I graduated as bachelor in Biological Sciences at the State University of Campinas (1988), MSc in Plant Biology at the State University of Campinas (1992) and PhD in Ecology at the University of East Anglia / UK (1995). I am a full professor at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar). I teach the disciplines of Communities Ecology for the Biological Sciences courde, Environmental Sciences for the course of Production Engineering, Population Ecology and Field Course in Coastal Environments in in the post-graduate course in Ecology and Natural Resources of UFSCar (PPGERN). I'm interested in seeking answers to different questions in ecology to assist in the conservation of biodiversity. For this reason, I have dedicated myself to assess the impacts of human activities on populations and communities of terrestrial and freshwater plants. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Invasive species can alter ecosystems through changes in the physical environment and community ecological processes. In Brazil, the concern with the subject is recent and the decisions related to the control of invasive species are taken without necessary knowledge. The main objetive of this project is to evaluate how invasive and over-dominant species, occuring at the Estação Ecológica …
Biological invasion occurs when a species introduced in a novel habitat forms a persistent population that spreads through an uncontrolled proliferation. It is considered the second leading cause of loss of biological diversity. Although biological invasions is a global phenomenon, few studies were carried in the Neotropics. Data from the Neotropics is scarce for all processes related to …
White ginger, Hedychium coronarium, is an invasive plant in riparian habitats in Brazil. Work by Dalva Matos team has shown this species may be a favored food plant of native Capybara. This is a human health concern, as Capybara carry ticks with bacteria that can transmitted Rocky Spotted Fever to humans. However, the mechanisms underpinning Hedychium-capybara dynamics are not well unders…
Invasive species can alter ecosystems through changes on the environment and ecological processes of the community. In Brazil, the concern over the issue is recent and decisions relating to the control of invasive species are taken without previous scientific knowledge. The aim of this project is to identify the ecological characteristics that allow Hedychium coronarium invade and consequ…
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Biological invasion is amongst the five main categories of biodiversity threat, where the associations with anthropic alterations enable the establishment and success of many exotic invasive and super-dominant plant species in diverse freshwater ecosystems. In these ecosystems, the aquatic macroinvertebrates communities represent ecological importance to nutrient cycling, as well as, impo…
Biological invasion is one of the main factors that can lead to a loss of biodiversity and is, therefore, fundamental to find information about the various processes related to it. Hedychium coronarium, is an Asian macrophyte considered invasive in several countries. Brazil is not difficult to find established and largely dispersed populations, especially in riparian areas and in swampy e…
Macrophytes have characteristics that allow them to quickly spread, growth and reproduction, even in sub-optimal conditions, thereby giving them invasive potential and compromising biodiversity and ecosystem processes in aquatic environments. In Brazil, there is the Hedychium coronarium, considered weed because of its rapid growth and spread, invading areas of native vegetation and formin…
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In the Southeast Brazil, the fern Pteridium esculentum subsp. arachnoideum is spreading into Cerrado and Atlantic Forest areas, occurring in abandoned pastures, around forest edges and in other degraded areas. While a number of studies about the impact of bracken on plant communities has been carried out in the northern hemisphere, there is a lack of information for the tropics and subtro…
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