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Leonor Patricia C. Morellato

Leonor Patricia C. Morellato

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
11070
World Ranking
3287
National Ranking
51

Overview

Leonor Patricia C. Morellato is affiliated with Sao Paulo State University in Brazil. Their research spans environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong focus on ecology, evolution, and systematics. The scientist's work extensively covers plant and animal studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics, species distribution in relation to climate change, and remote sensing applications in agriculture.

Their contributions include prominent publications in several frequent venues such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Remote Sensing, Frontiers in Environmental Science, Annals of Botany, and Ecology. These venues reflect a consistent engagement with cutting-edge methods for monitoring and understanding ecological systems, particularly through satellite remote sensing technologies.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Campo Rupestre: A road map for the sustainability of the hottest Brazilian biodiversity hotspot (2020, Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation)
  • An ecologically-constrained deep learning model for tropical leaf phenology monitoring using PlanetScope satellites (2023, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • Environmental Drivers of Water Use for Caatinga Woody Plant Species: Combining Remote Sensing Phenology and Sap Flow Measurements (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • Pollination in the campo rupestre: a test of hypothesis for an ancient tropical mountain vegetation (2020, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society)
  • Scale matters: Spatial resolution impacts tropical leaf phenology characterized by multi-source satellite remote sensing with an ecological-constrained deep learning model (2024, Remote Sensing of Environment)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Maria Gabriela Gutierrez Camargo, Montserrat Arista, Bruna Alberton, Pedro L. Ortiz, and Alexandre Maniçoba da Rosa Ferraz Jardim. This network highlights a collaborative approach that combines expertise in ecology, remote sensing, and plant sciences.

The scientist's main fields of study are subdivided into several key areas:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change

The primary topics addressed in their research comprise:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Best Publications

  • Introduction: The Brazilian Atlantic Forest1

    L. Patrícia C. Morellato;Célio F. B. Haddad

  • Ecology and evolution of plant diversity in the endangered campo rupestre: a neglected conservation priority

    Fernando A. O. Silveira;Daniel Negreiros;Newton P. U. Barbosa;Elise Buisson

  • Biodiversity, species interactions and ecological networks in a fragmented world

    Melanie Hagen;W. Daniel Kissling;Claus Rasmussen;Marcus A. M. De Aguiar

  • Succession and management of tropical dry forests in the Americas: review and new perspectives.

    Mauricio Quesada;G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa;Mariana Alvarez-Añorve;Kathryn E. Stoner

  • Linking plant phenology to conservation biology

    Leonor Patrícia Cerdeira Morellato;Bruna Alberton;Swanni T. Alvarado;Bruno Borges

  • Comparação de dois métodos de avaliação da fenologia de plantas, sua interpretação e representação

    Cinara S.C. Bencke;Cinara S.C. Bencke;L. Patrícia C. Morellato

  • Applications of Circular Statistics in Plant Phenology: a Case Studies Approach

    L. Patricia C. Morellato;L.F. Alberti;Irene L. Hudson

  • Polinização e dispersão de sementes em Myrtaceae do Brasil

    Eliana Gressler;Marco A. Pizo;Marco A. Pizo;L. Patrícia C. Morellato

  • 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

  • Estudo comparativo da fenologia de nove espécies arbóreas em três tipos de floresta atlântica no sudeste do Brasil

    Cinara S.C. Bencke;Cinara S.C. Bencke;L. Patrícia C. Morellato

  • Estudo da fenologia de arvores, arbustose lianas de uma floresta semidecidua do sudeste do Brasil

    Leonor Patricia Cerdeira Morellato

  • A Review of Plant Phenology in South and Central America

    L. Patrícia C. Morellato;Maria Gabriela G. Camargo;Eliana Gressler

  • Continental-scale patterns and climatic drivers of fruiting phenology: A quantitative Neotropical review

    Irene Mendoza;Carlos A. Peres;Leonor Patrícia C. Morellato

  • Beta diversity of plant-pollinator networks and the spatial turnover of pairwise interactions.

    Daniel W. Carstensen;Malena Sabatino;Kristian Trøjelsgaard;Kristian Trøjelsgaard;Leonor Patricia C. Morellato

  • The shared influence of phylogeny and ecology on the reproductive patterns of Myrteae (Myrtaceae)

    Vanessa Graziele Staggemeier;José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho;Leonor Patrícia Cerdeira Morellato

  • Drivers of fire occurrence in a mountainous Brazilian cerrado savanna: tracking long-term fire regimes using remote sensing

    Swanni T. Alvarado;Tamires Fornazari;Andresa Cóstola;Leonor Patricia Cerdeira Morellato

  • Fenologia reprodutiva e produção de sementes em Araucaria angustifolia (Bert.) O. Kuntze

    Adelar Mantovani;L. Patrícia C. Morellato;Maurício S. dos Reis

  • Seed cleaning by Mycocepurus goeldii ants (Attini) facilitates germination in Hymenaea courbaril (Caesalpiniaceae)

    P.S. Oliveira;M. Galetti;F. Pedroni;L.P.C. Morellato

  • Estrategias fenologicas de especies arboreas em floresta de altitude na serra do japi, jundiai, sao paulo

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

  • Horizontal and vertical tree community structure in a lowland atlantic rain forest, southeastern Brazil

    Frederico Augusto G. Guilherme;L. Patrícia C. Morellato;Marco A. Assis

  • Fruiting phenology of palms and trees in an Atlantic rainforest land-bridge island.

    Julieta Genini;Mauro Galetti;L. Patricia C. Morellato

  • The Influence of Sampling Method, Sample Size, and Frequency of Observations on Plant Phenological Patterns and Interpretation in Tropical Forest Trees

    L. Patricia C. Morellato;Maria Gabriela G. Camargo;Fernanda F. D’Eça Neves;Bruno G. Luize

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