News
Project RIVEAL releases new fact sheet – River regulation effects in riparian carbon stock
CEF paper published in Forests highlights the role of riparian forests as carbon sinks
CEF paper on the morphological diversity of the Portuguese Tagus River in the last 150 years
Publications
Scientific Articles (ISI)
Franco J.C., Branco M., Conde S., Garcia A., Fernandes M.R., Santos J.L., Messina T., Duarte G., Fonseca A., Zina V., Ferreira M.T. (2022)
Ecological Infrastructures May Enhance Lepidopterans Predation in Irrigated Mediterranean Farmland, Depending on Their Typology and the Predator Guild
Sustainability, 14(7): 3874. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su14073874
Froidevaux J.S.P., Duarte G., Fonseca A., Zina V., Conde S., Ferreira M.T., Fernandes M.R. (2022)
The location and vegetation physiognomy of ecological infrastructures determine bat activity in Mediterranean floodplain landscapes
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 332: 107929. DOI: https://doi.or/10.1016/j.agee.2022.107929
Bouzar-Essaidi K., Branco M., Battisti A., Garcia A., Fernandes M.R., Chabane Y., Bouzemarene M., Benfekih L. (2021)
Response of the egg parasitoids of the pine processionary moth to host density and forest cover at the southern edge of the range
Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 23(2): 212-221. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12423
Fonseca A., Ugille J-P., Michez A., Rodríguez-González P., Duarte G., Ferreira M.T., Fernandes M.R. (2021)
Assessing the connectivity of riparian forests across a gradient of human disturbance: the potential of Copernicus “Riparian Zones” in two hydroregions
Forests, 12(6): 674. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f12060674
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
Zina V., Fonseca A., Duarte G., Conde S., Fernandes M.R., Ferreira M.T., Franco J.C. (2021)
Ant diversity is enhanced by ecological infrastructures in agroecosystems: a case study in irrigated Mediterranean farmland.
Agronomy, 12(11): 2690. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12112690
Zina V., Ordeix M., Franco J.C., Ferreira M.T., Fernandes M.R. (2021)
Ants as bioindicators of riparian ecological health in catalonian rivers
Forests, 12(52021): 625. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f12050625
Alves-Ferreira J., Miranda I., Duarte L., Roseiro L., Lourenço A., Quilhó T., Cardoso S., Fernandes M.C., Carvalheiro F., Pereira H. (2020)
Cistus ladanifer as a source of chemicals: structural and chemical characterization
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 10: 325–337. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-019-00448-8
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
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
Zina V., Duarte G., Fonseca A., Conde S., Ferreira M.T., Franco J.C., Fernandes M.R. (2020)
Land use system, invasive species and shrub diversity of the riparian ecological infrastructure determine the specific and functional richness of ant communities in Mediterranean river valleys
Ecological Indicators, 145: 109613. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109613
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
Branco M., Nunes P., Roques A., Fernandes M.R., Orazio C., Jactel H. (2019)
Urban trees facilitate the establishment of non-native forest insects.
NeoBiota, 52: 25-46. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.52.36358
Feld C.K., Fernandes M.R., Ferreira M.T., Hering D., Ormerod S.J., Venohr M., Gutiérrez-Cánovas C. (2018)
Evaluating riparian solutions to multiple stressor problems in river ecosystems – a conceptual study.
Water Research, 139: 381-391.
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.
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.
Fernandes M.R., Segurado P., Jauch E., Ferreira M.T. (2016)
Riparian responses to extreme climate and land-use change scenarios.
Science of the Total Environment, 569-570: 145-158.
Simões M.P., Belo A.F., Fernandes M., Madeira M. (2016)
Regeneration patterns of Quercus suber according to Montado management systems
Agroforestry Systems, 90(1): 107-115.
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.
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.
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.
Books
Book Chapters
Zina V., Franco J.C., Branco M., Fernandes M.R., Duarte G., Fonseca A., Ferreira M.T. (2022)
Ecological Infrastructures May Enhance Lepidopterans Predation
In: Scholarly Community Encyclopedia https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/21181 .
Projects
MERLIN
Mainstreaming Ecological Restoration of freshwater-related ecosystems in a Landscape context: INnovation, upscaling and transformation
Duration: 2021-2025
CEF Budget: 314 437,50 €
ALIENTRADE
Something in the way they move: how global patterns of wildlife trade influence global invasion success
Duration: 2018-2021
CEF Budget: 35.807 €
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 €
OPTIMUS PRIME
Optimal Greening of Irrigated farmland to achieve a prime environment
Duration: 2016-2021
CEF Budget: 191.226 €
DURERO
Duero (Douro) River basin: Water resources, Water accounts and Target sustainability
Duration: 2014-2015
CEF Budget: 39.134 €