Area of concentration: biodiversity and conservation

 

Research Line – Applied Zoology

 

Investigation of Emerging and Reemerging Wildlife Pathogens in an Environmental Change Area in the Northeast of the State of Pará, Brazil

Coordinator:  Ana Cristina Mendes de Oliveira

Starting Date:  November/2013

Funding: CAPES – PRO Amazon – Official Notice 3286/2013

Participating Professor:  Ana Cristina Mendes de Oliveira

 

Bioenergetic Zoning of Palm Planting and Impacts on Biodiversity in the State of Pará

Coordinator:  Luciano Fogaça de Assis Montag

Starting Date:  June/2014

Funding: Paraense Amazon Foundation for Research Support (FAPESPA)

Participating Professors:  Leandro Juen and Luciano Fogaça de Assis Montag

 

Influence of Different Types of Soil Use on Biodiversity in the Eastern Amazon

Coordinator:  Leandro Juen

Starting Date:  June/2014

Funding: Universal Notice MCTI/CNPQ 

Participating Professors:  Luciano Fogaça de Assis Montag and Leandro Juen

 

Influence of Different Types of Soil Use on Biodiversity in the Eastern Amazon

Coordinator:  Luciano Fogaça de Assis Montag

Starting Date:  March/2015

Funding: CAPES/EMBRAPA

Participating Professors:  Leandro JuenPedro Gerhard and Luciano Fogaça de Assis Montag

 

Biodiversity and Socio-Economic Impacts of Palm Oil Bioenergy Development in the Brazilian Amazon

Coordinator:  Rodrigo Jesus de Medeiros

Starting Date:  October/2014

Funding: USAID

Participating Professors:  Luciano Fogaça de Assis MontagLeandro JuenMaria Cristina dos Santos Costa and Maria Cristina Esposito 

 

Research Line – Animal Ecology

 

Effect of Habitat Heterogeneity on the Diversity Patterns of Aquatic Macroinvertebrates in Igarapés of the Eastern Amazon

Coordinator:  Raphael Ligeiro Barroso Santos

Starting Date:  November/2014

Funding: Universal Notice MCTI/CNPQ 

Participating Professors:  Leandro Juen,  Raphael Ligeiro Barroso Santos and Luciano Fogaça de Assis Montag

 

Determinants of the Distribution of Diversity in the Paraense Amazon

Coordinator:  Luciano Fogaça de Assis Montag

Starting Date (month/year):  June/2014

Funding: Program to Support Emerging Centers PRONEM/FAPESPA/CNPq

Participating Professors:  Leandro JuenLuciano Fogaça de Assis Montag and Raphael Ligeiro Barroso Santos 

 

Diversity of Amphibians and Reptiles, and Associated Parasitic Helminths, in the Amazon Region. Sub Project: Deepening knowledge about the herpetofauna: influence of environmental factors on the diversity of amphibians and reptiles of the national forest of Caxiuanã.

Coordinator:   Maria Cristina dos Santos Costa

Starting Date (month/year):  12/2011

Funding: SISBIOTA/MCT/CNPq

Participating Professor:   Maria Cristina dos Santos Costa

 

Biodiversity Research Program - Ministry of Science and Technology

Coordinator:  Alexandre Bragio Bonaldo

Starting Date (month/year):  12/2004

Funding: PPBIO/MCT/CNPq

Participating Professors:  Maria Cristina dos Santos Costa