Mohamed Henriques (4E16-9039-7F35)

Curriculum Vitae

Mohamed Henriques

Mohamed Henriques. Concluiu o(a) Doutoramento em Biologia e Ecologia das Alterações Globais em 2018 pelo(a) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Mestrado em Biologia da Conservação em 2016 pelo(a) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências. Publicou 21 artigos em revistas especializadas. Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Ecologia, Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Conservação da Biodiversidade, Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Ornitologia e Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Biologia Marinha. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: Guiné-Bissau; Abutres; África ocidental; Teses de mestrado - 2016; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Naturais::Ciências Biológicas; Bayesian mixing models; Breeding; Diet; Moult; Simmr; Stable isotope analysis; Breeding biology; Endangered; Guinea-Bissau; Nest-site characteristics; Psittaciformes; Psittacus timneh; Inexistente; Birds; Raptors; Transects; West Africa; Animals; Insecticides; Kenya; Methiocarb; Endangered Species; Sistemas Ambientais; Ecossistemas Marinhos; Biodiversidade Funcional; Biologia Ambiental; .

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Mohamed Henriques

Citation names

Henriques, Mohamed

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 4E16-9039-7F35
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3061-5423
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=pt-PT&user=y-XtqcEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&gmla=AILGF5VPtenSKLp_iw7M7n7n2o71ihnUbDQrULEdMgK9ZrOXU5qXeANbf9qkolERMfWNYHw__8Wvlzz4UkpyUiW1vs8

Email addresses

mohamed.henriques@birdeyes.org (Professional)
m.f.henriques@rug.nl (Professional)
mohamed.henriques@nioz.nl (Professional)

Addresses

Faculty Campus Fryslân, Wirdumerdijk 34, 8911 CE, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands (Professional)

Websites

https://www.rug.nl/staff/m.f.henriques/?lang=en (Scholar)
https://www.birdeyes.org (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ornithology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology
Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Behavioural Sciences Biology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Creole and Pidgin, Portuguese-based (Other) (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2018/09/01 - 2022/10/20 Concluded	Biologia e Ecologia das Alterações Globais (Doutoramento) Major in Especialidade: Ecologia e Biodiversidade Funcional Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Shorebirds in the Bijagós Archipelago. Interpreting ecological processes and habitat features affecting migratory shorebirds in a mangrove-influenced tidal landscape" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016 Concluded	Biologia da Conservação (Mestrado) Major in Sem especialização Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal "Vultures in Guinea-Bissau: establishing baseline data on distribution and abundance, assessing conservation status and lauching bases for populations monitoring" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2005/09/15 - 2012/07/17 Concluded	Biologia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal	12

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/09/01 - Current	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Faculty Campus Fryslan, Netherlands
	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Faculty Campus Fryslan, Netherlands
2022/09/01 - 2024/08/31	Postdoc (Research)	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands
	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands
2022/01/01 - 2022/09/30	Researcher (Research)	BirdWatch Ireland, Ireland
	BirdWatch Ireland, Ireland
2016/02/01 - 2017/07/31	Research Assistant (Research)	Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigação e Intervenção, Portugal
	Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigação e Intervenção, Portugal
2014/02/01 - 2014/08/31	Research Assistant (Research)	Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigação e Intervenção, Portugal
	Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigação e Intervenção, Portugal
2011/09/01 - 2012/04/30	Research Trainee (Research)	Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Áreas Protegidas, Guinea-Bissau
	Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Áreas Protegidas, Guinea-Bissau

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2021/11/01 - 2022/02/28	The role of migratory shorebirds on trophic networks of a mangrove-influenced tropical intertidal ecosystem COVID/BD/151924/2021 10.54499/COVID/BD/151924/2021 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2017/09/01 - 2021/10/31	The role of migratory shorebirds on trophic networks of a mangrove-influenced tropical intertidal ecosystem SFRH/BD/131148/2017 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2015/11 - 2016/11	Vultures in Guinea-Bissau: Developing Monitoring Tools, Assessing Conservation Status, and Raising Awareness Concerning their Provision of Ecosystem Services 18298-1	Rufford Foundation

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2024/09/01 - 2030/10/31	Conservation of wet grassland breeding bird habitats in the Atlantic Region LIFE19 IPE/DE/000004 Principal investigator Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Faculty of Science and Engineering, Netherlands Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Faculty Campus Fryslan, Netherlands Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft Küsten- und Naturschutz, Germany	European Comission Ongoing
2024/09/01 - 2030/10/31	LIFE Godwit Flyway: Conservation of the Black-tailed Godwit along the flyway LIFE22-NAT-DE-LIFE-Godwit-Flyway/101113618 Principal investigator Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Faculty Campus Fryslan, Netherlands Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft Küsten- und Naturschutz, Germany Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal Companhia das Lezírias SA, Portugal	European Comission Ongoing
2025/03/01 - 2025/12/31	Climate Resilience for Critical Sites for Migratory Birds and People along the East Atlantic Flyway IKI_24_IV_112_Global_ M_East Atlantic Flyway Principal investigator Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Faculty of Science and Engineering, Netherlands Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Faculty Campus Fryslan, Netherlands	Die Internationale Klimaschutzinitiative Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar UID/AMB/50017/2019 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Henriques, Mohamed. "The Bijagós Archipelago: a natural and cultural heritage and a gift to the flyway from the Bijago people". In The East Atlantic Flyway of Coastal Birds. 50 Years of Exciting Moments in Nature Conservation and Research, edited by Prokosch, Peter. Lynx Nature Books, 2024. Accepted Henriques, Mohamed; Belo, João Ricardo; Sá, Joãozinho; Monteiro, Hamilton; Alves, José Augusto; Piersma, Theunis; Dodman, Tim; Van Roomen, Marc. "The Bijagós Archipelago: a key area for waterbirds of the East Atlantic Flyway". In East Atlantic Flyway Assessment 2020. The status of coastal waterbird populations and their sites, edited by van Roomen, Marc; Geoffroy, Citegetse; Crowe, O; Dodman, Tim; Hagemeijer, W; Meise, K.; Schekkerman, H. Wilhemshaven, Germany: Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, 2021. Henriques, Mohamed; Carneiro, Camilo; Catry, Paulo. "O abutre-das-palmeiras, a ave de rapina, florestal e do mar". In Parque Nacional Marinho João Vieira e Poilão: Biodiversidade e Conservação, edited by Catry, Paulo; de Barros, Aissa Regalla. Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Áreas Protegidas, 2018. Lopes, Daniel; Henriques, Mohamed; Monteiro, Hamilton; Martin, Rowan O; Catry, Paulo. "Papagaio-cinzento-de-timneh – um tesouro das florestas bijagós". In Parque Nacional Marinho João Vieira e Poilão: Biodiversidade e Conservação. Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Áreas Protegidas, 2018. Catry, Paulo; Monteiro, Hamilton; Henriques, Mohamed; Carneiro, Camilo; Correia, Edna. "Aves". In Parque Nacional Marinho João Vieira e Poilão: Biodiversidade e Conservação. Bissau, Guinea-Bissau: Instituto da Biodiversidade e das Áreas Protegidas, 2018.
Journal article	Guedes, Patrícia; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Monteiro, Filipa; Catarino, Luís; Palma, Luís; Temudo, Marina P.; Henriques, Mohamed; et al. "At the tipping point: Can biodiversity and rural livelihoods endure uncontrolled cashew expansion in West Africa?". (2024): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/96503. 10.1111/btp.13374 Coelho, Ana Pinto; Henriques, Mohamed; Rocha, Afonso Duarte; Paulino, João; Schaars, Loran Kleine; Ramos, Catarina; de Barros, Aissa Regalla; et al. "Spatial and seasonal variation in macrozoobenthic density, biomass and community composition in a major tropical intertidal area, the Bijagós Archipelago, West-Africa". PLOS ONE 17 11 (2022): e0277861. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277861. 10.1371/journal.pone.0277861 Mohamed Henriques; Catry T; João Belo; Theunis Piersma; Samuel Pontes; José Pedro Granadeiro. "Combining Multispectral and Radar Imagery with Machine Learning Techniques to Map Intertidal Habitats for Migratory Shorebirds". Remote Sensing (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/14/3260. 10.3390/rs14143260 Henriques, M.; Granadeiro, J.P.; Piersma, T.; Leão, S.; Pontes, S.; Catry, T.. "Assessing the contribution of mangrove carbon and of other basal sources to intertidal flats adjacent to one of the largest West African mangrove forests". Marine Environmental Research 169 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85104354108&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105331 Paulino, J.; Granadeiro, J.P.; Henriques, M.; Belo, J.; Catry, T.. "Composition and abundance of shorebird and macroinvertebrate communities differ according to densities of burrowing fiddler crabs in tropical intertidal flats". Hydrobiologia 848 17 (2021): 3905-3919. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85106225533&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s10750-021-04601-1 Granadeiro, J.P.; Belo, J.; Henriques, M.; Catalão, J.; Catry, T.. "Using sentinel-2 images to estimate topography, tidal-stage lags and exposure periods over large intertidal areas". Remote Sensing 13 2 (2021): 1-17. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85099784554&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.3390/rs13020320 Gutiérrez, J.S.; Granadeiro, J.P.; Belo, J.; Correia, E.; Henriques, M.; Moniz, F.; Paulino, J.; Tomás, A.; Catry, T.. "Sunning in extreme heat by the critically endangered hooded vulture: a strategy to fight ectoparasites?". Ecology 101 5 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85081540290&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1002/ecy.2948 Henriques, M.; Buij, R.; Monteiro, H.; Sá, J.; Wambar, F.; Tavares, J.P.; Botha, A.; et al. "Deliberate poisoning of Africa's vultures". Science 370 6514 (2020): 304-304. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85093489889&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1126/science.abd1862 Catry, Paulo; Lecoq, Miguel; Henriques, Mohamed; Campredon, Pierre; Granadeiro, José P.. "Results from an avifaunal survey along the Corubal and Fefine rivers, Guinea-Bissau". AIRO 26 (2019): https://www.airospea.com/_files/ugd/8fea7e_c868e72f0acc41d29e6cc8a23f4afd61.pdf. LOPES, DANIEL C.; MARTIN, ROWAN O.; HENRIQUES, MOHAMED; MONTEIRO, HAMILTON; CARDOSO, PAULO; TCHANTCHALAM, QUINTINO; PIRES, ANTÓNIO J.; REGALLA, AISSA; CATRY, PAULO. "Combining local knowledge and field surveys to determine status and threats to Timneh Parrots Psittacus timneh in Guinea-Bissau". Bird Conservation International 29 03 (2018): 400-412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0959270918000321. 10.1017/s0959270918000321 Lopes, Daniel da Costa; Martin, Rowan O.; Indjai, Bucar; Monteiro, Hamilton; Henriques, Mohamed; Regalla, Aissa; Catry, Paulo. "Food diversity of Timneh Parrots (Psittacus timneh) in the Bijagós archipelago, Guinea-Bissau". African Journal of Ecology 56 4 (2018): 1039-1043. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aje.12544. 10.1111/aje.12544 Lourenço, P.M.; Henriques, M.; Catry, I.; Granadeiro, J.P.; Catry, T.. "First record of the invasive asian date mussel arcuatula senhousia (Benson, 1842) (mollusca: Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in west africa". Journal of Natural History 52 39-40 (2018): 39-40. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85063864817&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1080/00222933.2018.1545058 Mohamed Henriques; Miguel Lecoq; Hamilton Monteiro; Aissa Regalla; José P Granadeiro; Paulo Catry; Henriques, Mohamed; et al. "Status of birds of prey in Guinea-Bissau: first assessment based on road surveys". Ostrich 88 2 (2017): 101-111. https://doi.org/10.2989%2F00306525.2017.1312584. 10.2989/00306525.2017.1312584 Carneiro, Camilo; Monteiro, Hamilton; Henriques, Mohamed; Correia, Edna; Rebelo, Rui; Lecoq, Miguel; Romero, Joana; et al. "Birds of the Marine National Park of João Vieira and Poilão, Bijagós, Guinea-Bissau, including first country records of four species". Bull ABC 24 2 (2017): 182-191. Carneiro, Camilo André Ferreira Carneiro; Henriques, Mohamed; Barbosa, Castro; Tchantchalam, Quintino; Regalla, Aissa Said; Patrício, Ana Rita; Catry, Paulo; et al. "Ecology and behaviour of Palm-nut Vultures Gypohierax angolensis in the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau". Ostrich 88 2 (2017): 113-121. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/5622. 10.2989/00306525.2017.1291540 Lopes, Daniel C; Martin, Rowan O; Henriques, Mohamed; Monteiro, Hamilton; Regalla, Aissa Said; Tchantchalam, Quintino; Indjai, Bucar; et al. "Nest-site characteristics and aspects of the breeding biology of the endangered Timneh Parrot Psittacus timneh in Guinea-Bissau". Ostrich (2017): 1-8. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/5941. 10.2989/00306525.2017.1369467
Magazine article	Henriques, Mohamed; Lopes, Daniel. "Bananas, the Survivor", PsittaScene, 2014
Report	Chandra, Salisha; Citegetse, Geoffroy; Copsey, Jamie; Deikumah, Justus; Gallo Orsi, Umberto; Henriques, Mohamed; Lopes, Helen; Onoja, Joseph. 2024. West African Vulture Conservation Action Plan 2023-2043.
Thesis / Dissertation	Henriques, Mohamed. "Shorebirds in the Bijagós Archipelago : interpreting ecological processes and habitat features affecting migratory shorebirds in a mangrove-influenced tidal landscape". PhD, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/64196. Baldé, Mohamed Faza Henriques. "Vultures in Guinea-Bissau: establishing baseline data on distribution and abundance, assessing conservation status and lauching bases for populations monitoring". Master, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/25128.

Other

Other output

Benthos of the Bijagós: An illustrated field catalogue for the identification of local macrozoobenthic fauna. 2022. Ana P. Coelho; Mohamed Henriques; Lotte Niemeijer; Bianka Rasch; Loran Kleine Schaars; Theunis Piersma; José A. Alves.
10.5281/zenodo.7255557
Not in wilderness: African vulture strongholds remain in areas with high human density. PLoS ONE. 2018. Mohamed Henriques; José Pedro Granadeiro; Hamilton Antônio de Oliveira Monteiro; Ana Nuno; Miguel Lecoq; Paulo Cardoso; Aissa Regalla; et al. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/6182.
10.60692/qdps5-yxa93
Vultures and other avian scavengers in guinea-bissau: first baseline data and insights on conservation status. 2016. Mohamed Henriques; José P. Granadeiro; Miguel Lecoq; Hamilton Monteiro; Aissa Regalla; Paulo Catry.
10.13140/rg.2.2.16906.47049

Activities

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/10/01 - 2027/09/30	Sustainable community aquaculture in the Bijagós Archipelago: how to reconcile food security with the preservation of cultural and natural heritage Co-supervisor of Catarina Santos Ramos	Programa doutoral em Biologia (PhD) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2025/12/31	Ecology of arthropod populations impacted by agriculture Co-supervisor of Michella Ligtelijn	Graduate School of Science and Engineering (PhD) Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Faculty of Science and Engineering, Netherlands
2021/04/01 - 2025/12/31	Why do some Black-tailed Godwits winter in coastal mudflats while others choose inland freshwater habitats? Co-supervisor of Delip Das	Graduate School of Science and Engineering (PhD) Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Faculty of Science and Engineering, Netherlands
2025/01/27 - 2025/09/30	Evaluating the performance of an alternative remote sensing method for quantifying agricultural land-use intensity in southwest Friesland, The Netherlands Supervisor of Gijsbert Praamstra	MSc Ecology and Conservation (Master) Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Faculty of Science and Engineering, Netherlands
2022/09/01 - 2025/08/31	The ecology of soil macrofauna in farmland ecosystems Co-supervisor of Renée Veenstra	Graduate School of Science and Engineering (PhD) Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Faculty of Science and Engineering, Netherlands
2022/07/01 - 2025/06/30	Assessing agricultural sustainability by integrating remote sensing and animal ecology with agricultural practices Co-supervisor of Taylor Craft	Graduate School of Science and Engineering (PhD) Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Faculty of Science and Engineering, Netherlands

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2024/01/15	Listening to the mud: Exploring shorebird conservation from on and in the mudflats (Thesis) Arguer	He-Bo Peng (PhD) Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Faculty of Science and Engineering, Netherlands

Distinctions

Award

2024	Prémio FCiências.ID – Ciências da Vida ('Macro') 2023 FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal