 3-10.
Silva, J. M. C. (1996). Distribution of Amazonian and Atlantic Birds in gallery forests of the cerrado region, South America. Neotropical Ornithology, 7(1), 1-18.
Silva, J. M. C., Uhl, C., & Murray, G. (1996). Plant succession, landscape management, and the ecology of frugivorous birds in abandoned pastures. Conservation Biology, 10(2), 491-503.
Silva, J. M. C., & Oren, D. C. (1996). Application of the parsimony analysis of endemicity in Amazonian biogeography: An example with primates. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 59, 427-437.
Nepstad, D. C., Uhl, C., Pereira, C. A., & Silva, J. M. C. (1996). A comparative study of tree establishment in abandoned pasture and mature forest in the eastern Amazon. Oikos, 76(1), 25-39.
Silva, J. M. C., Novaes, F. C., & Oren, D. C. (1995). A new species of Hylexetastes (Dendrocolaptidae) from eastern Amazonia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 115(4), 200-205.
Fernandes, M. E. B., Silva, J. M. C., & Silva Junior, J. S. (1995). The monkeys of the islands of the Amazon estuary, Brazil: A biogeographic analysis. Mammalia, 59(2), 213-221.
Silva, J. M. C. (1995a). Seasonal distribution of the lined Seedeater Sporophila lineola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 115(1), 14-21.
Silva, J. M. C. (1995b). Avian inventory of the cerrado region, South America: Implications for biological conservation. Bird Conservation International, 5(2-3), 291-304.
Silva, J. M. C. (1994). Can avian distribution patterns in northern Argentina be related to gallery forest expansion-retraction caused by Quaternary climatic changes. The Auk, 111(2), 495-499.
Silva, J. M. C. (1995c). Birds of the cerrado region, South America. Steenstrupia, 21(1), 69-92.
Silva, J. M. C. (1995d). Biogeographic analysis of the South American cerrado avifauna. Steenstrupia, 21, 49-67.
Silva, J. M. C., & Oren, D. C. (1993). Observations on the habitat and distribution of the Brazilian Three-Banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus), a threatened Caatinga endemic. Mammalia, 57, 149-152.
Silva, J. M. C. (1992a). The sharpbill in the Serra dos Carajás, Pará, Brazil, with comments on altitudinal migration in the Amazon basin. Journal of Field Ornithology, 64(3), 310-315.
Degallier, N., Rosa, A. P. A. T., Silva, J. M. C., Rodrigues, S. R., & Vasconcelos, P. F. C. (1992). As aves como hospedeiros de arbovírus na Amazônia brasileira. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi: Zoologia, 8(1), 69-111.
Silva, J. M. C. (1992b). Phylogeny of Cercomacra nigricans species-group (Aves: Thamnophilidae) and the importance of Plio-Pleistocene tectonic movements for speciation of the Neotropical birds. Goeldiana, 18, 1-8.
Silva, J. M. C. (1992c). Sistemática e biogeografia da superespécie Nystalus maculatus (Piciformes: Bucconidae). Brazilian Ornithological Journal, 2, 75-79.
Silva, J. M. C., & Oren, D. C. (1992a). Notes on Knipolegus franciscanus: An endemism of central Brazilian dry forests. Goeldiana Zoology, 16, 1-9.
Silva, J. M. C., & Stotz, D. (1992). Geographical variation in sharp-billed Treehunter, Heliobletus contaminatus. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 112(2), 98-101.
Silva, J. M. C., & Oren, D. C. (1992b). Fernando Novaes e a ornitologia amazônica. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi: Zoologia, 8, 7-12.
Silva, J. M. C. (1991). Geographical variation in the saffron-billed sparrow Arremon flavirostris. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 111(3), 153-155.
Silva, J. M. C., & Oren, D. C. (1991a). A new subspecies of Xiphocolaptes major (Vieillot) from Argentina. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 111(3), 147-149.
Silva, J. M. C. (1990a). Description of a new subspecies of Saltator aurantiirostris, with comments on S. maxillosus. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 110(4), 171-175.
Silva, J. M. C., & Oren, D. C. (1990a). Introduced and invading birds in Belem, Brazil. The Wilson Bulletin, 102(2), 309-313.
Silva, J. M. C. (1990b). The reavaluation of Serpophaga araguayae, Snethlage 1928 (Aves: Tyrannidae). Goeldiana, 1, 1-6.
Silva, J. M. C., Lima, M. F. C., & Marceliano, M. L. V. (1990). Pesos de aves de duas localidades na Amazonia Oriental. Brazilian Ornithological Journal, 1(1), 99-104.
Silva, J. M. C., & Oren, D. C. (1990b). Resultados de uma excursão ornitológica à Ilha de Maracá, Roraima, Brasil. Goeldiana, 5, 1-8.
Silva, J. M. C., & Constantino, R. (1988). Aves de um trecho de mata no baixo rio Guamá: Uma reanálise: Riqueza, raridade, diversidade, similaridade e preferências ecológicas. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi: Zoologia, 4, 201-210.
Silva, J. M. C., & Oniki, Y. (1988). Lista preliminar da avifauna da Estação Ecológica Serra das Araras, Mato Grosso, Brasil. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi: Zoologia, 4, 123-143.
Silva, J. M. C. (1988a). Aspectos da ecologia e comportamento de Formicivora g. Grisea(Boddaert, 1789) (Aves: Formicariidae) em ambientes amazônicos. Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 48, 797-805.
Silva, J. M. C. (1988b). Atividades noturnas de forrageamento, sob iluminação artificial, de algumas aves amazônicas. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi: Zoologia, 4, 17-20.
Oren, D. C., & Silva, J. M. C. (1987). Cherrie's Spinetail (Synallaxis cherriei, Gyldenstope) (Aves: Furnariidae) in Carajás and Gorotire, Pará, Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi: Zoologia, 3, 1-9.
Silva, J. M. C., & Willis, E. O. (1986). Notas sobre a distribuição de quatro espécies de aves amazônicas. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi: Zoologia, 2(2), 151-158.