Marilia Souza Lucas

I am a Master in Ecology and Biodiversity (2018 to 2020), from São Paulo State University (UNESP), under the guidance of the professor. Drª. Marina Côrtes. My project was to continue the work of scientific initiation. I used microsatellites and maternity analyzes to quantify immigration in deposition sites and to measure seed dispersal distances from an emblematic Brazilian palm (Euterpe edulis). I conducted my research on ten remnants of the Atlantic Forest, combining fieldwork and molecular techniques, to assess the impact of fragmentation and loss of large frugivores on seed dispersal processes.I am an Ecologist (2012-2017) from São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil. During my graduation and scientific initiation I had a link with the Molecular Ecology Laboratory, in which I carried out my project that aimed to understand how defaunation influenced genetic diversity and the maternity of seeds dispersed from a key palm of the Atlantic Forest. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)