people
Principal Investigator
Guilherme Dubal S. Seger
Professor
Biologist, MSc. in Botany, and PhD. in Ecology. My projects range between macroecology, phylogenetic and functional community ecology, plant phenology, and taxonomy/systematics of the Apocynaceae family.
Sou Biólogo, Mestre em Botânica e Doutor em Ecologia. Desenvolvo projetos nas áreas de macroecologia, ecologia filogenética e funcional de comunidades, fenologia, e taxonomia/sistemática da família Apocynaceae.
Links: e-mail | ResearchGate | GitHub | Google Scholar | Bluesky
Students
Denilson S. Machado
MSc. in Botany – UFRGS | PhD candidate – PPG Botânica UFRGS
Project: The effect of forest fragmentation and maturity on the identity and reproduction of ferns in the Atlantic forest
Projeto: Efeito da fragmentação florestal e maturidade florestal sobre a identidade e a reprodução de samambaias na Mata Atlântica.
Links: Lattes CV | GitHub | ResearchGate
Willian S. Piovesani
MSc. in Botany – UFRGS | PhD candidate – PPG Botânica/UFRGS
Project: Taxonomy of subtribe Gonolobinae Liede (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) in Southern Brazil
Projeto: Estudos taxonômicos da subtribo Gonolobinae liede (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) na região sul do Brasil.
Links: Lattes CV | ResearchGate | Google Scholar
Vítor Medeiros Cruz
BSc. in Biology – UFPel | MSc candidate – PPG Botânica/UFRGS
Project: Plant community ecology in agricultural systems at Serra do Sudeste region of Pampa biome: comparative analysis between conventional and agroecological practices
Projeto: Ecologia de comunidades vegetais em sistemas agrícolas na Serra do Sudeste, Bioma Pampa: Avaliação comparativa entre práticas convencionais e agroecológicas.
Links: Lattes CV
Gabriela A. Menegolla
BSc. in Marine Biology – UFRGS | MSc candidate – PPG Botânica/UFRGS
Project: Functional ecology of climbing plants in the subtropical Atlantic Forest.
Projeto: Ecologia funcional de plantas trepadeiras na floresta Atlântica subtropical.
Links: Lattes CV
Ricardo A. T. Lenz
BSc. in Marine Biology – UFRGS | MSc candidate – PPG Botânica/UFRGS
Project: Latitudinal and environmental drivers of taxonomic and functional structure of climbing plant communities at the Atlantic Forest Restingas.
Projeto: Determinantes latitudinais e ambientais da estrutura taxonômica e funcional de comunidades de plantas trepadeiras nas restingas da Mata Atlântica.
Links: Lattes CV
Milena Cristina Varisco
Project: Climbing plant flora in a dense submontane moistforest, at Pedra Branca waterfall (Três Forquilhas, RS, Brazil).
Projeto: Levantamento florístico de trepadeiras em uma área de Floresta Ombrófila Densa Submontana, na Cascata da Pedra Branca (Três Forquilhas, RS, Brasil).
Past members
Maria Eduarda dos S. Carlosso
Undergraduate student – Marine Biology/UFRGS
She was a bachelor student in the lab from 2020-2023, working at CECLIMAR’s Environmental Management Commission.
Kristina Eduarda Leão Garcia
Undergraduate student – Marine Biology/UFRGS
She was a bachelor student in the lab from 2020-2023, working at CECLIMAR’s Environmental Management Commission.
Ana Carolina Marques da Silva
Undergraduate student – Marine Biology/UFRGS
She was a bachelor student in the lab from 2020-2023, working at the “Preserva CECLIMAR” outreach project.
Maiquel Rodrigo Müller
Undergraduate student – Marine Biology/UFRGS
He was a bachelor’s student in the lab from 2022 to 2024. Project: Taxonomic and functional structure of plant dune communities and its relationship with dune geomorphology. / Projeto: Estrutura taxonômica e funcional de comunidades vegetais em ambientes de duna e sua relação com feições geomorfológicas.
Yasmim de Lima Pinheiro
Undergraduate student – Marine Biology/UFRGS
She was a bachelor’s student in the lab from 2023 to 2025. Project: Climbing plant community at the Morro da Borússia (Osório, RS, Brazil), the southern corner extent of the Atlantic Forest.