BOOKS

  1. MACEDO, R.H. & Machado, G. (Eds). 2014.  Sexual Selection: Perspectives and Models from the Neotropics. Elsevier, USA.
  2. MACEDO, R.H. (Ed.). 2010. Behavioral ecology of tropical animals. Advances in the Study of Behavior, vol. 41. Elsevier, Oxford, UK.
  3. Alves, M.A., MACEDO, R.H., Costa, E.S. & Freret, N. (Eds). 2009. Oecologia Brasiliensis -- Ecologia do Comportamento. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
  4. MACEDO, R.H. & Morris, M. (Eds.) (2008). Tropical Zoology. In: International Commission on Tropical Biology and Natural Resources (Eds. Claro, K., Oliveira, P.S., Gray, V. et al.), in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the auspices of the UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, UK  (http://www.eolss.net).
  5. Del Claro, K., Oliveira, P.S. Rico-Gray, V., Barbosa, A.A.A., Bonet, A., Scarano, F.R.,
    Garzon, F.J.M., Villarnovo, G.C., Coelho, L, Sampaio, M..V., Quesada, M., Morris, M.R., Ramirez, N., Marcal Junior, O., MACEDO, R.H.,  Marquis, R.J., Martins, R. P., Rodrigues & S.C., Luttge, U. 2008. Tropical Biology and Natural Resources: Historical Pathways and
    Perspectives. In:  Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, UK (http://www.eolss.net).
  6. Klink, C.A., MACEDO, R.H. & Mueller, C.C.  1995.   De Grão em Grão, o Cerrado Perde Espaço  (Cerrado - Impactos do Processo de Ocupação). (Produção: C.J.R. Alho e E.S. Martins). Fundo Mundial para a Natureza (World Wildlife Fund - WWF). 

    BOOK CHAPTERS
  7. MACEDO, R. H. & Manica, L. T. (In Press). Sexual selection and mating systems: contributions from a Neotropical passerine model. In: Tuero et al. (eds.). Behavioral Ecology of Neotropical Birds. Springer, USA
  8. MACEDO, R. H. 2016. Guira Cuckoo: cooperation, infanticide and female reproductive investment in a joint-nesting species. In: Koenig, W. D. & Dickinson, J. L. (eds.) Cooperative Breeding: Studies of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. Cambridge University Press, UK.
  9. Macías-Ordónez, R. Machado, G. & MACEDO, R.H. 2013. Macroecology of sexual selection: large-scale influence of climate on sexually selected traits. In: Sexual Selection--Perspectives and Models from the Neotropics. (Macedo, R.H. & Machado, G., Eds).
  10. Manica, L., Podos, J., Graves, J. & MACEDO, R.H. 2013. Flights of fancy: Mating behavior and ornamentation in a Neotropical bird. In: Sexual Selection--Perspectives and Models from the Neotropics. (Macedo, R.H. & Machado, G., Eds).
  11. MACEDO, R.H. 2011. Cooperação Animal. Pp. 175-190. Em: Comportamento Animal – 2ª ed. (Yamamoto, M. E. & Volpato, G.L., eds.). EDUFRN – Editora da UFRN, Natal, RN. ISBN 85-7273-803-3.
  12. MACEDO, R.H., & Morris, M. 2008. Introduction to Tropical Zoology. In: International Commission on Tropical Biology and Natural Resources (Eds. Claro, K., Oliveira, P.S., Gray, V. et al.), in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the auspices of the UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, UK  (http://www.eolss.net).
  13. MACEDO, R.H., Decanini, D & Graves, J. 2008. Evolution of sociality and cooperation in tropical animals. In: International Commision on Tropical Biology and Natural Resources (Eds. Claro, K., Oliveira, P.S. , Gray, V. et al.), in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the auspices of the UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, UK  (http://www.eolss.net).
  14. MACEDO, R.H. & Caparroz, R. 2008. Aplicação de Marcadores Moleculares no Estudo do Comportamento Animal. 2a Edição. Pp. 307-316.  Em: As Distintas Faces do Comportamento Animal (Del-Claro, K., Prezoto, F. * Sabino, J. eds.). Livraria e  Editora Conceito. ISBN 978-85-7704-084-1.
  15. MACEDO, R.H. 2007. A Cooperação Animal. Pp. 141-155. Em: Comportamento Animal (Yamamoto, M. E. & Volpato, G.L., eds.). EDUFRN – Editora da UFRN, Natal, RN. ISBN 85-7273-323-X
  16. MACEDO, R.H. 2003. Aplicação de Métodos Moleculares no Estudo do Comportamento Animal. 1a Edição. Pp. 186-191.  Em: As Distintas Faces do Comportamento Animal (Del-Claro, K. & Prezoto, F., eds.). Livraria e Editora Conceito. ISBN 85-89874-01-X.
  17. MACEDO, R.H.  2002. The Avifauna: Ecology, Biogeography, and Behavior. Pp. 242-265. Em: The Cerrados of Brazil: Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Savanna (Oliveira,
    P.S. & Marquis, R.J., eds.). Columbia University Press, New York. ISBN 0-231-12042-7, 424 pp.

    SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
  18. Diniz, P., Silva-Jr, E.F. & MACEDO, R.H.  In press. Urban cycles of human activity do not significantly alter the behaviour of a duetting bird. Ibis
  19.   Diniz, P., Ramos, D.M., Webster, M.S. & MACEDO, R.H. 2021. Rufous horneros perceive and alter temporal coordination of duets during territorial interactions. Animal Behaviour. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.02.007
  20.  Biagolini-Jr, C., Silva-Jr E.F., Silva, C.H.A. & MACEDO, R.H. In press. Food, shadow and fire influence a tropical bird´s display. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology.
  21. Biagolini-Jr, C. & MACEDO, R.H. 2021. Philornis infection in blue-black grassquits: impact on nestlings and risk factors involved. Journal of Avian Biology e02592:1-9.  doi 10.1111/jav.02592 
  22. Moraes, P.Z., Diniz, P., and MACEDO, R.H. 2020. Sex-specific effects of predation risk on parental care in a sexually dichromatic Neotropical songbird. Journal of Avian Biology 51 DOI: 10.1111/jav.02483
  23. Manica, L.T., Graves, J.A., Podos, J. and MACEDO, R.H. 2020. Hidden leks in a migratory songbird: mating advantages for earlier and more attractive males. Behavioral Ecology, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa065
  24. Castilho, L.B., Andrade, M.D.B. and MACEDO, R.H. 2020. Testing the differential cost assumption of the handicap hypothesis with a tropical jumping spider. Behavior doi: 10.1163/1568539X-bja10008 
  25. Castilho, L.B., Andrade, M.C.B. and MACEDO, R.H. 2020. Males mate indiscriminately in the tropical jumping spider Hasarius adansoni (Audouin, 1826). Ethology.
  26. Alquezar, R.H., MACEDO, R.H., Sierro, J., & GIL, D. 2020. Lack of consistent responses to aircraft noise in dawn song timing of bird populations near tropical airports. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 74: 88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02865-6 PDF
  27. Sicsú, P.R., MACEDO, R.H., Sujii, E.R. 2020. Lady beetle oviposition site choices: maternal effects on offspring performance. Florida Entomologist. 103:228-235. doi.org/10.1653/024.103.0212  PDF
  28. Alquezar, R.D., Tolesano-Pascoli, G., Gil, D. & MACEDO, R.H. 2020. Avian biotic homogenization driven by airport-affected environments. Urban Ecosystems 23:507-517. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-020-00936-0 PDF
  29. Gaiotti, M.G., Webster, M.S. & MACEDO, R.H. 2020. An atypical mating system in a Neotropical manakin. Royal Society Open Science.  PDF
  30. Castilho, L.B., MACEDO, R.H. & Andrade, M.C.B. 2020. Individual preference functions exist without overall preference in a tropical jumping spider. Animal Behaviour 160:43-51. PDF
  31. Diniz, P. Rech, G.S., Ribeiro, P.H.L., Webster, M.S. & MACEDO, R.H. 2019. Partners coordinate territorial defense against simulated intruders in a duetting ovenbird. Ecology and Evolution. PDF  Doi: 10.1002/ece3.5821
  32. De Moraes, P., Diniz, P., Fernandez-Juricic, E. & MACEDO, R.H. 2019. Flirting with danger: predation risk affects male aerial display in a Neotropical songbird. Behavioral Ecology. PDF Doi:10.1093/beheco/arz073
  33. Gaiotti, M.G., & MACEDO, R.H. 2019. Breeding biology of the critically endangered Araripe Manakin (Antilophia bokermanni) in Brazil. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 131:571-582. PDF  https://doi.org/10.1676/18-170
  34. Santos, E.S.A. & MACEDO, R.H. 2019. Helpers increase daily survival rate of Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) nests during the incubation state. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 131:710-715. PDF https://doi.org/10.1676/17-46.
  35. De Moraes, P.Z., Diniz, P., & MACEDO, R.H.  2019. Dangerous love? Predation risk does not affect female mate choice in blue-black grassquits (Volatinia jacarina, Linnaeus, 1766). Ethology 125:421-429. PDF https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.12866.
  36. Diniz, P., MACEDO, R.H. & Webster, M.S. 2019. Duetting predicts territory quality and reproductive success in a suboscine bird with low extra-pair paternity. The Auk 136:1-13. PDF Doi 10.1093/auk/uky004
  37. Alquezar, R.D. & MACEDO, R.H. 2019. Airport noise and wildlife conservation: What are we missing?  Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. PDF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2019.08.003
  38. Biagolini-Jr, C. & MACEDO, R.H. 2019. GenTag: A package to improve animal color tagging protocol. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia.
  39. Biagolini-Jr, C. & MACEDO, R.H. 2019. bwimage: A package to describe image patterns in natural structures. F100Research. PDF Doi 10.12688/f1000research.19801.1.
  40. Ribeiro, P.H.L., Guaraldo, A.C., MACEDO, R.H., & Manica, L.T. 2019. Variation within and between courts in visual components of Swallow-tailed Manakins (Chiroxiphia caudata) display. Journal of Ornithology 160:485-496. PDF DOI: 10.1007/s10336-019-01627-0
  41. Castilho, L., Andrade, M.C.B. & MACEDO, R.H. 2018. Mating and egg-laying behavior of Hasarius adansoni (Araneae: Salticidae) and the influence of sexual selection. Journal of Arachnology 46: 398-404. PDF
  42. MACEDO, R.H., Podos, J., Graves, J. & Manica, L.T. 2018. Breeding clusters in birds: ecological selective contexts, mating systems and the role of extra-pair fertilizations. Animal Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.01.021.
  43. MACEDO, R.H. & DuVal, E.H. 2018. Friend or foe? The dynamics of social life. 2018. Animal Behaviour DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.06.022. PDF
  44. Diniz, P., Silva Jr., E.F., Webster, M.S. & MACEDO, R.H. 2018. Duetting attributes in a Neotropical bird: seasonal variation and adaptive signaling functions. Journal of Avian Biology. 49: doi: [10.1111/jav.01637]. PDF
  45. Gaiotti, M.G., Mascarenhas, W. & MACEDO, R.H. 2017. The critically endangered and endemic Araripe Manakin (Antilophia bokermanni): dietary assessment for conservation purposes. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 129:783-791. PDF
  46. Dias, R.I., Webster, M.S. & MACEDO, R.H. 2017. Parental and alloparental investment in campo flickers (Colaptes campestris campestris): when relatedness comes first. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 71: DOI 10.1007/s00265-017-2368-3. PDF
  47. Manica, L., MACEDO, R.H., Graves, J. & Podos, J. 2017. Vigor and skill in the acrobatic multimodal displays of a Neotropical songbird. Behavioral Ecology 28:164-173. PDF
  48. Manica, L.T., Graves, J.A., Podos, J. & MACEDO, R.H. 2016. Multimodal flight display of a Neotropical songbird predicts social pairing but not extrapair mating success. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 70:2039-2052. Online viewing: http://rdcu.be/kcn3
  49. Castilho, L. B. & MACEDO, R.H. 2016. Behavioral types and syndromes in the Neotropical passerine blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina). Oecologia Australis 20:28-36. PDF
  50. Diniz, P., Ribeiro, P.H.L., Rech, G.S. & MACEDO, R.H. 2016. Monochromatism, cryptic sexual dimorphism and lack of assortative mating in the Rufous Hornero (Furnarius rufus albogularis). Emu. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MU15118. Online early PDF
  51. Dias, R.I., Webster, M.S., & MACEDO, R.H. 2015. Helping enhances productivity in campo flicker (Colaptes campestris) cooperative groups. Science of Nature 102, Issue: 5-6, Article Number: UNSP 31 102, article 31. PDF
  52. Sicsú, P.R., MACEDO, R.H. & Sujii, E.R. 2015. Oviposition site selection structures niche partitioning among coccinellid species in a tropical ecosystem. Neotropical Entomology 44:430-438.
  53. Diniz, P., MACEDO, R.H., & Ramos, D.M. 2015. Attractive males are less than adequate dads in a multimodal signaling passerine. Animal Behaviour 102:109-117. PDF
  54. Manica, L.T., Maia, R., Dias, A., Podos, J. & MACEDO, R.H. 2014. Vocal output predicts territory quality in a Neotropical songbirds. Behavioural Processes 109:21-26. PDF
  55. Caetano, J.V.O., Maia, M.R., Manica, L.T. & MACEDO, R.H. 2014. Immune-related effects from predation risk in Neotropical blue-black grassquits (Volatinia jacarina). Behavioural Processes 109:58-63. PDF
  56. Magalhães, R.B., Diniz, P. & MACEDO, R.H. 2014. Plumage coverage is related to body condition and ectoparasitism in blue-black grassquits. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 126:581-584. PDF
  57. Goedert, D., Dias, R. & MACEDO, R.H. 2014. Nestling use of alternative acoustic anti-predator responses is related to immune condition and social context. Animal Behaviour 91:160-168. PDF
  58. Dias, R.I., Oliveira, R.F., Podos, J. & MACEDO, R.H. 2014. The importance of novelty: male-female interactions among blue-black grassquits in captivity. Behavioural Processes 103:211-217. PDF
  59. Lunardi, V.O. & MACEDO, R.H. 2014. Shorebirds can adopt foraging strategies that take advantage of human fishing practices. Emu 114:50-60. PDF
  60. Dias, R.I., Webster, M.S., Goedert, D. & MACEDO, R.H. 2013. Cooperative breeding in the Campo Flicker I. Breeding ecology and social behavior. Condor 115:847-854. PDF
  61. Dias, R.I., MACEDO, R.H., Goedert, D. & Webster, M.S. 2013. Cooperative breeding in the Campo Flicker II: Patterns of reproduction and kinship. Condor 115:855-862. PDF
  62. Sicsú, P., Manica, L. & MACEDO, R.H. 2013. Here comes the sun: motor signaling behavior is modulated by sunlight incidence. Behavioral Ecology &  Sociobiology. 10.1007/s00265-013-1574-x. PDF
  63. Lima, M.R., MACEDO, R.H., Martins, TLF., Schrey, A.W., Martin, L. B. & Bensch, S. 2012. Genetic and morphometric divergence of an invasive bird: the introduced house sparrow (Passer domesticus) in Brazil. PLoS ONE 7:e53332. PDF
  64. Maia, R. Brasileiro, L., Lacava, R., & MACEDO, R.H. 2012.The influence of social environment on nuptial plumage of blue-black grassquits. PLoS ONE 7(10): e47501. PDF
  65. MACEDO, R.H., Manica, L. & Dias, R. 2012. Conspicuous sexual signals in a socially monogamous passerine: the case of neotropical Blue-black Grassquits. Journal of Ornithology 153 (suppl 1): S15-S22. PDF
  66. Maia, R., MACEDO, R.H. & Shawkey, M.D. 2012. Nanostructural self-assembly of iridescent feather barbules through depletion attraction of melanosomes during keratinization. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 9:734-743. PDF
  67. Lunardi, V.O., MACEDO, R.H., Granadeiro, J.P. & Palmeirim, J. M. 2012. Migratory flows and foraging habitat selection by shorebirds along the northeastern coast of Brasil: the case of Baia de Todos os Santos. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 96: 179-187. PDF
  68. Lima , M.R., MACEDO, R.H., Muniz, L., Pacheco, A. & Graves, J. 2011. Group composition, mating system and relatedness in the communally breeding guira cuckoo in central Brazil . The Auk 128: 475-486. PDF
  69. Santos, E.S.A. & MACEDO, R.H. 2011. Load lightening in southern lapwings. Group-living mothers lay smaller eggs than pair-living mothers. Ethology 117:547-555. PDF
  70. Lacava, R.V., Brasileiro, L., Maia, R., Oliveira, R. & MACEDO, R.H. 2011. Social environment affects testosterone level in captive male blue-black grassquits. Hormones & Behavior 59: 51-55. PDF
  71. Maia, R. & MACEDO, R.H. 2011. Achieving luster: prenuptial molt pattern predicts iridescent structural coloration in blue-black grassquits. Journal of Ornithology 152:243-252. PDF
  72. Dias, R.I. & MACEDO, R.H. 2011. Nest predation versus resources in Neotropical grassquits: constraints of the food limitation hypothesis. Ornis Fennica 88:30-39. PDF
  73. Dias, R.I., Castilho, L. & MACEDO, R.H. 2010. Experimental evidence that sexual displays are costly for nest survival. Ethology 116:1011-1019. PDF
  74. Alquezar, R. D., Schwartz, B., Schwabl, H. & MACEDO, R.H. 2010. Nest, eggs and nestlings of the Fawn-breasted Tanager (Pipraeidea melanonota) in Venezuela. Onitologia Neotropical 21:615-618. PDF
  75. Lunardi, V.O. & MACEDO, R.H. 2010. First reproductive record of Wilson´s Plover in Baía de Todos os Santos, northeastern Brazil. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 122:788-791. PDF
  76. Lunardi, D.G., Engel, M.E., Marciano, J.L.P. & MACEDO, R.H. 2010. Behavioral strategies in humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae in a coastal region of Brazil. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 90: 1693-1699. PDF
  77. Oliveira, D.G.R. & MACEDO, R.H. 2010. Functional context of scent marking in Callithrix penicillata. Folia Primatologica 81:73-85. PDF
  78. Dias, R.I. & MACEDO, R.H. 2010.Campo Flicker (Colaptes campestris), Neotropical Birds Online (T.S. Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Neotropical Birds Online: http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=318296
  79. Dias, R.I. & MACEDO, R.H. 2009. Territorial clustering in blue-black grassquits  (Volatinia jacarina): reproductive strategy in response to habitat and food  requirements? The Condor 111:706-714. PDF
  80. Dias, R.I., Goedert, D. & MACEDO, R.H. 2009. Abnormal iris coloration in the Field Flicker, Colaptes campestris: pigmentary color production error? Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 17:152-154. PDF
  81. Dias , R.I. , Salles, P. & MACEDO, R.H. 2009. Mate guarding and searching for extra-pair copulations: decision-making when interests diverge. Ecological Informatics 4:405-412. PDF
  82. Santos, E.S.A., Maia, R. & MACEDO, R.H. 2009. Condition dependent resource-value affects male-male competition in the blue-black grassquit. Behavioral Ecology 20:553-559. PDF
  83. Maia, R., Caetano, J.V., Báo, S. & MACEDO, R.H. 2009. Iridescent structural colour production in male blue-black grassquit feather barbules: the role of keratin and melanin. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 6:S203-S211. PDF
  84. Dias, R.I., Santos, E.A., & MACEDO, R.H. 2009. Mating system and sexual conflict in the blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina: Emberezidae): extra-pair mating behavior sets the scene. Oecologia Brasiliensis 13:183-191. PDF
  85. Saracura, V., MACEDO, R.H. & Blovqvist, D. 2008. Genetic parentage and variable social structure in breeding southern lapwings. The Condor 110:554-558. PDF
  86. MACEDO, R.H. , Karubian, J. & Webster, M. S. 2008. Extra-pair paternity and sexual selection in socially monogamous birds: Are tropical birds different? The Auk 125:769-777. PDF
  87. Decanini, D.P. & MACEDO, R.H. 2008. Sociality in the cerrado black-tufted-ear marmoset (Callithrix penicillata): II. Individual strategies during intergroup encounters. International Journal of Primatology 29:627-639 . PDF
  88. Decanini, D. P. & MACEDO, R.H. 2008. Sociality in the cerrado black-tufted-ear marmoset (Callithrix penicillata) I: Intragroup male profile. International Journal of Primatology 29:433-447. PDF
  89. Tori, W. P., Durães, R., Ryder, T.B, Anciães, Karubian, J., M., MACEDO, R.H. , Uy, A.C., Parker, P.G., Smith, T.B., Stein, A.C., Webster, M.S., Blake, J.G., & Loiselle, B.A. 2008. Advances in sexual selection theory: Insights from tropical avifauna. Ornitologia Neotropical 19 (Suppl.):151-163. PDF
  90. MACEDO, R.H. 2008. Neotropical model systems: social and mating behavior of birds. Ornitologia Neotropical 19 (Suppl.): 85-93. PDF
  91. Aguilar, T.M., Dias , R.I. , Oliveira, A.C. & MACEDO, R.H. 2008. Blue-black Grassquit nest-site selection in a Neotropical savanna: Do choices reflect nest success? J. Field Ornithology 79:24-31. PDF
  92. Aguilar, T.M., Maia, R., Santos, E.A. & MACEDO, R.H. 2008. Parasite levels in blue-black grassquits correlate with male displays but not female mate preference. Behavioral Ecology 19:292-301. doi:10.1093/beheco/arm130 PDF
  93. Lunardi, D.G., Engel, M.H. & MACEDO, R.H. 2008. Behavior of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae): comparisons between two coastal areas of Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 25:159-164. PDF
  94. CARVALHO, C.B., MACEDO, R.H. & GRAVES, J. 2007. Reproduction of blue-black grassquits in central Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology 67: 275-281. PDF
  95. HAZIN, C. & MACEDO, R.H. 2006. Sooty Tern nesting success as a function of nest location, density and vegetation type in a Neotropical atoll. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 14:261-268. PDF
  96. CARVALHO, C.B., MACEDO, R.H. & GRAVES, J. 2006. Breeding strategies of a socially monogamous neotropical passerine: extra-pair fertilizations, behavior and morphology. The Condor 108:579-590. PDF
  97. CARIELLO, M. MACEDO, R.H. & SCHWABL, H. 2006. Maternal androgens in eggs of communally-breeding guira cuckoos (Guira guira). Hormones & Behavior 49:654-662. PDF
  98. SIMÕES, D.G., MACEDO, R.H., ENGEL, M.H. 2006. Turismo de observação de cetáceos como ferramenta no estudo do comportamento de baleias jubarte (Megaptera novaeangliae). Revista de Etologia 7:3-14. PDF
  99. COSTA, F. & MACEDO, R.H. 2005. Coccidian oocyst parasitism in the blue-black grassquit: influence on secondary sex ornaments and body condition. Animal Behaviour 70:1401-1409. PDF
  100. MACEDO, R.H., QUINN, J.S. & LIMA, M. 2005. Variable reproductive strategies in communal species: the Cooperation-Infanticide Model. Acta Ethologica 8:92-102. PDF
  101. MACEDO, R.H. , CARIELLO, M.O., PACHECO, A. & SCHWABL, H. 2004. Significance of social parameters on differential nutrient investment in guira cuckoo (Guira guira) eggs. Animal Behaviour 68:485-494. PDF
  102. CARIELLO, M., LIMA, M. R., SCHWABL, H. & MACEDO, R.H. 2004. Egg characteristics are unreliable in determining maternity in communal clutches of guira cuckoos (Guira guira). Journal of Avian Biology 35:117-124. PDF
  103. MACEDO, R.H. , CARIELLO, M., GRAVES, J. & SCHWABL, H. 2004. Reproductive partitioning in communally breeding guira cuckoos, Guira guira. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 55:213-222. PDF
  104. MUNIZ, L., MACEDO, R.H. & GRAVES, J. 2003. Isolation and characterization of dinucleotide microsatellite loci in communally breeding guira cuckoos (Aves: Cuculidae). Molecular Ecology Notes 3:209-211. PDF
  105. CARVALHO, C. B. & MACEDO, R.H. 2003. Características do display exibido por machos de Volatinia jacarina (Aves, Emberizidae) em uma área no Brasil central. Atualidades Ornitológicas 110:10.
  106. AMARAL, M.F. & MACEDO, R.H. 2003. Breeding patterns and habitat use of the endemic curl-crested jay in central Brazil. Journal of Field Ornithology 74:331-340. PDF
  107. MACEDO, R.H. 2003. Infanticide. (On-line: http://www.ibirding.com) Interpretive Birding Bulletin 4:57-61. Austrália-E.U.A.
  108. BORGES, V. & MACEDO, R.H. 2003. Atividade comportamental reprodutiva dos machos de Volatinia jacarina (Aves, Emberizidae) em cativeiro. Atualidades Ornitológicas. (setembro-outubro). 115:5.
  109. CARIELLO, M., SCHWABL, H., LEE, R. & MACEDO, R.H. 2002. Individual female clutch identification through yolk protein electrophoresis in the communally-breeding guira cuckoo (Guira guira). Molecular Ecology 11:2417-2424. PDF
  110. CARVALHO, CB. & MACEDO, R.H. 2002. Memory, learning and floral characteristics in foraging patterns of Eupetomena macroura, a Neotropical hummingbird. Revista de Etologia 3:77-88.
  111. MACEDO, R.H. 2002. The guira cuckoo social system: The many facets of cooperation and competition. Proceedings from the Turaco & Cuckoo Workshop, American Zoo & Aquarium Association, pp. 49-55.
  112. ALMEIDA, J.B. & MACEDO, R.H. 2001. Lek-like mating system of the monogamous blue-black grassquit. The Auk 118:404-411. PDF
  113. MACEDO, R.H., CARIELLO, M. & MUNIZ, L. 2001. Context and frequency of infanticide in communally breeding guira cuckoos. The Condor 103:170-175. PDF
  114. MACEDO, R.H. 2000 (April) Communal nesting and infanticide in the Neotropical guira cuckoo. (Online: http://www.ibirding.com). Interpretive Birding Bulletin – Australia, 1:1-4.
  115. MACEDO, R.H. & MELO, C. 1999. Confirmation of infanticide in the communally-breeding guira cuckoo. The Auk 116:847-851. PDF
  116. MELO, C. & MACEDO, R.H. 1997. Mortalidade em ninhadas de Guira guira (Cuculidae): competição por recursos? Ararajuba - Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 5:45-52. PDF
  117. MACEDO, R.H. & BIANCHI, C.A. 1997. Communal breeding in tropical guira cuckoos (Guira guira): Sociality in the absence of a saturated habitat. Journal of Avian Biology 28:207-215. PDF
  118. MACEDO, R.H. & BIANCHI, C.A. 1997. When birds go bad: circumstantial evidence for infanticide in the communal South American guira cuckoo: Ethology, Ecology & Evolution 9:45-54. PDF
  119. MACEDO, R. 1996. Manutenção da socialidade reprodutiva no anu-branco branco em habitats não-saturados do Brasil central. Anais de Etologia 14:233-241.
  120. QUINN, J. S., MACEDO, R. H. & WHITE, B. 1994. Genetic relatedness of communally-breeding guira cuckoos. Animal Behaviour 47:515-529. PDF
  121. MACEDO, R. H. 1994. Inequities in parental effort and costs of communal breeding in the guira cuckoo. Journal of Neotropical Ornithology 5:79-90. PDF
  122. MACEDO, R. H. 1992. Reproductive patterns and social organization of the communal guira cuckoo (Guira guira) in central Brazil. The Auk 109:786-799. PDF
  123. MACEDO, R. H. & MARES, M. A. 1988. Neotoma albigula. Mammalian Species. The American Society of Mammalogists. No. 310:1-7. PDF
  124. MACEDO, R. H. & MARES, M. A. 1987. Geographic variation in a South American cricetine rodent, Bolomys lasiurus. Journal of Mammalogy 68:578-594. PDF