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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...
MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL: A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occur...
Grilo, Clara; Afonso, Beatriz C.; Afonso, Filipe; Alexandre, Marta; Aliácar, Sara; Almeida, Ana; Alonso, Ivan Prego; Álvares, Francisco; Alves, PauloMammals are threatened worldwide, with 26% of all species being included in the IUCN threatened categories. This overall pattern is primarily associated with habitat loss or degradation, and human persecution for terrestrial mam mals, and pollution, open net fishing, climate change, and prey depletion for marine mammals. Mammals play a key role in maintaining ecosystems func tionality and resilience, and theref...
MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL : A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occu...
Grilo, Clara; Afonso, Beatriz C.; Afonso, Filipe; Alexandre, Marta; Aliácar, Sara; Almeida, Ana; Alonso, Ivan Prego; Álvares, Francisco; Alves, PauloMammals are threatened worldwide, with 26% of all species being includedin the IUCN threatened categories. This overall pattern is primarily associatedwith habitat loss or degradation, and human persecution for terrestrial mam-mals, and pollution, open net fishing, climate change, and prey depletion formarine mammals. Mammals play a key role in maintaining ecosystems func-tionality and resilience, and therefore...
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...
MAMMALS in Portugal: A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occur...
Grilo, Clara; Afonso, Beatriz C.; Afonso, Filipe; Alexandre, Marta; Aliácar, Sara; Almeida, Ana; Alonso, Ivan Prego; Álvares, Francisco; Alves, PauloMammals are threatened worldwide, with 26% of all species being includedin the IUCN threatened categories. This overall pattern is primarily associatedwith habitat loss or degradation, and human persecution for terrestrial mam-mals, and pollution, open net fishing, climate change, and prey depletion formarine mammals. Mammals play a key role in maintaining ecosystems func-tionality and resilience, and therefore...
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...
The mammals of Angola
Beja, Pedro; Pinto, Pedro Vaz; Veríssimo, Luís; Bersacola, Elena; Fabiano, Ezequiel; Palmeirim, Jorge M.; Monadjem, Ara; Monterroso, PedroScientific investigations on the mammals of Angola started over 150 years ago, but information remains scarce and scattered, with only one recent published account. Here we provide a synthesis of the mammals of Angola based on a thorough survey of primary and grey literature, as well as recent unpublished records. We present a short history of mammal research, and provide brief information on each species known...
Climate and landscape changes as driving forces for future range shift in south...
Rosalino, Luís Miguel; Guedes, Diana; Cabecinha, Diogo; Serronha, Ana; Grilo, Clara; Santos-Reis, Margarida; Monterroso, Pedro; Carvalho, JoãoHuman-Induced Rapid Environmental Change (HIREC), particularly climate change and habitat conversion, affects species distributions worldwide. Here, we aimed to (i) assess the factors that determine range patterns of European badger (Meles meles) at the southwestern edge of their distribution and (ii) forecast the possible impacts of future climate and landcover changes on those patterns. We surveyed 272 cells ...