| Grant number: | 23/06677-4 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |
| Start date: | September 01, 2023 |
| End date: | August 31, 2025 |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Ecology |
| Principal Investigator: | Luis Cesar Schiesari |
| Grantee: | Lucas Ferrante de Faria |
| Host Institution: | Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades (EACH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
Abstract The South and Southeast regions of Brazil are experiencing climate changes that are already affecting human supply, agriculture and the endemic biodiversity of the Atlantic Forest. Seasonal winds known as "flying rivers" transport water vapor from the Amazon to the Atlantic Forest, and the breakdown of this ecosystem service could lead Atlantic Forest species to population decline and extinction in the short term. The present project aims to investigate, through teleconnection analysis, the origin of the rains that supply the South and Southeast regions of Brazil. We will also investigate, through teleconnection analyses, how deforestation and land use change in the Amazon can affect the rainfall pattern and climate maintenance in the Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot. In addition, it will be investigated how different climatic gradients generated by the influence of the Amazonian flying rivers act to shape morphological characteristics of frogs in the Atlantic Forest. In this way, this project aims to investigate how the expansion of deforestation in the Amazon affects the maintenance of flying rivers, impacting biodiversity and the large water reservoirs used for human supply in the south and southeast regions of Brazil. | |
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