Peer-reviewed Publications
2022
- Mataveli, G., Gabriel de Oliveira, Celso H. L. Silva-Junior, Scott C. Stark, Nathália Carvalho, Liana O. Anderson, Luciana V. Gatti & Luiz E. O. C. Aragão. 2022. “Record-breaking fires in the Brazilian Amazon associated with uncontrolled deforestation.” Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01945-2.
- Silva-Junior, Celso H. L., Arisson T. M. Buna, Denilson S. Bezerra, Ozeas S. Costa, Adriano L. Santos, Lidielze O. D. Basson, André L. S. Santos, Swanni T. Alvarado, Catherine T. Almeida, Ana T. G. Freire, Guillaume X. Rousseau, Danielle Celentano, Fabricio B. Silva, Maria S. S. Pinheiro, Silvana Amaral, Milton Kampel, Laura B. Vedovato, Liana O. Anderson, and Luiz E. O. C. Aragão. 2022. “Forest Fragmentation and Fires in the Eastern Brazilian Amazon–Maranhão State, Brazil.” Fire 5(3):77. doi: 10.3390/fire5030077.
- Farfan, Silver Jonas Alves, Danielle Celentano, Celso H. L. Silva-Junior, Marcus Vinicius de Freitas Silveira, Raymony Tayllon Alves Serra, Jhonatan Andres Munoz Gutierrez, Harryson Corrêa Barros, Monique Hellen Martins Ribeiro, Ortrud Monika Barth, Rogério Marcos de Oliveira Alves, Luis Manuel Hernández García, and Guillaume Xavier Rousseau. 2022. “The Effect of Landscape Composition on Stingless Bee ( Melipona Fasciculata ) Honey Productivity in a Wetland Ecosystem of Eastern Amazon, Brazil.” Journal of Apicultural Research 1–13. doi: 10.1080/00218839.2022.2137307.
- Leite, Rodrigo Vieira, Carlos Alberto Silva, Eben North Broadbent, Cibele Hummel do Amaral, Veraldo Liesenberg, Danilo Roberti Alves de Almeida, Midhun Mohan, Sérgio Godinho, Adrian Cardil, Caio Hamamura, Bruno Lopes de Faria, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, André Hirsch, Gustavo Eduardo Marcatti, Ana Paula Dalla Corte, Angelica Maria Almeyda Zambrano, Máira Beatriz Teixeira da Costa, Eraldo Aparecido Trondoli Matricardi, Anne Laura da Silva, Lucas Ruggeri Ré Y. Goya, Ruben Valbuena, Bruno Araujo Furtado de Mendonça, Celso H. L. Silva-Junior, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Mariano García, Jingjing Liang, Trina Merrick, Andrew T. Hudak, Jingfeng Xiao, Steven Hancock, Laura Duncason, Matheus Pinheiro Ferreira, Denis Valle, Sassan Saatchi, and Carine Klauberg. 2022. “Large Scale Multi-Layer Fuel Load Characterization in Tropical Savanna Using GEDI Spaceborne Lidar Data.” Remote Sensing of Environment 268:112764. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112764.
- Mataveli, Guilherme, Gabriel de Oliveira, Michel E. D. Chaves, Ricardo Dalagnol, Fabien H. Wagner, Alber H. S. Ipia, Celso H. L. Silva‐Junior, and Luiz E. O. C. Aragão. 2022. “Science‐based Planning Can Support Law Enforcement Actions to Curb Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.” Conservation Letters. doi: 10.1111/conl.12908.
- Pletsch, Mikhaela A. J. S., Thales S. Körting, Felipe C. Morita, Celso H. L. Silva-Junior, Liana O. Anderson, and Luiz E. O. C. Aragão. 2022. “Near Real-Time Fire Detection and Monitoring in the MATOPIBA Region, Brazil.” Remote Sensing 14(13):3141. doi: 10.3390/rs14133141.
- Bezerra, Denilson da S., Adriano de Lima Santos, Janaina Santos Bezerra, Silvana Amaral, Milton Kampel, Liana O. Anderson, Flávia Rebelo Mochel, Jorge Luiz Silva Nunes, Naíla Arraes de Araujo, Larissa Nascimento Barreto, Maria do S. S. Pinheiro, Marcio José Celeri, Fabrício B. Silva, Alexsandro Mendonça Viegas, Stella Manes, Taissa C. S. Rodrigues, Josué C. Viegas, Ulisses D. V. Souza, André L. S. Santos, and Celso H. L. Silva-Junior. 2022. “Brazil’s Mangroves: Natural Carbon Storage.” Science 375(6586):1239–1239. doi: 10.1126/science.abo4578.
- Silveira, Marcus V. F., Celso H. L. Silva‐Junior, Liana O. Anderson, and Luiz E. O. C. Aragão. 2022. “Amazon Fires in the 21st Century: The Year of 2020 in Evidence.” Global Ecology and Biogeography 31(10):2026–40. doi: 10.1111/geb.13577.
2021
- Silva-Junior, Celso H. L., Yhasmin M. Moura, Ana C. M. Pessôa, Diego P. Trevisan, Flávia S. Mendes, João B. C. Reis, Michelle C. A. Picoli, Natalia C. Wiederkehr, Nathália S. Carvalho, Ricardo Dalagnol, Tahisa N. Kuck, Thais M. Rosan, Thiago S. F. Silva, Veraldo Liesenberg, and Polyanna C. Bispo. 2021. “Surviving as a Young Scientist in Brazil.” Science 374(6570):948–948. doi: 10.1126/science.abm8160.
- Carvalho, Nathália S., Liana O. Anderson, Cássio A. Nunes, Ana C. M. Pessôa, Celso H. L. Silva Junior, João B. C. Reis, Yosio E. Shimabukuro, Erika Berenguer, Jos Barlow, and Luiz E. O. C. Aragão. 2021. “Spatio-Temporal Variation in Dry Season Determines the Amazonian Fire Calendar.” Environmental Research Letters 16(12):125009. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac3aa3.
Anderson, Liana O., Chantelle Burton, João B. C. dos Reis, Ana Carolina M. Pessôa, Philip Bett, Nathália S. Carvalho, Celso H. L. Silva-Junior, Karina Williams, Galia Selaya, Dolors Armenteras, Bibiana A. Bilbao, Haron A. M. Xaud, Roberto Rivera‐Lombardi, Joice Ferreira, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Chris D. Jones, and Andrew J. Wiltshire. 2022. “An Alert System for Seasonal Fire Probability Forecast for South American Protected Areas.” Climate Resilience and Sustainability 1(1). doi: 10.1002/cli2.19. - Silva-Junior, Celso H. L., Nathália S. Carvalho, Ana C. M. Pessôa, João B. C. Reis, Aline Pontes-Lopes, Juan Doblas, Viola Heinrich, Wesley Campanharo, Ane Alencar, Camila Silva, David M. Lapola, Dolors Armenteras, Eraldo A. T. Matricardi, Erika Berenguer, Henrique Cassol, Izaya Numata, Joanna House, Joice Ferreira, Jos Barlow, Luciana Gatti, Paulo Brando, Philip M. Fearnside, Sassan Saatchi, Sonaira Silva, Stephen Sitch, Ana P. Aguiar, Carlos A. Silva, Christelle Vancutsem, Frédéric Achard, René Beuchle, Yosio E. Shimabukuro, Liana O. Anderson, and Luiz E. O. C. Aragão. 2021. “Amazonian Forest Degradation Must Be Incorporated into the COP26 Agenda.” Nature Geoscience 14(9):634–35. doi: 10.1038/s41561-021-00823-z.
- Costa, Máira Beatriz Teixeira da, Carlos Alberto Silva, Eben North Broadbent, Rodrigo Vieira Leite, Midhun Mohan, Veraldo Liesenberg, Jaz Stoddart, Cibele Hummel do Amaral, Danilo Roberti Alves de Almeida, Anne Laura da Silva, Lucas Ruggeri Ré Y. Goya, Victor Almeida Cordeiro, Franciel Rex, Andre Hirsch, Gustavo Eduardo Marcatti, Adrian Cardil, Bruno Araujo Furtado de Mendonça, Caio Hamamura, Ana Paula Dalla Corte, Eraldo Aparecido Trondoli Matricardi, Andrew T. Hudak, Angelica Maria Almeyda Zambrano, Ruben Valbuena, Bruno Lopes de Faria, Celso H. L. Silva-Junior, Luiz Aragão, Manuel Eduardo Ferreira, Jingjing Liang, Samuel de Pádua Chaves e Carvalho, and Carine Klauberg. 2021. “Beyond Trees: Mapping Total Aboveground Biomass Density in the Brazilian Savanna Using High-Density UAV-Lidar Data.” Forest Ecology and Management 491:119155. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119155.
- Heinrich, Viola H. A., Ricardo Dalagnol, Henrique L. G. Cassol, Thais M. Rosan, Catherine Torres de Almeida, Celso H. L. Silva-Junior, Wesley A. Campanharo, Joanna I. House, Stephen Sitch, Tristram C. Hales, Marcos Adami, Liana O. Anderson, and Luiz E. O. C. Aragão. 2021. “Large Carbon Sink Potential of Secondary Forests in the Brazilian Amazon to Mitigate Climate Change.” Nature Communications 12(1):1785. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22050-1.
- Pletsch, Mikhaela A. J. S., Celso H. L. Silva-Junior, Thales V. Penha, Thales S. Körting, Maria E. Silva, Gabriel Pereira, Liana O. Anderson, and Luiz E. O. C. Aragão. 2021. “The 2020 Brazilian Pantanal Fires.” Anais Da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 93(3). doi: 10.1590/0001-3765202120210077.
- Pontes-Lopes, Aline, Camila V. J. Silva, Jos Barlow, Lorena M. Rincón, Wesley A. Campanharo, Cássio A. Nunes, Catherine T. de Almeida, Celso H. L. Silva-Junior, Henrique L. G. Cassol, Ricardo Dalagnol, Scott C. Stark, Paulo M. L. A. Graça, and Luiz E. O. C. Aragão. 2021. “Drought-Driven Wildfire Impacts on Structure and Dynamics in a Wet Central Amazonian Forest.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288(1951):20210094. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0094.
- Silva-Junior, Celso H. L., Swanni T. Alvarado, Danielle Celentano, Guillaume X. Rousseau, Luis M. Hernández, Tiago M. Ferraz, Fabrício B. Silva, Maycon H. F. de Melo, Taissa C. S. Rodrigues, Josué C. Viegas, Ulisses D. V. Souza, Andre L. S. Santos, and Denilson Bezerra. 2021. “Northeast Brazil’s Imperiled Cerrado” Science 372(6538):139.2-140. doi: 10.1126/science.abg0556.
- Silva-Junior, Celso H. L., Ana C. M. Pessôa, Nathália S. Carvalho, João B. C. Reis, Liana O. Anderson, and Luiz E. O. C. Aragão. 2021. “The Brazilian Amazon Deforestation Rate in 2020 Is the Greatest of the Decade.” Nature Ecology & Evolution 5(2):144–45. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-01368-x.
- Nascimento, Eric de Souza, Sonaira Souza da Silva, Leandra Bordignon, Antonio Willian Flores de Melo, Amintas Brandão, Carlos M. Souza, and Celso H. L. Silva-Junior. 2021. “Roads in the Southwestern Amazon, State of Acre, between 2007 and 2019.” Land 10(2):106. doi: 10.3390/land10020106.
2020
- Silveira, Marcus V. F., Caio A. Petri, Igor S. Broggio, Gabriel O. Chagas, Mateus S. Macul, Cândida C. S. S. Leite, Edson M. M. Ferrari, Carolina G. V. Amim, Ana L. R. Freitas, Alline Z. V. Motta, Luiza M. E. Carvalho, Celso H. L. Silva-Junior, Liana O. Anderson, and Luiz E. O. C. Aragão. 2020. “Drivers of Fire Anomalies in the Brazilian Amazon: Lessons Learned from the 2019 Fire Crisis.” Land 9(12):516. doi: 10.3390/land9120516.
- Pessôa, Ana Carolina M., Liana O. Anderson, Nathália S. Carvalho, Wesley A. Campanharo, Celso H. L. Silva-Junior, Thais M. Rosan, João B. C. Reis, Francisca R. S. Pereira, Mauro Assis, Aline D. Jacon, Jean P. Ometto, Yosio E. Shimabukuro, Camila V. J. Silva, Aline Pontes-Lopes, Thiago F. Morello, and Luiz E. O. C. Aragão. 2020. “Intercomparison of Burned Area Products and Its Implication for Carbon Emission Estimations in the Amazon.” Remote Sensing 12(23):3864. doi: 10.3390/rs12233864.
- Silva-Junior, Celso H. L., Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Liana O. Anderson, Marisa G. Fonseca, Yosio E. Shimabukuro, Christelle Vancutsem, Frédéric Achard, René Beuchle, Izaya Numata, Carlos A. Silva, Eduardo E. Maeda, Marcos Longo, and Sassan S. Saatchi. 2020. “Persistent Collapse of Biomass in Amazonian Forest Edges Following Deforestation Leads to Unaccounted Carbon Losses.” Science Advances 6(40):eaaz8360. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz8360.
- Silva-Junior, Celso H. L., Danielle Celentano, Guillaume X. Rousseau, Emanoel Gomes de Moura, István van Deursen Varga, Carlos Martinez, and Marlúcia B. Martins. 2020. “Amazon Forest on the Edge of Collapse in the Maranhão State, Brazil.” Land Use Policy 97:104806. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104806.
- Silva-Junior, Celso H. L., Viola H. A. Heinrich, Ana T. G. Freire, Igor S. Broggio, Thais M. Rosan, Juan Doblas, Liana O. Anderson, Guillaume X. Rousseau, Yosio E. Shimabukuro, Carlos A. Silva, Joanna I. House, and Luiz E. O. C. Aragão. 2020. “Benchmark Maps of 33 Years of Secondary Forest Age for Brazil.” Scientific Data 7(1):269. doi: 10.1038/s41597-020-00600-4.
2019
- Silva-Junior, Celso H. L., Liana O. Anderson, Alindomar L. Silva, Catherine T. Almeida, Ricardo Dalagnol, Mikhaela A. J. S. Pletsch, Thales V. Penha, Rennan A. Paloschi, and Luiz E. O. C. Aragão. 2019. “Fire Responses to the 2010 and 2015/2016 Amazonian Droughts.” Frontiers in Earth Science 7(97):1-16. doi: 10.3389/feart.2019.00097.
- Santos, André Luís Silva dos, Hélder Pereira Borges, Celso H. L. Silva-Junior, Raimundo Nonato Piedade Junior, and Denilson da Silva Bezerra. 2019. “Modelling Dunes from Lençóis Maranhenses National Park (Brazil): Largest Dune Field in South America.” Scientific Reports 9(1):7434. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43735-0.
- Gasparini, Kaio Allan Cruz, Celso H. L. Silva-Junior, Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro, Egidio Arai, Luiz Eduardo Oliveira Cruz e Aragão, Carlos Alberto Silva, and Peter L. Marshall. 2019. “Determining a Threshold to Delimit the Amazonian Forests from the Tree Canopy Cover 2000 GFC Data.” Sensors 19(22):5020. doi: 10.3390/s19225020.
2018
- Silva-Junior, Celso H. L., Luiz Aragão, Marisa Fonseca, Catherine Almeida, Laura Vedovato, and Liana Anderson. 2018. “Deforestation-Induced Fragmentation Increases Forest Fire Occurrence in Central Brazilian Amazonia.” Forests 9(6):305. doi: 10.3390/f9060305.
- Silva-Junior, Celso H. L., Catherine Almeida, Jessflan Santos, Liana Anderson, Luiz Aragão, and Fabrício Silva. 2018. “Spatiotemporal Rainfall Trends in the Brazilian Legal Amazon between the Years 1998 and 2015.” Water 10(9):1220. doi: 10.3390/w10091220.
- Aragão, Luiz E. O. C., Liana O. Anderson, Marisa G. Fonseca, Thais M. Rosan, Laura B. Vedovato, Fabien H. Wagner, Camila V. J. Silva, Celso H. L. Silva-Junior, Egidio Arai, Ana P. Aguiar, Jos Barlow, Erika Berenguer, Merritt N. Deeter, Lucas G. Domingues, Luciana Gatti, Manuel Gloor, Yadvinder Malhi, Jose A. Marengo, John B. Miller, Oliver L. Phillips, and Sassan Saatchi. 2018. “21st Century Drought-Related Fires Counteract the Decline of Amazon Deforestation Carbon Emissions.” Nature Communications 9(1):536. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02771-y.