Fernanda Fernandes Garcia (311A-008D-207A)

Curriculum Vitae

Fernanda Fernandes Garcia

Fernanda Garcia is a researcher at the Center for Functional Ecology at the University of Coimbra. Her career has focused on the ecology, behavior and conservation of mammals. She completed a degree in Biology, a Master's degree in Ecology and a PhD in Biosciences all at the University of Coimbra. She participates in several master's projects, and is part of several national and international research projects, mostly focusing on mammal ecology and behaviour. She is (co)author of several articles and scientific reports and has given several oral presentations and poster presentations at national and international conferences, some of which awarded.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Fernanda Fernandes Garcia
Date of birth: 1993/06/27
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)

Addresses

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

Websites

https://cfe.uc.pt/profile/members/1562 (Professional)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernanda-garcia-708686103/ (Social media)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)

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 Ongoing
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 https://doi.org/10.3030/101081307 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Ongoing
2024/01/14 - 2024/01/27	CERES the international project (Conservation, Education, Recreation, Environmental, Sustainability). Research project on bat conservation. Participação	Ongoing
2023/06 - 2023/06	CERES the international project (Conservation, Education, Recreation, Environmental, Sustainability). Research project on bat conservation. . Participação	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
2023 - Current	C-4ASES - Caça - Ambiente, Saúde, Economia e Sociedade Colaborador
2015 - Current	Acompanhamento dos atos cinegéticos para monitorização biológica e fisiológica da população de veado da Serra da Lousã Colaborador
2024/01/10 - 2024/01/14	XXIII International Winter Bat Census in Nietoperek, Poland, by invitation 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	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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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	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. Published 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. Published 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. Published
Manual	Joana Alves; António Alves da Silva; Fernanda Garcia; Daniel Ricardo; Catarina Coelho. Manual de monitorização de espécies de caça maior. Portugal. 2023.
Report	Joana Alves; António Alves da Silva; Fernanda Garcia. 2023. Monitorização de populações de cervideos. Poll-Ole-GI (team). 2019. Rural Green Infrastructures for Pollinator Protection. Policy Guide. Poll-Ole-GI (team). 2019. Rural Green Infrastructures for Pollinator Protection. Technical Guide. 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	"The ecological role of red deer on ecosystem services in Mediterranean environments". PhD, 2023. "Sexual segregation in red deer - A question of food?". Master, 2016.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/03/14	"Mamíferos fantásticos e onde encontrá-los"	Outreach event Escola Dr. Bissaya Barreto, Castanheira de Pera (Coimbra, Portugal)
2024/02/14	Does people affect red deer's activity behaviour? A case study during the COVID-19	DCV talks University of Coimbra (Portugal)
2023/12/13	Red deer as a disperser of native, but not invasive plants' seeds	DCV talks Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/11/23	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	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	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	The increased search for cultural ecosystem services during COVID-19 confinement: what is the cost?	Mammal Society’s 67th Annual Conference Mammal Society (Online)
2021/12/03	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	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	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	O veado na serra da Lousã - Ecologia e comportamento	Hunting event (Coimbra, Portugal)
2018/11/15	Segregação sexual no veado: Uma questão de alimentação?	Seminário Life Relict (Évora, Portugal)
2018/10/19	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	O papel do veado na provisão de serviços de ecossistemas	7º PubhD Coimbra (Coimbra)
2018/03/06	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
2023/12/05 - 2023/12/05	Presentation of megafauna "Os nossos mamíferos" at the Mundial Soil day at University of Coimbra Other	Mundial Soil day Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/11/18 - 2023/11/18	Presentation in the "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
2023/10/05 - 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	Presentation of megafauna "Mamíferos fantásticos e onde encontrá-los" at the European Researcher's Night Meeting	European Researcher’s Night Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/08/25 - 2023/08/25	Participation in the "The Highland Tiger: Insights from the Saving Wildcats Project" webinar Seminar	The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2023/07/28 - 2023/07/28	Participation 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	Participation in the "Detection dogs in conservation" webinar Seminar	The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2023/05/17 - 2023/05/17	Participation 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	Participation in the "Deer of the United Kingdom" webinar Seminar	The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2022/12/05 - 2022/12/05	Presentation of megafauna "Os nossos mamíferos" at the Mundial Soil day at University of Coimbra Other	Mundial Soil day Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/11/19 - 2022/11/19	Presentation in the "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	Participation in the "Everything You Wanted to Know About Badgers ... And More!" webinar Seminar	The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2022/04/27 - 2022/04/27	Participation in the "COVID 19 in Animals" webinar Seminar	The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2022/04/10 - 2022/04/10	Participation 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	Participation in the "Rewilding" workshop Workshop	Mammal Society’s 67th Annual Conference The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2022/03/27 - 2022/03/27	Participation 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	Participation in the "Hedgehogs: The Prickly Truth" webinar Seminar	The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2022/03/21 - 2022/03/21	Participation in the "Monitoring and Assessing Forest Health" webinar Seminar	Forest Europe webinar series
2022/03/15 - 2022/03/15	Participation in the "Formação iiiUC: Gestão de Dados de Investigação" webinar Seminar	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/03/02 - 2022/03/04	Participation 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	Participation in the "Why Do Mammals Have Whiskers?" webinar Seminar	The Mammal Society, United Kingdom
2022/01/20 - 2022/01/20	Participation 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	Participation 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	Presentation in the "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	Participation 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	Presentation of megafauna "Os nossos mamíferos" at the European Researcher's Night Meeting	European Researcher’s Night Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/05/27 - 2021/05/27	Participation 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	Presentation in the "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
2020/10/10 - 2020/10/18	Participation in the event of SPECO (Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia) celebrating the national week of invasive species, with an article for the website (https://www.speco.pt/pt/noticias/331-semana-nacional-sobre-especies-invasoras#participacoes) Other	National week of invasive species
2020/07/28 - 2020/07/28	Participation in the event of SPECO (Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia) celebrating the day of Ecology, with an article for the website (https://www.speco.pt/pt/iniciativas/318-dia-da-conservacao#fernanda-garcia) Other	Ecology day
2020/06/10 - 2020/06/11	Participation in the "I SustaiNEBility:Project?Plan it!" webinar Seminar	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2020/06/10 - 2020/06/11	Participation 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	Presentation of megafauna "Os nossos mamíferos" at the Mundial Soil day at University of Coimbra Other	Mundial soil day Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019/11/24 - 2019/11/24	Presentation in the "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	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	Course: Tópicos Avançados em Ecologia Aplicada "Module 1: Behavioural adaptations to environmental changes" Other	Curso avançado Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Course: The use of trait based approaches in community ecology and stress ecology Other	Curso avançado Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2018 - 2018	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
2023 - Current	Mammal Society, United Kingdom	Sócio
2020 - Current	SPECO - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia	Sócio

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2022 - Current	Support in Master thesis: Activity patterns of deer species in Portugal	Rodrigo Velar
2023 - 2023	Support in internship: Monitorização das populações de veado (Cervus elaphus) e de corço (Capreolus capreolus) na Serra da Lousã: relações interespecíficas	Bruno Sarreira
2023 - 2023	Support in internship: Behavioural ecology and population dynamics of the European mouflon (Ovis musimon)	Luís Coimbra
2023 - 2023	Support in internship: 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 internship: 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 internship: Estudo da dieta do Garrano - Importância e metodologia	Cristiano Sá
2022 - 2022	Support in internship: Que mamíferos na serra da Lousã? Análise de pegadas	Maria Castro
2022 - 2022	Support in internship: Sexual segregation of red deer	Diana Correia
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 internship: 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 internship: 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 internship: Physical condition of red deer	Thomas Pluym
2017 - 2017	Support in internship: Identification of small mammals present in barn owl pellets	Maria Inês Cunha
2017 - 2017	Support in internship: Identification of small mammals present in barn owl pellets	Carlos Fonseca
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 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
2011	First place in the national contest "Saber com Normas", high school

Other distinction

2024	"Darwin" award - Gala Genes d'ouro, Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia
2023	Honorable mention in the oral presentation contest XXII ENE Encontro Nacional de Ecologia Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal