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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Bachelor's in Biological Sciences from Universidade de São Paulo (1996), master's at Center for Nuclear Energy in Agronomy from Universidade de São Paulo (2000) and Ph.D. in Biology from University of Utah (2005). I have experience in Plant Ecology, focusing on Ecophysiology, acting on the following subjects: carbon, nitrogen, biogeochemistry, amazon, savannas, global changes, plant eco-physiology and tropical ecosystems. My research focuses on the biological control exerted by vegetation over the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, water and nitrogen. I am particularly interested in translating eco-physiological knowledge of vegetation functioning into forms useful to regional scale models of photosynthesis. Consequently, I?m also interested in the influence of tropical forest and savanna ecosystems on global climate and how these ecosystems will cope with ongoing global and local changes. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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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…
Forest ecosystems play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle and the global climate. Through photosynthesis and growth, forests across the globe are absorbing 30% of anthropogenic annual CO2 emissions, thus directly contributing to the mitigation of climate change. Besides their climate-regulating function, forests also provide a variety of additional ecosystem services. Tropical fore…
The evaluation of how phenological strategies, particularly those linked to water use, influence the response of plants and ecosystems to elevated CO2 (eCO2), remains a crucial endeavor. Furthermore, the assessment of how the coordination between phenology and functional traits could restrict the occurrence of diverse phenological patterns and modulate these responses is still to be asses…
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The main objective of this proposal is to apply a novel approach related to the characterization of tropical trees regarding functional traits related to the sensibility to ozone and leaf isoprene emission. Such knowledge will be applied in community dynamics model in order to test responses in individual performance and consequences in plant community structure. Such objectives will be c…
Designed as an integrated research program involving both Brazilian and UK researchers 'Nordeste' will attempt to redress this neglect: 1. Through the establishment of a permanent plot network similar to that existing in moist tropical forests allowing measurements of Caatinga canopy structure and dynamics and both their short- and long-term responses to climate change to be evaluated. 2.…
This proposal aims to develop a multi-scale remote sensing framework to model and predict the carbon sink secondary forests. As such, it is within a priority area of research and innovation between FAPESP, CONFAP (National for the State Funding Agencies) and The UK Academies. The proposal will also benefit the FAPESP-NERC funded "ECOFOR: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in degraded …
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The evaluation of how phenological strategies, particularly those linked to water use, influence the response of plants and ecosystems to elevated CO2 (eCO2), remains a crucial endeavor. Furthermore, the assessment of how the coordination between phenology and functional traits could restrict the occurrence of diverse phenological patterns and modulate these responses is still to be asses…
We don't know much about the potential effects of global climate change on a large number of plant species or at the community level, especially with regard to changing rainfall patterns and rising temperatures in regions where there is a tendency for worsening droughts in duration and severity. The Caatinga is characterized by being a seasonally dry tropical forest, rich in diversity and…
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Background and Relevance: Precipitation, temperature and soils have long been recognized as the main environmental factors determining the global distribution of biomes (eg. Whitakker's diagram). Not only significant increase in temperatures is expected for the near future, but also shifts in the total amount of precipitation and its seasonal distribution (IPCC 2014). Plant communities ar…
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