I’m an ecologist with a focus on plant ecology in tropical forests. My research interests are secondary succession, ecological restoration, plant phenology, tree growth, seed dispersal, plant functional traits and landscape ecology. I obtained my PhD in the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil, with an exchange period in the University of Connecticut, USA. During my PhD, I studied the factors that affect forest restoration in the Atlantic Forest, in southern Brazil. At KFBG, I’m working in our tree-planting sites to investigate key drivers of restoration success to help in the planning of effective restoration actions in the region.

Selected publications:

- Cardoso FCG; Capellesso E; Britez RM; Inague G; Marques MCM. Landscape conservation as a strategy for recovering biodiversity: lessons from a long-term program of pasture restoration in the southern Atlantic Forest. Journal of Applied Ecology, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14240

- Cardoso FCG, Zwiener VP, Marques MCM. Tree phenology along a successional gradient of tropical Atlantic Forest. Journal of Plant Ecology, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rty020

- Cequinel A, Capelesso E, Marciano-Silva V, Cardoso FCG, Marques MCM. Determinism in tree turnover during the succession of a tropical forest. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2018.08.007

- Warring B, Cardoso FCG, Marques MCM, Varassin IG . Functional diversity of reproductive traits increases across succession in the Atlantic forest. Rodriguesia, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1590/2175-7860201667204  

- Zwiener VP; Cardoso FCG; Padial AA; Marques MCM. Disentangling the effects of facilitation on restoration of the Atlantic Forest. Basic and Applied Ecology, 2014, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2013.11.005

- Kauano EE; Cardoso FCG; Torezan JMR; Marques MCM. Micro- and meso-scale factors affect the restoration of the Atlantic Forest. Nature & Conservation, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/natcon.2013.023

- Cardoso FCG; Marques R; Botosso PC; Marques MCM. Stem growth and phenology of two tropical trees in contrasting soil conditions. Plant and Soil, 2011, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-011-1063-9