A5009257833- Plant and animal studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Fern and Epiphyte Biology
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Geography and Environmental Studies
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Forest ecology and management
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Genetic diversity and population structure
University of Florida
2009-2014
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
2007-2009
Despite many studies on fragmentation of tropical forests, the extent to which plant and animal communities are altered in small, isolated forest fragments remains obscure if not controversial. We examined hypothesis that alters relative abundance tree species with different vegetative reproductive traits. In a fragmented landscape (670 km(2) ) Atlantic Forest northeastern Brazil, we categorized 4056 trees 182 by leafing pattern, phenology, morphology seeds fruit. calculated traits 50 1-ha...
ABSTRACT In this study, we examined the impacts of Attalea oleifera on structure seedling bank and discuss potential mechanisms palm influence. Seed rain, bank, leaf fall were assessed beneath canopy in vicinity 16 adult palms across edges a large fragment (3500 ha) Atlantic forest. Moreover, A. seed germination mortality by experimentally submitting seeds seedlings to prolonged palm‐leaf covering. As expected, adults exhibited reduced abundance species richness at local habitat scale. Small...
Planting of native trees for habitat restoration is a widespread practice, but the consequences retention and transmission genetic diversity in planted natural populations are unclear. Using Inga vera subsp. affinis as model species, we genotyped five Atlantic forest northeastern Brazil at polymorphic microsatellite loci. We studied breeding system population structure to test how much retained relative populations. then seedlings from these whether restored by outcrossing I. vera. The was...