CV Lattes
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Secretaria de Meio Ambiente, Infraestrutura e Logística (São Paulo - Estado). Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais (IPA) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Forestry engineer (1979) and MsC in forest science (1986) by Universidade de São Paulo (1979), and PhD at Botany from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1994). Pos-doc in Phytogeography of Cerrado at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland. At present is a researcher and member of the Scientific Council of the Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais of São Paulo state, and associate Professor in postgraduate courses of Forest Science (UNESP-Botucatu) and Ecology (UNICAMP). Member of the Editorial Board of the international journals Restoration Ecology, Journal of Ecology and Applied Vegetation Science. Founding member of the Brazilian Society for Ecological Restoration - SOBRE. My researches have been focused on Ecology, Conservation and Restoration of Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Included among the most influent (most cited) scientists in the world in 2020, 2021 and 2022, and finalist for the Ester Sabino Award for Women Scientists of the State of SP (2022). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The present study aims to understand the growth dynamics of woody plants in tropical natural grasslands, highlighting the importance of dendrochronology for evaluating the effects of climate and fire. Dendrochronology emerges as a crucial tool for understanding plant dynamics over time, providing information on plant age, growth rates, past climate variations and histories of disturbances…
Tropical grasslands are poorly understood in different regions of the world, often seen as a result of forest degradation, as they often occur in climate and soil conditions that would support arboreal vegetation, characterizing alternative stable states. Natural grasslands in the tropics are not even mapped as native vegetation, their importance has not been recognized, their biodiversit…
This project aims at buiding biodiversity scenarios for savannas. Savannas are an important ecosystem worldwide (20% of land surfaces), are currently under threat and pose many difficulties in their modelling. Savannas are under the control of climate, but also of fire regime and grazing, which are sometimes more important drivers than climate in shaping ecosystem structure, function and …
Invasion by African grasses has been one of the major challenges for conservation and restoration of the Brazilian savanna, particularly for open physiognomies. These invasive species cause biodiversity losses, modify the structure of plant communities,increase considerably the amount of fuel and, therefore,intensity and frequency of wild fires. Ecological processes related to invasion by…
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he present study aims to understand the growth dynamics of woody plants in tropical natural grasslands, highlighting the importance of dendrochronology for assessing the effects of climate and fire. Dendrochronology emerges as a crucial tool for comprehending plant dynamics over time, providing information on plant age, growth rates, past climatic variations, and disturbance histories (e.…
Efforts to restore ecosystems have generally been directed towards forests, but forest restoration techniques have failed to restore the Cerrado. There is a lack of scientifically validated techniques for restoring savannah formations. This demand becomes more complex in Legal Reserve (RL) areas, where, in addition to ecosystem recovery, the Law provides for the sustainable economic use o…
Natural grasslands are "invisible" to science, decision-makers, the press and society. These ecosystems are not even mapped, their importance is not acknowledged and little is known about their biodiversity or the factors that maintain it. The proposed thematic project, to which this bursary will be linked, aims to map and bring to light the knowledge about the biodiversity of these natur…
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The activity starts with the reception of the material from the field in the Laboratory, although it is desirable that the student has time available to participate in one or more expeditions foreseen in the project. If the material has not been completely dehydrated, the scholarship holder will be responsible for drying the material, carried out in electric resistance ovens (60ºC) with a…
Knowledge about biodiversity at different spatial scales and the factors influencing it is essential for the development of strategies for the conservation of natural ecosystems. Wetlands are still poorly understood and not properly recognized in Brazil, making difficult the decisions about their conservation. The objective of the proposed research is to characterize the floristic composi…
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One of the most significant issues regarding open ecosystem conservation is the broad occurrence of invasive plant species. Invasive grasses, in particular, produce volumes of biomass far higher than native grasses, outcompeting the native vegetation and altering fire regimes and fire behavior. Cattle grazing has been suggested as a potential solution to control the invasive species. Howe…
Knowledge about biodiversity at different spatial scales and the factors that influence plant communities across various spatial scales. However, the insufficient understanding and recognition of Cerrado wetlands in Brazil lead to biases in decisions regarding their categorization, legislation, and conservation. This project aims to support conservation strategies for Cerrado wetlands by …
Fire in Tropical Grassy Biomes acts as both an ultimate and a proximate factor influencing plant communities. Understanding the role of fire in the evolution and persistence of species is, therefore, crucial to conserve these ecosystems in the environmental scenarios posed by climate change. Phylogenetic approaches have been explored in the last decade as a promising tool to address these…
The conservationism niche is a hypothesis often accepted without veracity investigation to assess the risk of biological invasions. However, some studies show that some invasive species presented niche changing between native and invaded areas, which would compromise the practical potential for the conservation of potential distribution models to predict invasions based on occurrence data…
The Cerrado is in a critical state of degradation and there are no literature specific techniques of ecological restoration to their physiognomies, especially for grassland sites. The existing procedures are based on forest formations, not applying the Cerrado, making it necessary to develop restoration techniques for this vegetation. In order to improve the technique used in the project …
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