CV Lattes
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Secretaria do Meio Ambiente (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 Top Ecology and Evolution Scientists in Brazil in 2022 (ranked by the Research.com platform, #53) and finalist for the Ester Sabino Award for Women Scientists of the State of SP (2022). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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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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Invasive exotic species are a threat to the conservation of natural ecosystems across the globe, a situation also faced by open areas in the Cerrado of São Paulo. One of the main groups of invasive plants that threaten these ecosystems is the African grasses. These species present a high risk of invading conservation units, causing negative impacts on native vegetation and demanding human…
The activities developed by Scientific Initiation scholarship holder consist of: under the guidance of the professor, supporting and monitoring the field and laboratory activities of the research project. This graduation student training is important in the process of training future professors/researchers at universities and research institutions in Brazil. In the field activities, small…
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…
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The Cerrado is the richest among the savannas in the world and additionally, the most threatened. The factors that determine the composition and structure of the plant community in vegetation dominated by woody layer are relatively well known, involving complex relationships among climatic and edaphic conditions and disturbance regime. However, there is no evidence that these factors infl…
Fire and frost are important drivers of structure and composition of grasslands and savannas around the world. However, little is known about how plant communities respond to these natural disturbances. This knowledge gap has direct implications for both conservation and restoration of Cerrado vegetation. In this context, this project aims to elucidate the response of plant communities to…
Restoration of degraded ecosystems, over the world, has been mostly based on the reintroduction of plant species, and less frequently in techniques to accelerate the natural regeneration. However, once the ecosystem is resilient, recovery may occur naturally, without the need for intervention and, therefore, without costs. Quantify resilience - which includes estimating the time needed fo…
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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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