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Pós-Graduação em Biologia Comparada Universidade de São Paulo Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto
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Research

ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY

Study of interactions between organisms and the environment, involving both the different attributes of biodiversity (composition, structure and function) as well as the most diverse scales (gene, individual, population, community, biome, biosphere); contemplating purely conceptual and theoretical aspects of ecology and conservation, as well as their practical application, whether focused on understanding ecological processes or monitoring, predicting and mitigating the direct and indirect effects of anthropic action on biodiversity in general.

BIODIVERSITY EVOLUTION

The research line “Evolution of Biodiversity” emphasizes the understanding of the evolutionary history of organisms and the inference of phylogenetic interrelationships in living and extinct lineages, accessing present and past biodiversity. This line incorporates studies dedicated to understanding the origin and evolution of phenotypic and genetic characters, which bring together different levels of organization in the analysis of biological evolution. Since evolutionary processes are inherent in different aspects of Biodiversity, the “Evolution of Biodiversity” line integrates with other existing lines of research (“Ecology and Conservation of Biodiversity” and “History, Philosophy and Teaching Evolution and Ecology”), establishing the theoretical and conceptual gradient that defines the interdisciplinary character of the Postgraduate Program in Comparative Biology. FFCLRP / USP.

HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND TEACHING OF EVOLUTION AND ECOLOGY

Studies on the construction of knowledge in comparative biology and ecology; environmental studies; studies on educational processes in biology at different levels and spaces of teaching and learning.