graduate at Ciências Biológicas from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1990), master's at Ecology from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1994) and ph.d. at Ecology from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1999). Has experience in Ecology, acting on the following subjects: biodiversidade, mata atlântica, ecologia de comunidades, interação inseto-planta and asteraceae. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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This interdisciplinary project aims at elaborating an original framework to individuate ecosystems by combining conceptual, theoretical and modelling approaches. Ecosystems are not as bounded as typical biological individuals (i.e. organisms) but, rather, their boundaries appear fuzzy and porous. This is a problem for theorizing as such, but conservation and management should also rely on…
The advancement and application of ecological theory depends on unbiased and precise estimates of occurrence, size and vital rates of populations in ecological systems. There is a growing concern that such estimates are strongly affected by observation bias; the most obvious case are false absences. Thus, the assumption of perfect or constant detection of species and individuals has been …
A possible path in the building of interdisciplinary knowledge is the integration of already constituted disciplinary approaches. This project seeks to conjugate approaches of ecology and social sciences using as link the landscape in the study of the relationship between social processes and patterns of biological diversity in the municipality of São Luiz do Paraitinga, SP, basing itself…
The symbiosis between reef-building corals and photosynthesizing dinoflagellates is the building block of the coral reef system, since corals acquire up to 90% of their nutritional needs from this interaction. Increasing temperature can trigger the disruption of this symbiosis and lead to coral death. This process is called coral bleaching and global warming has increased coral bleaching …
Habitat loss is the most important cause of species extinction nowadays. Moreover, the spatial configuration of how habitat remains on the landscape may bear significance beyond simply the amount of habitat removed. Oddly enough, the amount of species that initially remains in an area is frequently higher than it would be predicted by the species-area relationship, a phenomenon dubbed as …
Movements are a fundamental behaviour of most animal species which allow them to search and find locations for better survival and reproduction. Understanding animal movements is of great value for understanding ecology and behaviour, for evaluating the impact of human disturbances, environmental changes, conservation planning and management. Carnivores are often required to displace long…
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The global threat of rising temperatures has led to coral reef degradation worldwide. While evolution can potentially aid coral populations in adapting to local temperature increases, disparities in coral responses contribute to distinct community-level patterns. When coral reefs are under stress, critical transitions characterized by shifts in dominance of coral morphotypes or total depa…
Measuring the difference between biological communities is an important step in understanding how and why biodiversity is distributed. Such differences are expressed as beta diversity, which gauges the turnover of taxa or functional groups between communities. Beta diversity patterns can also be used to understand the consequences of habitat loss and fragmentation, which represent a major…
Many studies have pointed out the importance of incorporating evolutionary information to understand ecological patterns. Yet little is known on the role of evolutionary processes in determining community composition and structure. In this proposal we will test the influence of environmental filtering on the structure of tree species phylogenies and trait composition. In addition, we will…
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