Décio Tadeu Corrêa

Décio Tadeu Corrêa
University of Texas at Austin | UT · Department of Integrative Biology

PhD student

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January 2016 - present
University of Texas at Austin
Position
  • Teaching Assistant - Limnology and Oceanography
August 2014 - December 2015
University of Texas at Austin
Position
  • Teaching Assistant - Field Biology
Education
February 2010 - May 2013
February 2006 - December 2009
São Paulo State University
Field of study
  • Biology

Publications

Publications (21)
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The conversion of natural habitats to agriculture results in the structural, physical and chemical degradation of ecosystems; and microbial communities respond to change with shifts in diversity and environmental function. Because the structure of amphibian-associated microbiome depends partially on the dynamics of microorganisms in the habitat, we...
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The assembly of local communities is likely to reflect the effects of local environmental factors associated with filters that act at larger spatial scales. Dissecting these multiscale effects remains a timely challenge that is particularly important for host-associated microbiomes. We investigated the relative roles of local selection (due to host...
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Wildlife demography is typically studied at a single point in time within a year when species, often during the reproductive season, are more active and therefore easier to find. However, this provides only a low-resolution glimpse into demographic temporal patterns over time and may hamper a more complete understanding of the population dynamics o...
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Vertebrates’ gut microbial communities can be altered by the hosts’ parasites. Helminths inhabiting the gut lumen can interact directly with their host’s microbiota via physical contact, chemical products, or competition for nutrients. Indirect interactions can also occur, for instance when helminths induce or suppress host immunity in ways that ha...
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Demography is usually studied at a single point in time within a year when species, mostly long-distance migrants, are more active and easier to find. However, this provides only a low-resolution glimpse into demographic temporal patterns, compromising a complete understanding of species' population dynamics over full annual cycles. The full annual...
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The microbial community can be altered by direct/indirect interactions with parasites infecting host. Direct interactions can arise from physical/chemical contact with the parasite. Indirect interactions can involve parasite-induced changes in host immunity. If so, this would represent a case of genetic polymorphism in one species controlling an ec...
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Chytridiomycosis, an emerging infectious disease caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has caused amphibian population declines worldwide. Bd was first described in the 1990s and there are still geographic gaps in the genetic analysis of this globally distributed pathogen. Relatively few genetic studies have focused on...
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Chytridiomycosis, an emerging infectious disease caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has caused amphibian population declines worldwide. Bd was first described in the 1990s and there are still geographic gaps in the genetic analysis of this globally distributed pathogen. Relatively few genetic studies have focused on...
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• The methodological trade‐off between the realism of natural systems and the tractability of artificial systems has led ecologists to praise the qualities of natural micro‐ and mesocosms as an ideal means for investigating the processes that organise biological communities. Among the different types of naturally occurring micro‐ and mesocosms, clu...
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The environmental benefits of a broad scale adoption of biofuels are critically contingent on what current land uses will be converted for feedstock expansion and how converted land will be managed. We assessed the consequences of land use and land management for the agroindustrial production of sugarcane to the physical, chemical and biological pr...
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Although the reptile fauna in the state of São Paulo is the best known in Brazil, there are still important sampling gaps, especially within the natural remnants of the Cerrado. Only 0.5% of this region is protected in the state, and the remaining fragments suffer threats that include risk of extinctions due to fragment isolation, risk of fire, and...
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The 'dilution effect' (DE) hypothesis predicts that diverse host communities will show reduced disease. The underlying causes of pathogen dilution are complex, because they involve non-additive (driven by host interactions and differential habitat use) and additive (controlled by host species composition) mechanisms. Here, we used measures of compl...
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Amphibians have been declining worldwide and the comprehension of the threats that they face could be improved by using mark-recapture models to estimate vital rates of natural populations. Recently, the consequences of marking amphibians have been under discussion and the effects of toe clipping on survival are debatable, although it is still the...
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Although São Paulo is the state with the most knowledge about anurans from Brazil, it still has important knowledge gaps about this group especially in the remnants of the Cerrado Biome. Only 0.5% of this biome is protected by conservation units in the state and remaining fragments suffer threats that include isolation, risk of fire and invasion by...
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Although São Paulo is the state with the most knowledge about anurans from Brazil, it still has important knowledge gaps about this group especially in the remnants of the Cerrado Biome. Only 0.5% of this biome is protected by conservation units in the state and remaining fragments suffer threats that include isolation, risk of fire and invasion by...
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Background / Purpose: The allocation of energy to produce ornaments and weapons may reduce survival. We tested the jaw size and color ornamentation on survival probability of the whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus ocellifer. Main conclusion: Individuals with small jaw sizes and no ornamentation or larger jaw sizes and ornamentation have higher sur...
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Background/Question/Methods Most anurans undergo a major ontogenetic niche shift, as tadpoles they occupy aquatic habitats and then terrestrial habitats as adults. Thus, considering that habitats occupied by tadpoles are determined by the breeding choices of adults, we hypothesized that: 1) environmental filters have a stronger effect on adults t...
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Despite the great extension of the Cerrado and its importance for biodiversity conservation, there are still sampling gaps in this region that has shown conspicuous changes over the years due to the conversion of natural areas into pastures and plantations. Around 88.5% of the Cerrado areas in the State of the São Paulo were cleared in the last fou...

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