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ecological networks, species interactions, biogeography, community ecology, biodiversity, mutualistic interactions
Brazil, New Zealand

Biography

I am an ecologist and data scientist interested in species interactions, community ecology, ecosystem functioning and biogeography. Most of my research examines how communities of interacting species respond to environmental changes at local, regional and global scales.

Activities

Employment (2)

University of Canterbury: Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ

2023-02 to 2024-12 | Postdoctoral researcher (School of Biological Sciences)
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University of Canterbury: Christchurch, NZ

2022-11 to 2023-02 | Research Associate (School of Biological Sciences)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Canterbury: Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ

2019-06 to 2022-12 | Ph.D. in Ecology (School of Biological Sciences)
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Universidade Federal de Goiás - Câmpus Samambaia: Goiania, GO, BR

2016-02 to 2018-03 | M.Sc. in Ecology and Evolution (Instituto de Ciências Biológicas)
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Universidade Federal do Maranhão: Sao Luis, MA, BR

2010-03 to 2015-06 | Bachelor in Biological Sciences (Department of Biology)
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Professional activities (2)

Annual Biology Conference (ABC): Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ

2023 | Best Journal Article by a PhD student (School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury)
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Annual Biology Conference (ABC): Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ

2021 | Best session presentation (School of Biological Sciences)
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Funding (5)

Manuscript-writing Postdoctoral Fellowship

2023 to 2024 | Grant
School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury (Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ)
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University of Canterbury Doctoral Scholarship

2019 to 2022 | Contract
University of Canterbury (Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ)
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Master’s scholarship

2016 to 2018 | Contract
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) (Brasília, BR)
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Science without Borders Scholarship

2013 to 2014 | Contract
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) (Brasília, BR)
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Tutorial Education Program scholarship

2010 to 2013 | Contract
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, CAPES, Brasil. (Brasília, BR)
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Works (13)

Ecological networks across interaction types are modular and highly driven by sampling intensity at biogeographical scales

2024-12-07 | Preprint
Contributors: David Garcia-Callejas; Elisa Thebault; Ismael Lajaaiti; Lucas P. Martins; Louise Laux; Sonia Kefi
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Birds optimize fruit size consumed near their geographic range limits

Science
2024-07-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Lucas P. Martins; Daniel B. Stouffer; Pedro G. Blendinger; Katrin Böhning-Gaese; José Miguel Costa; D. Matthias Dehling; Camila I. Donatti; Carine Emer; Mauro Galetti; Ruben Heleno et al.
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The propagation of disturbances in ecological networks

Trends in Ecology & Evolution
2024-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Lucas P. Martins; David Garcia-Callejas; Hao Ran Lai; Kate L. Wootton; Jason M. Tylianakis
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Global and regional ecological boundaries explain abrupt spatial discontinuities in avian frugivory interactions

Nature Communications
2022-11-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Lucas P. Martins; Daniel B. Stouffer; Pedro G. Blendinger; Katrin Böhning-Gaese; Galo Buitrón-Jurado; Marta Correia; José Miguel Costa; D. Matthias Dehling; Camila I. Donatti; Carine Emer et al.
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Scale‐dependent environmental effects on phenotypic distributions in Heliconius butterflies

Ecology and Evolution
2022-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Ananda R. Pereira Martins; Lucas P. Martins; Wing‐Zheng Ho; William Owen McMillan; Jonathan S. Ready; Rowan Barrett
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Reassessing the role of cattle and pasture in Brazil's deforestation: A response to “Fire, deforestation, and livestock: When the smoke clears”

Land Use Policy
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85106857853

Part of ISSN: 02648377
Contributors: França, F.; Solar, R.; Lees, A.C.; Martins, L.P.; Berenguer, E.; Barlow, J.
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Global and regional ecological boundaries drive abrupt changes in avian frugivory interactions

2021-09-20 | Other
Contributors: Lucas P. Martins; Daniel B. Stouffer; Pedro G. Blendinger; Katrin Böhning-Gaese; Galo Buitrón-Jurado; Marta Correia; José Miguel Costa; D. Matthias Dehling; Camila I. Donatti; Carine Emer et al.
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Temporal distribution of fruit-feeding butterflies (Lepidoptera, nymphalidae) in the eastern extreme of the Amazon region,Distribuição temporal de borboletas frugívoras (Lepidoptera, nymphalidae) no extremo leste da região amazônica

Acta Amazonica
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85079629919

Part of ISSN: 00445967
Contributors: Araujo, E.D.C.; Martins, L.P.; Duarte, M.; Azevedo, G.G.
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The effect of species composition dissimilarity on plant–herbivore network structure is not consistent over time

Biotropica
2020-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Lucas Pereira Martins; Anderson Matos Medina; Thomas M. Lewinsohn; Mário Almeida‐Neto
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Potential distribution and population trends of the smalltail shark Carcharhinus porosus inferred from species distribution models and historical catch data

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
2020-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Leonardo Manir Feitosa; Lucas Pereira Martins; Leandro Augusto de Souza Junior; Rosangela Paula Lessa
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Trophic level and host specialisation affect beta‐diversity in plant–herbivore–parasitoid assemblages

Insect Conservation and Diversity
2019-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Lucas Pereira Martins; Anderson Matos Medina; Thomas M. Lewinsohn; Mário Almeida‐Neto; Karsten Schonrogge; Francesca Barbero
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Butterflies of amazon and cerrado remnants of Maranhão, Northeast Brazil,Borboletas de remanescentes de amazônia e cerrado do Maranhão, Nordeste do Brasil

Biota Neotropica
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85028523779

Part of ISSN: 16760611 16760603
Contributors: Martins, L.P.; Junior, E.C.A.; Martins, A.R.P.; Colins, M.S.; Almeida, G.C.F.; Azevedo, G.G.
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Species diversity and community structure of fruit-feeding butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in an eastern amazonian forest

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
2017-12-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Lucas Pereira Martins; Elias da Costa Araujo Junior; Ananda Regina Pereira Martins; Marcelo Duarte; Gisele Garcia Azevedo
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