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Lilian T. Manica

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I am a professor at the Zoology Department of Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). I am interested in sexual selection aspects of Atlantic Forest bird species, such as the Swallow-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata), and migratory species living in south Brazil, such as the Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina).

 

In 2020-2021, I was a Technical Collaborator at the Zoology Department at Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF) working in research projects to expand our research network on sexual selection and bird behavior across institutions.

I graduated in Biological Sciences at the Universidade Federal de São Carlos and got a Masters’ degree in Ecology in the Bird Ecology and Conservation Lab at Universidade de Brasília (UnB), advised by Dr. Miguel Marini. During my Masters', I have studied the cooperative breeding system of the White-banded Tanager (Neothraupis fasciata).
In 2009, I became a member of Dr. Regina Macedo’s Animal Behavior Lab at UnB as a PhD student in Ecology. In my thesis, I investigated the mating system of Blue-black Grassquit, a Neotropical socially monogamous bird with a cryptic polyandrous sexual system. We sought to understand how sexual selection influences the social and sexual (genetic) mating behavior in this species. During this period, we ran paternity molecular analyzes in the Molecular Ecology Lab at the University of St Andrews under supervision of Prof. Dr. Jeff Graves. I also visited Dr. Jeff Podos’ lab at University of Massachusetts in Amherst to analyze videos and sound recordings of the Blue-black Grassquit. After my PhD, I spent six months at Regina’s lab as a Postdoctoral Fellow.

André C. Guaraldo

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I am a professor at the Zoology Department at UFPR since 2022 (between 2019 and 2022, professor at the Department of Zoology of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora). I am a biologist graduated at UNESP Rio Claro, where I gained experience with reproduction, migration and ecology of birds (thanks to my friend Carlos Otávio Araújo Gussoni), as well as frugivory and seed dispersal. I have a PhD in Ecology from the University of Brasilia (UnB). In 2014 I developed a postdoctoral project (PDJ) in the laboratory of Dr. Regina Macedo (UnB) and between the late 2014 and early 2019 I was a postdoctoral fellow (PNPD) in PPG Ecology and Conservation at UFPR. 

 In Ornithology, I have experience with traditional techniques (e.g.: observations, captures, acoustic and visual censuses of populations, ring marking, nest monitoring, biological sample collection, taxidermy) and the use of more specific methods and more recent technologies (e.g.: stable isotope analysis and use of geolocators). I have fluency in sampling and experimental design and linear and circular univariate data analysis.

PhD students

 

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Paulo Sérgio Pereira de Amorim
PPG Biodiversidade e Conservação da Natureza UFJF

Project: Effects of neighbor-stranger discrimination on the life-history of the Rufous Hornero (Furnarius rufus)
Advisor: André Guaraldo
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Victor André Rodrigues
PPG Zoologia UFPR

Project: 
Advisor: André Guaraldo

Master students

Pablo Fernandes Rêgo ra
PPG Zoologia UFPR
Project: "Effects of parasites on elements of the courtship display of Swallow-tailed manakin males (Chiroxiphia caudata, Passeriformes: Pipridae)."
Advisor: Lilian Manica

Undergraduate students

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Carolina Martins
Biological Sciences UFPR
Advisor: André Guaraldo
Elisa Nonino
Biological Sciences UFPR
Advisor: Lilian Manica

Past members

Postdoc

Daniela Malgarini Perez - website
PPG Ecologia e Conservação and Jovem Talento CAPES/PRINT
Project: Building hope: can nests help mitigate the effects of climate change in birds

PhD students

Rafael de Oliveira Fratoni 
PPG Ecologia e Conservação UFPR
Project: "Display consistency in lekking birds: the role of signal complexity, relatedness and social interactions"
Advisor: Lilian Manica
Victor Aguiar de Sousa Penha
PPG Ecologia e Conservação
Title: "Ecology and macroevolution of birds and the relationship with malaria parasites: implications for plumage coloration and the influence of life history"
Advisor: Lilian Manica
Pedro Henrique Lima Ribeiro
PPG Zoologia
Project: "The Swallow-tailed Manakin display and relationship with environmental and social contexts"
Advisor: Lilian Manica
Susana Aguilar Mugica 
PPG Zoologia
Title: "Dinámica espacio temporal de la comunidad de aves acuáticas, influencia de la estructura del paisaje y efectos del cambio climático, en función de la conectividad de humedales costeros del sur de Cuba"
Advisor: Lilian Manica

Master's 

 

Gabriela Monique de Oliveira

PPG Biodiversidade e Conservação da Natureza UFJF

Advisor: André Guaraldo

Sarah Pereira Barros (co-advisored)
PPG Ecologia e Conservação UNEMAT
Advisor: Fabricius M. C. B. Domingos
Rafael de Oliveira Fratoni 
PPG Ecologia e Conservação
Project: "Song and territory of the Neotropical River Warbler (Myiothlypis rivularis) and relationship with parasites"
Karla Patricia da Silva (co-advisored)
Title: "Understanding altitudinal migration inTurdus flavipes: a bioacoustic approach"
PPG Ecologia e Conservação UFPR
Advisor: André Guaraldo
Laura Schaedler
PPG Ecologia e Conservação
Project: "Phenotypic interaction networks in Swallow-tailed Manakins (Chiroxiphia caudata)"
Fernando José Ferneda Freitas
PPG Zoologia
Project: "Birds and coccidian oocysts: is plumage coloration a predictor of parasites infection?"
Co-advisor: Karla M. Campião (UFPR)
Collaborator: Regina H. Macedo (UnB)
Gabriel Massaccesi De La Torre
PPG Ecologia e Conservação
Title: "Effects of hemiparasites and body condition on plumage coloration of Turdus albicollis"
Co-advisor: André Guaraldo (UFPR)
Collaborator: Érika Braga (UFMG)
Eduardo Brandt
PPG Zoologia
Title: "Bioacoustic response of five Passeriformes under anthropogenic noise"
Pedro Henrique Lima Ribeiro
PPG Zoologia
Title: "Cooperative displays in blue manakins (Chiroxiphia caudata) and copulation success"

Scientific Initiation

Helena Ody Neves 
Biological Sciences UFPR
Advisor: Lilian Manica
Larissa Gomes de Jesus
Biological Sciences - Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Project: Lateralization in the visual system of the Swallow-tailed Manakin in context of the courtship display
Bárbara Stefânea da Silva
Biological Sciences - Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Project: Geographic variation in the Green-backed Trogon (Trogon viridis) song
Ana Beatriz Roscia Costa
Title: "Does morphology define an acrobat? The case of blue manakins (Chiroxiphia caudata)"
Laura Maria Schaedler
Title: "Vocal repertoire of blue manakins (Chiroxiphia caudata)"

Undergraduate Thesis

Letícia Mara Ceolin Antqueves
Title: Artificial nests occupation by Red-tailed Parrot Amazona brasiliensis (Aves: Psittaciformes) at Ilha Rasa, Guaraqueçaba, PR
Rafael de Oliveira Fratoni 
Title: "Ectosymbionts and their effect on body condition of Atlantic Forest Passeriformes"
Amanda Cristina Protski
Title: "Latitudinal variation of songs in blue-black grassquits"

Stephanie Caroline Schubert

Title: "Validating the WikiAves platform as a tool for studying migratory patterns of Brazilian birds"

Co-advisor: André Guaraldo

Thays Verônica Prestes

Title: "Behavioral responses of urban birds to anthropogenic disturbance in green areas in Curitiba, PR"

Co-advisor: André Guaraldo

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