L. C. Schiesari

Impacts of agrochemical intensification on the assembly and reassembly of a mainland-island model metacommunity

This study examines how agrochemical intensification affects freshwater communities in artificial ponds at different spatial distances from a wetland source, finding that sugarcane treatments reduced insect abundance and increased amphibian populations, while spatial isolation had limited impact on chemical effects.

Integrating ecosystem and contaminant models to predict the effects of ecosystem fluxes on contaminant dynamics

This paper develops a modeling framework to predict how ecosystem fluxes affect contaminant dynamics across trophic levels, showing that nutrient input and loss rates influence pollutant concentrations differently.

Spatial community variability: Interactive effects of predators and isolation on stochastic community assembly

The paper examines how predator presence and dispersal limitation affect community assembly by altering stochastic and non-stochastic processes in freshwater insect communities.

Top predator introduction changes the effects of spatial isolation on freshwater community structure

This study shows that top predator introduction alters how spatial isolation affects freshwater macroinvertebrate communities by changing the interaction between isolation and trophic cascades.

Multilevel community assembly of the tadpole gut microbiome

This study examines how regional and local factors shape the gut microbiome of tadpoles, finding that pond origin has a greater influence than host species identity.

Ponds, puddles, floodplains and dams in the Upper Xingu Basin: could we be witnessing the ‘lentification’ of deforested Amazonia?

The paper examines how deforestation in the Amazon increases lentic habitats, affecting freshwater biodiversity through reservoirs, floodplains, and temporary water bodies.