Carla Morsello
Biographic Data
| ID | 221448 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carla Morsello |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carla |
| FAMILY NAME | Morsello |
| SIGNATURE | MORSELLO C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade de São Paulo |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7548-6541 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Impacts of conditional cash transfers on subsistence practices and food security in rural forested areas of Southeastern Brazil
Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) have become a widely used social protection approach, with well-documented impacts on child health, educational outcomes, food expenditure, and, in some contexts, diet quality. Their effects on labor allocation, however, remain debated, including indirect effects on productive activities. In remote, low-market-integrated rural contexts, reliance on natural resources is crucial. Introducing CCTs may shift the cost…
Giant anteaters as bad omens: Determinants and implications of wildlife superstitions
Superstitious beliefs threaten wildlife species, yet they have received limited attention in the scientific literature. Through a mixed‐method approach, including 259 face‐to‐face interviews, we explored the factors influencing superstitions about giant anteaters in the Brazilian Pantanal and their implications for both people and the species. Our results indicated that bad omen superstitions about giant anteaters could be explained by the psycho…
Revisiting decision-making assumptions to improve deforestation predictions: Evidence from the Amazon
The effects on deforestation of conditional cash transfers: A study among the Khĩsêtjê Amazonian indigenous people
Smallholders' contribution to Amazonian deforestation is currently increasing. In Indigenous Lands, changes in land uses might be partially due to the unintended effects of anti-poverty strategies, including the Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs), which may promote the conversion of forests to agricultural lands. Despite that, little is known about whether and how CCTs affect long-term deforestation rates. Thus, this study has assessed whether CCT…
Permanence of avoided deforestation in a Transamazon Redd+ project (Pará, Brazil)
Socio‐psychological factors, beyond knowledge, predict people’s engagement in pollinator conservation
Nature conservation often depends on the behaviour of individuals, which can be driven by socio‐psychological factors such as a person's attitude, knowledge and identity. Despite extensive ecological research about pollinator declines, there has been almost no social research assessing the drivers of people's engagement in pollinator conservation. To address this gap, we used a large‐scale, online questionnaire in the United Kingdom, broadly fram…
Personalised ecology and detection functions
Direct interactions with nature are important for people's health, well‐being and support for pro‐nature policies. There is an urgent need better to understand the structure and dynamics of these interactions, and how they differ among individual people, human populations and the communities to which they belong. The determinants of these interactions have two components. First are the factors that influence whether someone undertakes actions tha…
Intention of preserving forest remnants among landowners in the Atlantic Forest: The role of the ecological context via ecosystem services
Unravelling the psychological processes determining landowners’ support towards forest conservation is crucial, particularly in rural areas of the tropics, where most forest remnants are within private lands. As human–nature connections are known to shape pro‐environmental behaviours, the intention of preserving forest remnants should ultimately be determined by the ecological context people live in. Here, we investigate the pathways through whic…
Efeitos ecológicos da exploração de produtos florestais não madeireiros: Uma Revisão Sistemática
A comercialização de produtos florestais não madeireiros (PFNM) é considerada estratégia que combina o desenvolvimento socioeconômico com baixo impacto ambiental. Porém, evidências demonstram que a exploração desses recursos pode provocar efeitos ecológicos negativos. Este estudo identificou os efeitos mais frequentes por meio de revisão sistemática de estudos empíricos, previamente submetidos a quatro critériosde inclusão e depois classificados …
From fish and bushmeat to chicken nuggets: The nutrition transition in a continuum from rural to urban settings in the Tri frontier Amazon region
The current contribution of wild animal proteins has been poorly quantified, particularly in the rapidly growing urban centers of tropical forests. Lack of such evidence impairs food security strategies to include the diversity of food supply inherent to traditional food systems. In this study we focus on wild sources of animal protein: wild fish and bushmeat, which have traditionally been important in people’s diets in the Amazon. We analyze the…
Beyond protein intake: Bushmeat as source of micronutrients in the Amazon
Sarti, F. M., C. Adams, C. Morsello, N. Van Vliet, T. Schor, B. Yagüe, L. Tellez, M. Quiceno-Mesa, and D. Cruz. 2015. Beyond protein intake: bushmeat as source of micronutrients in the Amazon. Ecology and Society 20(4):22. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07934-200422
Cultural attitudes are stronger predictors of bushmeat consumption and preference than economic factors among urban Amazonians from Brazil and Colombia
Morsello, C., B. Yagüe, L. Beltreschi, N. van Vliet, C. Adams, T. Schor, M. P. Quiceno-Mesa, and D. Cruz. 2015. Cultural attitudes are stronger predictors of bushmeat consumption and preference than economic factors among urban Amazonians from Brazil and Colombia. Ecology and Society 20(4):21. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07771-200421
Does trading non-timber forest products drive specialisation in products gathered for consumption? Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon
Children's use of time and traditional ecological learning. A case study in two Amazonian indigenous societies
Impacts of Trade in Non-timber Forest Products on Cooperation among Caboclo Households of the Brazilian Amazon
Company–community non-timber forest product deals in the Brazilian Amazon: A review of opportunities and problems
From fish and bushmeat to chicken nuggets: The nutrition transition in a continuum from rural to urban settings in the Tri frontier Amazon region
The current contribution of wild animal proteins has been poorly quantified, particularly in the rapidly growing urban centers of tropical forests. Lack of such evidence impairs food security strategies to include the diversity of food supply inherent to traditional food systems. In this study we focus on wild sources of animal protein: wild fish and bushmeat, which have traditionally been important in people’s diets in the Amazon. We analyze the…
Cultural attitudes are stronger predictors of bushmeat consumption and preference than economic factors among urban Amazonians from Brazil and Colombia
Morsello, C., B. Yagüe, L. Beltreschi, N. van Vliet, C. Adams, T. Schor, M. P. Quiceno-Mesa, and D. Cruz. 2015. Cultural attitudes are stronger predictors of bushmeat consumption and preference than economic factors among urban Amazonians from Brazil and Colombia. Ecology and Society 20(4):21. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07771-200421
Beyond protein intake: Bushmeat as source of micronutrients in the Amazon
Sarti, F. M., C. Adams, C. Morsello, N. Van Vliet, T. Schor, B. Yagüe, L. Tellez, M. Quiceno-Mesa, and D. Cruz. 2015. Beyond protein intake: bushmeat as source of micronutrients in the Amazon. Ecology and Society 20(4):22. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07934-200422
Permanence of avoided deforestation in a Transamazon Redd+ project (Pará, Brazil)
Impacts of Trade in Non-timber Forest Products on Cooperation among Caboclo Households of the Brazilian Amazon
Does trading non-timber forest products drive specialisation in products gathered for consumption? Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon
Company–community non-timber forest product deals in the Brazilian Amazon: A review of opportunities and problems
Impacts of Trade in Non-timber Forest Products on Cooperation among Caboclo Households of the Brazilian Amazon
Children's use of time and traditional ecological learning. A case study in two Amazonian indigenous societies
Does trading non-timber forest products drive specialisation in products gathered for consumption? Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon
From fish and bushmeat to chicken nuggets: The nutrition transition in a continuum from rural to urban settings in the Tri frontier Amazon region
The current contribution of wild animal proteins has been poorly quantified, particularly in the rapidly growing urban centers of tropical forests. Lack of such evidence impairs food security strategies to include the diversity of food supply inherent to traditional food systems. In this study we focus on wild sources of animal protein: wild fish and bushmeat, which have traditionally been important in people’s diets in the Amazon. We analyze the…
Beyond protein intake: Bushmeat as source of micronutrients in the Amazon
Sarti, F. M., C. Adams, C. Morsello, N. Van Vliet, T. Schor, B. Yagüe, L. Tellez, M. Quiceno-Mesa, and D. Cruz. 2015. Beyond protein intake: bushmeat as source of micronutrients in the Amazon. Ecology and Society 20(4):22. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07934-200422
Cultural attitudes are stronger predictors of bushmeat consumption and preference than economic factors among urban Amazonians from Brazil and Colombia
Morsello, C., B. Yagüe, L. Beltreschi, N. van Vliet, C. Adams, T. Schor, M. P. Quiceno-Mesa, and D. Cruz. 2015. Cultural attitudes are stronger predictors of bushmeat consumption and preference than economic factors among urban Amazonians from Brazil and Colombia. Ecology and Society 20(4):21. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07771-200421
Efeitos ecológicos da exploração de produtos florestais não madeireiros: Uma Revisão Sistemática
A comercialização de produtos florestais não madeireiros (PFNM) é considerada estratégia que combina o desenvolvimento socioeconômico com baixo impacto ambiental. Porém, evidências demonstram que a exploração desses recursos pode provocar efeitos ecológicos negativos. Este estudo identificou os efeitos mais frequentes por meio de revisão sistemática de estudos empíricos, previamente submetidos a quatro critériosde inclusão e depois classificados …
Intention of preserving forest remnants among landowners in the Atlantic Forest: The role of the ecological context via ecosystem services
Unravelling the psychological processes determining landowners’ support towards forest conservation is crucial, particularly in rural areas of the tropics, where most forest remnants are within private lands. As human–nature connections are known to shape pro‐environmental behaviours, the intention of preserving forest remnants should ultimately be determined by the ecological context people live in. Here, we investigate the pathways through whic…
Personalised ecology and detection functions
Direct interactions with nature are important for people's health, well‐being and support for pro‐nature policies. There is an urgent need better to understand the structure and dynamics of these interactions, and how they differ among individual people, human populations and the communities to which they belong. The determinants of these interactions have two components. First are the factors that influence whether someone undertakes actions tha…
Socio‐psychological factors, beyond knowledge, predict people’s engagement in pollinator conservation
Nature conservation often depends on the behaviour of individuals, which can be driven by socio‐psychological factors such as a person's attitude, knowledge and identity. Despite extensive ecological research about pollinator declines, there has been almost no social research assessing the drivers of people's engagement in pollinator conservation. To address this gap, we used a large‐scale, online questionnaire in the United Kingdom, broadly fram…
The effects on deforestation of conditional cash transfers: A study among the Khĩsêtjê Amazonian indigenous people
Smallholders' contribution to Amazonian deforestation is currently increasing. In Indigenous Lands, changes in land uses might be partially due to the unintended effects of anti-poverty strategies, including the Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs), which may promote the conversion of forests to agricultural lands. Despite that, little is known about whether and how CCTs affect long-term deforestation rates. Thus, this study has assessed whether CCT…
Permanence of avoided deforestation in a Transamazon Redd+ project (Pará, Brazil)
Giant anteaters as bad omens: Determinants and implications of wildlife superstitions
Superstitious beliefs threaten wildlife species, yet they have received limited attention in the scientific literature. Through a mixed‐method approach, including 259 face‐to‐face interviews, we explored the factors influencing superstitions about giant anteaters in the Brazilian Pantanal and their implications for both people and the species. Our results indicated that bad omen superstitions about giant anteaters could be explained by the psycho…
Revisiting decision-making assumptions to improve deforestation predictions: Evidence from the Amazon
Impacts of conditional cash transfers on subsistence practices and food security in rural forested areas of Southeastern Brazil
Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) have become a widely used social protection approach, with well-documented impacts on child health, educational outcomes, food expenditure, and, in some contexts, diet quality. Their effects on labor allocation, however, remain debated, including indirect effects on productive activities. In remote, low-market-integrated rural contexts, reliance on natural resources is crucial. Introducing CCTs may shift the cost…
Ecology (12 works) · Geography (10 works) · Biology (9 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (9 works) · Amazon rainforest (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Environmental Science (5 works) · Natural resource economics (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works)