Dr Cassio Alencar Nunes

Senior Research Associate

Research Overview

I am an applied ecologist from Brazil. Most of my research to date has been developed to understand the influence of the environment on biodiversity and ecological functions. Within this scope, my recent research was focused on the understanding of how anthropogenic activities change the environment and affect ecosystems. In my current project (RAINFAUNA), we aim to develop a framework to integrate local disturbances and climate change to predict faunal responses to future scenarios of change in Amazonia. Working on these subjects, I developed skills in the management and analysis of large ecological datasets, mainly through R programming.

Selected Publications


Berenguer, E., Nunes, C.A., Aguirre‐Gutiérrez, J., Ferreira, J., Malhi, Y., Arag?o, L.E.O.C., Esquivel‐Muelbert, A., Figueiredo, A.E.S., Hawes, J.E., Joly, C.A., Quesada, C.A., de Seixas, M.M.M., Vieira, I., Barlow, J. 30/11/2025 In: Global Change Biology. 31, 11
Journal article


Nunes, C., Berenguer, E., Fran?a, F., Ferreira, J., Lees, A., Louzada, J., Sayer, E., Solar, R., Smith, C., Arag?o, L., Braga, D., de Camargo, P., Cerri, C., de Oliveira R.C., J., Durigan, M., Moura, N., Oliveira, V., Ribas, C., Vaz-de-Mello, F., Vieira, I., Zanetti, R., Barlow, J. 5/07/2022 In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 27, 9 p.
Journal article


Nunes, C.A., Braga, R.F., Figueira, J.E.C., De Siqueira Neves, F., Fernandes, G.W. 23/06/2016 In: PLoS One. 11, 6
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Nunes, C.A., Braga, R.F., de Moura Resende, F., de Siqueira Neves, F., Figueira, J.E.C., Fernandes, G.W. 1/09/2018 In: Ecosystems. 21, p. 1244-1254. 11 p.
Journal article


Alencar Nunes, C., Barlow, J., Machado Franca, F., De Berenguer Cesar, E., Solar, R.R.C., Louzada, J., Leit?o, R.P., Mala, L.F., Fonseca Oliveira, V.H., Braga, R.F., Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z., Sayer, E. 30/11/2021 In: Biotropica. 53, 6, p. 1510-1521. 12 p.
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  • 01/06/2023 → …
    Research


Participation in workshop, seminar, course


Editorial activity

  • Ecology and Conservation