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Leandro Maracahipes is a plant ecologist focusing on how plants and ecosystems respond to fire, drought, deforestation, climate change, and land use in the tropics. His research emphasizes plant functional traits and hydraulic morphological traits, with a current interest in understanding how synergistic compound disturbance events, particularly extreme drought events, affect tree mortality rates as well as forest composition, structure, and functioning in the Amazon. He is dedicated to elucidating the interactions between fire and drought and their implications for the resilience of tropical forests.
Administered via the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). GRE General is optional for PhD.