Fernando Ascensão (2C17-1BFD-1228)

Curriculum Vitae

Fernando Ascensão

I am a researcher in landscape and road ecology, dedicated to understanding and mitigating the impacts of infrastructure on biodiversity. I graduated from Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL) in 2001. I then worked as a field researcher at Universidade de Évora until 2006 while also completing my Master’s degree therein. In 2008, I began my PhD studies at FCUL in collaboration with Montana State University (USA) and successfully defended my thesis in March 2013. Following my PhD, I held several postdoctoral positions at renowned institutions, including Paris-Sud University (France, 2013-14), Lavras Federal University (Brazil, 2014-15), and Oporto/Lisbon University (Portugal, 2015-2019). In 2019, I secured a Junior Researcher position through the highly competitive FCT CEEC call, later advancing to Assistant Researcher in 2022, also through the FCT CEEC process. Currently, I am an Assistant Professor of Ecology at FCUL, where my research focuses on the intersection of energy and transport infrastructures with biodiversity conservation, promoting sustainable development. My work spans Europe and extends to developing regions, where I facilitate knowledge transfer in areas experiencing rapid development. Over the years, I have contributed to over 140 publications, which have collectively amassed more than 2,700 citations. I have also co-edited the forthcoming book "Road Ecology: Synthesis and Perspectives", which provides a comprehensive overview of the field by integrating ecological research from multiple disciplines. Beyond my academic work, I actively contribute to international and regional conservation networks, including the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), Infrastructure and Ecology Network Europe (IENE), Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (SPECO), and Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos (SECEM). My research continues to shape conservation strategies, offering valuable insights into the harmonization of infrastructure with ecosystems and contributing to biodiversity preservation worldwide.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Fernando Ascensão

Citation names

Ascensão, Fernando
Fernando Jorge Portela Martins Ascensão

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 2C17-1BFD-1228
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1704-0212
Google Scholar ID: UlJacfgAAAAJ
Scopus Author Id: 15769021300

Email addresses

fjascensao@edu.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
fjascensao@edu.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
fjascensao@fc.ul.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa Edifício C2, 5º Piso, Sala 2.5.46 Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fernando_Ascensao/?ev=hdr_xprf (Professional)
https://sites.google.com/edu.ulisboa.pt/ascensao (Professional)
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=UlJacfgAAAAJ (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Advanced (C1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2008 - 2013 Concluded	Biologia da Conservação (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal "Ecologically scaled responses of forest-dwelling vertebrates to habitat fragmentation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18/20
2008 Concluded	Biologia (Doutoramento) Major in Especialidade: Biologia da Conservação Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal "Ecologically scaled responses of forest dwelling vertebrates to habitat fragmentation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2003 - 2006 Concluded	Biologia da Conservação (Mestrado) Universidade de Évora, Portugal "Road Ecology – Analysis on road mortality studies and the use of culverts by vertebrates" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Muito Bom
1994 - 2001 Concluded	Biologia Aplicada aos Recursos Animais - Variante Terrestres (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal "Mortalidade de Vertebrados por Atropelamento em Estradas do Alto Alentejo (Avaliação: 19/20)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15/20

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/04/01 - 2025/12/31	Principal Investigator (Research)	FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
	Ce3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Portugal
2019/11/01 - 2023/03/31	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
	Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2015/06/01 - 2019/10/31	Postdoc (Research)	Universidade do Porto, Portugal

2014/08 - 2015/09	Researcher (Research)	Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil

2013/10 - 2014/02	Research Assistant (Research)	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

2007/01 - 2013/07	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

2002/01 - 2007/12	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025/01/01 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
	Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/02 - 2023/07	BIOSOLAR CC1096 Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Ongoing
2017/06/01 - 2019/10/31	The tree, its pests and their predators: can roads disrupt ecological functions and imperil associated ecosystem services SFRH/BPD/115968/2016 Post-doc Fellow Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2015/10 - 2017/05/31	O Papel dos Transportes nas Invasões Biológicas UP, IP Researcher Universidade do Porto, Portugal	Infraestruturas de Portugal Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2014/10 - 2015/09	Impacto do atropelamento em espécies protegidas: qual a probabilidade de persistência das populações de acordo com diferentes cenários de desenvolvimento e alterações climáticas? CRA.BPD.00164/14 Researcher Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil	Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais Concluded
2008/04/01 - 2012/05/31	ECOLOGICALLY SCALED RESPONSES OF VERTEBRATES TO HABITAT FRAGMENTATION SFRH/BD/38053/2007 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2008/04 - 2012/03	Ecologically Scaled Responses of Forest Grounding Vertebrates to Habitat Fragmentation SFRH / BD / 38053 / 2007	Foundation for Science and Tecnology

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31	CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute LA/P/0121/2020 10.54499/LA/P/0121/2020 Universidade de Évora, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade, Portugal Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do Alentejo, Portugal Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/01 - 2025/12	Anteater & Highways II - Phase II NA Researcher Instituto de Conservação de Animais Silvestres – ICAS, Brazil	Fondation Segré Ongoing
2022/03/04 - 2025/03/03	Translocations of flora and fauna for conservation and restoration: ecological, evolutionary, and socio-economic impacts, at multiple scales DivRestore/0014/2020 10.54499/DivRestore/0014/2020 Principal investigator FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal Ce3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2024/01/01 - 2024/12/31	Perceptions and Willingness to Accept Large Solar Farms in Rural Areas FP23-2B058 Principal investigator Ce3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Portugal	Fundação 'la Caixa' Ongoing
2023/04/01 - 2024/12/29	Massive energy and transport infrastructures expansion in developing regions: environmental and socioeconomic impacts, challenges and opportunities for sustainable development 2022.01773.CEECIND/CP1722/CT0010 10.54499/2022.01773.CEECIND/CP1722/CT0010 FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2022/05/15 - 2023/12/31	Biosolar & Ecosolar - Avaliação do estado e situação de referência dos componentes do solo e da biodiversidade (fauna e flora) no local de implantação da Central Fotovoltaica do Cercal Biosolar & Ecosolar FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal	Ongoing
2019/11/01 - 2023/03/31	The tree, its pests and their predators: can roads disrupt ecological functions and imperil associated ecosystem services? CEECIND/03265/2017 CEECIND/03265/2017/CP1387/CT0003 10.54499/CEECIND/03265/2017/CP1387/CT0003 Researcher Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2019 - 2023	The role of road density in structuring carnivore communities and predator-prey interactions 2018-T1/AMB-10374 Invited Scientist Fellow Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain	Comunidad de Madrid Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2021/12/31	Estimating the abundance of giant anteaters using unmanned aerial vehicles NA Principal investigator Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Idea Wild Ongoing
2017/01 - 2020/12	Understanding impacts and effects of roads on Giant Anteater populations NA Researcher ICAS- Instituto de Conservação de Animais Silvestres (Brazil), Brazil	Fondation Segré Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology UID/BIA/50027/2019 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal Universidade dos Açores, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2013/09 - 2014/02	Research on Allee and Rarity Effects RARE 2009PEXT01001 Researcher Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France	Agence National de la Recherche Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31	Strategic Project - 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
2010/01 - 2013/07	Effects of habitat fragmentation on the population structure and connectivity of forest-dwelling species: a comparative landscape genetics approach PTDC/BIA-BEC/101511/2008 Researcher Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2009 - 2009	The added value of non-matrix habitat fragments to the biodiversity of cork oak landscapes: conservation and management implications PPCDT/BIA-BDE/61122/2004 Researcher Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2006/01 - 2008/12	Avaliação da eficácia das medidas de minimização de impactes ambientais implementadas em Portugal LNEC, UE, Luís Molina Researcher Universidade de Évora, Portugal Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Portugal Fundação Luís de Molina, Portugal	Estradas de Portugal Concluded
2004/01 - 2004/12	GAPS - Gestão Activa e Participada do Sítio de Monfurado LIFE 03 NAT/P/000018 Researcher Universidade de Évora, Portugal	Concluded
2003/01 - 2003/12	Conservação e Valorização do Património Natural da Serra de Monfurado (2ª fase) PORA - UE, DRAOT Researcher Universidade de Évora, Portugal	Concluded
2002/01 - 2002/12	Distribuição das espécies de roedores e insectívoros ICN, UE Researcher Universidade de Évora, Portugal	Instituto da Conservação da Natureza Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Ascensão, Fernando. Road Ecology: Synthesis and Perspectives (in prep). Germany. 2022. Editor
Book chapter	Ascensão, Fernando. "Energy crossroads under China's Belt and Road Initiative". In Handbook on Trade Policy and Climate Change, edited by Michael Jacob. Germany: Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, 2022. In press Ascensão, Fernando. "Environmental risks, challenges and opportunities along the African Belt and Road Initiative". In China and the New Silk Road - Challenges and Impacts on the Regional and Local Level, edited by Harald Pechlaner; Greta Erschbamer; Hannes Thees; Mirjam Gruber. Springer, 2020. In press • 10.1007/978-3-030-43399-4_10 Ascensão, Fernando; Capinha, César. "Aliens on the Move: Transportation Networks and Non-native Species". In Railway Ecology, edited by Borda-de-Água, Luís; Barrientos, Rafael; Beja, Pedro; Pereira, Henrique M., 65-80. Sham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. 10.1007/978-3-319-57496-7_5 Ascensão, Fernando; LaPoint, Scott; van der Ree, Rodney; Ascensão, F.; Lapoint, S.; Van Der Ree, R.. "Roads, Traffic and Verges: Big Problems and Big Opportunities for Small Mammals". In Handbook of Road Ecology, 325-333. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2015. Published • 10.1002/9781118568170.ch39
Conference abstract	Ascensão, Fernando; Grilo, Clara; Santos-Reis, Margarida. "Assessing the Stone Marten’s Patch Occupancy in Fragmented landscapes and its Relation to Road-Killing Occurences". Paper presented in International Conference on Ecology and Transportation, Little Rock, 2007. Published Ascensão, Fernando; Lourenço, Rui; Mira, António. "Impacto da mortalidade por atropelamento nas aves de rapina nocturnas (ordem Strigiformes) no Sul de Portugal". Paper presented in Congresso de Ornitologia SPEA e II Jornadas Ibéricas de Ornitologia, Aveiro, 2003. Published
Conference paper	Sousa, Joana; Reto, Dyana; Filipe, Joel; Leitão, Inês; Grilo, Clara; Ascensão, Fernando; Lourenço, Rui; et al. "How do major roads affect barn owls? Distribution, space use, food source and mortality". Paper presented in International Conference on Ecology and Transportation, Duluth, Minnesota, 2009. Published Ascensão, Fernando; Mira, António. "Spatial patterns of road kills: a case study in southern Portugal". Paper presented in International Conference on Ecology and Transportation, San Diego, 2005. Published
Conference poster	Fernando Jorge Portela Martins Ascensão; Mário Rui Canelas Boieiro. "Does road proximity influence the structure and composition of ant communities?". Paper presented in Congresso Internacional de Mirmecologia, 2023. Barrientos, Rafael; Ascensão, Fernando; D'Amico, Marcello; Grilo, Clara; Henrique Miguel Pereira. "Las carreteras como amenaza para la persistencia de poblaciones animales". Paper presented in XV Congreso Nacional de la AEET (Associación Española de Ecologia Terrestre), 2021. Silva-Dias, Filipe; Grilo, Clara; Ascensão, Fernando; Santos-Reis, Margarida. "Multi-scale analysis of road mortality patterns: a case study with the stone marten and the common genet". Paper presented in IENE-Infra Eco Network Seminar “Connecting Wildlife and People, 2009.
Journal article	Fernando Ascensão; Pedro Cardoso; Rui Rebelo; Mário Boieiro; Alice Nunes; Sergio Chozas; Inês do Rosário; et al. "BASS - Biodiversity Assessments at Small Scales". Research Ideas and Outcomes (2024): https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e138341. 10.3897/rio.10.e138341 Inês Gomes; Sergio Chozas; Mari Cruz Díaz Barradas; Fernando Louro Alves; Fernando Ascensão. "Predicting the climatic suitability of non-native drought resistant trees in the face of desertification – A case study with Argania spinosa in the Iberian Peninsula". Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109232. 10.1016/j.agee.2024.109232 Pinto, Tomás; Ascensão, Fernando (2C17-1BFD-1228); Mário Rui Canelas Boieiro. "Proceratium melinum (Roger, 1860): the first record of Proceratiinae ants from Portugal (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.) 73 (2023): In press Isla Botting; Fernando Ascensão; Laetitia M. Navarro; Maria Paniw; Zulima Tablado; Jacinto Román; Eloy Revilla; Marcello D'Amico. "The road to success and the fences to be crossed: considering multiple infrastructure in landscape connectivity modelling". Wildlife Biology (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01187. 10.1002/wlb3.01187 Fernando Ascensão; Sergio Chozas; Helena Serrano; Cristina Branquinho. "Mapping potential conflicts between photovoltaic installations and biodiversity conservation". Biological Conservation (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110331. 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110331 Yuri Geraldo Gomes Ribeiro; Fernando Ascensão; Débora Regina Yogui; Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz; Arnaud Léonard Jean Desbiez. "Prioritizing road mitigation using ecologically based land-use planning". Austral Ecology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13295. 10.1111/aec.13295 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. Published • 10.1038/s44185-023-00011-9 Biasotto, Larissa D.; Pacífico, Erica C.; Paschotto, Fernanda R.; Filadelfo, Thiago; Couto, Maíla B.; Sousa, Antonio Emanuel B. A.; Mantovani, Plinio; et al. Corresponding author: Biasotto, Larissa D.. "Power line electrocution as an overlooked threat to Lear's Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari)". Ibis (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13139. 10.1111/ibi.13139 Navas-Suárez, Pedro E.; Diaz-Delgado, Josué; Caiaffa, Mayara G.; da Silva, Mauricio C.; Yogui, Débora R.; Alves, Mario H.; Cereda, Julia F.; et al. "Characterization of Traumatic Injuries Due to Motor Vehicle Collisions in Neotropical Wild Mammals". Journal of Comparative Pathology 197 (2022): 1-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2022.06.003. 10.1016/j.jcpa.2022.06.003 Alejandro Estrada; Paul A. Garber; Sidney Gouveia; Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares; Fernando Ascensão; Agustin Fuentes; Stephen T. Garnett; et al. "Global importance of Indigenous Peoples, their lands, and knowledge systems for saving the world’s primates from extinction". Science Advances (2022): https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn2927. 10.1126/sciadv.abn2927 Fernando Ascensão; Arnaud L.J. Desbiez. "Assessing the impact of roadkill on the persistence of wildlife populations: A case study on the giant anteater". Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2022.05.001. 10.1016/j.pecon.2022.05.001 Jakob, Michael; Afionis, Stavros; Åhman, Max; Antoci, Angelo; Arens, Marlene; Ascensão, Fernando; van Asselt, Harro; et al. "How trade policy can support the climate agenda". Science 376 6600 (2022): 1401-1403. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abo4207. 10.1126/science.abo4207 Rodrigo Scarton Bergamin; Fernando Ascensão; César Capinha; Vinicius Augusto Galvão Bastazini; Bianca Ott Andrade; Ilsi Iob Boldrini; Felipe Lezama; et al. "Native and alien grassland diversity respond differently to environmental and anthropogenic drivers across spatial scales". Journal of Vegetation Science 33 3 (2022): https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13133. 10.1111/jvs.13133 Grilo, Clara; Afonso, Beatriz C.; Afonso, Filipe; Alexandre, Marta; Aliácar, Sara; Almeida, Ana; Alonso, Ivan Prego; et al. "Mammals in Portugal: A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occurrences in Portugal". Ecology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3654. 10.1002/ecy.3654 Fernando Ascensão; Marcello D'Amico; Eloy Revilla; Henrique M. Pereira. "Road encroachment mediates species occupancy, trait filtering and dissimilarity of passerine communities". Biological Conservation (2022): https://publons.com/publon/52722392/. 10.1016/J.BIOCON.2022.109590 Ascensao, Fernando; Ribeiro, Yuri Geraldo Gomes; Campos, Zilca; Yogui, Debora Regina; Desbiez, Arnaud L. J.. "Forecasting seasonal peaks in roadkill patterns for improving road management". Journal of Environmental Management (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/54056850/. 10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2022.115903 Ascensão, Fernando; Rafael Barrientos; Marcello D¿Amico. "Wildlife collisions put a dent in road safety". Science (2021): https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm8468. 10.1126/science.abm8468 M. J. Noonan; F. Ascensão; D. R. Yogui; A. L. J. Desbiez; Michael J. Noonan; Fernando Ascensão; Débora R. Yogui; Arnaud L.J. Desbiez. "Roads as ecological traps for giant anteaters". Animal Conservation (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12728. 10.1111/acv.12728 Fernando Ascensão; Marcello D'Amico; Ricardo C. Martins; Rui Rebelo; A. Márcia Barbosa; Joana Bencatel; Rafael Barrientos; et al. "Distribution of alien tetrapods in the Iberian Peninsula". NeoBiota (2021): https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.64.55597. 10.3897/neobiota.64.55597 Ascensão, Fernando; Yogui, Débora R.; Alves, Mario H.; Alves, Amanda Carolina; Abra, Fernanda; Desbiez, Arnaud L.J.; Ascensao, Fernando; Yogui, Debora R.; Desbiez, Arnaud L. J.. "Preventing wildlife roadkill can offset mitigation investments in short-medium term". Biological Conservation 253 (2021): 108902. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108902. Published • 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108902 Ascensão, Fernando; Marcello D'Amico; Rafael barrientos; Ascensao, Fernando; D'Amico, Marcello; Barrientos, Rafael; Fernando Ascensão. "No Planet for Apes? Assessing global priority areas and species affected by linear infrastructures". International Journal of Primatology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-021-00207-5. In press • 10.1007/S10764-021-00207-5 Tundidor, Pablo Quiles; Ascensao, Fernando; D'Amico, Marcello; Revilla, Eloy; Barrientos, Rafael. "Are road-kills representative of wildlife community obtained from atlas data?". Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy (2021): https://publons.com/publon/49835130/. 10.4404/HYSTRIX-00396-2020 Biasotto, L. D.; Moreira, F.; Bencke, G. A.; D'Amico, M.; Kindel, A.; Ascensao, F.; Larissa Biasotto; et al. "Risk of bird electrocution in power lines: a framework for prioritizing species and areas for conservation and impact mitigationPalavras-chave". Animal Conservation (2021): https://publons.com/publon/49835129/. In press • 10.1111/ACV.12736 Barrientos, Rafael; Ascensao, Fernando; D'Amico, Marcello; Grilo, Clara; Pereira, Henrique M.; Rafael Barrientos; Fernando Ascensão; et al. "The lost road: Do transportation networks imperil wildlife population persistence?". Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation (2021): https://publons.com/publon/47406145/. 10.1016/J.PECON.2021.07.004 Fernando Ascensão; Cristina Branquinho; Eloy Revilla; Ascensao, Fernando; Branquinho, Cristina; Revilla, Eloy. "Cars as a tool for monitoring and protecting biodiversity". Nature Electronics 3 6 (2020): 295-297. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-020-0430-z. 10.1038/s41928-020-0430-z Fernando Ascensão; Guillaume Latombe; José D. Anadón; Pedro Abellán; Laura Cardador; Martina Carrete; José L. Tella; César Capinha. "Drivers of compositional dissimilarity for native and alien birds: the relative roles of human activity and environmental suitability". Biological Invasions (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02196-7. 10.1007/s10530-020-02196-7 Robert I. McDonald; Andressa V. Mansur; Fernando Ascensão; M’lisa Colbert; Katie Crossman; Thomas Elmqvist; Andrew Gonzalez; et al. "Research gaps in knowledge of the impact of urban growth on biodiversity". Nature Sustainability (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0436-6. 10.1038/s41893-019-0436-6 Fernando Ascensão; Frederico Mestre; A. Márcia Barbosa. "Prioritizing road defragmentation using graph-based tools". Landscape and Urban Planning 192 (2019): 103653-103653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103653. 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103653 Barrientos, Rafael; Ascensão, Fernando; D'Amico, Marcello; Ascensão, Fernando. "Inappropriate tourist behavior in protected areas can lead to wildlife road-kills". Animal Conservation (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12547. 10.1111/acv.12547 Fernando Ascensão; Débora Yogui; Mario Alves; Emília Patrícia Medici; Arnaud Desbiez. "Predicting spatiotemporal patterns of road mortality for medium-large mammals". Journal of Environmental Management 248 (2019): 109320-109320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109320. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109320 Fernando Ascensão; Bernardo B. Niebuhr; Andreia M. Moraes; Brenda R. Alexandre; Julia C. Assis; Milene A. Alves-Eigenheer; John W. Ribeiro; et al. "End of the line for the golden lion tamarin? A single road threatens 30 years of conservation efforts". Conservation Science and Practice 1 9 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.89. 10.1111/csp2.89 Ascensão, Fernando; Andreas Kindel; Fernanda Zimmerman Teixeira; Barrientos, Rafael; Marcello D'Amico; Borda-de-Água, Luís; Henrique M. Pereira. "Beware that the lack of wildlife mortality records can mask a serious impact of linear infrastructures". Global Ecology and Conservation 19 e00661 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00661. Published • 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00661 Kehoe, Laura; Reis, Tiago; Virah-Sawmy, Malika; Balmford, Andrew; Kuemmerle, Tobias. "Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable". Science 364 6438 (2019): 341.1-341. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw8276. 10.1126/science.aaw8276 Luís Borda-de-Água; Fernando Ascensão; Manuel Sapage; Rafael Barrientos; Henrique M. Pereira. "On the identification of mortality hotspots in linear infrastructures". Basic and Applied Ecology 34 (2019): 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2018.11.001. Published • 10.1016/j.baae.2018.11.001 Fernando Ascensão; Marcello D'Amico; Rafael Barrientos. "Validation data is needed to support modelling in Road Ecology". Biological Conservation (2019): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.12.023. 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.12.023 Esperandio, Isadora Beraldi; Ascensão, Fernando; Kindel, Andreas; Tchaicka, Ligia; de Freitas, Thales Renato Ochotorena. "Do roads act as a barrier to gene flow of subterranean small mammals? A case study with Ctenomys minutus". Conservation Genetics 20 2 (2019): 385-393. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-018-01139-z. 10.1007/s10592-018-01139-z F. Mestre; F. Ascensão; A.M. Barbosa. "gDefrag: A graph-based tool to help defragmenting landscapes divided by linear infrastructures". Ecological Modelling 392 (2019): 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.10.012. 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.10.012 Barrientos, R.; Ascensão, F.; Beja, P.; Pereira, H.M.; Borda-de-Água, L.; Rafael Barrientos; Fernando Ascensão; et al. "Railway ecology vs. road ecology: similarities and differences". European Journal of Wildlife Research 65 1 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85059776269&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s10344-018-1248-0 Santos, R.A.L.; Ascensão, F.; Rodrigo Augusto Lima Santos; Fernando Ascensão. "Assessing the effects of road type and position on the road on small mammal carcass persistence time". European Journal of Wildlife Research 65 1 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85059740749&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s10344-018-1246-2 Marcello D'Amico; Ascensão, Fernando; Barrientos, Rafael. "Towards a unified framework for studying the impact of linear infrastructures". (2019): https://publons.com/publon/20080261/. 10.5281/ZENODO.2548952 Rafael Barrientos; Ricardo C. Martins; Fernando Ascensão; Marcello D'Amico; Francisco Moreira; Luís Borda-de-Água. "A review of searcher efficiency and carcass persistence in infrastructure-driven mortality assessment studies". Biological Conservation 222 (2018): 146-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.04.014. 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.04.014 Ascensão, Fernando; Fahrig, Lenore; Clevenger, Anthony P.; Corlett, Richard T.; Jaeger, Jochen A. G.; Laurance, William F.; Pereira, Henrique M.; et al. "Environmental challenges for the Belt and Road Initiative". Nature Sustainability 1 5 (2018): 206-209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0059-3. 10.1038/s41893-018-0059-3 Marcello D’Amico; Fernando Ascensão; Mauro Fabrizio; Rafael Barrientos; Christian Gortázar. "Twenty years of Road Ecology: a Topical Collection looking forward for new perspectives". European Journal of Wildlife Research 64 3 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10344-018-1186-x. 10.1007/s10344-018-1186-x Aparício, Bruno A.; Cascalho, José; Cruz, Maria J.; Borges, Paulo A. V.; Azevedo, Eduardo B.; Elias, Rui B.; Ascensão, Fernando. "Assessing the landscape functional connectivity using movement maps: a case study with endemic Azorean insects". Journal of Insect Conservation 22 2 (2018): 257-265. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10841-018-0059-7. 10.1007/s10841-018-0059-7 Marcello D’Amico; Inês Catry; Ricardo C. Martins; Fernando Ascensão; Rafael Barrientos; Francisco Moreira. "Bird on the wire: Landscape planning considering costs and benefits for bird populations coexisting with power lines". Ambio (2018): https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs13280-018-1025-z. 10.1007/s13280-018-1025-z Grilo, C.; Molina-Vacas, G.; Fernández-Aguilar, X.; Rodriguez-Ruiz, J.; Ramiro, V.; Porto-Peter, F.; Ascensão, F.; Román, J.; Revilla, E.. "Species-specific movement traits and specialization determine the spatial responses of small mammals towards roads". Landscape and Urban Planning 169 (2018): 199-207. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85037372654&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.09.014 Rodrigo A.L. Santos; Mário Mota-Ferreira; Ludmilla M.S. Aguiar; Fernando Ascensão. "Predicting wildlife road-crossing probability from roadkill data using occupancy-detection models". Science of the Total Environment 642 (2018): 629-637. https://publons.com/publon/2246566/. 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2018.06.107 Fernando Ascensão; Priscila Silva Lucas; Aline Costa; Alex Bager; Ascensao, Fernando; Lucas, Priscila Silva; Costa, Aline; Bager, Alex. "The effect of roads on edge permeability and movement patterns for small mammals: a case study with Montane Akodont". Landscape Ecology (2017): https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10980-017-0485-z. 10.1007/s10980-017-0485-z Lima Santos, R.A.; Ascensão, F.; Ribeiro, M.L.; Bager, A.; Santos-Reis, M.; Aguiar, L.M.S.. "Assessing the consistency of hotspot and hot-moment patterns of wildlife road mortality over time". Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation 15 1 (2017): 56-60. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85020252013&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.pecon.2017.03.003 Ascensão, F.; Desbiez, A.L.J.; Medici, E.P.; Bager, A.. "Spatial patterns of road mortality of medium-large mammals in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil". Wildlife Research 44 2 (2017): 135-146. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85020544140&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1071/WR16108 David S. Vale; Fernando Ascensão; Nuno Raposo; António Pedro Figueiredo; Ascensão, Fernando; António P. Figueiredo. "Comparing access for all: disability-induced accessibility disparity in Lisbon". Journal of Geographical Systems (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10109-016-0240-z. Published • 10.1007/s10109-016-0240-z Ascensão, Fernando; Mata, Cristina; Malo, Juan E.; Ruiz-Capillas, Pablo; Silva, Catarina; Silva, André P.; Santos-Reis, Margarida; Fernandes, Carlos. "Disentangle the Causes of the Road Barrier Effect in Small Mammals through Genetic Patterns". PLOS ONE 11 3 (2016): e0151500-e0151500. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0151500. Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0151500 Lima Santos, Rodrigo Augusto; Santos, Sara M.; Santos-Reis, Margarida; de Figueiredo, Almir Picanco; Bager, Alex; Aguiar, Ludmilla M. S.; Ascensao, Fernando; et al. "Carcass Persistence and Detectability: Reducing the Uncertainty Surrounding Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Surveys". Plos One (2016): https://publons.com/publon/423782/. 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0165608 Mullins, Jacinta; Ascensão, Fernando; Simões, Luciana; Andrade, Leonardo; Santos-Reis, Margarida ; Fernandes, Carlos. "Evaluating connectivity between Natura 2000 sites within the montado agroforestry system: a case study using landscape genetics of the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)". Landscape Ecology 30 4 (2015): 609-623. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10980-014-0130-z. Published • 10.1007/s10980-014-0130-z Moreira, Francisco D.; Ascensão, Fernando; Capinha, César; Rodrigues, Diana; Segurado, Pedro; Santos-Reis, Margarida; Rebelo, Rui; et al. "Modelling the risk of invasion by the red-swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii): incorporating local variables to better inform management decisions". Biological Invasions 17 1 (2015): 273-285. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-014-0725-y. Published • 10.1007/s10530-014-0725-y Costa, Aline Saturnino; Ascensao, Fernando; Bager, Alex; Ascensão, Fernando. "Mixed sampling protocols improve the cost-effectiveness of roadkill surveys". Biodiversity and Conservation 24 12 (2015): 2953-2965. https://publons.com/publon/95913/. Published • 10.1007/S10531-015-0988-3 Grilo, C.; Reto, D.; Filipe, J.; Ascensão, F.; Revilla, E.. "Understanding the mechanisms behind road effects: linking occurrence with road mortality in owls". Animal Conservation 17 6 (2014): 555-564. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acv.12120/abstract. Published • 10.1111/acv.12120 Ascensão, Fernando; Grilo, Clara; LaPoint, Scott; Tracey, Jeff; Clevenger, Anthony P.; Santos-Reis, Margarida; Pandit, Maharaj K.. "Inter-Individual Variability of Stone Marten Behavioral Responses to a Highway". PLoS ONE 9 7 (2014): e103544-e103544. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0103544. Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0103544 Ascensão, Fernando; Clevenger, Anthony; Santos-Reis, Margarida ; Urbano, Paulo; Jackson, Nathan; Fernando Ascensão, PhD; Fernando Ascensão; et al. "Wildlife–vehicle collision mitigation: Is partial fencing the answer? An agent-based model approach". Ecological Modelling 257 nd (2013): 36-43. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380013001294. Published • 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.02.026 Grilo, Clara; Sousa, Joana; Ascensão, Fernando; Matos, Hugo; Leitão, Inês; Pinheiro, Paula; Costa, Monica; et al. "Individual Spatial Responses towards Roads: Implications for Mortality Risk". PLoS ONE 7 9 (2012): e43811-e43811. Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0043811 Fernando Ascensão; Anthony P Clevenger; Clara Grilo; Joel Filipe; Margarida Santos-Reis; Ascensão, Fernando; Clevenger, Anthony; et al. "Highway verges as habitat providers for small mammals in agrosilvopastoral environments". Biodiversity and Conservation 21 14 (2012): 3681-3697. https://publons.com/publon/7608134/. Published • 10.1007/S10531-012-0390-3 Grilo, Clara; Ascensão, Fernando; Santos-Reis, Margarida ; Bissonette, John A.; Clara Grilo; Fernando Ascensão; Margarida Santos-Reis; John A. Bissonette. "Do well-connected landscapes promote road-related mortality?". European Journal of Wildlife Research 57 4 (2010): 707-716. https://publons.com/publon/7575234/. Published • 10.1007/s10344-010-0478-6 Ascensão, Fernando; Mira, António. "Factors affecting culvert use by vertebrates along two stretches of road in southern Portugal". Ecological Research 22 1 (2006): 57-66. Published • 10.1007/s11284-006-0004-1
Preprint	F. Mestre; V.A.G. Bastazini; F. Ascensão. "Wildlife-vehicle collisions simplify regional food webs". 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.07.583843. 10.1101/2024.03.07.583843
Report	Ascensão, Fernando; Barton M; Crossman K; Edgecomb M; Elmqvist T; Gonzalez A; Guneralp B; et al. 2018. Nature in the Urban Century - A global assessment of where and how to conserve nature for biodiversity and human wellbeing. https://www.nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/TNC_NatureintheUrbanCentury_FullReport.pdf. Grilo, Clara; Ascensão, Fernando; Sousa, Joana; Matos, Hugo; Reto, Dyana; Filipe, Joel; Serronha, Ana; Mateus, Ana; Leitão, Inês. 2010. Eficácia de medidas de minimização dos efeitos negativos das auto-estradas. Santos-Reis, Margarida ; Rosalino, Luís Miguel; Rebelo, Rui; Serrano, A.; Aguiar, C.; Magalhães, M. F.; Leal, A.; et al. 2009. The added value of non-matrix habitat fragments to the biodiversity of cork oak landscapes: conservation and management implications. 2nd Final Report (POCI and PPCDT/BIA-BDE/61122/2004). Oliveira, Manuel Mendes; Leitão, Teresa; Barbosa, Ana; Fernandes, João; Antunes, Sónia; Ascensão, Fernando; Mira, António. 2008. Avaliação da eficácia das medidas de minimização de impactes ambientais implementadas em Portugal. Base de Dados. Ascensão, Fernando; Mira, António. 2007. Medidas de Minimização de Impactes Ambientais de Rodovias Implementadas em Portugal. Mira, António; Galantinho, Ana; Silva, Ana; Encarnação, Cláudia; Ascensão, Fernando; Carvalho, Filipe; Mestre, Frederico; Costa, Mafalda. 2005. Monfurado Site, Conservation and Valorization of the Natural Heritage ¿ 2nd phase, Fauna Studies, Vol. II - Mammals (in Portuguese). Mira, António; Galantinho, Ana; Silva, Ana; Ascensão, Fernando; Mestre, Frederico; Godinho, Sérgio. 2004. Characterization of the Terrestrial Fauna for the Area of the Future Ota Airport and its Surroundings, Final Report - Mammals (in Portuguese). Mira, António; Galantinho, Ana; Silva, Ana; Encarnação, Cláudia; Ascensão, Fernando; Carvalho, Filipe; Mestre, Frederico; et al. 2004. ¿Monfurado Site. Conservation and Valorization of the Natural Heritage ¿ 2nd phase¿ (in Portuguese). Mira, António; Ascensão, Fernando; Alcobia, Sandra. 2003. Distribuição de Roedores e Insectívoros.

Other

Other output

Assessing the impact of roadkill on the persistence of wildlife populations: a case study on the giant anteater. 2022. Fernando Ascensao; Arnaud Desbiez. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.01.18.476626.
10.1101/2022.01.18.476626
Road encroachment mediates species occupancy, trait filtering and dissimilarity of songbird communities. 2022. Fernando Ascensão; Marcello D’Amico; Eloy Revilla; Henrique M. Pereira. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.01.14.476305.
10.1101/2022.01.14.476305
gDefrag: Graph-Based Landscape De-Fragmentation. Software (R package). 2018. Mestre, Frederico; Barbosa, A. Márcia; Ascensão, Fernando. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/gDefrag/index.html.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2022/10/10	Expansion of energy and transport infrastructure in tropical countries: an opportunity or threat for human development?	Gestão de recursos naturais na Amazónia: desafios e oportunidades Colégio Tropical da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/12/06	Human footprint as basal information for detecting connectivity corridors for large carnivores	XV Congreso de la SECEM SECEM - Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudo de los Mamíferos (Córdoba, Spain)
2021/02/18	Road Ecology in Urban context	Urban Ecology: the green within the city Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/01/13	Roads as overlooked drivers of change in bird communities	Infra Eco Network Europe (IENE) 2021 - International Conference Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2020/04	Large scale evidence that road encroachment is a driver of change of bird communities	Infrastructure and Ecology Network Europe (IENE) Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2019/12/06	Hacia una evaluación del riesgo a escala global de los impactos que las carreteras tienen sobre los Mustélidos	XIV congresso de la SECEM - Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos SECEM - Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos (Jaca, Spain)
2019/09/28	The impact of linear infrastructures on birds: an upgrade to population- and ecosystem-level research	XX Italian Congress of Ornithology Italian Centre for Ornithological Studies and ARDEA Association (Nápoles, Italy)
2019	Environmental stewardship within the Belt and Road Initiative	African Conference for Linear Infrastructure and Ecology (ACLIE) (Kruger, South Africa)
2019	gDefrag: A graph-based tool to help defragmenting landscapes divided by linear infrastructures.	IV Conferência Ibérica de Ecologia da Paisagem (Faro, Portugal)
2019	Roads as overlooked drivers of change in bird communities	15th European Ecological Federation Congress (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019	Towards a worldwide risk assessment of road-related impacts on mustelid species	33rd European Mustelid Colloquium (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019	Environmental Risks, Challenges and Opportunities along the African Belt and Road Initiative	Uncovering Pathways of Change along the Belt and Road - Summer School Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Venice, Italy)
2018	Frontiers for conservation: targeting European borders as conservation areas	IENE international conferences on ecology and transportation (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
2018	Understanding animal-road interactions for proper mitigation: saving the Giant Anteater	5th European Congress of Conservation Biology (Jyväskylä, Finland)
2017	Synergistic effect of different linear infrastructures on the presence probability of mammals	XIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos (SECEM) (Guadalajara, Spain)
2017	New perspectives in Road ecology: the need for a switch to population- and ecosystem-level research.	4th Conference of the Study Center for Ecological Networks (Pettorano sul Gizio, Italy)
2017	Predicting Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions Using Occupancy Models	International Conference on Ecology & Transportation (ICOET) (Salt Lake City, United States)
2016	Wide-ranging mammals: how to deal with road-kills?	IENE - International Conference on Ecology and Transportation (Lyon, France)
2016	Connecting pristine forest areas to face climate change effects under high uncertainty: A case study with arthropods in Terceira Island	Island Biology 2016 - II International Conference on Island Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation University of the Azores (Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal)
2014	Impactos das estradas nas rapinas noturnas e as implicações na viabilidade das populações.	(Portugal)
2014	Movement behavior of Montane Akodont near roads: pavement or edge effect?	(Sweden)
2011	Individual space use behavior: assessing sensitivities and vulnerabilities to roads	Symposium “Quantifying the impacts of roads and traffic on biodiversity” of the 25th International Congress Conservation Biology (Auckland, New Zealand)
2011	Disentangling TIME and TRAFFIC volume effects on road genetic differentiation	Symposium “Quantifying the impacts of roads and traffic on biodiversity” of the 25th International Congress Conservation Biology (Auckland, New Zealand)
2010	Road effects and mitigation: responses of owls and carnivores	IUFRO – Landscape Ecology International Conference (Bragança, Portugal)
2010	Forest fragmentation and wildlife population connectivity in southern Portugal: a comparative landscape genetics approach	UFRO – Landscape Ecology International Conference (Bragança, Portugal)
2010	Highway verges: safe refuges or effective barriers for small mammals?	UFRO – Landscape Ecology International Conference (Bragança, Portugal)
2009	How Do Major Roads Affect Barn Owls? Distribution, Space Use, Food Source and Mortality	International Conference on Ecology & Transportation (ICOET) (Duluth, United States)
2009	Stone martens and highway interactions: home range configurations and crossing movements	27th Mustelid Colloquium Centro de Biologia Ambiental/Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2009	Do highways work as barriers for stone marten movements? Yes, and more than what may look….	IX Jornadas de la SECEM (Bilbao, Espanha, Spain)
2009	Efeito da rede viária na Coruja-das-torres Tyto alba. Distribuição, disponibilidade ambiental, áreas vitais e mortalidade	VI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA e IV Congresso Ibérico de Ornitologia Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Elvas, Portugal)
2008	The role of landscape permeability for stone marten's conservation: Patch occupancy and road mortality risk	US-IALE 2008 Landscape Patterns and Ecosystem Processes (Madison, United States)
2008	Road mortality and permeability for otters (Lutra lutra) in a Mediterranean region	EOW´08 European otter workshop (Moravske Toplice, Slovenia)
2008	Valor aditivo dos habitats não matriz para a biodiversidade do montado de sobro	11º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia Universidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)
2006	Predictive model of amphibian road-crossing hotspots: a case study in southern Portugal	1st European Congress of Conservation Biology (Eger, Hungary)
2005/10/13	Mortalidade da fauna por atropelamento: síntese dos estudos realizados em Portugal	Seminário Infra-estruturas lineares e biodiversidade Universidade de Évora (Évora)
2005	Monitorização do impacte das rodovias nas aves de rapina no Sul de Portugal	Seminário Infra-estruturas lineares e biodiversidade Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2003	Variação espacial da mortalidade de vertebrados por atropelamento numa estrada do alto alentejo	8º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia (Évora, Portugal)
2003	Impacto da mortalidade por atropelamento nas aves de rapina nocturnas (Ordem Strigiformes) no Sul de Portugal	IV Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA/II Jornadas Ibéricas de Ornitologia (Aveiro, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/11/01 - Current	Effect of formal and informal recreational trails on the vegetation of the Serras de Aire e Candeeiros Natural Park Supervisor	Conservation Biology (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/11 - Current	Assisted colonization as a tool for adaptation to climatic changes: assessment of environmental conditions for the introduction of Aragania spinosa, Picconia azorica and Picconia excelsa species in Portugal Supervisor	Conservation Biology (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/11/01 - 2021	Roads as a driver of changes in the bird community and disruptors of ecosystem services provision Supervisor	Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2019 - 2021	Impact of recreational trails in flora distribution and composition: study case in Brijuni National Park, Croatia Supervisor	Ce3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Portugal
2019 - 2020	Padrões de desflorestação e sua relação com redes rodoviárias e ferroviárias Supervisor	Ce3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Portugal
2017 - 2018	Dinâmica de Atropelamento de Fauna Silvestre no Entorno de Unidades de Conservação do Distrito Federal Co-supervisor	Ecologia (PhD) Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
2016 - 2017	The relative importance of clade age, ecology and life-history traits in mammalian species richness Co-supervisor	Biologia Evolutiva e do Desenvolvimento (Master) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2016 - 2017	Predicting the need to adapt Natura 2000 to Climate Change – A quantitative analysis in Azores Supervisor	Ecologia e Gestão Ambiental (Master) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2013 - 2013	Landscapes genetics in conservation Workshop (Other)
2011 - 2011	Road ecology: improving connectivity Symposium (Other)
2008 - 2008	Road Ecology and Carnivores Symposium (Other)
2005 - 2005	Linear infra-structures and biodiversity Symposium (Other)

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2019/10/24 - 2019/10/25	Las infraestructuras lineales de transporte constituyen hoy en día una de las grandes amenazas a la biodiversidad a nivel mundial. El número de kilómetros lineales de carreteras continúa incrementando. De hecho, se prevé que los sesenta y cuatro millones de kilómetros estimados en la actualidad aumenten en veinticinco millones más de aquí a 2050. Symposium	Mortalitat de fauna en vies de transport España Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica, Spain Generalitat de Catalunya Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat, Spain
2017/06/08 - 2017/06/08	Tem-se registado nas últimas décadas um aumento e diversificação de problemas com pragas e doenças nas nossas florestas, assim como em árvores urbanas. Um fenómeno com consequências por vezes dramáticas na sua gestão e sustentabilidade. Daqui resultam avultados impactos económicos e sociais. Seminar	Pragas e Doenças Emergentes em Sistemas Florestais Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
2011/09/26 - 2011/09/28	Análise de GIS	Análise SIG com Quantum GIS/GRASS Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2008/05/08 - 2008/05/09	Curso em Landscape Genetics Workshop	Mini-Course on Landscape Genetics Universidade de Lisboa Museu Nacional de História Natural, Portugal
2008/03/03 - 2008/03/14	Curso de análise de dados ministrado pelo Dr. Alain Zuur and Dr. Elena Ieno Workshop	Data Analysis Tools in Ecology
2007/12/10 - 2007/12/13	Introdução ao software R Workshop	Curso Software R Universidade de Lisboa Museu Nacional de História Natural, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2023	Expansion of an invasive crayfish and decline of two native amphibians in the Grândola mountain range (Thesis) Main arguer	Bruno Miguel Calhau Correia Pinto (Master) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/06/30	Biodiversity Risks and Safeguards of Global Infrastructure Finance (Thesis) Main arguer	Divya Narain (PhD) The University of Queensland, Australia
2022/01/25	Developing methods to assess and monitor wildlife mortality from linear infrastructure (Thesis) Arguer	Vivianne Eilers (PhD) University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
2020/07/31	Impactos de rodovias na mastofauna: espaço, tempo, estrutura viária, paisagem e genética (Thesis) Arguer	Helio Kinast Cruz Secco (PhD) Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2020	Roadkill risk of capybaras in an urban environment (Thesis) Arguer	Ana Carolina França Balbino da Silva (Master) Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
2019/04/22	Estimativa populacional e magnitude de atropelamentos em duas espécies ameaçadas de anfíbios (Thesis) Main arguer	Júlia Diniz Beduschi Travassos Alves (Master) Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2018	Mapping Species Distribution Ranges by Means of Heterogeneous Data (Thesis) Main arguer	Laura Ríos (PhD) Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2016/10/21	Padrões de mortalidade de répteis em uma rodovia do sul do Brasil (Thesis) Arguer	Larissa Oliveira Gonçalves (Other) Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Brazil
2013/09/27	Does shape and scale of analysis unit affect the consistency of the factors influencing small vertebrate road-kills? (Thesis) Main arguer	Thálita Resende Cardoso (Master) Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2020/09/01 - Current	Colégio Tropical da Universidade de Lisboa (CTROP)	Researcher
2019 - Current	Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (SPECO)
2017 - Current	Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos (SECEM)
2011/04 - Current	Society for Conservation Biology

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2020/09/01 - 2021/01/14	Infra Eco Network Europe (IENE) 2021 - International Conference	Universidade de Évora

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2020/02/27 - Current	Ecology	Biologia (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019/03/09 - 2019/03/09	Conservação Aplicada de Espécies	(Graduado)	Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
2015 - 2015	Bases para desenho experimental e análise dos dados	Extensão e divulgação científica (Curso médio)	Centro Brasileiro de Estudos em Ecologia de Estradas – CBEE (UFLA), Brazil

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2019 - 2019	Juri of research projects - Serbia Evaluator	Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia (SF), Serbia
2018 - 2018	Juri of research projects - Poland Evaluator	National Science Center Poland (NCN), Poland	National Science Center Poland (NCN)
2018 - 2018	Juri of research projects - Sweden Evaluator	Naturvardsverket, Sweden	Naturvardsverket

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2019/09 - 2020/04	Bird electrocution in power lines	Larissa Biasotto

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2021/09/10 - 2021/09/10	Thesis Panel (Banca de Qualificação) de William Lelles da Costa pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Análise e Modelagem de Sistemas Ambientais da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

Distinctions

Award

2021	Best oral presenter IENE International Conference, Portugal