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Microscale is key to model current and future Maritime Antarctic vegetation
Matos, Paula; Rocha, Bernardo; Pinho, Pedro; Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Goyanes, Gabriel; Vieira, GonçaloDespite being one of the most pristine regions in the world, Antarctica is currently also one of the most vulnerable to climate change. Antarctic vegetation comprises mostly lichens and bryophytes, complemented in some milder regions of Maritime Antarctica by two vascular plant species. Shifts in the spatial patterns of these three main vegetation groups have already been observed in response to climate change,...
Lichen Transplants for Magnetic and Chemical Biomonitoring of Airborne Particul...
Moreira, Mario; Rocha, Bernardo; Pinho, Pedro; Grifoni, Lisa; Loppi, Stefano; Winkler, AldoMonitoring atmospheric pollution in urban areas is challenging because pollutant deposition occurs at short distances, requiring a large amount of sampling and analysis to characterize it. Ecological indicators can help overcome this problem, allowing us to select sites with the highest deposition of pollutants from the atmosphere. Nevertheless, a major gap is the temporal characterization of the accumulation r...
Incorporating biotic interactions to better model current and future vegetation...
Rocha, Bernardo; Pinho, Pedro; Giordani, Paolo; Concostrina-Zubiri, Laura; Vieira, Gonçalo; Pina, Pedro; Branquinho, Cristina; Matos, PaulaMaritime Antarctica’s harsh abiotic conditions forged simple terrestrial ecosystems, mostly constituted of bryophytes, lichens, and vascular plants. Though biotic interactions are, together with abiotic factors, thought to help shape this ecosystem, influencing species’ distribution and, indirectly, mediating their response to climate, the importance of these interactions is still fairly unknown. We modeled cur...
Microscale is key to model current and future Maritime Antarctic vegetation
Matos, Paula; Rocha, Bernardo; Pinho, Pedro; Miranda, Vasco; Pina, Pedro; Goyanes, Gabriel; Vieira, GonçaloDespite being one of the most pristine regions in the world, Antarctica is currently also one of the most vulnerable to climate change. Antarctic vegetation comprises mostly lichens and bryophytes, complemented in some milder regions of Maritime Antarctica by two vascular plant species. Shifts in the spatial patterns of these three main vegetation groups have already been observed in response to climate change,...
Incorporating biotic interactions to better model current and future vegetation...
Rocha, Bernardo; Pinho, Pedro; Giordani, Paolo; Concostrina-Zubiri, Laura; Vieira, Gonçalo; Pina, Pedro; Branquinho, Cristina; Matos, PaulaMaritime Antarctica’s harsh abiotic conditions forged simple terrestrial ecosystems, mostly constituted of bryophytes, lichens, and vascular plants. Though biotic interactions are, together with abiotic factors, thought to help shape this ecosystem, influencing species’ distribution and, indirectly, mediating their response to climate, the importance of these interactions is still fairly unknown. We modeled cur...
Relatório de Estágio Curricular – WebMóvel (OVAR)
Rocha, BernardoEste relatório tem como objetivo descrever as atividades realizadas no Estágio Curricular, integrado no CTeSP de Cibersegurança, na empresa WebMóvel, localizada em Ovar. A WebMóvel é uma empresa de comercialização e prestação de serviços na área das tecnologias de Informação. O estágio teve a duração 750 horas e tinha como objetivo implementar medidas de segurança na rede, resolver problemas informáticos e admi...
Modelling the response of urban lichens to broad-scale changes in air pollution...
Rocha, Bernardo; Matos, Paula; Giordani, Paolo; Piret, Lõhmus; Branquinho, Cristina; Casanelles-Abella, Joan; Aleixo, Cristiana; Deguines, NicolasTo create more resilient cities, it is important that we understand the effects of the global change drivers in cities. Biodiversity-based ecological indicators (EIs) can be used for this, as biodiversity is the basis of ecosystem structure, composition, and function. In previous studies, lichens have been used as EIs to monitor the effects of global change drivers in an urban context, but only in single-city s...
Modelling the response of urban lichens to broad-scale changes in air pollution...
Rocha, Bernardo; Matos, Paula; Giordani, Paolo; Piret, Lõhmus; Branquinho, Cristina; Casanelles-Abella, Joan; Aleixo, Cristiana; Deguines, NicolasTo create more resilient cities, it is important that we understand the effects of the global change drivers in cities. Biodiversity-based ecological indicators (EIs) can be used for this, as biodiversity is the basis of ecosystem structure, composition, and function. In previous studies, lichens have been used as EIs to monitor the effects of global change drivers in an urban context, but only in single-city s...
Are Biocrusts and Xerophytic Vegetation a Viable Green Roof Typology in a Medit...
Rocha, Bernardo; Paço, Teresa A.; Luz, Ana Catarina; Palha, Paulo; Milliken, Sarah; Kotzen, Benzion; Branquinho, Cristina; Pinho, PedroGreen roofs can be an innovative and effective way of mitigating the environmental impact of urbanization by providing several important ecosystem services. However, it is known that the performance of green roofs varies depending on the type of vegetation and, in drier climates, without resorting to irrigation, these are limited to xerophytic plant species and biocrusts. The aim of this research was therefore ...
Functional Traits in Lichen Ecology: A Review of Challenge and Opportunity
Ellis, Christopher J.; Asplund, Johan; Benesperi, Renato; Branquinho, Cristina; Di Nuzzo, Luca; Hurtado, Pilar; Martinez, Isabel; Rocha, BernardoCommunity ecology has experienced a major transition, from a focus on patterns in taxonomic composition, to revealing the processes underlying community assembly through the analysis of species functional traits. The power of the functional trait approach is its generality, predictive capacity such as with respect to environmental change, and, through linkage of response and effect traits, the synthesis of comm...