Questions driving us

• Why some species interact while others don't? 

• When multiple species interact, how interaction networks look like across space and time? 

• What are the implications of network structure for ecosystem functioning and stability? 

• Can we predict how strongly species will associate? 

• How environmental changes affect species interactions? 

• Can we restore complex interaction networks, their ecosystem functions and build resilience?

We are community ecologists broadly interested in species interactions and these are some of the questions our research aims to answer. 

Our focus

Most of our work has been on the organization, dynamics and stability of plant-animal interactions. We are especially interested in interactions involving plants and their pollinators and seed dispersers, which we usually investigate using network theory and null models.

We are more interested in questions than specific organisms. Thus, we tend to engage in research on any type of interaction as long as research questions are exciting and timely.

Our lab is based at Federal University of Pelotas since 2021.