Senior Lecturer
Biological and Environmental Sciences Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Scotland UK
When I was first applying for university, I had a hard time deciding between Ecology and Computer Science - which is perhaps why I chose to specialise in ecosystems and functional ecology. It is only natural I am most fascinated by the 'algorithms' of nature. Throughout my career, I have continuously alternated between the (un)stable states of Ecologist, Geoscientist and Computer Scientist, but always with a focus on understanding what makes ecosystems work the way they do.
Nowadays I like to define myself as a "digital ecologist", but if you prefer, my official title is Senior Lecturer in Environmental Informatics. I have been at University of Stirling since 2019, where I teach or have taught Geomatics (GEOU9IS, ENMPG11), Plant Ecology (BIOU6PE), Statistics with R (SCIU7SR/ENMPG03) and Field Biology (SCIU3FB).
I am also a National Geographic Explorer, and an Associate Editor for Global Ecology and Biogeography.
My main ecological focus is on how plant communities and ecosystems assemble and function in complex, abiotic-driven environments like wetlands, dry forests, savannas, and high-elevation vegetation - and how they are being affected by the climate crisis. I am also a firm believer that ecology should focus a bit less on "species" and a bit more on functions and mechanisms.
As a geoscientist, I specialise in using Earth Observation (Remote Sensing), environmental sensing and other Earth science methods to capture how ecosystems are shaped by their environment. On my recent projects I have strongly focused on the use of laser scanning (LiDAR, terrestrial and airborne) to understand vegetation structure and plant architecture.
And as a computer scientist, I use 'traditional' statistics and machine learning, mostly coded using R and Python, to analyse, simulate and forecast ecological processes. I'm also looking for opportunities to use game design methods and tools to improve ecological modelling and visualisation, especially in combination with VR/AR/XR for data exploration and science education.
Lately I've also been really interested in developing specialised, open-source software and hardware to push the envelope of ecological research: drones, automated cameras, passive audio recorders and any low-cost sensing hardware built using single board computers, microcontrollers and 3D printing.
Below you can see a couple videos produced by National Geographic and Rolex highlighting our latest project in the Amazon wetlands:
Ecosystems ecology, functional plant ecology, global change biology, ecohydrology, macroecology and biogeography, remote sensing, GIS, spatial analysis, vegetation modeling, wetlands, Amazon, tropical ecosystems, seasonal ecosystems.
Article
Mapping and Monitoring Of Water Hyacinth In Lake Victoria Using Polarimetric Radar Data
Felix IK, Armando M, Simpson MD, Vahid A, Silva TSF, Datta A, Nagendra PG, Pranuthi G & Srikanth R (2024) Mapping and Monitoring Of Water Hyacinth In Lake Victoria Using Polarimetric Radar Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2024.3476938
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The biogeography of the Amazonian tree flora
Luize BG, Tuomisto H, Ekelschot R, Dexter KG, Amaral ILd, Coelho LdS, Matos FDdA, Lima Filho DdA, Salomão RP, Wittmann F, Castilho CV, Carim MdJV, Guevara JE, Phillips OL, Magnusson WE, Sabatier D, Cardenas Revilla JD, Molino J, Irume MV, Martins MP, Guimarães JRdS, Ramos JF, Bánki OS, Piedade MTF, Cárdenas López D, Pitman NCA, Demarchi LO, Schöngart J, de Leão Novo EMM, Núñez Vargas P, Silva TSF, Venticinque EM, Manzatto AG, Reis NFC, Terborgh J, Casula KR, Honorio Coronado EN, Mendoza AM, Montero JC, Costa FRC, Feldpausch TR, Quaresma AC, Castaño Arboleda N, Zartman CE, Killeen TJ, Marimon BS, Marimon BH, Vasquez R, Mostacedo B, Assis RL, Baraloto C, do Amaral DD, Engel J, Petronelli P, Castellanos H, de Medeiros MB, Simon MF, Andrade A, Camargo JL, Laurance WF, Laurance SGW, Rincón LM, Schietti J, Sousa TR, Mori GB, Farias EdS, Lopes MA, Magalhães JLL, Nascimento HEM, de Queiroz HL, Vasconcelos CC, Aymard C GA, Brienen R, Stevenson PR, Araujo-Murakami A, Cintra BBL, Baker TR, Feitosa YO, Mogollón HF, Duivenvoorden JF, Peres CA, Silman MR, Ferreira LV, Lozada JR, Comiskey JA, de Toledo JJ, Damasco G, Dávila N, Draper FC, García-Villacorta R, Lopes A, Vicentini A, Valverde FC, Alonso A, Arroyo L, Dallmeier F, Gomes VHF, Jimenez EM, Neill D, Peñuela Mora MC, Noronha JC, de Aguiar DPP, Barbosa FR, Bredin YK, Carpanedo RdS, Carvalho FA, Souza FCd, Feeley KJ, Gribel R, Haugaasen T, Hawes JE, Pansonato MP, Pipoly JJ, Paredes MR, Rodrigues DdJ, Barlow J, Berenguer E, da Silva IB, Ferreira MJ, Ferreira J, Fine PVA, Guedes MC, Levis C, Licona JC, Villa Zegarra BE, Vos VA, Cerón C, Durgante FM, Fonty É, Henkel TW, Householder JE, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco I, Silveira M, Stropp J, Thomas R, Daly D, Milliken W, Molina GP, Pennington T, Vieira ICG, Albuquerque BW, Campelo W, Fuentes A, Klitgaard B, Pena JLM, Tello JS, Vriesendorp C, Chave J, Di Fiore A, Hilário RR, Pereira LdO, Phillips JF, Rivas-Torres G, van Andel TR, von Hildebrand P, Balee W, Barbosa EM, Bonates LCdM, Dávila Doza HP, Zárate Gómez R, Gonzales T, Gallardo Gonzales GP, Hoffman B, Junqueira AB, Malhi Y, Miranda IPdA, Pinto LFM, Prieto A, Rudas A, Ruschel AR, Silva N, Vela CIA, Zent S, Zent EL, Endara MJ, Cano A, Carrero Márquez YA, Correa DF, Costa JBP, Monteiro Flores B, Galbraith D, Holmgren M, Kalamandeen M, Lobo G, Torres Montenegro L, Nascimento MT, Oliveira AA, Pombo MM, Ramirez-Angulo H, Rocha M, Scudeller VV, Umaña MN, van der Heijden G, Vilanova Torre E, Vargas TM, Ahuite Reategui MA, Baider C, Balslev H, Cárdenas S, Casas LF, Farfan-Rios W, Ferreira C, Linares-Palomino R, Mendoza C, Mesones I, Parada GA, Torres-Lezama A, Urrego Giraldo LE, Villarroel D, Zagt R, Alexiades MN, de Oliveira EA, Fortier RP, Garcia-Cabrera K, Hernandez L, Palacios Cuenca W, Pansini S, Pauletto D, Ramirez Arevalo F, Sampaio AF, Valderrama Sandoval EH, Valenzuela Gamarra L, Hirota M, Palma-Silva C & ter Steege H (2024) The biogeography of the Amazonian tree flora. Communications Biology, 7 (1), Art. No.: 1240. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06937-5
Conference Paper (published)
Monitoring temporal trends to assess infestation of water hyacinth in Lake Victoria using PolSAR
Isundwa F, Simpson M, Akbari V, Datta A, Nagendra P, Pranuthi G, Silva T, Srikanth R & Marino A (2024) Monitoring temporal trends to assess infestation of water hyacinth in Lake Victoria using PolSAR. In: EUSAR 2024; 15th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, Munich, 23.04.2024-26.04.2024. VDE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10659438
Article
Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities
Cooper DLM, Lewis SL, Sullivan MJP, Prado PI, ter Steege H, Barbier N, Slik F, Sonke B, Ewango CEN, Adu-Bredu S, Affum-Baffoe K, de Aguiar DPP, Jeffery KJ, Silva TSF & White LJT (2024) Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities. Nature, 625, pp. 728-734. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06820-z
Article
Medeiros TPd, Morellato LPC & Silva TSF (2023) Spatial distribution and temporal variation of tropical mountaintop vegetation through images obtained by drones. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11, Art. No.: 1083328. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1083328
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Using Polsar to Assess Temporal Trends of Water Hyacinth Infestation in Lake Victoria
Isundwa FK, Simpson M, Akbari V, Datta A, Nagendra P, Pranuthi G, Silva T, Rupavatharam S & Marino A (2023) Using Polsar to Assess Temporal Trends of Water Hyacinth Infestation in Lake Victoria. 2023 IEEE India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS), Bangalore, India, 10.12.2023-13.12.2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/ingarss59135.2023.10490369
Article
Fell A, Silva T, Duthie A & Dent D (2023) A global systematic review of frugivorous animal tracking studies and the estimation of seed dispersal distances. Ecology and Evolution, 13 (11), Art. No.: e10638.
Article
Paz A, Silva TS & Carnaval AC (2022) A framework for near-real time monitoring of diversity patterns based on indirect remote sensing, with an application in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest. PeerJ, 10, Art. No.: e13534. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13534
Article
How much inundation occurs in the Amazon River basin?
Fleischmann AS, Papa F, Fassoni-Andrade A, Melack JM, Wongchuig S, Paiva RCD, Hamilton SK, Fluet-Chouinard E, Barbedo R, Aires F, Al Bitar A, Bonnet M, Coe M, Ferreira-Ferreira J & Silva TSF (2022) How much inundation occurs in the Amazon River basin?. Remote Sensing of Environment, 278, Art. No.: 113099. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113099
Article
The novel mangrove environment and composition of the Amazon Delta
Bernardino AF, Mazzuco ACA, Souza FM, Santos TMT, Sanders CJ, Massone CG, Costa RF, Silva AEB, Ferreira TO, Nóbrega GN, Silva TSF & Kauffman JB (2022) The novel mangrove environment and composition of the Amazon Delta. Current Biology, 32 (16), pp. 3636-3640.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.071
Article
High bee functional diversity buffers crop pollination services against Amazon deforestation
Campbell AJ, Lichtenberg EM, Carvalheiro LG, Menezes C, Borges RC, Coelho BWT, Freitas MAB, Giannini TC, Leão KL, de Oliveira FF, Silva TSF & Maués MM (2022) High bee functional diversity buffers crop pollination services against Amazon deforestation. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 326, Art. No.: 107777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107777
Article
Fornazari T, Daunt ABP & Silva TSF (2021) Concessões em Áreas Protegidas: Uma Análise dos Modelos Estadunidense, Chileno e a Proposta Para o Estado de São Paulo (BRA) [Concessions in protected areas: An analysis of USA, Chilean models and the proposal for the state of Sao Paulo (Bra)]. Revista Geoaraguaia, 11 (2), pp. 109-128. https://periodicoscientificos.ufmt.br/ojs/index.php/geo/article/view/13062
Article
Carvalho TC, Wittmann F, Piedade MTF, Resende AFd, Silva TSF & Schöngart J (2021) Fires in Amazonian Blackwater Floodplain Forests: Causes, Human Dimension, and Implications for Conservation. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4, Art. No.: 755441. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.755441
Letter
Surviving as a young scientist in Brazil
Silva CHLJ, Moura YM, Pessôa ACM, Trevisan DP, Mendes FS, Reis JBC, Picoli MCA, Wiederkehr NC, Carvalho NS, Dalagnol R, Kuck TN, Rosan TM, Silva TSF, Liesenberg V & Bispo PC (2021) Surviving as a young scientist in Brazil. Science, 374 (6570), p. 948. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm8160
Article
Revisiting the drivers of acoustic similarities in tropical anuran assemblages
Sugai LSM, Llusia D, Siqueira T & Silva TSF (2021) Revisiting the drivers of acoustic similarities in tropical anuran assemblages. Ecology, 102 (7), Art. No.: e03380. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3380
Article
Human-climate interactions shape fire regimes in the Cerrado of Sao Paulo state, Brazil
Conciani DE, dos Santos LP, Silva TSF, Durigan G & Alvarado ST (2021) Human-climate interactions shape fire regimes in the Cerrado of Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Journal for Nature Conservation, 61, Art. No.: 126006. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2021.126006
Article
Environmental correlates of taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity in the Atlantic Forest
Paz A, Brown JL, Cordeiro CLO, Aguirre-Santoro J, Assis C, Amaro RC, Raposo do Amaral F, Bochorny T, Bacci LF, Caddah MK, d’Horta F, Kaehler M, Lyra M, Grohmann CH & Silva TS (2021) Environmental correlates of taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity in the Atlantic Forest. Journal of Biogeography, 48 (6), pp. 1377-1391. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14083
Article
Schongart J, Wittmann F, de Resende AF, Assahira C, Lobo GdS, Neves JRD, da Rocha M, Mori GB, Quaresma AC, Demarchi LO, Albuquerque BW, Feitosa YO, Costa GdS, Feitoza GV & Silva TSF (2021) The shadow of the Balbina dam: A synthesis of over 35 years of downstream impacts on floodplain forests in Central Amazonia. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31 (5), pp. 1117-1135. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3526
Article
Drivers of assemblage-wide calling activity in tropical anurans and the role of temporal resolution
Sugai LSM, Silva TSF, Llusia D & Siqueira T (2021) Drivers of assemblage-wide calling activity in tropical anurans and the role of temporal resolution. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90 (3), pp. 673-684. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13399
Article
Petsch DK, Saito VS, Landeiro VL, Silva TSF, Bini LM, Heino J, Soininen J, Tolonen KT, Jyrkänkallio-Mikkola J, Pajunen V, Siqueira T & Melo AS (2021) Beta diversity of stream insects differs between boreal and subtropical regions, but land use does not generally cause biotic homogenization. Freshwater Science, 40 (1), pp. 53-64. https://doi.org/10.1086/712565
Article
Pierri Daunt AB, Sanna Freire Silva T, Bürgi M & Hersperger AM (2021) Urban expansion and forest reserves: Drivers of change and persistence on the coast of São Paulo State (Brazil). Land Use Policy, 101, Art. No.: 105189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105189
Article
Merrick T, Jorge MLSP, Silva TSF, Pau S, Rausch J, Broadbent EN & Bennartz R (2020) Characterization of chlorophyll fluorescence, absorbed photosynthetically active radiation, and reflectance-based vegetation index spectroradiometer measurements. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 41 (17), pp. 6755-6782. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2020.1750731
Article
Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora
ter Steege H, Prado PI, de Lima RAF, Pos E, de Souza Coelho L, de Andrade Lima Filho D, Salomão RP, Amaral IL, de Almeida Matos FD, Castilho CV, Phillips OL, Guevara JE, Veiga Carim MdJ, Cardena Lopez D & Silva TSF (2020) Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora. Scientific Reports, 10, Art. No.: 10130. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66686-3
Article
A roadmap for survey designs in terrestrial acoustic monitoring
Sugai LSM, Desjonquères C, Silva TSF & Llusia D (2020) A roadmap for survey designs in terrestrial acoustic monitoring. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 6 (3), pp. 220-235. https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.131
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Regolin AL, Ribeiro MC, Martello F, Melo GL, Sponchiado J, Campanha LFdC, Sugai LSM, Silva TSF & Caceres NC (2020) Spatial heterogeneity and habitat configuration overcome habitat composition influences on alpha and beta mammal diversity. Biotropica, 52 (5), pp. 969-980. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12800
Article
Streher AS, Torres RdS, Morellato LPC & Silva TSF (2020) Accuracy and limitations for spectroscopic prediction of leaf traits in seasonally dry tropical environments. Remote Sensing of Environment, 244, Art. No.: 111828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111828
Article
A Change-Driven Image Foveation Approach for Tracking Plant Phenology
Silva E, Torres RdS, Alberton B, Morellato LPC & Silva TSF (2020) A Change-Driven Image Foveation Approach for Tracking Plant Phenology. Remote Sensing, 12 (9), Art. No.: 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12091409
Article
Carbon Dioxide Fluxes to the Atmosphere From Waters Within Flooded Forests in the Amazon Basin
Amaral JHF, Melack JM, Barbosa PM, MacIntyre S, Kasper D, Cortes A, Silva TSF, de Sousa RN & Forsberg BR (2020) Carbon Dioxide Fluxes to the Atmosphere From Waters Within Flooded Forests in the Amazon Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 125 (3), Art. No.: e2019JG005293. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jg005293
Article
Monitoring Mega-Crown Leaf Turnover from Space
Bush ER, Mitchard ETA, Silva TSF, Dimoto E, Dimbonda P, Makaga L & Abernethy K (2020) Monitoring Mega-Crown Leaf Turnover from Space. Remote Sensing, 12 (3), Art. No.: 429. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12030429
Article
Alvarado ST, Andela N, Silva TSF & Archibald S (2020) Thresholds of fire response to moisture and fuel load differ between tropical savannas and grasslands across continents. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29 (2), pp. 331-344. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13034
Article
A new era in forest restoration monitoring
de Almeida DRA, Stark SC, Valbuena R, Broadbent EN, Silva TSF, de Resende AF, Ferreira MP, Cardil A, Silva CA, Amazonas N, Zambrano AMA & Brancalion PHS (2020) A new era in forest restoration monitoring. Restoration Ecology, 28 (1), pp. 8-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13067
Article
Spatio-Temporal Vegetation Pixel Classification by Using Convolutional Networks
Nogueira K, dos Santos JA, Menini N, Silva TSF, Morellato LPC & da S Torres R (2019) Spatio-Temporal Vegetation Pixel Classification by Using Convolutional Networks. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 16 (10), pp. 1665-1669. https://doi.org/10.1109/lgrs.2019.2903194
Article
Leafing patterns and drivers across seasonally dry tropical communities
Alberton B, Torres RdS, Silva TSF, da Rocha HR, Moura MSB & Morellato LPC (2019) Leafing patterns and drivers across seasonally dry tropical communities. Remote Sensing, 11 (19), Art. No.: 2267. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11192267
Article
Pierri Daunt AB & Silva TSF (2019) Beyond the park and city dichotomy: Land use and land cover change in the northern coast of São Paulo (Brazil). Landscape and Urban Planning, 189, pp. 352-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.05.003
Article
Merrick T, Pau S, Jorge MLSP, Silva TS & Bennartz R (2019) Spatiotemporal Patterns and Phenology of Tropical Vegetation Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence across Brazilian Biomes Using Satellite Observations. Remote Sensing, 11 (15), Art. No.: 1746. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11151746
Article
Phenology and Seasonal Ecosystem Productivity in an Amazonian Floodplain Forest
Fonseca LDM, Dalagnol R, Malhi Y, Rifai SW, Costa GB, Silva TSF, Da Rocha HR, Tavares IB & Borma LS (2019) Phenology and Seasonal Ecosystem Productivity in an Amazonian Floodplain Forest. Remote Sensing, 11 (13), Art. No.: 1530. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11131530
Article
de Resende AF, Schöngart J, Streher AS, Ferreira-Ferreira J, Piedade MTF & Silva TSF (2019) Massive tree mortality from flood pulse disturbances in Amazonian floodplain forests: The collateral effects of hydropower production. Science of the Total Environment, 659, pp. 587-598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.208
Article
Species Distribution Modelling: Contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data
Gomes VHF, IJff SD, Raes N, Amaral IL, Salomão RP, de Souza Coelho L, de Almeida Matos FD, Castilho CV, de Andrade Lima Filho D, López DC, Guevara JE, Magnusson WE, Phillips OL, Wittmann F & Silva TSF (2018) Species Distribution Modelling: Contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data. Scientific Reports, 8 (1), Art. No.: 1003. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18927-1
Article
Pereira L, Furtado L, Novo E, Sant’Anna S, Liesenberg V & Silva T (2018) Multifrequency and Full-Polarimetric SAR Assessment for Estimating Above Ground Biomass and Leaf Area Index in the Amazon Várzea Wetlands. Remote Sensing, 10 (9), pp. 1355-1355. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10091355
Article
Alvarado ST, Silva TSF & Archibald S (2018) Management impacts on fire occurrence: A comparison of fire regimes of African and South American tropical savannas in different protected areas. Journal of Environmental Management, 218, pp. 79-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.04.004
Article
Luize BG, Magalhães JLL, Queiroz H, Lopes MA, Venticinque EM, Leão de Moraes Novo EM & Silva TSF (2018) The tree species pool of Amazonian wetland forests: Which species can assemble in periodically waterlogged habitats?. PLoS One, 13 (5), Art. No.: e0198130. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198130
Conference Paper (published)
Nogueira K, Dos Santos JA, Cancian L, Borges BD, Silva TSF, Morellato LP & Torres RdS (2017) Semantic segmentation of vegetation images acquired by unmanned aerial vehicles using an ensemble of ConvNets. In: 2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings. 2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Fort Worth, TX, USA, 23.07.2017-28.07.2017. Piscataway, NJ, USA: IEEE, pp. 3787-3790. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8127824
Article
Land Surface Phenology in the Tropics: The Role of Climate and Topography in a Snow-Free Mountain
Streher AS, Sobreiro JFF, Morellato LPC & Silva TSF (2017) Land Surface Phenology in the Tropics: The Role of Climate and Topography in a Snow-Free Mountain. Ecosystems, 20 (8), pp. 1436-1453. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-017-0123-2
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Alvarado ST, Fornazari T, Cóstola A, Morellato LPC & Silva TSF (2017) Drivers of fire occurrence in a mountainous Brazilian cerrado savanna: tracking long-term fire regimes using remote sensing. Ecological Indicators, 78, pp. 270-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.02.037
Book Chapter
Remote Sensing of Wetland Types: Subtropical Wetlands of Southern Hemisphere
Costa M, Evans T & Silva TSF (2016) Remote Sensing of Wetland Types: Subtropical Wetlands of Southern Hemisphere. In: Finlayson C, Everard M, Irvine K, McInnes R, Middleton B, van Dam A & Davidson N (eds.) The Wetland Book. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6172-8_307-2
Book Chapter
Remote Sensing of Wetland Types: Tropical Flooded Forests
Hess LL, Costa M, Evans TL, Silva TSF, Chapman BD & Milne T (2016) Remote Sensing of Wetland Types: Tropical Flooded Forests. In: Finlayson C, Everard M, Irvine K, McInnes R, Middleton B, van Dam A & Davidson N (eds.) The Wetland Book. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6172-8_303-2
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Fragal EH, Silva TSF & Novo EMLM (2016) Reconstructing historical forest cover change in the Lower Amazon floodplains using the LandTrendr algorithm [Reconstrução histórica de mudanças na cobertura florestal em várzeas do Baixo Amazonas utilizando o algoritmo LandTrendr]. Acta Amazonica, 46 (1), pp. 13-24. https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201500835
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Linking plant phenology to conservation biology
Morellato LPC, Alberton B, Alvarado ST, Borges BD, Buisson E, Camargo MGG, Cancian LF, Carstensen DW, Escobar DFE, Leite PTP, Mendoza I, Rocha NMWB, Soares NC, Silva TSF & Staggemeier VG (2016) Linking plant phenology to conservation biology. Biological Conservation, 195, pp. 60-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.12.033
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Furtado LFAdA, Silva TSF & Novo EMLdM (2016) Dual-season and full-polarimetric C band SAR assessment for vegetation mapping in the Amazon várzea wetlands. Remote Sensing of Environment, 174, pp. 212-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2015.12.013
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Luize BG, Venticinque EM, Silva TSF & Novo EMLMMLdM (2015) A floristic survey of angiosperm species occurring at three landscapes of the Central Amazon várzea, Brazil. Check List, 11 (6), Art. No.: 1789. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.6.1789
Article
Sunglint correction in airborne hyperspectral images over inland waters
Streher AS, Barbosa CCF, Galvão LS, Goodman JA, Novo EMLM & Silva TSF (2015) Sunglint correction in airborne hyperspectral images over inland waters. Revista Brasileira de Cartografia, 66 (7), pp. 1437-1449. http://www.seer.ufu.br/index.php/revistabrasileiracartografia/article/view/44738
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de Almeida Furtado LF, Silva TSF, Fernandes PJF & de Moraes Novo EML (2015) Land cover classification of Lago Grande de Curuai floodplain (Amazon, Brazil) using multi-sensor and image fusion techniques [Classificação da cobertura da terra na planície de inundação do Lago Grande de Curuai (Amazônia, Brasil) utilizando dados multisensor e fusão de imagens]. Acta Amazonica, 45 (2), pp. 195-202. https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201401439
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Luize BG, Silva TSF, Wittmann F, Assis RL & Venticinque EM (2015) Effects of the Flooding Gradient on Tree Community Diversity in Várzea Forests of the Purus River, Central Amazon, Brazil. Biotropica, 47 (2), pp. 137-142. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12203
Book Chapter
Silva TSF, Melack JM, Streher AS, Ferreira-Ferreira J & Furtado LFA (2015) Capturing the Dynamics of Amazonian Wetlands Using Synthetic Aperture Radar: Lessons Learned and Future Directions. In: Tiner R, Lang M & Klemas V (eds.) Remote Sensing of Wetlands Applications and Advances. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis, pp. 453-470.
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Ferreira-Ferreira J, Silva TSF, Streher AS, Affonso AG, de Almeida Furtado LF, Forsberg BR, Valsecchi J, Queiroz HL & de Moraes Novo EML (2015) Combining ALOS/PALSAR derived vegetation structure and inundation patterns to characterize major vegetation types in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, Central Amazon floodplain, Brazil. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 23 (1), pp. 41-59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-014-9359-1
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Montanher OC, Novo EMLM, Barbosa CCF, Rennó CD & Silva TSF (2014) Empirical models for estimating the suspended sediment concentration in Amazonian white water rivers using Landsat 5/TM. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 29, pp. 67-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2014.01.001
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dos Santos JS, Fontana DC, Silva TSF & Rudorff BFT (2014) Identificação da dinâmica espaço-temporal para estimar área cultivada de soja a partir de imagens MODIS no Rio Grande do Sul [Identification of the spatial and temporal dynamics for estimating soybean crop area from MODIS images in the Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]. Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agricola e Ambiental, 18 (1), pp. 54-63. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1415-43662014000100008
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Garcia LC, Santos JS, Matsumoto M, Silva TSF, Padovezi A, Sparovek G & Hobbs RJ (2013) Restoration Challenges and Opportunities for Increasing Landscape Connectivity under the New Brazilian Forest Act. Natureza and Conservacao, 11 (2), pp. 181-185. https://doi.org/10.4322/natcon.2013.028
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Silva TSF, Melack JM & Novo EMLM (2013) Responses of aquatic macrophyte cover and productivity to flooding variability on the Amazon floodplain.. Global Change Biology, 19 (11), pp. 3379-3389. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12308
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Monitoring flood extent in the lower Amazon River floodplain using ALOS/PALSAR ScanSAR images
Arnesen AS, Silva TSF, Hess LL, Novo EMLdM, Rudorff CM, Chapman BD & McDonald KC (2013) Monitoring flood extent in the lower Amazon River floodplain using ALOS/PALSAR ScanSAR images. Remote Sensing of Environment, 130, pp. 51-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2012.10.035
Conference Paper (published)
Spatial-Temporal pattern of forest regeneration in areas deforested in the Eastern Amazon
Lima A, Moscardo A, Silva TSF, Leitold V, Coura S, Aragão LEOECD, Rudorff BFT, Formaggio AR & Shimabukuro YE (2012) Spatial-Temporal pattern of forest regeneration in areas deforested in the Eastern Amazon. In: volume 7. 2012 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Munich, 22.07.2012-27.07.2012. IEEE, pp. 6283-6286. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352695
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Assessment of deforestation in the Lower Amazon floodplain using historical Landsat MSS/TM imagery
Renó VF, Novo EMLdM, Suemitsu C, Rennó CD & Silva TSF (2011) Assessment of deforestation in the Lower Amazon floodplain using historical Landsat MSS/TM imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 115 (12), pp. 3446-3456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2011.08.008
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Casali S, Calijuri MdC, Barbarisi B, Renó VF, Affonso AG, Barbosa CCF, Silva TSF & Novo EMLDM (2011) Impact of the 2009 extreme water level variation on phytoplankton community structure in Lower Amazon floodplain lakes. Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia, 23 (3), pp. 260-270. https://doi.org/10.1590/S2179-975X2012005000001
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Using ALOS/PALSAR and RADARSAT-2 to Map Land Cover and Seasonal Inundation in the Brazilian Pantanal
Evans TL, Costa MPF, Telmer KH & Silva TSF (2010) Using ALOS/PALSAR and RADARSAT-2 to Map Land Cover and Seasonal Inundation in the Brazilian Pantanal. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 3 (4), pp. 560-575. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2010.2089042
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Silva TSF, Costa MPF & Melack JM (2010) Spatial and temporal variability of macrophyte cover and productivity in the eastern Amazon floodplain: A remote sensing approach. Remote Sensing of Environment, 114 (9), pp. 1998-2010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2010.04.007
Article
Assessment of two biomass estimation methods for aquatic vegetation growing on the Amazon Floodplain
Silva TSF, Costa MPF & Melack JM (2010) Assessment of two biomass estimation methods for aquatic vegetation growing on the Amazon Floodplain. Aquatic Botany, 92 (3), pp. 161-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2009.10.015
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Annual net primary production of macrophytes in the eastern Amazon floodplain
Silva TSF, Costa MPF & Melack JM (2009) Annual net primary production of macrophytes in the eastern Amazon floodplain. Wetlands, 29 (2), pp. 747-758. https://doi.org/10.1672/08-107.1
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Remote sensing of aquatic vegetation: theory and applications
Silva TSF, Costa MPF, Melack JM & Novo EMLM (2008) Remote sensing of aquatic vegetation: theory and applications. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 140 (1-3), pp. 131-145. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-007-9855-3
GEOU9IS - Geographical Information Systems ENMPG11 - Geomatics SCIU7SR / ENMPG03 - Statistics with R BIOU6PE - Plant Ecology (past) SCIU4T4 - Statistical Techniques (past)
