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Dr Erika De Berenguer Cesar

Research Fellow

  1. 2022
  2. Published

    Strong floristic distinctiveness across Neotropical successional forests

    Jakovac, C. C., Meave, J. A., Bongers, F., Letcher, S. G., Dupuy, J. M., Piotto, D., Rozendaal, D. M. A., Peña-Claros, M., Craven, D., Santos, B. A., Siminski, A., Fantini, A. C., Hernández-Jaramillo, A., Idárraga, A., Junqueira, A. B., Zambrano, A. M. A., De Jong, B. H. J., Pinho, B. X., Finegan, B. & Castellano-Castro, C. & 82 others, Zambiazi, D. C., Dent, D. H., García, D. H., Kennard, D., Delgado, D., Broadbent, E. N., Ortiz-Malavassi, E., Pérez-García, E. A., Lebrija-Trejos, E., Berenguer, E., Marín-Spiotta, E., Alvarez-Davila, E., De Sá Sampaio, E. V., Melo, F., Elias, F., França, F., Oberleitner, F., Mora, F., Williamson, G. B., Dalla Colletta, G., Cabral, G. A. L., Derroire, G., Fernandes, G. W., Van Der Wal, H., Teixeira, H. M., Vester, H. F. M., García, H., Vieira, I. C. G., Jiménez-Montoya, J., De Almeida-Cortez, J. S., Hall, J. S., Chave, J., Zimmerman, J. K., Nieto, J. E., Ferreira, J., Rodríguez-Velázquez, J., Ruíz, J., Barlow, J., Aguilar-Cano, J., Hernández-Stefanoni, J. L., Engel, J., Becknell, J. M., Zanini, K., Lohbeck, M., Tabarelli, M., Romero-Romero, M. A., Uriarte, M., Veloso, M. D. M., Espírito-Santo, M. M., Van Der Sande, M. T., Van Breugel, M., Martínez-Ramos, M., Schwartz, N. B., Norden, N., Pérez-Cárdenas, N., González-Valdivia, N., Petronelli, P., Balvanera, P., Massoca, P., Brancalion, P. H. S., Villa, P. M., Hietz, P., Ostertag, R., López-Camacho, R., César, R. G., Mesquita, R., Chazdon, R. L., Muñoz, R., DeWalt, S. J., Müller, S. C., Durán, S. M., Martins, S. V., Ochoa-Gaona, S., Rodríguez-Buritica, S., Aide, T. M., Bentos, T. V., Moreno, V. D. S., Granda, V., Thomas, W., Silver, W. L., Nunes, Y. R. F. & Poorter, L., 1/07/2022, In: Science Advances. 8, 26, 13 p., eabn1767.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Global relationships in tree functional traits

    Maynard, D. S., Bialic-Murphy, L., Zohner, C. M., Averill, C., van den Hoogen, J., Ma, H., Mo, L., Smith, G. R., Acosta, A. T. R., Aubin, I., Berenguer, E., Boonman, C. C. F., Catford, J. A., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Dias, A. S., González-Melo, A., Hietz, P., Lusk, C. H., Mori, A. S. & Niinemets, Ü. & 12 others, Pillar, V. D., Pinho, B. X., Rosell, J. A., Schurr, F. M., Sheremetev, S. N., da Silva, A. C., Sosinski, Ê., van Bodegom, P. M., Weiher, E., Bönisch, G., Kattge, J. & Crowther, T. W., 8/06/2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 12 p., 3185.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Predation on artificial caterpillars following understorey fires in human‐modified Amazonian forests

    Rossi, L. C., Berenguer, E., Lees, A. C., Barlow, J., Ferreira, J., França, F. M., Tavares, P. & Pizo, M. A., 31/05/2022, In: Biotropica. 54, 3, p. 754-763 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. E-pub ahead of print

    Functional susceptibility of tropical forests to climate change

    Aguirre‐Gutiérrez, J., Berenguer, E., Oliveras Menor, I., Bauman, D., Corral-Rivas, J. J., Nava-Miranda, M. G., Both, S., Ndong, J. E., Ondo, F. E., Bengone, N. N., Mihinhou, V., Dalling, J. W., Heineman, K., Figueiredo, A., González-M, R., Norden, N., Hurtado-M, A. B., González, D., Salgado-Negret, B. & Reis, S. M. & 33 others, Moraes de Seixas, M. M., Farfan-Rios, W., Shenkin, A., Riutta, T., Girardin, C. A. J., Moore, S., Abernethy, K., Asner, G. P., Bentley, L. P., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Cernusak, L. A., Enquist, B. J., Ewers, R. M., Ferreira, J., Jeffery, K. J., Joly, C. A., Marimon-Junior, B. H., Martin, R. E., Morandi, P. S., Phillips, O. L., Bennett, A. C., Lewis, S. L., Quesada, C. A., Marimon, B. S., Kissling, W. D., Silman, M., Teh, Y. A., White, L. J. T., Salinas, N., Coomes, D. A., Barlow, J., Adu-Bredu, S. & Malhi, Y., 16/05/2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Ecology and Evolution.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Comparing contemporary and lifetime rates of carbon accumulation from secondary forests in the eastern Amazon

    Elias, F., Ferreira, J., Resende, A., De Berenguer Cesar, E., Franca, F., Smith, C. C., Schwartz, G., Nascimento, R., Guedes, M., Rossi, L., Seixas, M., da Silva, C. & Barlow, J., 15/03/2022, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 508, 8 p., 120053.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Optimizing tropical forest bird surveys using passive acoustic monitoring and high temporal resolution sampling

    Metcalf, O. C., Barlow, J., Marsden, S., Gomes de Moura, N., Berenguer, E., Ferreira, J. & Lees, A. C., 28/02/2022, In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 8, 1, p. 45-56 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. 2021
  9. Published

    Spatio-Temporal variation in dry season determines the Amazonian fire calendar

    Carvalho, N. S., Anderson, L. O., Nunes, C. A., Pessôa, A. C. M., Silva Junior, C. H. L., Reis, J. B. C., Shimabukuro, Y. E., Berenguer, E., Barlow, J. & Aragão, L. E. O. C., 6/12/2021, In: Environmental Research Letters. 16, 12, 11 p., 125009.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Functional redundancy of Amazonian dung beetles confers community-level resistance to primary forest disturbance

    Alencar Nunes, C., Barlow, J., Machado Franca, F., De Berenguer Cesar, E., Solar, R. R. C., Louzada, J., Leitão, R. P., Mala, L. F., Fonseca Oliveira, V. H., Braga, R. F., Vaz-de-Mello, F. Z. & Sayer, E., 30/11/2021, In: Biotropica. 53, 6, p. 1510-1521 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Chapter 19: Drivers and ecological impacts of deforestation and forest degradation

    Berenguer, E., Armenteras, D., Lees, A. C., Smith, C. C., Fearnside, P., Nascimento, N., Alencar, A., Almeida, C., Aragão, L. E. O., Barlow, J., Bilbao, B., Brando, P. M., Bynoe, P., Finer, M., Flores, B. M., Jenkins, C. N., Silva Junior, C. H. L., Souza, C. & García-Villacorta, R., 12/11/2021, Amazon Assessment Report 2021. New York: UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), 43 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  12. Published

    Chapter 27: Conservation measures to counter the main threats to Amazonian biodiversity

    Barlow, J., Lees, A. C., Sist, P., Almeida, R., Arantes, C., Armenteras, D., Berenguer, E., Caron, P., Cuesta, F., Rodrigues da Costa Doria, C., Ferreira, J., Flecker, A., Heilpern, S., Kalamandeen, M., Nascimento, N., Peña-Claros, M., Piponiot Laroche, C., Santos Pompeu, P., Souza, C. & Valentim, J. F., 12/11/2021, Amazon Assessment Report 2021. New York: UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  13. Published

    Chapter 28: Restoration options for the Amazon

    Barlow, J., Sist, P., Almeida, R., Arantes, C., Berenguer, E., Caron, P., Cuesta, F., Rodrigues da Costa Doria, C., Ferreira, J., Flecker, A., Heilpern, S., Kalamandeen, M., Lees, A. C., Nascimento, N., Peña-Claros, M., Piponiot Laroche, C., Santos Pompeu, P., Souza, C. & Valentim, J. F., 12/11/2021, Amazon Assessment Report 2021. New York: UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), 31 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  14. Published

    Chapter 29: Restoration priorities and benefits within landscapes and catchments and across the Amazon basin

    Barlow, J., Sist, P., Almeida, R., Arantes, C., Berenguer, E., Caron, P., Cuesta, F., Rodrigues da Costa Doria, C., Ferreira, J., Flecker, A., Heilpern, S., Kalamandeen, M., Lees, A. C., Nascimento, N., Piponiot Laroche, C., Santos Pompeu, P., Souza, C. & Valentim, J. F., 12/11/2021, Amazon Assessment Report 2021. New York: UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), 30 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  15. Published

    Amazonian forest degradation must be incorporated into the COP26 agenda

    Silva Junior, C. H. L., Carvalho, N. S., Pessôa, A. C. M., Reis, J. B. C., Pontes-Lopes, A., Doblas, J., Heinrich, V., Campanharo, W., Alencar, A., Silva, C., Lapola, D. M., Armenteras, D., Matricardi, E. A. T., Berenguer, E., Cassol, H., Numata, I., House, J., Ferreira, J., Barlow, J. & Gatti, L. & 13 others, Brando, P., Fearnside, P. M., Saatchi, S., Silva, S., Sitch, S., Aguiar, A. P., Silva, C., Vancutsem, C., Achard, F., Beuchle, R., Shimabukuro, Y. E., Anderson, L. O. & Aragão, L. E. O. C., 30/09/2021, In: Nature Geoscience. 14, 9, p. 634-635 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  16. Published

    Reassessing the role of cattle and pasture in Brazil's deforestation: A response to “Fire, deforestation, and livestock: When the smoke clears”

    França, F., Solar, R., Lees, A. C., Martins, L. P., Berenguer, E. & Barlow, J., 30/09/2021, In: Land Use Policy. 108, 4 p., 105195.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Leaf-litter production in human-modified Amazonian forests following the El Niño-mediated drought and fires of 2015–2016

    Oliveira de Morais, T. M., Berenguer, E., Barlow, J., França, F., Lennox, G. D., Malhi, Y., Chesini Rossi, L., Maria Moraes de Seixas, M. & Ferreira, J., 15/09/2021, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 496, 8 p., 119441.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    The contribution of insects to global forest deadwood decomposition

    Seibold, S., Rammer, W., Hothorn, T., Seidl, R., Ulyshen, M. D., Lorz, J., Cadotte, M. W., Lindenmayer, D. B., Adhikari, Y. P., Aragón, R., Bae, S., Baldrian, P., Barimani Varandi, H., Barlow, J., Bässler, C., Beauchêne, J., Berenguer, E., Bergamin, R. S., Birkemoe, T. & Boros, G. & 53 others, Brandl, R., Brustel, H., Burton, P. J., Cakpo-Tossou, Y. T., Castro, J., Cateau, E., Cobb, T. P., Farwig, N., Fernández, R. D., Firn, J., Gan, K. S., González, G., Gossner, M. M., Habel, J. C., Hébert, C., Heibl, C., Heikkala, O., Hemp, A., Hemp, C., Hjältén, J., Hotes, S., Kouki, J., Lachat, T., Liu, J., Liu, Y., Luo, Y.-H., Macandog, D. M., Martina, P. E., Mukul, S. A., Nachin, B., Nisbet, K., O’Halloran, J., Oxbrough, A., Pandey, J. N., Pavlíček, T., Pawson, S. M., Rakotondranary, J. S., Ramanamanjato, J.-B., Rossi, L., Schmidl, J., Schulze, M., Seaton, S., Stone, M. J., Stork, N. E., Suran, B., Sverdrup-Thygeson, A., Thorn, S., Thyagarajan, G., Wardlaw, T. J., Weisser, W. W., Yoon, S., Zhang, N. & Müller, J., 2/09/2021, In: Nature. 597, 7874, p. 77-81 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Old-growth forest loss and secondary forest recovery across Amazonian countries

    Smith, C. C., Healey, J. R., De Berenguer Cesar, E., Young, P., Taylor, B., Elias, F., Espirito-Santo, F. & Barlow, J., 4/08/2021, In: Environmental Research Letters. 16, 8, 14 p., 085009.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Tracking the impacts of El Niño drought and fire in human-modified Amazonian forests

    Berenguer, E., Lennox, G. D., Ferreira, J., Malhi, Y., Aragão, L. E. O. C., Barreto, J. R., Del Bon Espírito-Santo, F., Figueiredo, A. E. S., França, F., Gardner, T. A., Joly, C. A., Palmeira, A. F., Quesada, C. A., Rossi, L. C., de Seixas, M. M. M., Smith, C. C., Withey, K. & Barlow, J., 27/07/2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 30, 8 p., e2019377118.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Amazon tree dominance across forest strata

    Draper, F. C., Costa, F. R. C., Arellano, G., Phillips, O. L., Duque, A., Macía, M. J., ter Steege, H., Asner, G. P., Berenguer, E., Schietti, J., Socolar, J. B., de Souza, F. C., Dexter, K. G., Jørgensen, P. M., Tello, J. S., Magnusson, W. E., Baker, T. R., Castilho, C. V., Monteagudo-Mendoza, A. & Fine, P. V. A. & 123 others, Ruokolainen, K., Coronado, E. N. H., Aymard, G., Dávila, N., Sáenz, M. S., Paredes, M. A. R., Engel, J., Fortunel, C., Paine, C. E. T., Goret, J.-Y., Dourdain, A., Petronelli, P., Allie, E., Andino, J. E. G., Brienen, R. J. W., Pérez, L. C., Manzatto, Â. G., Zambrana, N. Y. P., Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Chave, J., Fauset, S., Villacorta, R. G., Réjou-Méchain, M., Berry, P. E., Melgaço, K., Feldpausch, T. R., Sandoval, E. V., Martinez, R. V., Mesones, I., Junqueira, A. B., Roucoux, K. H., de Toledo, J. J., Andrade, A. C., Camargo, J. L., del Aguila Pasquel, J., Santana, F. D., Laurance, W. F., Laurance, S. G., Lovejoy, T. E., Comiskey, J. A., Galbraith, D. R., Kalamandeen, M., Aguilar, G. E. N., Arenas, J. V., Guerra, C. A. A., Flores, M., Llampazo, G. F., Montenegro, L. A. T., Gomez, R. Z., Pansonato, M. P., Moscoso, V. C., Vleminckx, J., Barrantes, O. J. V., Duivenvoorden, J. F., de Sousa, S. A., Arroyo, L., Perdiz, R. O., Cravo, J. S., Marimon, B. S., Junior, B. H. M., Carvalho, F. A., Damasco, G., Disney, M., Vital, M. S., Diaz, P. R. S., Vicentini, A., Nascimento, H., Higuchi, N., Van Andel, T., Malhi, Y., Ribeiro, S. C., Terborgh, J. W., Thomas, R. S., Dallmeier, F., Prieto, A., Hilário, R. R., Salomão, R. P., Silva, R. C., Casas, L. F., Vieira, I. C. G., Araujo-Murakami, A., Arevalo, F. R., Ramírez-Angulo, H., Torre, E. V., Peñuela, M. C., Killeen, T. J., Pardo, G., Jimenez-Rojas, E., Castro, W., Cabrera, D. G., Pipoly, J., de Sousa, T. R., Silvera, M., Vos, V., Neill, D., Vargas, P. N., Vela, D. M., Aragão, L. E. O. C., Umetsu, R. K., Sierra, R., Wang, O., Young, K. R., Prestes, N. C. C. S., Massi, K. G., Huaymacari, J. R., Gutierrez, G. A. P., Aldana, A. M., Alexiades, M. N., Baccaro, F., Céron, C., Muelbert, A. E., Rios, J. M. G., Lima, A. S., Lloyd, J. L., Pitman, N. C. A., Gamarra, L. V., Oroche, C. J. C., Fuentes, A. F., Palacios, W., Patiño, S., Torres-Lezama, A. & Baraloto, C., 30/06/2021, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 5, p. 757-767 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Assessing invertebrate herbivory in human-modified tropical forest canopies

    Barreto, J. R., Berenguer, E., Ferreira, J., Joly, C. A., Malhi, Y., de Seixas, M. M. M. & Barlow, J., 31/05/2021, In: Ecology and Evolution. 11, 9, p. 4012-4022 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Acoustic indices perform better when applied at ecologically meaningful time and frequency scales

    Metcalf, O. C., Barlow, J., Devenish, C., Marsden, S., Berenguer, E. & Lees, A. C., 31/03/2021, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12, 3, p. 421-431 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Rainforest-to-pasture conversion stimulates soil methanogenesis across the Brazilian Amazon

    Kroeger, M. E., Meredith, L. K., Meyer, K. M., Webster, K. D., de Camargo, P. B., de Souza, L. F., Tsai, S. M., van Haren, J., Saleska, S., Bohannan, B. J. M., Rodrigues, J. L. M., Berenguer, E., Barlow, J. & Nüsslein, K., 31/03/2021, In: ISME Journal. 15, 3, p. 658-672 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    The COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to weaken environmental protection in Brazil

    Vale, M. M., Berenguer, E., Argollo de Menezes, M., Viveiros de Castro, E. B., Pugliese de Siqueira, L. & Portela, R. D. C. Q., 31/03/2021, In: Biological Conservation. 255, 5 p., 108994.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Improving the spatial-temporal analysis of Amazonian fires

    Berenguer, E., Carvalho, N., Anderson, L. O., Aragão, L. E. O. C., França, F. & Barlow, J., 1/02/2021, In: Global Change Biology. 27, 3, p. 469-471 3 p.

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  27. Published

    Pantropical modelling of canopy functional traits using Sentinel-2 remote sensing data

    Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Rifai, S., Shenkin, A., Oliveras, I., Bentley, L. P., Svátek, M., Girardin, C. A. J., Both, S., Riutta, T., Berenguer, E., Kissling, W. D., Bauman, D., Raab, N., Moore, S., Farfan-Rios, W., Figueiredo, A. E. S., Reis, S. M., Ndong, J. E., Ondo, F. E. & N'ssi Bengone, N. & 27 others, Mihindou, V., Moraes de Seixas, M. M., Adu-Bredu, S., Abernethy, K., Asner, G. P., Barlow, J., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Coomes, D. A., Cernusak, L. A., Dargie, G. C., Enquist, B. J., Ewers, R. M., Ferreira, J., Jeffery, K. J., Joly, C. A., Lewis, S. L., Marimon-Junior, B. H., Martin, R. E., Morandi, P. S., Phillips, O. L., Quesada, C. A., Salinas, N., Schwantes Marimon, B., Silman, M., Teh, Y. A., White, L. J. T. & Malhi, Y., 1/01/2021, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 252, 112122 p., 18.

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