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Technical University of Munich

Ugo Mendes Diniz

Research Department Life Science Systems
Technische Universität München
Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2
D-85354 Freising-Weihenstephan

Room: 1.2.1.8

Phone: +49 0152 02746484
Email: ugo.diniz(at)tum.de

ORCID: 000-003-3360-8314
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Research interest

  • Community Ecology
  • Pollination Ecology
  • Floral Biology
  • Mutualistic Networks
  • Tropical Ecology

I am interested in various aspects of pollination ecology, including syndrome theory, urban pollination and interaction networks, with a special attention to nectarivorous bats and, more recently, insects. Most of my studies have been conducted in tropical ecosystems, especially in the savannas and dry forests of Brazil.

My current focus is the assembly mechanisms and ecological drivers of pollination networks. My PhD project aims at investigating the reassembly of diurnal and nocturnal interactions in response to forest regeneration in Ecuador, as part of the Reassembly Research Unit (https://www.reassembly.de) funded by the DFG.

Curriculum Vitae

01/2022-present PhD candidate, Plant-Insect-Interactions, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Germany
03/2019-08/2021 Master of Science in Ecology, Ecology Department, University of Brasília, Brazil
06/2018-09/2018 Visiting Researching Student, School of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
03/2015-12/2018 Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

Publications

  • Aguiar, L. M. S., Diniz, U. M., Bueno-Rocha, I. D., Filomeno, L. R. A., Aguiar-Machado, L. S., Gomes, P. A., Togni, P. B. Untangling biodiversity interactions: A meta network on pollination in Earth's most diverse tropical savanna. Ecology and Evolution 14(3), e11094.
     
  • Diniz, U. M., & Aguiar, L. M. S. (2023).The interplay between spatiotemporal overlap and morphology as determinants of microstructure suggests no ‘perfect fit’ in a bat-flower network. Scientific Reports 13, 2737.
     
  • Diniz, U. M., & Aguiar, L. M. S. (2023). Spatiotemporal trends in floral visitation and interaction networks reveal shifting niches for bats in a Neotropical savanna. Journal of Animal Ecology 00, 1-14. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13941
     
  • Domingos-Melo, A., Albuquerque-Lima, S., Diniz, U. M., Machado, I. C., Lopes, A. V. (2023). Bat pollination in the Caatinga: review of studies and peculiarities of the system. Flora 305.
     
  • Diniz, U. M., Fischer, N. L. S., & Aguiar, L. M. S. (2022). Changing the main course: strong bat visitation to the ornithophilous mistletoe Psittacanthus robustus (Loranthaceae) in a Neotropical savanna. Biotropica, 54(2), 478-489.
     
  • Diniz, U. M., Nadia T. L., Mello, M. A. R. M., Machado, I. C. (2022). Few plants and one dominant fly shape a unique pollination network in a Neotropical mangrove. Aquatic Botany, 180(2), 103526.
     
  • Albuquerque-Lima, S., Diniz, U. M., & Machado, I. C. (2022). A nectar oasis for urban Glossophaginae bats: Temporal resource dynamics of the chiropterophilous Crescentia cujete (Bignoniaceae). Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 67, 127412.
     
  • Ramalho, D. F., Diniz, U. M., & Aguiar, L. (2021). Anthropization Affects the Assembly of Bat-Bat Fly Interaction Networks. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 454.
     
  • Queiroz, J. A., Diniz, U. M., Vázquez, D. P., Quirino, Z. M., Santos, F. A., Mello, M. A., & Machado, I. C. (2021). Bats and hawkmoths form mixed modules with flowering plants in a nocturnal interaction network. Biotropica, 53(2), 596-607.
     
  • Domingos-Melo, A., Diniz, U. M., Chalegre, S. L., & Machado, I. C. (2021). “Sweet Rain” from Bat-Pollinated Flowers: How Does Sugar Concentration Modulate Nectar Retention?. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 182(1), 71-77.
     
  • Diniz, U. M., Domingos-Melo, A., & Machado, I. C. (2019). Flowers up! The effect of floral height along the shoot axis on the fitness of bat-pollinated species. Annals of Botany, 124(5), 809-818.
     
  • Diniz, U. M., Lima, S. A., & Machado, I. C. (2019). Short-distance pollen dispersal by bats in an urban setting: monitoring the movement of a vertebrate pollinator through fluorescent dyes. Urban Ecosystems, 22(2), 281-291.
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