Pedro Manuel Villa

ORCID: 0000-0003-4826-3187
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Research Areas
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Soil Management and Crop Yield
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Fern and Epiphyte Biology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Seedling growth and survival studies
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Growth and nutrition in plants
  • African Botany and Ecology Studies
  • Potato Plant Research
  • Environmental and biological studies
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Plant and soil sciences

Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
2023-2025

Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
2025

Universidade Federal de Viçosa
2015-2024

Universidade do Estado da Bahia
2023

Fundacion Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismologicas
2019-2022

University of Münster
2021

University of Lisbon
2021

Weatherford College
2021

Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agricolas
2015-2020

Fundación Biodiversidad
2020

Danaë M. A. Rozendaal Frans Bongers T. Mitchell Aide Esteban Álvarez‐Dávila Nataly Ascarrunz and 81 more Patricia Balvanera Justin M. Becknell Tony Vizcarra Bentos Pedro H. S. Brancalion George A. L. Cabral Sofía Calvo-Rodríguez Jérôme Chave Ricardo G. César Robin L. Chazdon Richard Condit Jorn S. Dallinga Jarcilene Silva de Almeida‐Cortez Ben de Jong Alexandre A. Oliveira Julie S. Denslow Daisy H. Dent Saara J. DeWalt Juan Manuel Dupuy Sandra M. Durán Loïc Dutrieux Mário M. Espírito‐Santo María Fandiño Geraldo Wilson Fernandes Bryan Finegan Hernando García Noel González Vanessa Granda Moser Jefferson S. Hall José Luis Hernández‐Stefanoni Stephen P. Hubbell Catarina C. Jakovac Alma Hernández‐Jaramillo André Braga Junqueira Deborah Kennard Denis Larpin Susan G. Letcher Juan‐Carlos Licona Edwin Lebrija‐Trejos E. Marín-Spiotta Miguel Martínez‐Ramos Paulo Eduardo dos Santos Massoca Jorge A. Meave Rita C. G. Mesquita Francisco Mora Sandra Cristina Müller Rodrigo Muñoz Sílvio Nolasco de Oliveira Neto Natalia Norden Yule Roberta Ferreira Nunes Susana Ochoa‐Gaona Edgar Ortíz‐Malavassi Rebecca Ostertag Marielos Peña‐Claros Eduardo A. Pérez‐García Daniel Piotto Jennifer S. Powers José Aguilar‐Cano Susana Rodríguez‐Buriticá Jorge Rodríguez‐Velázquez Marco Antonio Romero-Romero Jorge Ruíz Arturo Sánchez‐Azofeifa Jarcilene Silva de Almeida‐Cortez Whendee L. Silver Naomi B. Schwartz William Wayt Thomas Marisol Toledo Maria Uriarte Everardo Valadares de Sá Barretto Sampaio Michiel van Breugel Hans van der Wal Sebastião Venâncio Martins Maria das Dores Magalhães Veloso Hans F. M. Vester Alberto Vicentini Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira Pedro Manuel Villa G. Bruce Williamson Kátia Janaína Zanini Jess K. Zimmerman Lourens Poorter

Tropical secondary forests recover quickly (decades) in tree species richness but slowly (centuries) composition.

10.1126/sciadv.aau3114 article EN cc-by-nc Science Advances 2019-03-01
Lourens Poorter Dylan Craven Catarina C. Jakovac Masha T. van der Sande Lucy Amissah and 85 more Frans Bongers Robin L. Chazdon Caroline E. Farrior Stephan Kambach Jorge A. Meave Rodrigo Muñoz Natalia Norden Nadja Rüger Michiel van Breugel Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano Bienvenu H.K. Amani José Luís Andrade Pedro H. S. Brancalion Eben N. Broadbent Hubert de Foresta Daisy H. Dent Géraldine Derroire Saara J. DeWalt Juan Manuel Dupuy Sandra M. Durán Alfredo Celso Fantini Bryan Finegan Alma Hernández‐Jaramillo José Luis Hernández‐Stefanoni Peter Hietz André Braga Junqueira Justin Kassi N’dja Susan G. Letcher Madelon Lohbeck René López Camacho Miguel Martínez‐Ramos Felipe P. L. Melo Francisco Mora Sandra Cristina Müller Anny Estelle N’Guessan Florian Oberleitner Edgar Ortíz‐Malavassi Eduardo A. Pérez‐García Bruno X. Pinho Daniel Piotto Jennifer S. Powers Susana Rodríguez‐Buriticá Danaë M. A. Rozendaal Jorge Ruíz Marcelo Tabarelli Heitor Mancini Teixeira Everardo Valadares de Sá Barretto Sampaio Hans van der Wal Pedro Manuel Villa Geraldo Wilson Fernandes Bráulio Almeida Santos José Aguilar‐Cano Jarcilene Silva de Almeida‐Cortez Esteban Álvarez‐Dávila Felipe Arreola-Villa Patricia Balvanera Justin M. Becknell George A. L. Cabral Carolina Castellanos‐Castro Ben de Jong Jhon Nieto Mário M. Espírito‐Santo María Claudia Fandiño Hernando García Daniel García-Villalobos Jefferson S. Hall Álvaro Idárraga Jáider Jiménez‐Montoya Deborah Kennard E. Marín-Spiotta Rita C. G. Mesquita Yule Roberta Ferreira Nunes Susana Ochoa‐Gaona Marielos Peña‐Claros Nathalia Pérez-Cárdenas Jorge Rodríguez‐Velázquez Lucía Sanaphre‐Villanueva Naomi B. Schwartz Marc K. Steininger Maria das Dores Magalhães Veloso Henricus F. M. Vester Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira G. Bruce Williamson Kátia Janaína Zanini Bruno Hérault

Tropical forests disappear rapidly because of deforestation, yet they have the potential to regrow naturally on abandoned lands. We analyze how 12 forest attributes recover during secondary succession and their recovery is interrelated using 77 sites across tropics. are highly resilient low-intensity land use; after 20 years, attain 78% (33 100%) old-growth values. Recovery 90% values fastest for soil (<1 decade) plant functioning (<2.5 decades), intermediate structure species diversity (2.5...

10.1126/science.abh3629 article EN Science 2021-12-09
Lourens Poorter Danaë M. A. Rozendaal Frans Bongers Jarcilene Silva de Almeida‐Cortez Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano and 74 more Francisco S. Álvarez José Luís Andrade Luis Felipe Arreola Villa Patricia Balvanera Justin M. Becknell Tony Vizcarra Bentos Radika Bhaskar Vanessa Boukili Pedro H. S. Brancalion Eben N. Broadbent Ricardo G. César Jérôme Chave Robin L. Chazdon Gabriel Dalla Colletta Dylan Craven Ben H. J. de Jong Julie S. Denslow Daisy H. Dent Saara J. DeWalt Elisa Díaz García Juan Manuel Dupuy Sandra M. Durán Mário M. Espírito‐Santo María Fandiño Geraldo Wilson Fernandes Bryan Finegan Vanessa Granda Moser Jefferson S. Hall José Luis Hernández‐Stefanoni Catarina C. Jakovac André Braga Junqueira Deborah Kennard Edwin Lebrija‐Trejos Susan G. Letcher Madelon Lohbeck Omar R. López E. Marín-Spiotta Miguel Martínez‐Ramos Sebastião Venâcio Martins Paulo Eduardo dos Santos Massoca Jorge A. Meave Rita C. G. Mesquita Francisco Mora Vanessa de Souza Moreno Sandra Cristina Müller Rodrigo Muñoz Robert Muscarella Sílvio Nolasco de Oliveira Neto Yule Roberta Ferreira Nunes Susana Ochoa‐Gaona Horacio Paz Marielos Peña‐Claros Daniel Piotto Jorge Ruíz Lucía Sanaphre‐Villanueva Arturo Sánchez‐Azofeifa Naomi B. Schwartz Marc K. Steininger William Wayt Thomas Marisol Toledo María Uriarte Luis P. Utrera Michiel van Breugel Masha T. van der Sande Hans van der Wal Maria das Dores Magalhães Veloso Hans F. M. Vester Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira Pedro Manuel Villa G. Bruce Williamson S. Joseph Wright‬ Kátia Janaína Zanini Jess K. Zimmerman Mark Westoby

10.1038/s41559-019-0882-6 article EN Nature Ecology & Evolution 2019-04-22

Ethiopia is one of the tropical countries endowed with diverse forest formations. These forests supply largest proportions wood used for furniture, construction, and household energy consumption. Arbagugu Dry Afromontane under severe anthropogenic disturbances. Despite this fact, up to date information lacking about status forest. This study evaluates woody species composition, diversity, population structure, carbon stock in We found that had low richness diversity. Many inadequate...

10.4336/2025.pfb.45e202302284 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Pesquisa Florestal Brasileira 2025-03-31

Abstract The soil seed bank is one of the most important ecological indicators to evaluate and monitor restoration process plant communities. We aimed analyze influence two different techniques on diversity floristic composition standing vegetation, in 4‐year‐old areas under forest around bauxite mining, Southeast Brazil. A total 30 samples were collected each area (SPN—forest by seedling planting rows nucleation between SP—forest rows). transported a shade house evaluated for 6 months,...

10.1002/ldr.5118 article EN Land Degradation and Development 2024-04-02

Evaluating the influences of fine-scale habitat heterogeneity on composition, diversity, structure and functioning forests is critical to understand how tropical will respond climate change devise forest management strategies that enhance biodiversity conservation aboveground biomass stock. Here, we hypothesized topographic soil factors determine differentiation, which in turn shape community species richness, at local scale forests. To test this hypothesis, selected two areas (each 100 × m)...

10.1007/s11676-019-00994-x article EN cc-by Journal of Forestry Research 2019-06-15
Catarina C. Jakovac Jorge A. Meave Frans Bongers Susan G. Letcher Juan Manuel Dupuy and 95 more Daniel Piotto Danaë M. A. Rozendaal Marielos Peña‐Claros Dylan Craven Bráulio Almeida Santos Alexandre Siminski Alfredo Celso Fantini Alice Cristina Rodrigues Alma Hernández‐Jaramillo Álvaro Idárraga André Braga Junqueira Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano Ben de Jong Bruno X. Pinho Bryan Finegan Carolina Castellano-Castro Daisy Christiane Zambiazi Daisy H. Dent Daniel Hernán García Deborah Kennard Diego Delgado Eben N. Broadbent Edgar Ortíz‐Malavassi Eduardo A. Pérez‐García Edwin Lebrija‐Trejos Érika Berenguer E. Marín-Spiotta Esteban Álvarez‐Dávila Everardo Valadares de Sá Barretto Sampaio Felipe P. L. Melo Fernando Elias Filipe França Florian Oberleitner Francisco Mora G. Bruce Williamson Gabriel Dalla Colletta George A. L. Cabral Géraldine Derroire Geraldo Wilson Fernandes Hans van der Wal Heitor Mancini Teixeira Henricus F. M. Vester Hernando García Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira Jáider Jiménez‐Montoya Jarcilene Silva de Almeida‐Cortez Jefferson S. Hall Jérôme Chave Jess K. Zimmerman Jhon Edison Nieto Joice Ferreira Jorge Rodríguez‐Velázquez Jorge Ruíz Jos Barlow José Aguilar‐Cano José Luis Hernández‐Stefanoni Julien Engel Justin M. Becknell Kátia Janaína Zanini Madelon Lohbeck Marcelo Tabarelli Marco Antonio Romero-Romero María Uriarte Maria das Dores Magalhães Veloso Mário M. Espírito‐Santo Masha T. van der Sande Michiel van Breugel Miguel Martínez‐Ramos Naomi B. Schwartz Natalia Norden Nathalia Pérez-Cárdenas Noel Antonio González-Valdivia Pascal Petronelli Patricia Balvanera Paulo Eduardo dos Santos Massoca Pedro H. S. Brancalion Pedro Manuel Villa Peter Hietz Rebecca Ostertag René López Camacho Ricardo G. César Rita C. G. Mesquita Robin L. Chazdon Rodrigo Muñoz Saara J. DeWalt Sandra Cristina Müller Sandra M. Durán Sebastião Venâncio Martins Susana Ochoa‐Gaona Susana Rodríguez‐Buriticá T. Mitchell Aide Tony Vizcarra Bentos Vanessa de Souza Moreno Vanessa Granda William Wayt Thomas

Forests that regrow naturally on abandoned fields are important for restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services, but can they also preserve the distinct regional tree floras? Using floristic composition of 1215 early successional forests (≤20 years) in 75 human-modified landscapes across Neotropic realm, we identified 14 groups, with a between-group dissimilarity 0.97. Floristic groups were associated location, bioregions, soil pH, temperature seasonality, water availability. Hence, there...

10.1126/sciadv.abn1767 article EN cc-by-nc Science Advances 2022-07-01

ABSTRACT Propolis primarily comprises resins, waxes, pollen, and several compounds collected by honeybees mixed with secreted fluids. Globally, red propolis production is limited to a few regions, San Andrés Island (Colombia) one of these locations. This study aims outline the palynological profile produced Apis mellifera on Island, Colombia, identify its relationship local vegetation. Red samples were for year 2022 from two apiaries located island. initially treated ethanol KOH pollen grain...

10.1590/1677-941x-abb-2024-0193 article EN cc-by Acta Botanica Brasilica 2025-01-01
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