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Remote sensing, Forest dynamics

Countries

Brazil, United Kingdom, Finland, Malaysia, Kenya

Biography

I have a background in plant taxonomy, forest measurement and modelling, applied ecology and remote sensing. My research focuses on understanding what determines the structure and function of plant communities. I use remote sensing (hyperspectroscopy, terrestrial and airborne LiDAR) and field surveys to explore how vegetation responds to global changes. I have coordinated plant taxonomy field campaigns in the Brazilian Atlantic forest and Cerrado, and field spectroscopy and terrestrial LiDAR field campaigns across tropical forests in the Brazilian Amazon, Kenya and Malaysian Borneo. My current projects revolve around the use of terrestrial LiDAR and field spectroscopy to predict the effects of climate and fragmentation on tree canopies, plant architecture and ecosystem functioning. I received my PhD in Plant Sciences from the University of Cambridge in August 2019, where I used airborne LiDAR and field spectroscopy to investigate forest responses to El Niño events and oil palm expansion.

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Employment (2)

University of Helsinki: Helsinki, FI

2019-04-02 to 2022-08-31 | Postdoctoral researcher (Department of Geosciences and Geography)
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University of California, Berkeley: Berkeley, US

2012-09-21 to 2013-03-09 | Visiting student (Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2015-01-05 to 2019-08-12 | PhD (Plant Sciences)
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University of São Paulo: Piracicaba, São Paulo, BR

2011-03-11 to 2013-08-13 | MSc (Forest sciences)
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Federal University of Lavras: Lavras, BR

2005-02-28 to 2010-01-10 | Forest Engineering
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Professional activities (1)

Cambridge University Brazilian Society: Cambridge, GB

2017-10-01 to 2018-09-30 | President
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Funding (3)

Modelagem das interações entre fertilidade do solo, competição, arquitetura dos perfis de tronco, dinâmica e crescimento florestal

2015-01 to 2019-12 | Grant
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (Brasília, BR)
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Determinação da altura relativa e intensidade amostral utilizando geometria analítica em povoamentos inequiâneos, para estimativa de volume e taper individuais

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Determinação da altura relativa e intensidade amostral utilizando geometria analítica em povoamentos inequiâneos, para estimativa de volume e taper individuais.

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Works (35)

Mapping giant-tree density in the Amazon

2025-03-01 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2025.02.25.640223
Contributors: Robson Borges de DE LIMA, Sr.; Diego Armando Silva da Silva; Matheus Henrique Nunes, Sr.; Paulo R. de Lima Bittencourt; Peter Groenendijk, Sr.; Cinthia Pereira de Oliveira; Daniela G de Souza; Rinaldo L. Caraciolo Ferreira, Sr.; Jose Antonio Aleixo da Silva; Jesus Aguirre-Gutierrez et al.
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Factors and effects of inter-individual variability in silver birch phenology using dense LiDAR time-series

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
2024-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110253
Contributors: Mariana Batista Campos; Matheus Henrique Nunes; Anna Shcherbacheva; Venla Valve; Anna Lintunen; Pekka Kaitaniemi; Samuli Junttila; Salmon Yann; Markku Kulmala; Antero Kukko et al.
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Forest structural and microclimatic patterns along an elevational gradient in Mount Kenya

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
2024-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110188
Contributors: Jinlin Jia; Alice Catherine Hughes; Matheus Henrique Nunes; Erone Ghizoni Santos; Petri K.E. Pellikka; Leena Kalliovirta; James Mwang ombe; Eduardo Eiji Maeda
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New tree height allometries derived from terrestrial laser scanning reveal substantial discrepancies with forest inventory methods in tropical rainforests

Global Change Biology
2024-08 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17473
Part of ISSN: 1354-1013
Part of ISSN: 1365-2486
Contributors: Louise Terryn; Kim Calders; Félicien Meunier; Marijn Bauters; Pascal Boeckx; Benjamin Brede; Andrew Burt; Jerome Chave; Antonio Carlos Lola da Costa; Barbara D'hont et al.
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The role of vegetation structural diversity in regulating the microclimate of human-modified tropical ecosystems

Journal of Environmental Management
2024-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121128
Contributors: Jonathan Terschanski; Matheus Henrique Nunes; Iris Aalto; Petri Pellikka; Chemuku Wekesa; Eduardo Eiji Maeda
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Structural changes caused by selective logging undermine the thermal buffering capacity of tropical forests

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
2024-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.109912
Contributors: Erone Ghizoni Santos; Martin Svátek; Matheus Henrique Nunes; Juha Aalto; Rebecca A. Senior; Radim Matula; Roman Plichta; Eduardo Eiji Maeda
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Edge effects on tree architecture exacerbate biomass loss of fragmented Amazonian forests

Nature Communications
2023-12-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44004-5
Contributors: Matheus Henrique Nunes; Marcel Caritá Vaz; José Luís Campana Camargo; William F. Laurance; Ana de Andrade; Alberto Vicentini; Susan Laurance; Pasi Raumonen; Toby Jackson; Gabriela Zuquim et al.
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The influence of canopy structural traits on the understorey air temperature of tropical forests in Borneo

2023-05-15 | Preprint
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-5354
Contributors: Erone Ghiznoni Santos; Martin Svátek; Matheus Henrique Nunes; Eduardo Eiji Maeda
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Edge effects on tree architecture exacerbate biomass loss of fragmented Amazonian forests

2023-05-05 | Preprint
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2855410/v1
Contributors: Matheus Nunes; Marcel Vaz; José Luís Camargo; William Laurance; Ana de Andrade; Alberto Vicentini; Susan Laurance; Pasi Raumonen; Toby Jackson; Gabriela Zuquim et al.
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The inverted forest: Aboveground and notably large belowground carbon stocks and their drivers in Brazilian savannas

Science of The Total Environment
2023-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161320
Contributors: Marcela C.N.S. Terra; Matheus Henrique Nunes; Cleber R. Souza; Gabriel W.D. Ferreira; Jamir A. do Prado-Junior; Vanessa L. Rezende; Rafaella Maciel; Vanessa Mantovani; André Rodrigues; Vinícius Augusto Morais et al.
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Forest disturbance and growth processes are reflected in the geographical distribution of large canopy gaps across the Brazilian Amazon

Journal of Ecology
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14003
Contributors: Cristiano Rodrigues Reis; Toby D. Jackson; Eric Bastos Gorgens; Ricardo Dalagnol; Tommaso Jucker; Matheus Henrique Nunes; Jean Pierre Ometto; Luiz E. O. C. Aragão; Luiz Carlos Estraviz Rodriguez; David A. Coomes
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Quantifying tropical forest disturbances using canopy structural traits derived from terrestrial laser scanning

Forest Ecology and Management
2022-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120546
Part of ISSN: 0378-1127
Contributors: Erone Ghizoni Santos; Matheus Henrique Nunes; Toby Jackson; Eduardo Eiji Maeda
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Shifts in structural diversity of Amazonian forest edges detected using terrestrial laser scanning

Remote Sensing of Environment
2022-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2022.112895
Part of ISSN: 0034-4257
Contributors: Eduardo Eiji Maeda; Matheus Henrique Nunes; Kim Calders; Yhasmin Mendes de Moura; Pasi Raumonen; Hanna Tuomisto; Philippe Verley; Gregoire Vincent; Gabriela Zuquim; José Luís Camargo
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Predicting leaf traits of temperate broadleaf deciduous trees from hyperspectral reflectance: can a general model be applied across a growing season?

Remote Sensing of Environment
2022-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112767
Part of ISSN: 0034-4257
Contributors: Litong Chen; Yi Zhang; Matheus Henrique Nunes; Jaz Stoddart; Sacha Khoury; Aland H.Y. Chan; David A. Coomes
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Forest fragmentation impacts the seasonality of Amazonian evergreen canopies

Nature Communications
2022-02-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28490-7
Contributors: Matheus Henrique Nunes; José Luís Campana Camargo; Grégoire Vincent; Kim Calders; Rafael S. Oliveira; Alfredo Huete; Yhasmin Mendes de Moura; Bruce Nelson; Marielle N. Smith; Scott C. Stark et al.
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Why can we detect lianas from space?

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2021-10-01 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2021.09.30.462145
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Steps to diversify priority‐setting research in conservation: reflections on de Gracia 2021

Conservation Biology
2021-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13790
Part of ISSN: 0888-8892
Part of ISSN: 1523-1739
Contributors: Tommaso Jucker; Tatsuya Amano; Alexandra Bell; Emma E. Garnett; Jan Laurens Geffert; Miriam K. Guth; Andrew Hacket‐Pain; Sarah H. Luke; Hannah Mumby; Matheus Nunes et al.
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Forest structure and degradation drive canopy gap sizes across the Brazilian Amazon

2021-05-04 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2021.05.03.442416
Contributors: Cristiano Rodrigues Reis; Toby. D. Jackson; Eric Bastos Gorgens; Ricardo Dalagnol; Tommaso Jucker; Matheus Henrique Nunes; Jean Pierre Ometto; Luiz E. O. C. Aragão; Luiz Carlos Estraviz Rodriguez; David. A. Coomes
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Recovery of logged forest fragments in a human-modified tropical landscape during the 2015-16 El Niño

Nature Communications
2021-03-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20811-y
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
Contributors: Matheus Henrique Nunes; Tommaso Jucker; Terhi Riutta; Martin Svátek; Jakub Kvasnica; Martin Rejžek; Radim Matula; Noreen Majalap; Robert Ewers; Tom Swinfield et al.
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Resource availability and disturbance shape maximum tree height across the Amazon

Global Change Biology
2021-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15423
Part of ISSN: 1354-1013
Part of ISSN: 1365-2486
Contributors: Eric Gorgens; Matheus H. Nunes; Tobias Jackson; David Coomes; Michael Keller; Cristiano R. Reis; Ruben Valbuena; Jacqueline Rosette; Danilo R. A. Almeida; Bruno Gimenez et al.
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The giant trees of the Amazon basin

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
2019-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/fee.2085
Part of ISSN: 1540-9295
Part of ISSN: 1540-9309
Contributors: Eric Bastos Gorgens; Alline Zagnoli Motta; Mauro Assis; Matheus Henrique Nunes; Tobias Jackson; David Coomes; Jacqueline Rosette; Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz Aragão; Jean Pierre Ometto
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Changes in leaf functional traits of rainforest canopy trees associated with an El Niño event in Borneo

Environmental Research Letters
2019-08-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab2eae
Part of ISSN: 1748-9326
Contributors: Matheus Henrique Nunes; S Both; B Bongalov; C Brelsford; S Khoury; D F R P Burslem; C Philipson; N Majalap; T Riutta; D A Coomes et al.
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Co-producing a Research Agenda for Sustainable Palm Oil

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
2019-05-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2019.00013
Part of ISSN: 2624-893X
Contributors: Rory Padfield; Sune Hansen; Zoe G. Davies; Albrecht Ehrensperger; Eleanor M. Slade; Stephanie Evers; Effie Papargyropoulou; Cécile Bessou; Norhayati Abdullah; Susan Page et al.
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Ten-year assessment of the 100 priority questions for global biodiversity conservation

Conservation Biology
2018-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13159
Part of ISSN: 0888-8892
Contributors: Tommaso Jucker; Bonnie Wintle; Gorm Shackelford; Pierre Bocquillon; Jan Laurens Geffert; Tim Kasoar; Eszter Kovacs; Hannah S. Mumby; Chloé Orland; Judith Schleicher et al.
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The major barriers to evidence-informed conservation policy and possible solutions

Conservation Letters
2018-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12564
Part of ISSN: 1755-263X
Contributors: David C. Rose; William J. Sutherland; Tatsuya Amano; Juan P. González-Varo; Rebecca J. Robertson; Benno I. Simmons; Hannah S. Wauchope; Eszter Kovacs; América Paz Durán; Alice B. M. Vadrot et al.
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The influence of disturbance on driving carbon stocks and tree dynamics of riparian forests in Cerrado

Journal of Plant Ecology
2018-03-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtx007
Part of ISSN: 1752-9921
Part of ISSN: 1752-993X
Contributors: Matheus Henrique Nunes; Marcela de Castro Nunes Santos Terra; Izabela Regina Cardoso de Oliveira; Eduardo van den Berg
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Stemflow in a neotropical forest remnant: vegetative determinants, spatial distribution and correlation with soil moisture

Trees
2018-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-017-1634-3
Part of ISSN: 0931-1890
Part of ISSN: 1432-2285
Contributors: Marcela C N S Terra; Carlos Rogério de Mello; José Marcio de Mello; Vinícius Augusto de Oliveira; Matheus Henrique Nunes; Vinícius Oliveira Silva; André Ferreira Rodrigues; Geovane Junqueira Alves
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Mapping Aboveground Carbon in Oil Palm Plantations Using LiDAR: A Comparison of Tree-Centric versus Area-Based Approaches

Remote Sensing
2017-08-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/rs9080816
Part of ISSN: 2072-4292
Contributors: Matheus Nunes; Robert Ewers; Edgar Turner; David Coomes
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On the challenges of using field spectroscopy to measure the impact of soil type on leaf traits

Biogeosciences
2017-07-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5194/bg-14-3371-2017
Part of ISSN: 1726-4189
Contributors: Matheus H. Nunes; Matthew P. Davey; David Coomes
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Characterization of Brazilian forest types utilizing canopy height profiles derived from airborne laser scanning

Applied Vegetation Science
2016-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12224
Part of ISSN: 1402-2001
Contributors: Eric Gorgens; Carlos P.B. Soares; Matheus H. Nunes; Luiz C. E. Rodriguez
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Artificial Intelligence Procedures for Tree Taper Estimation within a Complex Vegetation Mosaic in Brazil

PLOS ONE
2016-05-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154738
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
Contributors: Matheus Henrique Nunes; Eric Gorgens
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DINÂMICA DE POPULAÇÕES DE ESPÉCIES ARBÓREAS EM FRAGMENTOS DE FLORESTA ALUVIAL NO SUL DE MINAS GERAIS, BRASIL

FLORESTA
2016-03-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5380/rf.v46i1.34782
Part of ISSN: 1982-4688
Part of ISSN: 0015-3826
Contributors: Matheus Henrique Nunes; Pedro Higuchi; Ana Carolina Silva; Eduardo Van den Berg; Marcela De Castro Nunes Santos Terra
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Florestas inundáveis: ecologia, florística e adaptações das espécies

Editora UFLA
2012 | Book
Contributors: Ana Carolina da Silva; Pedro Higuchi; Eduardo van den Berg; Matheus Henrique Nunes; Douglas Antônio Carvalho
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Dinâmica de uma comunidade arbórea após enchente em fragmentos florestais no sul de Minas Gerais

Revista Árvore
2011-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-67622011000500014
Part of ISSN: 0100-6762
Contributors: Ana Carolina da Silva; Eduardo van den Berg; Pedro Higuchi; Matheus Henrique Nunes
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Florística e estrutura da comunidade arbórea em fragmentos de floresta aluvial em São Sebastião da Bela Vista, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Botânica
2009-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-84042009000200008
Part of ISSN: 0100-8404
Contributors: Ana Carolina da Silva; Eduardo van den Berg; Pedro Higuchi; Ary Teixeira de Oliveira-Filho; João José Granate de Sá e Melo Marques; Vivette Appolinário; Daniel Salgado Pifano; Leonardo Massamitsu Ogusuku; Matheus Nunes
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