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Three decades of research on Iberian wild Carnivora: trends, highlights, and fu...
Rosalino, Luís Miguel; Matias, Gonçalo; Carvalho, João; Álvares, Francisco; Azevedo, Alexandre; Bandeira, Victor; Fernandes, C; Ferreras, PabloMammalian carnivores (Carnivora) are crucial components of landscapes, because of both their top-down effects on lower trophic level species and their sensitivity to bottom-up processes, such as limited food resources (e.g. due to climate instability). To understand their functional role in Iberian ecosystems more clearly, and to define effective plans for their management and conservation, it is crucial to sum...
MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL: A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occur...
Grilo, Clara; Afonso, Beatriz C.; Afonso, Filipe; Alexandre, Marta; Aliácar, Sara; Almeida, Ana; Alonso, Ivan Prego; Álvares, Francisco; Alves, PauloMammals are threatened worldwide, with 26% of all species being included in the IUCN threatened categories. This overall pattern is primarily associated with habitat loss or degradation, and human persecution for terrestrial mam mals, and pollution, open net fishing, climate change, and prey depletion for marine mammals. Mammals play a key role in maintaining ecosystems func tionality and resilience, and theref...
MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL : A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occu...
Grilo, Clara; Afonso, Beatriz C.; Afonso, Filipe; Alexandre, Marta; Aliácar, Sara; Almeida, Ana; Alonso, Ivan Prego; Álvares, Francisco; Alves, PauloMammals are threatened worldwide, with 26% of all species being includedin the IUCN threatened categories. This overall pattern is primarily associatedwith habitat loss or degradation, and human persecution for terrestrial mam-mals, and pollution, open net fishing, climate change, and prey depletion formarine mammals. Mammals play a key role in maintaining ecosystems func-tionality and resilience, and therefore...
Raccoon (Procyon lotor) in Iberia: Status update and suitable habitats for an i...
Valdez, Vasco; Álvares, Francisco; Layna, Jorge F.; González, José Luis; Herrera, Javier; Lucas, Jesús de; Louppe, Vivien; Rosalino, L. M.Raccoons are American carnivores, considered invasive across several countries worldwide, especially in Europe. In the Iberian Peninsula, previous studies on raccoons documented several breeding populations in Spain a decade ago and only two confirmed records from isolated individuals in Portugal. Given the need for updating its Iberian distribution and identifying suitable areas with higher invasion risk, we c...
MAMMALS in Portugal: A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occur...
Grilo, Clara; Afonso, Beatriz C.; Afonso, Filipe; Alexandre, Marta; Aliácar, Sara; Almeida, Ana; Alonso, Ivan Prego; Álvares, Francisco; Alves, PauloMammals are threatened worldwide, with 26% of all species being includedin the IUCN threatened categories. This overall pattern is primarily associatedwith habitat loss or degradation, and human persecution for terrestrial mam-mals, and pollution, open net fishing, climate change, and prey depletion formarine mammals. Mammals play a key role in maintaining ecosystems func-tionality and resilience, and therefore...
Protein metabolism and physical fitness are physiological determinants of body ...
Santos, Nuno; Nakamura, Mónia; Rio-Maior, Helena; Álvares, Francisco; Barasona, Jose Ángel; Rosalino, L. M.; Santos, Maria Joao; Santos-Reis, MargaridaThe physiological significance of biometric body condition indices (bBCI) is poorly understood. We hypothesized that bBCI are composite metrics of nutritional physiology, physical fitness and health. To test this hypothesis, we first compared the performance of eight bBCI, using 434 Southern European carnivores from six species as a model system; and then identified, by non-destructive methods, the hematology a...
Research trends and geographical distribution of mammalian carnivores in Portug...
Bencatel, Joana; Ferreira, Catarina C.; Barbosa, A. Márcia; Rosalino, Luís Miguel; Álvares, FranciscoInformation regarding species’ status at a regional scale is instrumental for effective conservation planning. Some regions of southwestern Europe, such as Portugal, albeit included in the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot, lack a detailed assessment of the distribution patterns of several taxonomic groups, such as carnivores. Moreover, information is scattered, often unreliable and biased towards some species...
Conhecer melhor a nossa biodiversidade: o Atlas de Mamíferos de Portugal
Ferreira, Catarina C.; Sabino-Marques, Helena; Bencatel, Joana; Álvares, Francisco; Moura, André E.; Barbosa, A. MárciaO Atlas de Mamíferos de Portugal representa a distribuição dos mamíferos terrestres e marinhos portugueses (exceto morcegos) em todo o território nacional (continental e insular) e na respetiva zona económica exclusiva, sendo a compilação mais atualizada e à resolução mais fina até à data. A inclusão dos mamíferos marinhos, muitas vezes deixados de fora dos atlas de mamíferos, é particularmente relevante neste ...
Mapas interactivos en software libre como herramienta de investigación y divulg...
Barbosa, A. Márcia; Bencatel, Joana; Matos, João; Sousa, Luís G.; Álvares, FranciscoEn el pasado, componer mapas digitales con información diversa era una tarea reservada a expertos en sistemas de información geográfica (SIG). Recientemente, diversas organizaciones empezaron a proporcionar mapas interactivos, como Google Earth, Google Maps, Bing y OpenStreetMap, entre otras. Estas aplicaciones informáticas permiten al usuario consultar y componer mapas con los elementos, el ámbito geográfico y...
Atlas de Mamíferos de Portugal
Bencatel, Joana; Álvares, Francisco; Moura, André E.; Barbosa, A. MárciaEste atlas nasceu no seio de um projeto de investigação exploratória concedido no âmbito do programa Investigador FCT. O projeto inclui a análise de padrões biogeográficos dos vertebrados terrestres da Europa Ocidental, com especial incidência na Península Ibérica. Em contraste com os restantes grupos taxonómicos e países a estudar, faltava informação sobre a distribuição dos mamíferos em Portugal, a uma escala...