graduate at Biologia from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1990), master's at Ecology from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1992) and ph.d. at Biological Sciences from University of Cambridge (1996). Has experience in Ecology, acting on the following subjects: atlantic forest, biodiversidade, conservacao, dispersao de sementes and ecologia da dispersao de sementes. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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| Las metamorfosis del Bosque Atlántico |
| The Metamorphoses of the Atlantic Forest |
| Great gardeners |
| Jardineros pesados |
| Great gardeners |
| Forests without animals |
| Con selva, pero sin fauna |
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The unprecedented loss of biodiversity and the imminent threats of climate and environmental changes are among the most important challenges faced by humanity. Biodiversity continues to decline worldwide, mainly in response to urban and agriculture expansion over natural areas. In addition, climate change is projected to commit over one-third of the Earth's animal and plant species to ext…
Large mammalian herbivores (LMH's), once widespread, are now functional or locally extinct in most tropical ecosystems. LMH's exert strong direct and indirect effects on community structure and ecosystem functions, and measuring these effects is important for testing ecological theory and for understanding past, current, and future environmental change. This in turn requires long-term exp…
The order Rodentia is the most diverse of mammal in the world. In the Atlantic forest occur more than 90 species of rodents being 30% endemic. Although heavily fragmented and with less than 12% of forest left, seven species are considered Threatened by IUCN, 10 classified as Data Deficient and 30 species are Not Avaluated. The recent publication of the Atlantic Small Mammal dataset (Boven…
This project intend to support Dr. Miguel Verdú, CSIC, Spain to come for one workshop, and 2 courses in the Ecology and Biodiversity Program. Dr. Verdú is specialist in phylogenetic analyses and evolution and collaborate with our research group. (AU)
Humans are one of the major drivers in structuring vertebrate communities, altering food webs, with unprecedented consequences for ecosystem function. For instance, in tropical terrestrial ecosystems, hunters remove a large proportion of the standing mammalian biomass reducing population densities by 60-100%. Most of these vertebrates are large-bodied species in distinct trophic levels. T…
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Tropical forests are highly dynamic systems and plant populations with different life forms are favored or repressed according to the natural or anthropogenic disturbance. Forest fragmentation, selective logging and edge effect favor heliophic species such as lianas, bamboos, and fast-growing trees instead of slow-growing ones. However, one of the least understood effects is how the extin…
Tropical forests are threatened by defaunation, habitat loss, fragmentation, and invasion of exotic species. The loss of species and reduction of the size of populations can adversely affect the maintenance of forest functionality. Large herbivores are known to have great influence on seed dispersal, soil fertilization and a possible dispersion capacity of mycorrhizal fungi responsible fo…
Humans have modified species distributions in most of the world's natural ecosystems. Body size variables is perhaps the most important trait of an organism, affecting all of its physiological and ecological processes and, therefore, fundamentally influencing its ability to survive and reproduce in different environments, including those that have been modified by human activities. Elucid…
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The biodiversity crisis that threatens the planet can be considered the sixth major extinction event and understanding the relationship between changes in human pressures and the decline of mammalian species is necessary for identifying those species at highest risk, and for prioritizing the actions and policies required to combat their decline. The first aim of this proposal is to quanti…
Functional plant characteristics can answer many questions related to population dynamics and limit environmental variations, such as soil fertilization and light availability, that influence the reproductive success of the species. The main objective of this 4-month internship proposal is to learn how to handle large datasets and to analyze functional traits of plants with environmental …
Large mammalian herbivores play a critical role in structuring ecosystems and regulating key ecosystem functions. Yet, whilst for grassland ecosystems this role is well established, for tropical forest species much of this role remains obscure. Here we propose to experimentally test how large tropical herbivores regulate nutrient cycling, soil fertility and the dynamics of plant communiti…
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| 17 / 11 | Completed research grants |
| 1 / 1 | Ongoing scholarships in Brazil |
| 47 / 23 | Completed scholarships in Brazil |
| 13 / 12 | Completed scholarships abroad |
| 80 / 49 | All research grants and scholarships |
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