Talita Fontoura Alves Explained

Talita Fontoura Alves
Birth Date:1966
Nationality:Brazilian
Fields:Botany
Alma Mater:University of Campinas
Thesis Title:Distribuição geográfica, forófitos e espécies de bromélias epífitas nas matas e plantações de cacau da região de Una, Bahia
Thesis Url:http://cutter.unicamp.br/document/?code=vtls000364319
Thesis Year:2005
Doctoral Advisor:Flavio Antonio Maes dos Santos

Talita Fontoura Alves (b. 1966) is a Brazilian botanist.[1] She is a professor of biology and botany at the State University of Santa Cruz in Ilhéus, Brazil. She is notable for the discovery and naming of Quesnelia alborosea, a member of the Bromeliaceae native to the Bahia area of Brazil.[2]

Biography

In 1988, Fontoura obtained her Licentiate from the Universidade Santa Úrsula in Rio de Janeiro. She obtained her master's degree in ecology under the supervision of Dr. Fábio Rúbio Scarano at the University of Campinas in 1995, and finally her Doctorate in 2005, also at the University of Campinas. To finish her education, she conducted her postdoctoral studies at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.[3]

Since 1996, she has tenured as a professor at the State University of Santa Cruz in Ilhéus, Bahia,[4] and continues to contribute to the fields of ecology in biodiversity and conservation. Her field of research is the structure and community of epiphytes. She has begun research on Bromeliaceae at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden into the different aspects of that family of plants such as their phytogeography and frugivory.[5]

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  1. Fontoura Alves, Talita (fl. 1984-2009). plants.jstor.org. JSTOR. 4 November 2017.
  2. Web site: Bromeliaceae Quesnelia alborosea A.F.Costa & Fontoura. ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. 17 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Talita Fontoura Alves. .escavador.com. Escavador. 4 November 2017.
  4. Web site: MESTRADO EM DESENVOLVIMENTO REGIONAL E MEIO AMBIENTE. uesc.br. State University of Santa Cruz. 4 November 2017. pt. 7 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107042417/http://www.uesc.br/cursos/pos_graduacao/mestrado/mdrma/index.php?item=conteudo_corpodocente.php. dead.
  5. Web site: Talita Fontoura Alves. buscatextual.cnpq.br. National Council for Scientific and Technological Development. 4 November 2017.