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A trait-based conceptual framework to examine urban biodiversity, socio-ecological filters, and ecosystem services linkages.

Grilo, F., McPhearson, T., Santos-Reis, M., & Branquinho, C. npj Urban Sustainability2(1), 1-8.

Food subsidies shape age structure in a top avian scavenger.

Fernández-Gómez, L., Cortés-Avizanda, A., Tiago, P., Byrne, F., & Donázar, J. A.. Avian Conservation and Ecology, 17(1). 

Mammals in Portugal: A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occurrences in Portugal

Grilo, C., Afonso, B.C., Afonso, F., Alexandre, M., …Rosário, I.T., …Santos-Reis, M. …and Mathias, M.L. Ecology, Data paper.

Progressing delineations of key biodiversity areas for seabirds, and their application to management of coastal seas. 

Handley, J.M., Harte, E., Stanworth, A., Poncet, S., Catry, P., Cleminson, S., Crofts, S. & Dias, M.. Diversity and Distributions in press.  

A global horizon scan of issues impacting marine and coastal biodiversity conservation.

Herbert-Read, J.E., Thornton, A., Amon, D.J., Birchenough, S.N.R., Côté, I.M., Dias, M.P., Godley, B.J., Keith, S.A., McKinley, E., Peck, L.S., Calado, R., Defeo, O., Degraer, S., Johnston, E.L., Kaartokallio, H., Macreadie, P.I., Metaxas, A., Muthumbi, A.W.N., Obura, D.O., Paterson, D.M., Piola, A.R., Richardson, A.J., Schloss, I.R., Snelgrove, P.V.R., Stewart, B.D., Thompson, P.M., Watson, G.J., Worthington, T.A., Yasuhara, M. & Sutherland, W.J.. Nat Ecol Evol 1–9. 

Linking climate change vulnerability research and evidence on conservation action effectiveness to safeguard seabird populations in Western Europe.

Hakkinen, H., Petrovan, S., Sutherland, W., Dias, M.P., Ameca, E.I., Oppel, S., Ramirez, I., Lawson, B., Lehikoinen, A., Bowgen, K.M., Taylor, N.G., Pettorelli & N.. Journal of Applied Ecology In press 

Distribution of alien tetrapods in the Iberian Peninsula.

Ascensão, F., D’Amico, M., Martins, R. C., Rebelo, R., Ascensão, F., D’Amico, M., Martins, R. C., Rebelo, R., Barbosa, A. M., Bencatel, J., …Tiago, P.,… & Capinha, C.  NeoBiota, 64, 1-21.

Tracking data and the conservation of the high seas: Opportunities and challenges.

Davies, T.E., Carneiro, A.P.B., Campos, B., Hazin, C., Dunn, D.C., Gjerde, K.M., Johnson, D.E. & Dias, M.PJournal of Applied Ecology 1365-2664.14032. 

Estimating the conservation cost of the projected new international Lisbon airport for migratory shorebirds of the Tagus estuary, Portugal.

Catry, T., Ventura, F., Dias, M.P., Santos, C. D., Martins, R., Palmeirim, J. & Granadeiro, J.P. Bird Conservation International. In press. 

Global political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels.

Beal, M., Dias, M.P., Phillips, R.A., Oppel, S., Hazin, C., Pearmain, E.J., Adams, J., Anderson, D.J., Antolos, M., Arata, J.A., Arcos, J.M., …  & Catry, P. Science Advances 7, eabd7225. 

A 2021 Horizon Scan of Emerging Global Biological Conservation Issues.

Sutherland, W.J., Atkinson, P.W., Broad, S., Brown, S., Clout, M., Dias, M.P., Dicks, L.V., Doran, H., Fleishman, E., Garratt, E.L., Gaston, K.J., Hughes, A.C., Roux, X.L., Lickorish, F.A., Maggs, L., Palardy, J.E., Peck, L.S., Pettorelli, N., Pretty, J., Spalding, M.D., Tonneijck, F.H., Walpole, M., Watson, J.E.M., Wentworth, J. & Thornton, A. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 36, 87–97. 

Biocultural diversity in an urban context: An indicator-based decision support tool to guide the planning and management of green infrastructure

P Gonçalves, K Vierikko, B Elands, D Haase, AC Luz, M Santos-Reis
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 11, 100131
 
P Gonçalves, F Grilo, RC Mendes, K Vierikko, B Elands, TA Marques, …
Ecology and Society 26 (3)
 
 

Biocultural diversity (BCD) in European cities–Interactions between motivations, experiences and environment in public parks

K Vierikko, P Gonçalves, D Haase, B Elands, C Ioja, M Jaatsi, …
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 48, 126501

 

A Horizon Scan of Emerging Global Biological Conservation Issues for 2020.

Sutherland, W.J., Dias, M.P., Dicks, L.V., Doran, H., Entwistle, A.C., Fleishman, E., Gibbons, D.W., Hails, R., Hughes, A.C., Hughes, J., Kelman, R., Le Roux, X., LeAnstey, B., Lickorish, F.A., Maggs, L., Pearce-Higgins, J.W., Peck, L.S., Pettorelli, N., Pretty, J., Spalding, M.D., Tonneijck, F.H., Wentworth, J. & Thornton, A.. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 35, 81–90. 

Portugal’s airport plans threaten wetlands

Alves, J.A., Dias, M.P.. Science 369, 1440–1440. 

Using green to cool the grey: modelling the cooling effect of green spaces with a high spatial resolution

Grilo, F., Pinho, P., Aleixo, C., Catita, C., Silva, P., Lopes, N., Freitas, C., Santos-Reis, M. & Branquinho, C.. Science of the Total Environment, 724, 138182.

Estimation of the allergenic potential of urban trees and urban parks: towards the healthy design of urban green spaces of the future

Cariñanos, P., Grilo, F., Pinho, P., Casares-Porcel, M., Branquinho, C., Acil, N., Andreucci, M.B., Anjos, A., Bianco, P.M., Brini, S., Calaza-Martínez, P., Calvo, E., Carrari, E., Castro, J., Chiesura, A., Correia, O., Gonçalves, A., Gonçalves, P., Mexia, T., Mirabile, M., Paoletti, E., Santos-Reis, M., Semenzato, P. & Ursa Vilhar, U.. Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(8), 1357.

 

The importance of migratory connectivity for global ocean policy.

Dunn, D.C., Harrison, A.-L., Curtice, C., DeLand, S., Donnelly, B., Fujioka, E., Heywood, E., Kot, C.Y., Poulin, S., Whitten, M., Åkesson, S., Alberini, A., Appeltans, W., Arcos, J.M., Bailey, H., Ballance, L.T., Block, B., Blondin, H., Boustany, A.M., Brenner, J., Catry, P., Cejudo, D., Cleary, J., Corkeron, P., Costa, D.P., Coyne, M., Crespo, G.O., Davies, T.E., Dias, M.P., … & Halpin, P.N.. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286, 20191472. 

Translating Marine Animal Tracking Data into Conservation Policy and Management.

Hays, G.C., Bailey, H., Bograd, S.J., Bowen, W.D., Campagna, C., Carmichael, R.H., Casale, P., Chiaradia, A., Costa, D.P., Cuevas, E., Bruyn, P.J.N. de, Dias, M.P.,…& Sequeira, A.M.M.. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 34, 459–473. 

The Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative: Promoting scientific support for global ocean governance.

Johnson, D., Froján, C.B., Bax, N., Dunstan, P., Woolley, S., Halpin, P., Dunn, D., Hazin, C., Dias, M.P., Davies, T., Jiménez, J., Ross, E., Dover, C.V., Sciara, G.N.D., Hoyt, E., Tetley, M.J., Gunn, V. & Nordheim, H.V.. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29, 162–169.

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs): their impact on conservation policy, advocacy and action

Waliczky, Z., Fishpool, L.D.C., Butchart, S.H.M., Thomas, D., Heath, M.F., Hazin, C., Donald, P.F., Kowalska, A., Dias, M.P. & Allinson, T.S.M. Bird Conservation International 29, 199–215.

Biocultural diversity (BCD) in European cities-interactions between motivations, experiences and environment in public park

Vierikko, K.; Gonçalves, P.; Haase, D.; Elands, B.;  Ioja, C.; Jaatsi, M.; Pieniniemi, M.; Lindgren, J.; Grilo, F.Santos-Reis, M.; Niemelä, J. & Yli-Pelkonen V. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 

Sociocultural valuation of ecosystem services for operational ecosystem management: mapping applications by decision contexts in Europe 

Walz, A.; Schmidt, K.; Ruiz-Frau, A.; Nicholas, K.A.; de Vries Lentsch, A.; Adeline, B.; Dyankov, A.; Joyce, D.; Rosário, I.T. & Scholte, S. Regional Environmental Change.

Taller sobre Gestión de Información de la Red LTER Europa

Pérez-Luque, A.J.; Genua-Olmedo, A.;Rosário, I. T. Torres, L.; Wohner, C. & Peterseil, J.

Ecosistemas.

Iracema’s Country: Nature from the Mid-1800s to the Present in Ceará, Brazil

Queiroz, A.I.; Sartori, R. & Rosário, I. T. Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment.

 

Can geocaching be an indicator of cultural ecosystem services? The case of the montado savannah-like landscape.

Rosário, I. T.; Rebelo, R.; Cardoso, P.; Segurado, P.; Mendes, R. & Santos-Reis. MEcological Indicators.

 

Valuing and mapping cork and carbon across land use scenarios in the Portuguese montado landscape

von Essen, M.; Rosário, I. T.; Santos-Reis, M. & Nicholas;  K. A. Plos One. 

 

Valuation of ecosystem services by stakeholders operating at different levels: insights from the Portuguese cultural montado landscape.

Rosário, I. T; Rebelo, R.; Caser, U.; Vasconcelos, L. & Santos-Reis, M. Regional Environmental Change

 

Should I stay or Should I go? Modelling the fluxes of urban residents to visit green spaces

Luz AC, Buijs M, Aleixo C, Metelo I, Grilo F, Branquinho C, Santos-Reis M & Pinho P. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

 

Urban energy transitions and rural income generation: Sustainable opportunities for rural development through charcoal production

Smith HE, Jones D, Vollmer F, Baumert S, Ryan CM, Woollen E, Lisboa SN, Carvalho M, Fisher JA,Luz AC Grundy IM, Patenaude G. World Development

The major barriers to evidence-informed conservation policy and possible solutions.

Rose, D.C., Sutherland, W.J., Amano, T., González‐Varo, J.P., Robertson, R.J., Simmons, B.I., Wauchope, H.S., Kovacs, E., Durán, A.P., Vadrot, A.B.M., Wu, W., Dias, M.P., Fonzo, M.M.I.D., Ivory, S., Norris, L., Nunes, M.H., Nyumba, T.O., Steiner, N., Vickery, J., Mukherjee, N. Conservation Letters 11, e12564. 

Spatial scales of marine conservation management for breeding seabirds.

Oppel, S., Bolton, M., Carneiro, A.P.B., Dias, M.P., Green, J.A., Masello, J.F., Phillips, R.A., Owen, E., Quillfeldt, P., Beard, A., Bertrand, S., Blackburn, J., Boersma, P.D., Borges, A., Broderick, A.C., Catry, P., …& Croxall, J.. Marine Policy 98, 37–46. 

Managing fishery development in sensitive ecosystems: identifying penguin habitat use to direct management in Antarctica.

Trathan, P.N., Warwick‐Evans, V., Hinke, J.T., Young, E.F., Murphy, E.J., Carneiro, A.P.B., Dias, M.P., Kovacs, K.M., Lowther, A.D., Godø, O.R., Kokubun, N., Kim, J.H., Takahashi, A., Santos, M.. Ecosphere 9, e02392.

Framework for mapping key areas for marine megafauna to inform Marine Spatial Planning: The Falkland Islands case study.

Augé, A.A., Dias, M.P., Lascelles, B., Baylis, A.M.M., Black, A., Boersma, P.D., Catry, P., Crofts, S., Galimberti, F., Granadeiro, J.P., Hedd, A., Ludynia, K., Masello, J.F., Montevecchi, W., Phillips, R.A., Pütz, K., Quillfeldt, P., Rebstock, G.A., Sanvito, S., Staniland, I.J., Stanworth, A., Thompson, D., Tierney, M., Trathan, P.N., Croxall, J.P.. Marine Policy 92, 61–72. 

Biocultural diversity: A novel concept to assess human-nature interrelations, nature conservation and stewardship in cities

Elands BHM, Vierikko K, Andersson E, Fischer LK, Gonçalves P, Haase D, Kowarik I, Luz AC, Niemelä J & Santos-Reis M, Wiersum KF. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

Environmental Conservation and Social Benefits of Charcoal Production in Mozambique

Zorrilla-Miras P, Mahamane M, Metzger MJ, Baumert S, Vollmer F, Luz AC, Woollen, E, Sitoe, A, Patenaude G, Nhantumbo I, Ryan C, Paterson J, Matediane MJ, Ribeiro NS & Grundy IM. Ecological Economics

How well is the EU protecting its seabirds? Progress in implementing the Birds Directive at sea.

Ramírez, I., Tarzia, M., Dias, M.P., Burfield, I.J., Ramos, J.A., Garthe, S., Paiva, V.H.. Marine Policy 81, 179–184.

Charcoal income as a means to a valuable end: Scope and limitations of income from rural charcoal production to alleviate acute multidimensional poverty in Mabalane district, southern Mozambique

Vollmer F, Zorrilla-Miras P, Baumert S, Luz AC, Woollen, E, Grundy I, Artur L., Ribeiro N, Mahamane M, & Patenaude G. World Development Perspectives

 

Urban Landscapes and Green Infrastructure

Pauleit S, Hansen R, Rall EL, Zölch T, Andersson E, Luz AC, Szaraz L, Tosics I & Vierikko K. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science XX

 

Considering the ways biocultural diversity helps enforce the urban green infrastructure in times of urban transformation

Vierikko K, Elands B., Niemelä J, Andersson E, Buijs A, Fischer L.K., Haase D., Kabisch N, Kowarik I, Luz AC, Olafsson Stahl A, Száraz L., Van der Jagt A & Konijnendijk van den Bosch C. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

 

Continuity and change in hunting behaviour among contemporary indigenous peoples

Luz AC, Paneque-Gálvez J, Guèze M, Pino J, Macía MJ, Orta-Martínez M & Reyes-García V. Biological Conservation

 

Global biodiversity monitoring: from data sources to essential biodiversity variables

Proença V, Martin LJ , Pereira HM, Fernandez M, McRae L , Belnap J,… Tiago P,…  Biological Conservation 213, 256-263

 

Involving citizen scientists in biodiversity observation

Chandler M,See L, Buesching CD, Cousins JA, Gillies C, Kays RW, … Tiago P. The GEO handbook on biodiversity observation networks, 211-237

 

Using citizen science data to estimate climatic niches and species distributions

Tiago P, Pereira HM & Capinha C. Basic and applied ecology 20, 75-85.

 

Spatial distribution of citizen science casuistic observations for different taxonomic groups

Tiago P, Ceia-Hasse A, Marques TA, Capinha C & Pereira HM. Scientific reports 7 (1), 12832

 

The influence of motivational factors on the frequency of participation in citizen science activities

Tiago P, Gouveia MJ, Capinha C,Santos-Reis M, Pereira HM. Nature Conservation 18, 61

 

Social context of citizen science projects

Tiago P. Analyzing the Role of Citizen Science in Modern Research, IGI Global, 168-191