Functional forests: biodiversity in the benefit of cities

• Grant number: 19/08783-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• Duration: July 01, 2020 - June 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Botany
• Principal Investigator: Giuliano Maselli Locosselli
• Grantee: Giuliano Maselli Locosselli
• Host Institution: Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Alfredo Goldman vel Lejbman ; Humberto Ribeiro da Rocha ; Marco Aurelio Zezzi Arruda ; Marcos Silveira Buckeridge ; Mario Tommasiello Filho ; Marisa Domingos ; Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva ; Paulo Renato Mesquita Pellegrino ; Thomas Charles Wild
• Associated research grant: 17/50341-0 - Challenges for biodiversity conservation facing climate changes, pollution, land use and occupation (PDIp), AP.PDIP
• Associated scholarship(s): 23/10288-3 - Deposition of air pollution on the bark of urban trees, BP.IC; 23/01141-9 - Green infrastructure for megacities water resilience, BP.PD; 22/15891-7 - Construction and maintenace of the project database, BP.TT; + associated scholarships 22/10608-5 - DENDROBIOCHEMISTRY OF URBAN TREES, BP.TT; 22/00395-4 - Analysis of the impact of extreme events on isotopic fractionation of urban trees, BP.MS; 20/14163-2 - Monitoring urban trees sap flow and carbon allocation, BP.DD; 20/09251-0 - Functional forests: biodiversity in the benefit of cities, BP.JP - associated scholarships

Abstract

About 68% of the world's population will be living in the cities by 2050. Megacities such as São Paulo already suffer the exacerbated effects of climate change due to heat islands and impermeable surfaces, along with the harm caused by the environmental pollution. The conditions of the urban environment can be improved using the ecosystem services of trees that include carbon sequestration, water production, temperature reduction and air pollution, which vary according to species and their growth conditions. The ecosystem services of urban forests are part of the Nature-Based Solutions that are essential for the adaptation and mitigation of the urban environment to climate change and pollution. This project aims to establish a research group in Nature-Based Solutions with the vision of optimizing urban forests. The aims are to: I) quantify ecosystem services, II) understand the biological mechanisms, III) understand the impact of urban environment, IV) create the narratives. This study will be carried out at the Fontes do Ipiranga State Park as a remnant of the Atlantic Forest; and Ibirapuera Park as a public green area. Ecosystem services and related biological processes will be quantified concomitantly in both sites. Carbon, water and energy fluxes will be monitored at the population level using Eddy Covariance systems, and at individual level with both sap flow sensors and carbon allocation measures using tree rings in a dendrobiochemical approach. Tree rings will also be used to estimate the past variability in ecosystem services based on microdensity analyzes, hydraulic architecture and stable isotopes of carbon and oxygen. Removal of air pollution, on the other hand, will be determined for each species by means of biomonitoring techniques using tree bark. These data will be analyzed using complex networks that will allow integrating the biological processes from the individuals to the population. This project will support public management policies for the optimization the ecosystem services of urban forests. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ZUIDEMA, PIETER A.; BABST, FLURIN; GROENENDIJK, PETER; TROUET, VALERIE; ABIYU, ABRHAM; ACUNA-SOTO, RODOLFO; ADENESKY-FILHO, EDUARDO; ALFARO-SANCHEZ, RAQUEL; VIEIRA ARAGAO, JOSE ROBERTO; ASSIS-PEREIRA, GABRIEL; et al. Tropical tree growth driven by dry-season climate variability. NATURE GEOSCIENCE, v. 15, n. 4, p. 21-pg., 2022-03-31. (18/01847-0, 09/53951-7, 18/24514-7, 19/08783-0, 18/50080-4, 17/50085-3, 19/27110-7, 12/50457-4)

SANDRE, ADRIANA AFONSO; FRUEHAUF, AMANDA LOMBARDO; LUCCHEZI MIYAHARA, AUGUSTO AKIO; ROSA, ASHILEY ADELAIDE; MARUYAMA, CINTIA MIUA; LOCOSELLI, GIULIANO MASELLI; CANDIDO, LETICIA FIGUEIREDO; LOMBARDO, MAGDA ADELAIDE; AGUIAR COELHO, MATHEUS; MUROLO, RAFAEL POLLASTRINI; et al. Geodesign Brazil: Trees for the Metropolitan Area of Sao Paulo. COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND ITS APPLICATIONS, ICCSA 2021, PT VI, v. 12954, p. 13-pg., 2021-01-01. (20/14163-2, 19/08783-0, 20/09251-0)

DE LIMA ARAUJO, HENRIQUE CESAR; MARTINS, FELLIPE SILVA; PHILIPPI CORTESE, TATIANA TUCUNDUVA; LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO MASELLI. Artificial intelligence in urban forestry-A systematic review. URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING, v. 66, p. 11-pg., 2021-12-01. (19/08783-0, 20/09251-0, 17/50341-0)

LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO MASELLI; LUCCHEZI MIYAHARA, AUGUSTO AKIO; CERQUEIRA, PRISCILLA; BUCKERIDGE, MARCOS SILVEIRA. Climate drivers of tree fall on the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil. TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, MAY 2021. (19/08783-0, 20/09251-0)

BECACICI MACIEIRA, BERNARDO PRETTI; LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO MASELLI; BUCKERIDGE, MARCOS SILVEIRA; JARDIM, VINICIUS CARVALHO; KROTTENTHALER, STEFAN; ANHUF, DIETER; HELLE, GERHARD; FAUSTINI CUZZUOL, GERALDO ROGERIO; CECCANTINI, GREGORIO. Will climate change shift carbon allocation and stem hydraulics? Insights on a systemic view of carbon- and water-related wood traits in an anysohydric tropical tree species (Hymenaea courbaril, Leguminosae). ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, v. 128, SEP 2021. (17/50085-3, 14/50884-5, 15/25511-3, 20/09251-0, 12/50457-4, 19/08783-0, 08/57908-6)

AMAIS, RENATA S.; MOREAU, PEDRO S.; FRANCISCHINI, DANIELLE S.; MAGNUSSON, RAFAEL; LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO M.; GODOY-VEIGA, MILENA; CECCANTINI, GREGORIO; RODRIGUEZ, DAIGARD R. ORTEGA; TOMAZELLO-FILHO, MARIO; ARRUDA, MARCO A. Z.. Trace elements distribution in tropical tree rings through high-resolution imaging using LA-ICP-MS analysis. JOURNAL OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, v. 68, DEC 2021. (19/24445-8, 20/09251-0, 13/21728-2, 17/50085-3, 18/22914-8, 18/25207-0, 15/25511-3, 18/23478-7, 19/08783-0, 19/00063-9, 17/50341-0, 19/00018-3, 19/05174-3)

MANFRA, RODRIGO; MASSOCA, MIRIAM DOS SANTOS; URAS, PRISCILLA MARTINS CERQUEIRA; CAVALARI, ALINE ANDREIA; LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO MASELLI. Average height of surrounding buildings and district age are the main predictors of tree failure on the streets of Sa tilde o Paulo/Brazil. URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING, v. 74, p. 8-pg., 2022-07-06. (20/06694-8, 19/08783-0, 17/50341-0, 20/09251-0)

LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO MASELLI; BUCKERIDGE, MARCOS SILVEIRA. The science of urban trees to promote well-being. TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, v. 37, n. 1, p. 7-pg., 2023-02-01. (20/06694-8, 22/02365-5, 19/08783-0, 14/50884-5, 20/09251-0)

MIYAHARA, AUGUSTO AKIO LUCCHEZI; SANTOS, DENNER RODRIGUES DOS; PAGIN-CL, FILIPE; SILVA, GLEDSON JULIO DA; BERTOLETI, ISABELLA APARECIDA FONSECA; SILVA, JULIANA LEANDRO DA; CANDIDO, LETICIA FIGUEIREDO; SIQUEIRA, MATHEUS CASARINI; SILVA, RAPHAELA PERES; RACANELLI, YOLANDA RAFAELA; et al. Urban dendrochronology toolkit for evidence-based decision-making on climate risk, cultural heritage, environmental pollution, and tree management-A systematic review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY, v. 137, p. 12-pg., 2022-09-08. (17/50085-3, 20/06694-8, 20/14163-2, 21/09686-9, 20/09251-0, 17/50341-0, 19/08783-0)

LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO MASELLI; BRIENEN, ROEL J. W.; DE SOUZA MARTINS, VERIDIANA TEIXEIRA; GLOOR, EMANUEL; BOOM, ARNOUD; DE CAMARGO, EVELYN PEREIRA; NASCIMENTO SALDIVA, PAULO HILARIO; BUCKERIDGE, MARCOS SILVEIRA. Intra-annual oxygen isotopes in the tree rings record precipitation extremes and water reservoir levels in the Metropolitan Area of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Science of The Total Environment, v. 743, p. 8-pg., 2020-11-15. (13/21728-2, 18/22422-8, 17/50085-3, 19/08783-0, 15/25511-3, 10/20876-0, 17/10544-9)

LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO MASELLI; LUCCHEZI MIYAHARA, AUGUSTO AKIO; CERQUEIRA, PRISCILLA; BUCKERIDGE, MARCOS SILVEIRA. Climate drivers of tree fall on the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil. TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, v. 35, n. 6, p. 1807-1815, DEC 2021. (20/09251-0, 19/08783-0)

LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO MASELLI; BRIENEN, ROEL J. W.; LEITE, MELINA DE SOUZA; GLOOR, MANUEL; KROTTENTHALER, STEFAN; DE OLIVEIRA, ALEXANDRE A.; BARICHIVICH, JONATHAN; ANHUF, DIETER; CECCANTINI, GREGORIO; SCHONGART, JOCHEN; et al. Global tree-ring analysis reveals rapid decrease in tropical tree longevity with temperature. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. 117, n. 52, p. 33358-33364, DEC 29 2020. (17/50085-3, 15/25511-3, 20/09251-0, 19/08783-0, 13/21728-2, 08/57908-6)

MIYAHARA, AUGUSTO AKIO LUCCHEZI; WILD, TOM; SANDRE, ADRIANA AFONSO; PELLEGRINO, PAULO RENATO MESQUITA; DA SILVA FILHO, CARLOS ALBERTO; BUCKERIDGE, MARCOS SILVEIRA; LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO MASELLI. Developing and classifying urban biomes as a basis for nature-based solutions. URBAN CLIMATE, v. 45, p. 14-pg., 2022-09-01. (19/08783-0, 17/50341-0, 20/09251-0)

GODOY-VEIGA, MILENA; CINTRA, BRUNO BARCANTE LADVOCAT; STRIKIS, NICOLAS MISAILIDIS; CRUZ, FRANCISCO WILLIAN; GROHMANN, CARLOS HENRIQUE; SANTOS, MATHEUS SIMOES; REGEV, LIOR; BOARETTO, ELISABETTA; CECCANTINI, GREGORIO; LOCOSSELLI, GIULIANO MASELLI. The value of climate responses of individual trees to detect areas of climate-change refugia, a tree-ring study in the Brazilian seasonally dry tropical forests. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, v. 488, MAY 15 2021. (19/09813-0, 20/09251-0, 19/25636-1, 18/07632-6, 17/50085-3, 19/08783-0)