publications

2025

22. Maciel, E. A., & Nürk, N. (2025). Common species play a selection effect on the biomass at the species level but not at the community. Forest Ecology and Management, 586, 122680. doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122680

21. Maciel, E. A., Martins, F. B., da Silva, J. M. C., Lapola, D. M., & Torres, R. R. (2025). Climate projections indicate a loss and redistribution of the biodiversity of valuable plants in the Brazilian semiarid. Journal for Nature Conservation, 126930. doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2025.126930

20. Ortolan, E., Maciel, E. A., & Martins, V. F. (2025). Biodiversity in agroforestry systems implemented in tropical ecoregions: a systematic review. Journal of Environmental Management, 382, 125317. doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125317

2024

19. Silva, N. S., Maciel, E. A., Prado, L. P., Silva, O. G., Barbosa, D. A., Andrade-Silva, J., ... & Morini, M. S. (2024). Ant rarity and vulnerability in Brazilian Atlantic Forest fragments. Biological Conservation, 296, doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110640

18. Rocha, J. D. L., Maciel, E. A., Coelho, C. P., Souza, L. F., & Guilherme, F. A. G. (2024). Vegetative phenology in Cerrado forest vegetation types. Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 36(3), 262-273. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48782624

17. Maciel, E. A., & Martins, F. R. (2024). Em estudos de ecologia, evolução e biodiversidade, toda borboleta já foi uma lagarta. BioEns@ ios, 2, e024001-e024001. doi.org/10.20396/bioe.v2i00.18493

16. Maciel, E. A. (2024). A Database for Exploring Rarity Patterns and Processes [Data set]. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14553182 

2023

15. Maciel, E. A., Martins, V. F., Torres, R. R., & Martins, F. R. (2023). How do intrinsic and extrinsic causes interact in the extinction vulnerability of South American savanna shrub and tree species?. Journal of Environmental Management, 343, 118256. doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118256

14. Borghetti, F., Barbosa, E., Ribeiro, L., Ribeiro, J. F., Maciel, E. A., & Walter, B. M. T. (2023). Fitogeografia das savanas sul-americanas. Heringeriana, v. 17, n. 1, p. e918014, 2023. doi.org/10.17648/heringeriana.v17i1.918014

13. Batista, D. A. M., Maciel, E. A., Machado, D. L., Coelho, C. P., & Guilherme, F. A. G. (2023). Urban greening dynamics in a brazil central city as a subsidy for public policies. Urban Ecosystems, 26(3), 845-856.  doi.org/10.1007/s11252-023-01344-w

12. Aranha, B. A., Maciel, E. A., Cielo-Filho, R., & Martins, F. R. (2023). Microhabitat variation affects the understory community assembly of a neotropical rainforest. Flora, 306, 152351. doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2023.152351

2022

11. Guilherme, F. A. G., Júnior, A. F., de Souza, L. F., Martins, A. P., Ferreira, G. L., & Maciel, E. A. (2022). Effect of drainage ditches on diversity, structure and dynamics vegetation in campos de murundus (mound fields). Ecological Engineering, 182, 106723. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106723

10. Maciel, E. A., & Guilherme, F. A. (2022). Species density per grid cell no longer predicts the local abundance of woody plants. Ecological Informatics, 72, 101866. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101866

9. Guilherme, F. A. G., Júnior, A. F., Pereira, F. C., Silva, G. E., & Maciel, E. A. (2022). Disturbances and environmental gradients influence the dynamics of individuals and basal area in the Cerrado complex. Trees, Forests and People, 9, 100298. doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2022.100298

2021

8. Maciel, E. A., 2021. An index for assessing the rare species of a community. Ecolical Indicator, 124, 107424. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107424

7. Maciel, E. A., Martins, V.F., de Paula, M.D., Huth, A., Guilherme, F.A.G., Fischer, R., Giles, A., Barbosa, R.I., Cavassan, O., Martins, F.R., 2021. Defaunation and changes in climate and fire frequency have synergistic effects on aboveground biomass loss in the brazilian savanna. Ecolical Modelleling, 454, 1-2. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109628

6. Maciel, E. A., Oliveira-Filho, A.T., Sobral-Souza, T.S., Marimon, B.S., Cupertino-Eisenlohr, M.A., José-Silva, L., Eisenlohr, P. V, 2021. Climate change forecasts suggest that the conservation area network in the Cerrado-Amazon transition zone needs to be expanded. Acta Oecologica 112, 103764. doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2021.103764

5. Maciel, E. A., Martins, F.R., 2021. Rarity patterns and the conservation status of tree species in South American savannas. Flora - Morphol. Distrib. Funct. Ecol. Plants 285, 1-13. doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2021.151942

Previous publications

4. Maciel, E. A., Arlé, E., 2020. Rare7: An R package to assess the forms of rarity in a community. Ecological Indicator, 115, 106419. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106419

3. Maciel, E. A., Martins, F.R., 2019. Rare Tree Species as Surrogates for Biodiversity in Conservation Decision-Making: What Are They and How to Select and Use Them?, in: Eisenlohr, P. V (Ed.), Forest Conservation: Methods, Management and Challenges. Nova Science Publishers.

2. Maciel, E. A., Oliveira-Filho, A.T., Eisenlohr, P. V, 2016. Prioritizing rare tree species of the Cerrado-Amazon ecotone: warnings and insights emerging from a comprehensive transitional zone of South America. Natureza Conservação, 14, 74-82. doi.org/10.1016/j.ncon.2016.10.002

1. Maciel, E. A., & Eisenlohr, P. V. (2016). On the collective analysis of species: how can Red Lists and lists of regional priorities be combined to assist in decision-making? A reply to Lõhmus (2015). Biodiversity and Conservation, 25(3), 611-614.