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Jhonathan O. Silva

Researcher at Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco

Publications -  39
Citations -  716

Jhonathan O. Silva is an academic researcher from Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests & Herbivore. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 36 publications receiving 518 citations. Previous affiliations of Jhonathan O. Silva include Universidade Federal de Santa Maria & University of Brasília.

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Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show how a global community is responding to the challenges of tropical ecosystem research with diverse teams measuring forests tree-by-tree in thousands of long-term plots.
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Insect Herbivores and Leaf Damage along Successional and Vertical Gradients in a Tropical Dry Forest

TL;DR: A decrease in insect richness and abundance is detected at the end of the rainy season in a Brazilian TDF, probably due to a synchronization of insect activity with the availability of young, highly nutritious plant tissues.
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Understanding patterns of land-cover change in the Brazilian Cerrado from 2000 to 2015.

TL;DR: It is argued that environmental and economic variables interact to underpin rates of conversion of Cerrados, most severely affecting more humid Cerrado lowlands.
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The influence of soil on vegetation structure and plant diversity in different tropical savannic and forest habitats

TL;DR: In this paper, the association between attributes of plant communities, namely structure and diversity, and physicochemical characteristics of soils in the Caatinga domain at the transition to Cerrado in Brazil was studied.
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Leaf traits and herbivory on deciduous and evergreen trees in a tropical dry forest

TL;DR: An adaptive convergence on leaf traits primarily related to water stress for different species within each phenological group is suggested, although the fitness consequences of the absolute difference in leaf damage between evergreen and deciduous species remain unclear.