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Xavier Jean François Lecomte. Concluiu o(a) Doutoramento em PhD in Forestry Engineering and Natural Resources em 2018/04/10 pelo(a) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Licenciatura em General biology and earth sciences em 1997/06/30 pelo(a) Université de Rouen UFR des Sciences et Techniques e Master em Population Biology and Ecosystems, option Environment em 1998/06/30 pelo(a) Université du Havre. É Assistente de Investigação (carreira) no(a) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais. Publicou 10 artigos em revistas especializadas. Recebeu 1 prémio(s) e/ou homenagens. Participa e/ou participou como Bolseiro de Doutoramento em 1 projeto(s) e Bolseiro de Investigação em 7 projeto(s). Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Ecologia. Nas suas atividades profissionais interagiu com 35 colaborador(es) em coautorias de trabalhos científicos. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: plant-animal interactions; ecosystem services; Ecosystem conservation; global changes; Personal: Dedicated, enthusiastic and collaborative professional with proven experience in ecology, ecophysiology and research environment. I’m especially interested in management of natural and humanized landscape with a focus on species interactions and ecosystem services. I aim in understanding how ecosystems respond to environmental changes, human disturbances and global changes. I also aim in developing my experience on conservation and restoration strategies.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Xavier Jean François Lecomte

Citation names

  • Lecomte, Xavier

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C81D-28A2-EDF2
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3518-5490
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eoKmZqMAAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Researcher Id
T-4036-2018

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
French (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/09/09 - 2022/03/02
Concluded
 Ecosystem Restauration (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in ecosystem restauration framework
United Nations Development Programme, Saudi Arabia
2021/02 - 2021/03
Concluded
 Advancing on REDD+ (UN CC:Learn) (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in REDD+
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Germany
2019/07/01 - 2019/08/07
Concluded
 Ecosystem services: A method for sustainable development (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in ecosystem services
Universidade de Geneva, Switzerland
2019 - 2019
Concluded
 Ecosystem Services Procedure FSC-PRO-30-006 (Forest Stewardship Council) (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Nature protection league LPN, Portugal
2013/04/01 - 2018/04/10
Concluded
 doutotamento (Doutoramento)
Major in Forestry Engineering and Natural Resources
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
"Effects of grazing exclusion and shrub encroachment on the ecosystem ecology of evergreen oak woodland" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado cum louvor e distinção, por unanimidade
2018/02/05 - 2018/03/09
Concluded
 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Major in ecology
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
2014/09/15 - 2014/09/19
Concluded
 COST Action ES1203: Enhancing the resilience capacity of SENSitive mountain FORest ecosystems under environmental change (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Major in ecology
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
2014/06/16 - 2014/06/20
Concluded
 Drought Hazard and Management: Challenges in a Changing World (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Major in ecology
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
2014/01/20 - 2014/02/17
Concluded
 Data Analysis and Statistical Inference (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Major in estatistica
Duke University, United States
2014/02/10 - 2014/02/14
Concluded
 Measuring Biodiversity (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Major in ecology
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2013/09/11 - 2013/09/24
Concluded
 Introduction to Software R for statistical computing (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Major in statistics
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2012/10/25 - 2012/10/26
Concluded
 Introduction to SIG: Quantum GIS (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
Major in estatistica
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
1998/06/30
Concluded
 Population Biology and Ecosystems, option Environment (Portuguese equivalence: Master of Environmental Engineering) (Master)
Université du Havre UFR Sciences et Techniques, France
"Characterization and setting-up of herbaceous plants in the Senegalese Ferlo" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 n/a
1997/06/30
Concluded
 General biology and earth sciences (Licenciatura)
Université de Rouen UFR des Sciences et Techniques, France
 n/a
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/08/01 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2018/04/01 - 2019/06/30 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2011/06/01 - 2013/03/31 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
2009/10/01 - 2011/05/31 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
2008/03/01 - 2009/09/30 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal
2006/11/01 - 2008/02/29 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal
2004/03/01 - 2006/10/31 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
2001/03/01 - 2004/02/28 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal
2000/11/01 - 2001/01/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/04/01 - 2018/04/10 PhD Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
1999/05/03 - 1999/08/31 trainee Institut des Régions Arides, Tunisia
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2013/04/01 - 2017/03/31 Effects of grazing exclusion and shrub encroachment on the ecosystem ecology of evergreen oak woodland .
SFRH/BD/90753/2012
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/08/01 - Current CERTFOR - Effects of FSC forest certification on the conservation of cork oak woodlands
PTDC/ASP-SIL/31253/2017
Post-doc
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/04/01 - 2019/06/30 CorkNeighbors - Understanding the interaction between cork oak trees and the vegetation in its neighborhood
PTDC/AGR-FOR/4352/2014
Master Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
Concluded
2011/06/01 - 2013/03/31 CARBWATSHRUB - Shrub encroachment: effects on carbon, nitrogen and water cycling.
PTDC/AGR/AAM/098790/2008
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2009/10/01 - 2011/05/31 Climate change and Mediterranean ecosystems – the effect of precipitation variability on the understorey of cork oak.
PTDC/CLI/64480/2006
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2008/03/01 - 2009/09/30 Effects of deer on productivity and nutrient cycling of an oak woodland system.
POCI/AGR/63322/2004
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2006/11/01 - 2008/02/29 Effects of pasture on the nutrition of free-ranging Alentelano pigs
POCTI/CVT/60411/2004
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal
2004/03/01 - 2006/10/31 Restoration of Mediterranean evergreen oak woodland – effect of herbaceous vegetation on tree establishment
POCTI/AGG/48704/2002
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
2001/03/01 - 2004/02/28 The feeding ecology of deer and its effects on the natural regeneration of trees
POCTI/AGG/48704/2002
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2013 - 2013 NUTNET, Nutrient Network: A Global Research Cooperative (http://www.nutnet.umn.edu)
NUTNET
Technical development
Ongoing
2008 - 2009 IMECC, Infraestructure for Measurement of the European Carbon Cycle
EC FP6 - RII3
Technical development
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
 European Union
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Caldeira, M.C.; Lecomte, Xavier; Lobo-do-Vale, Raquel; Werner, Christiane; Bugalho, Miguel N.. "Shrub encroachment combines with drought and fire to decrease Quercus suber tree resilience in silvopastoral cork oak ecosystems". Paper presented in 5° European Agroforestry Conference (EURAF2020), Nuoro, 2021.
    Published
  2. Caldeira, Maria C.; Lobo-do-Vale, Raquel; Lecomte, Xavier; David, Teresa S.; Werner, Christiane. Corresponding author: Caldeira, Maria C.. "Shrub encroachment coupled to extreme droughts reduce the functioning and resilience of water-limited ecosystems". Paper presented in 15th EEF Congress & 18th SPECO meeting: Ecology across borders - Embeding Ecology in Sustainable Development Goals, Lisbon, 2019.
    Published
  3. Caldeira, Maria C.; Lobo-do-Vale, Raquel; Dubert, Maren; Lecomte, Xavier; David, Teresa S.; Werner, Christiane. Corresponding author: Caldeira, Maria C.. "Coupled shrub invasion and extreme drought reduce the functioning and resilience of evergreen Mediterranean oak woodlands". Paper presented in XVI Spanish Portuguese Congress of Plant Physiology, Pamplona, 2019.
    Published
  4. Caldeira, M.C.; Lobo-do-Vale, Raquel; Lecomte, Xavier; David, Teresa S.; Pinto, Joaquim G.; Bugalho, Miguel N.; Werner, Christiane. "Drought and shrub invasion reduce transpiration and resilience of a Quercus suber ecosystem". Paper presented in XIV MEDECOS & XIII AEET meeting. Humans driven scenarios for evolutionary and ecological changes, sevilla, 2017.
  5. Caldeira, Maria C.; Lecomte, Xavier; David, Teresa S.; Bugalho, Miguel N.; Werner, Christiane. "Extreme drought event and shrub invasion combine to reduce ecosystem functioning and resilience in water-limited climates". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, 2016.
    Published
  6. Caldeira, Maria C.; Lobo-do-Vale, Raquel; Lecomte, Xavier; David, T.S.; Pinto, Joaquim G.; Bugalho, Miguel N.; Werner, Christiane. Corresponding author: Caldeira, Maria C.. "Drought and shrub encroachment decreases cork-oak tree resilience to extreme drought". Paper presented in World Congress Silvo-Pastoral Systems, Evora, 2016.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Lecomte, Xavier; Paulo, Joana Amaral; Tomé, Margarida; Veloso, Sandra; Firmino, P.N.; Faias, Sonia P.; Caldeira, M.C.. "Does forest management maintain the sustainability of Cork oak woodland? Combined effect of shrub clearing and drought on juvenile tree plantations". Paper presented in XV Portuguese Spanish Plant Water Relations Symposium (Plant Water Relations Lisbon 2022), 2022.
  2. Mexia, Teresa; Lecomte, Xavier; Caldeira, M.C.; Bugalho, Miguel N.. "Regional-scale assessment of the effects of FSC certification on the biometry of Montado stand". Paper presented in XIX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia (SPECO, Portuguese Ecological Society), 2020.
  3. Nogueira, Carla; Mcculley, R. L.; Fangueiro, David; Lecomte, Xavier; Bugalho, Miguel N.; Caldeira, Maria C.. "Effect of nutrient addition on soil respiration in Mediterranean grassland". Paper presented in 18th International Nitrogen Workshop “The Nitrogen Challenge", 2014.
  4. Lecomte, Xavier; Horta, A.; Fangueiro, David; Bugalho, Miguel N.; Caldeira, Maria C.. "Soil Nitrogen in shrub encroached Mediterranean oak ecosystems: Effects after shrub clear.cut". Paper presented in 18th International Nitrogen Workshop -The Nitrogen Challenge-, 2014.
  5. Lecomte, Xavier; Caldeira, Maria C; Horta, A.; Rego, F; Bugalho, Miguel N.. "Grassland responses to climatic fluctuations". Paper presented in FP7 projet "Fostering European Drought Research and Science-Policy Interfacing, 2014.
  6. Pintó-Marijuan, M; Jongen, M.; Bicho, Rita Carina; Brossa, R.; Lecomte, Xavier; Pereira, J. S.; Chaves, M. M.. Corresponding author: Pintó-Marijuan, M. "Ecophysiological adaptations of the herbaceous understorey of Mediterranean evergreen oak woodlands to different frequencies of precipitation". Paper presented in Ecophysiology Techniques Workshop (PEPG / SEB), 2012.
  7. Fangueiro, David; Caldeira, Maria C.; Lecomte, Xavier; Coutinho, João. Corresponding author: Fangueiro, David. "Influence of tree canopies on nitrogen dynamics in montado - a Portuguese Cork Oak Savanna". Paper presented in 17th International Nitrogen Workshop "Innovations for Sustainable Use of Nitrogen Resources", 2012.
  8. Ribeiro, S.; Caldeira, Maria C.; Lecomte, Xavier; Moura, Catarina G.; Martins, A. F.; Costa, S. R.. "Nematode communities and dynamics associated with shrub encroachment in Montado ecosystems". Paper presented in Meeting, British Ecological Society: Aboveground belowground interactions, 2012.
  9. Caldeira, Maria C.; Fangueiro, David; Lecomte, Xavier; Bugalho, M. N. ; Coutinho, J. P.; Pereira, J. S.. Corresponding author: Caldeira, Maria C.. "Soil Microbial Biomass And Activity In A Cork Oak Savanna". Paper presented in Annual Meeting: Ecological Society of America (ESA)., 2010.
  10. Jongen, Marjan; Lecomte, Xavier; Pereira, J. S.. "The impact of changes in the amount and timing of precipitation on the herbaceous understorey of Mediterranean evergreen oak woodlands". Paper presented in European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU), 2010.
  11. Bugalho, M.N.; Lecomte, Xavier; Caldeira, Maria C.; Gonçalves, M.; Branco, Manuela. "Coexistence of grazed and grazing excluded patches increases plant and invertebrate diversity in a Mediterranean oak woodland". Paper presented in Annual Meeting: Ecological Society of America (ESA)., 2010.
  12. Costa Silva, F; Jongen, Marjan; Ramos, A.; Lecomte, Xavier; Pereira, J. S.. "LTER Machoqueira do Grou - A unique cork oak woodland in Portugal -". Paper presented in European IMMEC Meeting, 2010.
  13. Caldeira, Maria C.; Lecomte, Xavier; Nogueira, C.; Bugalho, M.N.; Pereira, J.S.. "Does tree canopy facilitate oak seedlings in a Mediterranean oak woodland?". Paper presented in British Ecological Society Symposium 2009, 2009.
  14. Lecomte, Xavier; Caldeira, Maria C.; Bugalho, M. N. ; Khatum, F.; Pereira, J. S.. "Effects of Mammalian Herbivory on the root morphology of Oak seedlings". Paper presented in International congress COST : European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - Action E38: Woody root processes, 2008.
  15. Caldeira, Maria C.; Nogueira, Carla; Lecomte, Xavier; Moreira, A.; Bugalho, M.N.; Pereira, J. S.. "Cork and Holm Oak seedlings responses to canopy and herbaceous cover: delta 13C signature". Paper presented in BASIN/SIBAE stable isotope conference: Isotopes as Tracers of Ecological Change, 2006.
  16. Caldeira, Maria C.; Lecomte, Xavier; Nogueira, Carla; Moreira, A.; Bugalho, M. N. ; Pereira, J. S.. "Canopy and herbaceous cover effect on survival and growth of Cork and Holm Oak". Paper presented in 90th Annual Meeting ESA and INTECOL IX International Congress of Ecology, 2005.
Journal article
  1. Lecomte, Xavier; Miguel N. Bugalho; Filipe X. Catry; Paulo M. Fernandes; Maria C. Caldeira. "Ungulates mitigate the effects of drought and shrub encroachment on the fire hazard of Mediterranean oak woodlands". Ecological Applications (revision submitted) (2022):
    Under revision
  2. Mexia, Teresa; Caldeira, Maria C.; Lecomte, Xavier; Tomé, M.; Nunes, Leónia; Bugalho, Miguel N.. "Forest certification increases resistance to decline of coak oak wooldands". Biological Conservation (2022):
    Submitted
  3. Teresa Mexia; Lecomte, Xavier; Maria Conceição Caldeira; Miguel Nuno Bugalho. "Conservation zones increase habitat heterogeneity of certified Mediterranean oak woodlands". Forest Ecology and Management 504 (2021): 119811.
    Published
  4. Lecomte, X.; Paulo, J.A.; Tomé, M.; Veloso, S.; Firmino, P.N.; Faias, S.P.; Caldeira, M.C.. "Shrub understorey clearing and drought affects water status and growth of juvenile Quercus suber trees". Forest Ecology and Management 503 (2021): 119760. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119760.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119760
  5. Vaz, Pedro G.; Bugalho, Miguel N.; Fedriani, José M.; Branco, Manuela; Lecomte, Xavier; Nogueira, Carla; Caldeira, Maria C.. "Unravelling associations between tree-seedling performance, herbivory, competition, and facilitation in high nature value farmlands". Journal of Environmental Management 232 (2019): 1066-1074. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.11.082.
    10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.11.082
  6. Lecomte, Xavier; Caldeira, Maria C.; Catry, Filipe X.; Fernandes, Paulo M.; Jackson, Robert B.; Bugalho, Miguel N.. "Ungulates mediate trade-offs between carbon storage and wildfire hazard in Mediterranean oak woodlands". Journal of Applied Ecology 56 3 (2018): 699-710. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13310.
    10.1111/1365-2664.13310
  7. Lecomte, Xavier; Caldeira, Maria C.; Bugalho, Miguel N.; Fedriani, José M.. "Combined effects of deer, mice and insect seed predation on the reproductive success of a Mediterranean shrub". Basic and Applied Ecology 21 (2017): 45-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2017.03.005.
    10.1016/j.baae.2017.03.005
  8. Lecomte, Xavier; Fedriani, José M.; Caldeira, Maria C.; Clemente, Adelaide S.; Olmi, Alessandro; Bugalho, Miguel N.. "Too Many Is Too Bad: Long-Term Net Negative Effects of High Density Ungulate Populations on a Dominant Mediterranean Shrub". PLOS ONE 11 7 (2016): e0158139. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158139.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0158139
  9. Caldeira, Maria C.; Lecomte, Xavier; David, Teresa S.; Pinto, Joaquim G.; Bugalho, Miguel N.; Werner, Christiane. "Synergy of extreme drought and shrub invasion reduce ecosystem functioning and resilience in water-limited climates". Scientific Reports 5 1 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep15110.
    10.1038/srep15110
  10. Caldeira, Maria C.; Ibáñez, Inés; Nogueira, Carla; Bugalho, Miguel N.; Lecomte, Xavier; Moreira, Andreia; Pereira, João S.. "Direct and indirect effects of tree canopy facilitation in the recruitment of Mediterranean oaks". Journal of Applied Ecology 51 2 (2014): 349-358. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12189.
    10.1111/1365-2664.12189
  11. Jongen, Marjan; Lecomte, Xavier; Unger, Stephan; Fangueiro, David; Pereira, João Santos. "Precipitation variability does not affect soil respiration and nitrogen dynamics in the understorey of a Mediterranean oak woodland". Plant and Soil 372 1-2 (2013): 235-251. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-013-1728-7.
    10.1007/s11104-013-1728-7
  12. Jongen, Marjan; Lecomte, Xavier; Unger, Stephan; Pintó-Marijuan, Marta; Pereira, João Santos. "The impact of changes in the timing of precipitation on the herbaceous understorey of Mediterranean evergreen oak woodlands". Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 171-172 (2013): 163-173. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.11.020.
    10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.11.020
  13. Correia, A.C.; Minunno, F.; Caldeira, M.C.; Banza, J.; Mateus, J.; Carneiro, M.; Wingate, L.; et al. "Soil water availability strongly modulates soil CO2 efflux in different Mediterranean ecosystems: Model calibration using the Bayesian approach". Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 161 (2012): 88-100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2012.07.025.
    10.1016/j.agee.2012.07.025
  14. Bugalho, Miguel N.; Lecomte, Xavier; Gonçalves, Merícia; Caldeira, Maria C.; Branco, Manuela. "Establishing grazing and grazing-excluded patches increases plant and invertebrate diversity in a Mediterranean oak woodland". Forest Ecology and Management 261 11 (2011): 2133-2139. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.009.
    10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.009
  15. Bugalho, Miguel N.; Lecomte, Xavier; Pile, Sara; Caldeira, Maria C. "Efeitos do pastoreio por cervídeos na regeneração natural e composição florística de uma pastagem.". Revista de Ciências Agrárias 29 (2006): 145-150.
    Published
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/02 May forest management maintain the sustainability of juvenile Cork oak stand under climate change prediction? Meeting with finalist french students from Bordeaux Sciences Agro
CEF (lisbon, Portugal)
2019/09/29 Ungulates affect ecosystem functioning and mediate biodiversity and ecosystem services in Mediterranean oak woodlands XXV IUFRO World Congress
(Curitiba, Brazil)
2019/08/01 Ungulates affect ecosystem functioning and mediate trade-offs between biodiversity and ecosystem services in Mediterranean oak woodlands 15th EEF Congress & 18th SPECO meeting: Ecology across borders - Embeding Ecology in Sustainable Development Goals
EEF / SPECO (lisbon, Portugal)
2019/07/30 Shrub encroachment coupled to extreme droughts reduce the functioning and resilience of water-limited ecosystems 15th EEF Congress & 18th SPECO meeting: Ecology across borders - Embeding Ecology in Sustainable Development Goals
EEF / SPECO (Lisboa, Portugal? (lisbon, Portugal)
2013/11 Using a radiative transfer model to simulate the impact of tree cover, leaf area index and greenness of herbaceous understory on MODIS based NDVI in Mediterranean cork oak woodland COST Action ES0903 - EUROSPEC -
(Trento, Italy)
2013 Long-term effects of grazing on plant diversity and ecological functioning of a Mediterranean grassland 98th annual meeting ESA
ESA (United States)
2012/08 The impact of changes in the timing of precipitation on soil respiration and soil-N in Mediterranean evergreen oak woodlands 97th annual meeting ESA
ESA (Portland, United States)
2012/08 The impact of changes in the timing of precipitation on the herbaceous understorey of Mediterranean evergreen oak woodlands. 97th annual meeting ESA
ESA (Portland, United States)
2011/09 The impact of changes in the timing of precipitation on the herbaceous understorey of Mediterranean evergreen oak woodlands MEDECOS XII, Linking Science with Resource Management
(Los Angeles, United States)
2009 Does tree canopy facilitate oak seedlings in a Mediterranean oak woodland?
BES (United Kingdom)
2005 Effect of grazing on insect communities in a cork oak forest X Jornadas Científicas de la Sociedad Española de Entomología Aplicada. I Jornadas Portuguesas de Entomologia Aplicada
(Portugal)
2004 Effects of deer on the natural regeneration of Oaks and botanical composition of Mediterranean grassland. British Ecological society Annual Meeting
BES (United Kingdom)
2002 Herbivores and the ecology of a montado system: red deer (Cervus elaphus) as a study case 1st Meeting on the Wildlife of Montado Systems
(Canada)
2002 Do red deer (Cervus elaphus) select trees for rubbing antlers? 5th International Deer Biology Congress
(Canada)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/01/01 - Current Comparing camera trapping and dung counts as methods for estimating plot use and grazing activity in wild ungulates,
Co-supervisor
 Erasmus program training (Other)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2019/08/01 - 2022/07/31 Effects of sustainable forest management on the conservation of cork oak woodlands
Co-supervisor of Teresa Mexia
 Forestry Engineering and Natural Resources (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2021/01/01 - 2021/11/14 Forest certification, plant understory diversity e carbon stock in cork oak woodland
Supervisor
 Management and Conservation of Natural Resources (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2020/12/01 - 2021/04/30 Effects of deer on the regeneration of Mediterranean oak woodlands
Co-supervisor
 Mediterranean Forestry and Natural Resources Management (MEDFor) (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2012/02/01 - 2012/06/30 Gum cistus (Cistus ladanifer) effect on carbon, nitrogen and water cycles in an evergreen oak woodland
Co-supervisor
Escola profissional de ciêncas geográficas, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022 Forest certification, plant understory diversity e carbon stock in cork oak woodland
Supervisor
 Lia Furtado Castro Neves (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2021/12/13 Artificial regeneration of cork oak (Quercus suber L.): effect of shade on survival and growth of young plants
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Mariana Picareta Vaz Palma (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2021/11/30 Effects of deer on the regeneration of Mediterranean oak woodlands
Supervisor
 Md Nur Un Nabi (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
2012 Gum cistus (Cistus ladanifer) effect on carbon, nitrogen and water cycles in an evergreen oak woodland
Supervisor
 Pedro Miguel Duarte Alves (Other)
Escola profissional de ciêncas geográficas, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021/01/01 - Current Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) member
2021 - Current Tropical College (CTROP) of the University of Lisbon member
2018/01/01 - Current SPECO, Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Portuguese Society of Ecology) member
2019/01/01 - 2021/12/31 LPN, League for the Protection of Nature member

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022 - 2022 Practical classes in Ecology Ecology (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2008 Sustainability of the cork oak forests and associated biodiversity
Amorim, Portugal