graduate at Ciência da Computação from Escola de Engenharia de Piracicaba (1994) and master's at Geosciences from Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (1998). Has experience in Computer Science, focusing on Information Systems, acting on the following subjects: atlantic rainforest, landscape ecology, são paulo state, restoration ecology and fragmented landscapes (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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We aim to investigate the effects of anthropogenic disturbances on biodiversity and ecosystem services. São Paulo state has a long history of human occupation; by other side, Goiás state actually is one of the main agrobusiness frontiers in Brazil, and has a recent human occupation history. Therefore, the comparison about the effects of agroecosystems on biodiversity and ecosystem service…
Agricultural and urban areas have been expanded and replacing native vegetation areas in a short time period, causing the loss of biodiversity, thus compromising the manutention of ecosystem services in the planet. Besides the biodiversity that native vegetation harbor, these areas are also responsible for providing several direct and indirect ecosystem services, which are essential for h…
Agriculture is replacing native vegetation worldwide, at a faster rate in the last decades. Biodiversity and ecosystem services have severely been affected, thus compromising essential services for human survival, such as food production, water availability, climate regulation, fiber production, and aesthetic values. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) - which included the Payment for Ecosystem …
We aim to investigate the effects of anthropogenic disturbances on biodiversity and ecosystem services. São Paulo state has a long history of human occupation; by other side, Goiás state actually is one of the main agrobusiness frontiers in Brazil, and has a recent human occupation history. Therefore, the comparison about the effects of agroecosystems on biodiversity and ecosystem service…
Humans are one of the major drivers in structuring vertebrate communities, altering food webs, with unprecedented consequences for ecosystem function. For instance, in tropical terrestrial ecosystems, hunters remove a large proportion of the standing mammalian biomass reducing population densities by 60-100%. Most of these vertebrates are large-bodied species in distinct trophic levels. T…
Brazilian tropical forests provide rich system in which to place biodiversity studies into a global context. Accurate assessment, however, is often hampered by the amount of data available over the necessary spatial and temporal scales, which limits the ability to make predictions to aid in management decisions. Remote sensing, specifically satellite imagery, has the potential to drastica…
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Although the effects of fragmentation on the plant community can be influenced by the quantity and quality of the remaining vegetation, proximity to the forest edge and the surrounding matrix, few studies have focused on understanding and quantifying these influences. At the same time, the term "habitat quality" has been used in many studies involving landscape ecology; however, there is …
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The advent of a massive urbanization process in the mid-twentieth century in Brazil in an unbridled way and without much planning has generated and still causes several problems for the residents of these spaces. There is an emphasis on medium-sized cities, which are home to almost half of the world's urban population. These cities commonly present flooding, air pollution, lack of places …
Projects aimed at the natural habitats restoration have been implemented and in the next years, the tendency is for an increase of natural vegetation areas in Brazil. In addition to increasing areas of natural vegetation, restoration should promote ecological functions to prevent the establishment of empty forests. In addition, to the immediate challenges to identify priority areas for re…
Habitat selection is a vital process for large carnivores, because it is linked with compensation of defending a territory to obtain the resources necessary to fulfill all their physiological requirements. However, habitat loss and fragmentation are threatening their survival. This may occur because large carnivores are especially sensitive to landscape changes due to their large home ran…
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The restoration of habitats should promote ecological functions to prevent the establishment of empty forests. In addition to identifying where are the priority areas for restoration and which are the limitations to secondary forests recovery, in the future, the main challenge will be to obtain information about the quality and functionality of the restored vegetation. Monitoring multiple…
Large carnivores are especially sensitive to landscape changes due to their high home range requirements, low abundance, and low birth rates. Therefore, the jaguar (Panthera onca) - one of the largest carnivores in the Neotropics -, is facing population declines associated with decreased prey density in natural areas, fragmentation, poaching, and conflict humans due to loss of habitat. Th…
The fauna of the Caatinga has suffered for centuries with population declines and, consequently, with the loss of ecosystem functions. Understanding how mammal occupancy patterns are influenced in this biome is fundamental to understanding the ecology and basic prerequisites for effective wildlife management. The objective of this work is to understand how anthropic, environmental and sea…
Bird color variation was analyzed mainly at large geographical scales but, referring to urban areas, there is a gap on this topic. Although there is a study that found that urbanization leads to the homogenization of bird color, the same doesn't seem to happen in Neotropical urban landscapes, where it is possible to observe several colorful birds. In this way, this project aims to assess …
Animal space use is influenced by the interactions between individuals and their environment. The availability and spatial distribution of resources in the landscape can determine their accessibility and in turn influence the movements and degree of conspecific interactions of animals. We propose to contrast different models of space use to evaluate how landscape structure and population …
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