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Fernando Roberto Martins

Fernando Roberto Martins

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Environmental Sciences

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39
Citations
6062
World Ranking
8349
National Ranking
60

Overview

Fernando Roberto Martins is affiliated with the State University of Campinas in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, global and planetary change, and plant science.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Conservation, biodiversity, and resource management
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Fern and epiphyte biology
  • Plant parasitism and resistance
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics

Fernando Roberto Martins has published multiple scientific papers, with several recent notable publications. These include:

  • "Reviewing the Cerrado's limits, flora distribution patterns, and conservation status for policy decisions" (2022) published in Land Use Policy
  • "Defaunation and changes in climate and fire frequency have synergistic effects on aboveground biomass loss in the Brazilian savanna" (2021) published in Ecological Modelling
  • "Rarity patterns and the conservation status of tree species in South American savannas" (2021) published in Flora
  • "Assembly rules in a resource gradient: Competition and abiotic filtering determine the structuring of plant communities in stressful environments" (2020) published in PLoS ONE
  • "Xylem anatomical traits determine the variation in wood density and water storage of plants in tropical semiarid climate" (2022) published in Flora

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Flora
  • Biological Conservation
  • Land Use Policy
  • Ecological Modelling
  • Plant Cell & Environment

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, with regular coauthors including:

  • Francisca Soares Araújo
  • Everton A. Maciel
  • Bruno Sousa Menezes
  • Bruno Cruz de Souza
  • Ellen Cristina Dantas Carvalho

Their research addresses ecological patterns, environmental stressors, and conservation strategies mainly within South American ecosystems. This involves the study of plant community structures, biomass changes due to environmental pressures, and anatomical traits that influence plant functionality under changing climatic conditions.

Best Publications

  • Estrutura de uma floresta mesófila

    Fernando Roberto Martins

  • Reproductive phenology of the cerrado plant community in Emas National Park (central Brazil)

    Marco Antônio Batalha;Fernando Roberto Martins

  • A Phytogeographical Metaanalysis of the Semiarid Caatinga Domain in Brazil

    Marcelo Freire Moro;Eimear Nic Lughadha;Francisca Soares de Araújo;Fernando Roberto Martins

  • Distribution and abundance of arboreal species in the atlantic ombrophilous dense forest in Southeastern Brazil

    Veridiana Vizoni Scudeller;Fernando Roberto Martins;George John Shepherd

  • 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

  • HOW RICH IS THE FLORA OF BRAZILIAN CERRADOS

    A. A. J. F. Castro;F. R. Martins;J. Y. Tamashiro;G. J. Shepherd

  • A catalogue of the vascular plants of the Caatinga Phytogeographical Domain: a synthesis of floristic and phytosociological surveys

    Marcelo Freire Moro;Eimear Nic Lughadha;Denis L. Filer;Francisca Soares de Araújo

  • Síndromes de polinização e de dispersão em fragmentos da Floresta Estacional Semidecídua Montana, SP, Brasil

    Leila Fumiyo Yamamoto;Luiza Sumiko Kinoshita;Fernando Roberto Martins

  • Climate, soil and tree flora relationships in forests in the state of São Paulo, southeastern Brasil

    Roseli Buzanelli Torres;Fernando Roberto Martins;Luiza Sumiko Kinoshita

  • Alienígenas na sala: o que fazer com espécies exóticas em trabalhos de taxonomia, florística e fitossociologia?

    Marcelo Freire Moro;Vinicius Castro Souza;Ary Teixeira de Oliveira-Filho;Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz

  • Florística e fitossociologia em parcelas permanentes da Mata Atlântica do sudeste do Brasil ao longo de um gradiente altitudinal

    Carlos Alfredo Joly;Marco Antonio Assis;Luis Carlos Bernacci;Jorge Yoshio Tamashiro

  • Disturbances, elevation, topography and spatial proximity drive vegetation patterns along an altitudinal gradient of a top biodiversity hotspot

    Pedro V. Eisenlohr;Pedro V. Eisenlohr;Luciana F. Alves;Luciana F. Alves;Luís Carlos Bernacci;Maíra C. G. Padgurschi

  • Composição florística de uma floresta ripária na Reserva Estadual de Porto Ferreira, SP

    José Eduardo de Arruda Bertoni;Fernando Roberto Martins

  • Estrutura do cerradão e da transição entre cerradão e floresta paludícola num fragmento da International Paper do Brasil Ltda., em Brotas, SP

    Bruno Z. Gomes;Fernando R. Martins;Jorge Y. Tamashiro

  • Forms of rarity of tree species in the southern Brazilian Atlantic rainforest

    Alessandra Nasser Caiafa;Alessandra Nasser Caiafa;Fernando Roberto Martins

  • The Role of Edaphic Environment and Climate in Structuring Phylogenetic Pattern in Seasonally Dry Tropical Plant Communities

    Marcelo Freire Moro;Igor Aurélio Silva;Francisca Soares de Araújo;Eimear NIc Lughadha

  • Composição florística de uma floresta estacional semidecidual montana no município de Viçosa-MG

    João Augusto Alves Meira-Neto;Fernando Roberto Martins

  • Variações estruturais e florísticas do carrasco no planalto da Ibiapaba, estado do Ceará

    F. S. de Araújo;F. R. Martins;G. J. Shepherd

  • Fisionomia e organização da vegetação do carrasco no planalto da Ibiapaba, estado do Ceará

    Francisca Soares de Araújo;Fernando Roberto Martins

  • Florestas de restinga e de terras baixas na planície costeira do sudeste do Brasil: vegetação e heterogeneidade ambiental

    Marco Antonio Assis;Eduardo Magalhães Borges Prata;Fernando Pedroni;Maryland Sanchez

  • Floristic, frequency, and vegetation life-form spectra of a cerrado site.

    M. A. Batalha;F. R. Martins

  • Life-form spectra of Brazilian cerrado sites

    Marco Antônio Batalha;Marco Antônio Batalha;Fernando Roberto Martins;Fernando Roberto Martins

Frequent Co-Authors

Rafael S. Oliveira
Rafael S. Oliveira State University of Campinas
Simone A. Vieira
Simone A. Vieira State University of Campinas
Carlos Alfredo Joly
Carlos Alfredo Joly State University of Campinas
Marco Antônio Batalha
Marco Antônio Batalha Federal University of São Carlos
Luiz Antonio Martinelli
Luiz Antonio Martinelli Universidade de São Paulo
Plínio Barbosa de Camargo
Plínio Barbosa de Camargo Universidade de São Paulo
Eimear Nic Lughadha
Eimear Nic Lughadha Royal Botanic Gardens
Ary Teixeira de Oliveira-Filho
Ary Teixeira de Oliveira-Filho Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Niels P. R. Anten
Niels P. R. Anten Wageningen University & Research
Frank J. Sterck
Frank J. Sterck Wageningen University & Research

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