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Riparian forests and aquatic vegetation; ecological quality; invasion ecology; functional ecology; ecosystem services.

News

17th International Symposium on Aquatic Plants
17th International Symposium on Aquatic Plants
The 17th International Symposium on Aquatic Plants is organized by ISA/CEF and will take place … Read More
New CEF article highlights the importance of Cultural Ecosystem Services in wetlands
New CEF article highlights the importance of Cultural Ecosystem Services in wetlands
CEF researcher Francisca Aguiar collaborates on an article on the global relevance of the Cultural … Read More
Project RIVEAL releases new fact sheet - River regulation effects in riparian carbon stock
Project RIVEAL releases new fact sheet – River regulation effects in riparian carbon stock
This factsheet – River regulation effects in riparian carbon stock – features the latest scientific … Read More
RIVEAL Project launches factsheet - River regulation effects on vegetation
RIVEAL Project launches factsheet – River regulation effects on vegetation
What are the effects of river regulation by dams on river vegetation?Are the effects of … Read More
CEF paper published in Forests highlights the role of riparian forests as carbon sinks
CEF paper published in Forests highlights the role of riparian forests as carbon sinks
The riparian forests (trees and shrubs located in the river banks) of the Tagus basin … Read More
CEF paper on the morphological diversity of the Portuguese Tagus River in the last 150 years
CEF paper on the morphological diversity of the Portuguese Tagus River in the last 150 years
CEF paper on the morphological diversity of the Portuguese Tagus River in the last 150 … Read More

Publications

Scientific Articles (ISI)

Costa J.M., Egipto R., Aguiar F.C., Marques P., Nogales A., Madeira M (2023)

The role of soil temperature in mediterranean vineyards in a climate change context.

Frontiers in Plant Science, 142023: 1145137.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1145137

Rivaes R.P., Feio M. J., Almeida S. F. P., Calapez A. R., Sales M., Gebler D., Lozanovska I., Aguiar F.C. (2022)

River ecosystem endangerment from climate-changed regulated flow regimes

Science of the Total Environment, 818: 151857. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151857

Rodriguez-Gonzalez P.M., Abraham E., Aguiar F. et al. (2022)

Bringing the margin to the focus: 10 challenges for riparian vegetation science and management

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 1604. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1604

Aguiar F., Rodrigues C., Pina J.P., Soares P. (2021)

Regeneration of riparian and maritime pine forests after a large wildfire on the largest public forest of Portugal

Forests, 12(4): 477. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f12040477

Calapez A.R., Serra S.R.Q., Rivaes R., Aguiar F.C., Feio M.J. (2021)

Influence of river regulation and instream habitat on invertebrate assemblage’ structure and function

Science of the Total Environment, 794: 148696. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148696

Feio M.J., Hughes R.M., Callisto M., Nichols S.J., Odume O.N., Quintella B.R.g, Kuemmerlen M., Aguiar F.C., Almeida S.F.P., Alonso-Eguíalis P., Arimoro F.O., Dyer F.J., Harding J.S., Jang S., Kaufmann P.R., Lee S., Li J., Macedo D.R., Mendes A., Mercado-Silva N., Monk W., Nakamura K., Ndiritu G.G., Ogden R., Peat M., Reynoldson T.B., Rios-Touma B., Segurado P., Yates A.G. (2021)

The biological assessment and rehabilitation of theworld’s rivers: an overview

Water (Switzerland), 13 (3): 371. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/w13030371

Fonseca A., Zina V., Duarte G., Aguiar F., Rodríguez-González P.M., Ferreira M.T., Fernandes M.R. (2021)

Riparian ecological infrastructures: potential for biodiversity-related ecosystem services in mediterranean human-dominated landscapes

Sustainability, 13(19): 10508. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su131910508

González del Tánago M., Martínez-Fernández V., Aguiar F.C., Bertoldi W., Dufour S., García de Jalón D., Garófano-Gómez V., Mandzukovski D., Rodríguez-González P.M. (2021)

Improving river hydromorphological assessment through better integration of riparian vegetation: scientific evidence and guidelines

Journal of Environmental Management, 292: 112730. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112730

Rivaes R.P., Feio M.J., Almeida S.F.P., Vieira C., Calapez A.R., Mortágua A., Gebler D., Lozanovska I., Aguiar F.C. (2021)

Multi-biologic group analysis for an ecosystem response to longitudinal river regulation gradients

Science of the Total Environment, 767: 144327. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144327

Fernandes M.R., Aguiar F.C., Martins M.J., Rico N., Ferreira M.T., Correia A.C. (2020)

Carbon stock estimations in a mediterranean riparian forest: a case study combining field data and UAV imagery

Forests, 11(4): 376. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f11040376

Fernandes M.R., Aguiar F.L.C., Martins M.J., Rivaes R., Ferreira M.F. (2020)

Long-term human-generated alterations of Tagus River: effects of hydrological regulation and land-use changes in distinct river zones

Catena, 188: 104466. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.104466

Lozanovska I., Bejarano M.D., Martins M.J., Nilsson C., Ferreira M.T., Aguiar F.C. (2020)

Functional diversity of riparian woody vegetation is less affected by river regulation in the Mediterranean than Boreal Region

Frontiers in Plant Science, 11: 857. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00857

Lozanovska I., Rivaes R., Vieira C., Ferreira M.T., Aguiar F.C. (2020)

Streamflow regulation effects in the Mediterranean rivers: How far and to what extent are aquatic and riparian communities affected?

Science of the Total Environment, 749: 141616. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141616

Riis T., Kelly-Quinn M., Aguiar F.C., Manolaki P., Bruno D., Bejarano M.D., Clerici N., Fernandes M.R., Franco J.C., Pettit N., Portela A.P., Tammeorg O., Tammeorg P., Rodríguez-González P.M., Dufour S. (2020)

Global overview of ecosystem services provided by riparian vegetation

BioScience, 70(6): 501–514. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa041 

Rivaes R., Couto J.S., Schmidt L., Delicado A., Aguiar F.C. (2020)

The influence of river regulation on the affinity for nature and perceptions of local populations.

Journal of Environmental Management, 321: 115992. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115992

Aguiar F.C., Fernandes M.R., Martins M.J., Ferreira M.T. (2019)

Effects of a large irrigation reservoir on aquatic and riparian plants: a history of survival and loss.

Water, 11: 2379. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/w11112379

Aguiar F.C., Bentz J., Silva J.M.N., Fonseca A.L., Swart R., Santos F.D., Penha-Lopes G. (2018)

Adaptation to climate change at local level in Europe: an overview.

Environmental Science & Policy, 86: 38-63. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.04.010

Aguiar F.C., Segurado P., Martins M.J., Bejarano M.D., Nilsson C., Portela M.M., Merritt D. (2018)

The abundance and distribution of guilds of riparian woody plants change in response to land use and flow regulation.

Journal of Applied Ecology, 55(5): 2227-2240. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13110

Bejarano M.D., Nilsson C., Aguiar F.C. (2018)

Riparian plant guilds become simpler and most likely fewer following flow regulation.

Journal of Applied Ecology, 55: 365–376.

Cerdeira J.O., Monteiro‐Henriques T., Martins M.J., Silva P.C., Alagador D., Franco A.M.A., Campagnolo M.L., Arsénio P., Aguiar F.C., Cabeza M. (2018)

Revisiting niche fundamentals with Tukey depth.

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9(12): 2349-2361.

Lozanovska I., Ferreira M.T., Aguiar F.C. (2018)

Functional diversity assessment in riparian forests – multiple approaches and trends: a review.

Ecological Indicators, 95(1): 781-793.

Lozanovska I., Ferreira M.T., Segurado P., Aguiar F.C. (2018)

Limited resilience in hotspots of functional richness: the Mediterranean riparian shrublands.

Aquatic Sciences, 80: 25.

O’Hare M.T., Aguiar F.C., Asaeda T., Bakker E.S., Chambers P.A., Clayton J.S., Elger A., Ferreira M.T., Gross E.M., Gunn I.D.M., Gurnell A.M., Hellsten S., Hofstra D.E., Li W., Mohr S., Puijalon S., Szoszkiewicz K., Willby N.J., Wood K.A. (2018)

Plants in aquatic ecosystems: current trends and future directions.

Hydrobiologia, 812(1):1-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3190-7

Santos A., Fernandes M.R., Aguiar F.C., Branco M., Ferreira M.T. (2018)

Effects of riverine landscape changes on pollination services: a case study on the River Minho, Portugal.

Ecological Indicators, 89: 656-666.

Umetsu C.A., Aguiar F.C., Ferreira M.T., Cancian L.F., Camargo A.F.M. (2018)

Addressing bioassessment of tropical rivers using macrophytes: the case of Itanhaém Basin, São Paulo, Brazil.

Aquatic Botany, 150: 53-63.

Vieira C., Aguiar F.C., Portela P., Monteiro J., Raven P.J., Holmes N.H.T., Cambra J., Flor-Arnau N., Chauvin C., Loriot S., Feret T., Dörflinger G., Germ M., Kuhar U., Papastergiadou E., Manolaki P., Minciardi M.R., Munné A., Urbanic G., Ferreira M.T. (2018)

Bryophyte communities of Mediterranean Europe: a first approach to model their potential distribution in highly-seasonal rivers.

Hydrobiologia, 812(1): 27-43.

Feio M.J., Almeida S., Aguiar F.C. (2017)

Functional associations between microalgae, macrophytes and invertebrates distinguish river types.

Aquatic Sciences, 79: 909–923.

Aguiar F.C., Martins M.J., Silva P.C., Fernandes M.R. (2016)

Riverscapes downstream of hydropower dams: effects of altered flows and historical land-use change.

Landscape and Urban Planning, 153: 83-89.

Bejarano M., Maroto J., Nilsson C., Aguiar F.C. (2016)

Traits of riparian woody plants responding to hydrological and hydraulic conditions: a northern Swedish database.

Ecology, 97(10): 2892.

Aguiar F.C., Segurado P., Urbanic G., Cambra J., Chauvin C., Ciadamidaro S,. Dörflinger G., Ferreira J., Germ M., Manolaki P., Minciardi M.R., Munné A., Papastergiadou E., Ferreira M.T. (2014)

Comparability of river quality assessment using macrophytes: a multi-step procedure to overcome biogeographical differences.

Science of the Total Environment, 476-477: 757-767. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.021

Feio M.J., Aguiar F.C., Almeida S., Ferreira J., Ferreira M.T., Elias C., Serra S.R., Buffagni A., Cambra J., Chauvin C., Delmas F., Dörflinger G., Erba S., Flor N., Ferréol M., Germ M., Mancini L., Manolaki P., Marcheggiani S., Minciardi M.R., Munné A., Papastergiadou E., Prat N., Puccinelli C., Rosebery J., Sabater S., Ciadamidaro S., Tornés E., Tziortzis I., Urbanič G., Vieira C. (2014)

Least disturbed conditions for European Mediterranean rivers.

Science of the Total Environment, 476-477: 745-756.

Fernandes M.R., Aguiar F.C., Silva J.M.N., Ferreira M.T, Pereira J.M.C. (2014)

Optimal attributes for the object based detection of giant reed in riparian habitats: a comparative study between Airborne High Spatial Resolution and WorldView-2 imagery

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 32: 79-91.

Viegas I., Catela Nunes L., Madureira L., Aguiar Fontes M., Lima Santos J. (2014)

Beef credence attributes: implications of substitution effects on consumers’ WTP.

Journal of Agricultural Economics, 65 (3): 600–615.

Vieira C., Aguiar F.C., Ferreira M.T. (2014)

The relevance of bryophytes in the macrophyte-based reference conditions in Portuguese rivers.

Hydrobiologia, 737(1): 245-264.

Aguiar F., Cerdeira J.O., Martins M.J., Ferreira M.T. (2013)

Riparian forests of Southwest Europe: are functional trait and species composition assemblages constrained by environment?

Journal of Vegetation Science, 24(4): 628-638.

Aguiar F.C.F., Ferreira M.T. (2013)

Plant invasions in the rivers of the Iberian Peninsula, South-Western Europe – a review.

Plant Biosystems, 147(4): 1107-1119.

Fernandes M.R., Aguiar F.C., Ferreira M.T., Pereira J.M.C. (2013)

Spectral separability of riparian forests from small and medium-sized rivers across a latitudinal gradient using multispectral imagery.

International Journal of Remote Sensing, 34(7): 2375-2401.

Fernandes M.R., Aguiar F.C., Silva J.M.N., Ferreira M.T., Pereira J.M.C. (2013)

Spectral discrimination of giant reed (Arundo donax L.): a seasonal study in riparian areas

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 80: 80-90.

Dodkins I., Aguiar F.C., Rivaes R.,Rodríguez-González P.M., Albuquerque A., Ferreira M.T (2012)

Measuring ecological change of aquatic macrophytes in Mediterranean rivers.

Limnologica – Ecology and Management of Inland Waters, 42(2): 95-107. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2011.09.001

Feio M.J., Aguiar F.C., Ferreira M.T. (2012)

AQUAFLORA: a predictive model based on diatoms and macrophytes for streams water quality assessment.

Ecological Indicators, 18: 586-598.

Aguiar F.C., Feio M.J., Ferreira M.T. (2011)

Choosing the best method for stream bioassessment using macrophyte communities: indices and predictive models.

Ecological Indicators, 11: 379-388.

Aguiar F.C., Fernandes M.R., Ferreira M.T. (2011)

Riparian vegetation metrics as tools for guiding ecological restoration in riverscapes.

Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 402: 21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2011074

Fernandes M.R., Aguiar F.C., Ferreira M.T. (2011)

Assessing riparian vegetation structure and the influence of land-use using landscape metrics and geostatistical tools.

Landscape and Urban Planning, 99(2): 166-177.

Aguiar F.C., Ferreira M.T., Albuquerque A., Rodríguez-González P.M., Segurado P. (2009)

Structural and functional responses of riparian vegetation to human disturbance: performance and spatial-scale dependence.

Fundamental and Applied Limnology, 175(3): 249-267.

Aguiar F.C., Ferreira M.T., Albuquerque A., Moreira I. (2007)

Alien and endemic flora on reference and non-reference sites from Mediterranean type-streams of Portugal.

Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 17: 335-347. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.776

Books

List of the potential aquatic alien species with high risk of invasion in Iberian inland waters.

Oliva-Paterna F.J., Ribeiro F., Miranda R., Anastácio P.M., García-Murillo P., Cobo F., Gallardo B., García Berthou E., Boix D., Medina L., Morcillo F., Oscoz J., Guillén A., Arias A., Cuesta J.A., Aguiar F., Almeida D., Ayres C., Banha F., Barca S., Biurrun I., Cabezas M.P., Calero S., Campos J.A., Capdevila-Argüelles L., Capinha C., Carapeto A., Casals F., Chainho P., Cirujano S., Clavero M., Del Toro V., Encarnação J.P., Fernández-Delgado C., Franco J., García-Meseguer A.J., Guareschi S., Guerrero A., Hermoso V., Machordom A., Martelo J., Mellado-Díaz A., Moreno J.C., Oficialdegui F.J., Olivo del Amo R., Otero J.C., Perdices A., Pou-Rovira Q., Rodríguez-Merino A., Ros M., Sánchez-Gullón E., Sánchez M.I., Sánchez Fernández D., Sánchez-González J.R., Soriano O., Teodósio M.A., Torralva M., Vieira-Lanero R., Zamora López A., Zamora-Marín J.M. (2021)

Technical Report prepared by LIFE INVASAQUA (LIFE17 GIE/ES/000515). 58 pp.. ISBN: 978-84-123500-4-3.

List of the potential aquatic alien species with high risk of invasion in Iberian inland waters

Oliva-Paterna F.J., Ribeiro F., Miranda R., Anastácio P.M., García-Murillo P., Cobo F., Gallardo B., García Berthou E., Boix D., Medina L., Morcillo F., Oscoz J., Guillén A., Arias A., Cuesta J.A., Aguiar F., Almeida D., Ayres C., Banha F., Barca S., Biurrun I., Cabezas M.P., Calero S., Campos J.A., Capdevila-Argüelles L., Capinha C., Carapeto A., Casals F., Chainho P., Cirujano S., Clavero M., Del Toro V., Encarnação J.P., Fernández-Delgado C., Franco J., García-Meseguer A.J., Guareschi S., Guerrero A., Hermoso V., Machordom A., Martelo J., Mellado-Díaz A., Moreno J.C., Oficialdegui F.J., Olivo del Amo R., Otero J.C., Perdices A., Pou-Rovira Q., Rodríguez-Merino A., Ros M., Sánchez-Gullón E., Sánchez M.I., Sánchez Fernández D., Sánchez-González J.R., Soriano O., Teodósio M.A., Torralva M., Vieira-Lanero R., Zamora López A., Zamora-Marín J.M. (2021)

Technical Report prepared by LIFE INVASAQUA (LIFE17 GIE/ES/000515). 58 pp. ISBN: 978-84-123500-4-3 URL: http://www.lifeinvasaqua.com/main-files/uploads/2021/04/TR2_Invasaqua_ING_PDF_interact.pdf

Lista de especies exóticas acuáticas de la Peninsula Ibérica (2020). Lista actualizada de las especies exóticas acuáticas introducidas y establecidas en las aguas continentales ibéricas

Oliva-Paterna F.J., Ribeiro F., Miranda R., Anastácio P.M., García-Murillo P., Cobo F., Gallardo B., García-Berthou E., Boix D., Medina L., Morcillo F., Oscoz J., Guillén A., Arias A., Cuesta J.A., Aguiar F., Almeida D., Ayres C., Banha F., Barca S., Biurrun I., Cabezas M.P., Calero S., Campos J.A., Capdevila-Argüelles L., Capinha C., Carapeto A., Casals F., Chainho P., Cirujano S., Clavero M., Del Toro V., Encarnação J.P., Fernández-Delgado C., Franco J., García-Meseguer A.J., Guareschi S., Guerrero A., Hermoso V., Machordom A., Martelo J., Mellado-Díaz A., Moreno J.C., Oficialdegui F.J., Olivo del Amo R., Otero J.C., Perdices A., Pou-Rovira Q., Rodríguez-Merino A., Ros M., Sánchez-Gullón E., Sánchez M.I., Sánchez-Fernández D., Sánchez-González J.R., Soriano O., Teodósio M.A., Torralva M., Vieira-Lanero R., Zamora-López A., Zamora-Marín J.M. (2021)

Informe técnico preparado por LIFE INVASAQUA (LIFE17 GIE/ES/000515). 64 pp. ISBN: 978-84-123500-2-9 URL: http://www.lifeinvasaqua.com/main-files/uploads/2021/04/TR1_Invasaqua_PORT_PDF_interact.pdf

Lista de especies exóticas acuáticas de la Peninsula Ibérica (2020). Lista actualizada de las especies exóticas acuáticas introducidas y establecidas en las aguas continentales ibéricas.

Oliva-Paterna F.J., Ribeiro F., Miranda R., Anastácio P.M., García-Murillo P., Cobo F., Gallardo B., García-Berthou E., Boix D., Medina L., Morcillo F., Oscoz J., Guillén A., Arias A., Cuesta J.A., Aguiar F., Almeida D., Ayres C., Banha F., Barca S., Biurrun I., Cabezas M.P., Calero S., Campos J.A., Capdevila-Argüelles L., Capinha C., Carapeto A., Casals F., Chainho P., Cirujano S., Clavero M., Del Toro V., Encarnação J.P., Fernández-Delgado C., Franco J., García-Meseguer A.J., Guareschi S., Guerrero A., Hermoso V., Machordom A., Martelo J., Mellado-Díaz A., Moreno J.C., Oficialdegui F.J., Olivo del Amo R., Otero J.C., Perdices A., Pou-Rovira Q., Rodríguez-Merino A., Ros M., Sánchez-Gullón E., Sánchez M.I., Sánchez-Fernández D., Sánchez-González J.R., Soriano O., Teodósio M.A., Torralva M., Vieira-Lanero R., Zamora-López A., Zamora-Marín J.M. (2020)

Informe técnico preparado por LIFE INVASAQUA (LIFE17 GIE/ES/000515). 64 pp.. ISBN: 2020978-84-12350012.

Tipologia de rios em Portugal continental no âmbito da implementação da Directiva Quadro da Água – caracterização abiótica

Alves M.H., Ferreira J., Pádua J., Martins J.P., Rafael T., Tomaz G., Figueiredo H., Bernardo J.M., Pinto P., Morais M., Ilhéu M., Matono P., Almeida P.R., Ferreira M.T., Aguiar F., Quintella B.R., Rodrigues A., Graça M., Feio M.J., Almeida S., Cortes R., Oliveira S., Formigo N., Fonte D. (2008)

Ministério do Ambiente, Ordenamento do Território e do Desenvolvimento Regional, Instituto da Água IP, INAG IP., Lisboa, Portugal, 32 p. URL: https://www.apambiente.pt/dqa/assets/tipologia-de-rios-em-portugal-continental.pdf

Manual para a avaliação biológica da qualidade da água em sistemas fluviais segundo a Directiva Quadro da Água. Protocolo de amostragem e análise para os macrófitos

Ferreira M.T., Aguiar F., Rodríguez-González P., Albuquerque A., Sérgio C. (2008)

Ministério do Ambiente, Ordenamento do Território e do Desenvolvimento Regional, Instituto da Água I.P., Lisboa, Portugal, 19 p. URL: https://www.apambiente.pt/dqa/assets/Protocolo_amostragem_e_analise_para_elemento_qualidade_macrofitos.pdf

Book Chapters

Aguiar C., Portela-Pereira E., Aguiar F., Pinto-Cruz C. (2021)

Vegetação aquática, anfíbia e higrófila dulçaquícola de Portugal Continental – uma introdução.

In: Vegetação de Portugal. J. Capelo, C. Aguiar (Eds.). Lisboa Capital Verde Europeia 2020. Botânica em Português 4, Imprensa Nacional: 201-215. .

Aguiar C., Portela-Pereira E., Aguiar F., Pinto-Cruz C. (2021)

Vegetação aquática, anfíbia e higrófila dulçaquícola de Portugal Continental – uma introdução

In: Vegetação de Portugal. J. Capelo, C. Aguiar (Eds.). Lisboa Capital Verde Europeia 2020. Botânica em Português 4, Imprensa Nacional: 201-215.. ISBN: 978-972-27-2879-9 URL: https://imprensanacional.pt/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/A-Vegetacao-em-Portugal.pdf

Vieira C., Aguiar F.C., Portela P., Monteiro J., Raven P.J., Holmes N.H.T., Cambra J., Flor-Arnau N., Chauvin C., Loriot S., Feret T., Dörflinger G., Germ M., Kuhar U., Papastergiadou E., Manolaki P., Minciardi M.R., Munné A., Urbanic G., Ferreira M.T. (2016)

Bryophyte communities of Mediterranean Europe: a first approach to model their potential distribution in highly-seasonal rivers

In: Plants in Aquatic Systems – a 21st Century Perspective. M.T. O’Hare, F.C. Aguiar, E.S. Bakker, K.A. Wood (Eds.). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2743-5

Aguiar F.C., Fabião A., Bejarano M.D., Nilsson C., Merritt D.M., Martins M.J. (2014)

FLOWBASE: a traitbase for Mediterranean riparian Flora

In: Biodiversity and vegetation: patterns, processes, conservation. Mucina L., Price J.N., Kalwij J.M. (Eds.). Kwongan Foundation, Perth, Australia, p.213. ISBN: 978-0-9584766-5-2 URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266030257

Aguiar F.C., Martins M.J., Bejarano M.D., Nilsson C., Portela M.P., Segurado P., Merritt D.M. (2014)

Are dams regulating diversity of riparian forests? Functional trade-offs and synergies in Mediterranean Europe

In: Biodiversity and vegetation: patterns, processes, conservation. Mucina L., Price J.N., Kalwij J.M. (Eds.). Kwongan Foundation, Perth, Australia, p.63. ISBN: 978-0-9584766-5-2

Aguiar F.C., Ferreira M.T. (2012)

Ecologia de plantas invasoras aquáticas e ribeirinhas em Portugal continental: uma revisão

In: Gestão e conservação da flora e da vegetação de Portugal e da África Lusófona. Monteiro A., Gomes da Silva F., Jorge R. (Eds.). ISAPress, Lisboa, pp. 381-400. ISBN: 978-972-8669-52-2 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/5055

Barroso A., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Aguiar F.F., Ferreira M.T. (2012)

Planeamento e prioritização de ações de restauro: aplicação à região do Algarve

In: J. Campodron, M.T. Ferreira, M. Ordeix. (Eds). Restauro e gestão ecológica fluvial – manual de boas práticas e gestão de rios e ribeiras. Interreg IVC SUDOE Ricover, CTFC/ISAPress, Solsona, pp. 218-251. ISBN: 978-972-8669-51-5 URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321156872

Dodkins I., Aguiar F.C., Ferreira M.T. (2012)

Can Mediterranean river plants translate into quality assessment systems? Venturing into unexplored territories

In: River conservation and management. Philip J. Boon, P. & Paul J. Raven (Eds.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 133-140. ISBN: 978-0-470-68208-1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119961819.ch11

Aguiar F.C., Ferreira T., Albuquerque A., Rodríguez-González P. (2008)

Mahjonging key functional and taxonomic tiles in near-natural Mediterranean riparian woods (SW Iberia, Portugal)

In: Frontiers of vegetation science – an evolutionary angle. Mucina L., Kalwij J., Simth V.R., Chytrý M., White P.S., Cilliers S.S., Pillar V.D., Zobel M., Sun I-F (Eds.). Keith Philips Images, Somerset West, p. 12. ISBN: 978-0-9584766-9-0

Projects

RIVEAL

RIVEAL: Valores e serviços dos ecossistemas fluviais e das florestas ripárias em paisagens fluviais alteradas e futuros climáticos incertos

Duration: 2018-2022

CEF Budget: 180979,88 €

Monitorização de macrófitos da Ribeira de Oeiras

Duration: 2016-2019

CEF Budget: 10.000 €

OPTIMUS PRIME

Optimal Greening of Irrigated farmland to achieve a prime environment

Duration: 2016-2021

CEF Budget: 191.226 €