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I'm currently a contracted researcher at MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, University of Coimbra. I completed my PhD in Ecology in 2008 by the University of Coimbra with co-supervision of the University of Oxford, after graduating in Biology in 2002 by the University of Coimbra. My research focuses on conservation biology and the use of ecophysiological tools in sentinel organisms (top predators) for the assessment of environmental quality. This entails the study of ecological interactions between biotic and abiotic stressors and vertebrate health and fitness, using biological sampling, biochemical and clinical analyses, and molecular and evolutionary biology approaches, and by combining natural (fieldwork-based) and controlled (in captivity) experimental setups. I'm interested in the ecology of avian infectious diseases and host-parasite interactions using Lyme borreliosis and avian malaria as disease model systems. I also participate in teaching and training activities at the Life Sciences Department of the University of Coimbra, in both the Biology Graduation course and in the Ecology Master course. I supervised one PhD student, 14 MSc students (finished or ongoing) and mentored 2 international post-docs. My publishing record includes two book chapters, 68 articles in peer-reviewed journals, of which in 35 I'm the first or senior author, with 2175/1394 citations (Google Scholar/ Scopus), an H-index of 27/22 (Google Scholar/Scopus) and a high degree of internationalization due to the broad collaborative network with other research institutions . I currently participate as team member in two international projects: "OneAquaHealth" Horizon project funded by the European Commission, and IBERALEX Interreg Espanha-Portugal project funded by Fundo Regional Europeu/ FEDER; and in two COST Actions "PRAGMATICK" as MC member, and "WIMANET ". I regularly participate in science communication activities.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Cláudia do Souto Gonçalves Norte

Citation names

  • Norte, Ana Cláudia
  • AC Norte
  • Norte AC
  • A.C. Norte
  • A Norte

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
071E-778C-D6BA
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7833-4463
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=QB5evFgAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Scopus Author Id
http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=8227229100

Email addresses

  • acgnorte@ci.uc.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 239 240 70 Ext.: 262 301 (Professional)

Addresses

  • MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-456, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

  • http://www.mare-centre.pt/pt/user/45 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Infectious Diseases
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Parasitology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Other Biological Topics
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/11/11 - 2024/11/16
Attended
 One Health Biotyper Diagnostic Help Training School (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria e Produzioni Animali, Italy
2016 - 2016
Concluded
 Biossegurança em Laboratórios Nível 2 e 3 (Outros)
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2016 - 2016
Concluded
 Transporte de substâncias infecciosas (Outros)
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal
2013 - 2013
Concluded
 Laboratory Animal Sciences Course – Category C FELASA (Outros)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
2008
Concluded
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Ecologia
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

University of Oxford Department of Zoology, United Kingdom
"Physiological Parameters and Fitness in Great Tit Parus Major Populations as Bioindicators of Pulp Mill Pollution" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very Good "cum laude"
2002/07/17
Concluded
 Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Nest-site selection and breeding biology of the kentish plover Charadrius alexandrinus on sandy beaches of the Portuguese West coast" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/03/28 - Current Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente - Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018/12/28 - 2024/12/27 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra - Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2016/01/01 - 2018/12/27 Postdoc (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente - Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente - Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2010/01/01 - 2015/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente - Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP Centro de Estudos de Vetores e Doenças Infeciosas Doutor Francisco Cambournac, Portugal
(...)
2008/08/01 - 2009/02/01 Researcher (Research) Institute of Environment and Life, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2011/05/01 - Current Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra - Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2009/03/01 - 2010/07/31 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias - Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2002/09/01 - 2003/09/01 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2016/01/01 - 2018/12/27 Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. interactions with vertebrate hosts and vectors – key factors affecting Borrelia maintenance in nature
SFRH/BPD/108197/2015
Post-doc Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente - Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit Dienststelle Oberschleißheim, Germany

Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP Centro de Estudos de Vetores e Doenças Infeciosas Doutor Francisco Cambournac, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/01 - 2018/12 Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. interactions with vertebrate hosts and vectors – key factors affecting Borrelia maintenance in nature
Provided by PTCRIS: SFRH/BPD/108197/2015
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2010/01/01 - 2015/12/31 ECOLOGY OF LYME BORRELIOSIS: ROLE OF NATURAL BIRD POPULATIONS AS RESERVOIRS OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI S.L. IN WESTERN EUROPE
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH2%FBPD2%F628982%F2009/PT
Post-doc Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente - Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge IP Centro de Estudos de Vetores e Doenças Infeciosas Doutor Francisco Cambournac, Portugal

Université de Neuchâtel Institut de Biologie, Switzerland
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/01 - 2015/12 ECOLOGY OF LYME BORRELIOSIS: ROLE OF NATURAL BIRD POPULATIONS AS RESERVOIRS OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI S.L. IN WESTERN EUROPE
Provided by PTCRIS: SFRH/BPD/62898/2009
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2003/10/01 - 2007/09/30 VARIAÇÃO DE PARÂMETROS FISIOLÓGICOS E BIOMARCADORES ENZIMÁTICOS EM POPULAÇÕES NATURAIS DE CHAPIM-REAL PARUS MAJOR - RELAÇÃO COM DESEMPENHO REPRODUTOR E INFLUÊNCIAS XENOBIÓTICAS
SFRH/BD/13594/2003
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2003/10 - 2007/09 VARIAÇÃO DE PARÂMETROS FISIOLÓGICOS E BIOMARCADORES ENZIMÁTICOS EM POPULAÇÕES NATURAIS DE CHAPIM-REAL PARUS MAJOR - RELAÇÃO COM DESEMPENHO REPRODUTOR E INFLUÊNCIAS XENOBIÓTICAS
Provided by PTCRIS: SFRH/BD/13594/2003
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2008/08/01 - 2009/02/28 Rationalising biodiversity conservation in dynamic ecosystems (RUBICODE)
GOCE-CT-2006-036890
Research Fellow
European Commission
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023/12/15 - Current Gestão e Conservação de Praias e Zonas Húmidas
0123_IBERALEX_6_E-
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Ongoing
2023/04/11 - Current Seabirds as indicators of ecosystem health: parent-offspring behavioral and ecophysiological responses to experimental changes in food supply
UIDP/0429272020
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
 Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente
Ongoing
2023 - Current COST Action - Wildlife Malaria Network (WIMANET)
CA22108
Researcher
Ongoing
2022 - Current PRAGMATICK - Prevention, anticipation and mitigation of tick-borne disease risk applying the DAMA protocol
CA21170
Managing Committee Member
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - Current MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente
UID/MAR/04292/2019
Researcher
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2023/01/01 - 2026/12/31 Protecting urban aquatic ecosystems to promote One Health
101086521
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 European Commission Joint Research Centre
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Rede de Infraestruturas em Investigação Aquática
LA/P/0069/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0069/2020
Researcher
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal

Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Universidade do Minho Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal

Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022 - 2023 MonNest
n/a
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra
Concluded
2017 - 2019 ECOLIND – Seabirds and fish as ecological indicators of contaminants and health in the North Atlantic relevant to ocean resources assessment
MFM/2017/0003
Researcher
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente - Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2014/04/15 - 2019 Host, Pathogen, and the Microbiome: Determinants of Infectious Disease Outcome
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/NIH/NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES/1U19AI110820-01/US
Other
National Institutes of Health
Ongoing
2014 - 2017 CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology project
CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0068
Other
European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
2012/09/08 - 2016 The Great Tit HapMap Project
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCUK/NERC/NE2%FJ0125992%F1/GB
Other
UK Research and Innovation
Concluded
2011 - 2014 Q fever - from diagnosis to eco-epidemiological investigation of Coxiella burnetii in the context of human infection
PTDC/SAU-SAP/115266/2009
Other
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Strategic Project - UI 284 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/MAR/UI0284/2011
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Gabriele Margos; Nicholas Ogden; Volker Fingerle; Jean Tsao; Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Bacteria of the genus Borrelia". In Ecology of Wild Bird Diseases. CRC Press, 2023.
    In press
  2. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Araújo Pedro Miguel; David Costantini. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana Cláudia. "A Physiological Toolbox to Explore the Relationships Between Seabirds and Their Changing Environments". In Seabird Biodiversity and Human Activities, edited by Jaime Albino Ramos (5611-8191-777B). CRC Press, 2022.
    Submitted
Conference abstract
  1. dos Santos, Ivo; Paiva, Vitor H.; Norte, Ana Cláudia; Churlaud, Carine; Ceia, Filipe R.; Pais De Faria, Joana; Pereira, Jorge M.; et al. "Assessing the impact of trace element contamination in the physiological condition and health of coastal and oceanic seabirds breeding along the Portuguese coastline". Paper presented in 16th International Seabird Group Conference, Coimbra, 2024.
    Published
  2. Jorge M. Pereira; Sara H. Santos; Martins, Beatriz; Jaime A. Ramos; Norte, Ana Cláudia; Campioni, Letizia; Ana M. M. Gonçalves; A.M.M. Gonçalves; A.M. Gonçalves; Ana Marta Gonçalves; et al. Corresponding author: Jorge M. Pereira. "Seabirds as indicators of ocean health: Parent-offspring behavioural and ecophysiological responses to experimental changes in food supply". Paper presented in XI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA, Ponta Delgada, 2023.
    Published
  3. Veríssimo, Sara N.; Paiva, Vitor H.; Cunha, Sara C; Ferreira, Rafael; Cerveira, Lara; Fernandes, J.O.; Jorge M. Pereira; et al. Corresponding author: Veríssimo, Sara N.. "Effects of plastic additives on the health of seabirds". Paper presented in XI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA, Ponta Delgada, 2023.
    Published
  4. A Norte ; Jaime A. Ramos; et al.. Corresponding author: A Norte. "Comparação da fisiologia e sucesso reprodutor de chapim-real (Parus major) entre duas décadas na Mata Nacional do Choupal, Portugal". Paper presented in SPEA XI Ornithology Congress & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia., 2023.
  5. A Norte ; et al.. Corresponding author: A Norte. "The role of hosts in shaping highly structured Borrelia lusitaniae populations". Paper presented in International Symposium on Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Weimar, 2023.
  6. A Norte ; et al.. Corresponding author: A Norte. "Moving to the city: pros and cons to breed in urban areas for yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis)". Paper presented in International Gull Meeting, 2022.
  7. A Norte ; et al.. Corresponding author: A Norte. "Are urban habitats an opportunity or a challenge to breeding yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis)?". Paper presented in International Seabird Group Conference, 2022.
  8. Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Alves, Luis M. F.; da Silva, Joana M.; Pereira, Jorge M.; Norte, Ana Cláudia; Paiva, Vitor H; Marco F.L. Lemos; et al. Corresponding author: Ceia, Filipe R.. "The causes and effects of chemical contamination and drivers of oxidative stress in a wide-ranging seabird". Paper presented in International Conference for YOUNG Marine Researchers ¿ ICYMARE 2021, Berlin, 2021.
    Published
  9. A.C. Norte; Araújo, PM; Eens, M.; Ramos, Jaime; Heylen, D.; Núncio, M.S.; Zé-Zé, L.; Carvalho, IL. Corresponding author: A.C. Norte. "Host-parasite interactions between Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and its avian reservoir hosts.". Paper presented in 13th International Symposium on Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. Weimar, Alemanha., Weimar, 2019.
    Published
  10. A.C. Norte; Araújo, PM; Jaime A. Ramos; Núncio, Maria; Zé-Zé, L.; de Carvalho, I.L.. "Air Borrelia the effects of avian-host behaviour on the population structure of a tick-borne bacterial pathogen.". Paper presented in Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA., Peniche, 2019.
    Published
  11. A.C. Norte; Araújo, PM; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Tenreiro, P.J.Q.; Jaime A. Ramos; Núncio, Maria; de Carvalho, I.L.. Corresponding author: A.C. Norte. "The importance of birds as hosts for ticks and in the enzootic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Portugal.". Paper presented in IX Congress of Ornithology & VI Iberian Congress of Ornithology., Vila Real, 2016.
    Published
  12. A.C. Norte; Costantini, D.; Araújo, PM; Eens, M.; Jaime A. Ramos; Heylen, D.. Corresponding author: A.C. Norte. "Borrelia wingmen - dispersal and maintenance of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. by birds.". Paper presented in 16º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia. Lisbon, Portugal., Lisboa, 2016.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. A.C. Norte. "Hyalomma ticks infecting tortoises in North Africa and Turkey: distribution, genetic variation and their role as potential vectors". Paper presented in Mediterranean workshop to develop tortoise conservation strategies, Alicante, 2019.
Conference poster
  1. Domingues, Adriana; Ramos, Jaime; Cascão, Catarina; Rey, Dani; Veloso, Francisco; dos Santos, Ivo; Pereira, Jorge M.; Paiva, Vitor H.; Norte, Ana Cláudia. Corresponding author: Domingues, Adriana. "Influence of vegetation characteristics on thermal stress and breeding success of Audouin’s Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii". Paper presented in 16th International Seabird Group Conference, 2024.
  2. A.C. Norte. "Dummy eggs as a tool to investigate gulls’ physiological stress in relation to human disturbance and plastics in nest structure". Paper presented in International Seabird Group Conference, 2024.
  3. A.C. Norte. "Physiology and fertility of two gull species in relation to plastic additives’ exposure". Paper presented in International Seabird Group Conference, 2024.
  4. Veríssimo, Sara N.; João Coentro; Vitor Silva; Paiva, Vitor H.; Sara C. Cunha; José O. Fernandes; Jorge M. Pereira; et al. "Plastic ingestion and additives assimilation in waterbirds along a gradient of plastic exposure". Paper presented in XI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA e II Jornadas Macaronésicas, 2023.
  5. Domingues, A.; Jaime A. Ramos; Cascão, C; Rey, D.; Filipe Veloso; dos Santos, Ivo; Jorge M. Pereira; Vitor Hugo Rodrigues Paiva; A Norte. "O impacto das características dos locais de nidificação no stress térmico e sucesso reprodutivo da gaivota-de-Audouin". Paper presented in SPEA XI Ornithology Congress & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia., 2023.
  6. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Lopes de Carvalho, Isabel; Carretero, Miguel A.; da Silva, Luis; Laghzaoui, E-M; El Mouden, E-H; Rocha, A; et al. "Borrelia lusitaniae highly structured populations: can you blame the tick or the vertebrate host?". Paper presented in International Symposium on Tick-Borne Pathogens and Disease (ITPD), 2023.
  7. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Nuncio, MS; Luz, MT; Pereira, Jorge; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Veríssimo, Sara N.; Santos I; et al. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Elusive Borrelia circulating in soft ticks infesting coastal birds in Portugal.". Paper presented in International Symposium on Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Weimar, Germany., 2023.
  8. Cascão, C.; Cabral, A.R.; Vilhena, I.; Garrido-Bautista, Jorge; Girão, J.; Jaime A. Ramos; Arce, Sofía Irene; A Norte . Corresponding author: Cascão, C.. "Pressão ectoparasítica em ninhos de aves que nidificam em cavidades: fatores que influenciam a sua abundância e efeitos na reprodução dos hospedeiros". Paper presented in XI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA e II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia, 2023.
  9. Joana Girão; Bessa, Filipa; Garrido-Bautista, Jorge; Beatriz Ferreira; Santos-Baena, Carolina; M.P.M Marques; L.A.E. Batista de Carvalho; Jaime Albino Ramos (5611-8191-777B); A Norte . Corresponding author: Joana Girão. "Variação na utilização de materiais antropogénicos em ninhos de chapins: influência das atividades humanas e das restrições pandémicas". Paper presented in SPEA XI Ornithology Congress & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia., 2023.
  10. Porte, Yann; Horta, M.; Cabral, A.R.; Santos-Baena, Carolina; Garrido-Bautista, Jorge; Girão, J.; Jaime Albino Ramos (5611-8191-777B); Nunes, M.; A Norte . Corresponding author: Horta, M.. "Influência do ano e do clima na biologia reprodutora de aves que nidificam em cavidades: o caso da trepadeira-azul (Sitta europaea)". Paper presented in SPEA XI Ornithology Congress & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia., 2023.
  11. A Norte ; Maria Sofia Cobra Lince Núncio Soares (C715-3703-B77D); Maria Teresa Luz; Jorge M. Pereira; Maria Inês Laranjeiro; Veríssimo, Sara N.; dos Santos, Ivo; et al. Corresponding author: A Norte. "Bactérias do género Borrelia em circulação em carraças- -parasitas de aves costeiras em Portugal". Paper presented in SPEA XI Ornithology Congress & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia., 2023.
  12. Melero-Romero, Pablo; Garrido-Bautista, Jorge; Pérez-Rodríguez, Lorenzo; Jaime Albino Ramos (5611-8191-777B); A Norte ; Moreno-Rueda, Gregorio. "Puede la coloración de las boqueras ser una herramienta complementaria para la conservación de las aves". Paper presented in VI Congreso Internacional de Biodiversidad y Conservación de la Naturaleza, 2023.
  13. Garrido-Bautista, Jorge; Moreno-Rueda, Gregorio; Ramos, Jaime; Arce, Sofía Irene; Melero-Romero, Pablo; Santos-Baena, Carolina; Guímaro, Hugo R.; Martín-Villegas, Carlos; Norte, Ana Cláudia. Corresponding author: Garrido-Bautista, Jorge. "Uso de plantas aromáticas en nidos de aves: ¿realmente son beneficiosas?". Paper presented in VI Congreso Internacional de Biodiversidad y Conservación de la Naturaleza, 2023.
  14. Calapez, Ana Raquel; Feio, Maria João; OneAquaHealth Consortium. "Protecting Urban Aquatic Ecosystems to Promote One Health – get to know the Project OneAquaHealth". Paper presented in Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, 2023.
  15. Domingues, Adriana; Jaime A. Ramos; Cascão, Catarina; Rey, Dany; Veloso, Filipe; dos Santos, Ivo; Pereira, Jorge M.; Paiva, Vitor H.; Norte, Ana Cláudia. Corresponding author: Domingues, Adriana. "Impact of nesting site characteristics on heat stress and breeding success of the Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii". Paper presented in XI Portuguese Ornithological Congress & II Macaronesian Ornithological Journeys (Ponta Delgada, Portugal), 2023.
  16. Isabel Lopes de Carvalho (5E12-F1E2-CAE3); Andreia Nunes; El-Mustapha Laghzaoui; Rita, De Sousa; El Hassan El Mouden; Maria Sofia Cobra Lince Núncio Soares (C715-3703-B77D); A Norte . Corresponding author: Isabel Lopes de Carvalho (5E12-F1E2-CAE3). "Molecular investigation of Borrelia Relapsing Fever and Rickettsia spp. in ticks from different regions of Morocco". Paper presented in International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis, Netherlands, 2022.
  17. Santos, Ana Sofia; Velez, Rita; Norte, Ana Cláudia; Amaro, Fátima; Amaro F; Alves, Maria João; Melo, Pedro; Santos, Nuno; et al. "The role of wild animals and associated ticks in Coxiella burnetii natural cycle". Paper presented in Microbiotec 2021, 2021.
  18. da Silva, J.M.; Ceia, Filipe R.. "Occurrence of microplastics in commercial mid-trophic level fishes along the Portuguese coast.". Paper presented in ICYMARE, 2021.
  19. Ceia, Filipe R.. "Are low mercury levels in commercial mid-trophic level fishes detrimental? Evidences from oxidative damage assessment". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting, 2021.
  20. A.C. Norte. Corresponding author: A.C. Norte. "Avian serum bactericidal activity – contribution to understand Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato reservoir competence". Paper presented in International Symposium on Ticks and Tick- Borne Diseases digital congress, 2021.
  21. Ceia, Filipe R.; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Luís Alves; da Silva, Joana M.; Calado, Joana G.; Norte, Ana Cláudia; Paiva, Vitor H.; et al. "Environmental health assessment based on a complementary approach using metal quantification, oxidative stress and trophic ecology of two sympatric gull species (Larus michahellis & Larus audouinii)". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting, 2020.
  22. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Lara Augusto; Araújo Pedro Miguel; Maria Sofia Núncio; Jaime Albino Ramos; Isabel Lopes de Carvalho. "Usefulness of biological samples for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infection status assessment in avian hosts". Paper presented in the13th International Symposium on Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2019.
  23. Maria Inês Laranjeiro; Norte, Ana Cláudia; et al.. "The demanding phase of the breeding season: how do stress levels vary in Cory’s shearwater (Calonectris borealis) during pre-laying and chick-rearing periods?". Paper presented in X Congresso de Ornitologia da Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves, 2019.
  24. da Silva, Joana M.; Laranjeiro, Maria I.; Luís Alves; Norte, Ana Cláudia; Calado, Joana; Paiva, Vítor H.; Jaime A. Ramos; et al. "Does foraging niche have an influence on oxidative stress of two gull species (Yellow-legged gull and Audouin's gull) breeding in sympatry?". Paper presented in SPEA X Ornithology Congress, 2019.
  25. Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Phylogenetic analysis of the ornithophilic Borrelia turdi using Next Generation Sequencing". Paper presented in 15th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases, 2018.
  26. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Nuncio, MS; Norte AC; Lopes de Carvalho, I.; Araújo, P.M; Matthysen, E.; Ramos, J.A.; Heylen, D.. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Tissue infection by Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in naturally and experimentally infected avian hosts". Paper presented in 15th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases, 2018.
  27. Norte AC; Nuncio, MS; Ramos, J.A.; da Silva, L.P.; Araújo, P.M.; Tenreiro, P.Q.; Alves da Silva, A.; et al. Corresponding author: Norte AC. "On the trail of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. the key role of birds and lizards as reservoirs for the etiologic agente of Lyme borreliosis in Portugal". Paper presented in E-SOVE, Lisboa, Portugal, 2016.
    10.1016/j.zool.2016.01.005
  28. Norte, Ana Cláudia. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Characterization of Borrelia turdi isolates from Portugal through Multilocus Sequence Analysis". Paper presented in 14th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and other Tick-Borne Diseases, 2015.
  29. Norte, Ana Cláudia. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Lizards and small mammals as reservoirs for Borrelia lusitaniae in Portugal". Paper presented in 14th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and other Tick-Borne Diseases, 2015.
  30. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Araújo, PM; da Silva, Luis P.; Tenreiro, Paulo Q.; Ramos, Jaime; Núncio, MS; Zé-Zé, L; Lopes de Carvalho, I.. "Phylogenetic characterization of Borrelia turdi isolates obtained from ticks infesting birds in Western Europe through Multilocus Sequence Analysis". Paper presented in 14th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and other Tick-Borne Diseases (ICBL), 2015.
  31. Nuncio, MS; Norte AC; Lopes de Carvalho, I; Santos, AS; Santos-Silva, MM; De Sousa. R; Milhano, N. "REVIVE deteção de B. burgdorferi s.l. e Rickettsia spp. em carraças removidas do Homem". Paper presented in IV Congresso Nacional de Saúde Pública, 2014.
  32. Norte, Ana Cláudia. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana Cláudia. "The role of birds as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Western Europe: is there a burden of carrying ticks and Borrelia?". Paper presented in XVII Congresso Português de Parasitologia, 2014.
  33. Ana Sofia Santos; Norte, Ana Cláudia; et al.. "Detection of Coxiella burnetii in rodents and wildbirds in Portugal". Paper presented in International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance, 2014.
  34. Isabel Lopes de Carvalho; Norte, Ana Cláudia; et al.. "Borreliose de Lyme em Portugal". Paper presented in IV Congresso Nacional de Saúde Publica, 2014.
  35. Norte, Ana Cláudia. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana Cláudia. "As aves como reservatório de Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. na Europa Ocidental: avaliação dos custos associados ao parasitismo por carraças e Borrelia". Paper presented in VIII Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA, 2014.
  36. Norte, Ana Cláudia. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Are blackbirds Turdus merula competent reservoirs for Borrelia turdi in Western Europe? A xenodiagnostic experiment". Paper presented in 13th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases, Boston, USA, 2013.
  37. Norte, Ana Cláudia. "The role of birds as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Western Europe: is there a burden of carrying ticks and Borrelia". Paper presented in WDA/EWDA Conference, Lyon, France, 2012.
  38. Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. genospecies in ticks feeding on birds in Portugal". Paper presented in 7th Conference Tick and tick-borne pathogens, 2011.
  39. Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Genetic and environmental components of variance of physiological parameters in the Great Tit Parus major". Paper presented in Hole-breeding Passerines Meeting, Bialowieza, Poland, 2007.
  40. Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Genetic and Environmental Components of Variance of Physiological Parameters in the Great Tit (Parus major)". Paper presented in Edward Grey Institute Student Conference 2005, 2005.
  41. Norte, Ana Cláudia. "First Data on Physiological Parameters and Biomarkers In Great Tit (Parus major) Populations". Paper presented in EGI Student Conference, 2005.
  42. Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Nest-site selection and breeding biology of the Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus in sandy beaches of the Portuguese West coast". Paper presented in IV Congresso Português de Ornitologia e II Jornadas Ibéricas de Ornitologia, 2003.
Journal article
  1. Veríssimo, S.N.; Paiva, V.H.; Cunha, S.C.; Brandão, A.L.C.; Coentro, J.; Fernandes, J.O.; Pereira, J.M.; et al. "From mudflats and saltpans to Open Sea: Plastic ingestion and PBDE/MeO-BDE accumulation in Waterbirds from southern Portugal". Marine Pollution Bulletin 214 (2025): 117727. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117727.
    Published • 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117727
  2. Gladalski, Michal; Norte, Ana Cláudia; Bartos, Maciej; Demeško, Iwona; Kalinski, Adam; Markowski, Marcin; Skwarska, Joanna; et al. "Effects of experimental nest treatment with herbs on ectoparasites and body condition of nestlings". Behavioral Ecology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arae103.
    10.1093/beheco/arae103
  3. Guerreiro-Nunes, Andreia; De Sousa, Rita; Núncio, Maria Sofia; Norte, Ana Cláudia; Lopes de Carvalho, Isabel. "Detection of pathogenic microorganisms in ticks collected from wild boars (Sus scrofa) in a recreational park in Portugal". Systematic and Applied Acarology (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.11158/saa.29.11.1.
    10.11158/saa.29.11.1
  4. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Laghzaoui, El-Mustapha; Guerreiro-Nunes, Andreia; El Mouden, El Hassan; Núncio, Maria Sofia; de Sousa, Rita; Lopes de Carvalho, Isabel. "Molecular investigation of tick-borne pathogens from different regions of Morocco". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 15 6 (2024): 102418. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2024.102418.
    10.1016/j.ttbdis.2024.102418
  5. Ivo dos Santos; Vitor H. Paiva; Ana C. Norte; Carine Churlaud; Filipe R. Ceia; Joana Pais de Faria; Jorge M. Pereira; et al. "Assessing the impacts of trace element contamination on the physiology and health of seabirds breeding along the western and southern coasts of Portugal". Environmental Pollution (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124528.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124528
  6. Veríssimo, Sara N.; Veloso, Filipe; Neves, Francisco; Ramos, Jaime A.; Paiva, Vitor H.; Norte, Ana C.. "Plastic use as nesting material can alter incubation temperature and behaviour but does not affect yellow-legged gull chicks". Journal of Thermal Biology 125 (2024): 104005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2024.104005.
    10.1016/j.jtherbio.2024.104005
  7. Akther, Saymon; Mongodin, Emmanuel F.; Morgan, Richard D.; Di, Lia; Yang, Xiaohua; Golovchenko, Maryna; Rudenko, Natalie; et al. "Natural selection and recombination at host-interacting lipoprotein loci drive genome diversification of Lyme disease and related bacteria". mBio 15 9 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01749-24.
    10.1128/mbio.01749-24
  8. Spurgin, Lewis G.; Bosse, Mirte; Adriaensen, Frank; Albayrak, Tamer; Barboutis, Christos; Belda, Eduardo; Bushuev, Andrey; et al. "The great tit HapMap project: A continental-scale analysis of genomic variation in a songbird". Molecular Ecology Resources 24 5 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13969.
    10.1111/1755-0998.13969
  9. P. Melero-Romero; J. Garrido-Bautista; L. Pérez-Rodríguez; J. A. Ramos; A. C. Norte; G. Moreno-Rueda; Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Begging calls and mouth colouration as predictors of breeding success in blue tits". Journal of Zoology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.13156.
    Published • 10.1111/jzo.13156
  10. Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Ecological determinants of prevalence of the male-killing bacterium Arsenophonus nasoniae". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology (2024):
    In press
  11. Girão, J.; Bessa, Filipa; Jaime A. Ramos; A Norte. "Variation in the use of anthropogenic materials in tit nests: influence of human activities and pandemic restrictions". Urban Ecosystems (2024):
    Open access • Published
  12. Veríssimo, Sara N.; Jaime A. Ramos; Norte, Ana Cláudia; Vitor Hugo Rodrigues Paiva (631C-C193-A10F); Sara C. Cunha; José O. Fernandes; María Casero; et al. "Dynamics and effects of plastic contaminants’ assimilation in gulls". Marine Environmental Research (2024):
    Accepted
  13. Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Global and Local Genome Diversification of Lyme Disease-Associated 2 Bacteria Driven by Recombination at Host-Interacting Lipoprotein Loci". mBio (2024):
    Submitted
  14. Sara Nujo Veríssimo; Vitor Hugo Rodrigues Paiva (631C-C193-A10F); Jaime Albino Ramos (5611-8191-777B); Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Physiology and fertility of two gull species in relation to plastic additives’ exposure". Science of the Total Environment (2024):
    Submitted
  15. Jorge Garrido-Bautista; Jaime Albino Ramos; Sofía Irene Arce; Pablo Melero-Romero; Rafael Ferreira; Carolina Santos-Baena; H. R. Guímaro; et al. "Is there a role for aromatic plants in blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) nests? Results from a correlational and an experimental study". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-023-03393-9.
    10.1007/s00265-023-03393-9
  16. Pol Nadal-Jimenez; Crystal L. Frost; Ana Cláudia Norte; Jorge Garrido-Bautista; Timothy E. Wilkes; Rowan Connell; Annabel Rice; et al. "The son-killer microbe Arsenophonus nasoniae is a widespread associate of the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis in Europe". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 199 (2023): 107947-107947. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2023.107947.
    10.1016/j.jip.2023.107947
  17. Sara H. Santos; Beatriz S. Martins; Jaime A. Ramos; Jorge M. Pereira; Nathalie Almeida; Ana M. M. Gonçalves; Diana M. Matos; et al. "Omega-3 enriched chick diet reduced the foraging areas of breeders in two closely related shearwaters from contrasting marine environments". Journal of Experimental Biology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244690.
    10.1242/jeb.244690
  18. Jorge Garrido-Bautista; Gregorio Moreno-Rueda; Manuel Nunes; Jaime A. Ramos; Ana Cláudia Norte. "Nestling Growth Pattern and Breeding Biology in the Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea". Ardea 111 2 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.5253/arde.2022.a36.
    10.5253/arde.2022.a36
  19. Morgan Lee; Ivan Viegas; Ana C. Norte; Jaime A. Ramos; Pedro Miguel Araújo; Pedro Miguel Araújo; A Norte. "Assessing the fatty acid profile of migratory birds with different fuelling strategies". Ibis 165 1 (2023): 297-304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13114.
    10.1111/ibi.13114
  20. Pais de Faria, Joana; Vitor H. Paiva; Sara N. Veríssimo; Catarina S. Lopes; Rita Soares; João Oliveira; Ivo dos Santos; et al. "Plenty of rooftops with few neighbours occupied by young breeding Yellow-legged Gulls (Larus michahellis): Does this occur at the expense of their health condition?". Ibis 165 1 (2023): 312-321. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13123.
    Under revision • 10.1111/ibi.13123
  21. Sérgio Timóteo; Jörg Albrecht; Beatriz Rumeu; Ana C. Norte; Anna Traveset; Carol M. Frost; Elizabete Marchante; et al. "Tripartite networks show that keystone species can multitask". Functional Ecology (2022): https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14206.
    10.1111/1365-2435.14206
  22. Jorge Garrido-Bautista; Carolina Santos-Baena; Jaime A. Ramos; Gregorio Moreno-Rueda; Ana Cláudia Norte. "A Mixed Brood of Coal Tits Periparus ater and Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus in Central Portugal". Ardea 110 3 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.5253/arde.2022.a4.
    10.5253/arde.2022.a4
  23. Araújo, Pedro Miguel; Dias, Marcos Rocha; Matos, Diana M; Norte, Ana Cláudia. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Reliability of steatocrit as an indicator of intestinal health in young birds ¿ relationships with morphology and growth rate of canary Serinus canaria nestlings". Zoology (2022): 126004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2022.126004.
    10.1016/j.zool.2022.126004
  24. Joana M. da Silva; Luís M.F. Alves; Maria I. Laranjeiro; Filipa Bessa; Andreia V. Silva; Ana C. Norte; Marco F.L. Lemos; et al. "Accumulation of chemical elements and occurrence of microplastics in small pelagic fish from a neritic environment". Environmental Pollution 292 (2022): 118451-118451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118451.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118451
  25. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Gabriele Margos; Isabel Lopes de Carvalho (5E12-F1E2-CAE3); Maria Sofia Cobra Lince Núncio Soares (C715-3703-B77D). "The Population structure of Borrelia lusitaniae is mirrored by a population division of its Ixodes vector". MDPI Microorganisms 9 5 (2021): 933-933. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9050933.
    Submitted • 10.3390/microorganisms9050933
  26. Sürth V; Lopes de Carvalho I; Núncio MS; Norte AC; Kraiczy P. Corresponding author: Kraiczy P. "Bactericidal activity of avian complement: a contribution to understand avian-host tropism of Lyme borreliae.". Parasites & vectors (2021): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/34488849.
    10.1186/s13071-021-04959-0
  27. Ana Cláudia Norte; David James Harris; Diogo Silveira; Carolina Saramago Nunes; Maria Sofia Núncio; Eva Graciá Martínez; Andrés Giménez; et al. "Diversity of microorganisms in Hyalomma aegyptium collected from spur-thighed tortoise ( Testudo graeca ) in North Africa and Anatolia". Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14188.
    10.1111/tbed.14188
  28. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Araújo, PM; Ramos, Jaime; Isabel Lopes de Carvalho; Ricardo Jorge Lopes (931C-399D-506C); Maria Sofia Núncio; A. C. Norte; et al. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Effects of stress exposure in captivity on physiology and infection in avian hosts: no evidence of increased Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infectivity to vector ticks.". Microbial Ecology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01738-3.
    Published • 10.1007/s00248-021-01738-3
  29. Maria Inês Laranjeiro; Norte, Ana Cláudia; Vitor Hugo Rodrigues Paiva (631C-C193-A10F); Jaime Albino Ramos (5611-8191-777B); Filipe Rafael dos Santos Ceia (6F10-64E8-CFA3). "Year-round element quantification of a wide-ranging seabird and their relationships with oxidative stress, trophic ecology, and foraging patterns". Environmental Pollution 284 (2021): 117502-117502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117502.
    Submitted • 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117502
  30. Culina A; Adriaensen F; Bailey LD; Burgess MD; Charmantier A; Cole EF; Eeva T; et al. "Connecting the data landscape of long-term ecological studies: The SPI-Birds data hub.". The Journal of animal ecology (2020): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/33205462.
    10.1111/1365-2656.13388
  31. Pascoal, Da Silva Luís; Isabel, Lopes De Carvalho; Rita, De Sousa; Cláudia, Norte Ana. Corresponding author: Cláudia, Norte Ana. "First report of Ixodes lividus (Koch,1844) in sand martins Riparia riparia in Portugal". Systematic and Applied Acarology 25 10 (2020): 1883-1888. http://dx.doi.org/10.11158/saa.25.10.11.
    Published • 10.11158/saa.25.10.11
  32. Møller, Anders Pape; Balbontín, Javier; Dhondt, André A.; Adriaensen, Frank; Artemyev, Alexandr; Banbura, Jerzy; Barba, Emilio; et al. "Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction". Oikos 129 12 (2020): 1807-1819. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.07305.
    Published • 10.1111/oik.07305
  33. Laranjeiro MI; Alves LMF; Silva JM; Calado JG; Norte AC; Paiva VH; Lemos MFL; et al. "Assessment of environmental health based on a complementary approach using metal quantification, oxidative stress and trophic ecology of two gull species (Larus michahellis & Larus audouinii) breeding in sympatry.". Marine pollution bulletin (2020): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/32692669.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111439
  34. Ana Cláudia Norte; Gabriele Margos; Noémie S. Becker; Jaime Albino Ramos; Maria Sofia Núncio; Volker Fingerle; Pedro Miguel Araújo; et al. "Host dispersal shapes the population structure of a tick-borne bacterial pathogen". Molecular Ecology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15336.
    10.1111/mec.15336
  35. Filipe Rafael dos Santos Ceia; Norte, Ana Cláudia; Joana M. Silva; da Silva, J.M.; Alves, L.M.F.; Laranjeiro, M.I.; Silva, A.; et al. "Mercury levels in commercial mid-trophic level fishes along the Portuguese coast - relationships with trophic niche and oxidative damage". Ecological Indicators 116 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85084559196&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Submitted • 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106500
  36. Ana Cláudia Norte; Isabel Lopes de Carvalho; Maria Sofia Núncio; Pedro Miguel Araújo; Erik Matthysen; Jaime Albino Ramos; Hein Sprong; Dieter Heylen. Corresponding author: Ana Cláudia Norte. "Getting under the birds’ skin: tissue tropism of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in naturally and experimentally infected avian hosts". Microbial Ecology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-019-01442-3.
    10.1007/s00248-019-01442-3
  37. Margos, G.; Becker, N.S.; Fingerle, V.; Sing, A.; Ramos, J.A.; Carvalho, I.L.D.; Norte, A.C.. "Core genome phylogenetic analysis of the avian associated Borrelia turdi indicates a close relationship to Borrelia garinii". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 131 (2019): 93-98. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85056581462&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.044
  38. Yasmine Antonini; Norte, Ana Cláudia; Jaime A. Ramos; Erika Martins Braga; et al.. "Patterns of avian malaria in tropical and temperate environments: testing the "The enemy release hypothesis"". Biota Neotropica (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2018-0716.
    10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2018-0716
  39. Costa, J.M.; Ramos, J.A.; da Silva, L.P.; Timóteo, S.; Andrade, P.; Araújo, P.M.; Carneiro, C.; et al. "Rewiring of experimentally disturbed seed dispersal networks might lead to unexpected network configurations". Basic and Applied Ecology 30 (2018): 11-22. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048256193&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.baae.2018.05.011
  40. Norte, A.C.; Costantini, D.; Araújo, P.M.; Eens, M.; Ramos, J.A.; Heylen, D.. Corresponding author: Norte, A.C.. "Experimental infection by microparasites affects the oxidative balance in their avian reservoir host the blackbird Turdus merula". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 9 3 (2018): 720-729. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042371365&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.02.009
  41. Møller, A.P.; Balbontín, J.; Dhondt, A.A.; Remeš, V.; Adriaensen, F.; Biard, C.; Camprodon, J.; et al. "Effects of interspecific coexistence on laying date and clutch size in two closely related species of hole-nesting birds". Journal of Animal Ecology 87 6 (2018): 1738-1748. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85053032446&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/1365-2656.12896
  42. Dieter Heylen; Aleksandra Krawczyk; Isabel Lopes de Carvalho; Maria Sofia Núncio; Hein Sprong; Ana Cláudia Norte. "Bridging of cryptic Borrelia cycles in European songbirds". Environmental Microbiology 19 5 (2017): 1857-1867. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13685.
    10.1111/1462-2920.13685
  43. Daniela de Angeli Dutra; Jaime A. Ramos; Erika Martins Braga; Norte, Ana. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana. "Haemosporidian infections affect antioxidant defences in great tits Parus major but are not related to exposure to aerial pollutants". Parasitology Open (2017): http://10.1017/pao.2017.4.
    10.1017/pao.2017.4
  44. Veronika Laine; Norte, Ana; et al.. "Evolutionary signals of selection on cognition from the great tit genome and methylome.". Nature Communications (2016): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26805030.
    10.1038/ncomms10474
  45. Lemoine, M.; Lucek, K.; Perrier, C.; Saladin, V.; Adriaensen, F.; Barba, E.; Belda, E.J.; et al. "Low but contrasting neutral genetic differentiation shaped by winter temperature in European great tits". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 118 3 (2016): 668-685. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84959038051&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/bij.12745
  46. Vaugoyeau, M.; Adriaensen, F.; Artemyev, A.; Banbura, J.; Barba, E.; Biard, C.; Blondel, J.; et al. "Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole-nesting birds". Ecology and Evolution 6 16 (2016): 5907-5920. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84982166255&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ece3.2335
  47. Diakou, A.; Norte, A.C.; Lopes de Carvalho, I.; Núncio, S.; Nováková, M.; Kautman, M.; Alivizatos, H.; et al. "Ticks and tick-borne pathogens in wild birds in Greece". Parasitology Research 115 5 (2016): 2011-2016. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84957538200&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00436-016-4943-3
  48. Norte, Ana Cláudia; L.P. da Silva; P.J.Q. Tenreiro; M.S. Felgueiras; P.M. Araújo; P.B. Lopes; C. Matos; et al. "Patterns of tick infestation and their Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infection in wild birds in Portugal". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 6 6 (2015): 743-750. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.06.010.
    10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.06.010
  49. Norte, Ana; Araújo, PM; Jaime A. Ramos; Isabel Lopes de Carvalho; et al.. "Characterization Through Multilocus Sequence Analysis of Borrelia turdi Isolates from Portugal". Microbial Ecology (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84940055923&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00248-015-0660-1
  50. Norte, A.C.; Alves da Silva, A.; Alves, J.; da Silva, L.P.; Núncio, M.S.; Escudero, R.; Anda, P.; Ramos, J.A.; Lopes de Carvalho, I.. "The importance of lizards and small mammals as reservoirs for Borrelia lusitaniae in Portugal". Environmental Microbiology Reports 7 2 (2015): 188-193. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84924803518&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/1758-2229.12218
  51. Literak, I.; Norte, A.C.; Núncio, M.S.; de Carvalho, I.L.; Ogrzewalska, M.; Nováková, M.; Martins, T.F.; et al. "Ticks on passerines from the Archipelago of the Azores as hosts of borreliae and rickettsiae". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 6 5 (2015): 607-610. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84937737881&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.05.003
  52. Møller, A.P.; Adriaensen, F.; Artemyev, A.; Banbura, J.; Barba, E.; Biard, C.; Blondel, J.; et al. "Clutch-size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design". Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5 4 (2014): 353-362. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84898000176&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/2041-210X.12160
  53. Møller, A.P.; Adriaensen, F.; Artemyev, A.; Banbura, J.; Barba, E.; Biard, C.; Blondel, J.; et al. "Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds". Ecology and Evolution 4 18 (2014): 3583-3595. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84921985448&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ece3.1189
  54. Chelinho, Sónia Cristina de Jesus; Norte, Ana; José Paulo Sousa; et al.. "Soil microarthropod community testing: A new approach to increase the ecological relevance of effect data for pesticide risk assessment". Applied Soil Ecology (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84880578415&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.apsoil.2013.06.009
  55. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Lobato, D.N.C.; Braga, E.M.; Antonini, Y.; Lacorte, G.; Gonçalves, M.; Lopes De Carvalho, I.; et al. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Do ticks and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. constitute a burden to birds?". Parasitology Research 112 5 (2013): 1903-1912. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876283303&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00436-013-3343-1
  56. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Ramos, J.A.; Gern, L.; Núncio, M.S.; Lopes de Carvalho, I.. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Birds as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Western Europe: Circulation of B.turdi and other genospecies in bird-tick cycles in Portugal". Environmental Microbiology 15 2 (2013): 386-397. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84873127387&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02834.x
  57. Norte, A.C.; Lopes de Carvalho, I.; Núncio, M.S.; Ramos, J.A.; Gern, L.. "Blackbirds Turdus merula as competent reservoirs for Borrelia turdi and Borrelia valaisiana in Portugal: Evidence from a xenodiagnostic experiment". Environmental Microbiology Reports 5 4 (2013): 604-607. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84880409600&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/1758-2229.12058
  58. Norte, Ana Cláudia; de Carvalho, I.L.; Ramos, J.A.; Gonçalves, M.; Gern, L.; Núncio, M.S.. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Diversity and seasonal patterns of ticks parasitizing wild birds in western Portugal". Experimental and Applied Acarology 58 3 (2012): 327-339. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866490117&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10493-012-9583-4
  59. Van den Steen, E.; Pinxten, R.; Covaci, A.; Carere, C.; Eeva, T.; Heeb, P.; Kempenaers, B.; et al. "The use of blue tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool for organohalogenated pollutants in the European environment". Science of the Total Environment 408 6 (2010): 1451-1457. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-74449084084&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.12.028
  60. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Ramos, J.A.; Sampaio, H.L.; Sousa, J.P.; Sheldon, B.C.. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Physiological condition and breeding performance of the Great Tit". Condor 112 1 (2010): 79-86. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77949435490&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1525/cond.2010.080071
  61. Lambrechts, M.M.; Adriaensen, F.; Ardia, D.R.; Artemyev, A.V.; Atiénzar, F.; Banbura, J.; Barba, E.; et al. "The design of artificial nestboxes for the study of secondary hole-nesting birds: A review of methodological inconsistencies and potential biases". Acta Ornithologica 45 1 (2010): 1-26. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955620940&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3161/000164510X516047
  62. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Sheldon, B.C.; Sousa, J.P.; Tavares, P.C.; Pereira, M.E.; Duarte, A.C.; Ramos, J.A.. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Are great tits (parus major) inhabiting the vicinity of a pulp mill healthy? Impacts on physiology and breeding performance". Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 59 3 (2010): 502-512. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77957956349&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00244-010-9499-0
  63. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Ramos, J.A.; Sousa, J.P.; Sheldon, B.C.. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Variation of adult Great Tit Parus major body condition and blood parameters in relation to sex, age, year and season". Journal of Ornithology 150 3 (2009): 651-660. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67649985888&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10336-009-0387-1
  64. Cláudia Norte, A.; Sheldon, B.C.; Sousa, J.P.; Ramos, J.A.. "Environmental and genetic variation in body condition and blood profile of great tit Parus major nestlings". Journal of Avian Biology 40 2 (2009): 157-165. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-63049107341&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04461.x
  65. Norte, Ana Cláudia; AraÚjo, P.M.; Sampaio, H.L.; Sousa, J.P.; Ramos, J.A.. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Haematozoa infections in a Great Tit Parus major population in Central Portugal: Relationships with breeding effort and health". Ibis 151 4 (2009): 677-688. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70349507666&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00960.x
  66. Van den Steen, E.; Pinxten, R.; Jaspers, V.L.B.; Covaci, A.; Barba, E.; Carere, C.; Cichon, M.; et al. "Brominated flame retardants and organochlorines in the European environment using great tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool". Environment International 35 2 (2009): 310-317. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-58349098436&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.envint.2008.08.002
  67. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Ramos, J.A.; Araújo, P.M.; Sousa, J.P.; Sheldon, B.C.. Corresponding author: Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Health- state variables and enzymatic biomarkers as survival predictors in nestling great tits (Parus major): Effects of environmental conditions". Auk 125 4 (2008): 943-952. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70349498813&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1525/auk.2008.07188
  68. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Sheldon, Ben; Sousa, José Paulo; Ramos, Jaime Albino; Norte, A.C.; Sheldon, B.; Sousa, J.P.; Ramos, J.A.. "Repeatability and method-dependent variation of blood parameters in wild-caught Great Tits Parus major". Acta Ornithologica 43 1 (2008): 65-75. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/13076.
    10.3161/000164508X345347
  69. Norte, Ana C.; Ramos, Jaime A.. "Nest-site selection and breeding biology of Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus in sandy beaches of the Portuguese west coast". (2004): http://hdl.handle.net/10316/13078.
Report
  1. Norte, Ana Cláudia. 2002. Nest-site selection and breeding biology of kentish plover Charadrius alexandrinus on sandy beaches of the Portuguese West coast.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Norte, Ana Cláudia do Souto Gonçalves; Norte, Ana Cláudia. "Physiological parameters and fitness in great tit Parus major populations as bioindicators pf pulp mill pollution". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/9684.

Other

Dataset
  1. Norte, Ana Cláudia. Borrelia sp. “Candidatus Borrelia aligera”, new species detection and molecular characterization. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore.
Other output
  1. The great tit HapMap project: a continental-scale analysis of genomic variation in a songbird. 2019. Spurgin LG; Bosse M; Adriaensen F; Albayrak T; Barboutis C; Belda E; Bushuev A; et al. http://europepmc.org/abstract/PPR/PPR71642.
    10.1101/561399
  2. Development and application of monitoring devices (egg dummies) for incubating birds’ heart rate data collection in collaboration with the Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP - Coimbra). 2019. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Francisco Neves; Filipe Veloso.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/11 Effects of urbanization on avian biodiversity TRAINING SCHOOL - "ONE HEALTH BIOTYPER DIAGNOSTIC HELP"
Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Productions, University of Naples Federico II (Naples, Italy)
2024/04 O papel das aves na manutenção e dispersão de bactérias transmitidas por carraças: o caso do complexo Borrelia burgdorferi 15.º Workshop da Rede de Vigilância de Vetores – REVIVE
CEVDI, National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge (Portugal)
2024/04 Find the tick before it finds you - raising children's awareness about tick-borne diseases. PRAGMATICK COST Action meeting
NordTick Congress (Denmark)
2022/06/15 Birds as reservoirs and dispersers of tick-borne zoonotic pathogens - Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. as a study case DCV talks
Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra (Portugal)
2022 Conhecer as aves florestais que nidificam em cavidades e como as alterações climáticas as podem afetar Celebration of the “Cultura Científica” National Day
Centro de Estudos Superiores da Universidade de Coimbra, Alcobaça (Portugal)
2021 Vertebrate reservoirs hosts of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. – their ecological interactions with ticks and Borrelia. Research seminar at the Evolutionary Ecology of Mediterranean Fauna group of the University of Granada
University of Granada (Spain)
2021 Vertebrate reservoirs hosts of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. – their ecological interactions with ticks and Borrelia. Quintas do MARE
MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (Portugal)
2021 Populações selvagens como modelos de estudo para inferir sobre a qualidade ambiental. Lecture at the discipline "Modelos experimentais vertebrados" da Licenciatura Ciências Bioveterinárias.
Universidade Vasco da Gama
2019/09 The importance of wildlife health on zoonotic bacteria transmission – interactions between Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and its avian hosts International Congress on Environmental Health - ICEH 2019
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/04/05 Birds as reservoirs and dispersers of tick-borne zoonotic pathogens - Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. as a study case. Deciphering tick-pathogen interactions towards human and animal health improvement
Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/03 Host-parasite interactions between Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and its avian reservoir hosts. 13th International Symposium on Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
(Weimar, Germany)
2019/03 "Air Borrelia – the effects of avian-host behaviour on the population structure of a tick-borne bacterial pathogen" X Congresso de Ornitologia da Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves
SPEA (Peniche, Portugal)
2019 Hyalomma ticks infecting tortoises in North Africa and Turkey: distribution, genetic variation and their role as potential vectors Mediterranean workshop to develop tortoise conservation strategies
Miguel Hernández University (Alicante, Spain)
2018/12 Host-parasite interactions in the tick-transmitted zoonotic bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and its avian reservoir hosts. Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution 2019: Host -parasite interactions
CIBIO- InBio (Vairão, Portugal)
2017/11 Borrelia wingmen - dispersal and maintenance of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. by birds 16º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia
SPECO (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/09 Pandora’s flying box - Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. prevalence in Ixodes species from birds throughout Europe International Symposium on Tick-Borne Pathogens and Disease (ITPD)
(Vienna, Austria)
2017/06 Ecological interactions among Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., ticks and hosts in Portugal
Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, German National Reference Centre for Borrelia (Oberschleissheim, Germany)
2016/09/26 O papel das aves na disseminação de Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. Workshop Doenças Transmitidas por Vetores
Universidade Nova de Lisboa & Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/09 On the trail of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.: the key role of birds and lizards as reservoirs for the etiologic agent of Lyme borreliosis in Portugal 20th European Society for Vector Ecology (E-SOVE) Conference
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/04 The importance of birds as hosts for ticks and in the enzootic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Portugal IX Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA & VI Congresso Ibérico de Ornitologia
(Vila Real, Portugal)
2015/10 On the trail of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.: the key role of birds and lizards as reservoirs for the etiologic agent of Lyme borreliosis
University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium)
2015/08 Birds as hosts for ticks and reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Portugal European Ornithological Union Congress EOU 2015
(Badajoz, Spain)
2014/11 The key role of birds and lizards as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., the etiologic agent of Lyme borreliosis, in Portugal XVII Congresso Português de Parasitologia
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2014/03 The key role of birds and lizards as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., the etiologic agent of Lyme borreliosis, in Portugal Zoonosis Seminar Series
Zoonosis laboratory, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University (Uppsala, Sweden)
2014 Psammodromus algirus como reservatório de Borrelia lusitaniae, agente etiológico da borreliose de Lyme, em Portugal XII Iberian Congresso f Herpetology
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2013 The role of birds as reservoirs for B. burgdorferi s.l.
National Health Institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge (Lisboa, Portugal)
2012 The role of birds as reservoirs for B. burgdorferi s.l.
Centro de Estudo de Vectores e Doenças Infecciosas Dr. Francisco Cambournac (Setúbal, Portugal)
2012 Eco-fisiologia em aves – avaliação da qualidade do habitat através da sáude de populações selvagens
Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Minas Gerais, Brazil)
2010 O papel das aves como reservatório de Borrelia burgdorferi, o agente da doença de Lyme V Encontro Técnico de Anilhadores de Aves
Associação Portuguesa de Anilhadores (Vila Nova Gaia, Portugal)
2009 Are great tits inhabiting the vicity of a pulpmill healthy? A case study Ecology MsC course “Wildlife Ecotoxicology"
Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2009 Haematozoa infections in a Great Tit Parus major population from Central Portugal: relationship with breeding effort and health state variables. VI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA & IV Congresso Ibérico de Ornitologia
(Elvas, Portugal)
2008 Poluição: Têm os chapins algo a dizer? Conversas com Cientistas
Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2006 Physiological parameters and enzymatic biomarkers in a Great Tit (Parus major) population exposed to xenobiotics from pulp mill effluents British Ecological Society Annual Meeting
(Oxford, United Kingdom)
2006 Physiological parameters and enzymatic biomarkers in a Great Tit (Parus major) population exposed to xenobiotics from pulp mill effluents V Congresso Português de Ornitologia
SPEA (Oeiras, Portugal)
2006 Physiological parameters and enzymatic biomarkers in a Great Tit (Parus major) population exposed to xenobiotics from pulp mill effluents EGI International Student Conference
(Groningen, Netherlands)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/12/20 - Current Synthetic versus natural materials in birds nests: Assessing great tit Parus major preference and fitness consequences
Co-supervisor
 MSc in Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/01 - Current Does the use of anthropogenic materials in nests detrimentally affect hole-nesting birds during reproduction?
Supervisor
 Ecologia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/01 - Current Breeding ecology of the Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) in relation to environmental and human stressors
Co-supervisor
 Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2023/07 - Current Protecting urban aquatic ecosystems to promote One Health
Co-supervisor
 Biociências (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023 - Current Pesquisa molecular de agentes patogénicos transmitidos por carraças em pequenos vertebrados do concelho do Funchal
Co-supervisor
 Biologia Aplicada (Master)
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2022/10 - Current The effects of nesting site characteristics on Audouini’s gull heat stress and breeding success
Supervisor
 Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/10 - Current Effects of meteorological conditions and extreme events on the breeding performance of hole-nesting birds
Supervisor
 Ecologia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/10 - Current Cognitive performance in great tits (Parus major)
Supervisor
 Ecologia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020 - Current Aquatic birds as bioindicators of microplastic pollution.
Co-supervisor
 MSc in Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2019 - Current Assessment of plastic pollution and detrimental effects on wildlife using top predatory birds
Co-supervisor
 Biology (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09 - 2023/09 The value of second broods in hole- nesting birds in a Mediterranean habitat in a climate change scenario.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2021/09 - 2023/09 Linking adult Ichthyaetus audouinii body condition and behaviour during incubation with at-sea foraging patterns.
Supervisor
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2020 - 2022 Anthropogenic disturbance on two sympatric species of gulls, Larus michahellis & Larus audouinii, during the breeding season in Deserta island (Portugal)
Supervisor
 Marine Biology (Master)
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2019 - 2021 Fifteen years later: how climate change affected reproduction in an insectivorous hole-nesting bird, the great tit (Parus major)
Supervisor
 Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra - Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Urban gulls: advantages and disadvantages of living in the city
Supervisor
 Ecologia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Effects of intestinal health on growth rate of canary chicks
Co-supervisor
 Biology (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Investigação na Área das Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias
Co-supervisor
 Medicina Veterinária (Master)
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Prevalência de Parasitismo por Carraças e Influência no Estado de Saúde de Passeriformes
Co-supervisor
 Biologia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/06 - 2024/09 Seabird Group Conference 2024 (2024/09)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Organising Committee of the XVI International Seabird Group Conference, Coimbra, Portugal (2024/09)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Find the tick before it finds you - games and activities for children and adults
Other
 European Researchers Night Coimbra
2023/11 - Current 4º Encontro Nacional de Ciência Cidadã (ENCC2023) - participante
Meeting
 Encontro Nacional de Ciência Cidadã
Rede Portuguesa de Ciência Cidadã, Portugal
2023/12/06 - 2023/12/08 Cost Action WIMANET workshop
Workshop
University of Lincoln, United Kingdom
2023/02 - 2023/02 COST Action Pragmatick presential meeting (Managing Comitte Member)
Meeting
Ökológiai Kutatóközpont, Hungary
2023 - 2023 Presential activity "Ninhos à Lupa"
Festival
 European Researchers Night 2023
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/09 - 2022/09 Presential Activity "Ciência para todos e todos pela Ciência: Você pode fazer a diferença! ¿ Ciência cidadã em conservação ambiental"
Festival
 European Researcher's Night 2022
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021 - 2021 "Birds as sentinels" presential activity at European Researchers Night European Researchers Night
2021 - 2021 "Portugal na rota dos eventos climáticos extremos: avaliar para conhecer" - UC Open week UC Open week
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/07 - 2016/07 Workshop demonstrator "Conservação da fauna selvagem: o que nos podem dizer amostras de penas, sangue e outros tecidos"
Workshop
 Universidade de Verão 2016
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Workshop demonstrator "Recolha de amostras biológicas"
Workshop
 XIX National Biology Student Meeting (ENEB)
Universidade de Coimbra - Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2014/09 - 2014/09 Speed dating
Other
 Noite Europeia dos Investigadores
Universidade de Coimbra Museu da Ciência, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2025/04/14 Ecological integration in the novel ecosystems of central Portugal
(Thesis) Arguer
 Mauro Nereu (PhD)
2025/01/23 Testing the evolution of sexually variable traits. Comparative evolutionary analysis of elaborated signals (song, color, dance) among two families of Passerine birds (Pipridae and Cardinalidae)
(Thesis) Arguer
 Natália Porzio (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024 Microplastics go on land: condicionantes antropogénicos e biológicos da ingestão de microplásticos em lagartos de lava das Galápagos
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Andreia Sofia Neves Murta (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2024 Distribuição e abundância dos recursos pesqueiros no arquipélagos das Berlengas com recurso a BRUVs
(Thesis) Main arguer
 André Brandão (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2020/09 Native vertebrate predation over exotic eucalyptus insect pests
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Daniela Catarina Cruz Oliveira (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2019/07 Influence of environmental factors on breeding population size and reproductive parameters of Little Terns
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Filipa Oliveira (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2019/07 Do gulls like fast food? Comparing the diet in refuse dumps, urban and natural sites
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Patrícia Vaz (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2017/09/14 Ecoimmunology perspective of host-parasite interactions in Limosa limosa accross its migratory flyway
(Thesis) Arguer
 Sara Lopes Pardal (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/07 Chick provisioning regulation on a pelagic seabird: is there a coordination among the pair?
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Carlos Gonçalves (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/09 Stress in red deer induced by human pressure
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Sofia Vilela (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2013/09 Dieta de veado na serra da Lousã: uma questão de sexo?
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joana Oliveira (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - Current Ibis
2023 - Current Infection Ecology & Epidemiology
2021 - Current Journal of Avian Biology (1600-048X)
2020 - Current Nature Scientific Reports (2045-2322 )
2017 - Current Epidemiology and Infection (1469-4409) Cambridge University Press
2017 - Current Journal of Vector Ecology (1081-1710) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2017 - Current Acta Ornithologica (1734-8471) Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences
2016 - Current Environmental Research (0013-9351)
2016 - Current Conservation Physiology (2051-1434) Oxford University Press
2015 - Current Marine Biology (1432-1793) Springer-Verlag
2015 - Current Animal Conservation (1469-1795) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2015 - Current Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases (1877-959X) Elsevier
2013 - Current Parasitology (1469-8161) Cambridge University Press
2013 - Current Ardeola (2341-0825) BioOne - Ardeola
2013 - Current Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (1432-0703) Springer-Verlag
2012 - Current Functional Ecology (1365-2435) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2011 - Current Behavioral Ecology (1465-7279) Oxford University Press
2011 - Current The Science of The Total Environment (0048-9697) Elsevier
2010 - Current Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology (0300-9629) Elsevier
2009 - Current Journal of Field Ornithology (1557-9263) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2003 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves Member
2011 - 2013 Associação Portuguesa de Anilhadores de Aves Board member
2006 - 2008 British Ecological Society Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Member of the Scientific Comittee of MARE-UC
Member
 University of Coimbra, MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Portugal
2011 - Current Scientific Commission for the Welfare of the Race Pigeon
Advisor / Consultant
2000 - 2001 Council of the Botanical Department of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra
Member
 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024 - Current International Seabird Group Conference University of Coimbra
2020/03 - 2020/09 Congreso Nacional y XV Congreso Iberoamericano de Etología y Ecología University of Badajoz

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2012 - Current Using birds as sentinels of heavy metal pollution. University of Coimbra, MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Introduction to Biology Biochemistry (Bacharelato) Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2023 - Current Multi-locus sequence typing and insights on Lyme borreliosis bacteria evolutionary biology Biogeografia Evolutiva e Modelação Espacial Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2021 - Current Biology pratical classes Engenharia do Ambiente (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2011/04 - Current Conservation physiology Conservation and Management of Biodiversity (Mestrado) Universidade de Coimbra - Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2011/10 - 2023/10 Emerging Infectious Diseases Biologia da Conservação (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra - Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2010/06 - 2010/06 Molecular Biology Pratical classes Biologia Molecular (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias - Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2009/05 - 2009/06 Biochemistry pratical classes Bioquímica II (Licenciatura) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias - Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
2002/09 - 2003/07 General Botany pratical classes (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2013/01/08 UC lidera estudo sobre a doença de Lyme Agência Lusa

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2023/09 - Current Podcast "A viagem do maçarico" Investigação na área da ecologia das aves
2012/12/11 - Current Républica do Saber O papel das aves como reservatório da bactéria que causa a doença de Lyme

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2016 - 2016 Ecology and prevention of Lyme borreliosis Ecology and Control of Vector-borne diseases, Volume 4

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2025/02/17 - Current Ecological Health of Urban Streams: Using Birds as Sentinels Marisa Cota
2024/02 - Current Parâmetros hematológicos em gaivotas-de-patas-amarelas em relação a disponibilidade alimentar e contaminação ambiental. Rodrigo Cardoso
2024/02 - Current Comparar a prevalência e intensidade de plantas aromáticas presentes em ninhos de chapim-real e chapim-azul e relacionar com a sua disponibilidade ambiental e sucesso reprodutor. João Cruz
2023/10 - Current Nest architecture and nest materials in hole-nesting birds Michal Gladalski
2021/09 - Current Pressão ectoparasítica em primeiras e segundas ninhadas de chapim real (Parus major). Catarina Cascão
2023/04 - 2023/07 Breeding biology of hole nesting birds Yann Porte
2023/01 - 2023/07 Variação da disponibilidade alimentar durante a época de reprodução de aves insetívoras nidificantes em cavidades Leonardo Craveiro
2023/01 - 2023/06 Avaliação da pressão parasítica por ácaros em ninhos de chapim-real (Parus major ) e chapim-azul (Cyanistes caeruleus) Inês Vilhena
2021/09 - 2022/06 Utilização de materiais antropogénicos em ninhos de chapins numa mata suburbana. Joana Girão
2022/02 - 2022/05 Ectoparasitic mites in hole nesting birds and their sampling techniques Sofía Arce
2020 - 2021/07 Environmental heterogeneity and evolution of clutch size in blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus): testing the local adaptation hypothesis Jorge Garrido Bautista
2021 - 2021 Avaliação da presença de material antropogénico e caracterização nos ninhos de chapins na Mata do Choupal. Beatriz Ferreira
2021 - 2021 Determinação de parasitas em ninhos de chapim real e chapim azul na Mata Nacional do Choupal Bruno Rafael Rodrigues Miguel
2021 - 2021 Coastal birds breeding in sandy beaches - biology and ecological interactions. Diogo Portela
2020 - 2020 Evaluation of steatocrit and coccidea infection in birds as indicators of intestinal health Yana Wolves
2019 - 2020 Occupancy rates of nest boxes by forest birds Parus major and Cyanistes caeruleus and evaluation of the use of aromatic plants in their nests as natural insecticide Rafael Ferreira
2019 - 2019 Effects of different diets in body condition and health of migratory passerine birds Elisa Naessens
2012/09/01 - 2013/07/31 Prevalência de parasitismo por carraças e influência no estado de saúde de Passeriformes Maria Gonçalves
2006 - 2007 Prevalência de hemosporídeos em Passeriformes residentes e migradores de zonas húmidas do Centro Norte de Portugal e Influência de hemosporídeos sobre o sucesso reprodutor de Chapim-real (Parus major) na mata nacional do Choupal. Sara Lopes Pardal
2006 - 2007 Prevalência de Hemosporídeos em Passeriformes no Centro de Portugal Sandra Antunes
2003 - 2005 Avifauna florestal e influências de parâmetros hematológicos e ambientais no sucesso reprodutor de Chapim-real (Parus major): aplicações em Educação Ambiental Miguel Mendonça
Distinctions

Award

2021 Best poster presentation at the International Symposium on Ticks and Tick- Borne Diseases digital congress
International Symposium on Ticks and Tick- Borne Diseases digital congress Scientific Committee, Germany
2002 Award Caixa Geral de Depósitos - student with the best final classification of the Graduation in Biology in the Fac. Sci. Tech. of the Univ. of Coimbra, year 2001/2002
Caixa Geral de Depositos, Portugal
2002 Merit Award of the University of Coimbra
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Other distinction

2001 Merit Award of the University of Coimbra
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal