Research Interests
My research is guided by the following question: How to manage and restore social-ecological landscapes? To answer this question, I draw on both the theoretical and analytical tools of natural sciences and on the social-ecological systems (SES) framework. I am interested in all kinds of interactions between biodiversity and human activities that take place in working landscapes such as rangelands, farmlands, peri-urban and fragmented landscapes. My research goals are shared between basic and applied sciences with a strong interdisciplinary integration. My contributions to basic sciences cover: functional ecology, forest regrowth, plant species assembly, plant-animal interactions, biological invasion, and landscape ecology. In terms of applied sciences I’ve been producing pieces of work on: use of natural resources, ecological restoration, political ecology and conservation sciences.
Applied Ecology Blog
A colonização estética da Caatinga

Faça esse exercício se nunca esteve nesse que é o único bioma exclusivamente brasileiro. Pense na natureza da Caatinga… Cactos, né? Acontece que a Caatinga não é o único ecossistema americano que possui cactos em abundância. Há zonas semiáridas e desérticas na América do Sul, Central e do Norte, repletos de cactos. As plantas da família Cactaceae são (quase) exclusivas das Américas, E são de uma beleza plástica incrível, como se vê na imagem abaixo.
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cDEEP - Caatina Dry Ecosystem Ecological Program
Forest, water, energy and food security in the Brazilian dry forests
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Webinário BPBES - Restauração da Caatinga e COP 15 da Biodiversidade

Uma boa conversa sobre restauração, justiça ambiental, biodiversidade e Caatinga
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