Subsidies for monitoring invasive and over-dominant species and their impacts on diversity and ecosystem services at the Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station

• Grant number: 22/10981-8
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Regular Research Grants
• Start date: October 01, 2023
• End date: September 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Applied Ecology
• Agreement: Secretaria de Meio Ambiente, Infraestrutura e Logística - Fundação Florestal
• Principal Investigator: Dalva Maria da Silva Matos
• Grantee: Dalva Maria da Silva Matos
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Edson Montilha de Oliveira ; Paulo Henrique Peira Ruffino ; Vânia Regina Pivello
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/18238-8 - An evaluation of the ecosystem services provided by the Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station to local residents and risks associated with biological invasions, BP.TT; 23/18291-3 - Subsidies for monitoring the impact of invasive and superdominant plant species in the management of aquatic biodiversity conservation at the Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station: an approach with macrovertebrates from the Una river, BP.PD; 23/13914-2 - An evaluation of the ecosystem services provided by the Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station to local residents and risks associated with biological invasions, BP.TT

Abstract

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 Juréia-Itatins affect the ecosystem services provided to the local residents. For this, we will map the locations of occurrence of these species, assess the diversity of macroinvertebrates for communities and not invaded areas and survey the ecosystem services provided as local. Based on From the results we will develop models that can help predict how an invasive species can influence the diversity and ecosystem services, including epidemiology and public health, support policy management and control of invasive species through the development of protocols for the diagnosis of an invasion the susceptibility of the environment and the direct and indirect impacts; presentation of at least 3 papers in scientific events, publication of at least 2 papers and supervision of 2 undergraduate, 1 MSc and 1 PhD students. (AU)