Dayana Almeida

• PhD
• PostDoc Position at Federal University of São Carlos

Biogeography, the study of the distribution of plants, animals, and other living beings on Earth, is an interdisciplinary science that is naturally based on several distinct disciplines, such as history, ecology, and geology. Nevetheless, to connect all these subjects may be tricky for beginners undergrad students. One useful tool is the Game-Based...

Este é um artigo publicado em acesso aberto (Open Access) sob a licença Creative Commons Attribution, que permite uso, distribuição e reprodução em qualquer meio, sem restrições desde que o trabalho original seja corretamente citado. Resumo O presente trabalho tem como área de estudo o município de Jaú, localizado no estado de São Paulo, onde se en...

A macrometrópole paulista (MMP) é uma proposta de regionalização com 174 municípios fundamentada em questões e dinâmicas econômicas para pensar estratégias de planejamento e gestão do território. A gestão da água no Estado de São Paulo estruturada em uma gestão descentralizada e participativa delimitou os limites geográficos de aplicação de polític...

The connection between humanity and nature has an organizational impact on land use/land, often changing landscapes’ patterns. In this context, our study aims to analyze the changes in the landscape structure of the Tietê-Jacaré watershed, São Paulo state, Brazil, in 2007 and 2017, through the urbanity index. The landscape analysis described the te...

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Landscapes constitute the manifestation of natural and anthropic elements and its structure is the result of physical, biological, political, economic and social interactions, fragmented or connected for different land uses. Drawing on this, our study aims to analyze the environmental landscape quality using ecological indices in the Tietê-Jacaré H...

As ações antrópicas vêm causando danos severos ao meio ambiente, fazendo com que surgissem, como estratégia de conservação de áreas naturais, Unidades de Conservação como a Estação Ecológica de Jataí (EEJ), em Luís Antônio-SP. A EEJ protege um dos mais singulares fragmentos de Cerrado e de Floresta Estacional e ecotonal do estado, abrigando espécie...

This study applied and evaluated the temporal change of the Distance to Nature index (D2N) for land use and cover monitoring in the Irati National Forest and its buffer zone (Southern Brazil) between 1986 and 2016. This study addressed the following questions: (1) Which land use dynamics were observed between 1986 and 2016 in the Irati National Fore...

Technical assistance and rural extension services should be based on sustainable development initiatives and, in theory, environmental legislation should be the benchmark for the beginning of agricultural sustainability. In this logic, the Forest Code of 1965 defined parameters for the conservation of vegetation in rural properties. Of scientific i...

Developing research, teaching and extension in university programs is fundamental to capacitate professionals for the challenging endeavors. Considering the importance of these three university functions as relevant learning practices, the objective of this study was to analyze qualitatively the development of teaching project proposals associated...

An environmental zoning proposal due to the demand to develop strategies to ensure biodiversity scenarios for the remaining mixed ombrophilous forests was carried out for the Irati National Forest, a legally protected area for sustainable use located in southern Brazil. To identify land use and cover, Ikonos PSM images dated from December 2004, bas...

Changes in the structure of natural habitats surrounding Protected Areas interfere with biodiversity conservation measures. The goals of this research were to analyze the fragmentation and loss of vegetation in three landscape levels surrounding Passo Fundo National Forest, RS, Brazil, in 1986, 1997, and 2011, and to identify the degree of isolatio...

The practices of rural and ecotourism when well articulated can be used as an alternative to economic development for a region and encourage the preservation of historical, cultural and environmental heritage, since they are essential to its realization. This work built a proposal for rural and ecotourism to the owner of a Unit Agricultural Product...

Evaluating the role of agroforestry systems in promoting biodiversity conservation from the Araucarian forests). Due to fast changes from natural environment to human-disturbed ones there is a strong tendency of developing a more balanced production ay by introducing cattle grazing associated to traditional and innovated agroforestry systems, also...

The Brazilian Forest Code of 1965 has defined and regulated the concepts of Permanent Preservation Areas (APP) and the Legal Reserve (RL). To regulate rural properties' compliance to the forest code, the State of Paraná introduced the SISLEG- Maintenance, Rehabilitation and Protection of Legal Reserve and Permanent Preservation Areas System. This s...

Avenida General Carlos Cavalcanti, s/n° -Ponta Grossa-PR. INTRODUÇÃO A definição de áreas prioritárias para a conservação da biodiversidade tem recebido considerável atenção na literatura científica produzida nas últimas décadas. Várias iniciativas levaram à identificação de prioridades nacionais e globais para a conservação, tendo por base critéri...