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Ary Teixeira de Oliveira-Filho

Ary Teixeira de Oliveira-Filho

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
59
Citations
13556
World Ranking
2417
National Ranking
34

Overview

Ary Teixeira de Oliveira-Filho is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecological Modeling. They have published extensively, contributing to a broad spectrum of topics including Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Their recent publications reflect a diverse range of ecological and evolutionary studies. Notable papers include:

  • Freezing and water availability structure the evolutionary diversity of trees across the Americas, 2020, Science Advances
  • A review of the heterogeneous landscape of biodiversity databases: Opportunities and challenges for a synthesized biodiversity knowledge base, 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Evolutionary diversity in tropical tree communities peaks at intermediate precipitation, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • On the floristic identity of Amazonian vegetation types, 2021, Biotropica
  • Emerging hotspots of tree richness in Brazil, 2020, Acta Botanica Brasilica

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ary Teixeira de Oliveira-Filho include:

  • Kyle G. Dexter
  • Marcelo Leandro Bueno
  • R. Toby Pennington
  • Danilo M. Neves
  • Marcelo Fragomeni Simon

Their work has been published across a variety of scientific journals, with multiple contributions to:

  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Science Advances
  • Scientific Reports
  • Biotropica
  • Acta Botanica Brasilica

The subfields of study associated with Ary Teixeira de Oliveira-Filho emphasize ecological and conservation themes, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, and general Ecology. These research interests align with their broader investigation into biodiversity patterns and environmental dynamics across diverse tropical and subtropical regions.

The research topics reflect a focus on plant ecology and evolution, biodiversity assessment, and the impact of climate and environmental factors on species distribution and ecosystem services. This provides insights into both fundamental ecological processes and applied conservation challenges.

Best Publications

  • Patterns of Floristic Differentiation among Atlantic Forests in Southeastern Brazil and the Influence of Climate1

    Ary T. Oliveira-Filho;Marco Aurélio L. Fontes

  • Woody Plant Diversity, Evolution, and Ecology in the Tropics: Perspectives from Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests

    R. Toby Pennington;Matt Lavin;Ary Oliveira-Filho

  • Plant diversity patterns in neotropical dry forests and their conservation implications

    Dryflor;Karina Banda-R;Alfonso Delgado-Salinas;Kyle G. Dexter;Kyle G. Dexter

  • Plant diversity hotspots in the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil.

    Charlotte Murray-Smith;Neil A. Brummitt;Ary T. Oliveira-Filho;Steven Bachman

  • Delving into the variations in tree species composition and richness across South American subtropical Atlantic and Pampean forests

    Ary T. Oliveira-Filho;Jean C. Budke;João A. Jarenkow;Pedro V. Eisenlohr

  • 7 Floristic Relationships of Seasonally Dry Forests of Eastern South America Based on Tree Species Distribution Patterns

    Ary T. Oliveira-Filho;João Jarenkow;Maria Jesus Nogueira Rodal

  • The commonness of rarity: Global and future distribution of rarity across land plants.

    Brian J. Enquist;Brian J. Enquist;Xiao Feng;Brad Boyle;Brian Maitner

  • Effects of past disturbance and edges on tree community structure and dynamics within a fragment of tropical semideciduous forest in south-eastern Brazil over a five-year period (1987-1992)

    Ary T. Oliveira-Filho;José Márcio de Mello;José Roberto S. Scolforo

  • Neotropical Seasonally Dry Forests: Diversity, Endemism, and Biogeography of Woody Plants

    Reynaldo Linares-Palomino;Ary T. Oliveira-Filho;R. Toby Pennington

  • Effects of soils and topography on the distribution of tree species in a tropical riverine forest in south-eastern Brazil

    Ary T. Oliveira-Filho;Enivanis A. Vilela;Douglas A. Carvalho;Manuel L. Gavilanes

  • Environmental factors affecting physiognomic and floristic variation in an area of cerrado in central Brazil

    Ary Teixeira De Oliveira-Filho;George John Shepherd;Fernando Roberto Martins;William Henry Stubblebine

  • Distribution and ecology of parent taxa of pollen lodged within the Latin American Pollen Database

    Robert Marchant;Lucia Almeida;Hermann Behling;Juan Carlos Berrio

  • Effects of canopy gaps, topography, and soils on the distribution of woody species in a Central Brazilian deciduous dry forest.

    Ary T. Oliveira-Filho;Nilton Curi;Enivanis A. Vilela;Douglas A. Carvalho

  • Vertebrate dispersal syndromes along the Atlantic forest: broad-scale patterns and macroecological correlates

    Mário Almeida-Neto;Flávia Campassi;Mauro Galetti;Pedro Jordano

  • Variações da fisionomia, diversidade e composição de guildas da comunidade arbórea em um fragmento de floresta semidecidual em Lavras, MG

    Yule Roberta Ferreira Nunes;Andrea Vita Reis Mendonça;Luciana Botezelli;Evandro Luiz Mendonça Machado

  • Análise das variações florísticas e estruturais da comunidade arbórea de um fragmento de floresta semidecídua às margens do rio Capivari, Lavras-MG

    Josival Santos Souza;Fernando Del Bon Espírito-Santo;Marco Aurélio Leite Fontes;Ary Teixeira de Oliveira-Filho

  • Identity and relationships of the Arboreal Caatinga among other floristic units of seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTFs) of north‐eastern and Central Brazil

    Rubens M. Santos;Ary T. Oliveira-Filho;Pedro V. Eisenlohr;Luciano P. Queiroz

  • Effect of flooding regime and understorey bamboos on the physiognomy and tree species composition of a tropical semideciduous forest in Southeastern Brazil

    A. T. Oliveira-Filho;E. A. Vilela;M. L. Gavilanes;D. A. Carvalho

  • Composição florística e estrutura fitossociológica de uma floresta ripária em Itutinga, MG, e comparação com outras áreas

    Eduardo Van Den Berg;Ary Teixeira de Oliveira-Filho

  • The history of Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests in eastern South America: inferences from the genetic structure of the tree Astronium urundeuva (Anacardiaceae).

    S. Caetano;D. Prado;R. T. Pennington;S. Beck

  • Comparison of the woody flora and soils of six areas of montane semideciduous forest in southern Minas Gerais, Brazil

    A. T. Oliveira-Filho;E. A. Vilela;M. L. Gavilaness;D. A. Carvalho

Frequent Co-Authors

Kyle G. Dexter
Kyle G. Dexter University of Edinburgh
R. Toby Pennington
R. Toby Pennington University of Exeter
Nilton Curi
Nilton Curi Federal University of Lavras
Marcelo F. Simon
Marcelo F. Simon Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz
Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz State University of Feira de Santana
Fernando Roberto Martins
Fernando Roberto Martins State University of Campinas
J. A. Ratter
J. A. Ratter Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Mauro Galetti
Mauro Galetti Sao Paulo State University
Brian J. Enquist
Brian J. Enquist University of Arizona
Carlos Fonseca
Carlos Fonseca University of Aveiro

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