The project addresses the effects of anthropic landscape modification and disturbs in biodiversity, ecosystem function and ecosystem services in one of the most important agribusiness regions of Brazil. The studied area comprises the Rio Vermelho basin, in the central area of the state of Goias, a core-area of the Brazillian Cerrado. The focal area includes a conservation unit (National Forest of Silvânia) and the district of Silvânia and its citizens in the town and countryside. The project will focus in the survey of the aquatic biodiversity (fishes, zooplankton and phytoplankton), invertebrate biodiversity (bees and termites), vertebrates (anuran fauna) and plants, and how this biodiversity is affected by anthropic landscape modification and use of agrochemical and fertilizers.
RESEARCHERS
Rosane Garcia Collevatti
Universidade Federal de Goias
Principal Coordinator
Landscape Ecology and Genetics analyses
Rogerio Pereira Bastos
Universidade Federal de Goias
Daniela de Melo e Silva
Universidade Federal de Goias
Researcher – DNA metilation and chromosome damage – Impacts of anthropic disturbs and agrochemicals in chromosome and DNA
Milton Cezar Ribeiro
UNESP – Rio Claro
Researcher – Landscape ecology and genetics – spatial analyses – Effects of landscape changes in species and genetic diversity
Andrelisa Santos de Jesus
Universidade Federal de Goias
Researcher – Landscape and soil analyses – Impacts of land use on soil proprieties
Manuel Eduardo Ferreira
Universidade Federal de Goias
Researcher – Image analysis, landscape mapping, restoration mapping, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (VANT) specialist
Flavia Pereira Lima
Universidade Federal de Goias
Researcher – Education – Science dissemination – Ecosystem services – Impacts of human disturbs in ecosystem services
João Carlos Nabout
Universidade Estadual de Goias
Researcher – Ecology of phytoplankton – Impacts of land use on phytoplankton diversity
Fabricio Barreto Tereza
Universidade Estadual de Goias
Researcher – Ecology of freshwater fish – Impacts of land use on fish diversity
Natan Maciel
Universidade Federal de Goias
Researcher – Ecology and biogeography of Anura – Impacts of landscape changes in Anura diversity and connectivity among populations
Wilian Vaz Silva
Universidade Católica de Goias
Researcher – Ecology of Anura and Reptile – Impacts of landscape changes in Anura and Reptile diversity and connectivity among populations
Ibere Farina Machado
Instituto Boitatá Etnobiologia e Conservação
Researcher – Ecology of Anura – Impacts of landscape changes in Anura diversity and connectivity among populations
Nelson Jorge da Silva Jr.
Universidade Católica de Goias
Researcher – Ecology and biogeography of Reptile – Impacts of landscape changes in Reptile diversity and connectivity among populations
Daniel de Paiva Silva
Instituto Federal Goiano
Researcher – Ecology of bees – Impacts of landscape changes in bee diversity and connectivity among populations
Heleno Dias Ferreira
Universidade Federal de Goiás
Researcher – Botany and plant community diversty – Impacts of landscape changes in plant diversity and connectivity among populations
Helida Ferreira da Cunha
Universidade Estadual de Goias
Researcher – Ecology of termites (Isoptera) – Science dissemination – Impacts of landscape changes in termites diversity and connectivity among populations
Renato Cezar de Miranda
ICMBio
Manager of FLONA de Silvânia
André Luiz Teixeira
Faculdade Metropolitana de Anápolis
Researcher – Bird ecology – Impacts of landscape changes in birds diversity and connectivity among populations
Flona Silvania and land use map