Dr. Daniela Granato de Souza Biography

Research

Forest Ecology, emphasis in dendrochronology of temperate and tropical forests. I develop my research in dendrochronology, dendroecology, and dendroclimatology, and have experience working in tropical and temperate forests. I work actively in the Amazon basin, developing tree ring chronologies from remote areas to reconstruct the past climate variability and to understand stand dynamics in the Amazon rainforest. I'm now starting new projects in the hardwood forests in Alabama and will have opportunities for students who want to gain more experience in this field, at an undergraduate or graduate level. 

Area of Expertise and/or Research: Wood anatomy, dendrochronology especially dendroecology, dendroclimatology and historical climatology focused on different research questions, using time series to understand how the forest works. 

Education

• PhD, Forestry
• MA, Forestry
• BA, Biology 

Publications

• Granato-Souza D, Stahle DW (2023). Drought and flood extremes on the Amazon River and in northeast Brazil, 1790-1900. Journal of Climate, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0146.1. 

  Howard IM, Stahle DW, Torbenson MCA, Granato-Souza D, Poulsen C (2023). The flood risk and water supply implications of seasonal precipitation reconstructions in Northern California. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, 21, https://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2023v21iss1art2. 

  Daigard ROR, Sánchez-Salguero R, Hevia A, Granato-Souza D, Pereira GA, Roig FA, Tomazello-Filho M (2023). Long- and short-term impacts of climate and dry-season on wood traits of Cedrela fissilis Vell. in southern Brazilian Amazon. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 333, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109392. 

  Daigard ROR, Sánchez-Salguero R, Hevia A, Granato-Souza D, Cintra BBL, Hornink B, Andreu-Hayles L, Pereira GA, Roig FA, Tomazello-Filho M (2023). Climate variability of the southern Amazon inferred by a multi-proxy tree-ring approach using Cedrela fissilis Vell. The Science of The Total Environment, 871, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162064. 

  Zuidema PA, Babst F, Groenendijk P, Trouet V, et al. (2022). Tropical tree growth driven by dry-season climate variability. Nature Geoscience, in press. 

  Fruhauf AC, Silva ÉdipoM, Granato-souza D, Silva EM, Muniz JÁ, Fernandes TJ. (2022). Description of growth height of hybrid clones of Eucalyptus in a Semi-arid region using nonlinear models. Revista Brasileira de Biometria, 40 (2). 

  Stahle DW, Torbenson MC, Howard IM, Granato-Souza D, Barbosa AC, Feng S, Schöngart J, Lopez L, Villalba R, Villanueva J, and Fernandes K. (2020). Pan American interactions of Amazon precipitation, streamflow, and tree growth extremes. Environmental Research Letters, 15(10). 

  Granato-Souza D, Stahle DW, Torbenson MC, Howard IM, Barbosa AC, Feng S, Fernandes K, and Schöngart J. (2020). Multidecadal Changes in Wet Season Precipitation Totals Over the Eastern Amazon. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(8). 

  Santos GM, Granato-Souza D, Barbosa AC, Oelkers R and Andreu-Hayles L. (2020). Radiocarbon analysis confirms annual periodicity in Cedrela odorata tree rings from the equatorial Amazon. Quaternary Geochronology 58: 101079, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2020.101079. 

  Xavier CN, Granato-Souza D, Barbosa ACMC, Silva JRM. (2019). Tropical dendrochronology applied to study invasive tree species in the Brazilian Atlantic forest submitted to Journal of Forestry Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-019-01075-9. 

   Granato-Souza D, Stahle DW, Barbosa AC, Feng S, Torbenson MCA, Pereira GA, Schöngart J, Barbosa JP, Griffin D. (2019). Tree rings and rainfall in the equatorial Amazon. Climate Dynamics. 52 1857-1869. 

  Granato-Souza D, Adenesky-Filho E, Esemann- Quadros K. (2019). Dendrochronology and climatic signals in the wood of Nectandra oppositifolia from a dense rain forest in southern Brazil. Journal of Forestry Research. 30 545-553. 

  Granato-Souza D, Barbosa ACMC, Chaves HF. (2019). Drivers of growth variability of Hymenaea stigonocarpa, a widely distributed tree species in the Brazilian Cerrado. Dendrochronologia. 53 73-81. 

  Granato-Souza D, Adenesky-Filho E, Barbosa ACMC, Esemann-Quadros K. (2018). Dendrochronological analyses and climatic signals of in subtropical forest of southern Brazil. Austral Ecology. 43 385-396. 

  Barbosa ACMC, Pereira GA, Granato- Souza D, Santos RM, Fontes MAL. (2018). Tree rings and growth trajectories of tree species from seasonally dry tropical forest. Australian Journal of Botany. 66(5) 414-427. 

  Pereira GA, Barbosa ACMC, Torbenson MCA, Stahle DW, Granato-Souza D, Santos RM, Barbosa JPD. (2018). The Climate Response of Cedrela Fissilis Annual Ring Width in the Rio Sao Francisco Basin, Brazil. Tree-Ring Research. v.74, p.162 - 171. 

  Granato-Souza D, Iza OB. (2016). Análise da fragmentação de hábitats em municípios da bacia hidrográfica do Rio Tijucas e municípios conexos à REBio da Canela Preta – Santa Catarina. Acta Biológica Catarinense. v.3, p.49 - 59. 

  Book Chapters.