DoctorMaia Raymundo

Maia’s research examines how ecological communities assemble, persist, and respond to disturbance, with emphasis on:

Community Ecology & Biodiversity

• Functional diversity and species richness
• Community assembly processes
• Environmental drivers of species interactions

Invasion Ecology

• Impacts of invasive species on native ecosystems
• Plant community responses to invasion and disturbance
• Management strategies for invaded landscapes

Restoration Ecology

• Recovery trajectories of degraded ecosystems
• Spatially explicit frameworks for restoration planning
• Biodiversity outcomes under climate variability

Island & Tropical Ecology

• Ecological dynamics in Pacific Island systems
• Conservation of threatened species and ecosystems
• Human–environment interactions in island contexts

Quantitative & Spatial Ecology

• Trait-based ecology and functional metrics
• Long-term ecological datasets and environmental gradients