The aim of this research area is to contribute to the sustainable management and conservation of wildlife populations through the investigation of wildlife-habitat inter-relationships. In particular, we are conducting research on the effects of wildlife on ecosystems (e.g. the impact of wild herbivores on vegetation dynamics), on the ecology and management of game species (e.g. turtle dove, Streptopelia turtur), and on the impacts of agricultural changes on the populations of species with unfavourable conservation status (e.g. great bustard, Otis tarda, and the little bustard, Tetrax tetrax).
Activities and Outputs
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BIO JUST / BIODIVERSA
[Project]
ProROLA-Year 1: Streptopelia turtur Recovery and Conservation Plan
Funding: Fundo Ambiental. May 2023 - Jun 2024. Partners: ICNF - ANPC - CNPC - FENCAÇA - INIAV e SPEA. Reference: Fundo Ambiental Protocolo 8.[Project]
CERTFOR: Effects of forest certification on the conservation of cork oak woodlands
Funding: Science and Technology Foundation (FCT). Duration: 1st of January 2019 to 31st December 2022. Reference: PTDC/ASP-SIL/31253/2017
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Development of a population model and adaptive harvest mechanism for Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Funding: EU, DG Environment; Period: December 2019 to April 2021. Reference: ENV.D.3/SER /2019/0021
[Project]
Sustainable management of natural habitats in Protected Areas
Collaborative protocol. Period: September 2015 to September 2018.
[Project]
ALTERFOR - Alternative models and robust decision: making for future forest management
Funding: Horizon 2020. Period: April 2016 to September 2020. Reference: 676754.
[Project]
MODELYNX - Modeling the combined effect of vegetation, biotic interactions and hunting in habitats suitable for the Iberian lynx: preparation of the reintroduction conditions in Portugal
Funding: POSEUR PT2020. Period: October 2016 to September 2018. Reference: POSEUR-03-2215-FC-000040.
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Endemic pigeons of São Tomé: developing science-based conservation and sustainable use of African forest pigeons
Funding: Science and Technology Foundation (FCT). Period: April 2011 to April 2013. Reference: PTDC/BIA-BIC/115223/2009.
[Project]
Ecology and management of the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) for the valorization of the cork oak woodland "montado"
Funding: Ministry of Agriculture, PAMAF Programme. Period: 1995-1998. Reference: PAMAF 4030.
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The feeding ecology of deer and its effects on the regeneration of trees
Funding: Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT), POCTI Programme. Period: 2000-2003. Reference: POCTI/AGR/33929/99.
