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Marco Aurélio Pizo

Marco Aurélio Pizo

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
6701
World Ranking
5341
National Ranking
96

Overview

Marco Aurélio Pizo is affiliated with Sao Paulo State University in Brazil. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields such as Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, and Plant Science.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Recent publications by Marco Aurélio Pizo include:

  • Frugivory Specialization in Birds and Fruit Chemistry Structure Mutualistic Networks across the Neotropics, 2020, The American Naturalist
  • Living in a fragmented world: Birds in the Atlantic Forest, 2020, Ornithological Applications

The research contributions also collaborate with various co-authors, with frequent collaborators including Augusto Florisvaldo Batisteli, Tomás A. Carlo, Milton Cézar Ribeiro, Vinicius Rodrigues Tonetti, and Carine Emer.

Marco Aurélio Pizo's work has appeared regularly in specific scientific venues, such as:

  • Ornithology Research
  • Oikos
  • Biotropica
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ecology

This profile reflects a scientist contributing to the understanding of ecological systems, species interactions, and conservation efforts, particularly involving avian species and forest environments. The research includes interdisciplinary approaches combining field studies and ecological modeling to address environmental and biological questions.

Best Publications

  • Defaunation affects carbon storage in tropical forests

    Carolina Bello;Mauro Galetti;Marco A. Pizo;Luiz Fernando S. Magnago

  • The dimensionality of ecological networks

    Anna Eklöf;Ute Jacob;Jason Kopp;Jordi Bosch

  • Analysis of a hyper-diverse seed dispersal network: modularity and underlying mechanisms

    Camila I. Donatti;Paulo R. Guimaraes;Mauro Galetti;Marco Aurellio Pizo

  • Polinização e dispersão de sementes em Myrtaceae do Brasil

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

  • Seed dispersal and predation in two populations of Cabralea canjerana (Meliaceae) in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil

    Marco Aurélio Pizo

  • Seed-dispersal interactions in fragmented landscapes - a metanetwork approach.

    Carine Emer;Carine Emer;Mauro Galetti;Marco A. Pizo;Paulo R. Guimarães

  • Frugivory by Toucans (Ramphastidae) at Two Altitudes in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil1

    Mauro Galetti;Rudi Laps;Marco A. Pizo

  • Interaction between ants and seeds of a nonmyrmecochorous neotropical tree, Cabralea canjerana (Meliaceae), in the Atlantic forest of southeast Brazil.

    Marco A. Pizo;Paulo S. Oliveira

  • Size and lipid content of nonmyrmecochorous diaspores: effects on the interaction with litter-foraging ants in the Atlantic rain forest of Brazil

    Marco A. Pizo;Paulo S. Oliveira

  • Fruit eating by birds in a forest fragment in southeastern Brazil.

    Mauro Galetti;Marco Aurélio Pizo

  • The Use of Fruits and Seeds by Ants in the Atlantic Forest of Southeast Brazil1

    Marco A. Pizo;Paulo S. Oliveira

  • Fruit and seed exploitation by small rodents of the Brazilian Atlantic forest

    E. M. Vieira;M. A. Pizo;P. Izar

  • Atlantic frugivory: a plant-frugivore interaction data set for the Atlantic Forest.

    Carolina Bello;Carolina Bello;Mauro Galetti;Mauro Galetti;Denise Montan;Marco A. Pizo

  • Big Fish are the Best: Seed Dispersal of Bactris glaucescens by the Pacu Fish (Piaractus mesopotamicus) in the Pantanal, Brazil

    Mauro Galetti;Camila I. Donatti;Marco Aurélio Pizo;Henrique C. Giacomini

  • The restoration of tropical seed dispersal networks

    Fernanda Ribeiro da Silva;Fernanda Ribeiro da Silva;Daniel Montoya;Rafael Furtado;Jane Memmott

  • Frugivores at higher risk of extinction are the key elements of a mutualistic network

    Mariana M. Vidal;Erica Hasui;Marco A. Pizo;Jorge Y. Tamashiro

  • Frugivory and habitat use by fruit-eating birds in a fragmented landscape of southeast Brazil

    M. A. Pizo

  • Fruit traits of pioneer trees structure seed dispersal across distances on tropical deforested landscapes: implications for restoration

    Paulo H. S. A. Camargo;Paulo H. S. A. Camargo;Marco A. Pizo;Pedro H. S. Brancalion;Tomás A. Carlo

  • 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

  • The seed-dispersers and fruit syndromes of Myrtaceae in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

    M. A. Pizo;D. J. Levey;W. R. Silva;M. Galetti

  • Effects of bamboo stands on seed rain and seed limitation in a rainforest

    Débora C. Rother;Ricardo R. Rodrigues;Marco A. Pizo

  • DIET AND FLOCK SIZE OF SYMPATRIC PARROTS IN THE ATLANTIC FOREST OF BRAZIL

    Marco Aurélio Pizo;Isaac Simáo;Mauro Galetti

  • Variation in seed dispersal effectiveness: the redundancy of consequences in diversified tropical frugivore assemblages

    Débora C. Rother;Débora C. Rother;Marco A. Pizo;Pedro Jordano

Frequent Co-Authors

Mauro Galetti
Mauro Galetti Sao Paulo State University
Pedro Jordano
Pedro Jordano Spanish National Research Council
Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues
Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues Universidade de São Paulo
Paulo S. Oliveira
Paulo S. Oliveira State University of Campinas
Milton Cezar Ribeiro
Milton Cezar Ribeiro Sao Paulo State University
Paulo R. Guimarães
Paulo R. Guimarães Universidade de São Paulo
Otso Ovaskainen
Otso Ovaskainen University of Jyväskylä
Pedro H. S. Brancalion
Pedro H. S. Brancalion Universidade de São Paulo
Carlos A. Peres
Carlos A. Peres University of East Anglia

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