Ecology and Conservation of Tropical Rainforests - RAINFORESTS - Research Groups

Patricia Rodrigues (2018) Are African ant-following birds specialized? A cross-continental comparison of behavior to help shed light on global patterns of decline. Renewable Natural Resources Department, Louisiana State University, United States. Supervisor: Philip C Stouffer (Louisiana State University) & Co-supervisors: Luke L. Powell and Henry S. Pollock (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).

Alma Liss S. Quiñones Elucidating Pollination Ecosystem Services in Cameroonian Cocoa Farms. PhD in Biosciences, Durham University, United Kingdom. Supervisors: Andreanna Welch (Durham University, UK), Co-supervisors Luke Powell (Biodiversity Initiative & CIBIO), Tom Wanger (Westlake University, China).

Anna Karoline Azevedo The man-nature relationship in the conservation of protected areas and their fauna: a cultural approach. PPGDIBICT Doctoral Programme. Federal University of Alagoas. Supervisors: Richard Ladle & Co-supervisor: Fernanda Alves Martins.

Francisco dos Reis Silva Responses of amphibians and reptiles to land-use change in Guinea-Bissau. Master’s Programme in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Integrative Plant Sciences. Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences/Helsinki University. Supervisor: Filipa Palmeirim. Co-supervisors: Cristian Pizzigalli and Mar Cabeza (University of Helsinki).

Thainá Lessa Pontes Silva Identifying and mapping biodiversity knowledge shortfalls in sub-Saharan Africa. PPGDIBICT Doctoral Programme. Federal University of Alagoas. Supervisor: Richard Ladle. Co-supervisor: Fernanda Alves Martins.

Tiff DeGroot Investigating mammal distribution and diversity in Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa. Forest Science. Michigan Technological University, United States of America. Supervisors: Kristin Brzeski (MTU), Jared Wolfe (MTU). Co-supervisors: Luke Powell, Tao Liu (MTU).