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Desvendar a complexidade das florestas: como o LiDAR e os drones estão a transf...
Lhoumeau, Sébastien; Elias, Rui B.; Seidel, Dominik; Gabriel, Rosalina; Borges, Paulo A. V.As florestas estão entre os ecossistemas mais complexos e vitais da Terra. Ao manter a biodiversidade, as florestas asseguram a resiliência e a estabilidade dos ecossistemas, oferecendo serviços essenciais. Desempenham também um papel fundamental na regulação do clima global através do seu papel no ciclo do carbono.
The Field Guide audio series: mobile learning using place-based and inquiry-led...
Rocha Silva, Alexandra Filipa; Matos, Sónia; Gabriel, Rosalina; Arroz, Ana Moura; Sousa, Daniel; Bonazzi Piasentin, Flora; Rosário, Isabel Amorim doABSTRACT: Facilitating the exploration of adolescents’ questions regarding nature is vital. Research suggests that their questions are important as they can reveal their interests in particular subjects and further guide their learning process. We designed a quasi-experimental study for 68 adolescents in an outdoor and indoor setting to assess the efficacy of the audio-learning materials in promoting their inte...
Lichen novelties from Corvo Island (Azores, Portugal)
Rodrigues, António Félix; Videira, Sandra; Aptroot, André; Gabriel, RosalinaBackground Corvo is a small and remote island in the western group of the Azores Archipelago, Portugal. The Island's lichen biodiversity was largely understudied, with only 17 species documented to date. New information This study reports 68 new records of lichen species on Corvo Island, representing an addition of two classes, eight orders, 18 families and 43 genera. It includes three new records for the Azore...
Perspectives and pitfalls in preserving subterranean biodiversity through prote...
Mammola, Stefano; Altermatt, Florian; Alther, Roman; Rosário, Isabel Amorim Do; Bancila, Raluca; Borges, Paulo A. V.; Brad, Traian; Brankovits, DavidSubterranean ecosystems (comprising terrestrial, semi-aquatic, and aquatic components) are increasingly threatened by human activities; however, the current network of surface-protected areas is inadequate to safeguard subterranean biodiversity. Establishing protected areas for subterranean ecosystems is challenging. First, there are technical obstacles in mapping three-dimensional ecosystems with uncertain bou...
The BALA project: A pioneering monitoring of Azorean forest invertebrates over ...
Pozsgai, Gabor; Lhoumeau, Sébastien; Rosário, Isabel Amorim Do; Boieiro, Mário; Cardoso, Pedro; Costa, Ricardo; Ferreira, Maria Teresa; Leite, AbrãoGlobally, there is a concerning decline in many insect populations, and this trend likely extends to all arthropods, potentially impacting unique island biota. Native non-endemic and endemic species on islands are under threat due to habitat destruction, with the introduction of exotic, and potentially invasive, species, further contributing to this decline. While long-term studies of plants and vertebrate faun...
Prefácio / Foreword
Gabriel, Rosalina; Borges, Paulo A. V.Os ecossistemas marinhos dos Açores são únicos, incluindo não apenas habitats marinhos clássicos, mas também montes submarinos, fontes hidrotermais e a Dorsal Médio-Atlântica. Muitas dessas áreas são consideradas Áreas Marinhas Protegidas (AMPs). Juntamente com as regulamentações associadas à pesca comercial implementadas na Região, essas medidas visam preservar e gerir a exploração dos recursos marinhos. Os ec...
EU needs groundwater ecosystems guidelines
Di Lorenzo, Tiziana; Lunghi, Enrico; Aanei, Cristina Mihaela Tereza; Altermatt, Florian; Alther, Roman; Rosário, Isabel Amorim Do; Bancila, RalucaNegotiations are underway on the new European Union (EU) Water Directive (1), which will regulate the protection and sustainable use of Europe’s water resources. However, the proposal foregoes environmental quality standards specifically tailored to sensitive groundwater species and fails to require biomonitoring for groundwater ecosystems. Despite repeated calls for consideration (2, 3) since the first Water F...
Organização do livro / Organization of the book
Gabriel, Rosalina; Borges, Paulo A. V.; Barreiros, João P.; Costa, A.C.; Porteiro, F.M.; Menezes, G.M.Este guia de campo tem como objetivo fornecer uma visão geral da biodiversidade marinha dos Açores, com ênfase nas espécies nativas que podem ser facilmente observadas tanto em ambientes costeiros como epipelágicos. No entanto, algumas espécies não nativas também são descritas quando observadas com frequência nos nossos ambientes marinhos. As espécies estão organizadas no livro pela sequência evolutiva do filo,...
The MOVECLIM – AZORES project: Bryophytes from Terceira Island along an elevati...
Gabriel, Rosalina; Morgado, Leila; Henriques, Debora; Coelho, Márcia; Hernández-Hernández, Raquel; Borges, Paulo A. V.Systematic studies on the biodiversity of bryophytes along elevational gradients have been conductuted within the native vegetation of the Azores, using the MOVECLIM framework. The primary objective of this study was to inventory the bryophytes present within preserved areas of native vegetation in Terceira Island (Azores). From 25 to 28 September 2012, an inventory of the bryoflora was carried out along an ele...
Patterns of intraspecific genetic variation of Andoa berthelotiana (Myuriaceae,...
Matins, Soraia; SIM-SIM, Manuela; Gabriel, Rosalina; Stech, MichaelMacaronesia is home to several endemic bryophytes, such as Andoa berthelotiana. Recent genetic studies revealed the existence of two intraspecific lineages within this species, one in Madeira and the Canary Islands and another in the Azores. However, patterns of intraspecific variation within archipelagos, remain a relatively unexplored area of research. In this study we investigate patterns of intraspecific va...