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Claudia Baider is affiliated with the Government of Mauritius in Mauritius. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, reflecting a broad interdisciplinary approach.

The scientist's work focuses on several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecological Modeling. These areas support investigations into the complex dynamics of ecological systems and biological diversity.

Key topics addressed in Claudia Baider's research include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Among recent notable publications are:

  • "Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities," 2024, published in Nature
  • "Novel plant-frugivore network on Mauritius is unlikely to compensate for the extinction of seed dispersers," 2023, published in Nature Communications
  • "Tropical cyclones and island area shape species abundance distributions of local tree communities," 2020, published in Oikos
  • "Nocturnal foraging and activity by diurnal lizards: Six species of day geckos (Phelsuma spp.) using the night-light niche," 2021, published in Austral Ecology
  • "Local hydrological conditions influence tree diversity and composition across the Amazon basin," 2022, published in Ecography

Claudia Baider frequently publishes in scientific venues such as Phytotaxa, PeerJ, and Adansonia, each with three publications, as well as Nature Communications and Journal for Nature Conservation, with two publications each.

Their frequent collaborators include F. B. Vincent Florens, Thierry Pailler, Benny Bytebier, Nathalie Becker, and Adrien Rieux, suggesting active participation in collaborative research networks.

Best Publications

  • Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora

    Hans Ter Steege;Hans Ter Steege;Nigel C.A. Pitman;Daniel Sabatier;Christopher Baraloto

  • Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition

    C. Levis;F. R. C. Costa;F. Bongers;M. Peña-Claros

  • A spatial model of tree α-diversity and tree density for the Amazon

    Hans Ter Steege;Nigel Pitman;Daniel Sabatier;Hernan Castellanos

  • Demographic threats to the sustainability of Brazil nut exploitation.

    Carlos A. Peres;Claudia Baider;Pieter A. Zuidema;Lúcia H. O. Wadt

  • Seed dispersal, spatial distribution and population structure of Brazilnut trees ( Bertholletia excelsa ) in southeastern Amazonia

    Carlos A. Peres;Claudia Baider

  • Estimating the global conservation status of more than 15,000 Amazonian tree species

    Hans ter Steege;Hans ter Steege;Nigel C. A. Pitman;Timothy J. Killeen;William F. Laurance

  • Species distribution modelling: Contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data

    Vitor H.F. Gomes;Vitor H.F. Gomes;Stéphanie D. Ijff;Niels Raes;Iêda Leão Amaral

  • The soil seed bank during Atlantic Forest regeneration in Southeast Brazil

    C. Baider;M. Tabarelli;W. Mantovani

  • O Banco de sementes de um trecho de uma floresta Atlântica montana (São Paulo - Brasil)

    C. Baider;M. Tabarelli;W. Mantovani

  • Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora.

    Hans ter Steege;Hans ter Steege;Paulo I. Prado;Renato A.F.de Lima;Renato A.F.de Lima;Edwin Pos

  • Control of invasive alien weeds averts imminent plant extinction

    Cláudia Baider;F. B. Vincent Florens

  • Mid-Holocene vertebrate bone Concentration-Lagerstatte on oceanic island Mauritius provides a window into the ecosystem of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus)

    Kenneth F. Rijsdijk;Kenneth F. Rijsdijk;Julian P. Hume;Frans Bunnik;F. B. Vincent Florens

  • Recovery of indigenous butterfly community following control of invasive alien plants in a tropical island's wet forests.

    F. B. Vincent Florens;F. B. Vincent Florens;John R. Mauremootoo;Simon V. Fowler;Linton Winder

  • Two new records of Jumellea (Orchidaceae) for Mauritius (Mascarene Islands) and their conservation status

    Claudia Baider;F. B. Vincent Florens;Fanny Rakotoarivelo;Jean Bosser

  • Regional forcing explains local species diversity and turnover on tropical islands

    Thomas Ibanez;Gunnar Keppel;Cláudia Baider;Chris Birkinshaw

  • Invasive alien plants progress to dominate protected and best-preserved wet forests of an oceanic island.

    F.B.Vincent Florens;F.B.Vincent Florens;Cláudia Baider;Geneviève M.N. Martin;Nooshruth B. Seegoolam

  • Rarity of monodominance in hyperdiverse Amazonian forests

    Hans Ter Steege;Terry W. Henkel;Nora Helal;Beatriz S. Marimon

  • Surviving 370 years of human impact: what remains of tree diversity and structure of the lowland wet forests of oceanic island Mauritius?

    F. B. Vincent Florens;F. B. Vincent Florens;Cláudia Baider;Geneviève M. N. Martin;Dominique Strasberg

  • Taxonomy and conservation of the genus Noronhia Thouars (Oleaceae) in Mauritius

    Cynthia Hong-Wa;Martin W. Callmander;Cláudia Baider

  • Disproportionately large ecological role of a recently mass-culled flying fox in native forests of an oceanic island

    F.B.V. Florens;F.B.V. Florens;C. Baider;V. Marday;G.M.N. Martin

Frequent Co-Authors

Ted R. Feldpausch
Ted R. Feldpausch University of Exeter
Florian Wittmann
Florian Wittmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
John Terborgh
John Terborgh Duke University
Kenneth J. Feeley
Kenneth J. Feeley University of Miami
Rafael P. Salomão
Rafael P. Salomão Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Susan G. Laurance
Susan G. Laurance James Cook University
Carlos A. Peres
Carlos A. Peres University of East Anglia
Hans ter Steege
Hans ter Steege Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Kyle G. Dexter
Kyle G. Dexter University of Edinburgh
Rogério Gribel
Rogério Gribel National Institute of Amazonian Research

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