Full professor at Universidade de São Paulo, with interests in physiological ecology, evolutionary physiology and conservation physiology. Currently coordinates a PFPMCG/ PRONEX FAPESP research project entitled "Effects of global climate change of the Brazilian fauna: a conservation physiology approach". (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The proposed project, Innovations in human and non-human animal communities, aims to reconstruct the evolutionary history of three allegedly human-specific cognitive abilities, namely: linguistic competence, symbolic activities, and sophisticated tools. More specifically, this project seeks to understand the evolution of the cognitive underpinnings underlying each of these innovations, by…
As ectotherms, anuran amphibians face constant challenges to meet requirements of thermoregulation in the kinds of heterogeneous environments they occupy. This is true especially when a frog becomes sick and the response of behavioral fever triggers more directed habitat choice. These frogs encounter microhabitats and arrays of complex environmental microbiomes that can facilitate behavio…
An unequivocal pattern that involves both natural and anthropic causes, is the global, yet heterogeneous, change in the climate of Earth. This trend, paralleled by other anthropic environmental changes, is expected to cause pervasive effects on the fauna. However, the nature, span and final consequences of climate change must differ among taxa, even among related species, because of the v…
The vulnerability of organisms to environmental change must be based on biologically relevant information at different levels of organization, including physiological and behavioral aspects. In the context of ectothermic vertebrates, the first historical approach aimed to obtain "performance curves" relating the speed of lizards with body temperature. These curves contain information abou…
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The project "Scientific journalism practices for the public communication of science - a dialogue based on the processes and results of the 'Innovation in Human and Non-Human Communities' project" will invest in converting scientific concepts into popular language, expanding the reach of academic knowledge through the practice of public communication of science and its dissemination (Buen…
FAPESP finances the SPEC Project (São Paulo Excellence Chair) "Innovation in Human and Nonhuman Communities", which includes the scholarship in scientific initiation placed here. The SPEC Project has the objective of rebuilding the evolutionary history of three cognitive abilities supposedly specific to humans, such as: linguistic competence, symbolical activities and production and use o…
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The SPEC Innovations in Human and Non-Human Animal Communities project aims to reconstruct the evolutionary history of three allegedly human-specific cognitive abilities, namely: linguistic competence, symbolic activities, and sophisticated tools.One topic within this broad question refers to the antecedents, if any, that exist in non-human animal species. Whereas primates and birds have …
Climate change is causing large modifications in distribution and population structures of living organisms due to the influence of temperature on its bodily functions (e.g. increase in global temperature or its wider and more frequent oscillations). To understand, predict and mitigate such influence, we need investigations on the effects of temperature on the homeostatic regulation of ph…
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Acoustic communication plays a vital role in anuran interactions, particularly during breeding, where males use calls to defend territories, attract females, and communicate with conspecific males. Research suggests anuran males can modulate call composition, suggesting a form of 'compositional syntax'. Females rely on these acoustic signals for mate recognition, and neurophysiological pr…
The interplay between ecology and behavior is important when discussing how and why environmental change affects patterns of distribution and other elements of ecology during the Anthropocene. Physiological ecology is at the core of this interplay, with a disciplinary focus on the relationship between individuals and environment, as defined by physiology. Experimental work matters in phys…
Anurans display different types of locomotion that are related to their ecology and habitat use. Locomotion is generally regarded as a crucial activity for survival and as an important component of the energy budget. Given its high energetic cost, locomotion can be compromised by other physiological processes. One example is the response to an infection (i.e. an immune response). Conseque…
Although in nature organisms face thermal fluctuations in time and space that integratively influence their physiology and behavior, experimental studies have focused mainly in the temporal component of thermal landscapes and neglected the spatial one. In fact, the literature presents contrasting evidence between adaptive patterns found in laboratory vs. natural conditions, probably becau…
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| 12 / 7 | Completed research grants |
| 5 / 5 | Ongoing scholarships in Brazil |
| 55 / 22 | Completed scholarships in Brazil |
| 1 / 1 | Ongoing scholarships abroad |
| 12 / 12 | Completed scholarships abroad |
| 86 / 48 | All research grants and scholarships |
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