Adames Simone Maciel Da Silva
Professor
Botany DepartmentÂ
University of Minas
Brazil
Biography
Bachelor in Biological Sciences (2005) and Master in Plant Biology (2007) by the Federal University of Pernambuco; PhD in Plant Biology (2011) from the State University of Campinas, with sandwich training at Uppsala University (Uppsala, Sweden). Post-Doctorate at the Federal University of Pernambuco (2011). From 2011 to 2013 she was an adjunct professor in the Department of Botany of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, and is currently a professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, linked to the Botany Department. Has experience in Biology of Bryophytes, with special interest in the subjects: Reproduction in plants; Evolution of life cycles in embryophytes; Floristics and morpho-functional adaptations; Ecophysiology of germination and establishment; Plant-Environment interactions; and Plant-Animal Interactions.
Research Interest
Ecology of Bryophytes, Ecophysiology of tropical bryophytes, Floriculture of bryophytes in neotropical ecosystems, Ecological studies of bryophytes, Reproduction of bryophytes.
Publications
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Macielâ€Silva AS, Gaspar EP, Conceição FP, Dias dos Santos N, Pinheiro da Costa D. Reproductive biology of Syzygiella rubricaulis (Nees) Steph.(Adelanthaceae, Marchantiophyta), a liverwort disjunctly distributed in highâ€altitude Neotropical mountains. Plant Biology. 2016 Jul 1;18(4):601-8.
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Maciel-Silva AS, De Oliveira MP. How tropical moss sporophytes respond to seasonality: examples from a semi-deciduous ecosystem in Brazil. Cryptogamie, Bryologie. 2016 Aug 3.
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Penaloza-Bojaca GF, Fantecelle LB, Teixeira Araujo CA, Maciel-Silva AS. Bryophytes in the Ecological Station of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. IHERINGIA SERIE BOTANICA. 2017 Apr 30;72(1):44-56.
