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Fernanda Michalski
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
1,765 Points

Contributions by role

Author 1,080
Preprint Author 70
Reviewer 15
Editor 600

Contributions by subject area

Biodiversity
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Legal Issues
Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Natural Resource Management
Environmental Impacts
Zoology
Freshwater Biology
Agricultural Science
Spatial and Geographic Information Science
Animal Behavior
Population Biology
Ecosystem Science
Plant Science
Microbiology
Soil Science

Fernanda Michalski

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

Dr. Fernanda Michalski is Associate Professor of Ecology and Conservation of Vertebrates at the Federal University of Amapá, Macapá, Brazil. Member of the British Ecological Society. Her research focuses on understanding the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on Neotropical mid sized and large-bodied vertebrates. She is particularly interested in ecology and conservation of mammals, and in understanding human-wildlife conflicts in the Brazilian Amazon.

Animal Behavior Biodiversity Conservation Biology Ecology Ecosystem Science Zoology

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Work details

Associate Professor

Universidade Federal do Amapá
September 2010
Postgraduate Programme in Tropical Biodiversity

Websites

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 9
  • Preprints 2
  • Edited 6
April 5, 2024
Carnivore coexistence without competition: giant otters are more nocturnal around dens than sympatric neotropical otters
Darren Norris, Fernanda Michalski
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17244 PubMed 38590704
July 21, 2023
Human disturbances and the daytime activity of sympatric otters along equatorial Amazonian rivers
Darren Norris, Fernanda Michalski
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15742 PubMed 37492398
October 20, 2022
Anthropogenic influences on the distribution of a threatened apex-predator around sustainable-use reserves following hydropower dam installation
Deborah C. Dávila Raffo, Darren Norris, Sandra Maria Hartz, Fernanda Michalski
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14287 PubMed 36285331
March 25, 2022
Crop damage by vertebrates in Latin America: current knowledge and potential future management directions
Adrián Alejandro Cuesta Hermira, Fernanda Michalski
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13185 PubMed 35356474
September 16, 2020
Community based actions save Yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) eggs and hatchlings flooded by rapid river level rises
Darren Norris, Fernanda Michalski, James P. Gibbs
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9921 PubMed 32995087
June 1, 2018
Community involvement works where enforcement fails: conservation success through community-based management of Amazon river turtle nests
Darren Norris, Fernanda Michalski, James P. Gibbs
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4856 PubMed 29868271
January 8, 2018
Beyond harm’s reach? Submersion of river turtle nesting areas and implications for restoration actions after Amazon hydropower development
Darren Norris, Fernanda Michalski, James P. Gibbs
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4228 PubMed 29333347
October 10, 2017
Illegal use of natural resources in federal protected areas of the Brazilian Amazon
Érico E. Kauano, Jose M.C. Silva, Fernanda Michalski
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3902 PubMed 29038758
June 7, 2017
Gamebird responses to anthropogenic forest fragmentation and degradation in a southern Amazonian landscape
Fernanda Michalski, Carlos A. Peres
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3442 PubMed 28607839
July 19, 2018 - Version: 1
Prospects for freshwater turtle population recovery are catalysed by pan-Amazonian community-based management
Darren Norris, Carlos A Peres, Fernanda MIchalski, James P Gibbs
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27044v1
April 11, 2018 - Version: 1
Community involvement works where enforcement fails: conservation success through community-based management of Amazon river turtle nests
Darren Norris, Fernanda Michalski, James P Gibbs
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26843v1

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August 5, 2025
Characteristics of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids in artificial, black-soil mountain degraded, and natural grasslands in the source region of the Three Rivers
Lele Xie, Yushou Ma, Yanlong Wang, Yuan Ma, Xiaoli Wang, Ying Liu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19837 PubMed 40786110
July 26, 2024
Negative effects of agricultural open-channel irrigation system on vertebrate populations in central Mexico
Yuriana Gómez-Ortiz, Hublester Domínguez-Vega, Leroy Soria-Díaz, Tamara Rubio-Blanco, Claudia C. Astudillo-Sánchez, Victor Mundo, Armando Sunny
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17818 PubMed 39076772
July 19, 2024
Natural grazing by horses and cattle promotes bird diversity in a restored European alluvial grassland
Lilla Lovász, Fränzi Korner-Nievergelt, Valentin Amrhein
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17777 PubMed 39040934
June 28, 2024
Response of the subalpine bunchgrasses to wildfires and its effects in the relative abundance of the volcano rabbit in the Ajusco-Chichinautzin Mountain Range
Juan M. Uriostegui-Velarde, Alberto González-Romero, Areli Rizo-Aguilar, Dennia Brito-González, José Antonio Guerrero
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17510 PubMed 38952973
December 11, 2023
The Andean Ibis (Theristicus branickii) in South America: potential distribution, presence in protected areas and anthropic threats
Nivia Luzuriaga-Neira, Keenan Ennis, Michaël A.J. Moens, Jose Leon, Nathaly Reyes, Agusto Luzuriaga-Neira, Jaime R. Rau, Roxana Rojas-VeraPinto
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16533 PubMed 38099301
September 16, 2022
Understanding the distribution and fine-scale habitat selection of mesocarnivores along a habitat quality gradient in western Himalaya
Meghna Bandyopadhyay, A. Cole Burton, Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Ramesh Krishnamurthy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13993 PubMed 36132214