Publications

Silvia R. Ziller, Clarissa A. Rosa, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Patricia Beatriz Puechagut, Beloni T. P. Marterer, Carlos H. T. Silva, José Renato Legracie-Júnior, Tatiani E. Chapla, Rafael D. Zenni (2026). Invasive non-native species pathways in Brazil a priority-setting assessment. Biological Invasions.

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Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Sofia Casali, Fernando Joner, Graziela Dias Blanco, Nivaldo Peroni, Eduardo L. H. Giehl (2025). Ecological context matters toward more ecologically realistic fire-ash impact assessments in grassy ecosystems. Environmental pollution.

Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Eduardo L. H. Giehl, Nivaldo Peroni (2025). Soil microbial communities limit nurse tree seedling performance across forest–grassland gradients. Plant and Soil.

Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Sílvia R. Ziller, Clarissa Alves da Rosa, Patricia B. Puechagut, Beloni T. P. Marterer, Eduardo L. H. Giehl, Matheus Silva Asth, Carlos H. Targino, José Renato Legracie-Jr, Tatiani E. Chapla, Rafael Dudeque Zenni (2025). Georeferenced database of invasive non-native species occurrences in Brazil. Scientific Data.

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Amanda Angélica Carmes, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Gabriela Moraes da Silva, Pedro Fiaschi, Michele de Sá Dechoum (2025). Factors explaining species richness of invasive plants in Neotropical forests. Acta Botanica Brasilica.

Sofia Casali, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Fernando Joner, Gustavo Lemes Pinto, Selvino Neckel-Oliveira, Eduardo L. H. Giehl (2025). Fire regime and local biotic and abiotic factors as drivers of diversity patterns in highland grasslands in southern Brazil. Plant Ecology.

Amanda Angélica Carmes, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Pedro Fiaschi, Michele de Sá Dechoum (2025). Invasiveness in *Schefflera*":" do non-native species outperform phylogenetically related native species?. Biota Neotropica.

Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Cecília S. Dalotto, Tânia Tarabini Castellani, Francisco I. Pugnaire, Michele de Sá Dechoum (2024). Plant-plant interactions in a subtropical coastal community. Plant Ecology.

Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Sofía Casali, Sophia K. Novaes, Jonata Silveira, Eduardo L. H. Giehl (2024). Unraveling fruit and seed morphology and seedling establishment of a narrow endemic tree species. Biota Neotropica.

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Judith Sarneel, Mariet M. Hefting, Taru Sandén et al. (2024). Reading tea leaves worldwide":" decoupled drivers of initial litter decomposition mass-loss rate and stabilization. Ecology Letters.

Rafael D. Zenni, Silvia R. Ziller, Clarissa A. Rosa, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Patricia Beatriz Puechagut, Beloni T. P. Marterer, Gustavo Heringer, Ana Carolina L. de Matos, Marina Lopes Bueno, Jonathan Wilson Almeida, Carlos H. T. Silva, José Renato Legracie-Júnior, Tatiani E. Chapla (2024). Invasive non-native species in Brazil an updated overview. Biological Invasions.

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Laíse Orsi Becker, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Michele de Sá Dechoum (2023). Understanding willow invasion in subtropical highlands. Biological Invasions.

Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Silvia R. Ziller, Michele de Sá Dechoum (2023). Is the use of drones cost-effective and efficient in detecting invasive alien trees? A case study from a subtropical coastal ecosystem. Biological Invasions.

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Edison Cardona Medina, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Daniel de Barcellos Falkenberg, Fernando Joner, Rubens Onofre Nodari (2021). Effects of root hemiparasite Escobedia grandiflora (Orobanchaceae) on southern Brazilian grasslands- Diversity, composition, and functional groups. Journal of Vegetation Science.

Sílvia R. Ziller, Michele de S. Dechoum, Aracídio F. B. Neto, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Alexandre D. Schmidt, Guilherme Ritzmann, Christopher H. Graves, Guilherme H. Pereira (2021). Estimating yield and control costs of Pinus spp. invasions – a case study in a municipal protected area in Atlantic Forest, Florianópolis, Brazil. Revista Bioinvasiones.

Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Fernando S. Rosa, Jonata Silveira, Nivaldo Peroni, Eduardo L. Hettwer Giehl (2021). The influence of fire and cattle grazing on Araucaria population structure in forest-grasslands mosaics. FLORA.

Michele de Sá Dechoum, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Silvia M. Futada, Sílvia R. Ziller (2021). Distribution of invasive alien species in Brazilian ecoregions and protected areas. Invasive Alien Species: Observations and Issues from Around the World.

Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Alexandre Somavilla, Eduardo L. Hettwer Giehl (2021). Weather variables affecting the behaviour of insect flower visitors and main pollinators of Erythroxylum myrsinites Martius (Erythroxylaceae). Sociobiology.

Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Michele de Sá Dechoum, Sílvia R. Ziller (2020). Invasion by a non-native willow (Salix × rubens) in Brazilian subtropical highlands. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation.

Graziela D. Blanco, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Escarlet Brizola, Patrícia Figueiredo Corrêa, Mari Lucia Campos, Natalia Hanazaki (2020). Invisible contaminants and food security in former coal mining areas of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine.

Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Eduardo L. H. Giehl, Nivaldo Peroni (2020). Preventing traditional management can cause grassland loss within 30 years in southern Brazil. Scientific Reports.

Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Márcia P. Hoeltgebaum, Anelise N. Silva, Selvino N. Oliveira, Nivaldo Peroni (2019). Species diversity, community structure and ecological traits of trees in an upper montane forest, Southern Brazil. Acta Botanica Brasilica.

Michele de Sá Dechoum, Eduardo L. H. Giehl, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Thiago C. L. Silveira, Silvia R. Ziller (2019). Citizen engagement in the management of non-native invasive pines: Does it make a difference?. Biological Invasions.

Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Eduardo L. H. Giehl, Nivaldo Peroni (2018). Interaction of land management and araucaria trees in the maintenance of landscape diversity in the highlands of southern Brazil. PLOS ONE.

Cecilia E. S. Dalotto, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Michele de Sá Dechoum, Francisco I. Pugnaire, Nivaldo Peroni, Tânia T Castellani (2018). Facilitation influences patterns of perennial species abundance and richness in a subtropical dune system. AoB PLANTS.

Juliano André Bogoni, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Mauricio E. Graipel, Nivaldo Peroni (2017). Chemical communication in free-ranging gray brocket deer (Mazama gouazoubira). Biotemas.

Jasmin K. Hefendehl, Jonas J. Neher, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Shinichi Koksaka, Angelos Skodras, Mathias Jucker (2013). Homeostatic and injury-induced microglia behavior in the aging brain. Aging Cell.

Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Jean Carlos Budke (2011). Spatial distribution, association patterns and richness of tree species in a seasonal forest from the Serra Geral formation, southern Brazil. Acta Botanica Brasilica.

Alexandre Somavilla, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Andreas Köhler (2010). Entomofauna associated to the floration of Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (Anacardiaceae) in the Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Bioscience Journal.

Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Jair Putzke, Jean Carlos Budke (2010). Floristic-geographic relationships in a forest structure at the central region of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.. Floresta.

Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Jair Putzke (2010). Note about the occurrence of a population of Trithrinax brasiliensis Martius (Arecaceae) in Vale do Rio Pardo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.. PESQUISAS, Botânica.

Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Alexandre Somavilla, Andreas Köhler, Jair Putzke (2009). Pollen vector wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) of Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (Anacardiaceae), Santa Cruz do Sul, RS, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biosciences.

Edson Fiedler de Abreu Júnior, Rafael Barbizan Sühs, Andreas Köhler, Jair Putzke (2007). Ocorrência de Mazama nana Hensel, 1872, no Cinturão Verde de Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Caderno de Pesquisas, Série Biologia (UNISC).