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When do citizen scientists record biodiversity? Non‐random temporal patterns of...

1. Citizen science data are increasingly used for ecological research, biodiversity conservation and monitoring. However, these data often present significant analytical challenges due to uneven recording efforts by citizen scientists. Biases caused by intra-annual differences in levels of recording activity can be particularly severe, hindering the use of citizen science data in research areas such as populati...

MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL : A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occu...

Mammals 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...

MAMMALS in Portugal: A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occur...

Mammals 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...

Valuing and mapping cork and carbon across land use scenarios in a Portuguese m...

The ecosystem services approach can inform decision-making by accounting for both short- and long-term benefits from different land use options. Here we used the InVEST toolkit to quantify and map key ecosystem services at the largest publicly-owned agro-silvo-pastoral farmstead in Portugal-a site representative for the montado landscape. We analyzed how Provisioning (cork production) and Regulating & Maintenan...

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Sociocultural valuation of ecosystem services for operational ecosystem managem...

Sociocultural valuation (SCV) of ecosystem services (ES) discloses the principles, importance or preferences expressed by people towards nature. Although ES research has increasingly addressed sociocultural values in past years, little effort has been made to systematically review the components of sociocultural valuation applications for different decision contexts (i.e. awareness raising, accounting, priority...

Valuing and mapping cork and carbon across land use scenarios in a Portuguese m...

The ecosystem services approach can inform decision-making by accounting for both short- and long-term benefits from different land use options. Here we used the InVEST toolkit to quantify and map key ecosystem services at the largest publicly-owned agro-silvo-pastoral farmstead in Portugal–a site representative for the montado landscape. We analyzed how Provisioning (cork production) and Regulating & Maintenan...

Can geocaching be an indicator of cultural ecosystem services? The case of the ...

Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) are difficult to assess and are seldom considered by land managers. Geocaching, an outdoor game that uses Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled devices to find hidden containers (geocaches) in certain locations, has been seldom used as a data source to assess CES. However, contrary to other crowdsourcing databases, geocaching allows to associate particular experiences to accu...

Towards a conservation strategy for an endangered rodent, the Cabrera vole (Mic...

The Cabrera vole Microtus cabrerae is a Vulnerable species in Portugal and Spain. The lack on the general ecology and the importance of the conservation of this species lead to this thesis, which also has as a goal to contribute to a future conservation plan. It was identified an enlargement of the previously known distribution at a national scale, particularly over the most central region of Portugal, extendin...

Annual weight variation and reproductive cycle of the wood mouse (Apodemus sylv...

This paper describes the weight variation and reproductive seasonal patterns of the wood mouse in a Mediterranean scrubland in southern Portugal. A total of 156 individuals were marked and followed up to 242 days. Summer corresponded to the non-breeding period in the study area, instead of winter, such as in other areas of central and northern Europe. As a consequence, a displacement of the annual density and w...