Alice Maria Rodrigues Nunes (1513-954F-C3E8)

Curriculum Vitae

Alice Maria Rodrigues Nunes

First degree in Biology and Master in Biostatistics, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and PhD in Ecology and Functional Biodiversity, University of Aveiro and University of Lisbon (2017). Currently assistant researcher at CE3C – Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa. Specialist in Plant Functional Ecology, Restoration Ecology and Dryland Ecology (specific areas: terrestrial ecology, biodiversity monitoring, functional ecology, ecosystem restoration, global change research, ecological indicators). Co-author of 44 articles in peer-reviewed journals (mostly Q1). Participation in 27 research projects with competitive funding, of which 3 as principal investigator, 3 as co-PI, 1 as head of the institutional partner's participating team, 4 as WP coordinator. Participation in 2 COST Action and in the European eLTER network and collaboration with more than 300 scientists worldwide. Coordinator of the Restoration Ecology group at cE3c, vice-Chair of the Directive Board of the Society for Ecological Restoration – Europe (SERE), member of the Directive Board of the Portuguese Ecological Society (SPECO), founding member of the Portuguese Society of Botany (SPB), and co-coordinator of the Portuguese Ecological Restoration Network. Supervisor of 4 PhD students, 5 Master theses completed and 1 in progress, 3 Erasmus internships and 1 Bachelor's internship completed. Co-teaching in 3 curricular units of 1st cycle and 2 of 2nd cycle at FCUL. Coordinator and trainer of advanced courses at cE3c and in several training actions. Participation in 6 committees of scientific events and organizer of 2 symposiums; author (and co-author) of more than 100 communications at scientific meetings, and as an invited speaker in more than> 25 scientific and public dissemination forums. Author and (co-author) of book chapters, science-for-policy reports, eBooks, reports for private companies, and participation in several science outreach activities, including 3 TV programs, 3 radio interviews, 2 print media interviews, 1 biodiversity field guide and 3 science outreach films. Keywords: desertification and land degradation; dryland ecology; ecological indicators; ecosystem restoration; ecosystem services; functional-trait ecology; global change research; Mediterranean ecosystems; plant ecology; agroecology.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Alice Maria Rodrigues Nunes

Citation names

Nunes, Alice
Alice M.R. Nunes

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 1513-954F-C3E8
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6900-3838
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.pt/citations?hl=en&user=zvuFZNQAAAAJ
Researcher Id: B-4817-2014
Scopus Author Id: 36651604800

Websites

https://www.ce3c.pt/research/research-groups/towards-sustainable-and-resilient-ecosystems/restoration-ecology/alice-nunes (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Advanced (C1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2017/06/30 Concluded	Doctoral programme in Biology and Ecolgy of Global Changes (Doutoramento) Major in Ecology and Functional Biodiversity Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Plant functional response to desertification and land degradation – contribution to restoration strategies" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved (parecer com maior distinção e louvor)
2010/07/09 Concluded	Bioestatística (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "O modelo linear misto multinível na análise do efeito do desbaste de pinheiros na recuperação ecológica de uma pedreira calcária" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	16
2003/02/21 Concluded	Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Avaliação do impacto da deposição de poeiras na produtividade de espécies mediterrânicas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	14

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/12/16 - Current	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal (...)
2020/07/01 - 2024/12/14	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
	Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2020/06/30	Postdoc (Research)	Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

2011/06/01 - 2015/09/30	Researcher (Research)	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2011/06/01 - 2016/09/30	Plant functional response to desertification and land degradation - contribution to restoration strategies SFRH/BD/51407/2011 PhD Student Fellow Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2024/09/01 - 2027/08/31	Restauro Ecológico na Secil-Outão : Gestão adaptativa para melhorar a resiliência dos ecossistema Restauro Secil Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Ongoing
2022/07/01 - 2025/12/31	AdaptforGrazing - Adaptar a gestão da vegetação para melhorar a resiliência dos agro-sistemas às alterações climáticas utilizando pastoreio extensivo de raças autóctones e aproveitamento agrícola AdaptforGrazing Post-doc Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	CHANGE - Instituto para as Alterações Globais e Sustentabilidade LA/P/0121/2020 Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal Universidade de Évora, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/09/28 - 2025/12/31	SustinAfrica Sustainable intensification of food production through resilient farming systems in West & North Africa ID: 861924 Researcher Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Ongoing
2021/03/17 - 2025/03/17	RENEWAL Promoting the resilience of agroforestry systems in drylands to a more arid future ensuring ecosystem functions and services PTDC/ASP-SIL/7743/2020 10.54499/PTDC/ASP-SIL/7743/2020 10.54499/PTDC/ASP-SIL/7743/2020 Principal investigator Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/07/01 - 2024/12/15	ULTIMATE - Using plant fUnctionaL Traits to DIagnose, Monitor, AdapT and rEstore global drylands under a changing climate CEECIND/02453/2018/CP1534/CT0001 10.54499/CEECIND/02453/2018/CP1534/CT0001 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2023/11/01 - 2024/10/01	NatuRe+ the Think Tank to endorse NATUre REstoration to achieve net POSITIVE outcome NatuRe+ Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)	Ongoing
2022/06/13 - 2024/06/12	Desenvolvimento de Estudos e Projetos no Domínio da Biodiversidade: Protocolo de colaboração com a Câmara Municipal de Almada ALMADA Principal investigator Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal	Ongoing
2022/07/01 - 2024/04/30	LandUnderPressure: Evitar, mitigar e restaurar zonas sob pressão para combater a desertificação e aumentar a resiliência às alterações climáticas no montado 10/CALL#5 - LandUnderPressure Principal investigator Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal	EEA Grants Ongoing
2022/07/01 - 2024/04/30	SOILING - Soluções inovadoras de base natural para restauro de serviços dos ecossistemas em áreas degradadas pelo grande incêndio de Picões, Portugal SOILING Post-doc	EEA Grants Ongoing
2022/10/01 - 2023/12/31	Fight Desert - Ações e estratégias de combate à desertificação com vista ao aumento da resiliência dos sistemas mediterrânicos Fight Desert Post-doc Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Ongoing
2022/08/01 - 2023/12/31	REA Alentejo - Modelo de reabilitação de ecossistemas para as zonas semiáridas do sudeste de Portugal REA Alentejo Post-doc Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31	cE3c - Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais 2020-2023 UIDB/00329/2020 10.54499/UIDB/00329/2020 Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2017 - 2022	LIFE DESERT-ADAPT - Preparing desertification areas for increased climate change LIFE16 CCA/IT/000011 Researcher Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Ongoing
2019/07/11 - 2020/12/31	RIBoEIRAS - eco-physic-chemical quality monitoring of water streams in Oeiras municipality RIBoEIRAS FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Camara Municipal Oeiras Concluded
2019 - 2020/12/31	Evaluation of phytoremediation potential for mitigation and restoration of mining exploration soils: contributions to the mine closure plan Somincor Researcher Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Ongoing
2019 - 2020	Adaptive management of ecosystems based on the evaluation of the resilience of more than 30 years of Ecological Restoration at Secil-Outão SECIL_2019_2020 Researcher Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Ongoing
2019 - 2020	Monitoring of the ecological and physical-chemical quality of water lines of the Oeiras county Oeiras_2019_2020 Researcher Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Câmara Municipal de Oeiras Ongoing
2018 - 2020	BIODESERT - Biological feedbacks and ecosystem resilience under global change: a new perspective on dryland desertification BIODESERT Other Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais UID/BIA/00329/2019 Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2017/10/01 - 2019/11/30	ChangeTracker - Tracking climate change in drylands based on ecological indicators PTDC/AAG-GLO/0045/2014 Post-doc Fellow Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019 - 2019	Plano de Ação para a Biodiversidade nas propriedades geridas pela ELAIA nas herdades de Ferreira do Alentejo ELAIA_2019 Researcher Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Ongoing
2015/01/01 - 2018/12/31	CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes 2015-2018 UID/BIA/00329/2013 Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2015 - 2016	AdaPTforChange – Improve the success of reforestation in semi-arid areas: adaptation to climate change scenario AdaPTforChange Researcher Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31	Projecto Estratégico - UI 329 - 2011-2012 PEst-OE/BIA/UI0329/2011 Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2012 - 2013	Somincor-divulgação: Plano de divulgação da informação relativa a biodiversidade, ecologia e ambiente Somincor_2012_2013 Researcher Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Concluded
2010/04/01 - 2013	DesertWarning Modeling Ecosystem Structure and Functional Diversity as early-warning indicators of Desertification and Land-degradation - from regional to local level PTDC/AAC-CLI/104913/2008 Research Fellow Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2011 - 2011	Lichens and vascular plant biodiversity in the surroundings of Neves Corvo mine (Alentejo, Portugal) Somincor_2011 Researcher Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Concluded
2008 - 2011	Ecological management of restored areas in limestone quarries SECIL_2008_2011 Research Fellow
2005 - 2007	Ecological management of rehabilitated areas (2nd phase) SECIL_2005_2007 Research Fellow Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Concluded
2004 - 2007	ECOQUARRY – Ecotechnology for environmental restoration of limestone quarries LIFE04 ENV/ES/000195 Researcher Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Concluded
2002/01/01 - 2004/12/31	Ecological management of rehabilitated areas 1st phase QuarryRestorationSECILFCUL Research Fellow Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2020/03/01 - 2026/12/31	LIFEPLAN - A Planetary Inventory of Life H2020-EU.1.1. Grant agreement ID: 856506 Researcher	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Book	Branquinho, Cristina; Nunes, Alice; Santos-Reis, Margarida; Correia, Otília; Matos, Paula; Pinho, Pedro; Munzi, Silvana; Tápia, Susana. Field Guide of Neves Corvo Region. A Mine of Biodiversity. Lundin mining, Somincor, FCUL. 2013. Published
Book chapter	Branquinho, Cristina; Serrano, Helena Cristina; Nunes, Alice; Pinho, Pedro; Matos, Paula. "Essential Biodiversity Change Indicators for Evaluating the Effects of Anthropocene in Ecosystems at a Global Scale". In History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, 137-163. Springer International Publishing, 2019. 10.1007/978-3-030-10991-2_7 Nunes, Alice; Chinwe Ifejika Speranza; Paula Matos; Cristina Branquinho. "Land restoration for achieving SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts". In Land Restoration for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: An International Resource Panel Think Piece, 91-97. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme, 2019. Published Aliyu Barau; Pedro Pinho; Ana luz; Nunes, Alice. "Land restoration for achieving SDG 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable". In Land Restoration for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: An International Resource Panel Think Piece, 79-83. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme, 2019. Published Nunes, Alice; Oliveira, Graça; Mexia, Teresa. "Adaptive management in restoration: benefits of pine thinning in mixed plantations". 2017. Published Pinho, Pedro; Nunes, Alice; Ramos, Alzira; Batista, Melanie; Mimo, Sara; Cordovil, Cláudia; Branquinho, Cristina. "Mapping production of biomass by annual plants in Mediterranean evergreen woodlands". In Mapping and assessment of forest ecosystems and their services – Applications and guidance for decision making in the framework of MAES. Science for Policy report by the Joint Research Centre, 2015. Published • 10.2788/720519
Conference abstract	Reis, Bruna; Török, Katalin; Alice M.R. Nunes; Branquinho, Cristina; Halassy, Melinda. "Enhancing Restoration Ecology in Europe: The Impact of the eLTER Community on Upscaling Ecological Restoration Efforts.". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, Faro, 2023. Alice M.R. Nunes; Köbel, Melanie; Príncipe, Adriana; Reis, Bruna; Domingues, Inês; Mariana F. Ramos; Alexandra M. L. Oliveira; Serrano, Helena; Branquinho, Cristina. "Monitoring, restoring, and adapting agroforestry systems to increase resilience to climate change". Paper presented in 10th World Conference on Ecological Restoration (SER), Darwin, 2023. Accepted Reis, Bruna; Török, Katalin; Alice M.R. Nunes; Branquinho, Cristina; Halassy, M.. "The added value of the eLTER site network and community to upscale restoration in Europe". Paper presented in 10th World Conference on Ecological Restoration (SER), Darwin, 2023. Accepted Köbel, Melanie; Alice M.R. Nunes; Príncipe, Adriana; Vizinho, André; Serrano, Helena; Soares, Cristina; Pinho, Pedro; Branquinho, Cristina. "Ecosystem composition, structure and function of afforested areas in Portuguese drylands". Paper presented in 13th European Conference on Ecological Restoration (SERE), Alicante, 2022. Published Reis, Bruna; Katalin Török; Branquinho, Cristina; Alice M.R. Nunes; Halassy, M.. "Ecological restoration within eLTER community: the results of a questionnaire.". Paper presented in ILTER Scientific Conference 2022., Novi Sad, 2022. Published Alice M.R. Nunes; Köbel, Melanie; Domingues, Inês; Príncipe, Adriana; Alexandra M. L. Oliveira; Serrano, Helena; Branquinho, Cristina. "Using complementary diversity metrics to promote the resilience of agroforestry systems to climate change". Paper presented in the 13th European Conference on Ecological Restoration SERE2022: Restoring Nature, Reconnecting People, Alicante, 2022. Published Nunes, Alice; Serafim, João; Pereira, Gonçalo; Ferreira, João; Durão, José; Rocha, Vanézia; Domingues, Inês; et al. "A demografia da comunidade de plantas como indicador de sustentabilidade e resiliência após restauro numa pedreira de calcário". Paper presented in XIX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia e Celebração dos 25 anos da SPECO, Lisboa, 2020. Serrano, Helena; Domingues, Inês; Mendes, Cláudia; Köbel, Melanie; Nunes, Alice; Cristina Branquinho. "Challenges in mine ecological restoration (Serrano HC, Domingues I, Mendes C, Köbel M, Nunes A, Branquinho C.: Invited oral communication)". Paper presented in Symposium: Restoring ecosystem structure and functioning to an uncertain future under global change. 15th European Ecological Federation (EEF) Congress, Lisboa, 2020. Submitted Nunes, Alice. "A diversidade funcional de plantas responde de forma mais consistente à aridez do que a diversidade taxonómica". Paper presented in Conferência internacional de Ambiente em Língua Portuguesa, XX Encontro REALP – Rede de Estudos Ambientais dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, 2018. Published Nunes, Alice. "Impactos de um gradiente espacial climático na estrutura funcional da vegetação do semiárido brasileiro". Paper presented in Conferência internacional de Ambiente em Língua Portuguesa/ XX Encontro REALP – Rede de Estudos Ambientais dos Países de Língua Portuguesa, 2018. Published
Conference poster	Ana Cláudia Pereira de Oliveira; Alice M.R. Nunes; Oliveira, Maria Alexandra; Oliveira, Rafael S.; Renato Garcia Rodrigues; Branquinho, Cristina. Corresponding author: Ana Cláudia Pereira de Oliveira. "Indicadores ecológicos baseados em grupos funcionais de plantas para apoio à gestão e restauração da Caatinga face às alterações climáticas". 2024. Rosário, Inês T.; Rebelo, Rui; Nunes, Alice; Branquinho, Cristina; Serrano, Helena; Domingues, Inês; Gonçalves, Paula; et al. "LTsER Montado Platform: an opportunity for long-term collaborative socio-ecological research". Paper presented in Science CHANGing Policy, 2023. Bruna Paolinelli Reis. "Monitoring, restoring and adapting portuguese agro-forestry systems to enhance resilience to climate change". 2023. Batista, Melanie. "Monitoring, restoring, and adapting agroforestry systems to enhance resilience to climate change". Paper presented in Ciências Research Day, 2022. Rosário, Inês T.. "LTsER Montado Platform: contributing to Long Term Ecological Research in Europe". 2022. Fernandes, Mariana Pucarinho. "Could road verges be a valuable habitat to promote native flora diversity in Mediterranean landscapes?". 2022. Rosário, Inês T.. "Long Term Socio-Ecological Research: the LTsER Montado Platform". 2022. "O uso de grupos funcionais de plantas como indicadores ecológicos para monitorizar os efeitos das alterações climáticas numa floresta tropical seca". Paper presented in XX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia Conhecimento ao Serviço das Áreas Classificadas, 2021. "Assessing the role of macro-and microclimate on Holm oak germination and survival in Mediterranean drylands". Paper presented in Encontro Nacional sobre Investigação em Alterações Climátcas, 2020. "The response of plant community functional structure and diversity along a climate gradient in semiarid Caatinga - implication for climate change impacts". 2019. "Ecological indicators: From early warning to the preventive and corrective actions". 2017. "A global indicator of desertification based on plant functional diversity?". 2017. "Evaluating the success of the reforestations with native species performed during last 50 years along a desertification gradient in Alentejo". Paper presented in World Congress Silvo-Pastoral Systems, 2016. "Increasing the effectiveness of native forest regeneration and reforestation: towards climate-change adaptation in drylands". Paper presented in EGU European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2016. "Plant functional response to desertification in semi-arid Mediterranean woodlands". Paper presented in Vegetation Response to Climate Change and Air Pollution – Unifying Evidence and Research across Northern and Southern Hemisphere, 2013. "Plant functional response to desertification and land degradation in Mediterranean woodlands – contribution to restoration strategies". 2012. "Testing methods for assessment of functional plant community composition in a Quercus ilex L. montado in the southwest of Portugal". Paper presented in 12th EEF Congress (European Ecological Federation), 2011. "Ensaios de melhoramento do substrato na recuperação de áreas degradadas: adição de RSU e de Gel hidrofílico". Paper presented in 12º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, 2010.
Journal article	Cristina Branquinho; Bernardo Rocha; Sami Ullah; Maria Alexandra Oliveira; Elena Vanguelova; Helena C. Serrano; Alice Nunes; et al. "Monitoring spatiotemporal changes in global change drivers and their effects on semiarid woodlands and forests - fieldwork protocol". Open Research Europe (2025): https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.18564.2. 10.12688/openreseurope.18564.2 Ascensão, Fernando; Cardoso, Pedro; Rebelo, Rui; Boieiro, Mário; Nunes, Alice; Chozas, Sergio; do Rosário, Inês; et al. "BASS - Biodiversity Assessments at Small Scales". Research Ideas and Outcomes 10 (2024): https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e138341. Open access • Published • 10.3897/rio.10.e138341 Melanie Köbel; Sergio Chozas; Gerardo Moreno; Mirco Migliavacca; Cristina Branquinho; Alice Nunes. "Grasses don’t always win: Short-term effects of fertilization on taxonomic and functional diversity of a Mediterranean annual grassland". Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109125. 10.1016/j.agee.2024.109125 Gross, Nicolas; Maestre, Fernando T.; Liancourt, Pierre; Berdugo, Miguel; Martin, Raphaël; Gozalo, Beatriz; Ochoa, Victoria; et al. "Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world". Nature 632 8026 (2024): 808-814. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07731-3. Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41586-024-07731-3 Paolinelli Reis, Bruna; Branquinho, Cristina; Török, Katalin; Rehounková, Klára; Nunes, Alice; Halassy, Melinda. "The added value of the long-term ecological research network to upscale restoration in Europe". Journal of Environmental Management 366 (2024): 121736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121736. Published • 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121736 Díaz-Martínez, Paloma; Maestre, Fernando T.; Moreno-Jiménez, Eduardo; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel; Eldridge, David J.; Saiz, Hugo; Gross, Nicolas; et al. "Vulnerability of mineral-associated soil organic carbon to climate across global drylands". Nature Climate Change 14 9 (2024): 976-982. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02087-y. Published • 10.1038/s41558-024-02087-y Grilo, Filipa; McPhearson, Timon; Nunes, Alice; Aleixo, Cristiana; Santos-Reis, Margarida; Branquinho, Cristina. "Where the not-so-wild things are in cities? The influence of social-ecological factors in urban trees at multiple scales". Science of The Total Environment 929 (2024): 172552. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172552. Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172552 de Oliveira, Ana Cláudia Pereira; Nunes, Alice; Oliveira, Maria Alexandra; Oliveira, Rafael S.; Rodrigues, Renato Garcia; Branquinho, Cristina. "Shifts in plant functional groups along an aridity gradient in a tropical dry forest". Science of The Total Environment 924 (2024): 171695. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171695. Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171695 Eldridge, David J.; Ding, Jingyi; Dorrough, Josh; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel; Sala, Osvaldo; Gross, Nicolas; Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann; et al. "Hotspots of biogeochemical activity linked to aridity and plant traits across global drylands". Nature Plants (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01670-7. Published • 10.1038/s41477-024-01670-7 Deosaran, Rishi; Carvalho, Fabio; Nunes, Alice; Köbel, Melanie; Serafim, João; Hooda, Peter S.; Waller, Martyn; Branquinho, Cristina; Brown, Kerry A.. "Response of soil carbon and plant diversity to grazing and precipitation in High Nature Value farmlands". Forest Ecology and Management 555 (2024): 121734. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121734. Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121734 Melanie Köbel; Adriana Príncipe; Cristina Soares; Pedro Pinho; Alice Nunes; Cristina Branquinho. "More than trees: Stand management can be used to improve ecosystem diversity, structure and functioning 20 years after forest restoration in drylands". Science of The Total Environment 902 (2023): 166107-166107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166107. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166107 Chozas, Sergio; Nunes, Alice; Serrano, Helena C.; Ascensão, Fernando; Tapia, Susana; Máguas, Cristina; Branquinho, Cristina. "Rescuing Botany: using citizen-science and mobile apps in the classroom and beyond". npj Biodiversity 2 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44185-023-00011-9. 10.1038/s44185-023-00011-9 Klára Rehounková; Miguel Ballesteros; Josu G. Alday; Alice Nunes; Sabine Tischew; Anita Kirmer; Karel Prach. "A comment on “International principles and standards for the ecological restoration and recovery of mine sites”—useful but limited". Restoration Ecology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13872. 10.1111/rec.13872 Maestre, Fernando T.; Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel; Eldridge, David J.; Saiz, Hugo; Berdugo, Miguel; Gozalo, Beatriz; et al. "Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands". Science 378 6622 (2022): 915-920. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abq4062. 10.1126/science.abq4062 "How Do Taxonomic and Functional Diversity Metrics Change Along an Aridity Gradient in a Tropical Dry Forest?". Frontiers in Plant Science 13 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.923219. 10.3389/fpls.2022.923219 Príncipe, Adriana; Nunes, Alice; Pinho, Pedro; Aleixo, Cristiana; Neves, Nuno; Branquinho, Cristina. "Local-scale factors matter for tree cover modelling in Mediterranean drylands". Science of The Total Environment 831 (2022): 154877. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154877. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154877 "Seed removal decrease by invasive Argentine ants in a high Nature Value farmland". Journal for Nature Conservation 67 (2022): 126183-126183. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126183. 10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126183 Ana D. Sampaio; Pedro F. Pereira; Alice Nunes; Adelaide Clemente; Vânia Salgueiro; Carmo Silva; António Mira; Cristina Branquinho; Pedro A. Salgueiro. "Bottom-up cascading effects of quarry revegetation deplete bird-mediated seed dispersal services". Journal of Environmental Management 298 (2021): 113472-113472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113472. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113472 Nunes, Alice. "Ant functional structure and diversity changes along a post-grazing succession in Mediterranean oak woodlands". Agroforestry Systems (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10457-021-00648-0. 10.1007/s10457-021-00648-0 Vizinho, André; Avelar, David; Fonseca, Ana Lúcia; Carvalho, Silvia; Sucena-Paiva, Leonor; Pinho, Pedro; Nunes, Alice; et al. "Framing the application of Adaptation Pathways for agroforestry in Mediterranean drylands". Land Use Policy 104 (2021): 105348. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105348. Published • 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105348 Massante, Jhonny Capichoni; Köbel, Melanie; Pinho, Pedro; Gerhold, Pille; Branquinho, Cristina; Nunes, Alice. "Phylogenetic structure of understorey annual and perennial plant species reveals opposing responses to aridity in a Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot". Science of The Total Environment 761 (2021): 144018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144018. Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144018 André Vizinho; David Avelar; Cristina Branquinho; Tiago Capela Lourenço; Silvia Carvalho; Alice Nunes; Leonor Sucena-Paiva; et al. "Framework for Climate Change Adaptation of Agriculture and Forestry in Mediterranean Climate Regions". Land 10 2 (2021): 161-161. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10020161. 10.3390/land10020161 Frasconi Wendt, Clara; Ceia-Hasse, Ana; Nunes, Alice; Verble, Robin; Santini, Giacomo; Boieiro, Mário; Branquinho, Cristina. "Local environmental variables are key drivers of ant taxonomic and functional beta-diversity in a Mediterranean dryland". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82059-w. Published • 10.1038/s41598-021-82059-w M. Köbel; C.M.C.S. Listopad; A. Príncipe; A. Nunes; C. Branquinho. "Temporary grazing exclusion as a passive restoration strategy in a dryland woodland: Effects over time on tree regeneration and on the shrub community". Forest Ecology and Management (2020): 118732-118732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118732. 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118732 Ana Cláudia Pereira de Oliveira; Alice Nunes; Renato Garcia Rodrigues; Cristina Branquinho. "The response of plant functional traits to aridity in a tropical dry forest". Science of The Total Environment (2020): 141177-141177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141177. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141177 Ana Cláudia Pereira de Oliveira; Alice Nunes; Pedro Pinho; Paula Matos; Renato Garcia Rodrigues; Cristina Branquinho. "From species presences to abundances: Using unevenly collected plant species presences to disclose the structure and functioning of a dryland ecosystem". Ecological Indicators 113 (2020): 106221-106221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106221. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106221 Clara Frasconi Wendt; Alice Nunes; Robin Verble; Giacomo Santini; Mário Boieiro; Cristina Branquinho. "Using a space-for-time approach to select the best biodiversity-based indicators to assess the effects of aridity on Mediterranean drylands". Ecological Indicators 113 (2020): 106250-106250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106250. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106250 Teresa Mexia; Cristina Antunes; Alice Nunes; António Mira; Ana Isabel Correia; Artur Serrano; Otília Correia. "Beyond the green: Assessing quarry restoration success through plant and beetle communities". Restoration Ecology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13122. 10.1111/rec.13122 Alice Nunes; Melanie Köbel; Pedro Pinho; Paula Matos; Edoardo A.C. Costantini; Cristina Soares; Francesco de Bello; Otília Correia; Cristina Branquinho. "Local topographic and edaphic factors largely predict shrub encroachment in Mediterranean drylands". Science of The Total Environment 657 (2019): 310-318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.475. Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.475 Nogueira, Carla; Nunes, Alice; Bugalho, Miguel N; Branquinho, Cristina; McCulley, Rebecca L; Caldeira, Maria Conceição. "Nutrient addition and drought interact to change the structure and decrease the functional diversity of a Mediterranean grassland". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6 (2018): 155-155. Soares, Cristina; Príncipe, Adriana; Köbel, Melanie; Nunes, Alice; Branquinho, Cristina; Pinho, Pedro. "Tracking tree canopy cover changes in space and time in High Nature Value Farmland to prioritize reforestation efforts". International Journal of Remote Sensing (2018): 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2018.1475777. 10.1080/01431161.2018.1475777 Matos, P.; Geiser, L.; Hardman, A.; Glavich, D.; Pinho, P.; Nunes, A.; Soares, A.M.V.M.; Branquinho, C.. "Tracking global change using lichen diversity: towards a global-scale ecological indicator". Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8 7 (2017): 788-798. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85022072267&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/2041-210X.12712 Nunes, A.; Köbel, M.; Pinho, P.; Matos, P.; Bello, F.D.; Correia, O.; Branquinho, C.. "Which plant traits respond to aridity? A critical step to assess functional diversity in Mediterranean drylands". Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 239 (2017): 176-184. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85016086455&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.03.007 Ochoa-Hueso, R.; Munzi, S.; Alonso, R.; Arróniz-Crespo, M.; Avila, A.; Bermejo, V.; Bobbink, R.; et al. "Ecological impacts of atmospheric pollution and interactions with climate change in terrestrial ecosystems of the Mediterranean Basin: Current research and future directions". Environmental Pollution 227 (2017): 194-206. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018269817&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.04.062 Nunes, A.; Oliveira, G.; Mexia, T.; Valdecantos, A.; Zucca, C.; Costantini, E.A.C.; Abraham, E.M.; et al. "Ecological restoration across the Mediterranean Basin as viewed by practitioners". Science of the Total Environment 566-567 (2016): 722-732. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84969969951&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.136 Costantini, E.A.C.; Branquinho, C.; Nunes, A.; Schwilch, G.; Stavi, I.; Valdecantos, A.; Zucca, C.. "Soil indicators to assess the effectiveness of restoration strategies in dryland ecosystems". Solid Earth 7 2 (2016): 397-414. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84960854941&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.5194/se-7-397-2016 Matos, P.; Pinho, P.; Aragón, G.; Martínez, I.; Nunes, A.; Soares, A.M.V.M.; Branquinho, C.. "Lichen traits responding to aridity". Journal of Ecology 103 2 (2015): 451-458. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84924018318&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/1365-2745.12364 Nunes, A.; Tápia, S.; Pinho, P.; Correia, O.; Branquinho, C.. "Advantages of the point-intercept method for assessing functional diversity in semiarid areas". IForest 8 AUG2015 (2015): 471-479. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84938767723&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3832/ifor1261-007 Ramos, A.; Pereira, M.J.; Soares, A.; Rosário, L.D.; Matos, P.; Nunes, A.; Branquinho, C.; Pinho, P.. "Seasonal patterns of Mediterranean evergreen woodlands (Montado) are explained by long-term precipitation". Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 202 (2015): 44-50. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84919683361&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.11.021 Oliveira, G.; Clemente, A.; Nunes, A.; Correia, O.. "Suitability and limitations of native species for seed mixtures to re-vegetate degraded areas". Applied Vegetation Science 17 4 (2014): 726-736. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84925944332&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/avsc.12099 Príncipe, A.; Nunes, A.; Pinho, P.; do Rosário, L.; Correia, O.; Branquinho, C.. "Modeling the long-term natural regeneration potential of woodlands in semi-arid regions to guide restoration efforts". European Journal of Forest Research 133 4 (2014): 757-767. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904468161&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s10342-014-0787-5 Osório, H.C.; Zé-Zé, L.; Amaro, F.; Nunes, A.; Alves, M.J.. "Sympatric occurrence of Culex pipiens (Diptera, Culicidae) biotypes pipiens, molestus and their hybrids in Portugal, Western Europe: Feeding patterns and habitat determinants". Medical and Veterinary Entomology 28 1 (2014): 103-109. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84893640952&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/mve.12020 Nunes, A.; Oliveira, G.; Cabral, M.S.; Branquinho, C.; Correia, O.. "Beneficial effect of pine thinning in mixed plantations through changes in the understory functional composition". Ecological Engineering 70 (2014): 387-396. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904328502&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.06.026 Oliveira, G.; Clemente, A.; Nunes, A.; Correia, O.. "Limitations to recruitment of native species in hydroseeding mixtures". Ecological Engineering 57 (2013): 18-26. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84877321173&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.04.015 Oliveira, G.; Nunes, A.; Clemente, A.; Correia, O.. "Testing Germination of Species for Hydroseeding Degraded Mediterranean Areas". Restoration Ecology 20 5 (2012): 623-630. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84865861007&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00816.x Meira-Neto, J.A.A.; Clemente, A.; Oliveira, G.; Nunes, A.; Correia, O.. "Post-fire and post-quarry rehabilitation successions in Mediterranean-like ecosystems: Implications for ecological restoration". Ecological Engineering 37 8 (2011): 1132-1139. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79957984038&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.02.008 Oliveira, G.; Nunes, A.; Clemente, A.; Correia, O.. "Effect of substrate treatments on survival and growth of Mediterranean shrubs in a revegetated quarry: An eight-year study". Ecological Engineering 37 2 (2011): 255-259. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78751702784&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.11.015
Online resource	Alice M.R. Nunes; Melanie Köbel; Adriana Príncipe. Boas práticas de reflorestação Sector das Florestas em zonas semiáridas. 2017. http://echanges.fc.ul.pt/projetos/adaptforchange/. André Vizinho; Maria Bastidas. Plano de Adaptação de Mértola às Alterações Climáticas - Sector das Florestas e Agricultura. 2016. http://echanges.fc.ul.pt/projetos/adaptforchange/.
Report	Alice M.R. Nunes; Oliveira, Maria Alexandra; Cláudia Mendes; Graça Oliveira; Príncipe, Adriana; Serrano, Helena Cristina; A. Clemente; et al. 2022. Adaptive management of ecosystems based on the assessment of the resilience of more than 30 years of Ecological Restoration at Secil-Outão. Final Report. Alice M.R. Nunes; Cristiana Aleixo; Filipa Grilo; Domingues, Inês; Margarida Santos Reis; Oliveira, Maria Alexandra; Pedro Pinho; Ana Rodrigues. 2022. Development of Studies and Projects in the Field of Biodiversity. Methodological Report of the partnership protocol between the Municipality of Almada and the Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes. Branquinho, Cristina; Oliveira, Maria Alexandra; Serrano, Helena Cristina; Domingues, Inês; Monteiro, Juliana; Alice M.R. Nunes. 2021. Biomonitoring water quality and the effects of the application of glyphosate in the control of invasive species in the water lines of the Municipality of Oeiras. Cristina Branquinho; Oliveira, Maria Alexandra; Helena Cristina Serrano; Alice M.R. Nunes; Adriana Príncipe; Inês Domingues; Filipa Grilo; Juliana Monteiro. 2020. Monitoring the ecological, physical, and chemical qualiy of the rivers and streams of Oeiras. Cristina Branquinho; Otília Correia; Graça Oliveira; Alice M.R. Nunes; Helena Serrano; Adelaide Clemente; Pedro Pinho; et al. 2020. Gestão adaptativa de ecossistemas baseada na avaliação da resiliência de mais de 30 anos de Restauro Ecológico na Secil-Outão.
Thesis / Dissertation	"Plant functional response to desertification and land degradation - contribution to restoration strategies". PhD, 2017. "O modelo linear misto multinível na análise do efeito do desbaste de pinheiros na recuperação ecológica de uma pedreira calcária". Master, 2010. "Avaliação do impacto da deposição de poeiras na produtividade de espécies mediterrânicas". Degree, 2003.

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Other output

Data from: Tracking global change using lichen diversity:towards a global scale ecological indicator. 2016. Matos, Paula; Geiser, Linda; Hardman, Amanda; Glavich, Doug; Pinho, Pedro; Nunes, Alice; Soares, Amadeu .M.V.M.; Branquinho, Cristina.
doi:10.5061/dryad.86h2k
Data from: Lichen traits responding to aridity. 2015. Matos, Paula; Pinho, Pedro; Aragón, Gregorio; Martínez, Isabel; Nunes, Alice; Soares, Amadeu .M.V.M.; Branquinho, Cristina.
doi:10.5061/dryad.vn2sh

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2025/04/02	O Restauro Ecológico em Portugal: da ciência à prática	Associate Laboratory SusTEC - Sustentabilidade e Tecnologia na Gestão da Água em Regiões de Montanha (Bragança, Portugal)
2024/11/26	Response of Montado to Climate Change: Impacts on ecological indicators evidenced by drought simulation experiments	Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Porto, Portugal)
2024/11/25	A gestão do pastoreio para restaurar os serviços de ecossistema e promover a resiliência do montado às alterações climáticas	SPECO - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Porto, Portugal)
2024/11/25	Connecting infrastructures and ecology to create landscape heterogeneity in grazed pastures	SPECO - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Porto, Portugal)
2024/11/25	Resiliência das pastagens: padrões fenológicos e limiares críticos em face das alterações climáticas	SPECO - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Porto, Portugal)
2024/09/09	A. Nunes. Participation with oral presentation on “A Rede Portuguesa de Restauro Ecológico” in the 29º Encontro Nacional de Associações de Ambiente, sobre “Restauro da Natureza”, 9 de Novembro de 2024, Cinfães, Portugal.	Confederação Portuguesa das Associações de Defesa do Ambiente (CPADA) (Cinfães, Portugal)
2024/08/27	Long-term assessment and adaptive management of quarry ecological restoration in Portugal	14th European Conference on Ecological Restoration SERE - Society for Ecological Restoration - Europe (Tartu, Estonia)
2024/08/26	Scaling Up Ecological Restoration: Insights from a questionnaire within eLTER Community	SERE - Society for Ecological Restoration - Europe (Tartu, Estonia)
2024/08/26	Lessons learned from long-term scientific monitoring of ecological restoration projects in Portugal	SERE - Society for Ecological Restoration - Europe (Tartu, Estonia)
2024/06/19	Monitorizar, restaurar e adaptar o montado às alterações climáticas: os projetos LandUnderPressure e RENEWAL	Alentejo XXI and CEBAL - Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-alimentar do Alentejo (Beja, Portugal)
2024/05/23	Mais do que árvores: a gestão de povoamentos pode ser usada para melhorar a diversidade, estrutura e funcionamento do ecossistema, 20 anos após o restauro florestal de terras áridas	Centro de Competências do Sobreiro e da Cortiça (Samora Correia, Portugal)
2024/05/08	Projectos Land Under Pressure e Renewal em Noudar - Monitorizar, restaurar e adaptar sistemas agroflorestais para aumentar a resiliência às alterações climáticas	EDIA (Barrancos, Portugal)
2024/04/12	O que são os serviços de ecossistema e a importância da sua promoção e valorização	FSC Portugal (Forest Stewardship Council) em colaboração com a Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (SPECO) e a Associação de Produtores Florestais da Beira Interior (AFLOBEI) (Castelo Branco, Portugal)
2023/12/23	Espírito-Santo M., Oliveira A., Príncipe A., Söptei G., Silva J.N., Nunes A., Serrano H., C. Branquinho (2023). Adapting Pastures to Climate Change: Integrating Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services	Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Faro, Portugal)
2023/12/23	Príncipe A., Nunes A., Neves N., Oliveira A., Köbel M., C. Branquinho (2023). Fatores locais com elevada resolução espacial explicam a mortalidade nas florestas Mediterrânicas	Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Faro, Portugal)
2023/12/19	Nunes A., Reis B., Silva A., Köbel M., Domingues I., Oliveira A., Serrano H., C. Branquinho (2023). Como aumentar a sobrevivência de quercíneas?	Encontro Final REA Alentejo – Alterações Climáticas e Desertificação (Beja, Portugal)
2023/12/12	Grey infrastructures: an opportunity to promote native plants	Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2023/11/23	Serrano H.C., Domingues I., Nunes A., Köbel M., Príncipe A., Oliveira M.A., Branquinho C. Efeitos da biodiversidade e gestão do solo na percentagem de decomposição de matéria orgânica	Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Faro, Portugal)
2023/11/23	Fernandes M.P., Matono P., Nunes A., Costa P., Almeida E., Pinto-Cruz C., A.D.F. Belo. Seedballs: a truly green solution for promoting native plants in the Mediterranean!	Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Faro, Portugal)
2023/11/23	Reis B.P., Török K., Branquinho C., Nunes A., M. Halassy (2023). Enhancing Restoration Ecology in Europe: The Impact of the eLTER Community on Upscaling Ecological Restoration Efforts	Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Faro, Portugal)
2023/09/28	Nunes A., Köbel M., Príncipe A., Reis B., Domingues I., Ramos M., Oliveira A., Serrano H., C. Branquinho (2023). Monitoring, restoring, and adapting agroforestry systems to increase resilience to climate change	SER - Society for Ecological Restoration (Darwin, Australia)
2023/09/28	Reis B.P., Török K., Branquinho C., Nunes A., M. Halassy (2023). The added value of the eLTER site network and community to upscale ecosystem restoration in Europe	SER - Society for Ecological Restoration (Darwin, Australia)
2023/07/05	Ecological restoration of the coastal dune system in S. João da Caparica: scientific assistance and lessons learned in the REDUNA project	FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Aveiro, Portugal)
2023/06/02	Ecological restoration in Portugal: network collaboration to inform national and European nature restoration policies	Science CHANGing Policy CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute (Évora, Portugal)
2023/06/02	Scaling-up nature positive outcomes to inform restoration policies	CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute (Évora, Portugal)
2023/03/24	Histórias ameaçadas: a conservação da paisagem do passado e do presente	Centro Ciência Viva, Pavilhão do Conhecimento (Lisboa, Portugal)
2023/02/02	Colaboração em Rede para a transferência de conhecimento e boas práticas em restauro ecológico: o caso dos ecossistemas húmidos	ICNF – Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas (Portugal)
2022/10/25	Ecosystem restoration in Portugal. Constrains and opportunities to include Fungi	Fundação Serralves (Porto, Portugal)
2022/10/12	Ecological restoration within eLTER community: the results of a questionnaire	ILTER (International Long Term Ecological Research) (Novi Sad, Serbia)
2022/10/12	How much time? Modelling oak natural regeneration in dryland Mediterranean systems	ILTER (International Long Term Ecological Research) (Novi Sad, Serbia)
2022/09/05	Ecosystem composition, structure and function of afforested areas in Portuguese drylands.	University of Alicante (Alicante, Spain)
2022/09/05	Using complementary diversity metrics to promote the resilience of agroforestry systems to climate change.	University of Alicante (Alicante, Spain)
2022/07/08	Effect of local- and broad-scale factors on tree cover of Mediterranean drylands	Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/07/05	Promoting the resilience of agroforestry systems to climate change: RENEWAL project	Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2022/07/04	Connecting ecological restoration in Portugal: prospects for the Portuguese Restoration Network	Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2021/12/02	O efeito das variações climáticas inter-anuais nas características funcionais da vegetação em zonas semi-áridas Mediterrânicas	XX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia – Conhecimento ao Serviço das Áreas Classificadas (Ponte de Lima)
2021/12/02	Avaliação do grau de recuperação de áreas restauradas numa pedreira inserida na área protegida do Parque Natural da Arrábida	XX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia – Conhecimento ao Serviço das Áreas Classificadas (Ponte de Lima)
2021/09/10	Long-term monitoring of a quarry site restoration based on vegetation structure and functional diversity	Society for Ecological Restoration Europe chapter (Spain)
2021/09/10	Evaluating quarry ecological restoration success with field and remote sensing approaches (Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal)	Society for Ecological Restoration Europe chapter (Spain)
2021/09/07	Building up the Portuguese Ecological Restoration Network (ResECO)	SER Europe
2021/03/26	Drylands and their susceptibility to land degradation.	Laboratory Rotation 5th Session within the Doctoral Degree in Sustainability Science REASOn REsources, Food and Society
2020/12/10	Avaliação do sucesso do restauro ecológico com base em dados de campo e deteção remota: um caso de estudo no Parque Natural da Arrábida	XIX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia “Desafios para a nova década SPECO (Portugal)
2020/12/10	Aquisição e processamento de dados LiDAR aplicados à ecologia	XIX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia “Desafios para a nova década” SPECO (Portugal)
2020/12/10	A demografia da comunidade de plantas como indicador de sustentabilidade e resiliência após restauro numa pedreira de calcário	XIX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia “Desafios para a nova década” SPECO (Portugal)
2020/11/13	Plano de Recuperação e dos projetos de biodiversidade nas Pedreiras da SECIL-Outão	WEBINAR Learning by sharing Capital Natural BCSD Portugal – Business Council for Sustainable Development
2020/09/24	Connecting Ecological Restoration in Portugal: prospects for the Portuguese restoration network	Final Conference LIFE Biodiscoveries Project Montis (Portugal)
2019/10/23	Land degradation, desertification and ecosystem restoration efforts in Portuguese drylands	Workshop “Desertification indicators and adapted land use in Montado landscapes” Faculdade de Ciências da universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/10/02	Adaptforchange: Improve the success of reforestation in semi-arid areas, adaptation to climate change scenarios	Seminar “Projetos sobre alterações climáticas e gestão de riscos” Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2019/09/24	Land use, ecosystems and fire in the Mediterranean Basin	SER 8th World Conference on Ecological restoration - “Restoring Land, water and community resilience” Society for Ecological Restoration (Cape Town, South Africa)
2019/07/30	How past lessons can help shaping the future? Adapting forest landscapes to climate change	15th EEF Congress, Ecology Across Borders: Embedding Ecology in Sustainable Development Goals Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/02/04	How climate change can drive ant functional structure and diversity	1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society & XIV AEET meeting - “Ecology: an integrative science in the Anthropocene” University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
2018/11/08	Indicadores ecológicos do efeito das alterações globais na estrutura e funcionamento do montado com base em múltiplos taxa.	2º Colóquio sobre a Flora e Fauna dos Montados Terras Dentro (Grândola, Portugal)
2018/09/09	Plant functional trait response to climate in Mediterranean drylands: contribution to restoration and combat desertification	11th SER Europe 2018 Conference - Restoration in the Era of Climate Change SER 2018 Europe (Reykjavik, Iceland)
2018/05/08	A diversidade funcional de plantas responde de forma mais consistente à aridez do que a diversidade taxonómica?	CIALP - Conferência internacional de Ambiente em Língua Portuguesa, XX Encontro Realp Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2018/05/02	Ecological restoration across the Mediterranean Basin as viewed by practitioners	international conference Quarries Alive: Enhancing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Quarries – Challenges, Strategies and Practice University of Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2018/03/15	The response of plant functional traits to climate in Mediterranean drylands: contribution to restoration and combat of desertification	Encontros Scientia cE3c (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/01/29	Evaluating past reforestations success in semi-arid Mediterranean areas now and under a climate change scenario	TERRAenVISION Environmental Issues Today: Scientific Solutions for Societal Issues University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
2018/01/29	Predicting climate change effects on Mediterranean drylands through plant functional traits	TERRAenVISION Environmental Issues Today: Scientific Solutions for Societal Issues University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
2017/11/09	Plant functional trait response to climate in Mediterranean drylands - contribution to restoration and combat of desertification	16º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia– Biodiversidade e bem-estar humano (SPECO) SPECO - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/11/02	Plant functional trait response to climate in Mediterranean drylands: contribution to strategies to combat desertification	Seminar “Ecologia, Florestas, Conservação CEF/CEABN, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, UL (Lis, Portugal)
2017/09/12	Resposta Taxonômica e Funcional da Vegetação da Caatinga ao Longo de um Gradiente Espacial de Clima.	XIX Encontro da Rede de Estudos Ambientais em Países de Língua Portuguesa (XIX REALP) Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) (Fortaleza, Brazil)
2017/05/03	Climate change adaptation through reforestation in semi-arid areas in Portugal	Linking Biodiversity to National Economic and Social Priorities in the EU Member States, Regional Workshop – Mediterranean Institute for European Environmental Policy (Barcelona)
2016/12/16	Biodiversity, Functional diversity and ecosystem functioning	cE3c Seminar cE3c (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/09/27	Drivers of plant taxonomic and functional diversity along an aridity gradient in savanna-like Mediterranean woodlands	World Congress Silvo-Pastoral Systems Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2016/08/22	Restoration efforts across the Mediterranean Basin: from a silvicultural to an ecological restoration approach; Ecological Restoration in Portugal	SER Europe Conference: Best Practice in Restoration University of Freising (Freising, Germany)
2015/11/27	Responses and effects of Biological Soil Crusts in Drylands: the case study of Portugal	Symposium “O solo na Investigação Científica em Portugal” ISA-UL (Lisboa, Portugal)
2015/10/09	Quarry rehabilitation in protected areas towards plant diversity conservation	3rd International Congress on Plant Diversity Marrakech (Marraquexe, Morocco)
2015/08/23	Building restoration networks in the Iberian Peninsula	SER's 6th World Conference on Ecological Restoration SER - Society for Ecological Restoration (Manchester, United Kingdom)
2015/06/16	AdaptForChange project: identifying past good practices to adapt semiarid areas to the future	4º Congresso Ibérico de Ecologia (SPECO-AEET) - A Ecologia e os Desafios Societais Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2015/02/13	Ecological indicators for tracking climate change effects on drylands: the case-study of Montado and associated ecosystem services	LTsER Montado Workshop Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013/09/12	O restauro ecológico em terras áridas (drylands) ou degradadas	Seminar Centro de Referência para Recuperação de Áreas Degradadas da Caatinga, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (CRAD/UNIVASF) (Petrolina, Brazil)
2001	Efeito da deposição de poeira nas características fotossintéticas de espécies mediterrânicas de dois grupos funcionais distintos.	XIV Reunião da Sociedade Espanhola de Fisiologia Vegetal – VII Congresso Hispano-Luso de Fisiologia Vegetal Sociedade Espanhola de Fisiologia Vegetal (Badajoz, Spain)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09/20 - Current	Living architecture: urban development and green roofs Co-supervisor	Ecologia Aplicada (Master) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/03/01 - Current	Understanding the response of Mediterranean agroforestry systems understory to drought to promote resilience to climate change Supervisor	Biologia (PhD) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/07/01 - Current	Habitats related to linear infrastructures as an opportunity for wild plant conservation Co-supervisor	Biologia (PhD) FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/07/01 - Current	Using ecological indicators of ecosystem structure and functioning to track the effects of global change in open woodlands in drylands Co-supervisor	Biologia (PhD) FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/01/01 - 2027/01/31	Adapting pastures to climate change - integrating biodiversity and ecosystem services Co-supervisor	Biologia (PhD) FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2024/07/03	Nature might need some nurture: slow passive vegetation recovery in Mediterranean abandoned farmland. The Baixo Sabor case study Co-supervisor	Biologia da Conservação (Master) FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2024/01/31	Evaluating ecological restoration success by mapping regulating ecosystem services based on field and remote sensing approaches: a case study in Arrábida Natural Park Supervisor	Biologia dos Recursos Vegetais (Master) FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/08/31	Seleção de comunidades de plantas para restauração de múltiplos serviços ecossistêmicos Co-supervisor	Programa de Doutorado Sanduíche no Exterior CAPES (Specialization course) FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/07/01 - 2023/07/31	Projetos de recuperação de ecossistemas em Portugal - contributo para síntese e análise crítica Co-supervisor	Engenharia Ambiental (Master) Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/11/09 - 2022/08/31	Preparation of an online questionnaire on ecological restoration projects conducted at eLTER sites (Long-Term Ecosystem Research sites in Europe) Supervisor	ERASMUS traineeship (Other)
2022/04/11 - 2022/06/13	Monitoring the effects of climate change and of restoration efforts in Mediterranean oak woodlands Supervisor	ERASMUS (Scientific initiation) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2022/04/14	Avaliação da evolução da vegetação nos telhados verdes da ETAR de Alcântara - contribuição para promover a conectividade ecológica em meio urbano Co-supervisor	Ecologia e Gestão Ambiental (Master) FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2019/12/05	Assessing the role of macro- and microclimate on Holm oak performance in Mediterranean drylands Supervisor	Biologia dos Recursos Vegetais (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2018/02/05 - 2018/05/25	The response of Holm-oak woodlands structure and functioning to climate change Supervisor	ERASMUS Internship (Specialization course) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2017/05/02 - 2017/05/31	Ecologia das Alterações Climáticas - apoio ao trabalho de laboratório e de campo Supervisor	Engenharia do Ambiente (Scientific initiation) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2025/01/31 - 2025/06/27	Organization of a thematic session entitled “Integrating Knowledge for Mediterranean Ecosystem Restoration: Challenges and Collaborative Solutions from a Socio-Ecological Perspective” at the eLTER Science Conference, from 23-27 June 2025 in Tampere, Finland. (2025/06/23 - 2025/06/27) Symposium (Co-organisor)	FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2025/01/01 - 2025/06/07	Organization of a joint thematic session with the ecological restoration group of the Spanish Association of Terrestrial Ecology (AEET), entitled “Connecting Portuguese and Spanish Ecological Restoration experiences and future perspectives under the EU Nature Restoration Law”, at the “III SIBECOL - XVII AEET Conference, from 2-7 June 2025, in Pontevedra, Spain. (2025/06/02 - 2025/06/07) Symposium (Co-organisor)	SPECO - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal
2024/05/06 - 2024/05/08	Organization and lecturer in the CLEANFOREST Training School (in the scope of COST Action CLEANFOREST - CA21138). Monitoring spatio-temporal changes in global change drivers and their effects on semiarid woodlands and forests (2024/05/06 - 2024/05/08) Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)	FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/12/12 - 2020/12/12	Mini-Curso: Restauro Ecológico de Pedreiras - Combater a degradação promovendo a biodiversidade e a resiliência (4h formação), no âmbito do ENE 2020 - XIX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia – “Desafios para a nova década”. Online, 12 Dezembro; Nunes A., Serrano H., Salgueiro P. e Silva A. (2020/12/12 - 2020/12/12)
2019/07/29 - 2019/08/02	Symposium Restoring ecosystem structure and functioning to an uncertain future under global change, at the 15th EEF Congress, Ecology Across Borders: Embedding Ecology in Sustainable Development Goals (2019/08/02 - 2019/08/02) Symposium (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/03/21 - 2019/03/21	1º Encontro sobre criação da Rede Portuguesa de Restauro Ecológico (2019/03/21 - 2019/03/21) Meeting (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/11 - 2018/11	Short course How to use different water aids to conserve and make water available to plants (2018/11 - 2018/11) Workshop (Co-organisor)
2018/09/09 - 2018/09/13	Symposium Adapting dryland forest and woodlands to climate change: lessons from past reforestations to the future, at the 11th SER Europe 2018 Conference - Restoration in the Era of Climate Change (2018/09/11 - 2018/09/11) Symposium (Co-organisor)	Society for Ecological Restoration Europe chapter - SERE, Portugal
2015/05/13 - 2015/05/21	Iberian Training School on Restoration in Mediterranean Drylands (2015/05/13 - 2015/05/21) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2024/11/13 - Current	2024 - A. Nunes. Participation with oral presentation on “Post-quarrying restoration as an opportunity for protected plant species: the Secil-Outão case study” in the online Webinar about “How quarries provide a home to European endangered species”, organizes by CEMBUREAU – The European Cement Association, 13 November 2024 (>100 attendees). Seminar
2023/05/05 - Current	Monitor of the flora in the AgroBioBlitz: Agricultores e Biólogoa aliados no conhecimento da biodiversidade. Organized by Anpromis, INIAV, Município de Coruche e projeto AdaptforGrazing. Estação Experimental António Teixeira, INIAV, Coruche, Portugal. Other
2023/04/13 - Current	Oral presentation and participation in the roudtable: Conversas sobre a Terra: O montado e as alterações climáticas, uma visão para o futuro. Organized by ADPM Associação de Defesa do Património de Mértola and LIFE Desert-.Adapt Round table
2022/11/21 - Current	Nunes A. and Rodríguez-González P.M. (2022). O Restauro Ecológico em Portugal – Rede Portuguesa de Restauro Ecológico. Oral presentation (online) in Forum Participativo - Educar para o Restauro da Natureza, organized by Liga para a Proteção da Natureza (LPN) Round table
2022/11/09 - Current	Participation in a round table at the Workshop "Public Policies Informed by Evidence and Trust in Public Institutions" Round table
2022/10/17 - Current	Nunes A. and Rodríguez-González P.M. (2022). A Recuperação de Ecossistemas no Contexto Português. Oral presentation (online) in Festival Coletivo pela Transformação Sustentável UMUNDO LX 2022 – “Uma só Terra”, Lisbon, Portugal. Festival
2021/09/14 - Current	Participation in the online debate E agora? A inevitável urgência de restaurar os ecossistemas naturais, organized by SIBECOL Sociedade Ibérica de Ecologia Round table	Ecology Day
2024/11/05 - 2024/11/05	A. Nunes. Participation in the Webinar "A aplicação da Lei do Restauro da Natureza em Portugal", organized by CAP – Confederação dos Agricultores de Portugal, 5 november 2024, Lisboa, Portugal (https://www.cap.pt/iniciativas/evento/lei-do-restauro-da-natureza-em-portugal; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xF-O_hD_Kg) Round table
2024/09/19 - 2024/09/19	Participation in “1º reunião do Grupo Consultivo do Plano de Ação para a Conservação e Sustentabilidade dos Polinizadores”, organized by Projeto PolinizAÇÃO (https://www.pollinet.pt/polinização), 19 september 2024, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisboa, Portugal. Round table
2021/03/17 - 2021/03/17	Nunes A. and P. Rodríguez-González (2021). Oral omunication in the Webinar Recuperação de Ecossistemas de que se trata, qual a relevância e urgência, organized by Associação Bandeira azul da Europa (ABAE) Symposium	Webinar Recuperação de Ecossistemas ¿ de que se trata, qual a relevância e urgência
2020/11/18 - 2020/11/18	Participation in online debate on the Decade of Ecological Restoration Round table	LPN – Liga para a Protecção da Natureza, Portugal
2020/11/02 - 2020/11/06	Participation in the five-day-course on Hierarchical Modelling of Species Communities (HMSC) with the R-package Hmsc, taught by Otso Ovaskainen, Nerea Abrego, Jari Oksanen, and others Workshop
2020/09/10 - 2020/09/11	Participation in pedagogical training action 1 Petabyte de pedagogia, taught by Dr. Sofia Sá (8hrs) Workshop
2020/01/09 - 2020/01/10	Portwims Workshop on Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital Workshop	Portwims Workshop on Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/12/11 - 2018/12/11	Workshop «Formação de poda de sobreiro e azinheira» Workshop	Workshop «Formação de poda de sobreiro e azinheira» Instituto de Conservação da Natureza e Florestas, Portugal
2013/09/23 - 2013/09/27	Trait course: The use of trait based approaches in community ecology and stress ecology: Mod I - Key concepts and terrestrial ecosystems. Department of Life Sciences & IMAR-CMA – University of Coimbra Workshop	Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2013/05/13 - 2013/05/17	Short term scientific mission: Measurement of soil water balance with fast track Isotope field methods along a desertification gradient in the SE of Portugal. Institut für Hydrologie, Freiburg(DE) Other
2012/09/10 - 2012/09/15	Ecophysiology techniques workshop – PEPG British Ecological Society, Sobreda, Portugal Workshop
2012/07/16 - 2012/07/20	Scientific Writing course, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro Workshop	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2011/06/20 - 2011/06/24	Ecosystem services provided by wetlands: Anthropogenic impacts and Environmental chemistry. Advanced Workshop. Universidade de Aveiro Workshop	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2011/03/19 - 2011/03/20	Bioengineering Techniques course Slope stabilization and Stream bank restoration. Tavira, Portugal Workshop
2011/03/01 - 2011/03/05	Sistemas de Informação Geográfica Aplicados às Ciências da Terra. Departamento de Geologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa Workshop	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2004/03/01 - 2004/03/02	Instrumentation for Monitoring and Data Acquisition in Ecophysiology Course. Estação Florestal Nacional, Oeiras. http://www.inrb.pt Workshop
2003/04/20 - 2003/04/24	Botanic course – Mediterranean Flora and Vegetation. CEBV, Faculty of Sciences, Lisbon University Workshop
2002/03/01 - 2002/03/10	Post-graduate training: Effects of Dust Deposition from a Cement Mill on Leaf Absorbance of Mediterranean Plants. Istituto per L´Agroselvicoltura, Itália Other

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2022/02/02	Restauro Ecológico de uma lagoa originada numa antiga pedreira: um caso de estudo (Thesis) Main arguer	Tiago Lima (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2021/06/22	Shifts in diversity and community mean traits of trees across environmental gradients in subtropical Brazilian Atlantic Forests (Thesis) Arguer	Joice Klipel (PhD) Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2020/03/01 - Current	Member of CTROP Tropical College, Universidade de Lisboa
2020/03/01 - Current	Member of POLAR2E - College on Polar and Extreme Environments, Universidade de Lisboa
2019/03/20 - 2021/12/31	Rede Portuguesa de Restauro Ecológico	Co-coordenadora
2019/01/01 - 2021/12/31	SERE - Society for Ecological Restoration Europe chapter	Co-Chair
2015/01/01 - 2021/12/31	SPECO - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia	actualmente Vogal da Direção Nacional

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2025/01/31 - Current	Representante da Rede de Conhecimento no Grupo de Trabalho para o Restauro da Natureza (GT-RN), que é responsável pela elaboração do Plano Nacional de Restauro da Natureza Coordinator	FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/11/23 - Current	Member of the Scientific Committee of the 22º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia: Conservação marinha / Conservação terreste: rumo às metas 30-30 em Portugal. 23-25 novembro 2023, Algarve, Portugal. Member
2022/01/01 - Current	Member of the Scientific Committee of the 13th European Conference on Ecological Restoration SERE2022: Restoring Nature, Reconnecting People. 5-9th September, Alicante, Spain Member
2020/01/01 - Current	member of the National Directorate of SPECO - Portuguese Society of Ecology Member	SPECO - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal
2019/04/01 - Current	Society for Ecological Restoration Europe - SERE member of the Directive Board Other	Society for Ecological Restoration Europe chapter - SERE, Portugal
2024/07/01 - 2025/06/07	Member of the Scientific Committee of the III SIBECOL - XVII AEET Conference - Another science is possible: diversity, degrowth and sustainability in ecological research. 2-7 June 2025, Pontevedra, Spain. Member	Ecological Asociation of Terrestrial Ecology, Spain
2024/11/24 - 2024/11/26	Member of the Scientific Committee of the 23º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia: Investigação Ecológica ao Serviço da Conservação. 24-26 novembro 2024, Porto, Portugal. Member	Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal
2024/08/26 - 2024/08/30	Member of the Scientific Committee of the 14th European Conference on Ecological Restoration SERE2024: Bridging Science, Practice, and policy of Nature Restoration Member	Society for Ecological Restoration Europe chapter - SERE, Portugal
2021/09/07 - 2021/09/10	Member of the Scientific Committee of the 12th European Conference on Ecological Restoration SERE2020: Science and political action towards socio-ecological restoration Member	Society for Ecological Restoration Europe chapter - SERE, Portugal
2020/12/09 - 2020/12/12	Member of the Scientific Committee of the 19º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia e Celebração dos 25 anos da SPECO: Desafios da nova década Member

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2023 - 2023		Faro, Portugal
2022 - 2022		Alicante, Espanha
2021 - 2021		Online
2020 - 2020		Online
2016/09/27 - 2016/09/30	World Congress Silvo-Pastoral Systems

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2023/06/19 - Current	Nunes A., Köbel M., Domingues I., Paolinelli Reis B., Príncipe A., Ramos M., Rocha B., Oliveira A., Pinho P., Serrano H., C. Branquinho (2023). Participação no Workshop Ecologia de Zonas semiáridas: problemas e soluções. Experiências de Portugal e do Brasil	(Especialização pós-licenciatura)
2022/11/21 - Current	Nunes A. and Rodríguez-González P.M. (2022). Trainer in the training action ACD/19/2022 Forum Participativo: Educar para o Restauro da Natureza (3 hours), organized by Liga para a Proteção da Natureza (LPN) O Restauro Ecológico em Portugal Rede Portuguesa de Restauro Ecológico	(Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)	Liga para a Protecção da Natureza, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/06	Plant Diversity	Biologia (Licenciatura)	FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/02 - 2024/06	Sustentabilidade	Biologia (Licenciatura)	FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2019 - 2024/06	Ecology	Biologia (Licenciatura)	FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2014 - 2024	Plant Ecology	Biologia (Licenciatura)	FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/02/01 - 2023/05/31	Flora e Vegetação	Biologia (Licenciatura)	FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2017 - 2023	advanced international course: Hands on Functional Diversity: from Ecological Indicators to Ecosystem Services	(Postgraduate Certificate)	Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2021/12/01 - 2021/12/01	Trainer at the Workshop Restauro Ecológico numa Paisagem Protegida da Rede Natura 2000: Lagoas de Bertiandos e São Pedro de Arcos (3 hr workshop), Centro de Interpretação Ambiental das Lagoas de Bertiandos e São Pedro de Arcos, within the scope of ENE 2021 - XX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia ¿ Conhecimento ao Serviço das áreas Classificadas
2017/10/16 - 2021/10/16	Global changes and sustainability/ Recovery of degraded environments	(Mestrado)
2021/03/19 - 2021/03/19	Silva A., Nunes A., Salgueiro P., Serrano H., Silva C., A. Sampaio. Trainer at the short course: Integrating biodiversity value in quarry restoration: Linking business and applied science, 2hrs course, We Value Nature (https://wevaluenature.eu/)
2021/03/03 - 2021/03/03	Projectos de Regeneração do Montado - Training action LPN		LPN – Liga para a Protecção da Natureza, Portugal
2021/02/15 - 2021/02/15	Restoration in Urban Areas. Invited lecturer of the cE3c advanced course Urban Ecology the green within the city		Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2017 - 2020	Ecotecnologia e Biotecnologia Marinha	Biologia dos Recursos Vegetais (Mestrado integrado)	FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/05/11 - 2018/05/11	Training School: Intensive Course on Restoring Degraded Lands to Improve Biodiversity: Hands on a Quarry Site

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2024/09/21	National media: A. Nunes interview for the magazine Visão, as co-author of the paper “Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world” published in Nature (Gross et al. 2024)	Visão
2018/12/17	National media: Published interview to A. Nunes in the high impact daily newspaper Público, on Facing climate change and protecting the montado using plant functional traits to make these areas less vunerable to desertification. Interview by Teresa Serafim, 17th December 2018.	Público
2018/09/18	International media: Published interview to A. Nunes in the online newspaper Myclimateservices, on How Portugal adapts forest management to global change scenarios in drylands". Interview by Delia Modest, 18th September 2018. https://myclimateservices.eu/news-1/reforestation-project-to-fight-desertification-in-portugal	Myclimateservices

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2024/06/26 - Current	Consulta Pública, Antena 1	EU Nature Restoration Law
2022/12/19 - Current	Ciência	co-author of the paper “Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands” published in Science (Maestre et al. 2022).
2024/06/26 - 2024/06/26	Consulta Pública - Antena 1	Lei do Restauro da Natureza UE
2024/04/06 - 2024/04/06	Biosfera	Portugal árido
2020/02/28 - 2020/02/28	Ponto de Partida	Consertar a Degradação da Terra
2017/11/11 - 2017/11/11	Biosfera	Adapt For Change – Improve the success of reforestation in semi-arid areas: adaptation to climate change scenario
2017/06/06 - 2017/06/06	Sociedade Civil	Ecology and Environment
2016/05/21 - 2016/05/21	Biosfera	Legumes in a world under climate change

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2021/03/14 - 2024/03/14	Journal of Environmental Management
2023/06/13 - 2023/06/14	Journal of Vegetation Science
2022/11/03 - 2022/11/04	Applied Vegetation Science
2021/10/08 - 2021/10/10	Journal of Ecology
2021/06/18 - 2021/06/18	Science of the Total Environment
2021/03/13 - 2021/03/13	Plant and Soil
2020/06/09 - 2020/06/09	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2020/02/10 - 2020/02/10	Restoration Ecology

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2022/11/28 - Current	Member of the jury of Postgraduate Seminars of the PhD in Biology (Seminário Doutoral III), at Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 28th November 2022	FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/02/14 - Current	Member of the jury (vowel) of Postgraduate Seminars of the PhD in Biology	FCUL - Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2023	Best poster Award
2019	Prize Most striking LTER case (Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research)
2018	Best PhD Merit Award 2018 Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2017	Second prize in the competition for the PhD Prize in Ecology - Amadeu Dias Foundation SPECO - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal
2013	Best Poster Award IUFRO Conference, Brazil