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Fernanda Garcia is an ecologist specializing in ecology and conservation of mammals, particularly ungulates, their role in the ecosystem, and focusing on human-wildlife interactions. She completed her PhD in Ecology in 2023 at the University of Coimbra. Fernanda has expanded her research profile through active participation in scientific dissemination, international collaborations and large-scale projects, focusing on different topics from sexual segregation, population monitorization, diet, behaviour, activity patters, hormones expression and metals accumulation and focusing on several animal species including red deer, roe deer, wild boar, bats, Garrano horses, foxes and several carnivore species. Currently she is a researcher on the EuropeLAND project. Fernanda has (co)authored peer-reviewed papers, five as the first and corresponding author, all published in Q1 journals, including Integrative Zoology, European Journal of Wildlife Research and Global Ecology and Conservation. These works address key ecological topics, such as red deer activity patterns, their role in promoting biodiversity through native seed dispersal, and the complexity of sexual segregation in ungulates, with international collaborations. Her work has been recognized with several awards. Fernanda has also contributed to the academic community by mentoring several master’s and bachelor’s students, supporting their field and/or laboratory work and data analysis. In addition, she has participated in outreach activities, dynamized several workshops, and public engagements, highlighting her dedication to bridging scientific knowledge with society. She continues to build her profile as an ecologist dedicated to advancing mammalian ecology and promoting sustainable ecosystem management and human well-being.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Fernanda Fernandes Garcia
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Garcia, Fernanda

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
311A-008D-207A
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8470-0693

Email addresses

  • fernandagarcia377@gmail.com (Professional)
  • fgarcia@uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centre for Functional Ecology. Largo Marques de Pombal, 3004-517 , Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2017 - 2023
Concluded
 Biociências (Doutoramento)
Major in Ecologia
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"The ecological role of red deer on ecosystem services in Mediterranean environments" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado com distinção e louvor
2014 - 2016
Concluded
 Ecologia (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Sexual segregation in red deer: a question of food?" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2011 - 2014
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/05/01 - Current Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
2017/09 - 2023 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/07 - 2017/04 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2014/03 - 2014/06 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/07/26 - 2024/04/26 F4F: FOREST for FUTURE - Reforço da capacitação de atores e redes de promoção de ações de desenvolvimento: pilot project: MyFORESt - Mapeamento e avaliação dos serviços de ecossistema florestais
PDR2020-20.2.3-FEADER-045931
Research Fellow
CENTRO 2020 - CCDRC
Concluded
2017/10 - 2021/11 DeerES - The ecological role of red deer on ecosystem services in Mediterranean environments
SFRH/BD/131627/2017
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/05/01 - Current EUROPE-LAND - Towards Sustainable Land-use Strategies in the Context of Climate Change and Biodiversity Challenges in Europe
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Horizon 2020
Ongoing
2022 - 2023/06 F4F: FOREST for FUTURE - Reforço da capacitação de atores e redes de promoção de ações de desenvolvimento: pilot project: MyFORESt – Mapeamento e avaliação dos serviços de ecossistema florestais
PDR2020-20.2.3-FEADER-045931
Prestador de serviços
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
 CENTRO 2020 - CCDRC
2020 - 2022 BiodiversIRES - To quantify aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity in IRES at the global scale
Colaborador
2020 - 2021 MultiForest - A Multifuncionalidade da Floresta - Potencialidade e Valorização dos Bens e Serviços dos Ecossistemas Florestais em Portugal
PDR2020-20.2.3-FEADER-045931
Colaborador
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
 PDR2020 - Programa de Desenvolvimento Rural 2014 - 2020
Concluded
2016 - 2019 POLL-OLE-GI - Pollinator Protection and Ecosystem Services in the SUDOE Region: the role of Green Infrastructure in the Sustainability of Oleaginous Agroecosystems
SOE1/P5/E0129
Colaborador
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2025/02 - Current Programa de reordenamento e gestão da paisagem da Serra de Montemuro, Alto Paiva e Vouga
Membro da equipa setorial da Universidade de Coimbra
2015 - Current Acompanhamento dos atos cinegéticos para monitorização biológica e fisiológica da população de veado da Serra da Lousã
Colaborador
2024/01/14 - 2024/01/27 CERES the international project (Conservation, Education, Recreation, Environmental, Sustainability). Research project on bat conservation.
Participação
Ongoing
2024/01/10 - 2024/01/14 XXIII International Winter Bat Census in Nietoperek, Poland, by invitation
Participação
Ongoing
2023 - 2024 C-4ASES - Caça - Ambiente, Saúde, Economia e Sociedade
Colaborador
Fundo Ambiental
2023/06 - 2023/06 CERES the international project (Conservation, Education, Recreation, Environmental, Sustainability). Research project on bat conservation.
.
Participação
Ongoing
2022 - 2023 C3C - Caça - Capacitação, competitividade e comunicação
Colaborador
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
 Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas IP
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Raquel Juan-Ovejero; Filipa Reis; Catarina Coelho; Fernanda Garcia; Anabela Paula; Filipe Covelo; Paula Castro; et al. "Assessing the below- and aboveground effects of landscape fragmentation in central Portugal". Paper presented in Encontro Anual de Ciências do Solo, 2024.
  2. Marcus Frazão; Fernanda Garcia; António Alves da Silva; R. Godinho; Joana Alves; P. Vaz Pinto. "Feeding behaviour of Hippotragus niger variani". Paper presented in XX Congress of the Portuguese Ethological Society, 2023.
  3. Daniel Ricardo; António Alves da Silva; Fernanda Garcia; Joana Alves. "Do anthropogenic pressures affect the roaring behaviour of red deer?". Paper presented in IX meet.Eco, 2023.
  4. Luis Coimbra; António Alves da Silva; Fernanda Garcia; Catarina Coelho; Joana Alves. "Behaviour ecology and population dynamics of the European Muflon (Ovis aries musimon)". Paper presented in IX meet.Eco, 2023.
  5. Garcia, Fernanda; António Alves da Silva; José Paulo Sousa; Alves, Joana. "Red deer as an ecosystem service provider in the Lousã mountain". Paper presented in IX meet.Eco, 2023.
  6. Garcia, Fernanda; António Alves da Silva; José Paulo Sousa; Alves, Joana. "Provision of soil ecosystem services by red deer - Lousã mountain as a study case". Paper presented in 4º ESP Europe Conference, 2022.
  7. Garcia, Fernanda; António Alves da Silva; José Paulo Sousa; Alves, Joana. "Is red deer's herbivory shaping the ecosystem? A trait-based analysis". Paper presented in VII meet.Eco, Coimbra, 2021.
  8. Cunha-Mendes, Maria; Fernanda Garcia; António Alves da Silva; Peter Sunde; Kent Olsen; Sofia Relvas; Inês Silva; José Paulo Sousa; Joana Alves. "Sexual segregation patterns of red deer: Deciphering species-specific and population-specific patterns". Paper presented in VII meet.Eco, Coimbra, 2021.
  9. Fernanda Garcia; António Alves da Silva; José Paulo Sousa; Joana Alves. "The role of red deer as an ecosystem service provider through seed dispersal - Endozoochory as a case study". Paper presented in XV Congresso Nacional de la AEET, Spain, 2021.
  10. Fernanda Garcia; António Alves da Silva; José Paulo Sousa; Joana Alves. "Is red deer a seed disperser? Endozoochory as a study case". Paper presented in XXIII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia, Online, 2021.
  11. Fernanda Garcia; António Alves da Silva; José Paulo Sousa; Joana Alves. "A review of the ecological role of red deer as an ecosystem service provider". Paper presented in V meet.Eco, Coimbra, 2019.
  12. Lucie Mota; Silvia Castro; João Loureiro; Catarina Siopa; Fernanda Garcia; Liliana Almeida; Joana Alves; et al. "“POLL-Ole:GI SUDOE: rural green infrastructures for the improvement of pollination services". Paper presented in 1st Iberian Meeting in Agroecological Research, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Fernanda Garcia; António Alves da Silva; Helena Freitas; José Paulo Sousa; Joana Alves. "The essential, but complex, role of red deer as an ecosystem service provider: A comprehensive review across Europe". European Journal of Wildlife Research 71 46 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-025-01922-7.
  2. Joana Alves; Ana Daniela Pavón; Daniel Ricardo; António Alves da Silva; Tiago Natal-da-Luz; Rúben Mina; Fernanda Garcia; et al. "Exposure assessment of metals in cave-dwelling bats: Worldwide relevance of local knowledge". Environmental Pollution 369 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.125807.
  3. Fernanda Garcia; António Alves da Silva; José Paulo Sousa; Joana Alves. "The role of wild red deer on soil physical properties in a Mediterranean ecosystem: Insights from a Portuguese mountain". Integrative Zoology (2024): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12894.
  4. Fernanda Garcia; António Alves da Silva; Ruben Heleno; José Paulo Sousa; Joana Alves. "Red deer as a disperser of native, but not invasive plants' seeds". Integrative Zoology (2023): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12729.
  5. Fernanda Garcia; António Alves da Silva; Helena Freitas; José Paulo Sousa; Joana Alves. "The effect of COVID-19 confinement on the activity behaviour of red deer". Global Ecology and Conservation 45 (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02525.
  6. Fernanda Garcia; António Alves da Silva; Kathreen Ruckstuhl; Peter Neuhaus; Catarina Coelho; Muyang Wang; José Paulo Sousa; Joana Alves. "Differences in the diets of female and male red deer: The meaning for sexual segregation". Biology 12 4 (2023): 540. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12040540.
Manual
  1. Joana Alves; António Alves da Silva; Fernanda Garcia; Daniel Ricardo; Catarina Coelho. Manual de monitorização de espécies de caça maior. Portugal. 2023.
Report
  1. Joana Alves; António Alves da Silva; Fernanda Garcia. 2023. Monitorização de populações de cervideos.
  2. Poll-Ole-GI (team). 2019. Rural Green Infrastructures for Pollinator Protection. Policy Guide.
  3. Poll-Ole-GI (team). 2019. Rural Green Infrastructures for Pollinator Protection. Technical Guide.
  4. Fernanda Garcia; António Alves da Silva; Joana Alves. 2017. Densidade populacional e distribuição de corço na Zona de Caça Municipal de Vila Nova.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "The ecological role of red deer on ecosystem services in Mediterranean environments". PhD, 2023.
  2. "Sexual segregation in red deer - A question of food?". Master, 2016.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/11/25 Panteha Ardani, Fernanda Garcia, António Alves da Silva, Helena Freitas, José Paulo Sousa, Joana Alves. "Habitat quality and prey presence drive red fox activity patterns and predator-prey interactions." XXIII ENE (Encontro Nacional de Ecologia)
SPECO (Porto, Portugal)
2024/11/25 Rodrigo Velar, Daniel Ricardo, António Alves da Silva, Fernanda Garcia, Catarina Coelho, Marcus Frazão, Joana Alves. "Space and Time: How red and fallow deer share their world" XXIII ENE (Encontro Nacional de Ecologia)
SPECO (Porto, Portugal)
2024/11/25 Michaela Petropoulou, António Alves da Silva, Fernanda Garcia, Filipa Reis, Catarina Coelho, Anabela Paula, Paula Castro, Helena Freitas, José Paulo Sousa, Joana Alves. "Shades of Green: Exploring biodiversity in different forest areas." XXIII ENE (Encontro Nacional de Ecologia)
SPECO (Porto, Portugal)
2024/11/25 Tomás Correia, Luciana Frazão, Fernanda Garcia, António Alves da Silva, Joana Alves. "Impacts of environmental factors on endangered amphibians Chioglossa lusitanica and Rana iberica occurrence and abundance in the Lousã Mountain" XXIII ENE (Encontro Nacional de Ecologia)
SPECO (Porto, Portugal)
2024/09/06 Fernanda Garcia, António Alves da Silva, Daniel Ricardo, Catarina Coelho, Anabela Paula, Paula Castro, Helena Freitas, José Paulo Sousa, Joana Alves. "Insights into bat occurrence across heterogeneous landscapes in Central Portugal" 16th EBRS (European Bat Research Symposium)
(Tarragona, Spain)
2024/09/03 Joana Alves, Ana Daniela Pavón, Daniel Ricardo, António Alves da Silva, Tiago Natal-da-Luz, Rúben Mina, Fernanda Garcia, Paulo Barros, Sandra Faria, João Alexandre Cabral , José Paulo Sousa. "Exposure assessment of metals in cave-dwelling bats" 16th EBRS (European Bat Research Symposium)
(Tarragona, Spain)
2024/09/03 Tomasz Kokurewicz, Fernanda Garcia, Daniel Ricardo, Axel Bamberger, Astrid Blum, António Alves da Silva, Grzegorz Apoznanski, Monika Gósrska, Sandra Krzeminska, Joana Alves. "The world is changing - the phenomenon of winter feeding in the largest colony of lesser horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros) in Portugal" 16th EBRS (European Bat Research Symposium)
(Tarragona, Spain)
2024/02/14 Outreach event: Does people affect red deer's activity behaviour? A case study during the COVID-19 DCV talks
University of Coimbra (Portugal)
2023/12/13 Outreach event: Red deer as a disperser of native, but not invasive plants' seeds DCV talks
Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/11/23 Fernanda Garcia, António Alves da Silva, Helena Freitas, José Paulo Sousa, Joana Alves. "The effect of COVID-19 confinement on the activity behaviour of red deer" XXII ENE (Encontro Nacional de Ecologia)
SPECO (Faro, Portugal)
2023/11/22 Daniel Ricardo, António Alves da Silva, Fernanda Garcia, Joana Alves. "Red deer roaring and noise: effect of anthropogenic pressures on roaring behaviour of red deer" XXII ENE (Encontro Nacional de Ecologia)
SPECO (Faro, Portugal)
2023/10/28 Outreach event: O curioso mundo dos veados Confraria dos Ungulados, Javali e Castanha, Lousã
Confraria dos Ungulados, Javali e Castanha (Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/10/18 The ecological role of ungulates as ecosystem service providers and the COVID-19 effect: the case study of red deer Field course in Mediterranean Ecosystems
Idanha-a-Nova (Portugal)
2022/04/09 Fernanda Garcia, António Alves da Silva, Helena Freitas, José Paulo Sousa, Joana Alves. "The increased search for cultural ecosystem services during COVID-19 confinement: what is the cost?" Mammal Society’s 67th Annual Conference
Mammal Society (Online, Portugal)
2021/12/03 Fernanda Garcia, António Alves da Silva, José Paulo Sousa, Joana Alves. "O veado e a provisão de serviços dos ecossistemas: Qual o seu papel nos serviços do solo?" XX ENE (Encontro Nacional de Ecologia)
(Ponte de Lima, Portugal)
2021/10/12 The ecological role of ungulates as ecosystem service providers: the case study of red deer Field course in Mediterranean Ecosystems
(Idanha - a - Nova, Portugal)
2020/12/10 Fernanda Garcia, António Alves da Silva, José Paulo Sousa, Joana Alves. "The role of red deer as an ecosystem service provider in a Mediterranean plant community" XIX ENE (Encontro Nacional de Ecologia)
(Online, Portugal)
2020/10/20 Red deer as an ecosystem service provider - Herbivory and seed dispersal Field course in Mediterranean Ecosystems
(Foz Côa, Portugal)
2020/06/06 Outreach event: Ungulates behaviour and ecology Online presentation for the commemoration of the International day of Ungulates
2020/02/26 The ecological role of red deer on ecosystem services in Mediterranean environments Field course in Mediterranean Ecosystems
(Foz Côa, Portugal)
2019/10/19 Outreach event: O veado na serra da Lousã - Ecologia e comportamento Hunting event
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/11/15 Fernanda Garcia, António Alves da Silva, José Paulo Sousa, Joana Alves. "Segregação sexual no veado: Uma questão de alimentação?" Seminário Life Relict
(Évora, Portugal)
2018/10/19 Fernanda Garcia, António Alves da Silva, José Paulo Sousa, Joana Alves. "Can feeding behaviour of males and females be the reason behind sexual segregation in red deer?" SPE 2018 - XV congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/04/26 Outreach event: O papel do veado na provisão de serviços de ecossistemas 7º PubhD Coimbra
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/03/06 Fernanda Garcia, António Alves da Silva, José Paulo Sousa, Joana Alves. "Sexual segregation in red deer: A question of food?" 5th Young Natural History Scientists Meeting
(Paris, France)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/11/16 - 2023/11/16 Dynamization of the workshop "A multifuncionalidade da caça em Portugal" (2023)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
2016/12/05 - 2016/12/05 Member of the organizing team of the mundial soil day at University of Coimbra (2016 - 2016)
Exhibition
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/07 - 2016/07 Member of the organizing team of the workshop "A vida escondida no solo - O mundo debaixo dos nossos pés" - Science museum of University of Coimbra (2016 - 2016)
Other
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2016/05 - 2016/05 Member of the organizing team of the activity "Há vida escondida nos Solos", through the programme of "Chá das três" of the Science museum of University of Coimbra (2016 - 2016)
Other
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2015/06/16 - 2015/06/19 Volunteer in organization of the 4° Iberian Meeting of Ecology (2015/06 - 2015/06)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2025/03/26 - 2025/03/26 Responsable for the workshop "Bat(man) no Choupal", organised by Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia
Workshop
Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia, Portugal
2024/11/23 - 2024/11/23 Responsable for the workshop "Técnicas de amostragem em mamíferos", organised in the X meet.Eco
Workshop
 X meet.Eco
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/11/23 - 2024/11/23 Outreach activity: "speed meetings", by invitation, organised in the X meet.Eco, Coimbra, explaining my academic path and research
Meeting
 X meet.Eco
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Portugal
2024/11/23 - 2024/11/23 Dynamization of the workshop “Workshop de mamíferos na RNPA”
Workshop
 Centro de Interpretação da Reserva Natural do Paul de Arzila, Coimbra
2024/11/11 - 2024/11/11 Attendee in the "Tracking bats across Europe: Methods and new developments" webinar
OneBat, Portugal
2024/10/23 - 2024/10/23 Outreach event: Mamíferos fantásticos e… Como os encontrar!
Other
 Encontros com Cientistas program, held by UC Exploratório – Centro de Ciência Viva da Universidade de Coimbra
2024/10/15 - 2024/10/15 Attendee in the "Formação iiiUC: Competências e Ferramentas de Inteligência Artificial em Investigação" webinar
Seminar
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/09/27 - 2024/09/27 Outreach event: BEWild, May the Wildlife Be with You!
Meeting
 European Researcher’s Night
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/09/25 - 2024/09/25 Attendee in the "Move, Adapt, or Die: How Animals Cope With Climate Change" webinar
Seminar
The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2024/09/14 - 2024/09/14 Outreach event: BEWild with us: Uma expedição ao mundo dos mamíferos
Other
 Ecology day
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/05/27 - 2024/05/27 Outreach event: Quem é Quem? À descoberta dos mamíferos!
Other
 Cientificamente Provável program
2024/05/14 - 2024/05/14 Outreach event: Mamíferos fantásticos e… Como os encontrar!
Other
 Encontros com Cientistas program, held by UC Exploratório – Centro de Ciência Viva da Universidade de Coimbra
2024/03/21 - 2024/03/21 Outreach event: Biodiversidade e importância da fauna nas florestas
Other
 Forest Day
2024/03/14 - 2024/03/14 Outreach event: Mamíferos fantásticos e onde encontrá-los
Other
 Escola Dr. Bissaya Barreto, Castanheira de Pêra, Portugal
2023/12/05 - 2023/12/05 Outreach event: Os nossos mamíferos
Other
 Soil Mundial day
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/11/18 - 2023/11/18 Outreach activity: "speed meetings", by invitation, organised in the IX meet.Eco, Coimbra, explaining my academic path and PhD research
Meeting
 IX meet.Eco
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/11/18 - 2023/11/18 Responsable for the workshop "Técnicas de amostragem em mamíferos", organised in the IX meet.Eco
Workshop
 IX meet.Eco
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/10/12 - 2023/10/12 Attendee in the "Bat to the Future: Uniting nature neighbourhoods with Project NightWatch" webinar
Seminar
The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2023/10/05 - 2023/10/06 Supporting member in the field course in Mediterranean Ecosystems at Idanha-a-nova, in capture and identification of small mammals, and remote sensing techniques (camera traps and audiomoths)
Other
 Field course in Mediterranean Ecosystems
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/09/29 - 2023/09/29 Outreach event: Mamíferos fantásticos e onde encontrá-los
Meeting
 European Researcher’s Night
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/08/25 - 2023/08/25 Attendee in the "The Highland Tiger: Insights from the Saving Wildcats Project" webinar
Seminar
The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2023/07/28 - 2023/07/28 Attendee in the "Black and White: A deep dive into orca behaviour and conservation" webinar
Seminar
The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2023/06/30 - 2023/06/30 Attendee in the "Detection dogs in conservation" webinar
Seminar
The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2023/05/17 - 2023/05/17 Attendee in the "Shrew and me: The rise of the greater white-toothed shrew" webinar
Seminar
The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2022/12/14 - 2022/12/14 Attendee in the "Deer of the United Kingdom" webinar
Seminar
The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2022/12/05 - 2022/12/05 Outreach event: Os nossos mamíferos
Other
 Soil Mundial day
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/11/19 - 2022/11/19 Outreach activity: "speed meetings", by invitation, organised in the VIII meet.Eco, Coimbra, explaining my academic path and PhD research
Meeting
 VIII meet.Eco
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/10/16 - 2022/10/18 Supporting member in the field course in Mediterranean Ecosystems at Idanha-a-nova, in capture and identification of small mammals, and remote sensing techniques (camera traps and audiomoths)
Other
 Field course in Mediterranean Ecosystems
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/06/29 - 2022/06/29 Attendee in the "Everything You Wanted to Know About Badgers ... And More!" webinar
Seminar
The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2022/04/27 - 2022/04/27 Attendee in the "COVID 19 in Animals" webinar
Seminar
The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2022/04/10 - 2022/04/10 Attendee in the "Mammal tracks and signs" workshop
Workshop
 Mammal Society’s 67th Annual Conference
The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2022/04/10 - 2022/04/10 Attendee in the "Rewilding" workshop
Workshop
 Mammal Society’s 67th Annual Conference
The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2022/03/27 - 2022/03/27 Attendee in the "Riscos globais e perda de biodiversidade: que relação?" webinar
Seminar
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas IP, Portugal
2022/03/23 - 2022/03/23 Attendee in the "Hedgehogs: The Prickly Truth" webinar
Seminar
The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2022/03/21 - 2022/03/21 Attendee in the "Monitoring and Assessing Forest Health" webinar
Seminar
 Forest Europe webinar series
2022/03/15 - 2022/03/15 Attendee in the "Formação iiiUC: Gestão de Dados de Investigação" webinar
Seminar
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/03/02 - 2022/03/04 Attendee in the "Webinar de Escrita Científica - Princípios gerais para obter uma publicação científica" webinar
Seminar
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2022/02/23 - 2022/02/23 Attendee in the "Why Do Mammals Have Whiskers?" webinar
Seminar
The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2022/01/20 - 2022/01/20 Attendee in the "Write Up Your Paper in a Week (or Two)" webinar
Seminar
 Dr. Martina Michalikova and Dr. Kerstin Minnich from Germany
2022/01/06 - 2022/01/06 Attendee in the "Desbloqueadores de conversa para cientistas - Estratégias e suportes de comunicação de ciência com diferentes públicos-alvo" webinar
Seminar
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/11/27 - 2021/11/27 Outreach activity: "speed meetings", by invitation, organised in the VII meet.Eco, Coimbra, explaining my academic path and PhD research
Meeting
 VII meet.Eco
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/11/27 - 2021/11/27 Attendee in the "Foto-armadilhagem de animais selvagens" workshop
Workshop
 VII Met.Eco Coimbra
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/10/11 - 2021/10/15 Supporting member in the field course in Mediterranean Ecosystems at Idanha-a-nova, in capture and identification of small mammals, remote sensing techniques (camera traps and audiomoths), and mammal track analysis
Other
 Field course in Mediterranean Ecosystems
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09/24 - 2021/09/24 Outreach event: Os nossos mamíferos
Meeting
 European Researcher’s Night
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/05/27 - 2021/05/27 Attendee in the "Formação iiiUC - Ferramentas de apoio à investigação: Revisão Sistemática e Meta-Análise" webinar
Seminar
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/03/29 - 2021/03/29 Supporting member in the workshop "Remote sensing techniques applied to behavioral ecology of mammals"
Meeting
 XXIII Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia, Online
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/02/28 - 2021/02/28 Outreach activity: "speed meetings", by invitation, organised in the VI meet.Eco, Coimbra, explaining my academic path and PhD research
Meeting
 VI meet.Eco
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/11/30 - 2020/12/05 Participation in the week of commemoration of the Mundial soil day sharing online information about megafauna (https://www.facebook.com/labsolos/photos/a.475064362536928/3631556690220997/)
Other
 Mundial soil day
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/10/20 - 2020/10/20 Supporting member in the field course in Mediterranean Ecosystems at Foz Côa, in capture and identification of small mammals and also remote sensing techniques (camera traps and audiomoths)
Other
 Field course in Mediterranean Ecosystems
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/06/10 - 2020/06/11 Attendee in the "I SustaiNEBility:Project?Plan it!" webinar
Seminar
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/06/10 - 2020/06/11 Attendee in the "I SustaiNEBility:Project?Plan it!" webinar
Seminar
 Núcleo de estudantes of University of Coimbra
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/02/26 - 2020/02/26 Supporting member in the field course in Mediterranean Ecosystems at Foz Côa, in capture and identification of small mammals
Other
 Field course in Mediterranean Ecosystems
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/12/05 - 2019/12/05 Outreach event: Os nossos mamíferos
Other
 Soil Mundial Day
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/11/24 - 2019/11/24 Outreach activity: "speed meetings", by invitation, organised in the V meet.Eco, Coimbra, explaining my academic path and PhD research
Meeting
 V meet.Eco
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/11/23 - 2019/11/23 Supporting member in the workshop "Métodos e técnicas de censos em mamíferos"
Meeting
 V meet.Eco
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/03/08 - 2019/03/08 Supporting member in the field course in Mediterranean Ecosystems at Terra Chã - Serra dos Candeeiros, in identification of small mammals
Other
 Field course in Mediterranean Ecosystems
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/02/04 - 2019/02/08 Attendee in the course: Tópicos Avançados em Ecologia Aplicada "Module 2: Population Ecology in a changing world"
Other
 Curso avançado
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/01/08 - 2019/01/11 Attendee in the course: Tópicos Avançados em Ecologia Aplicada "Module 1: Behavioural adaptations to environmental changes"
Other
 Curso avançado
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Attendee in the course: The use of trait based approaches in community ecology and stress ecology
Other
 Curso avançado
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Attendee in the course: Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services
Other
 Curso avançado
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2017/12/16 - 2017/12/16 Supporting member of the workshop "Identificação de micromamíferos em plumadas: A coruja das torres como indicadora de biodiversidade" III meet.Eco
Meeting
 III meet.Eco
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2024 - Current Morcegos.PT Membership
2023 - Current The Mammal Society, United Kingdom Membership
2020 - Current SPECO - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia Membership

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2024/02/16 Na serra da Lousã, veados ajudam a dispersar sementes de espécies nativas Lusa - https://www.publico.pt/2024/02/16/azul/noticia/serra-lousa-veados-ajudam-dispersar-sementes-especies-nativas-2080555

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025 - Current Global Ecology and Conservation
2023 - Current Journal of Zoology

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2024 - 2024 Support in Bachelor project: Parasite analyses and identification in faecal samples of red deer (Cervus elaphus) Beatriz Ferrer
2022 - 2024 Support in Master thesis: Activity patterns of deer species in Portugal Rodrigo Velar
2022 - 2024 Support in Master thesis: Activity patterns and niche overlap of mesocarnivores in Central Portugal: a focus on red fox Panthea Ardani
2022 - 2024 Support in Master thesis: Shades of Green: Exploring biodiversity in different forest areas Michaela Petropoulou
2023 - 2023 Support in Bachelor project: Monitorização das populações de veado (Cervus elaphus) e de corço (Capreolus capreolus) na Serra da Lousã: relações interespecíficas Bruno Sarreira
2023 - 2023 Support in Bachelor project: Behavioural ecology and population dynamics of the European mouflon (Ovis musimon) Luís Coimbra
2023 - 2023 Support in Bachelor project: A caça como serviço dos ecossistemas: o seu valor cultural e económico no centro de Portugal Maria Castro
2021 - 2023 Support in Master thesis: Effect of anthropogenic pressures on roaring behaviour of red deer Daniel Ricardo
2022 - 2022 Support in Bachelor project: Avaliação de padrões de comportamento por tipo de grupo na espécie Cervus elaphus com o objetivo de estudar a segregação sexual Diogo Correia
2022 - 2022 Support in Bachelor project: Estudo da dieta do Garrano - Importância e metodologia Cristiano Sá
2020 - 2022 Support in Master thesis: Are male's roars honest signs of body and antler size in Cervus elaphus hispanicus Bernardo Machado
2020 - 2022 Support in Master thesis: Feeding behaviour of feral horses in Arga Mountain: differences in forage selection between sexes Rui Albuquerque
2021 - 2021 Support in Bachelor project: The role of red deer as seed dispersal Sofia Ramos
2019 - 2021 Support in Master thesis: Activity patterns of red and roe deer: differences between males and females Inês Silva
2019 - 2021 Support in Master thesis: Sexual segregation patterns of red deer: Deciphering species-specific and population-specific patterns Maria Inês Cunha
2020 - 2020 Support in Bachelor project: Techniques in ecology of mammals and its role on ecosystem services: analysis of seed dispersal Emilie Van Vyve
2018 - 2020 Support in Master thesis: Comportamento alimentar de Hippotragus niger variani Marcus Frazão
2017 - 2020 Support in Master thesis: Testing the activity budget hypothesis to explain the sexual segregation in red deer Sofia Relvas
2017 - 2020 Support in Master thesis: Acoustic Ecology of red deer in a Mediterranean landscape Raquel Miranda
2019 - 2019 Support in Bachelor project: Physical condition of red deer Thomas Pluym
2016 - 2017 Support in Master thesis: Ecology and feeding behaviour of the common otter Sandra Simões
2016 - 2017 Support in Master thesis: Avoidance behaviour of wild ungulates to roads: its effects on the spatial distribution and habitat use Raquel Oliveira
2016 - 2017 Support in Master thesis: Why are males and females turning their backs? Analysing sexual segregation in red deer using a physiological perspective Catarina Coelho
2016 - 2017 Support in Master thesis: Red deer and roe deer in Lousã mountain: Are they using the same ecological resources? Carolina Ribeiro
2014 - 2015 Support in Master thesis: Stress in red deer induced by human pressure Ana Sofia Vilela
Distinctions

Award

2021 Third place in the poster contest of the XXIII ENEB (Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia), Online
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021 Second place in the poster contest of the VII Meet.Eco, Coimbra.
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021 Second place in the oral presentation contest of the XX ENE (Encontro Nacional de Ecologia), Ponte de Lima
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal

Other distinction

2024 "Darwin" award - Gala Genes d'ouro
Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia, Portugal
2023 Honorable mention in the oral presentation contest XXII ENE Encontro Nacional de Ecologia
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal
2011 First place in the national contest "Saber com Normas", high school