List of works - Francisco Moreira

A Multicriteria Risk Analysis to Evaluate Impacts of Forest Management Alternatives on Forest Health in Europe

article

A Spatially Explicit Choice Model to Assess the Impact of Conservation Policy on High Nature Value Farming Systems

article by Paulo F. Ribeiro et al published March 2018 in Ecological Economics

A conceptual model of sprouting responses in relation to fire damage: an example with cork oak (Quercus suber L.) trees in Southern Portugal

article

A greener path for the EU Common Agricultural Policy

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

A review of searcher efficiency and carcass persistence in infrastructure-driven mortality assessment studies

A spatially explicit approach to assess the collision risk between birds and overhead power lines: A case study with the little bustard

article by João Paulo Silva et al published February 2014 in Biological Conservation

Action needed for the EU Common Agricultural Policy to address sustainability challenges

scientific article published on 08 March 2020

Age determination in Pomatoschistus mi nut us (Pallas) and Pomatoschistus microps (Kreyer) (Pisces: Gobiidae) from the upper Tagus estuary, Portugal

article

Agricultural policy can reduce wildfires

scientific article published on 01 March 2018

An applied farming systems approach to infer conservation-relevant agricultural practices for agri-environment policy design

article published in 2016

Are drought and wildfires turning Mediterranean cork oak forests into persistent shrublands?

scholarly article by Vanda Acácio et al published 11 September 2008 in Agroforestry Systems

Assessing the extent and the environmental drivers of Eucalyptus globulus wildling establishment in Portugal: results from a countrywide survey

article

Assessing the relative fire proneness of different forest types in Portugal

article

Assessment of fire selectivity in relation to land cover and topography: a comparison between Southern European countries

Between-year variations in Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax population densities are influenced by agricultural intensification and rainfall

scientific article published in 2010

Biodiversity monitoring in Europe: User and policy needs

scientific article published in July 2024

Bird assemblages of an Iberian cereal steppe

Bird on the wire: Landscape planning considering costs and benefits for bird populations coexisting with power lines

scientific article published on 24 February 2018

Breeding in both lotic and lentic habitats explains the invasive potential of the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) in Portugal

article

Calandra lark habitat selection: Strong fragmentation effects in a grassland specialist

scientific article published in 2010

Changes in grassland management and linear infrastructures associated to the decline of an endangered bird population

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

Characterization of wildfires in Portugal

article

Characterizing and modelling the spatial patterns of wildfire ignitions in Portugal: fire initiation and resulting burned area

article

Combined effects of landscape composition and heterogeneity on farmland avian diversity

scientific article

Comparative ecology of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L., 1758), in a large Iberian river

Comparing survival and size of resprouts and planted trees for post-fire forest restoration in central Portugal

article

Conservation Status of a Recently Described Endemic Land Snail, Candidula coudensis, from the Iberian Peninsula

scientific article (publication date: 2015)

Contrasting static versus dynamic-based typologies of land cover patterns in the Lisbon metropolitan area: Towards a better understanding of peri-urban areas

Cork extraction as a key factor determining post-fire cork oak survival in a mountain region of southern Portugal

article

Cork oak vulnerability to fire: the role of bark harvesting, tree characteristics and abiotic factors

scientific article

Diet of the twaite shad Alosa fallax (Lacepede) (Clupeidae) in the River Tagus Estuary, Portugal

article

Diet, prey-size selection and intake rates of Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa feeding on mudflats

article by Francisco Moreira published July 1994 in Ibis

Differential heat tolerance in nestlings suggests sympatric species may face different climate change risks

scholarly article by Ines Catry et al published 6 October 2015 in Climate Research

Differentiating peri-urban areas: A transdisciplinary approach towards a typology

Distribution patterns and conservation status of four bustard species (Family Otididae) in a montane grassland of South Africa

article

Do wheat, barley and oats provide similar habitat and food resources for birds in cereal steppes?

Drivers of power line use by white storks: A case study of birds nesting on anthropogenic structures

scientific article published in 2018

Drivers of survival in a small mammal of conservation concern: An assessment using extensive genetic non-invasive sampling in fragmented farmland

scientific article published in 2019

EU protected area network did not prevent a country wide population decline in a threatened grassland bird

scientific article published on 23 January 2018

Easy but ephemeral food: exploring the trade-offs of agricultural practices in the foraging decisions of Lesser Kestrels on farmland

article by Inês Catry et al published 12 September 2014 in Bird Study

Effects of changed grazing regimes and habitat fragmentation on Mediterranean grassland birds

article published in 2010

Effects of deer on the post-fire recovery of a Mediterranean plant community in Central Portugal

article

Effects of field management and landscape context on grassland wintering birds in Southern Portugal

article

Effects of geographical data sampling bias on habitat models of species distributions: a case study with steppe birds in southern Portugal

article

Effects of large herbivores on fire regimes and wildfire mitigation

scientific article published in 2021

Effects of large herbivores on fire regimes and wildfire mitigation

Effects of multiple factors on plant diversity of forest fragments in intensive farmland of Northern Portugal

article

Effects of prescribed fire on vegetation structure and breeding birds in young Pinus pinaster stands of northern Portugal

article

Estimating the influence of overhead transmission power lines and landscape context on the density of little bustard Tetrax tetrax breeding populations

article

Extreme events are more likely to affect the breeding success of lesser kestrels than average climate change

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

Factors affecting post-fire crown regeneration in cork oak (Quercus suber L.) trees

Fire Ecology and Post-Fire Restoration Approaches in Southern European Forest Types

article

Food of the swordfish, Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758, off the Portuguese coast

article

Foraging habitat quality constrains effectiveness of artificial nest-site provisioning in reversing population declines in a colonial cavity nester.

scientific article

Google Street View as an alternative method to car surveys in large-scale vegetation assessments

scientific article

Group size and composition are correlated with population density in the group-territorial blue korhaan (Eupodotis caerulescens)

article

Hierarchic species–area relationships and the management of forest habitat islands in intensive farmland

scientific article published in 2013

High unexpected genetic diversity of a narrow endemic terrestrial mollusc

scientific article published on 16 March 2017

High unexpected genetic diversity of a narrow endemic terrestrial mollusc

Higher breeding densities of the threatened little bustard Tetrax tetrax occur in larger grassland fields: Implications for conservation

article

Impacts of land use and infrastructural changes on threatened Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax breeding populations: quantitative assessments using a recently developed spatially explicit dynamic modelling framework

Influence of landscape characteristics on carnivore diversity and abundance in Mediterranean farmland

article published in 2009

Intake rates and the functional response in shorebirds (Charadriiformes) eating macro-invertebrates

scientific article published on 24 July 2006

Interactions between abiotic filters, landscape structure and species traits as determinants of dairy farmland plant diversity

article

Land Cover Change and Fire Regime in the European Mediterranean Region

Land use and topography influences on wildfire occurrence in northern Portugal

article

Landscape changes and breeding bird assemblages in northwestern Portugal: the role of fire

scientific article published in 2001

Landscape determinants of European roller foraging habitat: implications for the definition of agri-environmental measures for species conservation

Landscape dynamics in Mediterranean oak forests under global change: understanding the role of anthropogenic and environmental drivers across forest types

scientific article

Landscape effects on large scale abundance patterns of turtle doves Streptopelia turtur in Portugal

article

Landscape makers and landscape takers: links between farming systems and landscape patterns along an intensification gradient

scientific article published in 2015

Landscape – wildfire interactions in southern Europe: implications for landscape management.

scientific article published on 08 July 2011

Long-term trends in great bustard (Otis tarda) populations in Portugal suggest concentration in single high quality area

article

Making olive oil sustainable

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Mapping beta diversity from space: Sparse Generalised Dissimilarity Modelling (SGDM) for analysing high-dimensional data

scientific article published in 2015

Mismatches between habitat preferences and risk avoidance for birds in intensive Mediterranean farmland

Mixed Effects of Long-Term Conservation Investment in Natura 2000 Farmland

Modeling and mapping wildfire ignition risk in Portugal

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Modelling farming system dynamics in High Nature Value Farmland under policy change

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Modelling natural disturbances in forest ecosystems: a review

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Modelling the impact of agricultural abandonment and wildfires on vertebrate diversity in Mediterranean Europe

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Mosaic-level inference of the impact of land cover changes in agricultural landscapes on biodiversity: a case-study with a threatened grassland bird

scientific article

Natural establishment of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. in burnt stands in Portugal

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Nest site habitat selection and nesting performance of the Great Bustard Otis tarda in southern Portugal: implications for conservation

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Occurrence of native and exotic invasive trees in burned pine and eucalypt plantations: Implications for post-fire forest conversion

scientific article published in 2013

Overcoming the rare species modelling paradox: A novel hierarchical framework applied to an Iberian endemic plant

article

Population density and use of grasslands by female Little Bustards during lek attendance, nesting and brood-rearing

Post-Fire Management of Cork Oak Forests

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Post-fire forest management in southern Europe: a COST action for gathering and disseminating scientific knowledge

Post-fire plant diversity and abundance in pine and eucalypt stands in Portugal: Effects of biogeography, topography, forest type and post-fire management

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Post-fire response variability in Mediterranean Basin tree species in Portugal

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Post-fire survival and regeneration of Eucalyptus globulus in forest plantations in Portugal

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Post-fire tree mortality in mixed forests of central Portugal

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Power line routing and configuration as major drivers of collision risk in two bustard species

scientific article published in 2020

Predators and livestock reduce bird nest survival in intensive Mediterranean farmland

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Prescribed burning in southern Europe: developing fire management in a dynamic landscape

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Re-assessing the effectiveness of wire-marking to mitigate bird collisions with power lines: A meta-analysis and guidelines for field studies

scientific article published on 09 October 2019

Regional variations in wildfire susceptibility of land-cover types in Portugal: implications for landscape management to minimize fire hazard

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Response of vertebrate scavengers to power line and road rights-of-way and its implications for bird fatality estimates

scientific article published on 14 September 2020

Restoration principles applied to cultural landscapes

Setting the Scene for Post-Fire Management

Simulating long-term effects of abandonment on plant diversity in Mediterranean mountain farmland

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Size-dependent pattern of wildfire ignitions in Portugal: when do ignitions turn into big fires?

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Some data on the size, breeding condition and age of swordfish, Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758, caught off the Portuguese coast

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Spatial and temporal dynamics of lekking behaviour revealed by high-resolution GPS tracking

Temporal (1958–1995) pattern of change in a cultural landscape of northwestern Portugal: implications for fire occurrence

article by Francisco Moreira et al published 2001 in Landscape Ecology

The Importance of Shorebirds to Energy Fluxes in a Food Web of a South European Estuary

scientific article published in 1997

The Orthoptera of Castro Verde Special Protection Area (Southern Portugal): new data and conservation value

scientific article

The effects of deer exclusion on the development of a Mediterranean plant community affected by a wildfire

scholarly article by Joaquim S. Silva et al published 26 June 2015 in Restoration Ecology

The feeding strategies of Liza ramada (Risso, 1826) in fresh and brackish water in the River Tagus, Portugal

The influences of forest stand management on biotic and abiotic risks of damage

article by Hervé Jactel et al published January 2009 in Annals of Forest Science

The winter feeding ecology of Avocets Recurvirostra avosetta on intertidal areas. I. Feeding strategies

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The winter feeding ecology of Avocets Recurvirostra avosetta on intertidal areas. II. Diet and feeding mechanisms

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Traditional knowledge and cultural importance of Borassus aethiopum Mart. in Benin: interacting effects of socio-demographic attributes and multi-scale abundance.

scientific article published on 15 May 2018

Trophic relationships in the community of the upper Tagus estuary (Portugal): A preliminary approach

article

Unravelling migration routes and wintering grounds of European rollers using light-level geolocators

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Using beta diversity to inform agricultural policies and conservation actions on Mediterranean farmland

scientific article published in 2017

Using fire to enhance rewilding when agricultural policies fail

scientific article published on 14 October 2020

Wildfire management in Mediterranean-type regions: paradigm change needed

scientific article

Wildfires and vertebrate biodiversity in the Mediterranean region: Is fire good or bad?

scholarly article by Francisco Moreira & Danilo Russo published November 2006 in Forest Ecology and Management

Wildfires as a major driver of landscape dynamics in three fire-prone areas of Portugal

article

Wind turbines cause functional habitat loss for migratory soaring birds

scientific article published on 11 March 2019

List of works by Francisco Moreira

A Multicriteria Risk Analysis to Evaluate Impacts of Forest Management Alternatives on Forest Health in Europe

A Spatially Explicit Choice Model to Assess the Impact of Conservation Policy on High Nature Value Farming Systems

A conceptual model of sprouting responses in relation to fire damage: an example with cork oak (Quercus suber L.) trees in Southern Portugal

A conceptual model of sprouting responses in relation to fire damage: an example with cork oak (Quercus suber L.) trees in Southern Portugal

A greener path for the EU Common Agricultural Policy

A review of searcher efficiency and carcass persistence in infrastructure-driven mortality assessment studies

A spatially explicit approach to assess the collision risk between birds and overhead power lines: A case study with the little bustard

Action needed for the EU Common Agricultural Policy to address sustainability challenges

Age determination in Pomatoschistus mi nut us (Pallas) and Pomatoschistus microps (Kreyer) (Pisces: Gobiidae) from the upper Tagus estuary, Portugal

Agricultural policy can reduce wildfires

An applied farming systems approach to infer conservation-relevant agricultural practices for agri-environment policy design

Are drought and wildfires turning Mediterranean cork oak forests into persistent shrublands?

Assessing the extent and the environmental drivers of Eucalyptus globulus wildling establishment in Portugal: results from a countrywide survey

Assessing the relative fire proneness of different forest types in Portugal

Assessment of fire selectivity in relation to land cover and topography: a comparison between Southern European countries

Between-year variations in Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax population densities are influenced by agricultural intensification and rainfall

Biodiversity monitoring in Europe: User and policy needs

Bird assemblages of an Iberian cereal steppe

Bird on the wire: Landscape planning considering costs and benefits for bird populations coexisting with power lines

Breeding in both lotic and lentic habitats explains the invasive potential of the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) in Portugal

Calandra lark habitat selection: Strong fragmentation effects in a grassland specialist

Changes in grassland management and linear infrastructures associated to the decline of an endangered bird population

Characterization of wildfires in Portugal

Characterizing and modelling the spatial patterns of wildfire ignitions in Portugal: fire initiation and resulting burned area

Combined effects of landscape composition and heterogeneity on farmland avian diversity

Comparative ecology of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L., 1758), in a large Iberian river

Comparing survival and size of resprouts and planted trees for post-fire forest restoration in central Portugal

Conservation Status of a Recently Described Endemic Land Snail, Candidula coudensis, from the Iberian Peninsula

Contrasting static versus dynamic-based typologies of land cover patterns in the Lisbon metropolitan area: Towards a better understanding of peri-urban areas

Cork extraction as a key factor determining post-fire cork oak survival in a mountain region of southern Portugal

Cork oak vulnerability to fire: the role of bark harvesting, tree characteristics and abiotic factors

Diet of the twaite shad Alosa fallax (Lacepede) (Clupeidae) in the River Tagus Estuary, Portugal

Diet, prey-size selection and intake rates of Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa feeding on mudflats

Differential heat tolerance in nestlings suggests sympatric species may face different climate change risks

Differentiating peri-urban areas: A transdisciplinary approach towards a typology

Distribution patterns and conservation status of four bustard species (Family Otididae) in a montane grassland of South Africa

Do wheat, barley and oats provide similar habitat and food resources for birds in cereal steppes?

Drivers of power line use by white storks: A case study of birds nesting on anthropogenic structures

Drivers of survival in a small mammal of conservation concern: An assessment using extensive genetic non-invasive sampling in fragmented farmland

EU protected area network did not prevent a country wide population decline in a threatened grassland bird

Easy but ephemeral food: exploring the trade-offs of agricultural practices in the foraging decisions of Lesser Kestrels on farmland

Effects of changed grazing regimes and habitat fragmentation on Mediterranean grassland birds

Effects of deer on the post-fire recovery of a Mediterranean plant community in Central Portugal

Effects of field management and landscape context on grassland wintering birds in Southern Portugal

Effects of geographical data sampling bias on habitat models of species distributions: a case study with steppe birds in southern Portugal

Effects of large herbivores on fire regimes and wildfire mitigation

Effects of large herbivores on fire regimes and wildfire mitigation

Effects of multiple factors on plant diversity of forest fragments in intensive farmland of Northern Portugal

Effects of prescribed fire on vegetation structure and breeding birds in young Pinus pinaster stands of northern Portugal

Estimating the influence of overhead transmission power lines and landscape context on the density of little bustard Tetrax tetrax breeding populations

Extreme events are more likely to affect the breeding success of lesser kestrels than average climate change

Factors affecting post-fire crown regeneration in cork oak (Quercus suber L.) trees

Fire Ecology and Post-Fire Restoration Approaches in Southern European Forest Types

Food of the swordfish, Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758, off the Portuguese coast

Foraging habitat quality constrains effectiveness of artificial nest-site provisioning in reversing population declines in a colonial cavity nester.

Google Street View as an alternative method to car surveys in large-scale vegetation assessments

Group size and composition are correlated with population density in the group-territorial blue korhaan (Eupodotis caerulescens)

Hierarchic species–area relationships and the management of forest habitat islands in intensive farmland

High unexpected genetic diversity of a narrow endemic terrestrial mollusc

High unexpected genetic diversity of a narrow endemic terrestrial mollusc

Higher breeding densities of the threatened little bustard Tetrax tetrax occur in larger grassland fields: Implications for conservation

Impacts of land use and infrastructural changes on threatened Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax breeding populations: quantitative assessments using a recently developed spatially explicit dynamic modelling framework

Influence of landscape characteristics on carnivore diversity and abundance in Mediterranean farmland

Intake rates and the functional response in shorebirds (Charadriiformes) eating macro-invertebrates

Interactions between abiotic filters, landscape structure and species traits as determinants of dairy farmland plant diversity

Land Cover Change and Fire Regime in the European Mediterranean Region

Land use and topography influences on wildfire occurrence in northern Portugal

Landscape changes and breeding bird assemblages in northwestern Portugal: the role of fire

Landscape determinants of European roller foraging habitat: implications for the definition of agri-environmental measures for species conservation

Landscape dynamics in Mediterranean oak forests under global change: understanding the role of anthropogenic and environmental drivers across forest types

Landscape effects on large scale abundance patterns of turtle doves Streptopelia turtur in Portugal

Landscape makers and landscape takers: links between farming systems and landscape patterns along an intensification gradient

Landscape – wildfire interactions in southern Europe: implications for landscape management.

Long-term trends in great bustard (Otis tarda) populations in Portugal suggest concentration in single high quality area

Making olive oil sustainable

Mapping beta diversity from space: Sparse Generalised Dissimilarity Modelling (SGDM) for analysing high-dimensional data

Mismatches between habitat preferences and risk avoidance for birds in intensive Mediterranean farmland

Mixed Effects of Long-Term Conservation Investment in Natura 2000 Farmland

Modeling and mapping wildfire ignition risk in Portugal