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Dr Ana Filipa Palmeirim completed her Bachelor Degree in Biology in 2008 and her Master in Conservation Biology in 2010, both at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal. She completed her PhD in Ecology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In her PhD, Dr Palmeirim examined the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on biodiversity as induced by a hydroelectric reservoir in Central Brazilian Amazonia. Also in 2017, she started a Postdoc position in the same University, examining the relative effects of habitat amount and configuration at the landscape-scale on species diversity across the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. In 2018, Dr Palmeirim moved to the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China, where she was distinguished with an 'Outstanding Researcher' award. During her time in China, she implemented a project aiming to assess the ecological impacts of habitat loss and fragmentation across four hydroelectric reservoirs spanning across three countries in Southeast Asia. In 2019, Dr Palmeirim was granted with an Individual Marie Sklodowska-Curie (MSCA) Fellowship, and she moved to the University of East Anglia, UK. During her MSCA fellowship, she investigated extended the network theory to predict whole-landscape scale impacts from habitat loss and insular fragmentation on eight taxonomic groups, using previously collected data from the same insular fragmented landscape where she carried out her PhD. In 2021, Dr Palmeirim joined the EC-funded TROPIBIO project (https://cibio-tropibio.pt/en/), based at CIBIO-InBio/Associação BIOPOLIS, linked to the University of Porto, Portugal, as a Postdoctoral researchers. In this project, she conducted research in the Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa, having stablished links in Guinea-Bissau, Angola and Sao Tomé and Princípe. Early 2024, Dr Palmeirim joined EcoHealth Alliance, an NGO in the USA, as a consultancy-researcher, working at the interface between ecology and human health. Early 2025, Dr Palmeirim became a Visiting Professor at the Federal University of Pará. Dr Palmeirim was the main supervisor of seven MSc students, and three BSc students. Dr Palmeirim has reviewed manuscripts for 40 journals, has been part of the editorial academy of the Journal of Biogeography and is currently an editor in three scientific journals. Dr Palmeirim has an H-index of 16. In total, Dr Palmeirim authored 53 peer-reviewed publications, from which she is first author in 23 and the senior author in 10, in addition to one book chapter. Currently, she has 10 manuscripts under review.
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Personal identification

Full name
Ana Filipa Palmeirim

Citation names

  • Palmeirim, Ana Filipa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BA19-5FA1-765C

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+351) 920067297 (Professional)

Addresses

  • EcoHealth Alliance 520 8th Ave #1200, 10018, New York, New York, United States (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Chinese Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2013 - 2017
Concluded
 Ecologia (Doktor (PhD))
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 A
2008 - 2010
Concluded
 Biologia da Conservação (Mestrado)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 17
2005 - 2008
Concluded
 Biologia (Bacharelato)
Major in Ambiental - Terrestre
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2024/03/01 - 2025/02/01 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) EcoHealth Alliance, United States
EcoHealth Alliance, United States
2021/06/01 - 2024/02/29 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2019/12/01 - 2021/05/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
2018/07/01 - 2019/11/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Southern University of Science and Technology, China
2017/12/01 - 2018/06/30 Postdoc (Research) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2012/11/01 - 2012/12/31 Research Trainee (Research) International Union for Conservation of Nature, Switzerland
2012/01/01 - 2012/06/30 Research Trainee (Research) University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
2011/07/01 - 2011/12/31 Research Trainee (Research) Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Brazil
2011/01/01 - 2011/06/30 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/10/20 - 2024/10/01 TROPIBIO
854248
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
 European Research Executive Agency
Ongoing
2019/12/01 - 2021/05/31 Predicting changes in species interactions following species loss in hydroelectric reservoir islands
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/792678/EU
Researcher
University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
 European Commission

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/02/01 - Current Conserving biodiversity and enhancing food security: the role of birds and bats as suppressors of rice insect pests in West Africa
PTDC/ASP-AGR/0876/2020
Investigador colaborador
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva (InBIO)
LA/P/0048/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0048/2020
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/06/01 - 2025/05/31 TROPIBIO - EXPANDING POTENTIAL IN TROPICAL BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE LIFE ON LAND
Grant Agreement Number 854248
Post-doc
European Commission
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva
UIDB/50027/2020
10.54499/UIDB/50027/2020
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2021/06 - Current Expanding potential in tropical biodiversity and ecosystem research towards sustainable life on land
854248
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Jones, Isabel L.; Bueno, Anderson Saldanha; Benchimol, Maíra; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Storck-Tonon, Danielle; Peres, Carlos A.. "Using Relict Species–Area Relationships to Estimate the Conservation Value of Reservoir Islands to Improve Environmental Impact Assessments of Dams". In The Species–Area Relationship, 417-437. Cambridge University Press, 2021.
    10.1017/9781108569422.023
Conference poster
  1. Fernandes, Ana Sofia; Araujo-Fernandes, Ana Catarina; Guedes, Patrícia; José Cassari; Mata, Vanessa A.; Natalie Yoh; Rocha, Ricardo; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. "Responses of aerial insectivorous bats to land-use change in the endemic-rich island of São Tomé, Central West África". Paper presented in Student Conference on Conservation Science, 2024.
  2. Araujo-Fernandes, Ana Catarina; Castro-Fernades, Ana Sofia; Guedes, Patrícia; Dos Santos, Yodiney; Alves, João; Cassari, José; Mata, Vanessa A.; Rocha, Ricardo; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. Corresponding author: Araujo-Fernandes, Ana Catarina. "Activity patterns of the insectivorous bats of São Tomé". Paper presented in ISLAND BIOLOGY 2023: Ecological and evolutionary processes on real and habitat islands, 2023.
  3. Fernandes, Ana Sofia; Araujo-Fernandes, Ana Catarina; Guedes, Patrícia; José Cassari; Mata, Vanessa A.; Natalie Yoh; Rocha, Ricardo; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. Corresponding author: Fernandes, Ana Sofia. "Local and landscape-scale predictors of aerial insectivourous bats in the endemic-rich island of São Tomé". Paper presented in Ecological and evolutionary processes on real and habitat islands, 2023.
  4. Elena J. Soto; Alexandra Galão; João Nunes; Eduardo Nóbrega; Rato, Catarina; Ana Filipa Palmeirim; Ricardo Rocha. "Trophic ecology and abundance of free-ranging cats on an endemic-rich subtropical oceanic island". Paper presented in SCB's 31st International Congress for Conservation Biology, 2023.
Journal article
  1. Goebel, Luan Gabriel Araujo; Bogoni, Juliano A.; Longo, Gabriela Rodrigues; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Fermiano, Eder Correa; da Silva, Dionei José; Ignácio, Áurea Regina Alves; dos Santos-Filho, Manoel. "Multi-faceted decline of vertebrate diversity in an endemism zone of the Brazilian Amazon". Journal for Nature Conservation 84 (2025): 126842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2025.126842.
    10.1016/j.jnc.2025.126842
  2. Castro-Fernandes, Ana Sofia; Araújo-Fernandes, Ana Catarina; Guedes, Patrícia; Cassari, José; Mata, Vanessa A.; Yoh, Natalie; Rocha, Ricardo; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. "Responses of insectivorous bats to different types of land-use in an endemic-rich island in Central West Africa". Biological Conservation 302 (2025): 110910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110910.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110910
  3. Araújo-Fernandes, Ana Catarina; Castro-Fernandes, Ana Sofia; Guedes, Patrícia; Cassari, José; Mata, Vanessa Alves; Yoh, Natalie; Rocha, Ricardo; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. "Diel activity of insectivorous bats in response to land-use change in São Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea". Biodiversity and Conservation 34 3 (2025): 823-839. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-024-02992-w.
    10.1007/s10531-024-02992-w
  4. Gweh, Allen; Bailey, Allison; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Poultolnor, Jackson; Toe, Henry; Crowley, Wing; Machalaba, Catherine; et al. "Medium-sized and large bodied mammals of Marshall Wetlands, a proposed protected area in Liberia". Check List 21 1 (2025): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.15560/21.1.1.
    10.15560/21.1.1
  5. dos Reis-Silva, Francisco; Pizzigalli, Cristian; Seck, Sambu; Cabeza, Mar; Rainho, Ana; Rocha, Ricardo; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. "Unveiling how herpetofauna cope with land-use changes—Insights from forest-cashew-rice landscapes in West Africa". Biotropica 57 1 (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13416.
    10.1111/btp.13416
  6. Nhassé, Isnaba; Oliveira, Raquel; Mone, Daniel Na; Soares, João; Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. "Effects of forest conversion into cashew orchards on seed- and fruit-animal interaction rates in West Africa". Biotropica (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/btp.13403.
    10.1111/btp.13403
  7. Rossinyol-Fernàndez, Aina; Dabo, Djunco; dos Reis Silva, Francisco; Oliveira, Raquel; Seck, Sambú; Rainho, Ana; Cabeza, Mar; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. "Use of native and human-modified habitats by different mammal guilds in West Africa". Global Ecology and Conservation 54 (2024): e03099. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03099.
    10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03099
  8. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Araújo-Fernandes, Ana Catarina; Castro-Fernandes, Ana Sofia; Guedes, Patricia; Cassari, José; Mata, Vanessa A.; Yoh, Natalie; et al. "Insectivorous bat activity dataset across different land-use types in the Islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, Central West Africa". Biodiversity Data Journal 12 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/bdj.12.e131955.
    10.3897/bdj.12.e131955
  9. 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?". Biotropica 56 5 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/btp.13374.
    10.1111/btp.13374
  10. Sottomayor, Madalena; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Meyer, Christoph F.J.; de Lima, Ricardo F.; Rocha, Ricardo; Rainho, Ana. "Nature-based solutions to increase rice yield: An experimental assessment of the role of birds and bats as agricultural pest suppressors in West Africa". Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 370 (2024): 109067. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109067.
    10.1016/j.agee.2024.109067
  11. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. "Beyond more inclusive and equitable research in ecology and conservation: on the practical implications of expanding authorship to local data collectors". Discover Conservation 1 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44353-024-00005-z.
    10.1007/s44353-024-00005-z
  12. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Soares, João; Oliveira, Raquel; Nhassé, Isnaba; Mone, Daniel Na; Martins, Filipa; Palma, Luís; Lima, Manuel. "Small mammal diversity across different habitat types in an Upper Guinean Forest National Park". African Journal of Ecology 62 3 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aje.13314.
    10.1111/aje.13314
  13. Pashkevich, Michael D.; Marshall, Cicely A.M.; Freeman, Benedictus; Reiss-Woolever, Valentine J.; Caliman, Jean-Pierre; Drewer, Julia; Heath, Becky; et al. "The socioecological benefits and consequences of oil palm cultivation in its native range: The Sustainable Oil Palm in West Africa (SOPWA) Project". Science of The Total Environment 926 (2024): 171850. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171850.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171850
  14. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Benchimol, Maíra; Vieira, Marcus V.; Peres, Carlos A.. "Disentangling the effects of habitat fragmentation and top-down trophic cascades on small mammal assemblages on Amazonian forest islands". Biological Conservation 293 (2024): 110594. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110594.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110594
  15. Santos-Filho, Manoel; Ribeiro, Thalita; da Silva, Dionei José; Bogoni, Juliano A.; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. "Drivers of functional diversity in small-bodied mammals across a deforestation frontier in the Southern Brazilian Amazon". Mammal Research 69 2 (2024): 271-282. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13364-024-00740-7.
    10.1007/s13364-024-00740-7
  16. de Oliveira, Robson Flores; dos Santos-Filho, Manoel; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Bogoni, Juliano A.. "Small-bodied mammal diversity facets vary discretely across an understudied ecotone in the western Amazon-Cerrado". Mammalian Biology 104 2 (2024): 129-140. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42991-023-00393-0.
    10.1007/s42991-023-00393-0
  17. Victor Alves Ferreira, José; Somavilla, Alexandre; Benchimol, Maíra; Filipa Palmeirim, Ana; A. Peres, Carlos; Storck-Tonon, Danielle. "Environmental determinants of social wasp diversity and assemblage structure in an Amazonian archipelagic landscape". Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation 1 2 (2024): 121-129. http://dx.doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2097-3772.2023.009.
    10.24272/j.issn.2097-3772.2023.009
  18. Filipa Palmeirim, Ana; Benchimol, Maíra; Storck-Tonon, Danielle; S. Bueno, Anderson; L. Jones, Isabel; Klein, Gilmar; A. Peres, Carlos. "Biodiversity responses to insular fragmentation in Amazonia: Two decades of research in the Balbina Hydroelectric Reservoir". Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation 1 2 (2024): 106-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2097-3772.2023.007.
    10.24272/j.issn.2097-3772.2023.007
  19. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Monadjem, Ara; Silva-Vaz, Pedro; Peter Taylor; Madalena Svensson; Beja, Pedro. Corresponding author: Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. "Mammal endemism in the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia". Namibian Journal of Environment 8 (2023): 311-322.
    Accepted
  20. Soto, Elena J.; Nunes, João; Nóbrega, Eduardo; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Rocha, Ricardo. "Density and ecological drivers of free-ranging cat abundance and activity in Madeira Island, Macaronesia". Conservation Science and Practice 5 12 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13040.
    10.1111/csp2.13040
  21. John W. Williams; Amanda Taylor; Krystal A. Tolley; Diogo B. Provete; Ricardo Correia; Thaís B. Guedes; Harith Farooq; et al. "Shifts to open access with high article processing charges hinder research equity and careers". Journal of Biogeography (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14697.
    10.1111/jbi.14697
  22. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Seck, Sambu; Palma, Luís; Ladle, Richard J. "Shifting values and the fate of sacred forests in Guinea-Bissau: are community-managed forests the answer?". Environmental Conservation 50 3 (2023): 152-155. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892923000164.
    10.1017/s0376892923000164
  23. Hazard, Quentin C.K.; Froidevaux, Jérémy S.P.; Yoh, Natalie; Moore, Jonathan; Senawi, Juliana; Gibson, Luke; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. "Foraging guild modulates insectivorous bat responses to habitat loss and insular fragmentation in peninsular Malaysia". Biological Conservation 281 (2023): 110017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110017.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110017
  24. Powell, Luke L.; Vaz Pinto, Pedro; Mills, Michael S. L.; Baptista, Ninda L.; Costa, Kerllen; Dijkstra, Klaas-Douwe B.; Gomes, Amândio Luís; et al. "The last Afromontane forests in Angola are threatened by fires". Nature Ecology & Evolution (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02025-9.
    10.1038/s41559-023-02025-9
  25. Palma, Luís; Vasconcelos, Sasha; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Cancela, Juan Pablo. "¿History of colonisation and updated distribution of the Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) and its hostplants in mainland Portugal, Azores and Madeira". Nota Lepidopterologica 46 (2023): 83-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/nl.46.89665.
    10.3897/nl.46.89665
  26. Dawson, Michael N; Correia, Ricardo A.; Li, Qin; Matthews, Thomas J.; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. "Journal of biogeography innovation awards". Journal of Biogeography 50 1 (2022): 41-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14555.
    10.1111/jbi.14555
  27. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Emer, Carine; Benchimol, Maíra; Storck-Tonon, Danielle; Bueno, Anderson S.; Peres, Carlos A.. "Emergent properties of species-habitat networks in an insular forest landscape". Science Advances 8 34 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm0397.
    10.1126/sciadv.abm0397
  28. Moore, Jonathan H.; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Peres, Carlos A.; Ngoprasert, Dusit; Gibson, Luke. "Invasive rat drives complete collapse of native small mammal communities in insular forest fragments". Current Biology 32 13 (2022): 2997-3004.e2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.053.
    10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.053
  29. Dionei Silva; Ana Filipa Palmeirim; dos Santos-Filho, Manoel; Tania Margarete Sanaiotti; Peres, Carlos A.. "Habitat Quality, Not Patch Size, Modulates Lizard Responses to Habitat Loss and Fragmentation in the Southwestern Amazon". Journal of Herpetology 56 1 (2022):
    In press
  30. Almeida-Maués, Paula C. R.; Bueno, Anderson S.; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Peres, Carlos A.; Mendes-Oliveira, Ana Cristina. "Assessing assemblage-wide mammal responses to different types of habitat modification in Amazonian forests". Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05450-1.
    10.1038/s41598-022-05450-1
  31. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Gibson, Luke. "Impacts of hydropower on the habitat of jaguars and tigers". Communications Biology 4 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02878-5.
    10.1038/s42003-021-02878-5
  32. López-Bosch, David; Rocha, Ricardo; López-Baucells, Adrià; Wang, Yanping; Si, Xingfeng; Ding, Ping; Gibson, Luke; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. "Passive acoustic monitoring reveals the role of habitat affinity in sensitivity of sub-tropical East Asian bats to fragmentation". Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rse2.237.
    10.1002/rse2.237
  33. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Farneda, Fábio Z.; Vieira, Marcus Vinícius; Peres, Carlos A.. "Forest area predicts all dimensions of small mammal and lizard diversity in Amazonian insular forest fragments". Landscape Ecology 36 12 (2021): 3401-3418. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01311-w.
    10.1007/s10980-021-01311-w
  34. Nogueira, Olinda Maira Alves; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Peres, Carlos A.; dos Santos-Filho, Manoel. "Synergistic effects of habitat configuration and land-use intensity shape the structure of bird assemblages in human-modified landscapes across three major neotropical biomes". Biodiversity and Conservation 30 13 (2021): 3793-3811. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02275-8.
    10.1007/s10531-021-02275-8
  35. López-Bosch, David; Huang, Joe Chun-Chia; Wang, Yanping; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Gibson, Luke; López-Baucells, Adrià. "Bat echolocation in continental China: a systematic review and first acoustic identification key for the country". Mammal Research (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13364-021-00570-x.
    10.1007/s13364-021-00570-x
  36. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Benchimol, Maíra; Leal, Inara R.; Peres, Carlos A.. "Drivers of leafcutter ant populations and their inter-trophic relationships in Amazonian forest islands". Ecosphere 12 5 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3518.
    10.1002/ecs2.3518
  37. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Fraga, Rafael de; Vieira, Marcus V.; Peres, Carlos A.. "Species-Area Relationships Induced by Forest Habitat Fragmentation Apply Even to Rarely Detected Organisms". Tropical Conservation Science 14 (2021): 194008292110173. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/19400829211017366.
    10.1177/19400829211017366
  38. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Santos-Filho, Manoel; Peres, Carlos A.. "Marked decline in forest-dependent small mammals following habitat loss and fragmentation in an Amazonian deforestation frontier". PLOS ONE 15 3 (2020): e0230209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230209.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0230209
  39. Palmeirim, Ana. "Optimizing small mammal surveys in Neotropical fragmented landscapes while accounting for potential sampling bias". Mammalian Biology 1 (2020): 81-90. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42991-020-00012-2.
    Published
  40. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Figueiredo, Marcos S. L.; Grelle, Carlos Eduardo Viveiros; Carbone, Chris; Vieira, Marcus Vinícius. "When does habitat fragmentation matter? A biome-wide analysis of small mammals in the Atlantic Forest". Journal of Biogeography 46 12 (2019): 2811-2825. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13730.
    10.1111/jbi.13730
  41. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Benchimol, Maíra; Peres, Carlos A.; Vieira, Marcus Vinícius. "Moving forward on the sampling efficiency of neotropical small mammals: insights from pitfall and camera trapping over traditional live trapping". Mammal Research 64 3 (2019): 445-454. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13364-019-00429-2.
    10.1007/s13364-019-00429-2
  42. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Benchimol, Maíra; Morante-Filho, José Carlos; Vieira, Marcus Vinícius; Peres, Carlos A.. "Ecological correlates of mammal ß-diversity in Amazonian land-bridge islands: from small- to large-bodied species". Diversity and Distributions 24 8 (2018): 1109-1120. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12749.
    10.1111/ddi.12749
  43. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Benchimol, Maíra; Vieira, Marcus Vinícius; Peres, Carlos A.. "Small mammal responses to Amazonian forest islands are modulated by their forest dependence". Oecologia 187 1 (2018): 191-204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-4114-6.
    10.1007/s00442-018-4114-6
  44. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Vieira, Marcus Vinícius; Peres, Carlos A.. "Non-random lizard extinctions in land-bridge Amazonian forest islands after 28 years of isolation". Biological Conservation 214 (2017): 55-65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.08.002.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2017.08.002
  45. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Vieira, Marcus Vinícius; Peres, Carlos A.. "Herpetofaunal responses to anthropogenic forest habitat modification across the neotropics: insights from partitioning ß-diversity". Biodiversity and Conservation 26 12 (2017): 2877-2891. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-017-1394-9.
    10.1007/s10531-017-1394-9
  46. Fernandez, Fernando A. S.; Galliez, Maron; Leite, Melina de Souza; Queiroz, Thiago Lopez; Palmerim, Ana Filipa. "Natural history of the water opossum Chironectes minimus: a review". Oecologia Australis 19 01 (2015): 47-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.4257/oeco.2015.1901.04.
    10.4257/oeco.2015.1901.04
  47. Rosas, Fernando C. W.; Ramalheira, Claudiane S.; Bozzetti, Bruno F.; Palmeirim, Ana F.; Cruz, Andrews D.; Pathek, Dinah B.. "Short Note: Sleeping Sites Used by Giant Otters (Pteronura brasiliensis) in the Balbina Hydroelectric Reservoir, Central Brazilian Amazon". Aquatic Mammals 41 2 (2015): 143-148. http://dx.doi.org/10.1578/am.41.2.2015.143.
    10.1578/am.41.2.2015.143
  48. Ramalheira, Claudiane dos Santos; Bozzetti, Bruno F.; da Cruz, Andrews D.; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Cabral, Márcia M.M.; Rosas, Fernando C.W.. "First record of jaguar predation on giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)". Animal Biology 65 1 (2015): 81-86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15707563-00002461.
    10.1163/15707563-00002461
  49. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; de Souza Leite, Melina; Santos-Reis, Margarida; Fernandez, Fernando A. S.. "Habitat selection for resting sites by the water opossum (Chironectes minimus) in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 49 3 (2014): 231-238. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2014.966627.
    10.1080/01650521.2014.966627
  50. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Peres, Carlos A.; Rosas, Fernando C.W.. "Giant otter population responses to habitat expansion and degradation induced by a mega hydroelectric dam". Biological Conservation 174 (2014): 30-38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.03.015.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2014.03.015
Magazine article
  1. Palmeirim, Ana. "Large dams vs large otters", Water Power Magazine, 2014, https://www.waterpowermagazine.com/features/featurelarge-dams-vs-large-otters-4398006/.
  2. Palmeirim, Ana. "O marsupial que se aventurou nos rios", Naturlink, 2012, http://naturlink.pt/article.aspx?cid=64208§ion=5&menuid=2&bl=1&viewall=true.
Preprint
  1. Mone, Daniel Na; Nhassé, Isnaba; Soares, João; Oliveira, Raquel; Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Palma, Luís; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. "Mammal responses to habitat degradation induced by cashew expansion in West Africa". 2025. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.29.646115.
    10.1101/2025.03.29.646115
  2. Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Mone, Daniel Na; Nhassé, Isnaba; Soares, João; Oliveira, Raquel; Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Palma, Luís. "Forest conversion to cashew orchards delays the diel activity of diurnal mammals in West Africa". 2025. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.01.646119.
    10.1101/2025.04.01.646119
  3. Soares, João; Oliveira, Raquel; Nhassé, Isnaba; Mone, Daniel Na; Palma, Luís; Martins, Filipa; Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. "Local and landscape drivers of small mammal diversity in a forest-cashew mosaic in West Africa". 2025. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.174203481.13124613/v1.
    10.22541/au.174203481.13124613/v1
  4. Pizzigalli, Cristian; Regalla, Aissa; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Palma, Luís; Lopes-Lima, Manuel; Razgour, Orly; Godinho, Raquel; Intipe, William Alexandre; Brito, José Carlos. "Diversity, distribution and conservation of crocodiles (Order: Crocodylia) in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa". 2025. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6183800/v1.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-6183800/v1
  5. Oliveira, Raquel; Dabo, Djunco; Guedes, Patrícia; Martins, Filipa M. S.; Seck, Sambu; Rainho, Ana; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. "Multi-Scale Predictors of Small Mammal Diversity in Human-Modified Landscapes in West Africa". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4966644.
    10.2139/ssrn.4966644
  6. Hazard, Quentin C.K.; Yoh, Natalie; Moore, Jonathan; Senawi, Juliana; Gibson, Luke; Froidevaux, Jérémy S.P.; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. "Indirect effects of habitat amount mediated by habitat configuration determine bat diversity at the landscape-scale in Peninsular Malaysia". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.30.573737.
    10.1101/2023.12.30.573737
  7. dos Reis-Silva, Francisco; Alves-Martins, Fernanda; Martinez-Arribas, Javier; Pizzigalli, Cristian; Seck, Sambu; Rainho, Ana; Rocha, Ricardo; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. "Amphibian and reptile dataset across different land-use types in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa". 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.11.21.624282.
    10.1101/2024.11.21.624282
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/04/07 Addressing environmental health and the current threats it faces Planetary Health for Family Doctors
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon (online), Portugal)
2024/11/06 Context matters: Indigenous Territories can safeguard human health depending on the landscape structure and legal status Tropical Summit 2024
(Lisbon, Brazil)
2024/09/03 Habitat, ratos e manejo agrícola: podemos rentabilizar a produção de cacau nas agroflorestas da Ilha de São Tomé? IV Reunião da Associação Brasileira de Ciência Ecológica e Conservação
Universidade Federal da Bahia (Salvador, Brazil)
2024/08/05 Effects of land-use change on seed and artificial fruit interaction rates in West Africa 8th Frugivores and seed dispersal symposium
State University of Santa Cruz (Ilhéus, Brazil)
2024/02/20 Disentangling the effects of habitat fragmentation and top-down trophic cascades on small mammal assemblages on Amazonian forest islands 7th European Conference of Tropical Ecology
Faculty of Sciences from the University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/07/24 Impact of land-use change on the aerial insectivorous bats of the Island of São Tomé, Gulf of Guinea, Central West Africa 31st International Congress for Conservation Biology
(Kigali, Rwanda)
2022/06/06 Are habitat loss and fragmentation effects on small mammals mediated by higher trophic levels? 58° Annual Meeting of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation
(Cartagena, Colombia)
2021/12/15 Drivers of leafcutter ant populations and their inter-trophic relationships in Amazonian forest islands International Conference on Conservation Sciences
Society Conservation Biology (Virtual, Rwanda)
2021/11/14 Emerging properties of species-habitat networks in fragmented landscapes: a multi-taxa analysis Symposium on Ecological Networks
FUNDACIO´ UNIVERSITAT-EMPRESA DE LES ILLES BALEARS (Maiorca, Spain)
2021/07/22 Multi-scale determinants of species diversity: The case study of lizards and small mammals in Amazonian insular forest fragments Annual Meeting of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation
Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation (Virtual)
2019/07/01 Hydropower as an emerging driver of habitat loss: the case of two apex predators Annual Meeting of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation
(Madagascar)
2018/07/01 Ecological correlates of mammal ß-diversity in Amazonian land-bridge islands: from small- to large-bodied species Annual Meeting of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation
(Malaysia)
2016/07/01 Lizard responses to habitat insularization induced by a mega hydroelectric dam in the lowland Amazon Annual Meeting of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation
(France)
2014/06/01 Giant otter population responses to habitat expansion and degradation induced by a mega hydroelectric dam. XII IUCN OSG International Otter Congress
(Brazil)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09/01 - 2024/11/15 Drivers of small mammal diversity in naturally fragmented landscapes in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa)
Supervisor
 Biodiversity and Genetics Resources (Master)
2023/09/01 - 2024/11/15 Drivers of cocoa yield in São Tome Island: disentangling the effects of an invasive species, agricultural management and landscape-context
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/10/01 - 2024/08/01 Understanding the social-ecological importance of community-managed forests in Guinea-Bissau
Supervisor
Universidade Lusófona da Guiné-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
2023/10/01 - 2024/08/01 Mammal responses to forest conversion into cashew orchards in the Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau
Supervisor
Universidade Lusófona da Guiné-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
2023/10/01 - 2024/08/01 Changes in the ecological function following forest conversion into cashew orchards in the Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau
Supervisor
Universidade Lusófona da Guiné-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
2023/09/01 - 2024/06/01 Spatiotemporal dynamics of free-ranging cats in a subtropical oceanic island
Co-supervisor
 Conservation Biology (Master)
University of Oxford Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, United Kingdom
2022/09/01 - 2023/09/01 Conserving biodiversity and enhancing food security: small mammals and their ecosystem (dis)services across rice paddies in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa).
Supervisor
 Biologia da Conservação (Master)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/09/01 Quantificação de predação por diferentes grupos taxonómicos dentro e fora de zonas de exclusão de aves e morcegos
Co-supervisor
 Biologia da Conservação (Master)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/06/30 Activity patterns and species-level responses of tropical insectivorous bats to land-use change: insights from the Gulf of Guinea
Supervisor
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/06/30 Local and landscape-scale predictors of aerial insectivorous bats in the endemic-rich islands of Sao Tome and Principe, West Africa
Supervisor
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2022/02/01 - 2023/06/01 Responses of amphibians and reptiles to land-use change in Guinea-Bissau
Supervisor
 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Master)
Helsingin yliopisto - Kumpulan kampus, Finland
2022/02/01 - 2023/06/01 Patterns and predictors of mid-sized mammal diversity in agricultural landscapes of Guinea-Bissau (West Africa)
Supervisor
 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Master)
Helsingin yliopisto - Kumpulan kampus, Finland
2022/01/12 - 2022/09/12 Study of terrestrial fauna ecology of the Macaronesia Portuguese Island Madeira
Supervisor
 ERASMUS+ (Other)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2021/01/01 - 2022/06/01 Ecological impact of habitat loss and fragmentation on an insectivorous bat community in a Malaysian hydroelectric reservoir
Co-supervisor
 TROPIMUNDO (Master)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2020/09/01 Effects of forest loss and fragmentation on East Asian aerial insectivorous bats: an assessment using a sub-tropical land-bridge island as a model system
Co-supervisor
 Terrestrial Ecology and Biodiversity Management (Master)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/02/03 - Current How to ensure good practices when doing fieldwork in the tropics? (2023/02/03 - 2023/02/03)
Round table (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2024/02/20 - 2024/02/20 Symposium organiser entitled ‘Insular habitat fragmentation induced by hydroelectric dams: an emerging threat to biodiversity’ at European Conference on Tropical Ecology, Lisbon, Portugal, (3 hours) (2024/02/20)
Symposium
 Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/07/10 - 2022/07/10 Simposio intitulado "Insular habitat fragmentation induced by hydroelectric dams: an emerging threat to biodiversity" (2022/06/10)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)
 Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, United States

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/12/13 Insetos e Máquinas
Thesis Member
 Lucas Ferreira Colares (PhD)
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil
2024/11/12 Pollinator communities across agroecosystems in São Tomé island
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Adriana Padilha (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2023/08/28 Effects of flooding at the Santo Antônio Hydroelectric Plant on the assembly of small non-flying mammals in the Upper Madeira River
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Raylenne da Silva Araújo (PhD)
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Brazil
2023/07/05 Landscape features of rice fields as drivers of bat activity: a case study from Guinea-Bissau
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Jorge Daniel Venâncio Coimbra (Master)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/03/21 Dealing with uncertainty and ignorance in biodiversity data: a taxonomic and spatial perspective
(Thesis) Arguer
 Thainá Lessa (PhD)
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Brazil
2022/04/22 Avaliação espaço-temporal dos efeitos da inundação de habitats sobre a diversidade taxonômica e funcional de anuros em uma hidrelétrica a fio d'água na Amazônia, Brasil
(Thesis) Arguer
 Jussara Santos Dayrell (PhD)
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Brazil
2021/03/24 Estrutura das redes de interações entre mamíferos frugívoros e plantas
(Thesis) Arguer
 Larissa Gabriel Araujo Goebel (Master)
Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Brazil

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2020/01/01 - Current British Ecological Society
2013/02/01 - Current Sociedade Brasileira de Mastozoologia
2011/04/01 - Current Association for Tropical Biology
2005/09/01 - 2007/09/01 Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/02/27 - 2033/03/03 Introduction to Ecological Networks (Pós-Graduação) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2023/09/20 - 2024/04/10 Lecturing Landscape Ecology (6 hours) in the Post-Graduation programme in One Health at the Faculty of Medicine from the University of Lisbon (https://www.medicina.ulisboa.pt/ii-curso-pos-graduado-one-health-saude-humana-saude-animal-e-saude-ambiental) (Pós-Graduação) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2023/10/14 - 2023/10/28 Course coordinator on the ‘Field course on Tropical Ecology and Conservation’, in collaboration with the Tropical Biology Association, delivered in Guinea-Bissau for 21 participants from Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Angola, São Tomé and Princípe and Portugal (98 hours/in Portuguese) (https://cibio-tropibio.pt/en/news-and-events/estao-abertas-as-candidaturas-para-curso-de-campo-em-ecologia-e-conservacao-na-guine-bissau/) (Postgraduate Certificate) Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2013/06/01 - 2013/12/20 Dinamica Ambiental Biologia (Bachelor) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2022/06/05 - Current Participation in the Brazil-based programme FUNBIO ‘Conserving the Future’ (2020 call), amounting to five proposals evaluated.
Evaluator
 Brazilian Biodivesity Fund, Brazil

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2023/05/26 Participation in the interview from Mongabay: "Flooding for hydropower dams hits forest-reliant bats hard, study shows"
2021/12/22 Entrevista sobre o trabalho recentemente publicado: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-021-02878-5, intitulada: "Tigres e jaguares ameçados por barragens hidroelectricas" Journal Publico
2021/12/01 Entrevista a BCC entitulada: "Hydroelectric dams linked to tiger and jaguar losses" sobre o trabalho recém publicado: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-021-02878-5 BBC News
2014/06/01 Ciencia Hoje MAIS ÁGUA, MENOS LONTRAS

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2023/07/06 - 2023/07/06 Participação no podcast 'A viagem de um maçarico': Entrevista com a investigator Ana Filipa Palmeirim. Ep. 99.
2022/10/06 - 2022/10/06 Participation in the podcast UnDisciplined, hosted by the Utah State University: Hydropower dams are leading to species extinctions.
2022/09/01 - 2022/09/01 Participation in the podcast Wild Cats Pawcast, organised by the Wild Cats Conservation Alliance: Dam, are hydropower projects threatening wild tigers?
2015/07/01 - 2015/07/01 Expedições - tv Brasil Uma expedição pelas cachoeiras da Amazônia central

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/12/15 - Current EcoHealth Springer
2022/03/03 - Current Oecologia Australis
2022/03/01 - Current Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation (ZRDC)
2019/06/01 - 2023/12/01 Journal of Biogeography

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022/12/14 - 2022/12/14 Examiner of PhD qualification project entitled: A digital approach to quantify the cultural salience of value generating practices in Brazilian coastal parks Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil
2022/12/05 - 2022/12/05 Examiner of MSc qualification project entitled: Effects of forest fragmentation on the functional, phylogenetic, and taxonomic diversity of bats in Cerrado-Amazon transition areas Universidade do Estado do Mato Grosso, Brazil
2021/03/24 - 2021/03/24 Examiner in the PhD qualification of the project: The influences of habitat, species and man on the present and future of the mammal community of a hyper-diverse Amazonian system Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
Distinctions

Award

2019 Outstanding Postdoc
Southern University of Science and Technology, China

Other distinction

2018 Seal of Excellence
European Commission, Belgium