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Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Centro de Pesquisas Meteorológicas e Climáticas Aplicadas à Agricultura (CEPAGRI) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
David Montenegro Lapola in research grants and scholarships supported by FAPESP.
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Tropical forests are one of the most important global carbon sinks, compensating a significant fraction of global anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Understanding what drives their capacity to absorb and store carbon in the future is of utmost importance. In addition to its key relevance for the global carbon and water cycles, biodiversity, and traditional human populations, the Amazon forest i…
This proposal gathers two groups of scientists - one based at Unicamp, Brazil and another based at TUM, Germany, which have a long-standing collaboration (see FAPESP Proc. #2015/02537-7) in the area of ecosystem modeling of the Amazon forest, with especial dedication to the AmazonFACE (Free-Air CO2 Enrichment) experiment (https://amazonface.inpa.gov.br/). The AmazonFACE project is a large…
The State of Amazonas is a very relevant case in Brazil in terms of food security, because on the one hand it presents a bounty of natural resources for food but on the other it has some of the worst nutritional indicators in the country. The State of Amazonas presents a clear east-west gradient of nutritional vulnerability, with Manaus presenting medium vulnerability, and municipalities …
Despite being suggested, for more than 20 years now, as a process of utter importance for the resilience of tropical forests and maintenance of the global carbon cycle, the existence, magnitude and duration of a supposed "CO2 fertilization" effect in tropical forests remains largely undetermined. This research proposal - submitted concomitantly to DFG by German collaborator scientists - i…
The Amazon Rainforest is the most biodiverse region in the world, playing a key role as a carbon sink, which is stored as biomass in plants and soil. Its functioning is linked to several processes, such as primary productivity and carbon storage, which depends on the physiological responses and conditions of plants, determined, in part, by their functional attributes. The set of all attri…
According to the 6th report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is unequivocal that climate change is already affecting all terrestrial ecosystems, especially tropical ones such as the Amazon. In the Amazon, climate change is already affecting the forest, its functional diversity (DF), and the provision of Ecosystem Services (ES) that are important for climate regu…
The understanding of the effects of climate change on the Amazon Rainforest is crucial for mitigating the process of decline in its capacity to act as a significant carbon sink. To achieve this, it is necessary to study integrated climatic and vegetation processes, which can be done through the so-called Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs). However, the currently used models of this …
The decreasing west-east precipitation gradient in the Amazon basin is one of the determining factors for the spatial distribution of different vegetation types observed in the region. The survival and abundance of plants in different environments are determined, at least in part, by their functional traits, which can define how they affect and respond to the environment. The combination …
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Climate change is impacting all regions of the world, particularly tropical ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon rainforest, being the largest tropical forest globally, plays a crucial role in acting as a carbon sink and mitigating the effects of climate change. However, studies indicate that the increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere can disrupt the ability of ecosystems…
The Amazon Forest vegetation responses to climate change are still far from being fully understood, especially when the focus is not on the forest canopy stratum. Concerning the changes in water use related to rising atmospheric CO2 levels, the distinct responses between forest strata of the Amazon are still uncertain. Thus, this project aims to elucidate, in relation to the rising CO2 le…
Phenology changes are a key biological response of forests to climate change and influence biogeochemical cycles. However, current vegetation models are unable to represent seasonal cycles, and thus phenological behaviour of the Amazon rainforest, misrepresenting predictions of future climate scenarios. This scientific proposal has two objectives: (i) validate the phenology module current…
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| 1 / 1 | Ongoing grants |
| 5 / 3 | Completed research grants |
| 2 / 2 | Ongoing scholarships in Brazil |
| 29 / 26 | Completed scholarships in Brazil |
| 5 / 5 | Completed scholarships abroad |
| 42 / 37 | All research grants and scholarships |
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