Laura Braga
Programa de Ciência Cidadã do Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica · Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica
Research Interests
Citizen Science
Biography
Graduated in Biological Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (2006). Master's degree in Animal Biology from the University of Brasília (2011). PhD in Ecology from the University of Brasília (2014). Post-doctoral research at the Department of Biodiversity, Evolution and Environment of the Federal University of Ouro Preto, Biodiversity Laboratory, research project on tri-trophic interactions in partnership with the University of Nevada (Reno/USA) (2019). Currently a DA scholarship researcher in the MCTI Institutional Capacity Building Program at the National Institute of the Atlantic Forest. Specialization in lepidoptera ecology, spatial and temporal distribution, plant-caterpillar-parasitoid tri-trophic interactions.
Education
Graduated in Biological Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (2006). Master's degree in Animal Biology from the University of Brasília (2011). PhD in Ecology from the University of Brasília (2014).
Recent Scopus Publications
- Monitoring Stresses Caused by Gaseous Pollutants: How Can They Affect a Fruit-Feeding Butterfly Community (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Caatinga?
- Variation in the strength of local and regional determinants of herbivory across the Neotropics
- Distribution expansion of Petrocerus catiena (Hewitson, 1875) (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) and description of the previously unknown female
- A new modified night trap: more selective and less harmful to Heterocera (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
- Biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Campo Rupestre: A road map for the sustainability of the hottest Brazilian biodiversity hotspot
Links
- ORCID https://orcid.org/0000000346627231
- Scopus https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56118221600