{"id":2105,"date":"2024-09-26T10:54:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T08:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/makit.edu.umontpellier.fr\/?page_id=2105"},"modified":"2026-10-02T12:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:04:19","slug":"george-brown","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/makit.edu.umontpellier.fr\/fr\/fellows\/fellows-visiting-scientists\/george-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"George Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>George G. Brown&nbsp;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 Paran\u00e1. His Visiting Scientist fellowship at the Montpellier Advanced Knowledge Institute on Transitions runs from 25 November 2024 to 16 July 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/makit.edu.umontpellier.fr\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_5396-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/makit.edu.umontpellier.fr\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_5396-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/makit.edu.umontpellier.fr\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_5396-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/makit.edu.umontpellier.fr\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_5396-768x549.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biographie :<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=fr&amp;user=sx5PZrgAAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works&amp;sortby=pubdate\">George G. Brown<\/a>&nbsp;is a soil ecologist of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embrapa.br\/busca-de-noticias\/-\/noticia\/57628125\/george-brown-integra-lista-de-pesquisadores-mais-influentes-do-mundo\">EMBRAPA<\/a>), and also teaches in the Graduate Program of Soil Sciences at the Federal University of Paran\u00e1. He participates in several international projects including \u2018Soil biodiversity and ecosystem function in Human-modified landscapes\u2019. His research project is dedicated to \u2018<em>Linking Soil Fauna Communities with Ecosystem Service Provisioning in Rural and Urban Environments<\/em>\u2018 and will deepen his ongoing collaboration with the&nbsp;Ecology and Evolutionary Ecology&nbsp;Research Unit.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fondationbiodiversite.fr\/en\/the-frb-in-action\/programs-and-projects\/le-cesab\/faunaservices\/\">FAUNASERVICES<\/a>&nbsp;will, for the first time, synthesise the relationships between soil biodiversity \u2013 soil macrofauna and earthworm communities \u2013 and the provisioning of five key ecosystem services that are critical in Amazonia and the Atlantic Forest, two major biomes in South America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research interests:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Soil macrofauna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Services \u00e9cosyst\u00e9miques<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biodiversity hotspots<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Land use systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent publications include:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown, George, Wilian Demetrio, Quentin Gabriac, Amarildo Pasini, Vanesca Korasaki, Lenita Oliveira, and others, \u2018Soil Macrofauna Communities in Brazilian Land Use Systems\u2019 (Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023), doi:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3897\/arphapreprints.e115049\">10.3897\/arphapreprints.e115049<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conrado, Ana C., Wilian C. Demetrio, David W. G. Stanton, Marie L. C. Bartz, Samuel W. James, Alessandra Santos, and others, \u2018Amazonian Earthworm Biodiversity Is Heavily Impacted by Ancient and Recent Human Disturbance\u2019, <em>Science de l'environnement total<\/em>, 895 (2023), p. 165087, doi:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2023.165087\">10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2023.165087<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mathieu, J\u00e9r\u00f4me, Ana C. Antunes, S\u00e9bastien Barot, Ana E. Bonato Asato, Marie L. C. Bartz, George G. Brown, and others, \u2018sOilFauna &#8211; a Global Synthesis Effort on the Drivers of Soil Macrofauna Communities and Functioning: WORKSHOP REPORT\u2019, 2022, doi:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.25674\/SO94ISS2ID282\">10.25674\/SO94ISS2ID282<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phillips, Helen R. P., Carlos A. Guerra, Marie L. C. Bartz, Maria J. I. Briones, George Brown, Thomas W. Crowther, and others, \u2018Global Distribution of Earthworm Diversity\u2019, <em>Sciences<\/em>, 366.6464 (2019), pp. 480\u201385, doi:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.aax4851\">10.1126\/science.aax4851<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George G. Brown&nbsp;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 Paran\u00e1. His Visiting Scientist fellowship at the Montpellier Advanced Knowledge Institute on Transitions runs from 25 November 2024 to 16 July 2025. Biography: George G. 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