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Mariana Rossa. Concluiu a Licenciatura em Biologia na Universidade de Aveiro com o projeto final intitulado "Monitorização das populações de cervídeos na Serra da Lousã" e um estágio curricular de 8 meses com o tema "Wolf, prey and meso carnivores in a Mediterranean area" no grupo Ecologia Comportamentale, Etologia e Gestione della Fauna, Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali da Universidade de Siena (Itália) ao abrigo do programa Erasmus+. É Mestre em Ecologia Aplicada pela Universidade de Aveiro com o tema de dissertação "The importance of trophic restoration in the conservation of the Iberian wolf". Publicou 3 artigos em revistas especializadas. Organizou 5 eventos, apresentou 3 comunicações em painel e 2 comunicações orais. Participa e/ou participou como Bolseira de Investigação no projecto LIFE WolFlux Decreasing socio-ecological barriers to connectivity for wolves south of the Douro river (LIFE17 NAT/PT/000554).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Mariana Rossa

Citation names

  • Rossa, Mariana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A512-0728-3BF1
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1041-8227

Email addresses

  • m.rossa@ua.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences

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
2021/10/03 - 2025
Ongoing
 Programa Doutoral em Biologia e Ecologia das Alterações Globais (Doutoramento)
Major in Ecologia e Biodiversidade Funcional
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2018/09/14 - 2021/02/15
Concluded
 Ecologia Aplicada (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"The importance of trophic restoration in the conservation of the Iberian wolf" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19
2014/09/08 - 2018/06/13
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Biologia Aplicada
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 18
2016/10 - 2017/05
Concluded
 Internship (Outros)
Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy
 20
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/06 - Current Ecological challenges and opportunities of trophic rewilding in Côa Valley
COA/BRB/0063/2019
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2019/07/01 - Current Decreasing socio-ecological barriers to connectivity for wolves south of the Douro river
LIFE17 NAT/PT/000554
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Linck, Paloma; Palomares, F.; Negrões, N.; Rossa, Mariana; Martins, R.; Fonseca, C.; Couto, A.; Aliácar, S.; Carvalho, João. "Landscape composition and structure drives the co-occurrence of mesocarnivores in Mediterranean ecosystems". Paper presented in 2nd SIBECOL meeting, Aveiro, 2022.
  2. Linck, Paloma; Palomares, Francisco; Nuno Negroes; Rossa, Mariana; Martins, Raquel; Carlos Fonseca; Couto, André; Aliácar, Sara; João Carvalho (F317-62C3-2689). "Landscape heterogeneity fosters mesocarnivore co-occurrence in space and time". Paper presented in XV Congreso de la SECEM, Córdoba, 2021.
    Published
  3. Linck, Paloma; Palomares, Francisco; Negrões, Nuno; Casado, José Guerrero; Casades, Laia; Fons, José; Ferrández, Trino; et al. "Seasonality and environment influences the daily activity of iberian mesocarnivores". Paper presented in III International Multidisciplinary Congress on Researchers in Training, 2021.
    Published
  4. Ferretti, Francesco; Rossa, Mariana; Tonini, Luca; Mancino, Valentina; Burrini, Lucia; Lovari, Sandro. "Food habits and prey selection by wolves in a recolonised Mediterranean area". Paper presented in 92nd Annual Meeting of the German Society for Mammalian Biology, Bonn, 2018.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Rossa, Mariana; Torres, Rita; Perea, R.; Peláez, M.; Albanell, E.; Bartolomé, J.; Serrano, E.; et al. "The impact of ungulates on Mediterranean ecosystems". Paper presented in 2nd SIBECOL meeting, 2022.
  2. Rossa, Mariana; Linck, Paloma; Lino, Ana; Ferreira, Eduardo; Aliácar, Sara; Cálix, Marta; Cadete, Duarte; et al. "Does experience contradict theory? Comparing two methods to assess environmental favourability for an endangered predator". Paper presented in XV Congreso de la SECEM, 2021.
  3. Rossa, Mariana; Mancino, Valentina; Burrini, Lucia; Pacini, Giada; Ferretti, Francesco. "Food habits and prey selection by wolves in a recolonized Mediterranean area". Paper presented in XVI Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia, 2019.
  4. Rossa, Mariana; Lopes, Francisca; Carlos Fonseca (8610-54AB-874A); Torres, Rita Tinoco. "Monitoring of reintroduced population of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in central Portugal". Paper presented in 33rd International Union of Game Biologists Congress, 2017.
  5. Rossa, Mariana; Lopes, Francisca; Carlos Fonseca; Torres, Rita Tinoco. "Monitoring of reintroduced population of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in central Portugal". Paper presented in VIII Reunião de Ungulados Silvestres Ibéricos, 2017.
Journal article
  1. Figueiredo, Ana M.; Santín, Mónica; Köster, Pamela C.; Dashti, Alejandro; Maloney, Jenny G.; Torres, Rita T.; Fonseca, Carlos; et al. "Molecular detection and characterization of Blastocystis in herbivore livestock species in Portugal". Veterinary Parasitology 327 (2024): 110147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2024.110147.
    10.1016/j.vetpar.2024.110147
  2. Rossa, Mariana; Torres, Rita Tinoco; Linck, Paloma; Martins, Raquel; Couto, André; Aliácar, Sara; Hipólito, Dário; et al. Corresponding author: Rossa, Mariana. "Environmental favorability models as a tool to support trophic rewilding initiatives". Restoration Ecology 32 3 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.14048.
    10.1111/rec.14048
  3. Lino, Sofia; Rossa, Mariana; Fernandes, Joana M.; Barros, Tânia; Lino, Ana; Hipólito, Dário; Ferreira, Eduardo; et al. "Dog in sheep’s clothing: livestock depredation by free-ranging dogs may pose new challenges to wolf conservation". European Journal of Wildlife Research 69 6 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-023-01740-9.
    10.1007/s10344-023-01740-9
  4. Linck, Paloma; Palomares, Francisco; Negrões, Nuno; Rossa, Mariana; Fonseca, Carlos; Couto, André; Carvalho, João. "Increasing homogeneity of Mediterranean landscapes limits the co-occurrence of mesocarnivores in space and time". Landscape Ecology 38 12 (2023): 3657-3673. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01749-0.
    10.1007/s10980-023-01749-0
  5. Ferretti, Francesco; Oliveira, Raquel; Rossa, Mariana; Belardi, Irene; Pacini, Giada; Mugnai, Sara; Fattorini, Niccolò; Lazzeri, Lorenzo. "Interactions between carnivore species: limited spatiotemporal partitioning between apex predator and smaller carnivores in a Mediterranean protected area". Frontiers in Zoology 20 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-023-00489-w.
    10.1186/s12983-023-00489-w
  6. 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
  7. Rossa, Mariana; Lovari, Sandro; Ferretti, Francesco. "Spatiotemporal patterns of wolf, mesocarnivores and prey in a Mediterranean area". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75 2 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02956-4.
    10.1007/s00265-020-02956-4
  8. Ferretti, Francesco; Pacini, Giada; Belardi, Irene; ten Cate, Bouke; Sensi, Marco; Oliveira, Raquel; Rossa, Mariana; Burrini, Lucia; Lovari, Sandro. "Recolonizing wolves and opportunistic foxes: interference or facilitation?". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 132 1 (2020): 196-210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa139.
    10.1093/biolinnean/blaa139
  9. Ferretti, Francesco; Lovari, Sandro; Mancino, Valentina; Burrini, Lucia; Rossa, Mariana. "Food habits of wolves and selection of wild ungulates in a prey-rich Mediterranean coastal area". Mammalian Biology 99 (2019): 119-127. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2019.10.008.
    10.1016/j.mambio.2019.10.008
Report
  1. Linck, Paloma; Ares-Pereira, Guilherme; Rossa, Mariana; Macedo, Tiago; Torres, RT; Fonseca, C.; Carvalho, João. 2023. Monitoring the success of the release of wild ungulates and their situation at the end of the project. Technical Report of Action D2, LIFE17 NAT/PT/554 – WOLFLUX..
  2. João Carvalho (F317-62C3-2689); Rossa, Mariana; Linck, Paloma; Aliácar, Sara; Torres, Rita; Carlos Fonseca. 2021. Plano global de gestão para as presas do lobo a sul do rio Douro – Vila Nova de Paiva. Relatório Técnico da Ação A5, LIFE17 NAT/PT/554 – WOLFLUX..
  3. Linck, Paloma; Rossa, Mariana; Lino, Ana; Ferreira, Eduardo; Aliácar, Sara; Cálix, Marta; Cadete, Duarte; et al. 2021. Mapping and databasing socio-ecological barriers to inform decision making of project actions. Technical Report of Action A9, LIFE17 NAT/PT/554 – WOLFLUX..
  4. Carvalho, João; Rossa, Mariana; Martins, Raquel; Valente, Ana; Torres, Rita; Carlos Fonseca. 2020. Preparatory actions for increasing wild prey availability for wolves. Technical Report of Action A4, LIFE17 NAT/PT/554 – WOLFLUX.
  5. Cadete, Duarte; Pinto, Sara; Aliácar, Sara; Rossa, Mariana; Fernandes, Joana; Lino, Ana; Ferreira, Eduardo; et al. 2020. Survey and feeding ecology of the Portuguese subpopulation of Iberian wolf south of the Douro river: towards a non-invasive integrated monitoring program. Technical Report of Action A3, LIFE17 NAT/PT/554 – WolFlux.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Rossa, Mariana. "The importance of trophic restoration in the conservation of the Iberian wolf". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/30816.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/10/01 Environmental favourability models as a tool to support trophic rewilding initiatives XII RUSI - Reunião Ungulados Silvestres Ibéricos
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)
2019/12 Preferencia de presas de lobos en hábitat mediterráneo recolonizado XIV Congreso de la Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos
SECEM (Jaca, Spain)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/05/17 - 2021/05/19 Festival Pint of Science Aveiro - Comunicação de ciência (2021/05/17 - 2021/05/19)
Festival (Member of the Organising Committee)
2020/09/07 - 2020/09/09 Festival Pint of Science Portugal - Comunicação de ciência (2020/09/07 - 2020/09/09)
Festival (Member of the Organising Committee)
2019/10/18 - 2019/10/19 X RUSI - Reunião sobre Ungulados Silvestres Ibéricos (2019/10/18 - 2019/10/19)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/05/20 - 2019/05/22 Festival Pint of Science Aveiro - Comunicação de ciência (2019/05/20 - 2019/05/22)
Festival (Member of the Organising Committee)
2017/04/07 - 2017/04/10 XX ENEB - Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia (2017/04/07 - 2017/04/10)
Meeting (Other)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020/02/10 - 2020/02/13 Módulo Básico e Avançado. Duração Total 28h. Vimioso, Portugal
Workshop
 Uso e Potencialidades da Armadilhagem Fotográfica em Estudos de Ecologia e Monitorização de Fauna Silvestre
Palombar - Associação de Conservação da Natureza e do Património Rural, Portugal

Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, Spain

Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Biodiversidad, Spain
Distinctions

Award

2020 Merit-based grant awarded by the University of Aveiro
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal