Projects

Eco-evolutionary dynamics of urban biodiversity

Understanding human impacts to improve human–wildlife coexistence.

Project completed in March 2026. The CNPq Universal grant that funded this work has ended; papers stemming from it are still being written and submitted.

From March 2022 to March 2026 we ran a CNPq Universal grant (Proc 407318/2021-6) from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CNPq) to investigate how frogs are responding to urban ecosystems in terms of their phenotype. One Master’s, one PhD, and one undergraduate student conducting independent research collected data along urbanisation gradients in three Brazilian cities — both at the population and metacommunity scales. All of them presented their work at national and international conferences. Stay tuned for the papers coming out of this project!

Team

Fernando R. da Silva

Fernando R. da Silva

Co-PI · UFSCar

Franco Souza

Franco Souza

Co-PI · UFMS

Michel V. Garey

Michel V. Garey

Co-PI · UNILA

Andros T. Gianuca

Andros T. Gianuca

Co-PI · UFRN

Fabio Angeoletto

Co-PI · UFR

Funding history

  • 2024 — FUNDECT research productivity grant. Continued support for field work conducted by lab students.
  • 2022–2026 — CNPq Universal (Proc 407318/2021-6). Eco-evolutionary dynamics of urban biodiversity. Concluded March 2026.