Dr Adriana de Almeida

Doctorate student in Animal Biology at Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, SP, Brazil (Unesp)

Research Interests

I am currently studying the interactions among plants and fruit-eating mammals in the Neotropical Region. I am particularly interested in the role played by these animals as seed dispersers and their effect on forest recovery and maintenance. I believe that, since seed dispersal by animals is the predominant form of dissemination of propagules in the tropical region, these interactions among plants and animals have the potential to improve native vegetation restoration on degraded sites.

Selected Publications

• Almeida, A. de, Liebsch, D., Helm. C. V. & Mikich, S. B. (2012) Composição química de frutos consumidos e evitados por macaco-prego Cebus nigritus. In: II Congreso Latinoamericano de Mastozoología y XXV Jornadas Argentinas de Mastozoología, 2012, Buenos Aires. Libro de Resúmenes, v. único. p. 60-60.
• Almeida, A. de, Andrade, D. R. M., Liebsch, D., Helm, C. V. & Mikich, S. B. (2012) Compostos fenólicos totais em frutos silvestres e sua relação com as preferências alimentares de Cebus nigritus. In: II Congreso Latinoamericano de Mastozoología y XXV Jornadas Argentinas de Mastozoología, 2012, Buenos Aires. Libro de Resúmenes, v. único. p. 61-61.