Douglas W. Cirino

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• MSc. in Ecology and PhD candidate (USP) - Bachelor of Science and Technology and Bachelor in Biological Sciences (UFABC)
• PhD Candidate at University of São Paulo

The benefits of green infrastructure on human well‐being in urban areas are already well‐established, with strong evidence of the positive effects of the amount and proximity to green areas. However, the understanding of how the spatial distribution and type of green areas affect health is still an open question. Here, through a land sharing and sp...

While road network expansion connects human settlements between themselves, it also leads to deforestation and land use changes, reducing the connectivity between natural habitat patches, and increasing roadkill risk. More than 30% of registered mammal roadkills in Brazil are concentrated in four species: Cerdocyon thous (crab-eating fox); Euphract...

Background Several studies have investigated the association between green infrastructure and human health in cities and showed a positive relationship, as the amount or proximity to green spaces related with a reduction in the risk of cardiovascular diseases, in small geographical scales such as a few minutes walking to access those green areas. W...

Road ecology is an emerging branch of ecology, aiming to study the impacts of roads and highways on the landscape and biodiversity. One of the main impacts of roads on biodiversity is the roadkill, as shown by a growing number of studies in the area. The documentation of identities and numbers of roadkilled animals can provide data on the impact of...

Urban streetscapes serve as essential public domains shaping community well-being and identity. Our study investigates the nuanced factors influencing the provision of urban aesthetic ecosystem services — a key non-material benefit with implications for mental well-being and urban quality of life. Employing online surveys, deep learning analyses, a...

Modified landscapes can restrict the movement of organisms, leading to isolation and reduced population viability, particularly for species with extensive home ranges and long‐distance travel, such as white‐lipped peccaries (WLPs, Tayassu pecari ). Previous studies have indicated that forested areas favor WLP herd movements, but the impact of the n...

Urban streetscapes serve as essential public domains shaping community well-being and identity. Our study searches into the nuanced factors influencing the provision of urban aesthetic service. Employing online surveys, deep learning analyses, and spatial modeling, we explore the intricate interplay between ground level and landscape level features...

Previous research suggested that forested areas influence White-lipped peccary (WLP) herd movements, but the impact of non-forested areas on their genetic connectivity remains unknown. This study used land cover, the Brazilian Roads Map, and population genetic data to explore the effects of non-forested matrices on WLP genetic connectivity in the P...

Millions of animals are killed on roads annually due to collisions with vehicles, particularly medium–large mammals. Studies on mammal road-kill flourished in Brazil in the last decade and an assessment of research on road-kill impacts at a country level will help define science-based conservation strategies. In this study, we used the compiled sci...

Roadless areas (RLAs) are places with little to no influence of roads, usually sustaining well-preserved habitats, whereas road-effects zones (REZs) are areas affected by roads. Here, we map and characterize RLAs and REZs in Brazil, using national and international road network, land use and land cover, and protected areas databases. Following a gl...

In the current scenario of environmental changes, anthropic pressures on biodiversity are in constant increase, stressing the importance of assessing the distribution and occurrence of organisms in natural regions, especially in protected areas. Here we surveyed the terrestrial vertebrate fauna of Assis State Forest and updated the existing species...

In the current scenario of environmental changes, anthropic pressures on biodiversity are in constant increase, stressing the importance of assessing the distribution and occurrence of organisms in natural regions, especially in protected areas. Here we surveyed the terrestrial vertebrate fauna of Assis´ State Forest and updated the existing specie...

Most of the world's population lives in cities, and it is estimated that by 2050 there will be more than 6.5 billion people living in urban environments. With the increasing urbanization, people's contact with green spaces has become more scarce, which may be one of the causes for the increasing rates of illness in urban populations. The importance...

Habitat loss and fragmentation are problems that have been affecting Brazilian natural vegetation over the last decades. Different anthropogenic land uses are the main agents of these processes, among which we can highlight the expansion of the road network, which stimulates additional changes in land use and increases edge effects, affecting fores...

The presence of certain species in different regions is related to many ecological and landscape factors. The arrangement of habitat patches, matrices and corridors might influence a specie's distribuction. For humans, roads are important corridors used for transportation, but for most plants and animals, roads are hostile matrices on the landscape...

Planejar sequências didáticas é uma tarefa complexa e que demanda investimento de tempo. Neste artigo relatamos e refletimos sobre a utilização de diferentes formas de avaliação planejadas para uma sequência didática com o tema " Saúde e Alimentação ". Observamos que muitos alunos se sentem desconfortáveis quando são submetidos a formas " não tradi...

Given the variability of conditions and resources on Earth, organism have developed different feeding strategies that demand different energy investment. Web-building spiders, organisms that adopt the sit-and-wait strategy, need to invest energy on the web, which can vary in size. Knowing that insects are the main prey of a web-building spider spec...

No ensino de ciências para o Ensino Básico brasileiro, uma das maiores dificuldades é ministrar o conteúdo do currículo de forma dinâmica, a fim de motivar os estudantes e aprimorar o processo de ensino e apren-dizagem. Para tanto, diferentes modalidades didáticas se fazem necessárias para a abordagem de diferentes temas e disciplinas, uma vez que...

Entre os anos de 2011 e 2014, o subprojeto de Biologia do PIBID da Universidade Federal do ABC, voltado para a área de alfabetização científica, ensino por investigação e abordagem CTSA, atuou em duas escolas públicas do Estado de São Paulo. Diversas sequências didáticas foram planejadas, aplicadas e avaliadas neste período, nas quais foram abordad...