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Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues

Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
68
Citations
14281
World Ranking
1557
National Ranking
18

Overview

Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues is affiliated with the Universidade de São Paulo in Brazil. Their research spans environmental science with a focus on agricultural and biological sciences. Within these fields, their work engages deeply with global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, soil science, and policy-related topics encompassing management, monitoring, and law.

They explore several interconnected topics including conservation, biodiversity, and resource management; ecology and vegetation dynamics studies; forest management and policy; land use and ecosystem services; forest ecology and management; economic and environmental valuation; and environmental conservation and management.

Their frequent publication venues reflect these themes and consist of:

  • Restoration Ecology
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biological Conservation

Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including Pedro H. S. Brancalion, João Paulo Romanelli, Angélica Faria de Resende, Pedro Medrado Krainovic, and Danilo Roberti Alves de Almeida.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Functional traits and ecosystem services in ecological restoration, 2020, Restoration Ecology
  • Challenges and opportunities for large-scale reforestation in the Eastern Amazon using native species, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management
  • The effect of ecological restoration methods on carbon stocks in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management
  • The risk of fake controversies for Brazilian environmental policies, 2022, Biological Conservation
  • Ecosystem restoration job creation potential in Brazil, 2022, People and Nature

Best Publications

  • On the restoration of high diversity forests: 30 years of experience in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

    Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues;Renato A. F. Lima;Sergius Gandolfi;André G. Nave

  • BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

    Maria Dornelas;Laura H. Antão;Laura H. Antão;Faye Moyes;Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates

  • Large-scale ecological restoration of high-diversity tropical forests in SE Brazil

    Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues;Sergius Gandolfi;André Gustavo Nave;James Aronson

  • Conceitos, tendências e ações para a recuperação de florestas ciliares

    Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues;Sergius Gandolfi

  • A critical analysis of the Native Vegetation Protection Law of Brazil (2012): updates and ongoing initiatives

    Pedro H.S. Brancalion;Letícia C. Garcia;Rafael Loyola;Ricardo R. Rodrigues

  • Heterogeneidade floristica das matas ciliares

    Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues;A G Nave

  • Strategic approaches to restoring ecosystems can triple conservation gains and halve costs

    Bernardo B. N. Strassburg;Bernardo B. N. Strassburg;Bernardo B. N. Strassburg;Hawthorne L. Beyer;Renato Crouzeilles;Renato Crouzeilles;Renato Crouzeilles;Alvaro Iribarrem;Alvaro Iribarrem

  • Have careers become boundaryless

    Ricardo A Rodrigues;David Guest

  • Bacterial Diversity in Tree Canopies of the Atlantic Forest

    M. R. Lambais;D. E. Crowley;J. C. Cury;R. C. Büll

  • Estudo comparativo da fenologia de espécies arbóreas de floresta de altitude e floresta mesofila semidecidua na serra do Japi, Jundiaí, São Paulo

    L P C Morellato;R R Rodrigues;H F Leitao Filho;C A Joly

  • Emerging Threats and Opportunities for Large-Scale Ecological Restoration in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

    Miguel Calmon;Pedro H. S. Brancalion;Adriana Paese;James Aronson

  • Seed bank and seed rain in a seasonal semi-deciduous forest in south-eastern Brazil

    Maria Tereza Grombone-Guaratini;Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues

  • Functional traits and ecosystem services in ecological restoration

    Marcos B. Carlucci;Pedro H. S. Brancalion;Ricardo R. Rodrigues;Rafael Loyola

  • Produção de serapilheira em clareiras de uma floresta estacional semidecidual no município de Campinas, SP

    Sebastião Venâncio Martins;Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues

  • Why Brazil needs its Legal Reserves

    Jean Paul Metzger;Mercedes M. C Bustamante;Joice Ferreira;Geraldo Wilson Fernandes

  • Pacto pela restauração da Mata Atlântica: referencial dos conceitos e ações de restauração florestal

    Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues;Pedro Henrique Santin Brancalion;Ingo Isernhagen

  • Priority setting for scaling-up tropical forest restoration projects: Early lessons from the Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact

    Felipe P. L Melo;Severino R. R Pinto;Pedro Henrique Santin Brancalion;Pedro S Castro

  • Finding the money for tropical forest restoration

    Ricardo R. Rodrigues

  • Ecological restoration as a strategy for mitigating and adapting to climate change: lessons and challenges from Brazil.

    Mercedes M. C. Bustamante;José Salomão Silva;Aldicir Scariot;Alexandre Bonesso Sampaio

  • Brazilian Law: Full Speed in Reverse?

    Jean Paul Metzger;Thomas M. Lewinsohn;Carlos A. Joly;Luciano M. Verdade

  • Balancing economic costs and ecological outcomes of passive and active restoration in agricultural landscapes: the case of Brazil

    Pedro Henrique Santin Brancalion;Daniella Schweizer;Ulysse Gaudare;Julia R Mangueira

  • Creating space for large-scale restoration in tropical agricultural landscapes

    Agnieszka E. Latawiec;Bernardo B.N. Strassburg;Pedro H.S. Brancalion;Ricardo R. Rodrigues

  • 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

  • Gap-phase regeneration in a semideciduous mesophytic forest, south–eastern Brazil

    Sebastião Venâncio Martins;Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro H. S. Brancalion
Pedro H. S. Brancalion Universidade de São Paulo
Bernardo B. N. Strassburg
Bernardo B. N. Strassburg International Institute for Sustainability (IIS)
Carlos Alfredo Joly
Carlos Alfredo Joly State University of Campinas
Jean Paul Metzger
Jean Paul Metzger Universidade de São Paulo
James Aronson
James Aronson Missouri Botanical Garden
Robin L. Chazdon
Robin L. Chazdon University of Connecticut
Marcelo Tabarelli
Marcelo Tabarelli Federal University of Pernambuco
Marco Aurélio Pizo
Marco Aurélio Pizo Sao Paulo State University
Fabio Rubio Scarano
Fabio Rubio Scarano Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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