Ana P. Coelho
A5056137018- Marine and fisheries research
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Climate variability and models
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- African Botany and Ecology Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Biological Control of Invasive Species
- Plant and animal studies
- Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
University of Aveiro
2021-2024
University of Lisbon
2021
Summary The arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are a globally distributed group of soil organisms that play critical roles in ecosystem function. However, the ecological niches individual AM fungal taxa poorly understood. We collected > 300 samples from natural ecosystems worldwide and modelled realised virtual (VT; approximately species‐level phylogroups). found environmental spatial variables jointly explained VT distribution worldwide, with temperature pH being most important abiotic...
Biological invasions are a major threat to global biodiversity with particularly deleterious consequences on oceanic islands. The introduction of large terrestrial animals – generally absent islands can disrupt important ecosystem functions, such as the dispersal native seeds. However, while plant received much attention, potential introduced change insular seed networks remains largely unknown. Here, we collated evidence from five sampling methods assemble qualitative and quantitative,...
As on intertidal flats across the globe, migratory shorebirds that spend most of their annual cycle in Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau, feed macrozoobenthic prey buried soft sediments. Understanding diet throughout period residence can help to understand degree trophic flexibility. In this study, we first reconstruct eight Bijagós, then investigate how changes three main periods non-breeding season (arrival, mid-winter and fuelling periods) finally explore intraspecific dietary overlap...
The Bijagós Archipelago in West Africa is home to an ethnic group with a rich cultural heritage that tightly linked nature. people have shared identity, but management of natural resources varies between islands due island‐specific context regards socio‐political organization and strength heritage. Across the archipelago, bivalves harvested manually from mudflats are important part people's diet, economy, culture. Migratory shorebirds share use these during their non‐breeding season,...
The coastal intertidal ecosystem of the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau, one largest and most important in West Africa, sustains a considerable proportion migratory shorebird populations East Atlantic Flyway operates as nursery area for benthic fish region. macrozoobenthos these mudflats constitute main food source both groups so that spatial temporal variation their abundance community composition is likely to influence distribution birds. In this study we described dynamics density,...
Shorebirds migrating along the East Atlantic Flyway must travel long distances from their breeding sites in arctic and subarctic regions to wintering areas Europe Africa. Selecting a winter location is an important decision, as it can have both immediate future consequences. ensure they enough resources fulfil energetic requirements during winter, well fuelling phase, when accumulate fat stores for return migration. Migratory shorebirds are declining worldwide, with several populations...