Professor, Laboratory of Ecology and Conservation, Federal University of Fronteira Sul, Erechim, RS, Brazil

Paulo Afonso Hartmann is a biologist at the Federal University of Santa Maria. He earned his master’s and PhD degrees in Biological Sciences (Zoology) from São Paulo State University, Júlio de Mesquita Filho. He is currently a full professor at the Federal University of Fronteira Sul (UFFS) and Master’s Advisor in the Environmental Sciences and Technology Postgraduate Program at UFFS.