George Brown

George G. Brown is a soil ecologist of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), and also teaches in the Graduate Program of Soil Sciences at the Federal University of Paraná.

Biography:

George G. Brown is a soil ecologist of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), and also teaches in the Graduate Program of Soil Sciences at the Federal University of Paraná. He participates in several international projects including ‘Soil biodiversity and ecosystem function in Human-modified landscapes’. His research project is dedicated to ‘Linking Soil Fauna Communities with Ecosystem Service Provisioning in Rural and Urban Environments‘ and will deepen his ongoing collaboration with the Ecology and Evolutionary Ecology Research Unit. FAUNASERVICES will, for the first time, synthesise the relationships between soil biodiversity – soil macrofauna and earthworm communities – and the provisioning of five key ecosystem services that are critical in Amazonia and the Atlantic Forest, two major biomes in South America.

Research interests:

• Soil macrofauna
• Ecosystem services
• Biodiversity hotspots
• Land use systems