
Marina Anciães e-mail: marina.anciaes@gmail.com CV (English) CV (Portuguese) Education Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Kansas, Lawrence M.S., Ecology, Conservation & Wildlife Management, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais B.S., Biological Sciences, Universidade de Brasília ( Brazil) Research I am currently a postdoctoral research scientist at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Columbia University. My research interests are in behavioral ecology and the evolution of sexually selected traits within the Pipridae – Neotropical lekking birds known as the manakins. My doctorate research, completed at the University of Kansas, focused on the evolution of visual signals and ecological niches among manakins of the tribe Ilicurinii, distributed in Central America, Ecuador, Amazon and Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Currently, I am interested in testing predictions of lek evolution based on the interaction between spatial distribution and phenology of fruit plants, lek placement and foraging behavior. At a larger geographical scale, I am also interested in addressing trait and taxic microevolution under strong sexual selection scenarios, by testing for variation in courtship behavior among populations of manakin species, in association with molecular phylogeography hypothesis and ecological niche modeling for manakins from the Brazilian Amazon. I am currently studying the effects of landscape fragmentation on seed dispersal for a bird-dispersed understory herb, Heliconia acuminata. For more information about this project see the lab's Brazil project page. Publications Anciães, M. and R. O. Prum. 2008. Manakin display and visiting behaviour: a comparative test of sensory drive. Animal Behaviour 75(3): 783-790. PDF Hudon, J., M. Anciães, V. Bertacche, and R. Stradi. 2007. Plumage carotenoids of the Pin-tailed Manakin (Ilicura militaris): Evidence for the endogenous production of rhodoxanthin from a colour variant. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 147(3): 402-411. PDF Anciães, M. and A. Townsend Peterson. 2006. Climate change effects on neotropical manakin diversity based on ecological niche modeling. The Condor 108(4): 778–791. PDF Anciães, M., Nemésio, A. and Sebaio, F. 2005. A case of plumage aberration in the Pin-tailed Manakin (Ilicura militaris). Cotinga 23: 39-43. Anciães, M. 2005. Evolution of visual signals and the ecological niches among Manakins from the tribe Ilicurinii (Aves: Pipridae). Doctoral dissertation, The University of Kansas, Lawrence. Anciães, M. and Del Lama, S.N. 2002. Sex identification of Pin-tailed Manakin (Ilicura militaris: Pipridae) using Polymerase Chain Reaction and its applications in behavioral studies. Ornitologia Neotropical 13 (2): 159-165. Anciães, M. 2001. The little ghosts of Las Cruces (Corapipo altera, Aves: Pipridae). Amigos (Newsletter of the Las Cruces Biological Station e Wilson Botanical Garden, Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica) 56: 12-14. Anciães, M., Coelho, M.M. and Cordeiro, P.C. 2001. Records of the Elegant Mouner, Laniisoma elegans (Passeriformes: Cotingidae) in forest fragments from eastern Brazil. Melopsittacus 4: 44-46. Anciães, M. and M.Â. Marini. 2000. The effects of fragmentation on fuctuating asymmetry in passerine birds of Brazilian tropical forests . Journal of Applied Ecology 37: 1013- 1028 . PDF Anciães M. and Marini, M.Â. 2000. Assimetria flutuante em passeriformes da Mata Atlântica. In: A Ornitologia no Brasil: Pesquisa Atual, Conservação e Perspectivas. pp 187-204. Ed: M. A. S. Alves et al. UERJ Press. Marini, M. Â. and Anciães, M. 1998. Aplicações da Assimetria Flutuante ao Biomonitoramento. In: Anais do IV Simpósio de Ecossistemas Brasileiros. (Águas de Lindóia- SP, 2-7/04/98) pp 196-202. Anciães, M. 1998. Fluctuating asymmetry as indicator of fragmentation effects in birds from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Masters thesis, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil Anciães, M., Guimarães, M.M., Guimarães, A; Reis, M.L. and Marinho-Filho, J. 1997. Diversidade e parâmetros populacionais de comunidades de pequenos mamíferos do Brasil Central. In: Leite, L.L., and Saito, C.H. (org.) Contribuições ao conhecimento ecológico do Cerrado – Trabalhos selecionados do III Congresso Brasileiro de Ecologia (Brasília-DF, 6-11/10/96), pp 153-156, Brasília, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de Brasília. Tavares, V.C., and Anciães, M., 1997. Artificial roost utilization by bats in the Rio Doce State Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Bat Research News 39 (3): 142.

Marina Anciães

e-mail: marina.anciaes@gmail.com
CV (English)
CV (Portuguese)

Education

Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Kansas, Lawrence
M.S., Ecology, Conservation & Wildlife Management, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
B.S., Biological Sciences, Universidade de Brasília ( Brazil)

Research

I am currently a postdoctoral research scientist at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Columbia University. My research interests are in behavioral ecology and the evolution of sexually selected traits within the Pipridae – Neotropical lekking birds known as the manakins. My doctorate research, completed at the University of Kansas, focused on the evolution of visual signals and ecological niches among manakins of the tribe Ilicurinii, distributed in Central America, Ecuador, Amazon and Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Currently, I am interested in testing predictions of lek evolution based on the interaction between spatial distribution and phenology of fruit plants, lek placement and foraging behavior. At a larger geographical scale, I am also interested in addressing trait and taxic microevolution under strong sexual selection scenarios, by testing for variation in courtship behavior among populations of manakin species, in association with molecular phylogeography hypothesis and ecological niche modeling for manakins from the Brazilian Amazon. I am currently studying the effects of landscape fragmentation on seed dispersal for a bird-dispersed understory herb, Heliconia acuminata.

For more information about this project see the lab's Brazil project page.

Publications

Anciães, M. and R. O. Prum. 2008. Manakin display and visiting behaviour: a comparative test of sensory drive. Animal Behaviour 75(3): 783-790. PDF
Hudon, J., M. Anciães, V. Bertacche, and R. Stradi. 2007. Plumage carotenoids of the Pin-tailed Manakin (Ilicura militaris): Evidence for the endogenous production of rhodoxanthin from a colour variant. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 147(3): 402-411. PDF
Anciães, M. and A. Townsend Peterson. 2006. Climate change effects on neotropical manakin diversity based on ecological niche modeling. The Condor 108(4): 778–791. PDF
Anciães, M., Nemésio, A. and Sebaio, F. 2005. A case of plumage aberration in the Pin-tailed Manakin (Ilicura militaris). Cotinga 23: 39-43.
Anciães, M. 2005. Evolution of visual signals and the ecological niches among Manakins from the tribe Ilicurinii (Aves: Pipridae). Doctoral dissertation, The University of Kansas, Lawrence.
Anciães, M. and Del Lama, S.N. 2002. Sex identification of Pin-tailed Manakin (Ilicura
militaris: Pipridae) using Polymerase Chain Reaction and its applications in behavioral
studies. Ornitologia Neotropical 13 (2): 159-165.
Anciães, M. 2001. The little ghosts of Las Cruces (Corapipo altera, Aves: Pipridae). Amigos (Newsletter of the Las Cruces Biological Station e Wilson Botanical Garden,
Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica) 56: 12-14.
Anciães, M., Coelho, M.M. and Cordeiro, P.C. 2001. Records of the Elegant Mouner, Laniisoma elegans (Passeriformes: Cotingidae) in forest fragments from eastern Brazil.
Melopsittacus 4: 44-46.
Anciães, M. and M.Â. Marini. 2000. The effects of fragmentation on fuctuating asymmetry in passerine birds of Brazilian tropical forests . Journal of Applied Ecology 37: 1013- 1028 . PDF
Anciães M. and Marini, M.Â. 2000. Assimetria flutuante em passeriformes da Mata Atlântica. In: A Ornitologia no Brasil: Pesquisa Atual, Conservação e Perspectivas. pp 187-204. Ed: M. A. S. Alves et al. UERJ Press.
Marini, M. Â. and Anciães, M. 1998. Aplicações da Assimetria Flutuante ao Biomonitoramento. In: Anais do IV Simpósio de Ecossistemas Brasileiros. (Águas de Lindóia- SP, 2-7/04/98) pp 196-202.
Anciães, M. 1998. Fluctuating asymmetry as indicator of fragmentation
effects in birds from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Masters thesis, Universidade
Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Anciães, M., Guimarães, M.M., Guimarães, A; Reis, M.L. and Marinho-Filho, J. 1997.
Diversidade e parâmetros populacionais de comunidades de pequenos mamíferos do Brasil Central. In: Leite, L.L., and Saito, C.H. (org.) Contribuições ao conhecimento ecológico do Cerrado – Trabalhos selecionados do III Congresso Brasileiro de Ecologia (Brasília-DF, 6-11/10/96), pp 153-156, Brasília, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de Brasília.
Tavares, V.C., and Anciães, M., 1997. Artificial roost utilization by bats in the Rio Doce State Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Bat Research News 39 (3): 142.