2023 - presente - Professora na Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE)
2022 - 2023 - Professora visitante da Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB)
2019 – 2021 - Professora visitante da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
2017 – 2018 - Pós-doutorado na University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, financiado pela Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
2012 – 2017 - Pós-doutorado na Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), financiado pela CAPES e pelo CNPq
2011-2012 - Analista de dados da flora ameaçada de extinção brasileira no Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro
De Paula, A. S. et al. The Rapid Recovery of a Caatinga Dry Forest is Mediated by Disturbance-Adapted Species. Biotropica, v. 57, n. 4, p. e70056, 2025. Artigo
Silva, M. V. O. D. et al. What’s on the Menu? Floral Exudate Composition in Areas Subjected to Different Levels of Abiotic Severity. Revista Brasileira de Geografia Física, v. 18, n. 1, p. 284–297, Artigo
de Andrade Nunes, J. P., L. A. B. Asensio, J. C. Sfair, R. B. Chaves, J. B. de Sousa, I. K. da Costa Vieira, L. de Oliveira Furtado de Souza, and C. Baldauf. 2024. The impact of grazing on biodiversity and forest succession in the Brazilian dry forest region is constrained by non-equilibrium dynamics. Science of The Total Environment 946: 174549. Artigo
de Sousa, J. B., J. C. Sfair, L. A. Bermejo Asensio, R. B. Chaves, J. P. A. Nunes, I. K. da C. Vieira, and C. Baldauf. 2024. Effects of grazing on functional diversity along secondary succession in a tropical dry forest (Caatinga, Brazil). Applied Vegetation Science 27: e12783. Artigo
Cintra, I., J. C. Sfair, E. S. Takata, and J. Almeida. 2024. Functional structure of an herbaceous community on a natural regeneration gradient in a seasonally dry tropical forest. Acta Oecologica 123: 103997. Artigo
De Oliveira Gonçalves-Araújo, M. D., C. E. De Carvalho, P. A. C. L. Pequeno, D. P. F. Trindade, F. Hughes, F. S. De Araújo, M. Pärtel, and J.C. Sfair. 2024. Observed and dark diversity of plants’ life-forms are driven by climate and human impacts in a tropical dry forest. Biodivers Conserv. Artigo
Carvalho, C.E., J. C. Sfair, C. B. Eller, B. S. Menezes, M. O. T. Menezes, and F. S. Araújo. 2023. Tree height, leaf thickness and seed size drive Caatinga plants’ sensitivity to climate change. Journal of Biogeography 50, 2057-2068. Artigo
Tavares, M. T., B. C. de Souza, B. S. Menezes, F. S. Araújo, J. Sfair, and R. Zandavalli. 2022. Phylogenetic relatedness and competition: a pot experiment with semiarid tree species. CERNE. Artigo
Ledru, M. P., R. F. Cassino, V. dos S. Gomes, J. C. Sfair, and F. S. Araujo. 2022. Estimated degradation of the Caatinga based on modern pollen rain deposited in reservoirs. Acta Botanica Brasilica 36: e20220111. Artigo
Sfair, J. C.; Lososová, Z.; Chytrý, M.; de Bello, F. Functional rarity and evolutionary uniqueness of threatened species across different scales and habitats in a Central European flora. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59, 2542-2552. Artigo
Lima, T. R. A., Martins, F. R., Menezes, B. S., Marquitti, F. M. D., Sfair, J. C., Silveira, A. P., & Araújo, F. S. (2022). The stress gradient hypothesis explains plant-plant interaction networks in edapho climatic gradients. Acta Oecologica, 115, 103831. Artigo
Carvalho, C. E., Menezes, M. O. T., Araújo, F. S., & Sfair, J. C. (2022). High endemism of cacti remains unprotected in the Caatinga. Biodiversity and Conservation. Artigo
Matias, L. Q.; Guedes, F. M.; Pereira, H.; Sfair, J. C. (2021) Breaking the prejudgment of a dry and lifeless semiarid: the diversity and distribution of aquatic flora in some wetlands of northeastern Brazil. Acta Botanica Brasilica. Artigo
Trindade, D. P. F. ; Sfair, J. C.; de Paula, A. S.; Barros, M. F.; Tabarelli, M. 2020. Water availability mediates functional shifts across ontogenetic stages in a regenerating seasonally dry tropical forest. Journal of Vegetation Science, 31, 1090-1101. Artigo
Kattge, J., et al. 2020. TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology, 26, 119-188. Artigo
Regueira, J. C. S. ; Sfair, J. C.; Salomão, R. P.; Iannuzzi, L. 2020. Contrasting Relationship of True Weevils (Curculionidae) and Woody Plants Diversity in Semi-arid Landscape Units. Neotropical Entomology, 49, 812-820. Artigo
Souza, D. G.; Sfair, J. C. ; Arroyo-Rodríguez, V.; Santos, J. C.; Tabarelli, M. 2019. Depauperation and divergence of plant-specialist herbivore assemblages in a fragmented tropical landscape. Ecological Entomology, 44, 172-181. Artigo
Souza, D.G.; Sfair, J. C.; de Paula, A.S.; Barros, M.F.; Rito, K.; Tabarelli, M. 2019. Multiple drivers of aboveground biomass in a human-modified landscape of the Caatinga dry forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 435, 57-65. Artigo
Pinho, B. X. ; Tabarelli, M. ; Engelbrecht, B. M. J. ; Sfair, J. C. ; Melo, F. P. L. 2019. Plant functional assembly is mediated by rainfall and soil conditions in a seasonally dry tropical forest. Basic and Applied Ecology, 40, 1-11. Artigo
Sfair, J. C., de Bello, F., de França, T.Q., Baldauf, C., & Tabarelli, M. 2018. Chronic human disturbance affects plant trait distribution in a seasonally dry tropical forest. Environmental Research Letters, 13, 025005–025005. Artigo
Arnan, X.; Leal, I.R.; Tabarelli, M.; Andrade, J.F., Barros, M.F.; Câmara, T.; Jamelli, D.; Knoechelmann, C.M.; Menezes, T.G.C.; Menezes, A.G.S.; Oliveira, F.M.P.; de Paula, A.S.; Pereira, S.C.; Rito, K.F.; Sfair, J. C.; Siqueira, F.F.S.; Souza, D.G.; Specht, M.J.; Vieira, L.A.; Arcoverde, G.B.; Andersen, A.N. 2018. A framework for deriving measures of chronic anthropogenic disturbance: Surrogate, direct, single and multi-metric indices in Brazilian Caatinga. Ecological Indicators, 94, 274–282. Artigo
Sfair, J. C.; Weiser, V. de L.; Martins, F. R.; Vidal, M. M.; Guimarães Jr., P. R. 2018. Species traits and abundance influence the organisation of liana–tree antagonistic interaction. Austral Ecology, 43, 236-241. Artigo
Silva, J.B.; Sfair, J. C.; Santos, N.D. dos; Pôrto, K.C. 2018. Bryophyte richness of soil islands on rocky outcrops is not driven by island size or habitat heterogeneity. Acta Botanica Brasilica, 32, 161–168. Artigo
Soares, D. T. N.; Sfair, J. C.; Reys-Garcia, V.; Baldauf, C. 2017. Plant knowledge and current uses of woody flora in three cultural groups of the Brazilian semiarid region: Does culture matter? Economic Botany, 71, 314. Artigo
Silva, J.B.; Sfair, J. C.; dos Santos, N.; Pôrto, K.C. 2017. Different trait arrangements can blur the significance of ecological drivers of community assembly of mosses from rocky outcrops. Flora, 238, 43-50. Artigo
Sfair, J. C.; Rosado, B. H. P. ; Tabarelli, M. 2016. The effects of environmental constraints on plant community organization depend on which traits are measured. Journal of Vegetation Science, 27, 1264–1274. Artigo
Sobrinho, M. S.; Tabararelli, M.; Machado, I. C.; Sfair, J. C.; Bruna, E. M.; Lopes, A. V. 2016. Land use, fallow period and the recovery of a Caatinga forest. Biotropica, 48, 586-597. Artigo
Sfair, J. C.; Arroyo-Rodrigues, V.; Santos, B. A.; Tabarelli, M. 2016. Taxonomic and functional divergence of tree assemblages in a fragmented tropical forest. Ecological Applications, 26, 1816–1826. Artigo
Zulqarnain; Silva, I. A. ; Sfair, J. C.; van Melis, J.; Weiser, V. L.; Martins, F. R. 2016 Does phylogeny have a role in the liana-phorophyte interaction in tropical forests? Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 21, 14-22 Artigo
Sfair, J. C., Rochelle, A. L. C., van Melis, J., Rezende, A. A., Burnham, R. J., Weiser, V. L., Martins, F. R. 2016. Liana avoidance strategies in trees: combined attributes increase efficiency. Tropical Ecology, 57, 559-566. Artigo
Sfair, J. C., Rochelle, A. L. C., van Melis, J., Rezende, A. A., Weiser, V. L., Martins, F. R. 2015. Theoretical approaches to liana management: a search for a less harmful method. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management, 11, 89-95. Artigo
Sfair, J. C., Rochelle, A. L. C., van Melis, J., Rezende, A. A., Weiser, V. L., Martins, F. R. 2015. Weak phylogenetic signal for specialisation in antagonistic liana-tree networks. Plant Ecology & Diversity, 8, 379-386. Artigo
Baldauf, C., da Silva, A. S., Sfair, J. C., Ferreira, R., dos Santos, F. A. M. 2014. Harvesting increases reproductive activity in Himatanthus drasticus (Mart.) Plumel (Apocynaceae), a non-timber forest product of the Brazilian savanna. Biotropica, 46, 341 – 349. Artigo
Sfair, J. C., Ribeiro, B. R., Pimenta, E. P., Gonçalves, T., Ramos, F. N. 2013. A importância da luz na ocupação de árvores por lianas. Rodriguésia, 64, 255 – 261. Artigo
Sfair, J. C., Rochelle, A. L. C., van Melis, J., Rezende, A. A., Weiser, V. L., Martins, F. R. 2010. Nested liana-tree network in three distinct neotropical vegetation formations. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 12, 277 – 281. Artigo
Sfair, J. C.; Calaça, T.; Câmara, T.; Ribeiro-Neto, J. D.; Melo, F.; Leal, I.; Tabarelli, M. 2015. Ecologia da Caatinga - curso de campo 2013 (Ecology of Caatinga – field course 2013). 1. ed. Recife: Livro de Papel Finíssimo, 2015. v. 1 Livro
Dias, A. S., Sfair, J. C., Associação entre árvores e lianas (Tree and liana association) In: Diversidade e conservação de trepadeiras: contribuição para a restauração de ecossistemas brasileiros (Diversity and conservation of climbers: contributions to brazilian ecosystems conservation) ed. São Paulo : Imprensa Oficial do Estado de São Paulo, 2015, p. 165-176.
Baldauf, C., Correa, C., Ciampi-Guillardi, M., Sfair, J. C., Pessoa, D. D., Oliveira, R. C. F., Machado, M. F., Milfont, C. I. D., Sundelrand, T. C. H., dos Santos, F. A. M. Moving from the Ecological Sustainability to the Participatory Management of Janaguba (Himatanthus drasticus – Apocynaceae) In: Ecological Sustainability for Non-timber Forest Products - Dynamics and Case Studies of Harvesting.1, 2015.
Martinelli, G, Valente, A. S. M., Maurenza, D., Kutschenko, D. C., Judice, D. M., Silva, D. S., Fernandez, E. P., Martins, E. M., Barros, F. S. M., Sfair, J. C., Santos-Filho, L. A., F., Abreu, M., Moraes, M. A, Monteiro, N. P., Pietro, P. V., Fernandes, R. A., Hering, R. L. O., Messina, T., Penedo, T. S. A. Avaliações de risco de extinção de espécies da flora brasileira (Evaluation of extinction risk of brazilian plants). In: Livro vermelho da flora do Brasil (Red book of Brazilian flora). Ed. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, 2013, p. 60-103. Livro