I’m a Ph.D. student in Ecology and Biodiversity at the São Paulo State University, Brazil and currently, I’m a visiting scholar at the Carlo’s Lab at the Penn State University. My research focuses on frugivory and seed dispersal, but I also have interest in other plant-animal interactions, biodiversity conservation, and bird natural history. In my Ph.D. Research project, I study the role of frugivorous birds in the maintenance of diversity of plants of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil.
Publications:
Camargo PHSA, Rodrigues SM, Piratelli AJ, Oliveira PS, Christianini AV. (2019). Interhabitat variation in diplochory: Seed dispersal effectiveness by birds and ants differs between tropical forest and savanna. Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics 38:48-57. PDF
Pizo MA, Camargo PHSA. (2018).Temporal dynamics in the effectiveness of seed dispersal by birds visiting a
tropical tree. Journal of Tropical Ecology 34:235–242. PDF
Camargo PHSAC, Laps RR. (2016). Predation on Lesser Bulldog Bat (Noctilio albiventris Noctilionidae) by Great Rufous Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes major Dendrocolaptidae). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 128:903-912. PDF
Camargo PHSA, Martins MM, Feitosa RM, Christianini AV. (2016). Bird and ant synergy increases the seed dispersal effectiveness of an ornithochoric shrub. Oecologia 181:507-518. PDF