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animal behavior, sexual selection, predation risk, evolution, birds, color vision, primates, sensory ecology, cognitive ecology
Brazil

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Employment (2)

Universidade de Brasília: Brasília, DF, BR

2023-08-01 to present | Temporary Professor (Zoology)
Employment
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Pedro Zurvaino de Moraes

Universidade Federal de Goiás: Goiânia, Goiás, BR

2019-03-01 to 2020-07-31 | Temporary Professor (Ecology)
Employment
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Pedro Zurvaino de Moraes

Education and qualifications (3)

Universidade de Brasília: Brasilia, DF, BR

2014-03 to 2018-05-04 | PhD in Ecology (Ecology)
Education
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Pedro Zurvaino de Moraes

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte: Natal, RN, BR

2010-03 to 2012-03 | MSc in Psychobiology (Fisiology)
Education
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Pedro Zurvaino de Moraes

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás: Goiania, GO, BR

2005-03 to 2009-06 | Bachelor in Biological Sciences (Biology)
Education
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Pedro Zurvaino de Moraes

Funding (2)

Parental behavior of the Neotropical bird Volatinia jacarina under predation risk

2016 to 2016 | Grant
Animal Behavior Society (IL, IL, US)
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Pedro Zurvaino de Moraes

The reproductive behavior of the blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) under predation risk

2015 to 2015 | Grant
Animal Behavior Society (IL, IL, US)
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Pedro Zurvaino de Moraes

Works (8)

Detecting a Stalker: The Effect of Body Posture, Gaze Direction, and Camouflage Pattern on Predator Detection

American Journal of Primatology
2025-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Pedro Z. de Moraes; Pedro Diniz; Daniel M. A. Pessoa
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Body posture, gaze, and predator detection: how stalking behaviour may influence colour vision evolution

2023-05-30 | Preprint
Contributors: Pedro Z. de Moraes; Pedro Diniz; Daniel M. A. Pessoa
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The effect of pelage, background, and distance on predator detection and the evolution of primate color vision

American Journal of Primatology
2021-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Pedro Z. de Moraes; Pedro Diniz; Maria Helena C. Spyrides; Daniel M. A. Pessoa
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The effect of pelage, background, and distance on predator detection and the evolution of primate color vision

American Journal of Primatology
2021-02-01 | Journal article
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Pedro Zurvaino de Moraes

Sex‐specific effects of predation risk on parental care in a sexually dichromatic Neotropical songbird

Journal of Avian Biology
2020-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0908-8857
Part of ISSN: 1600-048X
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Pedro Zurvaino de Moraes
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Flirting with danger: predation risk interacts with male condition to influence sexual display

Behavioral Ecology
2019-09-28 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1045-2249
Part of ISSN: 1465-7279
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Pedro Zurvaino de Moraes
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Dangerous love? Predation risk does not affect female mate choice in blue‐black grassquits

Ethology
2019-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0179-1613
Part of ISSN: 1439-0310
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Pedro Zurvaino de Moraes
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The adaptive value of primate color vision for predator detection

American Journal of Primatology
2014-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0275-2565
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Pedro Zurvaino de Moraes

Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Animal behaviour. (1)
Review activity for Ornithology research. (1)