Updated and harmonized information about soil is essential for the sustainable use of land and the conservation of natural resources. However, in Portugal, soil maps are heterogeneous respecting scale, classification system and mapping and analytical methodology. It is crucial to standardize them at a 1:100000 scale and in the WRB system, using digital tools and existing legacy soil information. In three pilot ...
Updated and harmonized soil information is essential for sustainable land use and the conservation of natural resources. In Portugal, however, soil maps vary significantly in scale, classification systems, and mapping and analytical methodologies. Standardizing these maps at a scale of 1:100,000 in the WRB system, utilizing digital tools and existing soil information, is crucial. In three pilot areas south of t...
Herbaria phycological collections have approximately one million 700 thousand specimens preserved in European herbaria, a significantly lower number when compared to vascular plants, due to factors such as greater sampling difficulty and fewer specialists. Several studies report that coastal systems have undergone dramatic ecological changes in the last 150 years, with macroalgae being a particularly affected g...
Herbaria phycological collections have approximately one million 700 thousand specimens preserved in European herbaria, a significantly lower number when compared to vascular plants, due to factors such as greater sampling difficulty and fewer specialists. Several studies report that coastal systems have undergone dramatic ecological changes in the last 150 years, with macroalgae being a particularly affected g...
No presente artigo apresentamos uma nova subaliança Lavandulo luisieri-Cistetum albidi, constituída por um conjunto de comunidades vegetais arbustivas (camefíticas e nanofanerofíticas) características de solos descarbonatados e submetidos a erosão, derivados de calcários (leptossolos, luvissolos crómicos e cambissolos). Tratam-se de comunidades vegetais que ocorrem no ocidente da Península Ibérica, nos territór...
Uma das questões fundamentais em ecoinformática é a disponibilidade de dados/informação em formatos digitais que sejam utilizáveis por computadores. Desta forma, os dados e informação podem ser (facilmente) introduzidos em processamentos e análises computacionais. Ao longo das últimas décadas, os botânicos e geobotânicos têm produzido um conjunto importante de dados e de informação cuja integração, disponibiliz...
In order to support the digitisation activities of DiSSCo, we have considered how best to prepare collections for digitisation, digitise them, curate their associated data, publish those data, and measure the outputs of projects and programmes. We have examined options and approaches for different types and sizes of collections, when outsourcing should be considered, and what different project management approa...
While the use of extensive green roofs (EGRs) is increasing worldwide, Mediterranean conditions complicate EGR design due to their long, dry summers with intense solar radiation. Aim: To inform sustainable EGR design for Mediterranean regions, we explored the use of resilient, droughttolerant species in experimental EGRs. Methods: We selected four native species that are known to spontaneously establish themsel...