Patterns of diversity of small mammals in the Cerrado

• Grant number: 24/12125-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2024
• End date: August 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology
• Principal Investigator: Joyce Rodrigues Do Prado
• Grantee: Amanda Kimie Tsuruta
• Host Institution: Museu de Zoologia (MZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 22/12632-0 - An old sample tells a good story: the evolutionary history of mammals from the diagonal of open vegetation of South America told by biological collections, AP.BTA.JP

Abstract

The undergraduate research fellow will develop a project to construct species distribution models to understand the diversity patterns of these mammals in the Cerrado and their relationship with environmental and geographical variables. For the models, the fellow will use occurrence data of species distributed throughout the biome obtained from literature and the mammal collection of the Museum of Zoology at the University of São Paulo, as well as data collected during field expeditions planned under this proposal. In addition, the fellow will participate in the routine research activities of the mammal laboratory and curation at MZUSP with the Technical Training fellows, undergraduate research students, and graduate students.