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Introduction
PhD in Ecology (2017) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Postdoctoral Fellow at the research group on Functional Ecology of Plants and Ecosystems at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB - Belgium) with Prof. Dr. Harry Olde Venterink. Has extensive experience in experimental ecology and research with restoration ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, functional ecology of plants, and invasive plants.
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- Postdoctoral Researcher, Functional Ecology of Plants and Ecosystems
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May 2017 - present
May 2013 - May 2017
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Publications (40)
Ecological restoration has great potential for reversing anthropogenic degradation, as it aims at the simultaneous recovery of several ecosystem functions and services. However, it can be challenging to evaluate multiple restoration targets based on a high number of indicators, and this calls for a multifunctionality approach. Multifunctionality is...
Invasive non-native plants challenge ecosystems restoration, and understanding the factors that determine the establishment of invasive plants is crucial to improve restoration outcomes. However, the drivers of invasibility of plant communities are not sufficiently clear, and combined effects are not understood. Therefore, we investigated the contr...
1. Little attention has been paid to phylogenetic diversity during restoration initiatives. Because plant phylogenetic distance can be a surrogate for functional diversity, its consideration could foster the restoration of degraded areas.
2. This study investigates the influence of species richness and phylogenetic relatedness during early restorat...
Urban grasslands are crucial for biodiversity and ecosystem services in cities, while little is known about their multifunctionality under climate change. Thus, we investigated the effects of simulated climate change, i.e., increased [CO2] and temperature, and reduced precipitation, on individual functions and overall multifunctionality in mesocosm...
Background and aims
Herbivore dung varies among species in terms of nutrients and microbial composition, but the effect of the microbial activity in the dung on plant growth and symbiotic association is largely unknown. This study aimed to investigate the influence of cow dung quantity and dung microbial activity on plant-microbe interactions (myco...
Ecologists, particularly restoration ecologists, were early to recognise the challenges of historically unprecedented combinations of species and abiotic conditions brought about by human intervention. However, to date, this ecological understanding has paid limited attention to sociocultural considerations. We propose the concept of novel natures...
Engineered gene drives are an emerging technology for the large-scale genetic modification of natural populations of species. They are
controversial due to high levels of uncertainty about their risks and benefits. We analyze gene drives in their social, natural, and technolog-
ical contexts. We discuss their depth of intervention and compare gene...
Combining ecological and socio-cultural analysis, we propose embracing the future-oriented concept of novel ecosystems. This perspective offers an alternative to the backwards-looking conservation attitude that uses metaphors of biological invasion, for example. With the case study of species whose range is shifting to include cities, we show that...
Grassland biodiversity is positively correlated to ecosystem productivity and resilience that secure net gains and functionality of such systems. Land-use change of grasslands is associated with local extinction of species and declining ecosystem services. Hence, the design of more diverse seed mixtures is crucial for successful species reintroduct...
Urbanization causes ecosystem degradation and losses of biodiversity. Still, urban landscapes favor organisms, depending on how well they fit the anthropogenic conditions. Creating urban green spaces of high ecological quality, such as pollinator-friendly road verges, promotes biodiversity in cities. We sowed a seed mixture consisting of 26 native...
Urbanization is a leading cause of biodiversity loss globally. Expanding cities alter regional ecological processes by consuming habitat and modifying biogeochemical and energetic flows. Densifying cities often lose valuable intra-urban green spaces. Despite these negative impacts, novel urban ecosystems can harbor high biodiversity and provide vit...
Current challenges of functional responses in plant communities to climate change call for multi‐factorial experiments. Moreover, studies on climate change should focus on below‐ground responses since absorptive roots largely control soil C allocation and resource acquisition. Thus, we aimed to understand biomass allocation and traits of absorptive...
Grasslands are managed to provide multiple goods and services. During recent decades, abandonment of marginal grasslands and intensification of the most productive sites resulted in biodiversity losses and reduced ecosystem services (ESs). Moreover, invasion by unwanted plants impaired ESs, as seen in Jacobaea aquatica, a poisonous native invader i...
River dikes are secondary habitats that support species-rich grasslands when maintained by low-intensity mowing or grazing. Besides erosion control and habitat creation, dike grasslands have provided several other ecosystem services (ESs), as biomass production and recreation. Despite the existence of trade-offs between ESs, the overarching aim of...
Urban grasslands are crucial for biodiversity and ecosystem services in cities, while little is known about their multifunctionality under climate change. Thus, we investigated the effects of simulated climate change, i.e., increased [CO2] and temperature, and reduced precipitation, on individual functions and overall multifunctionality in mesocosm...
Aim
In this study, we tested plant community‐based management methods to reduce the abundance of the invasive native plant Jacobaea aquatica (marsh ragwort). As J. aquatica mainly occurs in species‐rich wet grasslands, our aim was to define management measures that do not reduce the conservation value of the resident communities.
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Changes in grassland management lead to alterations in community structure and can facilitate rapid expansion of both non-native and native invaders. Light availability differs greatly depending on grassland density, and competition for light is an important component of species dynamics. In this study, we examined if light reduction is an effectiv...
In Feuchtwiesen des bayerischen Alpenvorlandes kam es in den vergangenen Jahren zur Zunahme des toxischen Wasser-Greiskrauts (Jacobaea aquatica). Ein 4-jähriger Parzellenversuch auf sieben verschiedenen Ökobetrieben mit je sechs Varianten sollte zeigen, wie sich unterschiedlich intensive Schnitt-, Düngungs- und Ausstechbehandlungen auf diese Proble...
Problem und Zielsetzung:
Anlass des Projektes war die starke Zunahme des Wasser-Greiskrauts (Jacobaea aquatica) im Wirtschaftsgrünland Bayerns während der letzten Jahre (Suttner et al. 2016). Diese Zunahme betrifft nicht nur extensiv bewirtschaftete Feuchtwiesen und Naturschutz-Grünland, sondern in zunehmenden Umfang auch intensiv genutztes Wirtsch...
Wasser-Greiskraut, auch Wasser-Kreuzkraut (Jacobaea aquatica) genannt, hat sich einen ernsthaften Problemunkraut im Voralpinen Grünland und besonders im Allgäu entwickelt. Die Giftpflanze gefährdet insbesondere die Gesundheit von Rindern und Pferden. Im Auftrag des Bayerischen Landwirtschaftsministeriums wurde ein vierjähriges Forschungsprojekt dur...
Grassland biodiversity is declining due to climatic change, land-use intensification, and establishment of invasive plant species. Excluding or suppressing invasive species is a challenge for grassland management. An example is Jacobaea aquatica, an invasive native plant in wet grasslands of Central Europe, that is causing problems to farmers by be...
Invasive alien plants challenge ecosystems restoration. Thus, understanding factors determining the establishment of invasive plants is crucial to improve restoration outcomes. Some key drivers of invasibility of plant communities have been studied, but results are inconsistent, and combined effects have not been addressed. We investigated the cont...
Ecosystems integrity and services are threatened by anthropogenic global changes. Mitigating and adapting to these changes requires knowledge of ecosystem functioning in the expected novel environments, informed in large part through experimentation and modelling.
This paper describes 13 advanced controlled environment facilities for experimental e...
Degraded tropical forests that were converted into pastures dominated by exotic grasses are a challenge for restoration due to arrested succession. Nucleation is a suitable strategy to restore such abandoned pastures as it can overcome seed and site limitation, and would foster the recovery of structural, functional, and species diversity. To explo...
Ecosystem properties can be positively affected by plant functional diversity and compromised by invasive alien plants. We performed a community assembly study in mesocosms manipulating different functional diversity levels for native grassland plants (communities composed by 1, 2 or 3 functional groups) to test if functional dispersion could const...
We investigated the roles of a benthivorous (Prochilodus brevis, Steindachner 1875) and a planktivorous (Oreochromis niloticus, Linnaeus, 1758) fish in translocating phosphorus from the benthic to the pelagic habitat of a tropical eutrophic shallow lake and its impact on phytoplankton biomass and water transparency. We performed two field experimen...
Coastal sand dunes support various ecosystem services, including storm protection and tourism. Restoration programs are often critical to preserve this ecosystem due to its fragility and high degree of degradation. Dune restoration still suffers from a general lack of knowledge of the ecological processes controlling tropical dune communities. We i...
Aim: The Nile tilapia - Oreochromis niloticus(Linnaeus 1758) - is an exotic omnivorous filter-feeding fish that has been stocked for three decades in man-made lakes of Northeastern Brazil. Most experiments manipulating omnivorous filter-feeding fish in eutrophic lakes and reservoirs shows that their presence tends to increase phytoplankton biomass...
This paper presents a discussion of vegetation monitoring and a temporal analysis of the patterns of vegetation cover of coastal sand dune ecosystems in Jenipabu’s APA (RN State) through NDVI index. The initial idea of this study was that the earlier cover of Atlantic Rainforest decreased due to the great pressure for urban use and tourist activiti...
