Figueiredo, E., Smith, G.F. & Silva, V., 2022, Some mysteries solved: new biographical information on Brotero, the first Professor of Botany in Portugal. Phytotaxa, 545(1): 87-94.

(doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.545.1.7)

Nunes, L., Pasalodos-Tato, M., Alberdi, I., Sequeira, A.C., Vega, J.A., Silva, V., Vieira, P., Rego, F.C., 2022,

Bulk Density of Shrub Types and Tree Crowns to Use with Forest Inventories in the Iberian Peninsula. Forests 13(4): 555

(doi: 10.3390/f13040555)

Silva, V., Figueiredo E. & Smith GF., 2022, The publication dates of Felix de Avelar Brotero’s Phytographia Lusitaniae selectior revisited, with notes on nomenclatural novelties published by Brotero in this work. Taxon, 71(6): 1308–1314.

(doi: 10.1002/tax.12766)

Silva, V., Pina, A.R., Oliveira, H., Paes, A.P., Sérgio, C., Capelo, J. & Costa JC., 2022, Notas à vegetação de charcos temporários na costa ocidental portuguesa, I. Flora Montiberica, 83: 147-152.

(doi: ISSN 1138-5952 – eISSN 1988-799X)

Biurrun, I., Pielech, R., Dembicz, I., Gillet, F., Kozub, Ł., Marcenò, C., …, Silva, V., …, Dengler, J., 2021, Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats. Journal of Vegetation Science: e13050.

(doi: 10.1111/jvs.13050)

Fernández-González, F., Silva, V., Theurillat, J.-P., 2021, Proposals (26–27): to conserve the names Nanocyperetalia Klika 1935 and Isoetetalia Braun-Blanquet 1936. Vegetation Classification and Survey 2: 65–69.

(doi: 10.3897/VCS/2021/66398)

Zhang, J., Gillet, F., Bartha, S., Alatalo, J.M., Biurrun, I., Dembicz, I., …, Silva, V., …, Dengler, J., 2021, Scale dependence of species–area relationships is widespread but generally weak in Palaearctic grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science 32(3): e13044.

(doi: 10.1111/jvs.13044)

Espírito-Santo, D., Pena, S., Silva, V., Franco, L., Miguel, C., 2020, SIC PTCON0042 MINAS DE SANTO ADRIÃO. Relatório Final. Cartografia de Habitats Naturais e Seminaturais e Flora dos Sítios Classificados no âmbito da Directiva Habitats – Cart-Pg Rn2000 (Operação Poseur-03-2215-Fc-000005). ISA/SGS/ ICNF. Lisboa. 61 pp. (Report)

Espírito-Santo, D., Pena, S., Silva, V., Oliveira, H., Franco, L., Miguel, C., 2020, SIC PTCON0043 ROMEU. Relatório Final. Cartografia de Habitats Naturais e Seminaturais e Flora dos Sítios Classificados no âmbito da Directiva Habitats – Cart-Pg Rn2000 (Operação Poseur-03-2215-Fc-000005). ISA/SGS/ICNF. Lisboa. 64 pp. (Report)

Espírito-Santo, D., Ribeiro, S., Duarte, I., Silva, L., Pena, S., 2020, SIC PTCON0045 SICÓ/ALVAIÁZERE. Relatório Final (versão revista e atualizada). Cartografia de Habitats Naturais e Seminaturais e Flora dos Sítios Classificados no Âmbito da Diretiva Habitats – Cart-Pg Rn2000 (Operação Poseur-03-2215-Fc-000005). ISA/SGS/ICNF. Lisboa. 53 pp. (Report)

Espírito-Santo, D., Ribeiro, S., Silva, V., Duarte, I., Oliveira H., Pena, S., 2020, SIC PTCON0048 SERRA DE MONTEJUNTO. Relatório Final (versão revista e atualizada). Cartografia de Habitats Naturais e Seminaturais e Flora dos Sítios Classificados no Âmbito da Diretiva Habitats – Cart-Pg Rn2000 (Operação Poseur-03-2215-Fc-000005). ISA/SGS/ICNF. Lisboa. 64 pp. (Report)

Espírito-Santo, D., Silva, V., Nunes, L., Oliveira, H., Silva, L., Veloso, S., Miguel, C., Pina, A.R., Pena, S., 2020, SIC PTCON0023 MORAIS. Relatório Final. Cartografia de Habitats Naturais e Seminaturais e Flora dos Sítios Classificados no Âmbito da Diretiva Habitats – Cart-Pg Rn2000 (Operação Poseur-03-2215-Fc-000005). ISA/SGS/ICNF. Lisboa, pp: 65.

Kattge, J., Bönisch, G., Díaz, S., Lavorel, S., Prentice, I.C., et al., 2020, TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology

(doi: 10.1111/gcb.14904)

Pena, S., Silva, V., Oliveira, H., Espírito-Santo, D., 2020, SIC PTCON0041 SAMIL. Relatório Final. Cartografia de Habitats Naturais e Seminaturais e Flora dos Sítios Classificados no Âmbito da Diretiva Habitats – Cart-Pg Rn2000 (Operação Poseur-03-2215-Fc-000005). ISA/SGS/ICNF. Lisboa. 44 pp. (Report)

Ribeiro, S., Pena, S., Silva, V., Oliveira, H., Silva, L., Espírito-Santo, D., 2020, SIC PTCON0053 MOURA/BARRANCOS. Relatório Final. Cartografia de Habitats Naturais e Seminaturais e Flora dos Sítios Classificados no Âmbito da Diretiva Habitats – Cart-Pg Rn2000 (Operação Poseur-03-2215-Fc-000005). ISA/SGS/ICNF. Lisboa. 80 pp. (Report)

Silva, V., 2020, Assessing the relationship between habitats conservation status and ecosystem services in Natura 2000. Doutoramento em Engenharia Florestal e dos Recursos Naturais. Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa.

Silva, V., Catry, F.X, Fernandes, P.M, Rego, F.C., Bugalho, M.N., 2020, Trade-offs between fire hazard reduction and conservation in a Natura 2000 shrub-grassland mosaic. Applied Vegetation Science 23 (1): 39-52.

(doi: 10.1111/avsc.12463)

Silva, V., Oliveira, H., Silva, L., Pina, A.R., Pena, S., Espírito-Santo, D., 2020, SIC PTCON0023 MORAIS. FLORA (Dianthus marizii, Santolina semidentata). Relatório Final. Cartografia de Habitats Naturais e Seminaturais e Flora dos Sítios Classificados no Âmbito da Diretiva Habitats – Cart-Pg Rn2000 (Operação Poseur-03-2215-Fc-000005). ISA/SGS/ICNF. Lisboa. 25 pp. (Report)

Costa, J.C., Pinto-Gomes, C., Lopes, M.C., Neto, C., Monteiro-Henriques, T., Arsénio, P., Silva, V. & Lousã. M., 2019, The scrubland of decarbonated limestones derived soil of the western Iberian Peninsula. In In Quinto-Canas R., Meireles C., Pinto-Gomes C., Cano E., Raposo M., Machado M. (Org.), Natural and semi-natural habitats of the Natura 2000 network: Improving knowledge to support conservation measures. Proceedings XI International Meeting of Phytosociology, Faro, 10-11 September, pp. 102.

Espírito-Santo, D., Silva, V., 2019, As comunidades de Sedum spp. e seus habitats em Portugal continental. In Quinto-Canas R., Meireles C., Pinto-Gomes C., Cano E., Raposo M., Machado M. (Org.). Natural and semi-natural habitats of the Natura 2000 network: Improving knowledge to support conservation measures. Proceedings XI International Meeting of Phytosociology, Faro, 10-11 September, pp. 35.

Fernández-Prieto, J.A., Pinto-Cruz, C., Nava, H. Silva, V., Cires, E., 2019, Helosciadium milfontinum, endemic of the Southwest Portugal temporary ponds: Perspectives for plant species and habitat conservation. In Quinto-Canas R., Meireles C., Pinto-Gomes C., Cano E., Raposo M., Machado M. (Org.). Natural and semi-natural habitats of the Natura 2000 network: Improving knowledge to support conservation measures. Proceedings XI International Meeting of Phytosociology, Faro, 10-11 September, pp. 33.

Meireles, C., Dinamene, E., Caraça, R., Ribeiro, S., Silva, V., Pinto-Gomes, C., 2019, Habitats of Community interest in Continental Portugal – Monitoring results. In Quinto-Canas R., Meireles C., Pinto-Gomes C., Cano E., Raposo M., Machado M. (Org.). Natural and semi-natural habitats of the Natura 2000 network: Improving knowledge to support conservation measures. Proceedings XI International Meeting of Phytosociology, Faro, 10-11 September, pp. 28.

Nunes, L., Alberdi, I., Álvarez, J.G., Dias, S., Rocha, M., Silva, V., Rego, F.C., 2019, Harmonisation of NFI information to characterize the vertical structure of forest fuels at the European scale. Conference A century of national forest inventories – informing past, present and future decisions, 20-23 May, Sundvolden, Norway. (Poster presentation).

Nunes, L., Álvarez-González, J., Alberdi, I., Silva, V., Rocha, M., Rego, F.C., 2019, Analysis of the occurrence of wildfires in the Iberian Peninsula based on harmonised data from national forest inventories. Annals of Forest Science 76: 27.

(doi: 10.1007/s13595-019-0811-5)

Pinto-Gomes, C., Neto, C., Costa. J.C., Capelo, J., Ribeiro, S., Caraça, R., Silva V., Meireles, C., 2019, Interpretation problems in habitat types listed in Annex I of Council Directive 92/43/EEC – Portugal Mainland. In Quinto-Canas R., Meireles C., Pinto-Gomes C., Cano E., Raposo M., Machado M. (Org.). Natural and semi-natural habitats of the Natura 2000 network: Improving knowledge to support conservation measures. Proceedings XI International Meeting of Phytosociology, Faro, 10-11 September, pp. 71.

Silva, V., Catry, F.X., Fernandes, P.M., Rego, F.C., Paes, P., Nunes, L. Caperta, A.D., Sérgio, C., Bugalho, M.N., 2019, Effects of grazing on plant composition, conservation status and ecosystem services of Natura 2000 shrub‑grassland habitat types. Biodiversity and Conservation 28(5): 1205-1224

(doi: 10.1007/s10531-019-01718-7)

Smith, G.F., Silva, V., 2019, Notes on five nothospecies published by or in honour of Flávio Resende in the mid-1900s in Haworthia, now Haworthiopsis (Asphodelaceae subfam. Alooideae). Haseltonia, 26: 43-51.

(doi: 10.2985/026.026.0107)

Smith, G.F., Silva, V., Figueiredo, E., 2019, Aptenia 'Red Apple' (Aizoaceae/ Mesembryanthemaceae), a common cultivar derived from a hybrid between two Aptenia species endemic to southern Africa. Bradleya 37: 179-183.

(doi: 10.25223/brad.n37.2019.a15)

Figueiredo E, Smith G.F., Silva V., 2018, Three unpublished letters by Felix de Avelar Brotero reveal new information on his herbarium and types. Phytotaxa 382, 243-254.

(doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.382.3.1)

Figueiredo, E., Silva, V. & Smith, G.F., 2018, The correct publication dates of Felix de Avelar Brotero’s Flora Lusitanica and Phytographia Lusitaniae Selectior, with notes on his personal library. Taxon 67: 1163-1168.

(doi: https://doi.org/10.12705/676.12)

Figueiredo, E., Silva, V., Coutinho, A., Smith, G.F., 2018, Twentieth century vascular plant taxonomy in Portugal. Willdenowia 48(2): 303-330.

(doi: https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.48.48209)

Figueiredo, E., Silva, V., Smith, G.F., 2018, Friedrich Welwitsch and the horticulture of succulents in Portugal in the 19thcentury. Bradleya 36: 200-211.

(doi: https://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n36.2018.a15)

Figueiredo, E., Silva, V., Smith, G.F., 2018, One hundred-and-ninety years on: Felix de Avelar Brotero and the end of the earliest phase of Portuguese botany. Taxon 67: 826-829.

(doi: https://doi.org/10.12705/674.30)

Silva, V., 2018, Caraterização do sistema dunar Guincho-Crismina. In Lisboa, M. (Coord.) Fonte da Crismina: no caminho da duna: registo, estudo e conservação, pp.21-27. Câmara Municipal de Cascais. ISBN: 978-972-637-286-8.

Smith, G.F., Figueiredo, E., Silva, V., 2018, The curious case of the occurrence of Lampranthus glaucus (L.) N.E.Br.(Aizoaceae/Mesembryanthemaceae) in Europe. Bradleya 36: 189-199.

(doi: https://doi.org/10.25223/brad.n36.2018.a14)

Rego, F.C., Nunes, L., Pasadolos-Tato, M., Rocha, M., Silva, V., Alberdi, I., Álvarez-González, J.G., 2017, Harmonização das estimativas de massa volúmica para copas de espécies arbóreas e grupos de matos mais representativos na Península Ibérica. In: 8º Congresso Florestal Nacional, 11-14 Outubro, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, pp: 27.

Correia, I., Monjardino, J., Ferreira, A., Faria, S., Saraiva, S., Silva, V., 2016, Experimentos de conservación in situ de Omphalodes kuzinskyanae, especie vulnerable en Cascais (Portugal). Conservación Vegetal 20: 21-23.

Duarte, I., Nunes, L., Dias, S., Silva, V., Alberdi, I., Rego, F.C., 2016, Assessing the Relevance of the NATURA 2000 Mediterranean forest habitats in the Iberian Peninsula. Workshop on Mediterranean forest management and Natura 2000, 9-11 May, Parc naturel regional du Luberon, France. (Oral presentation).

Guillot-Ortiz, D., López-Pujol, J., Silva, V., Laguna, E., Puche, C., 2016, First reports of Opuntia ficus-indica ‘Anacantha’ as an alien plant in the Iberian Peninsula. Bouteloua 23: 155-169.

Ribeiro, S., Silva, V., Pinto-Cruz, C., Costa, J.C., Espírito-Santo, M.D., Molina, J.A., Deil, U., 2016, Patterns of Isoeto-Nanojuncetea communities in Iberian Peninsula. 25th Meeting of European Vegetation Survey. 6-9 April, Rome, Italy. (Oral presentation).

Silva, V., Bugalho, M.N., Catry, F.X., Nunes, L., Caperta, A.D., Sérgio, C., Rego, F.C., 2016, Effects of grazing on plant species composition of Natura 2000 grassland and shrubland habitat types of Central Portugal. 13th Eurasian Grassland Conference – Management and Conservation of Semi-Natural Grasslands: From Theory to Practice. 20-24 September, Sighisoara, Romania. (Poster).

Silva, V., Correia, I., Neto, A., Romana, J., Saraiva, S., 2016, Restauración ecológica de las dunas costeras: el caso de la playa del Guincho (Portugal). In: Roig-Munar, F.X. , Quintana-Pou, F.J. (Eds.), Restauración y gestión de sistemas dunares. Estudio de casos, Collection Recerca i Territori 8, Girona, Spain: Càtedra d’Ecosistemes Litorals Mediterranis, Parc Natural del Montgrí, les Illes Medes i el Baix Ter. (ISSN: 2013-2939), pp. 101-113.

Guillot-Ortiz, D., López-Pujol, J., Laguna, E., Silva, V. & Puche, C., 2015, Un nuevo cultivar de Luther Burbank presente en la flora alóctona de la Península Ibérica, Opuntia ficus-indica 'Vertex'. Bouteloua 20:125-143.

Silva, V., 2015, A mata de dragoeiros do Parque Palmela em Cascais (Portugal), contributos para a sua valorização. Bouteloua 21:123-133.

Silva, V., Bugalho, M.N., Rego, F.C., 2015, Assessing the relationship between biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services in Natura 2000. 10th ALTER-Net Summer School: Interdisciplinary perspectives on biodiversity and ecosystem services. 2-12 September, Peyresq, Haute-de-Provence, France. (Poster).

Silva, V., Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F., 2015, Alien succulents naturalised and cultivated on the central west coast of Portugal. Bradleya 33: 58-81.

Silva, V., Laguna, E. & Guillot-Ortiz, D., 2015, Algunos datos sobre neófitos en Portugal. Bouteloua 20: 76-96.

Smith, G.F., Figueiredo, E. & Silva, V., 2015, Kalanchoe ×houghtonii (Crassulaceae) recorded near Lisbon, Portugal. Bouteloua 20: 97-99.

Smith, G.F., Figueiredo, E. & Silva, V., 2015, Geographical distribution range extension for Sedum acre L. (Crassulaceae) in central Portugal. Bradleya 33: 34-40.

Caperta, A.D., Espírito-Santo, M.D., Silva, V., Ferreira, A., Paes, A.P., Róis, A.S., Costa, J.C. & Arsénio, P., 2014, Habitat specificity assessment of the rare and endemic cliff-dwelling halophyte Limonium multiflorum. AoB PLANTS 6: plu032.

(doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plu032)

Correia, I., Neto, A., Silva, V., Saraiva, S., Romana, J., Melo, J.C., Ley, C. & Cruz, C.S., 2014, Ecological restoration of Guincho–Crismina coastal sand dune. In: Matos Silva, J., Antunes, C.R. & Bifulco, C. (Eds), Cascais World Forum 2012. II Congress APENA - VII Congress AEIP - VII Congress EFIB. Soil Bioengineering and Land Management – New Challenges,  Associação Portuguesa de Engenharia Natural, Lisboa, ISBN 978-989-20-4788-1, pp: 281-288.

Silva, V., 2014, Recuperación de especies litorales de hábitats dunares y acantilados marinos en Cascais (Portugal). In: Fraga i Arguimbau, P., Estaún Clarisó, I. & Comas Casademont, M. (Eds), Libre de resums del Simposi Experiènces de restauració d’hàbitats i conservació de la biodiversitat,  Consell Insular de Menorca, Maó, ISBN 978-84-95718-98-3, pp: 28-29.