A5006050474- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Plant and animal studies
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Biological Control of Invasive Species
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Beetle Biology and Toxicology Studies
National Statistical Institute of Portugal
2024-2025
University of Lisbon
2015-2025
Sustainability Institute
2023-2025
Center for Health and Gender Equity
2023-2025
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
2024-2025
Universidad José Vasconcelos
2024-2025
Universidade dos Açores
2023
University of Coimbra
2023
Forest Research
2023
Universidade de Vigo
2023
Habitat destruction is the leading cause of species extinctions. However, there typically a time‐lag between reduction in habitat area and eventual disappearance remnant populations. These “surviving but ultimately doomed” represent an extinction debt. Calculating magnitude such future events has been hampered by potentially inaccurate assumptions about slope species–area relationships, which are habitat‐ taxon‐specific. We overcome this challenge applying method that uses historical...
Islands harbour evolutionary and ecologically unique biota, which are currently disproportionately threatened by a multitude of anthropogenic factors, including habitat loss, invasive species climate change. Native forests on oceanic islands important refugia for endemic species, many rare highly threatened. Long-term monitoring schemes those biota ecosystems urgently needed: (i) to provide quantitative baselines detecting changes within island ecosystems, (ii) evaluate the effectiveness...
An annotated list of species carabids sampled in Angola during three entomological trips is presented. A total 111 species/subspecies were identified and some ecological remarks as well its known distribution this country are provided. Perigona liboloensis sp. n., Lasiocera schuelei n. Galerita procera capelai ssp. described. New records genera previously unknown from given. Further, two dichotomic keys made available for the identification (s. str.) Africa southern Africa, respectively.
An annotated checklist of the species and subspecies rose chafers (Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) hitherto known from Angola is given. This list includes records recent entomological trips in that country (2014, 2015 2017) Portuguese museums private collections. A total 177 31 are recorded for Angola, including 32 endemic species/subspecies (15.4%). Some represented by only holotype specimen (some without locality) or type series. Others were based on a single specimen. Records four genera, one...
Two new species of rove beetles belonging to the genus Domene Fauvel, 1873, subgenus Lathromene Koch, 1938 from Portugal are described: (Lathromene) boavidae sp. nov. and pedroi These subterranean diagnosed compared with closely related Iberian endemic Lathromene. The external morphology male genitalia illustrated information on species` ecology is presented. A dichotomous key for identifying subgenus, based genitalia, New faunistic ecological data viriatoi Serrano & Boieiro, 2015 also given.
Information on Diptera community, seasonality and successional patterns in every geographical region is fundamental for the use of flies as forensic indicators time death. In order to obtain these data from Lisbon area (Portugal), experiments were conducted during four seasons year, using piglet carcasses animal models. Five stages recognized decomposition process. The stages, besides visually defined, could be separated taking into account occurrence abundance specific groups collected....
Recent findings based on molecular data support the occurrence in Azores of several independently evolving lineages beetle genus Tarphius Erichson, 1845 (Coleoptera: Zopheridae Solier, 1834) and higher species richness masked by cryptic diversity, needing formal taxonomic description. All from are revised using an integrative approach, evidence morphology, morphometrics to delimit species. Our results reveal that Azorean comprise at least five phyletic lineages, two which share a similar...
An overview of the obligate hypogean fauna in Portugal (including Azores and Madeira archipelagos) is provided, with a list obligated cave-dwelling species subspecies, general perspective about its conservation. All available literature on subterranean Biology since first written record 1870 until today has been revised. A total 43 troglobiont 67 stygobiont subspecies from 12 orders have described so far these areas, included so-called Mediterranean hotspot biodiversity. The considered...
This article explores patterns of insect herbivore distribution in the canopy Laurisilva forests on seven islands Azores archipelago. To our knowledge, this is one first extensive study type tree or shrub canopies oceanic island ecosystems. One most frequently debated characteristics such ecosystems likely prevalence vague, ill‐defined niches due to taxonomic disharmony, which may have implications for insect‐plant interactions. For instance, an increase ecological opportunities generalist...
The Azores is a remote oceanic archipelago of nine islands which belongs to the Macaronesia biogeographical region hosting unique biodiversity. present Azorean landscape strongly modified by presence man and only in small areas, where soil or climate was too rough, have primitive conditions remained unchanged. Despite fact that most native habitats are now lost, large number endemic species still need urgent conservation. checklist terrestrial freshwater arthropods Archipelago based on all...
Abstract 1. Fields such as ecology, macroecology, and conservation biology rely on accurate comparable data. This is especially important for mostly unknown megadiverse taxa spiders regions the Mediterranean. Short‐term sampling programmes are increasingly seen best option spiders. Comparability of results, however, demands standard procedures both in methodology period. Cost‐efficiency dictates that this period should be most species rich. 2. Pitfall trapping was conducted 23 sites from...
Current taxon assignments at the species level are frequently discordant with DNA-based analyses. Recent studies on tiger beetles in Cicindela hybrida complex identified discordance between mtDNA patterns and entities currently defined by taxonomic literature. To test accuracy of morphologically delimited groups, five named taxa (species) from 24 representative sampling sites across Europe were scored for 41 external morphological characters. Three 'diagnosable', that is, one three...
1. Anthropogenic pressures have produced heterogeneous landscapes expected to influence diversity differently across trophic levels and spatial scales. 2. We tested how activity density species richness of carabid groups responded local habitat landscape structure (forest percentage cover richness) in 48 parcels (1 km 2 ) eight European countries. 3. Local affected density, but not richness, both groups. Activity densities were greater rotational cropping compared with other habitats;...
The taxonomy of tardigrades is challenging as these animals demonstrate a limited number useful morphological char-acters, therefore several species descriptions are supported by only minor differences. For example, Echiniscus oihonnae and multispinosus separated exclusively the absence or presence dorsal spines at position Bd. Doubts were raised on validity two species, which often sampled together. Using an integrative approach, based genetic investigations, we studied new Portuguese...
The development in recent years of new beta diversity analytical approaches highlighted valuable information on the different processes structuring ecological communities. A crucial for understanding patterns was also its differentiation two components: species turnover and richness differences. In this study, we evaluate ground beetles from 26 sites Madeira Island distributed throughout Laurisilva--a relict forest restricted to Macaronesian archipelagos. We assess how components beetle...