Luciana F. Alves

Research interests
My research includes a focus on tropical forest structure and carbon dynamics, plant population ecology of tropical trees, and the effects of habitat fragmentation on tree species richness and abundance, emphasizing forest regeneration. The current emphasis of my research is to advance the understanding of the effects of disturbance dynamics and climate on aboveground carbon allocation and cycling in tropical forest ecosystems, focusing Amazonian and Atlantic forest sites in Brazil.

Professional Experience

 * Research Associate, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado, 2008-at present
 * Research fellow for the NSF PIRE Program in Amazon-Climate Interactions at University of Arizona, July 2010-at present
 * Consulting Scientist for NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network), 2008-2009
 * Research Scientist, Institute of Botany (State Secretary of Environment), Department of Ecology, São Paulo (Brazil), 2004-at present
 * Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Ecological Modeling, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany (2003)
 * Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Ecology, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil (2000-2003)

Education

 * 2000, PhD in Plant Biology, University of Campinas, Brazil
 * 1994, MSc in Plant Biology, University of Campinas, Brazil
 * 1991, BSc, University of Campinas, Brazil

Publications
Pütz, S, Groeneveld, J, Alves LF, Metzger, JP, Huth, A. 2011. Fragmentation drives tropical forest fragments to early successional states: A modelling study for Brazilian Atlantic forests. Ecological Modelling 222:1986-1997. link title doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.03.038

Sousa Neto, E, Carmo, JB, Keller, M, Martins, SC, Alves LF, Vieira, SA, Piccolo, MC, Camargo, P, Couto, HTZ, Joly, CA and Martinelli. LA. 2011. Soil-atmosphere exchange of nitrous oxide, methane and carbon dioxide in a gradient of elevation in the coastal Brazilian Atlantic forest. Biogeosciences 8:733–742. link title doi:10.5194/bg-8-733-2011

Vinha, D, Alves, LF, Zaidan, LBP, Grombone-Guaratini, MT. 2011. The potential of the soil seed bank for the regeneration of a tropical urban forest dominated by bamboo. Landscape and Urban Planning 99:178-185.link title doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.11.003

Andrade, TMB, Camargo, PB, Silva, DML, Piccolo, MC, Alves, LF, Vieira, SA, Joly, CA, Martinelli, LA. 2011. Dynamics of dissolved forms of carbon and inorganic nitrogen in small watersheds of the coastal Atlantic forest in Southeast Brazil. Water, Soil, and Air Pollution 214:393-408. link title doi: 10.1007/s11270-010-0431-z.

Alves, LF, Vieira, SA, Scaranello, MA, Camargo, PB, Santos, FAM, Joly, CA, Martinelli, LA. 2010. Forest structure and live aboveground biomass along an elevational gradient of tropical moist forest (Brazil). Forest Ecology and Management 260:679–691. link title doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2010.05.023

Groeneveld, J, Alves, LF, Bernacci, LC, Catharino ELM, Knogge C, Metzger, JP, Pütz, S & Huth, A. 2009. The impact of fragmentation and density regulation on forest succession in the Atlantic rain forest. Ecological Modelling 220: 2450–2459. link title doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.06.015

Vieira, AS, Alves, LF, (and 20 co-autors). 2008. Estimation of biomass and carbon stocks: the case of the Atlantic Forest. Biota Neotropica 8 (2): http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v8n2/pt/fullpaper?bn00108022008+en

Silva-Matos, DM & Alves, LF. 2008. Palm species distribution and soil moisture in a swampy area of the Atlantic Forest, South-Eastern Brazil. Ecotropica 14: 69-74. link title

Alves, LF & Metzger, JP. 2007. Landscape structure and tropical tree seedling diversity in Atlantic rain forest, Brazil. In: Bunce, RGH, Jongman, RHG, Hojas, L & Well, S. (eds). Proceedings of the 7th IALE World Congress, Part 2, Pp. 1085. Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Alves, LF & Metzger, JP. 2006. Forest regeneration in areas of secondary forest in the Morro Grande Forest Reserve, Cotia, SP Biota Neotropica 6 (2): http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v6n2/pt/abstract?article+bn00406022006. (in Portuguese)

Alves, LF, Martins, FR & Santos, FAM. 2004. Allometry of a Neotropical palm, Euterpe edulis Mart. Acta Botanica Brasilica 18:369-374. link titledoi: 10.1590/S0102-33062004000200016

Alves, LF & Santos, FAM. 2002. Tree allometry and crown shape of four tree species in Atlantic rain forest, SE Brazil. Journal of Tropical Ecology 18:245-260. link titledoi: 10.1017/S026646740200216X

Santos, FAM, Pedroni, F, Alves, LF, Sanchez, M, 1998. Structure and dynamics of tree species of the Atlantic Forest. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 70:873-880

Useful links

 * [Amazon-PIRE]
 * [Dep. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UofA]
 * [BIOTA/FAPESP, The Virtual Institute of Biodiversity]