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Renata Pardini is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil and works primarily in Environmental Science. Their research focuses extensively on ecology, with specific attention to subfields such as Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics including:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability

They have contributed research papers to various publication venues with frequent appearances in:

  • Biological Conservation
  • Peer Community In Ecology
  • Conservation Biology
  • Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Notable recent publications authored or co-authored by Renata Pardini include:

  • "Linking human and ecological components to understand human-wildlife conflicts across landscapes and species" (2020) in Conservation Biology
  • "Moving to healthier landscapes: Forest restoration decreases the abundance of Hantavirus reservoir rodents in tropical forests" (2020) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Wildfires disproportionately affected jaguars in the Pantanal" (2022) in Communications Biology
  • "Forest cover and social relations are more important than economic factors in driving hunting and bushmeat consumption in post-frontier Amazonia" (2020) in Biological Conservation
  • "Habitat Heterogeneity and Geographic Location as Major Drivers of Cerrado Small Mammal Diversity Across Multiple Spatial Scales" (2022) in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Renata Pardini has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Jean Paul Metzger
  • Júlia Rodrigues Barreto
  • Marina Zanin
  • Paulo Inácio Prado
  • Jayme Augusto Prevedello

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications with works such as "Contribuições ao plano de ação climática do Estado de São Paulo," published by Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Estudos Avançados eBooks in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can double biodiversity loss from deforestation

    Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Gareth D. Lennox;Joice Ferreira;Erika Berenguer

  • Is habitat fragmentation good for biodiversity

    Robert J. Fletcher;Raphael K. Didham;Raphael K. Didham;Cristina Banks-Leite;Jos Barlow

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

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

  • The role of forest structure, fragment size and corridors in maintaining small mammal abundance and diversity in an Atlantic forest landscape

    Renata Pardini;Sergio Marques de Souza;Ricardo Braga-Neto;Jean Paul Metzger

  • Time-lag in biological responses to landscape changes in a highly dynamic Atlantic forest region

    Jean-Paul Metzger;Alexandre Camargo Martensen;Marianna Botelho de Oliveira Dixo;Luis Carlos Bernacci

  • Using ecological thresholds to evaluate the costs and benefits of set-asides in a biodiversity hotspot

    Cristina Banks-Leite;Cristina Banks-Leite;Renata Pardini;Leandro Reverberi Tambosi;William D. Pearse

  • Effects of forest fragmentation on small mammals in an Atlantic Forest landscape

    Renata Pardini

  • The challenge of maintaining Atlantic forest biodiversity: A multi-taxa conservation assessment of specialist and generalist species in an agro-forestry mosaic in southern Bahia

    Renata Pardini;Deborah Faria;Gustavo M. Accacio;Rudi R. Laps

  • Small mammals in a mosaic of forest remnants and anthropogenic habitats—evaluating matrix quality in an Atlantic forest landscape

    Fabiana Umetsu;Renata Pardini

  • Brazil's environmental leadership at risk

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

  • Neotropical forest expansion during the last glacial period challenges refuge hypothesis

    Yuri L. R. Leite;Leonora P. Costa;Ana Carolina Loss;Rita G. Rocha;Rita G. Rocha

  • A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: the Sustainable Amazon Network

    Toby A. Gardner;Toby A. Gardner;Joice Ferreira;Jos Barlow;Alexander C. Lees

  • EVALUATING THE EFFICIENCY OF PITFALL TRAPS FOR SAMPLING SMALL MAMMALS IN THE NEOTROPICS

    Fabiana Umetsu;Laura Naxara;Renata Pardini

  • Permanent genetic resources added to molecular ecology resources database 1 May 2009-31 July 2009

    Glenn R. Almany;Maurício P. De Arruda;Wolfgang Arthofer

  • Forest loss and the biodiversity threshold: an evaluation considering species habitat requirements and the use of matrix habitats.

    Candelaria Estavillo;Renata Pardini;Pedro Luís Bernardo da Rocha

  • Importance of estimating matrix quality for modeling species distribution in complex tropical landscapes: a test with Atlantic forest small mammals

    Fabiana Umetsu;Jean Paul Metzger;Renata Pardini

  • Indirect effects of habitat loss via habitat fragmentation: A cross-taxa analysis of forest-dependent species

    Thomas Püttker;Renato Crouzeilles;Mauricio Almeida-Gomes;Marina Schmoeller

  • Assessing the utility of statistical adjustments for imperfect detection in tropical conservation science.

    Cristina Banks-Leite;Cristina Banks-Leite;Renata Pardini;Danilo Boscolo;Camila Righetto Cassano;Camila Righetto Cassano

  • Towards environmentally sustainable agriculture in Brazil: challenges and opportunities for applied ecological research

    Joice Ferreira;Renata Pardini;Jean Paul Metzger;Carlos Roberto Fonseca

  • Feeding ecology of the neotropical river otter Lontra longicaudis in an Atlantic Forest stream, south‐eastern Brazil

    Renata Pardini

  • Pequenos mamíferos não-voadores da Reserva Florestal do Morro Grande: distribuição das espécies e da diversidade em uma área de Mata Atlântica

    Renata Pardini;Fabiana Umetsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Paul Metzger
Jean Paul Metzger Universidade de São Paulo
Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University
Toby A. Gardner
Toby A. Gardner Stockholm Environment Institute
Luke Parry
Luke Parry Lancaster University
Paulo Inácio Prado
Paulo Inácio Prado Universidade de São Paulo
Alexander C. Lees
Alexander C. Lees Manchester Metropolitan University
Joice Ferreira
Joice Ferreira Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Luiz E. O. C. Aragão
Luiz E. O. C. Aragão National Institute for Space Research
Julio Louzada
Julio Louzada Federal University of Lavras
James Robertson Thomson
James Robertson Thomson Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research

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