Welcome to a space dedicated to understanding the complexities of forest ecosystems. My research focuses on exploring patterns in forest structure, species strategies, and carbon dynamics, providing insights to guide conservation and restoration efforts. In addition, my studies have a special emphasis on how theses ecosystems respond to global changes.
Some projects & partners:
Alliance for the Tropical Forest Science- ATFS: The ATFS is a collaboration of 11 tropical forest research networks, and we have a particular interest in advancing science on tropical tree mortality, under the Mortality Working Group.
ForestPlots.net: This is a huge and important network of more than 2500 researches working together to measure and monitor tropical forests globally - see Taking the pulse using of Earth’s tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots, published in Biological Conservation.
Other projects:
LERSAF: Long-term Ecological Research in Subtropical Atlantic Forests: Coordinated by Dr. Sandra Cristina Müller.
SOBIO: Soluções da Biodiversidade para Mitigação das Mudanças Climáticas (Nature-based solutions for climatic changes mitigation): Coordinated by Dr. Márcia Cristina Mendes Marques.