Andrés is investigating patterns and processes underlying intraspecific interactions among antswarm follower birds and on seed dispersal networks. In his free time, he will likely be found biking, reading or enjoying 'asado' and dark beer with friends and family (including Ziggy, at the right)

Juliana manages data, materials, and collections for our lab. She is biologist interested in spatiotemporal variation in traits associated with seed dispersal interactions across population and community scales.

Alias is a Paraguayan biologist studying frugivory and seed dispersal of Ilex paraguariensis, Ilex microdonta, Ilex brevicuspis in the southern Atlantic Forest, where these forests meet the Pampas grasslands.

Bruna is investigating how fruit and seed traits related to frugivory and seed dispersal vary across large scales. She is also helping to create a fruit and seed collection form South Brazil.

Fernanda is studying the similarity in seed dispersal networks at the Southern range of the Atlantic Forest, where it meets with the Pampas grasslands. Her thesis is co-supervised by Jef and Prof. Milton Mendonça (UFRGS).

Marcos studies how climate change may impact the co-occurrence of key frugivores and plants in Southern Brazil. During his undergrad, he studied interactions among plants and flower-dwelling mites that use hummingbirds to move from flower to flower. 

Victor is investigating the roles of species abundances in determining the frequencies of frugivory interactions and how they shape plant-disperser networks.  During his undergrad, he investigated frugivory and seed dispersal of the palm Syagrus romanzoffiana. 

Lis is a PhD student at UNESP-Botucatu.  She investigates processes shaping hawkmoth-plant interactions under the primary supervision of Dr. Felipe Amorim. 

Camilo is a Colombian biologist studying tick diversity in the Pampa Biome and its associations with hosts and microorganisms, under the primary supervision of Dr. Rodrigo Krüger at UFPEL.