Habitat loss and fragmentation & restoration

To assess how human actions affect these interactions and how they can be restored through ecological restoration.

Human activities transform natural landscapes into fragmented environments, altering interactions between plants and animals and compromising essential ecological processes. Habitat loss and forest fragmentation can directly and differently affect seed dispersal, vegetation regeneration, and the maintenance of biodiversity.

Our group investigates how these changes impact ecological networks and reorganize natural communities across different scales. We seek to understand how species and interactions respond to environmental degradation and which mechanisms promote ecosystem resistance and recovery.

We also study how ecological restoration processes can recover interactions between plants and frugivores, promoting community regeneration and the recovery of fundamental ecological functions. By integrating empirical data, statistical analyses, and mathematical modeling, we develop approaches that contribute to more effective strategies for biodiversity conservation and restoration.