Renata Pardini

Professor
Zoology
Universidade de Sao Paulo
Brazil

Biography

Renata Pardini Graduated as a biologist from the University of São Paulo, holds a PhD in Zoology from the University of São Paulo and a postdoctoral degree in Ecology from the same university. She is currently a professor at the Department of Zoology of the Institute of Biosciences at the University of São Paulo. Her line of research focuses on the study of mammalian communities, especially the effects of anthropic changes in micro-habitat, habitat and landscape scales on these communities in the Atlantic Forest. Their work has aimed to contribute to the understanding of the patterns of distribution, abundance and diversity of small non-flying mammals between anthropogenic habitats, between stages of forest regeneration and between landscapes with different degrees of fragmentation and types of spatial configuration. He also worked with self-ecology of large mammal species and with the effect of hunting on the community structure of these animals. She works in the areas of natural history, community ecology and conservation biology.

Research Intrest

The effects of anthropic changes in micro-habitat, Habitat and landscape scales on these communities in the Atlantic Forest.

List of Publications
Leite YL, Costa LP, Loss AC, Rocha RG, Batalha-Filho H, Bastos AC, Quaresma VS, Fagundes V, Paresque R, Passamani M, Pardini R. Neotropical forest expansion during the last glacial period challenges refuge hypothesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016 Jan 26;113(4):1008-13.
de Luca JR, Pardini R. Use of early and late successional forest patches by the endangered Lowland tapir Tapirus terrestris (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae). Mammalian Biology-Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde. 2017 Aug 2.
Prist PR, de Lara Muylaert R, Prado A, Umetsu F, Ribeiro MC, Pardini R, Metzger JP. SING DIFFERENT PROXIES TO PREDICT HANTAVIRUS DISEASE RISK IN SÃO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL. Oecologia Australis. 2017 Mar 21;21(1).
Brudvig LA, Leroux SJ, Albert CH, Bruna EM, Davies KF, Ewers RM, Levey DJ, Pardini R, Resasco J. Evaluating conceptual models of landscape change. Ecography. 2017 Jan 1;40(1):74-84.