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  1. Tree diversity is changing across tropical Andean and Amazonian forests in response to global change

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  2. Secondary natural vegetation gains in the Atlantic Forest do not offset losses of carbon stocks and conservation of priority areas

    Article • Biological Conservation, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  3. Analogous environments across the tropics have similar levels of tree species alpha diversity

    Article • National Science Review, October 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  4. Increasing tree size across Amazonia

    Article • Nature Plants, September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  5. Brazil must not weaken environmental planning rules

    Article • Nature, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  6. Positive effects of an Atlantic Forest program of payment for ecosystem services on native vegetation and pasture quality

    Article • Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, July 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  7. Mycorrhizal symbioses and tree diversity in global forest communities

    Article • Science Advances, June 2025, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr. Simone Vieira, Dr Michael R Ngugi, Cang Hui

  8. Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Dr. Simone Vieira, Dr Michael R Ngugi

  9. Species turnover does not rescue biodiversity in fragmented landscapes

    Article • Nature, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  10. Variation in wood density across South American tropical forests

    Article • Nature Communications, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  11. Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change

    Article • Science, March 2025, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Carlos A. JOLY, Varun Swamy, Dr. Simone Vieira

  12. Trends in Land-Use and Land-Cover Change: Key Insights for Managing the Atlantic Forest Transition

    Article • Land, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  13. The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simone Vieira, Dr Michael R Ngugi

  14. The pace of life for forest trees

    Article • Science, October 2024, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  15. Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Dr. Simone Vieira, Dr Michael R Ngugi

  16. The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit

    Article • Nature Plants, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Vladimír Šebeň, Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Dr. Simone Vieira, Dr Michael R Ngugi

  17. Author Correction: Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions

    Article • Nature, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Vladimír Šebeň, Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Dr. Simone Vieira, Dr Michael R Ngugi

  18. Sensitivity of South American tropical forests to an extreme climate anomaly

    Article • Nature Climate Change, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  19. Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions

    Article • Nature, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Vladimír Šebeň, Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Dr. Simone Vieira, Dr Michael R Ngugi

  20. Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

    Article • Current Biology, August 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Simone Vieira, Professor Carlos A. Peres

  21. Toward a forest transition across the Brazilian Atlantic Forest biome

    Article • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, June 2023, Frontiers

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  22. Trait interactions effects on tropical tree demography depend on the environmental context

    Article • Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics, June 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Carlos A. JOLY, Dr. Simone Vieira

  23. Basin-wide variation in tree hydraulic safety margins predicts the carbon balance of Amazon forests

    Article • Nature, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  24. Slow-down of deforestation following a Brazilian forest policy was less effective on private lands than in all conservation areas

    Article • Communications Earth & Environment, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  25. The Potential of Non-Vascular Epiphytes in Water Storage in the Montane Atlantic Forest

    Article • October 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  26. Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Vladimír Šebeň, Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Dr. Simone Vieira, Professor Michael John Lawes, Dr Michael R Ngugi

  27. Water table depth modulates productivity and biomass across Amazonian forests

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, May 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  28. Author Correction: Tree mode of death and mortality risk factors across Amazon forests

    Article • Nature Communications, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Varun Swamy, Dr. Simone Vieira

  29. Author Correction: Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses

    Article • Nature, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Han Y.H. Chen, Vladimír Šebeň, Dr. Simone Vieira, Dr Michael R Ngugi, Cang Hui

  30. Groundwater drawdown drives ecophysiological adjustments of woody vegetation in a semi-arid coastal ecosystem

    Article • Global Change Biology, August 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  31. Water source partitioning among plant functional types in a semi-arid dune ecosystem

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, July 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  32. Differences in leaf thermoregulation and water use strategies between three co-occurring Atlantic forest tree species

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, May 2018, Wiley

    Professor Carlos A. JOLY, Dr. Simone Vieira

  33. Contrasting plant water-use responses to groundwater depth in coastal dune ecosystems

    Article • Functional Ecology, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Simone Vieira, Angela Pereira

  34. Phylogenetic classification of the world’s tropical forests

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2018, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Simone Vieira, Dr Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Professor Serge Wich, Professor Michael John Lawes

  35. Bamboos and a new perspective on nitrogen input in tropical forests

    Article • January 2018, PeerJ

    Gabriela Nardoto, Dr. Simone Vieira

  36. No additive or age effects on edges from secondary Atlantic forests

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  37. Tropical forest light regimes in a human-modified landscape

    Article • Ecosphere, November 2017, Wiley

    Professor Carlos A. JOLY, Dr. Simone Vieira

  38. Perspectives for environmental conservation and ecosystem services on coupled rural–urban systems

    Article • Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, April 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  39. Carbon uptake by mature Amazon forests has mitigated Amazon nations’ carbon emissions

    Article • Carbon Balance and Management, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  40. Erratum to: Nitrogen dynamics in subtropical fringe and basin mangrove forests inferred from stable isotopes

    Article • Oecologia, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gabriela Nardoto, Dr. Simone Vieira

  41. Evolutionary heritage influences Amazon tree ecology

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, December 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  42. Nitrogen dynamics in subtropical fringe and basin mangrove forests inferred from stable isotopes

    Article • Oecologia, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Gabriela Nardoto, Dr. Simone Vieira

  43. ANÁLISE DA ESTRUTURA E BIOMASSA FLORESTAL DE ÁREAS DE COLHEITA DE FRUTOS DE JUÇARA (Euterpe edulis Mart.) NO LITORAL NORTE E SERRA DO MAR - SP

    Article • Ciência Florestal, September 2016, Universidad Federal de Santa Maria

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  44. The role of stand structure and palm abundance in predicting above-ground biomass at local scale in southern Amazonia

    Article • Plant Ecology & Diversity, July 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  45. Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests

    Article • Biogeosciences, April 2016, Copernicus GmbH

    Hans Beeckman, Dr. Simone Vieira

  46. Correction for Slik et al., An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Serge Wich, Dr. Simone Vieira, Professor Michael John Lawes

  47. An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Mr Bruno G Luize, Professor Serge Wich, Dr. Simone Vieira, Professor Michael John Lawes

  48. Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling

    Article • Nature Communications, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  49. Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink

    Article • Nature, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  50. Early recruitment responses to interactions between frequent fires, nutrients, and herbivory in the southern Amazon

    Article • Oecologia, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  51. The politics of Amazonian deforestation: environmental policy and climate change knowledge

    Article • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change, July 2014, Wiley

    Marko Monteiro, Dr. Simone Vieira

  52. Markedly divergent estimates of Amazon forest carbon density from ground plots and satellites

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, April 2014, Wiley

    Professor Carlos A. Peres, Dr. Simone Vieira

  53. Disturbances, elevation, topography and spatial proximity drive vegetation patterns along an altitudinal gradient of a top biodiversity hotspot

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Carlos A. JOLY, Dr. Simone Vieira

  54. Interactions between repeated fire, nutrients, and insect herbivores affect the recovery of diversity in the southern Amazon

    Article • Oecologia, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  55. Carbon and nitrogen stock and fluxes in coastal Atlantic Forest of southeast Brazil: potential impacts of climate change on biogeochemical functioning

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Biology, August 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  56. Florística e fitossociologia em parcelas permanentes da Mata Atlântica do sudeste do Brasil ao longo de um gradiente altitudinal

    Article • Biota Neotropica, March 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  57. Height-diameter relationships of tropical Atlantic moist forest trees in southeastern Brazil

    Article • Scientia Agricola, February 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  58. Monitoring carbon assimilation in South America's tropical forests: Model specification and application to the Amazonian droughts of 2005 and 2010

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, February 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  59. Variation in liana abundance and biomass along an elevational gradient in the tropical Atlantic Forest (Brazil)

    Article • Ecological Research, December 2011, Wiley

    Professor Carlos A. JOLY, Dr. Simone Vieira

  60. Stocks of carbon and nitrogen and partitioning between above- and belowground pools in the Brazilian coastal Atlantic Forest elevation range

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, October 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Simone Vieira, Professor Carlos A. JOLY

  61. Comment on "Drought-Induced Reduction in Global Terrestrial Net Primary Production from 2000 Through 2009"

    Article • Science, August 2011, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  62. Florestas de restinga e de terras baixas na planície costeira do sudeste do Brasil: vegetação e heterogeneidade ambiental

    Article • Biota Neotropica, June 2011, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  63. Soil-atmosphere exchange of nitrous oxide, methane and carbon dioxide in a gradient of elevation in the coastal Brazilian Atlantic forest

    Article • Biogeosciences, March 2011, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Simone Vieira, Professor Carlos A. JOLY

  64. Forest structure and live aboveground biomass variation along an elevational gradient of tropical Atlantic moist forest (Brazil)

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Simone Vieira, Professor Carlos A. JOLY

  65. Dynamics of Dissolved Forms of Carbon and Inorganic Nitrogen in Small Watersheds of the Coastal Atlantic Forest in Southeast Brazil

    Article • Water Air & Soil Pollution, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simone Vieira, Professor Carlos A. JOLY

  66. Changes in Amazonian forest biomass, dynamics, and composition, 1980–2002

    Article • January 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  67. Estimation of biomass and carbon stocks: the case of the Atlantic Forest

    Article • Biota Neotropica, June 2008, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  68. Dynamics of carbon, biomass, and structure in two Amazonian forests

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, March 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  69. Aboveground biomass stock of native woodland on a Brazilian sandy coastal plain: Estimates based on the dominant tree species

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, May 2006, Elsevier

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  70. Slow growth rates of Amazonian trees: Consequences for carbon cycling

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2005, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  71. Climatic variability and vegetation vulnerability in Amazônia

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, December 2005, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  72. Forest structure and carbon dynamics in Amazonian tropical rain forests

    Article • Oecologia, June 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  73. Isótopos estáveis e produção de bebidas: de onde vem o carbono que consumimos?

    Article • Food Science and Technology, December 2002, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. Simone Vieira

  74. The role of deep roots in the hydrological and carbon cycles of Amazonian forests and pastures

    Article • Nature, December 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simone Vieira, Prof Dr Carlos R R Carvalho