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I am a biologist, PhD in Ecology and teacher at the Ecology Department from the Instituto de Biociências of Universidade de São Paulo.
Before that I was an associate researcher at Environmental Research Center of Unicamp and associate teacher at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo.
My intellectual project is to give more theoretical rigor to Community Ecology. My strategy is to deduce ecological patterns from first principles, and then subjecting them to rigorous empirical and logical tests.
It is also my goal to train researchers who combine deep critical thinking with a solid background in ecology and in the logic of the scientific method.
Because I seek first principles, I am currently focused on what is perhaps the only general law in Community Ecology: the predominance of rare species.
My main research project is to develop an analytical protocol to describe this pattern. The research is currently funded by FAPESP and CNPq, and you can find more information here.
Many of my students also do their research on this topic, see the page of research projects.
<bibtex> @ARTICLE{Prado2009,
author = {Prado, P I}, title = {Distribuições de Abundâncias de Espécies: avanços analíticos para entender um padrão básico em ecologia}, journal = {Ciência e Ambiente}, year = {2009}, volume = {39}, pages = {121 -- 136}, file={:prado:prado2009_ca.pdf}
}
@Manual{Prado2012,
title = {R Package sads: Modelling Species Abundance Distributions}, author = {Paulo, P I}, year = {2012}, note = {R package version 0.1.82}, url={http://sads.r-forge.r-project.org/} }
</bibtex>
One of the basic approaches of community ecology is to identify patterns and regularities to infer their underlying structuring processes. I was trained in this tradition of observational research, and I specialized in statistical analysis to detect ecological patterns. I keep researching and advising on this subject, see the page of ongoing projects.
More recently, I also started some experimental approaches, like manipulative research in the field, and “virtual experiments” with computer simulations.
<bibtex> @ARTICLE{almeida2004,
author = {Almeida, A.M. and Prado, P.I. and Lewinsohn, T.M.}, title = {Geographical distribution of Eupatorieae (Asteraceae) in South-eastern and South Brazilian mountain ranges}, journal = {Plant ecology}, year = {2004}, volume = {174}, pages = {163--181}, number = {1}, publisher = {Springer}, file ={:prado:almeida2004.pdf}
} @ARTICLE{piza2004,
author = {Piza, F.F. and Prado, P.I. and Manfio, G.P.}, title = {Investigation of bacterial diversity in Brazilian tropical estuarine sediments reveals high actinobacterial diversity}, journal = {Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek}, year = {2004}, volume = {86}, pages = {317--328}, number = {4}, publisher = {Springer}, file={:prado:piza2004.pdf}
} @ARTICLE{lewinsohn2005b,
author = {Lewinsohn, T.M. and Prado, P.I.}, title = {How many species are there in Brazil?}, journal = {Conservation Biology}, year = {2005}, volume = {19}, pages = {619--624}, number = {3}, publisher = {John Wiley \& Sons}, file={:prado:lewinsohn2005.pdf}
}
@ARTICLE{martini2007,
author = {Martini, A.M.Z. and Santos, F.A.M. and Prado, P.I. and Jardim, J.G.}, title = {Community structure of all vascular plants in treefall gaps and fire-disturbed habitats in the Atlantic rainforest, southern Bahia, Brazil}, journal = {Revista Brasileira de Bot{\^a}nica}, year = {2007}, volume = {30}, pages = {303--313}, publisher = {SciELO Brasil}, url={http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-84042007000200014}
} @ARTICLE{orsi2008,
author = {Orsi, R.H. and Stoppe, N.C. and Sato, M.I.Z. and Prado, P.I. and Ottoboni, L.M.M.}, title = {Phylogenetic group distribution among Escherichia coli isolated from rivers in S{\~a}o Paulo State, Brazil}, journal = {World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology}, year = {2008}, volume = {24}, pages = {1573--1577}, number = {8}, publisher = {Springer}, file={:prado:orsi2008.pdf}
} @ARTICLE{Pardini2010,
author = {Pardini, Renata AND Bueno, Adriana de Arruda AND Gardner, Toby A. AND Prado, Paulo Inácio AND Metzger, Jean Paul}, title = {Beyond the Fragmentation Threshold Hypothesis: Regime Shifts in Biodiversity Across Fragmented Landscapes}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, year = {2010}, volume = {5}, pages = {e13666}, number = {10}, month = {10}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0013666}, publisher = {Public Library of Science}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0013666}
}
@article {Castanho2012, author = {Castanho, Camila T. and Oliveira, Alexandre A. and Prado, Paulo Inácio}, title = {The importance of plant life form on spatial associations along a subtropical coastal dune gradient}, journal = {Journal of Vegetation Science}, issn = {1654-1103}, volume={23}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01414.x}, doi = {10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01414.x}, pages = {952–961}, keywords = {Brazil, Competition, Environmental gradient, Facilitation, Plant interactions, Restinga, Sand dune vegetation, Stress gradient hypothesis, Succession}, year = {2012} } </bibtex>
I still take part in the research group I graduated, led by Dr. Thomas Lewinsohn, at Unicamp.
I work in collaboration with them and other colleagues in the search for patterns in ecological networks, with emphasis on antagonistic systems of herbivorous insects and their host plants.
<bibtex> @ARTICLE{prado1999,
author = {Prado, P.I.K.L. and Vieira, E.M.}, title = {The interplay between plant traits and herbivore attack: a study of a stem galling midge in the neotropics}, journal = {Ecological entomology}, year = {1999}, volume = {24}, pages = {80--88}, number = {1}, publisher = {John Wiley \& Sons}, file={:prado:prado_vieira1999.pdf}
} @ARTICLE{Prado2002,
author = {P.I. Prado and T.M. Lewinsohn and A.M. Almeida and A.L. Norrbom and B.D. Buys and A.C.C. Macedo and M.B. Lopes}, title = {The Fauna of Tephritidae (Diptera) from Capitula of Asteraceae in Brazil}, journal = {Proceedings of Washington Entomological Society}, year = {2002}, volume = {104}, pages = {1007-1028}, number = {4}
} @ARTICLE{prado2004,
author = {Prado, P.I. and Lewinsohn, T.M.}, title = {Compartments in insect-plant associations and their consequences for community structure}, journal = {Journal of Animal Ecology}, year = {2004}, volume = {73}, pages = {1168--1178}, number = {6}, publisher = {John Wiley \& Sons}, file={:prado:prado2004.pdf}
} @ARTICLE{yotoko2005,
author = {Yotoko, K.S.C. and Prado, P.I. and Russo, C.A.M. and Solferini, V.N.}, title = {Testing the trend towards specialization in herbivore-host plant associations using a molecular phylogeny of Tomoplagia (Diptera: Tephritidae)}, journal = {Molecular phylogenetics and evolution}, year = {2005}, volume = {35}, pages = {701--711}, number = {3}, publisher = {Elsevier}, file={:prado:yotoko2005.pdf}
} @ARTICLE{lewinsohn2006,
author = {Lewinsohn, T.M. and Prado, I. and Jordano, P. and Bascompte, J. and Olesen, M.}, title = {Structure in plant-animal interaction assemblages}, journal = {Oikos}, year = {2006}, volume = {113}, pages = {174--184}, number = {1}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing}, file={:prado:lewinsohn2006.pdf}
}
@article{pires2011,
author = {Pires, Mathias M. AND Prado, Paulo I. AND Guimarães, Jr, Paulo R.}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, publisher = {Public Library of Science}, title = {Do Food Web Models Reproduce the Structure of Mutualistic Networks?}, year = {2011}, month = {11}, volume = {6}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0027280}, pages = {e27280}, number = {11}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0027280}
}
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On many occasions I could use my skills in analysis and ecological theory to applied research, especially in conservation biology.
Currently these issues are not my main line of investigation, although I keep some ongoing collaborations.
<bibtex> @BOOK{,
title = {Biodiversidade brasileira: síntese do estado atual do conhecimento}, publisher = {Editora Contexto}, year = {2002}, author = {Lewinsohn, T.M. and Prado, P.I.}, address = {São Paulo}, owner = {paulo}, timestamp = {2010.08.14}, url={http://www.editoracontexto.com.br/produtos.asp?cod=195}
} @ARTICLE{lewinsohn2005,
author = {Lewinsohn, T.M. and Freitas, A.V.L. and Prado, P.I.}, title = {Conservation of terrestrial invertebrates and their habitats in Brazil}, journal = {Conservation Biology}, year = {2005}, volume = {19}, pages = {640--645}, number = {3}, publisher = {John Wiley \& Sons}, file={:prado:lewinsohn2005b.pdf}
}
@ARTICLE{becker2007,
author = {Becker, C.G. and Fonseca, C.R. and Haddad, C.F.B. and Batista, R.F. and Prado, P.I.}, title = {Habitat split and the global decline of amphibians}, journal = {Science}, year = {2007}, volume = {318}, pages = {1775}, number = {5857}, publisher = {AAAS}, file={:prado:becker2007.pdf}
} @ARTICLE{ribeiro2008,
author = {Ribeiro, D.B. and Prado, P.I. and Brown Jr, K.S. and Freitas, A.V.L.}, title = {Additive partitioning of butterfly diversity in a fragmented landscape: importance of scale and implications for conservation}, journal = {Diversity and Distributions}, year = {2008}, volume = {14}, pages = {961--968}, number = {6}, publisher = {John Wiley \& Sons}, file={:prado:ribeiro2008.pdf}
}
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In collaboration with many colleagues, I created and teach the courses at the Graduate Studies Program in Ecology at USP
Also at USP, I'm one of the teachers who coordinate our Field Course for graduate students, and the undergraduate course of Population and community ecology of plants.
A comprehensive list courses I teach is in the page of teaching acitivities.
Graduate work already completed. For work in progress, please see the pages of current students.
<bibtex> @PHDTHESIS{Aguiar2003,
author = {Aguiar, S}, title = {Diversidade de Asteraceae e de insetos associados e padrões de uso de hospedeiro por Tephritidae (Diptera) em diferentes componentes da paisagem do Estado de São Paulo}, school = {Universidade Estadual de Campinas}, year = {2003}, address = {Unicamp, Campinas (Co-advisor)}, owner = {paulo}, timestamp = {2010.08.15}, url = {http://libdigi.unicamp.br/document/?code=vtls000317691}
} @MASTERSTHESIS{Becker2007,
author = {Becker, C. G.}, title = {Desconexão de habitats e o declinio global dos anfibios}, school = {Universidade Estadual de Campinas}, year = {2007}, address = {Unicamp, Campinas}, owner = {paulo}, timestamp = {2010.08.15}, url = {http://libdigi.unicamp.br/document/?code=vtls000414051}
} @MASTERSTHESIS{Torres2008,
author = {Torres, P. G.}, title = {Ocorrencia de cães domesticos (canis familiaris) em fragmentos de mata atlantica em zona rural e urbana e sua relação com a ocupação humana do entorno}, school = {Universidade Estadual de Campinas}, year = {2008}, address = {Unicamp, Campinas}, owner = {paulo}, timestamp = {2010.08.15}, url = {http://libdigi.unicamp.br/document/?code=vtls000438318}
} @MASTERSTHESIS{,
author = {Mello, T. F.}, title = {Estrutura da vegetação, cobertura florestal e preferências de uso da paisagem associadas a vertentes: as quase-florestas de São Luiz do Paraitinga}, year = {2010}, school={Universidade de São Paulo}, address = {USP, São Paulo}, owner = {paulo}, timestamp = {2010.08.15}, url = {http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/41/41134/tde-19042010-105930/}
} @PHDTHESIS{Paise2010,
author = {Paise, G.}, title = {Efeitos da fragmentação de habitat sobre a comunidade de pequenos mamíferos de Mata Atlântica no Estado de São Paulo}, school = {Universidade Estadual de Campinas}, year = {2010}, address = {Unicamp, Campinas}, owner = {paulo}, timestamp = {2010.08.15}, url={http://cutter.unicamp.br/document/?did=42431}
}
@MASTERSTHESIS{mandai2010,
author = {Mandai, C. Y.}, title = {Aplicação de modelos teóricos de distribuição de abundância das espécies na avaliação de efeitos de fragmentação sobre as comunidades de aves da Mata Atlântica}, year = {2010}, school={Universidade de São Paulo}, address = {USP, São Paulo}, owner = {paulo}, timestamp = {2010.08.15}, url={http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/41/41134/tde-15122010-164250/pt-br.php}
}
@MASTERSTHESIS{rodrigues2011,
author = {Rodrigues, R. C.}, title = {Uso de modelos de distribuição de abundância na análise da relação entre diversidade de aves e variáveis ambientais e antrópicas}, year = {2011}, school={Universidade de São Paulo}, address = {USP, São Paulo},
url={http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/41/41134/tde-20012012-160435/pt-br.php} }
@PHDTHESIS{Laporta2012,
author = {Laporta, G. Z.}, title = {Biodiversidade de Culicidae e sua interação com arboviroses e malária na Mata Atlântica}, school = {Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo (Co-advisor)}, year = {2012}, address = {USP, São Paulo}, url={http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/6/6132/tde-07052012-094752/pt-br.php}
}
@PHDTHESIS{Lima2013,
author = {Lima, R. A. F.}, title = {Ajuste e seleção de modelos na descrição de comunidades arbóreas : estrutura, diversidade e padrões espaciais}, school = {Universidade de São Paulo}, year = {2013}, address = {USP, São Paulo}, url={http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/41/41134/tde-22102013-150112/en.php}
}
</bibtex>
Soon in this site. Meanwhile you can check my extended CV in the Lattes Database kept by the Brazilian Research Council ( CNPq ), my profile at Mendeley or at Google Scholar.
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