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FSC forest certification effects on biodiversity: A global review and meta-anal...
Matias, Gonçalo; Cagnacci, Francesca; Rosalino, L. M.FSC is a worldwide recognized forest certification scheme, that aims to promote the environmentally responsible management and conservation of the world's forests. Despite its broad application, there is little evidence of its effect on biodiversity. To address this important knowledge gap, here we conducted a systematic review and a hierarchical meta-analysis of the effects of FSC on biodiversity worldwide. Ou...
Influence of habitat edges on spatial and spatio-temporal occurrence patterns o...
Pereira, Rita; Matias, Gonçalo; Santos-Reis, Margarida; Rosalino, L. M.Human population growth leads to drastic changes in landscape structure that often result in fragmentation. Fragmentation modifies the landscape and divides it into smaller habitat patches, creating habitat edges. These can affect the distribution and abundance of species and influence interspecific interactions. By comparing edges with habitat interiors, we intend to study how or if habitat edges influence mes...
Determinants of Small Mammals’ Body Condition in Eucalyptus Dominated Landscapes
C. Afonso, Beatriz; Matias, Gonçalo; Teixeira, Daniela; Pereira, Rita; Rosalino, Luís MiguelThe timber industry has increased considerably in recent decades to meet human needs for wood. In Portugal, Eucalyptus plantations are the most common use of forested land, presenting the largest coverage of Eucalyptus globulus in Europe. Although it is established that this landscape can affect biodiversity patterns, it is not clear what its role in shaping small mammals’ body condition is. Here, we tested the...
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...
Genetic integrity of European wildcats: Variation across biomes mandates geogra...
Matias, Gonçalo; Rosalino, L. M.; Alves, Paulo Célio; Tiesmeyer, Annika; Nowak, Carsten; Ramos, Luana; Steyer, Katharina; Astaras, ChristosHybridisation between domestic and wild taxa can pose severe threats to wildlife conservation, and human-induced hybridisation, often linked to species' introductions and habitat degradation, may promote reproductive opportunities between species for which natural interbreeding would be highly unlikely. Using a biome-specific approach, we examine the effects of a suite of ecological drivers on the European wild...
Wildcat population density in NE Portugal: A regional stronghold for a national...
Matias, Gonçalo; Rosalino, L. M.; Rosa, José Luís; Monterroso, PedroPopulation density data on depleted and endangered wildlife species are essential to assure their effective management and, ultimately, conservation. The European wildcat is an elusive and threatened species inhabiting the Iberian Peninsula, with fragmented populations and living in low densities. We fitted spatial capture–recapture models on camera-trap data, to provide the first estimate of wildcat density fo...
Wildcat population density in NE Portugal: A regional stronghold for a national...
Matias, Gonçalo; Rosalino, L. M.; Rosa, José Luís; Monterroso, PedroPopulation density data on depleted and endangered wildlife species are essential to assure their effective management and, ultimately, conservation. The European wildcat is an elusive and threatened species inhabiting the Iberian Peninsula, with fragmented populations and living in low densities. We fitted spatial capture–recapture models on camera-trap data, to provide the first estimate of wildcat density fo...
Critérios de regulamentação-base aplicável à operação das aeronaves não tripula...
Matias, GonçaloSe há poucos anos não era possível prever que a indústria das aeronaves não tripuladas (drones) pudesse registar um avanço tecnológico tão assinalável, menos previsível seria o crescimento que esta indústria comportaria no seio da aviação civil. É provável que aumente o número de drones em uso, bem como a variedade de finalidades da sua utilização – inclusive, que esta tecnologia venha a substituir as aeronaves...
Post-malaria neurologic syndrome.
Matias, Gonçalo; Canas, Nuno; Antunes, Isabel; Vale, JoséThe neurologic symptoms in malaria are usually associated with a severe infection by Plasmodium falciparum. Less frequently, the presence of impaired consciousness, seizures and visual and auditory deficits is related with hypoglycemia (by malaria or quinine) or with the toxicity of anti-malarial drugs. In the last years, it was recognized a rare neurologic complication after the efficient treatment of Plasmodi...