Graduate at Biology from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (1995), Master's and Ph.D. at Zoology from Universidade de São Paulo (1999/2003). Has experience in Zoology, acting on the following subjects: ornithology, systematics, taxonomy and conservation of birds. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Due to the rapid development of evolutionary genetic studies, specimens kept in biological collections over the centuries are now accessible for molecular analysis through the sequencing of so-called historical DNA. These data have been recovered from bones, skins, muscles, teeth, hair, feathers, and the exoskeleton of invertebrates belonging to specimens deposited in museums for years, i…
The Atlantic Forest is a hotspot, with high biodiversity levels and a high level of deforestation and degradation. The Pernambuco Centre of Endemism (PCE), originally distributed in northern São Francisco River, in the states of Paraíba, Alagoas, and Pernambuco is today the most endangered Atlantic Forest region and one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, as only small and iso…
There are very few studies in northeastern Brazil, a region that is home to a variety of environments used to propose hypotheses and models of diversification, but have not had an empirical contribution to advance on these discussions, particularly with the contribution of molecular biology. In northeastern Brazil, forest refuges are result from processes of expansion and shrinkage of for…
In the Atlantic Forest, representatives of two endemic bird genera, Cichlocolaptes and Heliobletus, have important gaps in the knowledge of their taxonomy, systematics and biogeography. There is evidence in plumage and vocalization to suspect that the subspecies of C. leucophrus may be full species, there is a lack of adequate description of northern populations of H. contaminatus, and th…
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The red-browed amazon, Amazona rhodocorytha (Salvadori, 1890) (Psittaciformes, Psittacidae), is one of the endangered Atlantic Forest endemic parrots, classified as Vulnerable (VU) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the List National Association of Endangered Species of the Ministry of the Environment (MMA). Its distribution is restricted to just a few forest…
The Lear's Macaw Anodorhynchus leari (Bonaparte, 1856), is currently listed as "Endangered" by IUCN and ICMBio. Is endemic to northeastern Brazil, with its area of occurrence inserted in the morphoclimatic domain of the Caatinga, and the population concentrated in the Raso da Catarina and Depressão Sertaneja Meridional ecoregions. It's a long-lived and monogamous species, with late sexual…
The brown-backed Parrot, Touit melanonotus (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) (Psittaciformes, Psittacidae), is one of the three endangered species of the Touit genus, which in turn comprises eight species. Considered as threatened with extinction in the "Vulnerable" category both in the list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and in the list published by the Ministry of the E…
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Most of the critical dynamics of forest regeneration occur at the earliest life history stages (seeds and seedlings), which affect plant recruitment. Recruitment limitation occurs when seeds do not arrive to the available places in the forest (seed limitation, including source and dispersal limitation), or do not find adequate conditions for seedling emergence and growth (establishment li…
Accurate species delimitation is essential to a wide range of biological subdisciplines. However, taxonomic knowledge has progressed slowly in the tropics compared to the temperate zone, generating a latitudinal taxonomy gradient with pernicious consequences for our understanding of biological diversity. To mitigate the effects of this artificial gradient, we are conducting an integrative…
Recently, there has been an expansion in using isotopic methodologies in ecological and ornithological studies. However, this methodology is still under-exploited in Brazil, raising the need for training scholars capable of applying this tool in the Brazilian ecological field. Isotopic tools have proven to be very efficient for monitoring and interpreting the effects of anthropogenic impa…
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