Rafael Barreto de Andrade

Meus interesses de pesquisa incluem ecologia de vertebrados, ecologia populacional e de comunidades de insetos e estudos na eficiência e aplicação de bioindicadores. Atualmente minha pesquisa foca em investigar os efeitos do fogo recorrente em comunidades de borboletas e outros insetos numa floresta de transição Cerrado-Amazônia. Fiz minha graduação em Ciências Biológicas e Mestrado em Ecologia na Unicamp. Fiz meu doutorado em Biologia na South Dakota State University, estudando o efeito do fogo na biodiversidade tropical.
rafsbio@yahoo.com.br

Publicações:

Andrade R.B., Barlow J., Louzada J., Mestre L.A., Silveira J., Vaz-de-Mello F.Z., Cochrane M.A. 2014. Biotic congruence in humid tropical forests: a multi-taxa examination of spatial distribution and responses to forest disturbance. Ecological Indicators 36: 572-581.

Andrade R.B. & Brumatti P. 2014. Feeding association between cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosus, Tyrannidae) and capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, Rodentia). Lundiana 11: 85-86.

Silveira J.M., Barlow J., Andrade R.B., Louzada J., Mestre L.A., Lacau S., Zanetti R., Numata I., Cochrane M.A. 2012. The responses of leaf litter ant communities to wildfires in the Brazilian Amazon: a multi-region assessment. Biodiversity and Conservation 22: 513-529.

Silveira J.M., Barlow J., Andrade R.B., Mestre L.A., Lacau S., Cochrane M.A. 2012. Responses of leaf-litter ant communities to tropical forest wildfires vary with season. Journal of Tropical Ecology 28 (5): 515-518.

Barlow J., D’Andrea G.C., Silveira J.M., Mestre L.A., Andrade R.B., Louzada J., Vaz-de-Mello F.Z., Numata I., Lacau S., Cochrane M.A. 2012. Wildfires in bamboo-dominated Amazonian forest: impacts on above-ground biomass and biodiversity. PLoS ONE 7(3): e33373. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033373.

Andrade R.B., Barlow J., Louzada J., Vaz-de-Mello F. Z., Souza M., Silveira J.M., Cochrane M.A. 2011. Quantifying responses of dung beetles to fire disturbance in tropical forests: the importance of trapping method and seasonality. PLoS ONE 6(10): e26208. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026208.

De-Andrade R. B., Freitas, A. V. L. 2005. Population biology of two species of Heliconius (Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) in a semi-deciduous forest in Southeastern Brazil. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society of London 59: 223-227.

My research interests include vertebrate ecology, population and community ecology of insects and studies on the efficiency and use of bioindicators. My current research focuses on investigating the effects of recurring fires on communities of butterflies and other insects in a transitional Cerrado-Amazon forest. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences and a Master’s degree in Ecology, both from Unicamp. I have a PhD in Biology from South Dakota State University, studying the effects of fire in Tropical Biodiversity.