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Carlos Alfredo Joly

Carlos Alfredo Joly

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
54
Citations
18446
World Ranking
3059
National Ranking
47

Overview

Carlos Alfredo Joly is affiliated with the State University of Campinas in Brazil and has a research focus primarily in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work covers various subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Plant Science.

The scientist's main research topics include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and Animal Studies, Economic and Environmental Valuation, Forest Ecology and Management, and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Luciana F. Alves, Érika Berenguer, Joice Ferreira, Géraldine Derroire, and Bruno Hérault.

They have published extensively in several scientific journals, with the highest number of publications appearing in Biota Neotropica. Other notable publication venues include Nature, Science, Environmental Science & Policy, and Nature Communications.

Recent papers include:

  • The Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework, 2022, Biota Neotropica
  • Global transpiration data from sap flow measurements: the SAPFLUXNET database, 2021, Earth System Science Data
  • Tracking the impacts of El Niño drought and fire in human-modified Amazonian forests, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The global abundance of tree palms, 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Pantropical modelling of canopy functional traits using Sentinel-2 remote sensing data, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment

Best Publications

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • The IPBES Conceptual Framework - connecting nature and people

    Sandra Díaz;Sebsebe Demissew;Julia Carabias;Carlos Joly

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • From hotspot to hopespot: An opportunity for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

    C.L. Rezende;C.L. Rezende;F.R. Scarano;F.R. Scarano;E.D. Assad;C.A. Joly

  • Pervasive transition of the Brazilian land-use system

    David M. Lapola;Luiz A. Martinelli;Carlos A. Peres;Jean P. H. B. Ometto

  • Experiences from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: ecological findings and conservation initiatives

    Carlos A. Joly;Jean Paul Walter Metzger;Marcelo Tabarelli

  • Forest structure and live aboveground biomass variation along an elevational gradient of tropical Atlantic moist forest (Brazil)

    Luciana Ferreira Alves;Simone Aparecida Vieira;Marcos Scaranello;Plinio Barbosa de Camargo

  • An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

    J. W. Ferry Slik;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Shin-Ichiro Aiba;Patricia Alvarez-Loayza

  • Brazilian Atlantic Forest lato sensu: the most ancient Brazilian forest, and a biodiversity hotspot, is highly threatened by climate change

    A. F. Colombo;C. A. Joly

  • A Rosetta Stone for Nature's Benefits to People

    Sandra Díaz;Sebsebe Demissew;Carlos Joly;W. Mark Lonsdale

  • Evolution of the Brazilian phytogeography classification systems: implications for biodiversity conservation

    Carlos A Joly;Marcos P.M Aidar;Carlos A Klink;David G McGrath

  • Estudo comparativo da fenologia de espécies arbóreas de floresta de altitude e floresta mesofila semidecidua na serra do Japi, Jundiaí, São Paulo

    L P C Morellato;R R Rodrigues;H F Leitao Filho;C A Joly

  • The vegetation of granite rock outcrops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the need for its protection

    Sergio Tadeu Meirelles;Vânia Regina Pivello;Carlos Alfredo Joly

  • 18. Biodiversity and Conservation Priorities in the Cerrado Region

    Roberto B. Cavalcanti;Carlos A. Joly

  • Brazilian Law: Full Speed in Reverse?

    Jean Paul Metzger;Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Carlos A. Joly;Luciano M. Verdade

  • Estimation of biomass and carbon stocks: the case of the Atlantic Forest

    Simone Aparecida Vieira;Luciana Ferreira Alves;Marcos Aidar;Luciana Spinelli Araújo

  • Global transpiration data from sap flow measurements: the SAPFLUXNET database

    Rafael Poyatos;Víctor Granda;Víctor Flo;Mark A. Adams;Mark A. Adams

  • Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots

    Cecilia Blundo;Julieta Carilla;Ricardo Grau

  • Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests

    J. W.Ferry Slik;Janet Franklin;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Richard Field

  • FLORISTIC COMPARISON OF MESOPHYTIC SEMIDECIDUOUS FORESTS OF THE INTERIOR OF THE STATE OF SAO PAULO, SOUTHEAST BRAZIL

    S. M. Salis;G. J. Shepherd;C. A. Joly

  • Variation in Tolerance and Metabolic Responses to Flooding in some Tropical Trees

    C. A. Joly;R. M. M. Crawford

  • Flooding tolerance of Calophyllum brasiliense Camb. (Clusiaceae): morphological, physiological and growth responses

    Viviane C. de Oliveira;Carlos Alfredo Joly

Frequent Co-Authors

Simone A. Vieira
Simone A. Vieira State University of Campinas
Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues
Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues Universidade de São Paulo
Luiz Antonio Martinelli
Luiz Antonio Martinelli Universidade de São Paulo
Jean Paul Metzger
Jean Paul Metzger Universidade de São Paulo
Plínio Barbosa de Camargo
Plínio Barbosa de Camargo Universidade de São Paulo
Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani
Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani Sao Paulo State University
Fabio Rubio Scarano
Fabio Rubio Scarano Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Bernardo B. N. Strassburg
Bernardo B. N. Strassburg International Institute for Sustainability (IIS)
Fernando Roberto Martins
Fernando Roberto Martins State University of Campinas
Erika Berenguer
Erika Berenguer University of Oxford

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