Oswaldo Cruz Neto

@ufpe.br

Departamento de Botânica
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change
1219

Scholar Citations

17

Scholar h-index

21

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Yield vulnerability of low-income smallholders to pollinator declines in Brazil is biome-dependent
    W Oliveira, RG Porto, O Cruz-Neto, M Tabarelli, BF Viana, CA Peres, ...
    PLoS One 20 (11), e0337328 , 2025
    2025
  • Same tree species, different reproductive phenological patterns between tropical urban green spaces and natural areas
    MTP Oliveira, JLS Silva, O Cruz-Neto, AV Lopes
    Discover Ecology 1 (1), 13 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • A global review of urban pollinators and implications for maintaining pollination services in tropical cities
    PK Maruyama, JLS Silva, IN Gomes, C Bosenbecker, O Cruz-Neto, ...
    Ecology of Tropical Cities, Volume II: Biodiversity, People & Places, 291-313 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 25
  • Climate change will lead to local extinctions and mismatched range contractions disrupting bee-dependent crop pollination
    W Oliveira, O Cruz-Neto, JLS Silva, M Tabarelli, CA Peres, AV Lopes
    Frontiers in Bee Science 3, 1510451 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 15
  • Use of woody species in the Caatinga dry forest may lead to higher vulnerability to extirpation: An assessment based on ethnobiological, reproductive and conservation criteria
    JLS Silva, MF Barros, KF Rito, O Cruz-Neto, M Tabarelli, IR Leal, ...
    Flora 317, 152568 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Markedly declining reproductive functional diversity of food plants in the world’s largest tropical country despite rapid cropland expansion
    W Oliveira, O Cruz-Neto, M Tabarelli, L Galetto, CA Peres, AV Lopes
    Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 357, 108673 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 12
  • Diverse urban pollinators and where to find them
    VHD Silva, IN Gomes, JCF Cardoso, C Bosenbecker, JLS Silva, ...
    Biological Conservation 281, 110036 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 76
  • Aridity mediates the effect of wood extraction on the reproductive output of an endemic disturbance‐adapted woody species (Cenostigma microphyllum, Leguminosae) in the Caatinga …
    W Oliveira, O Cruz‐Neto, JLS Silva, M Tabarelli, AV Lopes
    Austral Ecology 48 (2), 251-265 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • Reproductive functional organization of woody plant assemblages along regeneration in a Caatinga dry forest
    JLS Silva, MF Barros, KF Rito, O Cruz-Neto, X Arnan, M Tabarelli, IR Leal, ...
    Forest Ecology and Management 533, 120852 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 7
  • Atlantic flower–invertebrate interactions: A data set of occurrence and frequency of floral visits
    D Boscolo, B Nobrega Rodrigues, PA Ferreira, LE Lopes, VR Tonetti, ...
    Ecology 104 (3), e3900 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 15
  • Scented at day and night: diel variation in the floral scent chemistry of the threatened tree Amburana cearensis (Leguminosae) and effects of this variation on its pollinators
    EC Barral, O Cruz-Neto, LA Borges, ACG da Costa, ACD Maia, ...
    Flora 297, 152181 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 5
  • Higher flower number in Jatropha mutabilis (Euphorbiaceae) increases the frequency of floral visitors in the Caatinga dry forest
    JLS Silva, O Cruz-Neto, AV Lopes
    Arthropod-Plant Interactions 16 (3), 317-327 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 3
  • Climate change will likely threaten areas of suitable habitats for the most relevant medicinal plants native to the Caatinga dry forest
    JLS Silva, O Cruz-Neto, M Tabarelli, UP Albuquerque, AV Lopes
    Ethnobiology and Conservation 11 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 19
  • Chronic anthropogenic disturbances and aridity negatively affect specialized reproductive traits and strategies of edible fruit plant assemblages in a Caatinga dry forest
    W Oliveira, O Cruz-Neto, JLS Silva, KF Rito, IR Leal, M Tabarelli, ...
    Forest Ecology and Management 514, 120214 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 17
  • Increasing chronic anthropogenic disturbances and aridity differentially impact pollen traits and female reproductive success of Tacinga palmadora (Cactaceae) in …
    D Centeno-Alvarado, JLS Silva, O Cruz-Neto, X Arnan, AV Lopes
    Regional Environmental Change 22 (2), 53 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 4
  • Higher frequency of legitimate pollinators and fruit set of autotetraploid trees of Libidibia ferrea (Leguminosae) compared to diploids in a mixed tropical urban …
    W Oliveira, JLS Silva, O Cruz-Neto, MTP Oliveira, ...
    Journal of Plant Research 135 (2), 235-245 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 8
  • Climate change may reduce suitable habitats for Tacinga palmadora (Cactaceae) in the Caatinga dry forest: species distribution modeling considering plant …
    D Centeno-Alvarado, JLS Silva, O Cruz-Neto, AV Lopes
    Regional Environmental Change 22 (1), 16 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 8
  • Pollinator-dependent crops in Brazil yield nearly half of nutrients for humans and livestock feed
    RG Porto, O Cruz-Neto, M Tabarelli, BF Viana, CA Peres, AV Lopes
    Global Food Security 31, 100587 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 27
  • Neglected diversity of crop pollinators: Lessons from the world’s largest tropical country
    AV Lopes, RG Porto, O Cruz-Neto, CA Peres, BF Viana, TC Giannini, ...
    Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation 19 (4), 500-504 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 20
  • Plant–pollinator interactions in urban ecosystems worldwide: A comprehensive review including research funding and policy actions
    JLS Silva, MTP de Oliveira, O Cruz-Neto, M Tabarelli, AV Lopes
    Ambio 50 (4), 884-900 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 80

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Pollination ecosystem services: A comprehensive review of economic values, research funding and policy actions.
    RG Porto, RF De Almeida, O Cruz-Neto, M Tabarelli, BF Viana, CA Peres, ...
    Food Security 12 (6) , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 384
  • Climate change will reduce suitable Caatinga dry forest habitat for endemic plants with disproportionate impacts on specialized reproductive strategies
    JLS Silva, O Cruz-Neto, CA Peres, M Tabarelli, AV Lopes
    PloS one 14 (5), e0217028 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 164
  • Plant–pollinator interactions in urban ecosystems worldwide: A comprehensive review including research funding and policy actions
    JLS Silva, MTP de Oliveira, O Cruz-Neto, M Tabarelli, AV Lopes
    Ambio 50 (4), 884-900 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 80
  • Diverse urban pollinators and where to find them
    VHD Silva, IN Gomes, JCF Cardoso, C Bosenbecker, JLS Silva, ...
    Biological Conservation 281, 110036 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 76
  • High richness of exotic trees in tropical urban green spaces: Reproductive systems, fruiting and associated risks to native species
    JLS e Silva, MTP de Oliveira, W Oliveira, LA Borges, O Cruz-Neto, ...
    Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 50, 126659 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 61
  • Synchronous phenology of hawkmoths (Sphingidae) and Inga species (Fabaceae–Mimosoideae): implications for the restoration of the Atlantic forest of …
    O Cruz-Neto, IC Machado, JA Duarte Jr, AV Lopes
    Biodiversity and Conservation 20 (4), 751-765 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 50
  • Genetic and Ecological Outcomes of Inga vera Subsp. affinis (Leguminosae) Tree Plantations in a Fragmented Tropical Landscape
    O Cruz Neto, AV Aguiar, AD Twyford, LE Neaves, RT Pennington, ...
    PLoS One 9 (6), e99903 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 38
  • The influence of nectar production and floral visitors on the female reproductive success of Inga (Fabaceae): a field experiment
    O Cruz-Neto, IC Machado, L Galetto, AV Lopes
    Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 177 (2), 230-245 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 36
  • Urban green areas retain just a small fraction of tree reproductive diversity of the Atlantic forest
    MTP Oliveira, JLS Silva, O Cruz-Neto, LA Borges, LC Girao, M Tabarelli, ...
    Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 54, 126779 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 35
  • Plant and pollination blindness: risky business for human food security
    W Oliveira, JLS Silva, RG Porto, O Cruz-Neto, M Tabarelli, BF Viana, ...
    BioScience 70 (2), 109-110 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 34
  • Reduced reproductive success of the endangered tree brazilwood (Paubrasilia echinata, Leguminosae) in urban ecosystem compared to Atlantic forest remnant: lessons for tropical …
    W Oliveira, JLS e Silva, MTP de Oliveira, O Cruz-Neto, LAP da Silva, ...
    Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 41, 303-312 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 28
  • Pollinator-dependent crops in Brazil yield nearly half of nutrients for humans and livestock feed
    RG Porto, O Cruz-Neto, M Tabarelli, BF Viana, CA Peres, AV Lopes
    Global Food Security 31, 100587 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 27
  • A global review of urban pollinators and implications for maintaining pollination services in tropical cities
    PK Maruyama, JLS Silva, IN Gomes, C Bosenbecker, O Cruz-Neto, ...
    Ecology of Tropical Cities, Volume II: Biodiversity, People & Places, 291-313 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 25
  • Divergent responses of plant reproductive strategies to chronic anthropogenic disturbance and aridity in the Caatinga dry forest
    JLS Silva, O Cruz-Neto, KF Rito, X Arnan, IR Leal, CA Peres, M Tabarelli, ...
    Science of the total environment 704, 135240 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 21
  • Neglected diversity of crop pollinators: Lessons from the world’s largest tropical country
    AV Lopes, RG Porto, O Cruz-Neto, CA Peres, BF Viana, TC Giannini, ...
    Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation 19 (4), 500-504 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 20
  • Climate change will likely threaten areas of suitable habitats for the most relevant medicinal plants native to the Caatinga dry forest
    JLS Silva, O Cruz-Neto, M Tabarelli, UP Albuquerque, AV Lopes
    Ethnobiology and Conservation 11 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 19
  • Chronic anthropogenic disturbances and aridity negatively affect specialized reproductive traits and strategies of edible fruit plant assemblages in a Caatinga dry forest
    W Oliveira, O Cruz-Neto, JLS Silva, KF Rito, IR Leal, M Tabarelli, ...
    Forest Ecology and Management 514, 120214 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 17
  • Climate change will lead to local extinctions and mismatched range contractions disrupting bee-dependent crop pollination
    W Oliveira, O Cruz-Neto, JLS Silva, M Tabarelli, CA Peres, AV Lopes
    Frontiers in Bee Science 3, 1510451 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 15
  • Atlantic flower–invertebrate interactions: A data set of occurrence and frequency of floral visits
    D Boscolo, B Nobrega Rodrigues, PA Ferreira, LE Lopes, VR Tonetti, ...
    Ecology 104 (3), e3900 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 15
  • Pollination partial recovery across monospecific plantations of a native tree (Inga vera, Leguminosae) in the Atlantic forest: lessons for restoration
    O Cruz-Neto, JLS e Silva, MM Woolley, M Tabarelli, AV Lopes
    Forest Ecology and Management 427, 383-391 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 13