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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
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
Goncalves F., Carlos C., Crespo L., Zina V., Oliveira A., Salvação J., Pereira J.A., Torres L. (2021)
Soil arthropods in the Douro Demarcated Region vineyards: general characteristics and ecosystem services provided
Sustainability, 13(14): 7837. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147837
Soares A.O., Calado H.R., Franco J.C., Aguiar A.F., Andrade M.M., Zina V., Ameixa O.M.C.C., Borges I., Magro A. (2021)
An annotated checklist of ladybeetle species (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) of Portugal, including the Azores and Madeira Archipelagos
ZooKeys, 1053: 107-144. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1053.64268
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
Zina V., Branco M., Franco J.C. (2020)
Impact of the invasive argentine ant in citrus agroecosystems: effects on the diversity and frequency of native ant species foraging on tree canopy
Insects, 11(11) 785 : 1-17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11110785
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
Carlos C., Goncalves F., Crespo L., Zina V., Oliveira I., Crespi A., Torres L. (2019)
How does habitat diversity affect ground-dwelling arthropods assemblages in Douro Demarcated Region terraced vineyards?
Journal of Insect Conservation, 23(3): 555-564.
Goncalves F., Carlos C., Crespi A., Villeman C., Trivellone V., Goula M., Canovai R., Zina V., Crespo L., Pinheiro L., Lucchi A., Bagnoli B., Oliveira I., Pinto R., Torres L. (2019)
The functional agrobiodiversity in the douro demarcated region viticulture: utopia or reality? Arthropods as a case-study – a review
Ciencia e Tecnica Vitivinicola, 34(2): 102-114.
Gonçalves F., Zina V., Carlos C., Crespo L., Oliveira I., Torres L. (2017)
Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and spiders (Araneae) co-occurring in the ground of vineyards from Douro demarcated region.
Sociobiology, 64(4): 404-416.
Zina V., Branco M., Franco J.C. (2017)
Ant community associated to citrus canopy in Southern Portugal over a century after the invasion by the Argentine ant.
Phytoparasitica, 45(2): 183–200.
Seabra S.G., Brás P.G., Zina V., Silva E.B., Rebelo M.T., Figueiredo E., Mendel Z., Paulo O.S., Franco J.C. (2013)
Molecular evidence of polyandry in the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae).
PLoS ONE, 8(7): e68241.
Zina V., Silva E.B., Quartau J.A., Franco J.C. (2013)
First report of the citrus leafhopper Penthimiola bella (Stål) (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) in Europe.
Phytoparasitica, 41(5): 521-527.
Martins R.F., Zina V.,Silva E.B., Rebelo M.T., Figueiredo E., Mendel Z., Paulo O.S., Franco J.C., Seabra S.G. (2012)
Isolation and characterization of fifteen polymorphic microsatellite loci for the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), and cross-amplification in two other mealybug species.
Journal of Genetics, 91(2): 75-78.
Zina V., Lima A., Caetano F., Silva E.B., Ramos A.P., Franco J.C. (2012)
First record of the pepper tree psyllid, Calophya schini Tuthill (Hemiptera: Calophyidae), in the Palaearctic region.
Phytoparasitica, 40(2): 127-130.
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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
OPTIMUS PRIME
Optimal Greening of Irrigated farmland to achieve a prime environment
Duration: 2016-2021
CEF Budget: 191.226 €