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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
I have a degree in Animal Science from UNESP (1988), Master in Ecology from UNICAMP (1992) and PhD in Ecology from the University of Cambridge, England (1998). Since 2011 I am part of the Department of Biology at the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages of Ribeirão Preto, USP, where I coordinate the Laboratory of Ecology and Conservation (LAEC). I am accredited as a full supervisor in the programs "Comparative Biology" (area: Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation) at FFCLRP/USP and "Applied Ecology" at ESALQ/USP (Piracicaba) and as a collaborator in the program "Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity" at UNESP, Rio Claro. Ecology applied to conservation, particularly involving Neotropical mammal species, is my main line of research interest. I am also a member of the IUCN Anteater, sloth and armadillo specialist group and the editorial board of the periodicals Tropical Conservation Science and Land. I act as an advisor for FAPESP, CNPq and several national and international journals. I was a DCR/CNPq Fellow at the Museu Mello Leitão between 1999 and 2001, a professor at the graduate program in Vertebrate Zoology and at the Biological Sciences course at PUC-Minas in Belo Horizonte between 2001 and 2011, and editor of the Bulletin of the Museu de Biologia Mello Leitão between 2001 and 2006. Since 2006 I am a CNPq productivity fellow (level 1D since 2017). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Sloths are strictly arboreal, folivorous mammals. Six species occur in Brazil, two of which are endemic to the Atlantic Forest and are threatened with extinction due to deforestation and associated impacts. These two threatened species are the northern maned sloth (Bradypus torquatus), found between Bahia and Sergipe and the southern maned sloth (B. crinitus), a recently described species…
The conservation of species outside protected areas (PAs) is a growing trend of the conservation community, since PAs do not hold the majority of remaining native habitat. In the last 50 years, the Cerrado of São Paulo State has undergone a drastic transformation, having been replaced by pastures and, later, by extensive sugarcane plantations and, to a lesser extent, forestry. In this sce…
The norhteastern region of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, concentrates the most relevant remnants of Cerrado vegetation; however, these remnants are immersed in a landscape strongly dominated by intensive agriculture and plantation forest. The survival of mammals with specialized feeding habits and that occur in low densities is particularly worrying. One of such species that still survi…
Agriculture is one of the major drivers of global biodiversity loss, intensified by pesticide pollution. Contaminants can spread across agricultural landscapes, resulting in the exposure of non-target organisms. In addition, landscape characteristics can influence how organisms explore and are exposed to contaminants in different environments. In this context, medium and large-sized mamma…
Biodiversity has been greatly impacted by anthropogenic disturbances in the environment, which cause loss and degradation of natural habitats and pose a risk of extinction to a growing number of species. As a result, the need to restore degraded areas or recreate forests has become increasingly important and relevant. Fauna is an inseparable part of the ecosystem processes, essential to b…
The use and construction of roads causes profound changes in landscapes and affects wildlife through various factors, such as deaths due to collisions with vehicles, changes in habitat quality and behavioral alterations, as well as fragmenting native vegetation. Among the types of roads, unpaved roads are particularly transformative, especially in agricultural regions of tropical countrie…
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In the Modern Era, human actions were and continue to be the direct cause of a series of extinctions of species from a wide range of ecological guilds and phylogenetic clades, highlighting a crisis in global diversity. In Brazil, the expansion of agribusiness is the main threat to the preservation of natural heritage, especially in biomes that are already very fragmented, such as the Atla…
In recent decades there has been a large displacement of rural populations to urban areas. It is expected that by 2050, the world's urban population will be greater than 6.3 million people. This process often occurs with no planning and limits the protection of the biodiversity and ecosystems resources, which is particularly observed in tropical regions. The following urban sprawl generat…
Invasion of species is one of the main threats to biodiversity conservation. Although not every introduction of species results in invasion, aliens species commonly cause severe impact both to humans and wildlife, so it is very important to understand the interaction of aliens with the new environments. In this respect, this work aims to investigate European Hare occupancy association wit…
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The construction and use of roads cause profound changes in landscapes and affect wildlife through various factors, such as wildlife-vehicle collisions, changes in habitat quality, behavioral alterations, and the fragmentation of native vegetation. Among road types, unpaved roads are particularly transformative, especially in agricultural regions of tropical countries, where they support …
In the Modern Era, anthropogenic disturbance has been the direct driver of a series of species extinctions from a wide range of ecological guilds and phylogenetic clades, highlighting a global diversity crisis. In Brazil, relentless agribusiness expansion is the main threat to the preservation of natural heritage, especially in already highly fragmented biomes, such as the Atlantic Forest…
The Cerrado is a species-rich savannah-like biome that provides several ecosystem services derived from its biodiversity. However, this biome is highly degraded due to intensive over-exploitation and land use . Therefore, protected areas (PAs) and their respective buffer zones - which aim to minimize anthropogenic impacts on PAs - are essential for the conservation of biodiversity and the…
The northeastern region of São Paulo state retains the most relevant Cerrado fragments in the state, immersed in matrices strongly dominated by intensive agriculture and forestry. Medium and large mammal species occur in the region, some of which have specialized habits and live naturally at low population densities. This is the case of the giant anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, a taxon…
The European hare invasion in the Neotropics has received little attention until now. Since biological invasion has severely threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, it is undoubtedly urgent to investigate the drivers of the spread and occurrence of this non-native species in this novel geographic realm. Moreover, it is also vital to understand the spatial coexistence patterns prevail…
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