Brazil’s admirable little red-bellied toad—thumb-sized and critically endangered—once stopped a hydroelectric dam that threatened its only habitat. After the 2024 floods, researchers returned and found it still holding on, but climate change, plantations and trafficking risks loom.

We analyzed terrestrial #Ferns in 34 forest areas across Southern Brazil. Our goal: to check if current subtropical #AtlanticForest classifications match variations in species richness, diversity, and composition, while identifying key climate and soil drivers. 🌿🇧🇷 www.scielo.br/j/abb/a/c6vD...

Happy to share our latest article, which evaluates phylogenetic signal in plant phenology at species and assemblage scales. A new approach using phylogenetic eigenvectors. In a great partnership with @duarteldas.bsky.social #traits #climbingplants #phenology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New articles from my lab focusing on the Clematis genus in Neotropics: #Newspecies! "Clematis serrana (Ranunculaceae), a new endemic species to the Atlantic Forest highlands in Southern Brazil" #taxonomy #lianas #vines #climbingplants #southamerica

It is a pleasure to participate in the 67th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Vegetation Science #IAVS2025