Ana C. M. Malhado
Federal University of Alagoas
110 Papers
313 Citations
Ana C. M. Malhado is an academic researcher from Federal University of Alagoas. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Biodiversity. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 94 publications. Previous affiliations of Ana C. M. Malhado include Universidade Federal de Viçosa & University of Oxford.
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Papers
Cerrado conservation is essential to protect the Amazon rainforest.
TL;DR: In this paper, Malhi et al. used global datasets to infer precipitation-based boundaries for rainforest viability and combined this with global climate change models to estimate the critical thresholds for water availability and, by extension, the potential extent of climate change-induced ecosystem transitions in Amazonia.
Known unknowns: Filling the gaps in scientific knowledge production in the Caatinga
Thainá Lessa,Janisson W. dos Santos,Ricardo A. Correia,Ricardo A. Correia,Richard J. Ladle,Ana C. M. Malhado +5 more
TL;DR: The geography of conservation knowledge production in the Caatinga is mapped and an innovative hurdle model is used to identify the presumptive factors driving these patterns, revealing strong geographic patterns, with research sites concentrated in the east of the region and in areas close to roads and research centres.
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Spatial distribution and functional significance of leaf lamina shape in Amazonian forest trees
Ana C. M. Malhado,Ana C. M. Malhado,Robert J. Whittaker,Yadvinder Malhi,Richard J. Ladle,H. ter Steege,Nathalie Butt,Luiz E. O. C. Aragão,Carlos A. Quesada,A. Murakami-Araujo,Oliver L. Phillips,Julie Peacock,Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez,Timothy R. Baker,Liana O. Anderson,L. Arroyo,Samuel Almeida,Niro Higuchi,Timothy J. Killeen,Abel Monteagudo,David A. Neill,Nigel C. A. Pitman,Adriana Prieto,Rafael de Paiva Salomão,R. Vásquez-M.,William F. Laurance +25 more
TL;DR: A macrogeographic approach is taken to understanding the function of different lamina shape categories in tropical forests and finds strong regional patterns in leaf lamina length-width ratios and several significant correlations with precipitation variables suggesting that water availability may be exerting an as yet unrecognised selective pressure on leaf shape of rainforest trees.
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Brazilian Dry Forest (Caatinga) Response To Multiple ENSO: the role of Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
Marcos Paulo Santos Pereira,Keila R. Mendes,Flavio Justino,Fabiana Couto,Alex Santos da Silva,Djane Fonseca da Silva,Ana C. M. Malhado +6 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that precipitation reductions in the Caatinga have a strong influence on vegetation dynamics, with net primary production (NPP) remaining low throughout the droughts, and the Caatesa acts as a carbon sink, even in years of severe drought.
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Understanding non-compliance: Local people’s perceptions of natural resource exploitation inside two national parks in northeast Brazil
Chiara Bragagnolo,Ricardo A. Correia,Ricardo A. Correia,Ana C. M. Malhado,Marcela de Marins,Richard J. Ladle,Richard J. Ladle +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors adopt the Kiping social survey method to assess the drivers of noncompliance with resource use rules in two national parks (Catimbau and Chapada Diamantina) in Northeast Brazil.
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