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Paulo Inácio Prado

Paulo Inácio Prado

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
36
Citations
6310
World Ranking
7063
National Ranking
129

Overview

Paulo Inácio Prado is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, contributing substantially to this field through 64 published works.

Their expertise spans several subfields including:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Prado's work addresses a range of key topics such as:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

The scientist has contributed to research published in various venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
  • Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
  • Biotropica

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Paulo Inácio Prado are:

  • The erosion of biodiversity and biomass in the Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Model-based estimation of transmissibility and reinfection of SARS-CoV-2 P.1 variant, 2021, Communications Medicine
  • Model-based estimation of transmissibility and reinfection of SARS-CoV-2 P.1 variant, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Comprehensive conservation assessments reveal high extinction risks across Atlantic Forest trees, 2024, Science

The scientist has collaborated extensively with other researchers including:

  • Renato Mendes Coutinho
  • R. A. Kraenkel
  • Leonardo Souto Ferreira
  • Marcelo Eduardo Borges
  • Renato A. Ferreira de Lima

Best Publications

  • Habitat split and the global decline of amphibians

    Carlos Guilherme Becker;Carlos Roberto Fonseca;Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad;Rômulo Fernandes Batista

  • Beyond the fragmentation threshold hypothesis: regime shifts in biodiversity across fragmented landscapes.

    Renata Pardini;Adriana de Arruda Bueno;Toby A. Gardner;Paulo Inácio Prado

  • Structure in plant–animal interaction assemblages

    Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Paulo Inácio Prado;Pedro Jordano;Jordi Bascompte

  • How Many Species Are There in Brazil

    Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Paulo Inácio Prado

  • Associations of Forest Cover, Fragment Area, and Connectivity with Neotropical Understory Bird Species Richness and Abundance

    Alexandre Camargo Martensen;Milton Cezar Ribeiro;Milton Cezar Ribeiro;Cristina Banks-Leite;Cristina Banks-Leite;Paulo Inácio Prado

  • The erosion of biodiversity and biomass in the Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot.

    Renato A. F. de Lima;Renato A. F. de Lima;Alexandre A. Oliveira;Gregory R. Pitta;André L. de Gasper

  • Habitat split as a cause of local population declines of amphibians with aquatic larvae.

    C. Guilherme Becker;C. Guilherme Becker;Carlos R. Fonseca;Celio Fernando Baptista Haddad;Paulo I. Prado

  • Conservation of Terrestrial Invertebrates and Their Habitats in Brazil

    Thomas M. Lewinsohn;André Victor Lucci Freitas;Paulo Inácio Prado

  • Compartments in insect-plant associations and their consequences for community structure

    Paulo Inácio Prado;Thomas Michael Lewinsohn

  • How much do we know about the endangered Atlantic Forest? Reviewing nearly 70 years of information on tree community surveys

    Renato A. F. de Lima;Danilo P. Mori;Gregory Pitta;Melina O. Melito

  • Ecological filtering or random extinction? Beta‐diversity patterns and the importance of niche‐based and neutral processes following habitat loss

    Thomas Püttker;Adriana de Arruda Bueno;Paulo I. Prado;Renata Pardini

  • Additive partitioning of butterfly diversity in a fragmented landscape: importance of scale and implications for conservation

    Danilo Bandini Ribeiro;Paulo I. Prado;Keith S. Brown;André V. L. Freitas

  • Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora.

    Hans ter Steege;Hans ter Steege;Paulo I. Prado;Renato A.F.de Lima;Renato A.F.de Lima;Edwin Pos

  • Biodiversity can help prevent malaria outbreaks in tropical forests.

    Gabriel Zorello Laporta;Paulo Inácio Knegt Lopez de Prado;Roberto André Kraenkel;Renato Mendes Coutinho

  • The importance of small scales to the fruit-feeding butterfly assemblages in a fragmented landscape

    Danilo Bandini Ribeiro;Rômulo Batista;Paulo I. Prado;Keith S. Brown

  • Temporal diversity patterns and phenology in fruit-feeding butterflies in the Atlantic Forest.

    Danilo Bandini Ribeiro;Paulo I. Prado;Keith S. Brown;André V. L. Freitas

  • Ecological literacy and beyond: Problem-based learning for future professionals.

    Thomas M. Lewinsohn;José Luiz Attayde;Carlos Roberto Fonseca;Gislene Ganade

  • An integrated framework to improve the concept of resource specialisation.

    Leonardo R. Jorge;Paulo I. Prado;Mário Almeida-Neto;Thomas M. Lewinsohn

  • Conservação de invertebrados terrestres e seus habitats no Brasil

    Thomas M. Lewinsohn;André Victor L. Freitas;Paulo Inácio Prado

  • Invasive grasses and native Asteraceae in the Brazilian Cerrado

    Mário Almeida-Neto;Mário Almeida-Neto;Paulo I. Prado;Umberto Kubota;Joice M. Bariani

  • Diversidade e ocorrência de Asteraceae em cerrados de São Paulo

    Adriana Monteiro de Almeida;Carlos Roberto Fonseca;Paulo Inácio Prado;Mário Almeida-Neto

  • Fragmented tropical forests lose mutualistic plant–animal interactions

    Emma-Liina Marjakangas;Nerea Abrego;Nerea Abrego;Vidar Grøtan;Renato A. F. de Lima

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas M. Lewinsohn
Thomas M. Lewinsohn State University of Campinas
Alexandre A. de Oliveira
Alexandre A. de Oliveira Universidade de São Paulo
Carlos Fonseca
Carlos Fonseca University of Aveiro
Renata Pardini
Renata Pardini Universidade de São Paulo
Otso Ovaskainen
Otso Ovaskainen University of Jyväskylä
Hans ter Steege
Hans ter Steege Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Milton Cezar Ribeiro
Milton Cezar Ribeiro Sao Paulo State University
Valério D. Pillar
Valério D. Pillar Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
André V. L. Freitas
André V. L. Freitas State University of Campinas
Mauro Galetti
Mauro Galetti Sao Paulo State University

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