Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Biography
I'm an ecologist interested in researching and teaching about the many ways in which humans can change the natural world. More specifically, my research and teaching focus on:
- The impacts human activities on biodiversity and carbon dynamics;
- Forest management and conservation planning; and
- Impacts of invasive species on insect and plant communities.
Selected Publications (for more, visit my Google Scholar webpage)
Carvalho RL, et al. 2023. Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research. Current Biology 33: 1-10.
Burrascano S, et al. 2023. Where are we now with European forest multi-taxon biodiversity and where can we head to? Biological Conservation 284: 110176.
de Andrade RB, K Abell, JJ Duan, P Shrewsbury, DS Gruner. 2021. Protective neighboring effect from ash trees treated with systemic insecticide against emerald ash borer. Pest Management Science 77: 474-481.
Burrascano S, RB de Andrade, Y Paillet, P Ódor, G Antonini, C Bouget, T Campagnaro, F Gosselin, P Janssen, AM Persiani, J Nascimbene, FM Sabatini, T Sitzia, C Blasi. 2018. Congruence across taxa and spatial scales: are we asking too much of species data? Global Ecology and Biogeography 27: 980- 990.
de Andrade RB, JK Balch, AL Parsons, D Armenteras, RM Roman-Cuesta, J Bulkan. 2017. Scenarios in tropical forest degradation: carbon stock trajectories for REDD+. Carbon Balance and Management 12: 6.
de Andrade RB, JK Balch, JYO Carreira, PM Brando, AVL Freitas. 2017. The impacts of recurrent fires on diversity of fruit-feeding butterflies in a southeastern Amazon forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 33: 22-32.