My research aims at investigating the impact of spatial, environmental, and biotic disturbances on the structure and dynamics of ecological networks, particularly looking at how ecological processes shape metacommunity responses and how the negative impacts will vary according to the severity of disturbance types, interactions, and the structure of ecological networks. Specifically, three questions interest me:

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1. How does species dispersal ability and environmental fluctuations structure food webs?

2. How different assembled food webs respond to disturbances?

3. How habitat quality and network structure interact to define food web persistence?

 

          In my PhD research I’m addressing these questions under a spatially explicit approach, taking into consideration species interaction and metacommunity theory, and through the use of modelling and laboratory experiments.

 

          Previously, I’ve obtained my Master’s title from the program Ecologia e Conservação (UFPR, Brazil), at Pie’s Laboratory of Evolutionary Dynamics and Complex Systems. My research looked at the distribution and diversification of two montane anuran genera in southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest (BAF), identifying a remarkable number of highly endemic species, the existence of montane refugee in southern BAF, and bringing awareness to conservation efforts in face of climate change.

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