Pablo Jose Francisco Pena Rodrigues
DIPEQ · Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro
Research Interests
Anthropocene Restoration
Biography
I'm currently a Senior Researcher at JBRJ and I volunteer as a teacher in postgraduate and undergraduate courses. My main interests are biology and ecology, with a focus on tropical forest ecology and anthropogenic impacts on the biosphere. Habitat fragmentation and extinction, ecological restoration and issues related to the Anthropocene are central topics in my work, which led us to propose in 2019 the concept of the Bio-evolutionary Anthropocene (see https://doi.org/10.1007/s13752-019-00324-8), where we explore the role of humanity and novel organisms in biosphere transformation. pablojfpr@hotmail.com
Education
I graduated in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1995, obtained a Master's degree in Ecology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1998, and a Ph.D. in Biosciences and Biotechnology from the State University of Norte Fluminense in 2004. I started at the Botanical Gardens of Rio de Janeiro (JBRJ) in 2002 through a public selection process. I was Coordinator of the Atlantic Forest Programme from 2004 to 2008 and Coordinator of the Atlantic Forest Biome Biodiversity Project/JBRJ/MCTI/MMA from 2009 to 2014.
Recent Google Scholar Publications
- Ecosystems in the Anthropocene: transformative drivers
- Assessing Atlantic Forest successional stages using remote sensing
- What Anthropocene Do We Want?
- Anthropogenic pressure and protected areas in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Serra da Tiririca State Park process and patterns
- Canopy functional trait variation across Earth’s tropical forests
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8054-3643
- Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bTsj5mgAAAAJ
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=None