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The mitochondrial genomes of Iberian freshwater and diadromous fishes
Veríssimo, Joana; Curto, Manuel; Alves, Maria Judite; Almeida, Pedro Raposo de; Aparicio, Enric; Clavero, Miguel; Chaves, CátiaThe Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe, is home to a distinctive freshwater fish fauna, predominantly composed of endemic species. This is a consequence of the prolonged isolation from western Europe caused by the Pyrenees, the diverse geological and climatic gradients, and the isolation of river basins. Freshwater and diadromous fishes have diversified in the Iberian Peninsula and include 72 currently r...
Navigating Methodological Trade‐Offs in eDNA Metabarcoding Biodiversity Monitor...
Veríssimo, Joana; Lopes‐Lima, Manuel; Amaral, Fábio; Chaves, Cátia; Fernandes, Vasco; Kemanja, Mutaleni; Teixeira, Amilcar; Martins, Filipa M. S.Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding technologies promise significant advances in biodiversity monitoring, yet their application requires extensive optimisation and standardisation. Recent research demonstrated that increased sampling and analytical efforts are needed to improve biodiversity estimates, though fully optimising study designs is often hindered by resource constraints. Consequently, researchers m...
The mitochondrial genomes of Iberian freshwater and diadromous fishes
Veríssimo, Joana; Curto, Manuel; Alves, Maria Judite; de Almeida, Pedro Raposo; Aparicio, Enric; Clavero, Miguel; Chaves, CátiaThe Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe, is home to a distinctive freshwater fish fauna, predominantly composed of endemic species. This is a consequence of the prolonged isolation from western Europe caused by the Pyrenees, the diverse geological and climatic gradients, and the isolation of river basins. Freshwater and diadromous fishes have diversified in the Iberian Peninsula and include 72 currently r...
Integrative phylogenetic, phylogeographic and morphological characterisation of...
Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Geist, Juergen P.; Egg, S.; Beran, Luboš; Bikashvili, Ani; Van Bocxlaer, Bert; Bogan, Arthur E.; Bolotov, Ivan N.The global decline of freshwater mussels and their crucial ecological services highlight the need to understand their phylogeny, phylogeography and patterns of genetic diversity to guide conservation efforts. Such knowledge is urgently needed for Unio crassus, a highly imperilled species originally widespread throughout Europe and southwest Asia. Recent studies have resurrected several species from synonymy bas...
The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Portuguese moths
Ferreira, Sónia; Corley, Martin F. V.; Nunes, João; Rosete, Jorge; Vasconcelos, Sasha; Mata, Vanessa A.; Veríssimo, Joana; Silva, Teresa L; Sousa, PedroThe InBIO Barcoding Initiative (IBI) Dataset - DS-IBILP08 contains records of 2350 specimens of moths (Lepidoptera species that do not belong to the superfamily Papilionoidea). All specimens have been morphologically identified to species or subspecies level and represent 1158 species in total. The species of this dataset correspond to about 42% of mainland Portuguese Lepidoptera species. All specimens were col...
The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Orthoptera from Portugal
Pina, Sílvia; Pauperio, Joana; Barros, Francisco; Chaves, Cátia; Martins, Filipa MS; Pinto, Joana; Veríssimo, Joana; Mata, Vanessa A; Beja, PedroThe InBIO Barcoding Initiative (IBI) Orthoptera dataset contains records of 420 specimens covering all the eleven Orthoptera families occurring in Portugal. Specimens were collected in continental Portugal from 2005 to 2021 and were morphologically identified to species level by taxonomists. A total of 119 species were identified corresponding to about 77% of all the orthopteran species known from continental P...
Illustrated keys and a DNA barcode reference library of the amphibians and terr...
Ceríaco, Luis Miguel Pires; Marques, Mariana Pimentel; Sousa, Ana Carolina Andrade de; Veríssimo, Joana; Beja, Pedro; Ferreira, SóniaThe herpetofauna of São Tomé and Príncipe consists of nine species of amphibians, all endemic, and 21 species of terrestrial reptiles, of which 17 are endemic. Our current knowl- edge regarding its natural history, ecology, and distribution is limited. Here two important tools are provided to support researchers, conservationists, and local authorities in the identification of the country’s herpetofauna: an ill...
The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: contribution to the knowledge on DNA b...
Rosa, Paolo; Wood, Thomas; Silva, Teresa Luísa L.; Veríssimo, Joana; Mata, Vanessa A.; Michez, Denis; Beja, Pedro; Ferreira, SóniaDNA barcoding technologies have provided a powerful tool for the fields of ecology and systematics. Here, we present a part of the InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: contribution to the knowledge on DNA barcodes of cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) dataset representing 144 specimens and 103 species, covering approximately 44% of the Iberian and 21% of the European fauna. The InBIO Barcoding Initiative (...
Efficient assessment of nocturnal flying insect communities by combining automa...
Mata, Vanessa A.; Ferreira, Sónia; Campos, Rebeca M.; Silva, Luís P.; Veríssimo, Joana; Corley, Martin F.V.; Beja, PedroIncreasing evidence for global insect declines is prompting a renewed interest in the survey of whole insect communities. DNA metabarcoding can contribute to assessing diverse insect communities over a range of spatial and temporal scales, but efforts are still needed to optimize and standardize procedures. Here, we describe and test a methodological pipeline for surveying nocturnal flying insects, combining au...
Conservation Biogeography of the Sahara‐Sahel: additional protected areas are n...
Brito, José C.; Tarroso, Pedro; Vale, Cândida G.; Martínez‐Freiría, Fernando; Boratyński, Zbyszek; Campos, João C.; Ferreira, Sónia; Godinho, RaquelAim Identification of priority conservation areas and evaluation of coverage of the current protected areas are urgently needed to halt the biodiversity loss. Identifying regions combining similar environmental traits (climate regions) and species assemblages (biogroups) is needed for conserving the biodiversity patterns and processes. We identify climate regions and biogroups and map species diversity across t...