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theses, dissertations, and monographs

PhD Thesis - In progress - Graduate Program in Ecology (PPGECO/INPA)

     Pedro Henrique Salomão Ganança. Influence of Ecological Factors and the Effect of Fragmentation on Lizard 

     Assemblages in Central Amazon. Start: 2020. National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA), Coordination for the

     Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Advisor: William Magnusson, Co-advisor: Clarissa Alves da Rosa.

Master’s Thesis – Completed – Graduate Program in Biodiversity (PPGBEES/UFOPA)
     Vanessa Sousa Gomes. Influence of forest fires and edaphic factors on the structure, biomass, richness, and floristic

     composition of the tree component in an Amazonian savanna. 2024. Thesis (Master’s in Biodiversity) – Universidade

     Federal do Oeste do Pará, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior. Advisor: Rodrigo Ferreira

     Fadini.

Master’s Thesis – Completed – Graduate Program in Biodiversity (PPGBEES/UFOPA)
     Lucas Vinicius Cavalcante Esteves. Leaf functional traits in congeneric tree species in a soil gradient in Central Amazonia.

     2023. Thesis (Master’s in Biodiversity) – Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de

     Pessoal de Nível Superior. Advisor: Advânio Inácio Siqueira Silva.

Master’s Thesis – Completed – Graduate Program in Biodiversity (PPGBEES/UFOPA)
     Dian Carlos Pinheiro Rosa. Species-rich but defaunated: the case of medium and large mammals in a protected area in

     the Amazon. 2021. Thesis (Master’s in Biodiversity) – Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Coordenação de

     Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior. Advisor: Rodrigo Ferreira Fadini.

Master’s Thesis – Completed – Graduate Program in Biodiversity (PPGBEES/UFOPA)
     Erika dos Santos Souza. Short and long-term effects of fire and fire-induced vegetation cover on four lizard species in

     Amazonian savannas. 2020. Thesis (Master’s in Biodiversity) – Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará. Advisor: Rafael de

     Fraga.

Master’s Thesis – Completed – Graduate Program in Natural Resources of the Amazon (PPGRNA/UFOPA)
     Daiane Batista Rodrigues. Terrestrial herb communities of riparian forests on terra firme in the lower Tapajós River,

     Brazilian Amazon. 2020. Thesis (Master’s in Biodiversity) – Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Fundação Amazônia

     Paraense de Amparo à Pesquisa. Advisor: Amanda Frederico Mortati.

Master’s Thesis – Completed – Graduate Program in Biodiversity (PPGBEES/UFOPA)
     Viviane Vasconcelos Corrêa. Influence of fire on the structure and dynamics of shrub-tree vegetation in an isolated

     savanna patch in Eastern Amazonia. 2019. Thesis (Master’s in Natural Resources) – Universidade Federal do Oeste do

     Pará. Advisor: José Mauro de Souza Moura.

Master’s Thesis – Completed – Graduate Program in Biodiversity (PPGBEES/UFOPA)
     Raul de Paula da Silva Fróis. Structure of fish assemblages in small-order streams in a savanna matrix, Eastern Amazon.

     2019. Thesis (Master’s in Biodiversity) – Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de

     Pessoal de Nível Superior. Advisor: Amanda Frederico Mortati.

Master’s Thesis – Completed – Graduate Program in Natural Resources of the Amazon (PPGRNA/UFOPA)
     Sarah Rosane Monteiro Carvalho. Biomass estimation of the woody mistletoe Psittacanthus plagiophyllus Eichler

     (Loranthaceae) in the Amazonian savanna of Alter do Chão. 2018. Thesis (Master’s in Natural Resources of the Amazon)

     – Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior. Advisor:

     Rodrigo Ferreira Fadini.

Contact us

Prof. Rodrigo Fadini | POPA Coordinator | rodrigo.fadini@ufopa.edu.br

Prof. Clarissa Rosa | Vice-Coordinator of POPA | rosacla.eco@gmail.com

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