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Marco Antônio Batalha

Marco Antônio Batalha

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
4556
World Ranking
7616
National Ranking
147

Overview

Marco Antônio Batalha is affiliated with the Federal University of São Carlos in Brazil. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science.

The scientist's subfields of study include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science, Plant Science, and Global and Planetary Change. These areas frame a broad ecological and biological perspective, focusing on interactions within plant communities and their environments.

Batalha's main research topics include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Animal Studies, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics. These subjects highlight a focus on the biological and ecological processes influencing plant growth, diversity, and adaptation.

Selected recent papers illustrate the scope of Batalha's work:

  • Early growth in a congeneric pair of savanna and seasonal forest trees under different nitrogen and phosphorus availability (2020), published in Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology
  • Disentangling the ecological basis of floral trait variation in Neotropical Piper species (2020), published in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Plant communities in tropical ancient mountains: how are they spatially and evolutionary structured? (2021), published in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus availability on the early growth of two congeneric pairs of savanna and forest species (2021), published in Brazilian Journal of Biology

Batalha frequently collaborates with a network of coauthors, including Bruno Paganeli, Kyle G. Dexter, Adriano Valentin-Silva, Elza Guimarães, and Jacqueline Salvi de Mattos. This collaboration pattern reflects interdisciplinary and multi-institutional approaches in plant ecology and biological sciences.

The scientist's work is regularly published in venues such as the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology, and the Brazilian Journal of Biology. These journals align with the thematic focus on plant ecology, physiology, and environmental biology.

Best Publications

  • Soil-vegetation relationships in cerrado (Brazilian savanna) and semideciduous forest, Southeastern Brazil

    Patricia Guidão Cruz Ruggiero;Marco Antônio Batalha;Vânia Regina Pivello;Sérgio Tadeu Meirelles

  • Reproductive phenological patterns of cerrado plant species at the Pé-de-Gigante Reserve (Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, SP, Brazil): a comparison between the herbaceous and woody floras.

    M A Batalha;W Mantovani

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

    Marco Antônio Batalha;Fernando Roberto Martins

  • Including intraspecific variability in functional diversity.

    Marcus V. Cianciaruso;Marco A. Batalha;K. J. Gaston;Owen L. Petchey

  • Fire drives functional thresholds on the savanna–forest transition

    Vinícius de L. Dantas;Marco A. Batalha;Juli G. Pausas

  • Diversidades filogenética e funcional: novas abordagens para a Ecologia de comunidades

    Marcus Vinicius Cianciaruso;Igor Aurélio Silva;Marco Antônio Batalha

  • O Cerrado não é um bioma

    Marco Antônio Batalha

  • Soil–vegetation relationships in cerrados under different fire frequencies

    Danilo Muniz da Silva;Marco Antônio Batalha

  • Variações fenológicas das espécies do cerrado em Emas - Pirassununga, SP

    Marco Antonio Batalha;Sônia Aragaki;Waldir Mantovani

  • Floristic composition of the cerrado in the Pé-de-Gigante Reserve (Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, southeastern Brazil)

    Marco Antônio Batalha;Waldir Mantovani

  • Software, Data and Modelling News: Plantminer: A web tool for checking and gathering plant species taxonomic information

    Gustavo Henrique Carvalho;Marcus Vinicius Cianciaruso;Marco Antônio Batalha

  • The influence of fire on phylogenetic and functional structure of woody savannas: Moving from species to individuals

    Marcus V. Cianciaruso;Igor A. Silva;Marco A. Batalha;Kevin J. Gaston

  • How flower colour signals allure bees and hummingbirds: a community‐level test of the bee avoidance hypothesis

    Maria Gabriela Gutierrez de Camargo;Klaus Lunau;Marco Antônio Batalha;Sebastian Brings

  • Habitat filtering determines the functional niche occupancy of plant communities worldwide

    Yuanzhi Li;Yuanzhi Li;Bill Shipley;Jodi N. Price;Jodi N. Price;Vinícius de L. Dantas

  • Vegetation structure in cerrado physiognomies in south-eastern Brazil.

    M. A. Batalha;W. Mantovani;H. N. de Mesquita Júnior

  • Defense syndromes against herbivory in a cerrado plant community

    Danilo Muniz da Silva;Marco Antônio Batalha

  • Relationships between soil nutrient status and nutrient-related leaf traits in Brazilian cerrado and seasonal forest communities

    Raquel C. Miatto;Ian J. Wright;Marco A. Batalha

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

    M. A. Batalha;F. R. Martins

  • Seasonality of litterfall and leaf decomposition in a cerrado site.

    M W Valenti;M V Cianciaruso;M A Batalha

  • Vegetation structure: Fine scale relationships with soil in a cerrado site

    Vinícius de Lima Dantas;Marco Antônio Batalha

  • Life-form spectra of Brazilian cerrado sites

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

  • Pollination systems and floral traits in cerrado woody species of the Upper Taquari region (central Brazil)

    F. Q. Martins;M. A. Batalha

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcus Vinicius Cianciaruso
Marcus Vinicius Cianciaruso Universidade Federal de Goiás
Fernando Roberto Martins
Fernando Roberto Martins State University of Campinas
Nicolas Gross
Nicolas Gross University of Clermont Auvergne
Owen L. Petchey
Owen L. Petchey University of Zurich
Juli G. Pausas
Juli G. Pausas University of Valencia
Leonor Patricia C. Morellato
Leonor Patricia C. Morellato Sao Paulo State University
Antonio Gazol
Antonio Gazol Spanish National Research Council
Kyle G. Dexter
Kyle G. Dexter University of Edinburgh
Bill Shipley
Bill Shipley Université de Sherbrooke
Kouki Hikosaka
Kouki Hikosaka Tohoku University

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