Alessandra Fidelis
@alefidelis.bsky.social
I am a plant-community-fire-grassland-savanna ecologist with more questions than answers 🔥🌾🌱🌺
Associate Professor at Universidade Estadual Paulista
tropical open ecosystems | seed ecology | fire ecology | belowground organs | biological invasion
Associate Professor at Universidade Estadual Paulista
tropical open ecosystems | seed ecology | fire ecology | belowground organs | biological invasion
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📢📢🔥🔥🔥 I am so excited to announce our book about Fire in the South American Ecosystems! It has 14 Chapters led mostly by south american authors. Thanks to all authors for their valuable contribution! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
This experience was amazing! I was a panelist at the Green Zone at the COP30, talking about fire and resilient landscapes and communities, together with people representing the government, female fire brigade and indigenous people! #cop30
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This experience was amazing! I was a panelist at the Green Zone at the COP30, talking about fire and resilient landscapes and communities, together with people representing the government, female fire brigade and indigenous people! #cop30
Oportunidade de Pós-Doutorado / Post-doctoral Research Opportunity in our lab!
🔥 Postdoc: Biota-Cerrado on Fire (FAPESP)
3-yr position at LEVeg/Unesp (Brazil) on fire, open ecosystems & functional ecology.
Pós-Doc (3 anos) sobre fogo, ecossistemas abertos e ecologia funcional.
📅 Deadline/Prazo: 30/11/25
🔗 Apply/Inscreva-se: fapesp.br/oportunidade...
#Postdoc #FireEcology
3-yr position at LEVeg/Unesp (Brazil) on fire, open ecosystems & functional ecology.
Pós-Doc (3 anos) sobre fogo, ecossistemas abertos e ecologia funcional.
📅 Deadline/Prazo: 30/11/25
🔗 Apply/Inscreva-se: fapesp.br/oportunidade...
#Postdoc #FireEcology
October 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Oportunidade de Pós-Doutorado / Post-doctoral Research Opportunity in our lab!
Reposted by Alessandra Fidelis
🔥🌱 From the #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥
Changes in plant flammability-related traits to fire regime characteristics & biomass conditions in the #Cerrado
By Vagner Zanzarini, Davi Rossatto & Alessandra Fidelis
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
Changes in plant flammability-related traits to fire regime characteristics & biomass conditions in the #Cerrado
By Vagner Zanzarini, Davi Rossatto & Alessandra Fidelis
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
October 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🔥🌱 From the #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥
Changes in plant flammability-related traits to fire regime characteristics & biomass conditions in the #Cerrado
By Vagner Zanzarini, Davi Rossatto & Alessandra Fidelis
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
Changes in plant flammability-related traits to fire regime characteristics & biomass conditions in the #Cerrado
By Vagner Zanzarini, Davi Rossatto & Alessandra Fidelis
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
Reposted by Alessandra Fidelis
By @alinebombo.bsky.social, @alefidelis.bsky.social & Soizig Le Stradic
#botany #plantscience #rhizomes #grasslands #conservation #biodiversity
#botany #plantscience #rhizomes #grasslands #conservation #biodiversity
October 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
By @alinebombo.bsky.social, @alefidelis.bsky.social & Soizig Le Stradic
#botany #plantscience #rhizomes #grasslands #conservation #biodiversity
#botany #plantscience #rhizomes #grasslands #conservation #biodiversity
Reposted by Alessandra Fidelis
🔥🌱 From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥
Modifications in fire frequency impact belowground plant components in old-growth grasslands, posing risks to their resilience
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... @leveg.bsky.social
Modifications in fire frequency impact belowground plant components in old-growth grasslands, posing risks to their resilience
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... @leveg.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🔥🌱 From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥
Modifications in fire frequency impact belowground plant components in old-growth grasslands, posing risks to their resilience
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... @leveg.bsky.social
Modifications in fire frequency impact belowground plant components in old-growth grasslands, posing risks to their resilience
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... @leveg.bsky.social
Reposted by Alessandra Fidelis
September 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Reposted by Alessandra Fidelis
🔥New review in WIREs Climate Change
Proud to highlight the participation of Dr. Davi Rossatto, PI of the Biota-Cerrado on Fire Project (FAPESP 2023/16620-0).
👉 doi.org/10.1002/wcc....
#Cerrado #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Savanna
Proud to highlight the participation of Dr. Davi Rossatto, PI of the Biota-Cerrado on Fire Project (FAPESP 2023/16620-0).
👉 doi.org/10.1002/wcc....
#Cerrado #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Savanna
October 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🔥New review in WIREs Climate Change
Proud to highlight the participation of Dr. Davi Rossatto, PI of the Biota-Cerrado on Fire Project (FAPESP 2023/16620-0).
👉 doi.org/10.1002/wcc....
#Cerrado #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Savanna
Proud to highlight the participation of Dr. Davi Rossatto, PI of the Biota-Cerrado on Fire Project (FAPESP 2023/16620-0).
👉 doi.org/10.1002/wcc....
#Cerrado #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Savanna
The Cerrado is really amazing! Post-fire flowering is one of the most interesting and beautiful fire response! It is not a response of a specific species or family! Bulbostylis paradoxa never fails and can be seen flowering already 18 hs after fire! @leveg.bsky.social @programabiota.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The Cerrado is really amazing! Post-fire flowering is one of the most interesting and beautiful fire response! It is not a response of a specific species or family! Bulbostylis paradoxa never fails and can be seen flowering already 18 hs after fire! @leveg.bsky.social @programabiota.bsky.social
We just did the 153th burn since 2013 in our plots! In each burn we measured different fire parameters like fire intensity, fuel load, fire temperature, etc. Thanks to all students, local people and the fire brigade who helped in all experimental fires! @leveg.bsky.social @programabiota.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
We just did the 153th burn since 2013 in our plots! In each burn we measured different fire parameters like fire intensity, fuel load, fire temperature, etc. Thanks to all students, local people and the fire brigade who helped in all experimental fires! @leveg.bsky.social @programabiota.bsky.social
Reposted by Alessandra Fidelis
Check out the new paper by our PhD student @marcochiminazzo.bsky.social
(EN) Important implications for ecosystem functioning in fire-prone and disturbance-driven systems🔥
(PT) Novo artigo do aluno de doutorado do LEVeg: ecossistemas expostos ao fogo e a distúrbios🔥
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.pp...
(EN) Important implications for ecosystem functioning in fire-prone and disturbance-driven systems🔥
(PT) Novo artigo do aluno de doutorado do LEVeg: ecossistemas expostos ao fogo e a distúrbios🔥
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.pp...
June 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Check out the new paper by our PhD student @marcochiminazzo.bsky.social
(EN) Important implications for ecosystem functioning in fire-prone and disturbance-driven systems🔥
(PT) Novo artigo do aluno de doutorado do LEVeg: ecossistemas expostos ao fogo e a distúrbios🔥
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.pp...
(EN) Important implications for ecosystem functioning in fire-prone and disturbance-driven systems🔥
(PT) Novo artigo do aluno de doutorado do LEVeg: ecossistemas expostos ao fogo e a distúrbios🔥
👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.pp...
Reposted by Alessandra Fidelis
Our master's student presented his poster at Pheno 2025 last week. Congrats, @fealvarez.bsky.social — we're proud of you!
1st scientific conference. "Flames and flowers: fire season drives reproductive timing in the Cerrado" special thanks to Alessandra Fidelis and Heloiza L. Zirondi
"The natural world is the greatest source of excitement [...] It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living."
"The natural world is the greatest source of excitement [...] It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living."
August 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Our master's student presented his poster at Pheno 2025 last week. Congrats, @fealvarez.bsky.social — we're proud of you!
Reposted by Alessandra Fidelis
🔥 Mujeres del Fuego Sudamérica | Mulheres do Fogo da América do Sul 🔥
Una red de mujeres unidas por la ecología del fuego y su valor cultural.
Uma rede de mulheres unidas pela ecologia do fogo e seu valor cultural.
💫 Únete/Participe: shre.ink/t8I0
Una red de mujeres unidas por la ecología del fuego y su valor cultural.
Uma rede de mulheres unidas pela ecologia do fogo e seu valor cultural.
💫 Únete/Participe: shre.ink/t8I0
August 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🔥 Mujeres del Fuego Sudamérica | Mulheres do Fogo da América do Sul 🔥
Una red de mujeres unidas por la ecología del fuego y su valor cultural.
Uma rede de mulheres unidas pela ecologia do fogo e seu valor cultural.
💫 Únete/Participe: shre.ink/t8I0
Una red de mujeres unidas por la ecología del fuego y su valor cultural.
Uma rede de mulheres unidas pela ecologia do fogo e seu valor cultural.
💫 Únete/Participe: shre.ink/t8I0
Reposted by Alessandra Fidelis
What a week! In the last feel days LEVeg attend the 67th IAVS Symposium in Greeley, Colorado. Amazing experience — hope to see you all next year in Gijón!
@iavs5.bsky.social
@alefidelis.bsky.social
@marcochiminazzo.bsky.social
@gabrieladezotti.bsky.social
@iavs5.bsky.social
@alefidelis.bsky.social
@marcochiminazzo.bsky.social
@gabrieladezotti.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
What a week! In the last feel days LEVeg attend the 67th IAVS Symposium in Greeley, Colorado. Amazing experience — hope to see you all next year in Gijón!
@iavs5.bsky.social
@alefidelis.bsky.social
@marcochiminazzo.bsky.social
@gabrieladezotti.bsky.social
@iavs5.bsky.social
@alefidelis.bsky.social
@marcochiminazzo.bsky.social
@gabrieladezotti.bsky.social
Reposted by Alessandra Fidelis
Last week, the @oxfordecosystems.bsky.social team and I participated in the ATBC2025 meeting in Oaxaca, México. It was great to see so many cool research presentations! During the event, @manumachadoeco.bsky.social and I organised a symposium about Cerrado fire ecology and conservation (see thread):
July 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Last week, the @oxfordecosystems.bsky.social team and I participated in the ATBC2025 meeting in Oaxaca, México. It was great to see so many cool research presentations! During the event, @manumachadoeco.bsky.social and I organised a symposium about Cerrado fire ecology and conservation (see thread):
📢📢🔥🔥🔥 I am so excited to announce our book about Fire in the South American Ecosystems! It has 14 Chapters led mostly by south american authors. Thanks to all authors for their valuable contribution! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
July 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
📢📢🔥🔥🔥 I am so excited to announce our book about Fire in the South American Ecosystems! It has 14 Chapters led mostly by south american authors. Thanks to all authors for their valuable contribution! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Reposted by Alessandra Fidelis
📢🔥 Excited to share this new chapter! Led by @sgomezgon.bsky.social we explore the fire ecology in the Chilean Mediterranean 🌿🇨🇱 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
@iebchile.bsky.social @cr2uchile.bsky.social
Thanks to @alefidelis.bsky.social & @springernature.com
@iebchile.bsky.social @cr2uchile.bsky.social
Thanks to @alefidelis.bsky.social & @springernature.com
Fire in Mediterranean Ecosystems of South America
The South American Mediterranean region is located in central Chile (23–39°S) and has a climate with hot dry summers and mild rainy winters. There, a typical sclerophyllous vegetation devel...
link.springer.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
📢🔥 Excited to share this new chapter! Led by @sgomezgon.bsky.social we explore the fire ecology in the Chilean Mediterranean 🌿🇨🇱 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
@iebchile.bsky.social @cr2uchile.bsky.social
Thanks to @alefidelis.bsky.social & @springernature.com
@iebchile.bsky.social @cr2uchile.bsky.social
Thanks to @alefidelis.bsky.social & @springernature.com
And we talked a lot about seeds at the #ATBC2025! Thanks @caordonezparra.bsky.social for organizing this amazing symposium and delivering this great talk! @heloizazirondi.bsky.social summed up 10 years of our research about fire and seed ecology in the Cerrado! You guys rock!
July 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
And we talked a lot about seeds at the #ATBC2025! Thanks @caordonezparra.bsky.social for organizing this amazing symposium and delivering this great talk! @heloizazirondi.bsky.social summed up 10 years of our research about fire and seed ecology in the Cerrado! You guys rock!
Reposted by Alessandra Fidelis
Dr. Aline Bombo (@alinebombo.bsky.social), post doc in our lab, is now an affiliated professor in the Plant Biology postgrad program at UNICAMP!
She’s advising MSc and PhD students, for more details check out the pictures .
📩 Contact: alinebbombo@gmail.com
🔗 CV (Lattes): lnkd.in/d8xuQbQb
She’s advising MSc and PhD students, for more details check out the pictures .
📩 Contact: alinebbombo@gmail.com
🔗 CV (Lattes): lnkd.in/d8xuQbQb
May 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Dr. Aline Bombo (@alinebombo.bsky.social), post doc in our lab, is now an affiliated professor in the Plant Biology postgrad program at UNICAMP!
She’s advising MSc and PhD students, for more details check out the pictures .
📩 Contact: alinebbombo@gmail.com
🔗 CV (Lattes): lnkd.in/d8xuQbQb
She’s advising MSc and PhD students, for more details check out the pictures .
📩 Contact: alinebbombo@gmail.com
🔗 CV (Lattes): lnkd.in/d8xuQbQb
Reposted by Alessandra Fidelis
(EN) Exciting new publication with the participation of @alefidelis.bsky.social. Don’t miss it!
(PT) Nova publicação com a participação de @alefidelis.bsky.social. Não perca!
(PT) Nova publicação com a participação de @alefidelis.bsky.social. Não perca!
🔥🌱 From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥
From plant traits to fire behavior: Scaling issues in flammability studies
By Dylan Schwilk, Md. Azharul Alam, Nathan Gill et al.
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience
From plant traits to fire behavior: Scaling issues in flammability studies
By Dylan Schwilk, Md. Azharul Alam, Nathan Gill et al.
doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience
May 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
(EN) Exciting new publication with the participation of @alefidelis.bsky.social. Don’t miss it!
(PT) Nova publicação com a participação de @alefidelis.bsky.social. Não perca!
(PT) Nova publicação com a participação de @alefidelis.bsky.social. Não perca!
Reposted by Alessandra Fidelis
Very excited to see this paper out!
Led by @schwilk.org, with @azhar06.bsky.social @ecologybrad.bsky.social @rachaelnolan.bsky.social @alefidelis.bsky.social @ioliverasmenor.bsky.social @dendromecon27.bsky.social @profalistairsmith.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Led by @schwilk.org, with @azhar06.bsky.social @ecologybrad.bsky.social @rachaelnolan.bsky.social @alefidelis.bsky.social @ioliverasmenor.bsky.social @dendromecon27.bsky.social @profalistairsmith.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
From plant traits to fire behavior: Scaling issues in flammability studies
Despite fire being one of the oldest and most important ecological disturbance processes on Earth, many aspects of fire–vegetation feedbacks are poorly understood, limiting their accurate representat...
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Yesterday the BRIVAC, a volunteer fire brigade, did a prescribed fire during the II Seminário Regional do Manejo Integrado do Fogo. In Brazil, local volunteers are essential for the success of fire management, including during wildfires. Bravo BRIVAC!
May 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Yesterday the BRIVAC, a volunteer fire brigade, did a prescribed fire during the II Seminário Regional do Manejo Integrado do Fogo. In Brazil, local volunteers are essential for the success of fire management, including during wildfires. Bravo BRIVAC!
II Seminário Regional do Manejo Integrado do Fogo: local event, organized by the volunteer fire brigade of Cavalcante, where everyone can talk about their favorite topic: working with fire. Scientist, society, government, traditional peoples and volunteers.
May 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
II Seminário Regional do Manejo Integrado do Fogo: local event, organized by the volunteer fire brigade of Cavalcante, where everyone can talk about their favorite topic: working with fire. Scientist, society, government, traditional peoples and volunteers.
This sedge never stops amazing me: first picture was taken 18 hours after fire; second picture - 36 hours post-fire. Detail: this was an early-dry season fire! Bulbostylis paradoxa fire-super star
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May 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This sedge never stops amazing me: first picture was taken 18 hours after fire; second picture - 36 hours post-fire. Detail: this was an early-dry season fire! Bulbostylis paradoxa fire-super star
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Burning for the 7th time our early-dry season fire plots. We have established the fire experiment in 2013 with 5 treatments related to fire frequency and season. At each fire, we sample fire parameters. Twice a year, we sample vegetation and biomass.
May 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Burning for the 7th time our early-dry season fire plots. We have established the fire experiment in 2013 with 5 treatments related to fire frequency and season. At each fire, we sample fire parameters. Twice a year, we sample vegetation and biomass.
Reposted by Alessandra Fidelis
