Fabio Antonio Ribeiro Matos

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Fabio Antonio Ribeiro Matos

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Fabio Antonio Ribeiro Matos is a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Previous Positions

2026 to present - Postdoctoral Researcher - University of Cambridge, England

2024 to 2026 - Postdoctoral Researcher - Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil

2020 to 2023 - Postdoctoral Researcher - Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Brazil

2017 to 2019 - Postdoctoral Researcher - Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Brazil

Qualifications

2016 - PhD in Botany - Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Brazil

2012 - MSc in Botany -  Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Brazil

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Awards

2024 - FAPESP Postdoctoral Fellowship 

2020 - 2nd place, 2nd MapBiomas Award - MapBiomas Initiative

2020 - CNPq Postdoctoral Fellowship

Research

Research Group

Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Research Overview

My research focuses on tropical forest ecology, with an emphasis on biodiversity patterns, community assembly, and ecological restoration. I investigate how land-use history, particularly the conversion of natural vegetation to agriculture and forestry, influences long-term forest regeneration and ecosystem functioning. My work integrates landscape and community ecology approaches to understand how regenerating tropical forests recover biodiversity and carbon storage potential under different environmental and historical filters.

Publications

Selected publications

Land-use legacies drive distinct recovery trajectories and persistently shape the taxonomic and functional composition of tree communities 24 December 2025 Forest Ecology and Management Vanessa de Souza Moreno, Fabio A R Matos, Ricardo G César, Gabriel D Colleta, Elisa Díaz García, Robin L Chazdon & Pedro H S Brancalion Limited evidence of biodiversity spillover from forest fragments into oil palm plantations in the Amazon 11 July 2025 Journal of Applied Ecology Maira R Cardoso, Sara M Almeida, Fabio A R Matos, David P Edwards & Marcos P D Santos Functional richness mediates landscape and management effects on tree biomass and soil fertility during secondary forest succession 15 April 2024 Ecological Indicators Alex Josélio Pires Coelho, Heitor Mancini Teixeira, Pita Verweij, Fabio Antônio Ribeiro Matos, Pedro Manuel Villa & João Augusto Alves Meira-Neto Invasive alien acacias rapidly stock carbon, but threaten biodiversity recovery in young second-growth forests 14 November 2022 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Fabio A R Matos, David P Edwards, Luiz Fernando S Magnago, Gustavo Heringer, Andreza Viana Neri, Tillmann Buttschardt, Rafael Dudeque Zenni & et al Multiple drivers influence tree species diversity and above-ground carbon stock in second-growth Atlantic forests: Implications for passive restoration 29 June 2022 Journal of Environmental Management Alex Josélio Pires Coelho, Fabio Antônio Ribeiro Matos, Pedro Manuel Villa, Gustavo Heringer, Vanessa Pontara, Roosevelt de Paula Almado & João Augusto Alves Meira-Neto

Teaching and supervision

Undergraduate teaching assistant in Ecology and Botany courses - Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Brazil