Changes in fire regime in southeastern Amazonia and the effects on biodiversity: the impact of recurrent fires on invertebrate communities

• Grant number: 13/19024-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
• Start date: April 01, 2014
• End date: March 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology
• Principal Investigator: André Victor Lucci Freitas
• Grantee: Rafael Barreto de Andrade
• Supervisor: Jennifer K. Balch
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Pennsylvania State University, United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 13/00375-4 - Changes in fire regime in Southeastern Amazonia and the effects on biodiversity: The impact of recurrent fires on invertebrate communities., BP.PD

Abstract

Tropical forests are the most biologically diverse habitats in the world and are among the most threatened environments by anthropogenic disturbance. The understanding of the effects of threats like the increase of forest fires on the biodiversity of these biomes is a vital step for conservation actions. The understanding of the effects of threats like the increase of forest fires on the biodiversity of these biomes is a vital step for conservation actions. The objective of the Estágio de Pesquisa no Exterior is to analyze the collected data and conceptualize scientific papers as part of the proposal "Changes in fire regime in Southeastern Amazonia and the effects on biodiversity: The impact of recurrent fires on invertebrate communities". We will analyze how biodiversity parameters of terrestrial invertebrates respond to fire disturbance and how efficient invertebrates are as bioindicators. We will also elaborate and submit scientific papers from these analyses. (AU)

Scientific publications

(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)

DE ANDRADE, RAFAEL B.; BALCH, JENNIFER K.; CARREIRA, JUNIA Y. O.; BRANDO, PAULO M.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.. The impacts of recurrent fires on diversity of fruit-feeding butterflies in a south-eastern Amazon forest. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY, v. 33, n. 1, p. 22-32, JAN 2017. (13/00375-4, 12/50260-6, 11/50225-3, 13/19024-7)

DE ANDRADE, RAFAEL B.; BALCH, JENNIFER K.; CARREIRA, JUNIA Y. O.; BRANDO, PAULO M.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.. The impacts of recurrent fires on diversity of fruit-feeding butterflies in a south-eastern Amazon forest. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY, v. 33, p. 11-pg., 2017-01-01. (11/50225-3, 13/19024-7, 13/00375-4, 12/50260-6)