Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Ph.D. candidate
Supervisor: Julia Mlynarek
Marie Guittonny, UQAT
Start: 2026-01-01
End: 2030-01-01

Project

Biodiversity and Health of Insect Pollinators at Restored Mine Sites Revegetated with Agronomic Flowering Plants in the Boreal Region
This project investigates the extent to which open habitats created through mine restoration and revegetation support diverse, healthy, and functional pollinator communities in the boreal region. It examines three complementary dimensions: the potential effects of metal contamination on pollinator health and bioaccumulation across different pollinator groups, the local, historical, and landscape factors that shape pollinator diversity and community composition, and plant-pollinator interactions, investigated notably using environmental DNA. The project therefore assesses whether restored mine sites provide suitable habitats for pollinators or whether their ecological value remains limited by residual ecotoxicological constraints.

Keywords

ecology, entomology, Mine Restoration, eDNA, pollinators, biodiversity, Metal Contamination, ecotoxicology, Boreal Ecosystems

Publications

1- Spatiotemporal Patterns of Ant Metacommunity in a Montane Forest Archipelago
Brant, Humberto Soares Caldeira, Pedro Giovâni da Silva, Flávio Siqueira de Castro, Lucas Neves Perillo, Frederico de Siqueira Neves
2021 Neotropical Entomology

2- Tolerance and phytoremediation capacity of atrazine and S-metolachlor by two duckweeds
Cruz, Fernanda Vieira da Silva, Humberto Soares Caldeira Brant, Leanne Ohlund, Lekha Sleno, Philippe Juneau
2024 Environmental Science and Pollution Research

3- Habitat generalists drive nestedness in a tropical mountaintop insect metacommunity
Neves, Frederico de Siqueira, Pedro Giovâni da Silva, Ricardo Solar, Cássio Alencar Nunes, Marina do Vale Beirão, Humberto Brant, Flávio Siqueira de Castro, Wesley Dáttilo, Roger Guevara, G Wilson Fernandes
2021 Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

4- High Temporal Beta Diversity in an Ant Metacommunity, With Increasing Temporal Functional Replacement Along the Elevational Gradient
Nunes, Cássio Alencar, Flávio S. Castro, Humberto S. C. Brant, Scott Powell, Ricardo Solar, G. Wilson Fernandes, Frederico S. Neves
2020 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

5- ATLANTIC ANTS: a data set of ants in Atlantic Forests of South America
Silva, Rogério R., Felipe Martello, Rodrigo Machado Feitosa, Otávio Guilherme M. Silva, Lívia Pires do Prado, Carlos Roberto F. Brandão, Emília Zoppas de Albuquerque, Maria Santina C. Morini, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie, Erison Carlos dos Santos Monteiro, Agripino Emanuel Oliveira Alves, Alexander L. Wild, Alexander V. Christianini, Alexandre Arnhold, Alexandre Casadei Ferreira, Aline Machado Oliveira, Alvaro D. Santos, Alvaro Galbán, Amanda Aparecida de Oliveira, Amanda Gomes Madureira Subtil, Amanda Martins Dias, Ana Eugênia de Carvalho Campos, Ana Maria Waldschimidt, André Victor Lucci Freitas, Andrea N. Avalos, Andreas L. S. Meyer, Andrés F. Sánchez‐Restrepo, Andrew V. Suarez, Anselmo Santos Souza, Antônio C. M. Queiroz, Antônio J. Mayhé‐Nunes, Ariel da Cruz Reis, Benedito Cortês Lopes, Benoit Guénard, Bhrenno Maykon Trad, Bianca Caitano, Boris Yagound, Brenda Pereira‐Silva, Brian L. Fisher, Brisa Lunar Patrício Tavares, Bruna Borges Moraes, Bruno K. C. Filgueiras, Carin Guarda, Carla R. Ribas, Carlos Eduardo Cereto, Carlos Eduardo Lustosa Esbérard, Carlos E. G. R. Schaefer, Carolina I. Paris, Cecília Bueno, Chaim Jose Lasmar, Cinthia Borges da Costa‐Milanez, Cladis Juliana Lutinski, Claudia M. Ortiz‐Sepulveda, Claudia Tiemi Wazema, Cléa S. F. Mariano, Corina Anahí Barrera, Cristian Luan Klunk, Daniel Oliveira Santana, Darío Larrea, Débora Cristina Rother, Débora R. Souza‐Campana, Débora Yumi Kayano, Diego Lemos Alves, Diego Santana Assis, Diego Anjos, Eder Cleyton Barbosa França, Eduardo F. Santos, Elisangela A. Silva, Éliton Vieira Santos, Elmo Borges Koch, Emely Laiara Silva Siqueira, Érica A. Almeida, Erica Santos Araujo, Erick Villarreal, Erin Becker, Ernesto de Oliveira Canedo‐Júnior, Esperidião A. Santos‐Neto, Evan P. Economo, Évellyn Silva Araújo‐Oliveira, Fabiana Cuezzo, Fabrício Severo Magalhães, Felipe Marcel Neves, Felix Baumgarten Rosumek, Fernanda Emanuela Dorneles, Fernando B. Noll, Filipe V. Arruda, Flávia A. Esteves, Flavio Nunes Ramos, Flávio Roberto Mello Garcia, Flávio Siqueiro de Castro, Francisco Serna, Frederico Rottgers Marcineiro, Frederico S. Neves, Gabriela Bandeira do Nascimento, Gabriela de Figueiredo Jacintho, Gabriela P. Camacho, Genesio Tamara Ribeiro, Giselle Martins Lourenço, Glória Ramos Soares, Graciele A. Castilho, Guilherme Pereira Alves, Gustavo A. Zurita, Gustavo Henrique Machado Santos, Helena Carolina Onody, Helon Simões Oliveira, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Hipólito Ferreira Paulino‐Neto, Humberto Brant, Igor Rismo Coelho, Inácio José de Melo Teles e Gomes, Inara R. Leal, Iracenir Andrade Dos Santos, Isis Caroline Siqueira Santos, Itanna O. Fernandes, Ivan C. Nascimento, Jarbas Marçal Queiroz, John E. Lattke, Jonathan Majer, José Henrique Schoereder, José Oliveira Dantas, Joudellys Andrade‐Silva, Juan Martin Díaz Guastavino, Juliana Silveira dos Santos, Julieta Filloy, Júlio C. M. Chaul, Junir Antonio Lutinski, Karine S. Carvalho, Kelli S. Ramos, Kelly L. S. Sampaio, Laís Aryane M. Ribeiro, Leandro Sousa‐Souto, Lucas N. Paolucci, Luciana Elizalde, Luciana R. Podgaiski, Lucila Chifflet, Ludimila Juliele Carvalho‐Leite, Luis A. Calcaterra, Luiz Eduardo Macedo‐Reis, Luiz Fernando Silva Magnago, Marcelo Silva Madureira, Márcio Morais Silva, Márcio R. Pie, Marcio Uehara‐Prado, Marco Aurélio Pizo, Marcos Antônio Pesquero, Marcos Augusto Ferraz Carneiro, Maria Assunta Busato, Maria Fernanda Brito de Almeida, Maria Isabel Bellocq, Mariáh Tibcherani, Mariana Sampaio Casimiro, Mariane Ueda Vaz Ronque, Marília Maria Silva da Costa, Marina Acero Angotti, Marina Vasconcelos de Oliveira, Maurice Leponce, Mayara Mieko Gonçalves Imata, Mila Ferraz de Oliveira Martins, Mônica Antunes Ulysséa, Nadia Barbosa do Espirito Santo, Natalia Maritza Ladino López, Natalia Soares Balbino, Nathalia Sampaio da Silva, Nathália V. H. Safar, Paloma Leal de Andrade, Paulo H. S. A. Camargo, Paulo S. Oliveira, Pavel Dodonov, Pedro Luna, Philip S. Ward, Priscila E. Hanisch, Priscila Santos Silva, Raquel Divieso, Raquel L. Carvalho, Renata B. F. Campos, Reuber Antoniazzi, Ricardo Eduardo Vicente, Ricardo Giovenardi, Ricardo Ildefonso Campos, Ricardo R. C. Solar, Ricardo Toshio Fujihara, Roberta de Jesus Santos, Roberth Fagundes, Roberto J. Guerrero, Rodolfo S. Probst, Rodrigo Silva de Jesus, Rogério Silvestre, Roman Alberto López‐Muñoz, Ronara de Souza Ferreira‐Châline, Rony Peterson Santos Almeida, Samuel de Mello Pinto, Santiago Santoandré, Sérgio L. Althoff, Sérvio P. Ribeiro, Tainara Jory, Tae Tanaami Fernandes, Tamires de Oliveira Andrade, Thalles Platiny Lavinscky Pereira, Thiago Gonçalves‐Souza, Thiago Sanches Ranzani da Silva, Victória N. G. Silva, Vinicius Marques Lopez, Vinicius Rodrigues Tonetti, Vivian Ayumi Fujizawa Nacagava, Viviane M. Oliveira, Wesley Dáttilo, Wesley DaRocha, Weslly Franco, William Dröse, William Antonialli, Milton Cezar Ribeiro
2021 Ecology