
Alexandre M. S. Machado, Maurício Cantor, Ana P. B. Costa, B Righetti, Carolina Bezamat, João V. S. Valle‐Pereira, Paulo C. Simões‐Lopes, Pedro Volkmer de Castilho, Fábio G. Daura‐Jorge,
Individuals often associate socially with those who behave the same way. This principle, homophily, could structure populations into distinct social groups. We tested this hypothesis in a bottlenose dolphin population that appeared to be clustered around a specialized foraging tactic involving cooperation with net-casting fishermen, but in which other potential drivers of such social structure have never been assessed. We measured and controlled for the contribution of sex, age, genetic relatedness, ...
Tópico(s): Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
2019 - Royal Society | Biology Letters

João V. S. Valle‐Pereira, Maurício Cantor, Alexandre M. S. Machado, Damien R. Farine, Fábio G. Daura‐Jorge,
Abstract Understanding the dynamics of small-scale fisheries requires considering the diversity of behaviours and skills of fishers. Fishers may have different abilities and tactics that can translate into different fishing outcomes. Here, we investigate variation in fishing behaviours among traditional net-casting fishers that are assisted by wild dolphins, and how this variation interacts with environmental conditions and influences fishing success. By combining in situ environmental sampling ...
Tópico(s): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
2022 - Oxford University Press | ICES Journal of Marine Science

Maurício Cantor, Bruna Santos-Silva, Fábio G. Daura‐Jorge, Alexandre M. S. Machado, Débora Peterson, Daiane Soares Xavier da Rosa, Paulo C. Simões‐Lopes, João V. S. Valle‐Pereira, Sofia Zank, Natália Hanazaki,
Abstract In contrast to many contemporary negative human‐nature relationships, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities have stewarded nature through cultural practices that include reciprocal contributions for both humans and nature. A rare example is the century‐old artisanal fishery in which net‐casting fishers and wild dolphins benefit by working together, but little is known about the persistence of the social‐ecological system formed around this cultural practice. Here, we frame the human‐ ...
Tópico(s): Primate Behavior and Ecology
2024 - Wiley | People and Nature

Taylor A. Hersh, Daiane Santana Marcondes, Gabriel Fraga da Fonseca, João V. S. Valle‐Pereira, Michaela A. Kratofil, Alexandre M. S. Machado, Shanan Atkins, Kyra Bankhead, Kiera McGarvey, Muhammad Mahmudur Rahman, Stephane P. G. de Moura, Fernanda Fecci, Maurício Cantor,
Tópico(s): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
2025 - Royal Society | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Dominic L. Cram, Jessica E. M. van der Wal, Natalie Uomini, Maurício Cantor, Anap I. Afan, Mairenn C. Attwood, Jenny Amphaeris, Fatima Balasani, Cameron J. Blair, Judith L. Bronstein, Iahaia O. Buanachique, Rion R. T. Cuthill, Jewel Das, Fábio G. Daura‐Jorge, Apurba Krishna Deb, Tanmay Dixit, Gcina S. Dlamini, Edmond Dounias, Isa I. Gedi, Martin Grůber, Lilian Sander Hoffmann, Tobias Holzlehner, Hussein A. Isack, Eliupendo A. Laltaika, David J. Lloyd‐Jones, Jess Lund, Alexandre M. S. Machado, L. Mahadevan, Ignacio B. Moreno, Chima J. Nwaogu, Raymond Pierotti, Seliano A. Rucunua, Wilson F. dos Santos, Nathalia Serpa, Brian D. Smith, Hari Sridhar, Irina Tolkova, Tint Tun, João V. S. Valle‐Pereira, Brian M. Wood, Richard W. Wrangham, Claire N. Spottiswoode,
Abstract Human‐wildlife cooperation is a type of mutualism in which a human and a wild, free‐living animal actively coordinate their behaviour to achieve a common beneficial outcome. While other cooperative human‐animal interactions involving captive coercion or artificial selection (including domestication) have received extensive attention, we lack integrated insights into the ecology and evolution of human‐wildlife cooperative interactions. Here, we review and synthesise the function, mechanism, ...
Tópico(s): Marine animal studies overview
2022 - Wiley | People and Nature

Jessica E. M. van der Wal, Claire N. Spottiswoode, Natalie Uomini, Maurício Cantor, Fábio G. Daura‐Jorge, Anap I. Afan, Mairenn C. Attwood, Jenny Amphaeris, Fatima Balasani, Colleen Begg, Cameron J. Blair, Judith L. Bronstein, Iahaia O. Buanachique, Rion R. T. Cuthill, Jewel Das, Apurba Krishna Deb, Tanmay Dixit, Gcina S. Dlamini, Edmond Dounias, Isa I. Gedi, Martin Grůber, Lilian Sander Hoffmann, Tobias Holzlehner, Hussein A. Isack, Eliupendo A. Laltaika, David J. Lloyd‐Jones, Jess Lund, Alexandre M. S. Machado, L. Mahadevan, Ignacio B. Moreno, Chima J. Nwaogu, Valdomiro L. Pereira, Raymond Pierotti, Seliano A. Rucunua, Wilson F. dos Santos, Nathalia Serpa, Brian D. Smith, Irina Tolkova, Tint Tun, João V. S. Valle‐Pereira, Brian M. Wood, Richard W. Wrangham, Dominic L. Cram,
Human-wildlife cooperation occurs when humans and free-living wild animals actively coordinate their behavior to achieve a mutually beneficial outcome. These interactions provide important benefits to both the human and wildlife communities involved, have wider impacts on the local ecosystem, and represent a unique intersection of human and animal cultures. The remaining active forms are human-honeyguide and human-dolphin cooperation, but these are at risk of joining several inactive forms (including ...
Tópico(s): Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
2022 - Wiley | Conservation Letters