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Mercedes M. C. Bustamante

Mercedes M. C. Bustamante

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
68
Citations
23360
World Ranking
1502
National Ranking
17

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Mercedes M. C. Bustamante is affiliated with the University of Brasília in Brazil, where they focus their research primarily within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Plant Science.

The scientist has contributed to multiple research topics with a strong emphasis on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management; Land Use and Ecosystem Services; Plant and Animal Studies; Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics; Fire Effects on Ecosystems; Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies; and the application of Remote Sensing in Agriculture.

Recent research publications by Bustamante include:

  • "Mapping Three Decades of Changes in the Brazilian Savanna Native Vegetation Using Landsat Data Processed in the Google Earth Engine Platform" (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • "Time to integrate global climate change and biodiversity science-policy agendas" (2021, Journal of Applied Ecology)
  • "Cerrado deforestation threatens regional climate and water availability for agriculture and ecosystems" (2022, Global Change Biology)
  • "Modeling fuel loads dynamics and fire spread probability in the Brazilian Cerrado" (2020, Forest Ecology and Management)
  • "The risk of fake controversies for Brazilian environmental policies" (2022, Biological Conservation)

Bustamante frequently collaborates with other researchers. Prominent co-authors include Letícia Gomes, Britaldo Soares-Filho, Thiago de Roure Bandeira de Mello, Ane Alencar, and Julia Z. Shimbo.

Their research outputs are often published in several venues, with the most frequent being Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), SSRN Electronic Journal, Remote Sensing, Forest Ecology and Management, and Scientific Reports.

In recognition of their contributions to science, Mercedes M. C. Bustamante was named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Global assessment of nitrogen deposition effects on terrestrial plant diversity: a synthesis.

    R. Bobbink;K. Hicks;J. Galloway;T. Spranger

  • Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)

    Pete Smith;Mercedes Bustamante;Helal Ahammad;Harry Clark

  • The Amazon basin in transition

    Eric A. Davidson;Alessandro C. de Araújo;Alessandro C. de Araújo;Paulo Artaxo;Jennifer K. Balch;Jennifer K. Balch

  • Global change pressures on soils from land use and management.

    Pete Smith;Joanna Isobel House;Mercedes Bustamante;Jaroslava Sobocká

  • Global patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability

    Joseph M. Craine;Andrew J. Elmore;Marcos P. M. Aidar;Mercedes Bustamante

  • Achieving mitigation and adaptation to climate change through sustainable agroforestry practices in Africa

    Cheikh Mbow;Pete Smith;David Skole;Lalisa Duguma

  • How much land based greenhouse gas mitigation can be achieved without compromising food security and environmental goals

    Pete Smith;Helmut Haberl;Alexander Popp;Karl Heinz Erb

  • Pervasive transition of the Brazilian land-use system

    David M. Lapola;Luiz A. Martinelli;Carlos A. Peres;Jean P. H. B. Ometto

  • CONTROLS OVER FOLIAR N:P RATIOS IN TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS

    Alan R. Townsend;Cory C. Cleveland;Gregory P. Asner;Mercedes M. C. Bustamante

  • Relationships among net primary productivity, nutrients and climate in tropical rain forest: a pan‐tropical analysis

    Cory C. Cleveland;Alan R. Townsend;Philip Taylor;Silvia Alvarez-Clare

  • Biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity as key drivers of ecosystem services provided by soils

    P. Smith;M. F. Cotrufo;C. Rumpel;K. Paustian

  • Deep into the mud: ecological and socio-economic impacts of the dam breach in Mariana, Brazil

    Geraldo Wilson Fernandes;Geraldo Wilson Fernandes;Fernando F. Goulart;Bernardo D. Ranieri;Marcel S. Coelho;Marcel S. Coelho

  • Functional convergence in hydraulic architecture and water relations of tropical savanna trees: from leaf to whole plant.

    S J Bucci;G Goldstein;Frederick C Meinzer;F G Scholz

  • Leaf functional traits of Neotropical savanna trees in relation to seasonal water deficit

    A. C. Franco;M. Bustamante;L. S. Caldas;G. Goldstein

  • Partitioning of soil water among tree species in a Brazilian Cerrado ecosystem.

    Paula C. Jackson;Frederick C. Meinzer;Mercedes Bustamante;Guillermo Goldstein

  • 4. The Fire Factor

    Heloisa S. Miranda;Mercedes M. C. Bustamante;Antonio C. Miranda

  • Atmospheric and hydraulic limitations on transpiration in Brazilian cerrado woody species

    F. C. Meinzer;G. Goldstein;A. C. Franco;M. Bustamante

  • Brazil's environmental leadership at risk

    J. Ferreira;L. E. O. C. Aragao;Jos Barlow;P. Barreto

  • Cerrado ecoregions: A spatial framework to assess and prioritize Brazilian savanna environmental diversity for conservation

    Edson E. Sano;Ariane A. Rodrigues;Eder S. Martins;Giovana M. Bettiol

  • Toward an integrated monitoring framework to assess the effects of tropical forest degradation and recovery on carbon stocks and biodiversity

    Mercedes M. C. Bustamante;Iris Roitman;T. Mitchell Aide;Ane Alencar

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory P. Asner
Gregory P. Asner Arizona State University
Jean Pierre Henry Balbaud Ometto
Jean Pierre Henry Balbaud Ometto National Institute for Space Research
Eric A. Davidson
Eric A. Davidson University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Laerte Guimarães Ferreira
Laerte Guimarães Ferreira Universidade Federal de Goiás
Michael Keller
Michael Keller US Forest Service
Ane Alencar
Ane Alencar Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia
Joice Ferreira
Joice Ferreira Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Britaldo Soares-Filho
Britaldo Soares-Filho Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Richard G. Zepp
Richard G. Zepp Environmental Protection Agency
Luiz Antonio Martinelli
Luiz Antonio Martinelli Universidade de São Paulo

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