Fernando Espírito Santo | Lancaster University - Inglaterra

• Grant number: 15/50392-8
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: March 01, 2016
• End date: December 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology
• Agreement: CONFAP ; Newton Fund, with FAPESP as a partner institution in Brazil
• Principal Investigator: Tomas Ferreira Domingues
• Grantee: Tomas Ferreira Domingues
• Visiting researcher: Fernando Espírito Santo
• Visiting researcher institution: Lancaster University, England
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This proposal aims to develop a multi-scale remote sensing framework to model and predict the carbon sink secondary forests. As such, it is within a priority area of research and innovation between FAPESP, CONFAP (National for the State Funding Agencies) and The UK Academies. The proposal will also benefit the FAPESP-NERC funded "ECOFOR: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in degraded and recovering Amazonian and Atlantic Forests". Our novel method examines plant functional traits (PFT) along gradients of forest succession. It will take advantage of airborne LiDAR (light detection and ranging) images, satellite images and comprehensive forest inventory data in order to quantify the functional relation between forest structure (e.g. heights) and other PFT (leave, stems and biomass) during forest succession. (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)

SILVA, CAMILA V. J.; ARAGAO, LUIZ E. O. C.; BARLOW, JOS; ESPIRITO-SANTO, FERNANDO; YOUNG, PAUL J.; ANDERSON, LIANA O.; BERENGUER, ERIKA; BRASIL, IZAIAS; FOSTER BROWN, I.; CASTRO, BRUNO; et al. Drought-induced Amazonian wildfires instigate a decadal-scale disruption of forest carbon dynamics. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, v. 373, n. 1760, NOV 19 2018. (15/50392-8)

SILVA, CAMILA V. J.; ARAGAO, LUIZ E. O. C.; YOUNG, PAUL J.; ESPIRITO-SANTO, FERNANDO; BERENGUER, ERIKA; ANDERSON, LIANA O.; BRASIL, IZAIAS; PONTES-LOPES, ALINE; FERREIRA, JOICE; WITHEY, KIERAN; et al. Estimating the multi-decadal carbon deficit of burned Amazonian forests. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, v. 15, n. 11, NOV 2020. (15/50392-8, 18/15001-6, 16/21043-8)

BISPO, POLYANNA DA CONCEICAO; BALZTER, HEIKO; MALHI, YADVINDER; SLIK, J. W. FERRY; DOS SANTOS, JOAO ROBERTO; RENNO, CAMILO DALELES; ESPIRITO-SANTO, FERNANDO D.; ARAGAO, LUIZ E. O. C.; XIMENES, ARIMATEA C.; BISPO, PITAGORAS DA CONCEICAO. Drivers of metacommunity structure diverge for common and rare Amazonian tree species. PLoS One, v. 12, n. 11, NOV 20 2017. (15/50392-8)

SCARANELLO, MARCOS A. S.; KELLER, MICHAEL; LONGO, MARCOS; DOS-SANTOS, MAIZA N.; LEITOLD, VERONIKA; MORTON, DOUGLAS C.; PINAGE, EKENA R.; ESPIRITO-SANTO, FERNANDO DEL BON. Estimation of coarse dead wood stocks in intact and degraded forests in the Brazilian Amazon using airborne lidar. BIOGEOSCIENCES, v. 16, n. 17, p. 3457-3474, SEP 13 2019. (15/50392-8, 15/07227-6)

BERENGUER, ERIKA; LENNOX, GARETH D.; FERREIRA, JOICE; MALHI, YADVINDER; ARAGAO, LUIZ E. O. C.; BARRETO, JULIA RODRIGUES; ESPIRITO-SANTO, FERNANDO DEL BON; FIGUEIREDO, AXA EMANUELLE S.; FRANCA, FILIPE; GARDNER, TOBY ALAN; et al. Tracking the impacts of El Nino drought and fire in human-modified Amazonian forests. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. 118, n. 30, JUL 27 2021. (15/50392-8, 18/15001-6, 12/51872-5)

ADAMI, MARCOS; BERNARDES, SERGIO; ARAI, EGIDIO; FREITAS, RAMON M.; SHIMABUKURO, YOSIO E.; ESPIRITO-SANTO, FERNANDO D. B.; RUDORFF, BERNARDO F. T.; ANDERSON, LIANA O.. Seasonality of vegetation types of South America depicted by moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) time series. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, v. 69, p. 148-163, JUL 2018. (15/50392-8)

MEYER, VICTORIA; SAATCHI, SASSAN; CLARK, DAVID B.; KELLER, MICHAEL; VINCENT, GREGOIRE; FERRAZ, ANTONIO; ESPIRITO-SANTO, FERNANDO; D'OLIVEIRA, MARCUS V. N.; KAKI, DAHLIA; CHAVE, JEROME. Canopy area of large trees explains aboveground biomass variations across neotropical forest landscapes. BIOGEOSCIENCES, v. 15, n. 11, p. 3377-3390, JUN 8 2018. (15/50392-8)

BISPO, P. D.; BALZTER, H.; MALHI, Y.; SLIK, J. W. F.; DOS SANTOS, J. R.; RENNO, C. D.. Drivers of metacommunity structure diverge for common and rare Amazonian tree species (vol 12, e0188300, 2017). PLoS One, v. 13, n. 8, p. 1-pg., 2018-08-31. (15/50392-8)