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Behavioral ecologist investigating mate choice, mate competition, size-assortative mating, and parental care in animals, using arthropods, mainly spiders, as experimental models, meta-analysis, and mathematical modeling.

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Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais: Ituiutaba, MG, BR

2020-02-18 to present | Professor (Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Naturais)
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Rafael Rios Moura

Education and qualifications (4)

Universidade Estadual de Campinas: Campinas, SP, BR

2018-03-01 to 2020-02-18 | Postdoctoral researcher (Departamento de Biologia Animal)
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Universidade Federal de Uberlândia: Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, BR

2014-02-01 to 2018-02-28 | PhD (Instituto de Biologia)
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Universidade Federal de Uberlândia: Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, BR

2012-02-01 to 2014-02-28 | Master's degree (Instituto de Biologia)
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Universidade Federal do Ceará: Fortaleza, CE, BR

2007-07-01 to 2011-06-30 | Graduation (Departamento de Biologia)
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Funding (1)

Effects of sexual selection on spatial and temporal variation in size-assortative mating and the role of mate choice hypothesis

2014-02 to 2018-02 | Grant
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, BR)
URL: http://www.ib.ufu.br/
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Works (35)

Influences of sociality and maternal size on reproductive strategies: trade-offs between offspring size and quantity in five Anelosimus species (Araneae, Theridiidae)

Science of Nature
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-024-01895-8
EID:

2-s2.0-85184468006

Part of ISSN: 14321904 00281042
Contributors: Xavier, G.M.; Moura, R.R.; Vasconcellos-Neto, J.; Gonzaga, M.O.
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Nutritional Status Does Not Restrict Foraging Activity and Web Investment in a Shelter-Building Spider Species, But Individuals are More Risk-Prone at Night

Journal of Insect Behavior
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-024-09857-8
EID:

2-s2.0-85199280330

Part of ISSN: 15728889 08927553
Contributors: Ceribelli, P.; Moura, R.R.; Kloss, T.G.
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Patterns of host specificity in interactions involving behavioral manipulation of spiders by Darwin wasps

Advances in the Study of Behavior
2024 | Book
DOI: 10.1016/bs.asb.2024.02.002
EID:

2-s2.0-85193748682

ISBN: 9780443294402
Part of ISSN: 00653454
Contributors: Gonzaga, M.O.; Moura, R.R.; Gaione-Costa, A.; Kloss, T.G.
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Unrevealing components of risk assessment: escape behaviour and refuge use in a web-building spider

Animal Behaviour
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.10.009
EID:

2-s2.0-85176912973

Part of ISSN: 00033472
Contributors: Moura, R.R.; Prado, P.I.; Vasconcellos-Neto, J.
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Beyond classical theories: An integrative mathematical model of mating dynamics and parental care

Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.14210
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2-s2.0-85170578504

Part of ISSN: 14209101 1010061X
Contributors: Araujo, G.; Moura, R.R.
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Individual diet specialization in the spider Tidarren haemorrhoidale (Bertkau, 1880) (Theridiidae)

Ethology
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/eth.13392
EID:

2-s2.0-85163034240

Part of ISSN: 14390310 01791613
Contributors: Moura, R.R.; Pêgo, P.T.; Sobczak, J.F.; Gonzaga, M.O.
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Offspring mortality factors and parental care efficiency of the spider Manogea porracea (Araneidae) in the Brazilian savanna

Ethology Ecology and Evolution
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2022.2152197
EID:

2-s2.0-85145915227

Part of ISSN: 18287131 03949370
Contributors: Quero, A.; Gonzaga, M.O.; Vasconcellos-Neto, J.; Moura, R.R.
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Predation avoidance behavior and web investment are not constrained by individual nutritional status in a shelter-building spider species

Research Square
2023 | Other
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2647970/v1
EID:

2-s2.0-85167558977
Contributors: Ceribelli, P.; Moura, R.R.; Kloss, T.G.
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Habitat types in the Atlantic Forest differently influence community structure and species interaction of cavity-nesting Hymenoptera and their natural enemies

Journal of Insect Conservation
2022-11-07 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-022-00440-0
Part of ISSN: 1366-638X
Part of ISSN: 1572-9753
Contributors: Jean Pablo Alves de Deus; Gui Araujo; Maria Luisa Tunes Buschini; Rafael Rios Moura
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Know your enemy: The dragonfly Erythrodiplax fusca (Libellulidae) uses eavesdropping to obtain information about potential rivals

Behavioural Processes
2022-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2022.104741
Part of ISSN: 0376-6357
Contributors: Rafael Rios Moura; Nelson Silva Pinto; Paulo De Marco; Rafael Rios Moura
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Individual specialization and generalization in predator-prey dynamics: The determinant role of predation efficiency and prey reproductive rates

Journal of Theoretical Biology
2022-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111026
Part of ISSN: 0022-5193
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Rafael Rios Moura
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Araneophagy as an alternative foraging tactic to kleptoparasitism in two Argyrodinae (Araneae: Theridiidae) species

Behavioural Processes
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2021.104445
EID:

2-s2.0-85109008545

Part of ISSN: 18728308 03766357
Contributors: Meira, F.A.; Moura, R.R.; Gonzaga, M.O.
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Assortative mating in space and time: patterns and biases

Ecology Letters
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ele.13690
EID:

2-s2.0-85101258351

Part of ISSN: 14610248 1461023X
Contributors: Rios Moura, R.; Oliveira Gonzaga, M.; Silva Pinto, N.; Vasconcellos-Neto, J.; Requena, G.S.
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Don't put all your eggs in small baskets: Ineffective guardians, incidence of parasitoids and clutch size of Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae, Theridiidae) along an urban gradient

Zoologischer Anzeiger
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2021.10.005
EID:

2-s2.0-85117762607

Part of ISSN: 00445231
Contributors: Moura, R.R.; Tozzo Neto, A.; Gonzaga, M.O.
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“Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise”: Indiscriminate male care in a neotropical spider

Ethology
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/eth.13112
EID:

2-s2.0-85097023793

Part of ISSN: 14390310 01791613
Contributors: Moura, R.R.; Oliveira, I.D.; Vasconcellos-Neto, J.; Gonzaga, M.O.
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Influence of web traits, height, and daily periods of exposition on prey captured by orb-weaver spiders

Behavioural Processes
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2021.104536
Part of ISSN: 0376-6357
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Rafael Rios Moura
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A novel trophobiotic interaction between a Neotropical stink bug and an ant species: Insights into potential benefits to the host plant

Behavioural Processes
2021-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104296
Part of ISSN: 0376-6357
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Rafael Rios Moura
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Never forget where you came from: Microhabitat of origin influences boldness and exploration in the hermit crab Clibanarius symmetricus (Diogenidae)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
2020-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2020.151365
Part of ISSN: 0022-0981
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Rafael Rios Moura
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Population and individual trophic niche of two sympatric cobweb spiders, Nihonhimea tesselata and Tidarren haemorrhoidale (Araneae: Theridiidae)

The Journal of Arachnology
2020-06-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202-48.1.59
Part of ISSN: 0161-8202
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Rafael Rios Moura
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Towards simplicity and accuracy: Assessing traditional and new estimators of orb-web capture thread length

Behavioural Processes
2020-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104086
Part of ISSN: 0376-6357
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Rafael Rios Moura
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Female sexual maturity as a determining factor of size-assortative pairing in the protandrous spider Manogea porracea (Araneae, Araneidae)

Zoologischer Anzeiger
2020-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2019.11.003
Part of ISSN: 0044-5231
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Rafael Rios Moura
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Spatial variation in sex ratio and density explains subtle changes in the strength of size-assortative mating in Edessa contermina (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

Acta Oecologica
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2018.12.003
EID:

2-s2.0-85058186194

Part of ISSN: 1146609X
Contributors: Moura, R.R.; Gonzaga, M.O.
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Specialisation in prey capture drives coexistence among sympatric spider-hunting wasps

Ecological Entomology
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/een.12743
EID:

2-s2.0-85065089717

Part of ISSN: 13652311 03076946
Contributors: Moura, R.R.; Pitilin, R.B.; Buschini, M.L.T.
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Starvation decreases behavioral consistency in a Neotropical harvestman

Acta Ethologica
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-019-00327-5
EID:

2-s2.0-85074197421

Part of ISSN: 14379546 08739749
Contributors: Segovia, J.M.G.; Moura, R.R.; Willemart, R.H.
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Does Body Size Influence Male Care? Investigating an Alternative Reproductive Tactic in Manogea porracea (Araneae: Araneidae), a Spider with Amphisexual Care

Journal of Insect Behavior
2019-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-019-09725-w
Part of ISSN: 0892-7553
Part of ISSN: 1572-8889
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Rafael Rios Moura
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Sex ratio and density may affect temporal variation in size-assortative mating in a Neotropical ant species

Zoologischer Anzeiger
2018-08-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2018.07.001
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Rafael Rios Moura
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Extended male care in Manogea porracea (Araneae: Araneidae): the exceptional case of a spider with amphisexual care

Animal Behaviour
2017 | Journal article
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.09.018
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Rafael Rios Moura
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Food, shelter or competitors? Overlapping of life stages and host plant selection in a neotropical stink bug species

Journal of Plant Interactions
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/17429145.2017.1401678
EID:

2-s2.0-85054275112

Part of ISSN: 17429153 17429145
Contributors: Moura, R.R.; Ribeiro, P.V.A.; Pereira, B.G.; Quero, A.; Carvalho, R.L.; Oliveira, D.C.
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Orb web architecture of Wixia abdominalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 (Araneae: Araneidae): Intra-orb variation of web components

Journal of Arachnology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-17-001.1
EID:

2-s2.0-85026797990

Part of ISSN: 01618202
Contributors: Xavier, G.M.; Moura, R.R.; De Oliveira Gonzaga, M.
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Temporal variation in size-assortative mating and male mate choice in a spider with amphisexual care

Science of Nature
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-017-1448-6
EID:

2-s2.0-85017492215

Part of ISSN: 14321904 00281042
Contributors: Moura, R.R.; Gonzaga, M.O.
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Food, shelter or competitors? Overlapping of life stages and host plant selection in a Neotropical stink bug species

Journal of Plant Interactions
2017-12 | Journal article
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Rafael Rios Moura

Does nutritional status constrain adoption of more costly and less risky foraging behaviour in an Amazonian shelter-building spider?

Journal of Natural History
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1211768
ARXIV: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2016.1211768
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Rafael Rios Moura
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Changes to web architecture of (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) induced by the parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Behaviour
2015 | Journal article
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003238
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Rafael Rios Moura
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The effect of operational sex ratio on the opportunity for sexual selection: a meta-analysis

Animal Behaviour
2013 | Journal article
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.07.002
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Rafael Rios Moura
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Curso de Ecologia de Campo 2017

Regência e Arte Editora
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