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A comprehensive trait dataset for Terrestrial Arthropods of the Azores: insight...
Oyarzabal da Silva, Guilherme; Rigal, François; Cardoso, Pedro; Amorim do Rosário, Isabel; Costa, Ricardo; Lhoumeau, Sébastien Georges AndréABSTRACT: Species functional traits provide critical insights into how organisms interact with and respond to their environment. Key characteristics, such as body size, dispersal ability and trophic specialisation influence species' survival, reproduction and adaptability. Island ecosystems, particularly oceanic archipelagos like the Azores, serve as ideal natural laboratories for studying these traits due to t...
Subterranean environments contribute to three-quarters of classified ecosystem ...
Mammola, Stefano; Brankovits, David; Di Lorenzo, Tiziana; Amorim do Rosário, Isabel; Bancila, Racula; Bellvert, Adrià; Bernard, Enrico; Blomberg, AnnaABSTRACT: Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well-being. Subterranean ecosystems are integral to major biogeochemical cycles, sustain diverse surface habi...
Global insular leaf size shifts follow the island rule, independently of insect...
Moreira, Xoaquín; Abdala-Roberts, Luis; Amorim do Rosário, Isabel; Baider, Claúdia; Burns, Kevin; Caujapé-Castells, Juli; Cubas, Jonay; Dean, LydiaABSTRACT: The island rule, originally formulated for animals, predicts that small-bodied mainland species evolve larger body sizes on islands (gigantism), but that this effect weakens with increasing mainland body size, ultimately reversing and leading to dwarfism for the largest species. This dynamic is expected to produce a positive, saturating relationship between island and mainland body size, with insular ...
Discovering the allure of forests: Exploring adolescent queries in nature-rich ...
Arroz, Ana; Gabriel, Rosalina; Rocha Silva, Alexandra Filipa; Piasentin, Flora; Amorim do Rosário, Isabel; Picanço, Ana; Matos, SoniaABSTRACT: This study explores adolescents’ inherent curiosity about nature through the production of self-generated questions during a field visit to a nature-rich environment, followed by descriptive-interpretative analysis using focus groups. Utilizing cultural probes and content-free question tokens, we collected 164 valid questions produced by 36 adolescents during the field session. Biotic elements, like s...
Species traits may predict extinction risk of Azorean endemic arthropods
Oyarzabal da Silva, Guilherme; Cardoso, Pedro; Rigal, François; Canelas Boieiro, Mário Rui; Coelho dos Santos, Ana Margarida; Amorim do Rosário, IsabelABSTRACT: Oceanic islands, recognised for their isolation, high endemic species richness and unique evolutionary paths compared with their continental counterparts, are extremely susceptible to anthropogenic activities. The fragmentation of island habitats and disruption of native ecosystems has increased the risk of extinction for many endemic species, including arthropods. Extinction is not random, and some s...
Threats and conservation status of the endemic terrestrial arthropods of the Az...
Oyarzabal da Silva, Guilherme; Pozsgai, Gabor; Tsafack, Noelline; Cardoso, Pedro; Rigal, François; Canelas Boieiro, Mário RuiABSTRACT: Insular ecosystems are disproportionately threatened by human activities, leading to an unprecedented decline in species diversity, particularly on remote archipelagos like the Azores. However, the impacts of humans on arthropods, which typically represent a big proportion of island biotas, remain poorly documented. We present an assessment of threats affecting different groups of species, examining t...
Insights from the Dalberto Teixeira Pombo (DTP) Arthropod Collection – I. Revea...
Fonseca Crespo, Luís Carlos; Pereira, Fernando; Amorim do Rosário, Isabel; Borges, P.A.V.ABSTRACT: Hosted at the University of the Azores, the “Dalberto Teixeira Pombo” Collection (DTP) is an invaluable repository showcasing the diversity of arthropods from the Azores Archipelago, Portugal. This collection not only preserves a vital record of the region’s arthropological heritage but also underpins ongoing biodiversity research and conservation efforts. In this context, we are inaugurating a new se...
Biodiversity insights from BioBlitz surveys on Terceira Island, Azores
Borges, Paulo; Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba; Gabriel, Rosalina; Videira, Sandra; Rodrigues, António Félix; Lhoumeau, Sébastien Georges AndréABSTRACT: This manuscript is the first scientific publication of the project “BioBlitz Azores". The project was launched in 2019 and had a second event in 2023 under the scope of the FCT-MACRISK project, surveying the historic public garden "Jardim Duque da Terceira", in the historical centre of Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira Island (Azores, Portugal). In addition to contributing directly to the knowledge of Azore...
Insights from the Dalberto Teixeira Pombo (DTP) Arthropod Collection – II. Long...
Fonseca Crespo, Luís Carlos; Amorim do Rosário, Isabel; Pereira, Fernando; Borges, P.A.V.ABSTRACT: The second manuscript in the series "Dalberto Teixeira Pombo (DTP) Arthropod Collection" focuses on Algar do Carvão, a remarkable volcanic pit on Terceira Island, Azores, that is a Natural Monument, a show cave and part of the Terceira Island Natural Park. This volcanic cave is unique amongst the archipelago’s subterranean systems due to its distinctive geological features, including rare silica-based...
“Although I was alone, I always felt accompanied”: the experiences of adolescen...
Amorim do Rosário, Isabel; Gabriel, Rosalina; Arroz, AnaABSTRACT: How do adolescent girls interact with nature? Which affordances do they perceive and enact in nature-rich environments? Drawing on outdoor empirical research, which mobilises cultural probes, walking, and semistructured interviews as key methodological devices, this article provides possible answers to the research questions, as well as further interrogations issued from our analysis. Our research con...