Nordeste: new science for a neglected biome

• Grant number: 15/50488-5
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - SPEC Program
• Start date: September 01, 2016
• End date: December 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology
• Agreement: NERC, UKRI ; Newton Fund, with FAPESP as a partner institution in Brazil
• Principal Investigator: Jonathan James Lloyd
• Grantee: Jonathan James Lloyd
• Principal researcher abroad: Colin Prentice
• Institution abroad: Imperial College London, England
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: Jorge Luís Porsani ; Leonor Patricia Cerdeira Morellato ; Tomas Ferreira Domingues
• Associated research grant(s): 16/50509-5 - Isoprene emission, ozone pollution and vegetation dynamics in São Paulo, Brazil, AP.R SPRINT
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/24806-0 - Evaluation of hydraulic functional traits of Caatinga trees, BP.TT; 18/12379-8 - Ecosystem primary productivity accessed by eddy covariance measurements, BP.TT; 17/19702-6 - Integrated omics approaches for the evaluation of the micromolecular phenotypic dynamics of Glycine max (soja) genetically modified for water stress tolerance, BP.PD; + associated scholarships 17/17380-1 - Near-surface remote phenology and leaf attributes of seasonal vegetation, BP.PD; 17/17850-8 - Metabolomic analysis of micromolecular diversity of ESI-MS based caatinga, BP.DD; 17/02231-0 - Relationship among primary productivity, its environmental controllers and functional diversity in the Caatinga vegetation, BP.PD; 17/03253-8 - Describing tree community in Caatinga areas: richness and biomass, BP.TT; 16/25929-0 - Applications of GPR data inversion in the mapping of underground biomass through microwave tomography, BP.PD; 16/22130-1 - Ecosystem primary productivity accessed by eddy covariance measurements, BP.TT - associated scholarships

Abstract

Designed as an integrated research program involving both Brazilian and UK researchers 'Nordeste' will attempt to redress this neglect: 1. Through the establishment of a permanent plot network similar to that existing in moist tropical forests allowing measurements of Caatinga canopy structure and dynamics and both their short- and long-term responses to climate change to be evaluated. 2. With the aid of new measurements designed to better quantify the biodiversity of the region and to develop an understanding of how it varies in response to variations in soils and climate. 3. Via the development of mechanistic models of semi-arid ecosystem response to climate change a series of detailed structural, physiological measurements across the wide range of different Caatinga sub-types found in the region. These will be made both above-and below-ground and in natural and degraded ecosystems of the region. A special emphasis will be placed on measurements designed to help us understand why it is that under certain circumstances it is that very high biomass stands of Caatinga occur despite the very low rainfall. (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)

CARDOSO, DOMINGOS; SARKINEN, TIINA; ALEXANDER, SARA; AMORIM, ANDRE M.; BITTRICH, VOLKER; CELIS, MARCELA; DALY, DOUGLAS C.; FIASCHI, PEDRO; FUNK, VICKI A.; GIACOMIN, LEANDRO L.; et al. Amazon plant diversity revealed by a taxonomically verified species list. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. 114, n. 40, p. 10695-10700, OCT 3 2017. (15/50488-5)

ALMEIDA, EMERSON RODRIGO; BICUDO, TULIO; PORSANI, JORGE LUIS. Automatic estimation of inversion parameters for Microwave Tomography in GPR data using cooperative targets. JOURNAL OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICS, v. 178, JUL 2020. (16/25929-0, 15/50488-5)

FERREIRA, THOMAS R.; DA SILVA, BERNARDO B.; DE MOURA, MAGNA S. B.; VERHOEF, ANNE; NOBREGA, RODOLFO L. B.. The use of remote sensing for reliable estimation of net radiation and its components: a case study for contrasting land covers in an agricultural hotspot of the Brazilian semiarid region. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, v. 291, SEP 15 2020. (15/50488-5)

CUNHA, JOHN; NOBREGA, RODOLFO L. B.; RUFINO, IANA; ERASMI, STEFAN; GALVAO, CARLOS; VALENTE, FERNANDA. Surface albedo as a proxy for land-cover clearing in seasonally dry forests: Evidence from the Brazilian Caatinga. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, v. 238, n. SI, MAR 1 2020. (15/50488-5)

DE QUEIROZ, LUCIANO PAGANUCCI; CARDOSO, DOMINGOS B. O. S.. A New Large-Flowered Species of Rhynchosia (Leguminosae) from the Brazilian Caatinga Seasonally Dry Woodlands. SYSTEMATIC BOTANY, v. 43, n. 4, p. 975-979, OCT-DEC 2018. (15/50488-5)

MIRANDA, RODRIGO DE QUEIROGA; NOBREGA, RODOLFO LUIZ BEZERRA; BESERRA DE MOURA, MAGNA SOELMA; RAGHAVAN, SRINIVASAN; GALVINCIO, JOSICLEDA DOMICIANO. Realistic and simplified models of plant and leaf area indices for a seasonally dry tropical forest. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, v. 85, MAR 2020. (15/50488-5)

CUNHA, JOHN; NOBREGA, RODOLFO L. B.; RUFINO, IANA; ERASMI, STEFAN; GALVAO, CARLOS; VALENTE, FERNANDA. Surface albedo as a proxy for land-cover clearing in seasonally dry forests: Evidence from the Brazilian Caatinga. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, v. 238, p. 14-pg., 2020-03-01. (15/50488-5)

PALOSCHI, RENNAN A.; RAMOS, DESIREE MARQUES; VENTURA, DIONE J.; SOUZA, RODOLFO; SOUZA, EDUARDO; MORELLATO, LEONOR PATRICIA CERDEIRA; NOBREGA, RODOLFO L. B.; COUTINHO, ITALO ANTONIO COTTA; VERHOEF, ANNE; KORTING, THALES SEHN; et al. Environmental Drivers of Water Use for Caatinga Woody Plant Species: Combining Remote Sensing Phenology and Sap Flow Measurements. REMOTE SENSING, v. 13, n. 1, JAN 2021. (17/17380-1, 15/50488-5)

VIANA CUNHA, HELLEN FERNANDA; ANDERSEN, KELLY M.; LUGLI, LAYNARA FIGUEIREDO; SANTANA, FLAVIA DELGADO; ALEIXO, IZABELA FONSECA; MORAES, ANNA MARTINS; GARCIA, SABRINA; DI PONZIO, RAFFAELLO; MENDOZA, ERICK OBLITAS; BRUM, BARBARA; et al. Direct evidence for phosphorus limitation on Amazon forest productivity. Nature, v. 608, n. 7923, p. 14-pg., 2022-08-10. (15/50488-5)

DINIZ, PEDRO; VALLS, JOSE F. M.; RAMOS, DESIREE M.. Foraging behaviour of an omnivorous bird varies in mixed-species groups. ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, v. N/A, p. 17-pg., 2022-09-26. (19/11835-2, 17/17380-1, 15/50488-5)

ALBERTON, BRUNA; MARTIN, THOMAS C. M.; DA ROCHA, HUMBERTO R.; RICHARDSON, ANDREW D.; MOURA, MAGNA S. B.; TORRES, RICARDO S.; MORELLATO, LEONOR PATRICIA CERDEIRA. Relationship between tropical leaf phenology and ecosystem productivity using phenocameras. FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, v. 11, p. 14-pg., 2023-09-14. (14/00215-0, 13/50155-0, 10/52113-5, 09/54208-6, 19/23853-5, 21/11762-5, 15/50488-5, 16/01413-5, 19/11835-2)

ALAN C. PILON; DENISE M. SELEGATO; RICHARD P. FERNANDES; PAULA C. P. BUENO; DANIELLE R. PINHO; FAUSTO CARNEVALE NETO; RAFAEL T. FREIRE; IAN CASTRO-GAMBOA; VANDERLAN S. BOLZANI; NORBERTO P. LOPES. METABOLÔMICA DE PLANTAS: MÉTODOS E DESAFIOS. Química Nova, v. 43, n. 3, p. 329-354, 2020-06-01. (13/07600-3, 14/05935-0, 19/15889-0, 17/17850-8, 14/50265-3, 17/19702-6, 15/50488-5, 19/08477-7, 14/50926-0, 16/13292-8)

MOONLIGHT, PETER W.; BANDA-R, KARINA; PHILLIPS, OLIVER L.; DEXTER, KYLE G.; PENNINGTON, R. TOBY; BAKER, TIM R.; DE LIMA, HAROLDO C.; FAJARDO, LAURIE; GONZALEZ-M, ROY; LINARES-PALOMINO, REYNALDO; et al. Expanding tropical forest monitoring into Dry Forests: The DRYFLOR protocol for permanent plots. PLANTS PEOPLE PLANET, v. 3, n. 3, SI, p. 295-300, MAY 2021. (15/50488-5)

MARIANO, EDUARDO; GOMES, TACIANA F.; LINS, SILVIA R. M.; ABDALLA-FILHO, ADIBE L.; SOLTANGHEISI, AMIN; ARAUJO, MARIA G. S.; ALMEIDA, RODRIGO F.; AUGUSTO, FERNANDA G.; CANISARES, LUIZA P.; CHAVES, SIGLEA S. F.; et al. LT-Brazil: A database of leaf traits across biomes and vegetation types in Brazil. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, v. 30, n. 11, AUG 2021. (13/09800-0, 15/18790-3, 15/50488-5)

RAFAEL NERIS DOS SANTOS, VINICIUS; ALMEIDA, EMERSON RODRIGO; PORSANI, JORGE LUIS; TEIXEIRA, FERNANDO LISBOA; SOLDOVIERI, FRANCESCO. A Controlled-Site Comparison of Microwave Tomography and Time-Reversal Imaging Techniques for GPR Surveys. REMOTE SENSING, v. 10, n. 2, FEB 2018. (15/50488-5, 11/21013-8, 13/12606-0, 14/18209-6)

FERNANDES, MOABE F.; CARDOSO, DOMINGOS; DE QUEIROZ, LUCIANO P.. An updated plant checklist of the Brazilian Caatinga seasonally dry forests and woodlands reveals high species richness and endemism. JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, v. 174, MAR 2020. (15/50488-5)

OSBORNE, OWEN G.; DOBREVA, MARIYA P.; PAPADOPULOS, ALEXANDER S. T.; DE MOURA, MAGNA S. B.; BRUNELLO, ALEXANDRE T.; DE QUEIROZ, LUCIANO P.; PENNINGTON, R. TOBY; LLOYD, JON; SAVOLAINEN, VINCENT. Mapping the root systems of individual trees in a natural community using genotyping-by-sequencing. NEW PHYTOLOGIST, v. N/A, p. 13-pg., 2022-12-26. (15/50488-5)