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Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz

Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
4724
World Ranking
6937
National Ranking
125

Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 118 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their work covers a range of main topics, including Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Extent, intensity and drivers of mammal defaunation: a continental-scale analysis across the Neotropics" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Transformation beyond conservation: how critical social science can contribute to a radical new agenda in biodiversity conservation" (2021, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability)
  • "Land-use changes lead to functional loss of terrestrial mammals in a Neotropical rainforest" (2021, Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation)
  • "Effects of mammal defaunation on natural ecosystem services and human well being throughout the entire Neotropical realm" (2020, Ecosystem Services)
  • "Bridging the gap between researchers, conservation planners, and decision makers to improve species conservation decision-making" (2020, Conservation Science and Practice)

Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz has frequently collaborated with the following co-authors:

  • Marcelo Magioli
  • Juliano A. Bogoni
  • Carlos A. Peres
  • Marcelo Zacharias Moreira
  • Alexandre Reis Percequillo

Their research has appeared in multiple publication venues, notably:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Mammalogy
  • Conservation Science and Practice

In addition to journal articles, Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz has contributed to book publications through the Universidade de São Paulo. Titles include:

  • "Guia de boas práticas para avaliação de efetividade de medidas de mitigação dos impactos sobre a fauna em rodovias" (2023)
  • "Aves do Campus "Luiz de Queiroz"" (2021)
  • "Coexistência com a fauna no Campus USP "Luiz de Queiroz"" (2023)

Best Publications

  • Mammal defaunation as surrogate of trophic cascades in a biodiversity hotspot

    Maria Luiza S. P Jorge;Mauro Galetti;Milton C Ribeiro;Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz

  • Cattle depredation by puma (Puma concolor) and jaguar (Panthera onca) in central-western Brazil

    Francesca B.L. Palmeira;Peter G. Crawshaw;Claudio M. Haddad;Katia Maria P.M.B. Ferraz

  • How good are tropical forest patches for ecosystem services provisioning

    Silvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz;Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz;Carla Cristina Cassiano;Pedro Henrique Santin Brancalion

  • Diet of free-ranging cats and dogs in a suburban and rural environment, south-eastern Brazil

    C. B. Campos;C. F. Esteves;K. M. P. M. B. Ferraz;P. G. Crawshaw

  • A biodiversity hotspot losing its top predator: The challenge of jaguar conservation in the Atlantic Forest of South America

    Agustin Paviolo;Carlos De Angelo;Katia M. P. M. B. Ferraz;Ronaldo G. Morato

  • Indirect effects of habitat loss via habitat fragmentation: A cross-taxa analysis of forest-dependent species

    Thomas Püttker;Renato Crouzeilles;Mauricio Almeida-Gomes;Marina Schmoeller

  • Space Use and Movement of a Neotropical Top Predator: The Endangered Jaguar

    Ronaldo G Morato;Jared A Stabach;Chris H Fleming;Justin M Calabrese

  • Conservation planners tend to ignore improved accuracy of modelled species distributions to focus on multiple threats and ecological processes

    Ayesha I.T. Tulloch;Ayesha I.T. Tulloch;Patricia Sutcliffe;Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis;Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis;Reid Tingley

  • Connectivity maintain mammal assemblages functional diversity within agricultural and fragmented landscapes

    Marcelo Magioli;Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz;Eleonore Zulnara Freire Setz;Alexandre Reis Percequillo

  • Extent, intensity and drivers of mammal defaunation:a continental-scale analysis across the Neotropics

    Juliano A Bogoni;Juliano A Bogoni;Carlos A Peres;Carlos A Peres;Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz

  • Transformation beyond conservation: how critical social science can contribute to a radical new agenda in biodiversity conservation

    Kate Massarella;Anja Nygren;Robert Fletcher;Bram Büscher;Bram Büscher

  • Human-modified landscapes alter mammal resource and habitat use and trophic structure

    Marcelo Magioli;Marcelo Zacharias Moreira;Renata Cristina Batista Fonseca;Milton Cezar Ribeiro

  • Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) distribution in agroecosystems: a cross‐scale habitat analysis

    Katia Maria P. M. De Barros Ferraz;Silvio F. De Barros Ferraz;José Roberto Moreira;Hilton Thadeu Z. Couto

  • ATLANTIC BIRD TRAITS: a data set of bird morphological traits from the Atlantic forests of South America

    Rodolpho Credo Rodrigues;Érica Hasui;Julia Camara Assis;João Carlos Castro Pena;João Carlos Castro Pena

  • Epidemiology of capybara-associated Brazilian spotted fever

    Hermes R. Luz;Hermes R. Luz;Francisco B. Costa;Hector R. Benatti;Vanessa N. Ramos;Vanessa N. Ramos

  • Habitat fragmentation narrows the distribution of avian functional traits associated with seed dispersal in tropical forest

    Alex A.A. Bovo;Alex A.A. Bovo;Katia M.P.M.B. Ferraz;Marcelo Magioli;Eduardo R. Alexandrino

  • Thresholds in the relationship between functional diversity and patch size for mammals in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

    M. Magioli;M. C. Ribeiro;K. M. P. M. B. Ferraz;M. G. Rodrigues

  • Using Species Distribution Models to Predict Potential Landscape Restoration Effects on Puma Conservation.

    Cintia Camila Silva Angelieri;Cintia Camila Silva Angelieri;Christine Adams-Hosking;Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz;Marcelo Pereira de Souza

  • Capybaras in an anthropogeniC habitat in southeastern brazil

    L. M. Verdade;K. M. P. M. B. Ferraz

  • Land-use changes lead to functional loss of terrestrial mammals in a Neotropical rainforest

    Marcelo Magioli;Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz;Adriano Garcia Chiarello;Mauro Galetti;Mauro Galetti

  • Identification of Priority Conservation Areas and Potential Corridors for Jaguars in the Caatinga Biome, Brazil

    Ronaldo Gonçalves Morato;Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz;Rogério Cunha de Paula;Cláudia Bueno de Campos

Frequent Co-Authors

Mauro Galetti
Mauro Galetti Sao Paulo State University
Milton Cezar Ribeiro
Milton Cezar Ribeiro Sao Paulo State University
Carlos A. Peres
Carlos A. Peres University of East Anglia
Marcelo B. Labruna
Marcelo B. Labruna Universidade de São Paulo
Marcelo Zacharias Moreira
Marcelo Zacharias Moreira Universidade de São Paulo
David W. Macdonald
David W. Macdonald University of Oxford
Mario S. Di Bitetti
Mario S. Di Bitetti National University of Misiones
Marco Aurélio Pizo
Marco Aurélio Pizo Sao Paulo State University
Adriano Garcia Chiarello
Adriano Garcia Chiarello Universidade de São Paulo
Matias Pablo Juan Szabó
Matias Pablo Juan Szabó Federal University of Uberlândia

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