graduate at Bacharelado Em Ciências Biológicas from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1992), master's at Zoology from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1995) and ph.d. at Zoology from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1998). Has experience in Zoology, acting on the following subjects: serpentes, alimentação, metabolismo, respiração and tupinambis. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Temperature and availability of water and food profoundly affect the physiology, behavior and ecology of animals, especially ectotherms. Climate variability exposes them to considerable changes in the thermal, water and food configuration of the environment at both geographic and temporal scales. Thus, the successful occupation and maintenance of viable populations in different habitats o…
Anurans can be regarded as model organisms for the study of thermal physiology and water balance due to their highly permeable skin (which makes them particularly sensitive to water availability in the environment) and ectothermy (which makes them dependent of external heat sources for body temperature regulation). Thus, temperature and water availability are known to exert a strong influ…
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Mechanistic modeling approaches have increasingly been recognized as a robust tool to evaluate the resilience/vulnerability of populations and species in face of habitat modification, such as that posed by climatic change. Although this approach has proved insightful in studies focused on lizards, its application to other ectothermic groups, with diverse set of functional attributes, need…
Body temperature regulation, in face of environmental temperature fluctuations and/or changes in metabolic heat production, involves regulatory mechanisms associated to heat exchange. One of these mechanisms is the modulation of superficial temperature of specific areas of the body, by mean of vasomotor adjustments, that can either result in heat dissipation or heat conservation. Moreover…
The goal of this post-doc is to analyze the otic region of extant and fossils crocodyliforms in paleoecological and evolutive spectrums. Five work fronts will be explored to achieve such goal: the study of extant crocodiliforms otic region, the study of fossil crocodiliforms otic region, the crocodyliform paleoecology, the detailed study of three particular fossil taxa, and the crocodylif…
Global climate data show that the last decade have been the warmest in 200 years and climate forecasts for the start of the next century also suggest an increase of approximately 2-4°C in global average temperature. Such temperature changes can bring direct and indirect implications on the world's fauna, especially in ectotermic species that rely on external sources of heat to thermoregul…
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The proposed project intend to assess quantitative metrics based on physiological parameters that will be incorporated into mechanistic modelling approaches to evaluate contemporary patterns of habitat occupancy in anuran amphibians of the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Thereafter, we will use the information derived from this model to assess the vulnerability of these organisms to scenarios of…
Migration is a regular seasonal movement that permits birds to escape from extreme cold and to explore different sources of food. Long-distance flight is energetically demanding, so the birds must prepare for it by storing large amounts of energy. Timing of migration is controlled primarily by changes in day length. Before spring and autumn, the birds increase the food intake for deposit…
Temperature and water availability are factors that affect, importantly, the ecology, physiology, and behavior of amphibians. Species with broad geographic distribution are submitted, along its area of occurrence, to substantial variations in abiotic parameters (especially related to climate and vegetation types). However, our knowledge on how those variations affect and/or are reflected …
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