• Bernardino, J., Bispo, R., Martins, R.C., Santos, S.M., Moreira, F. Response of vertebrate scavengers to power line and road rights-of-way and its implications for bird fatality estimates. Scientific Reports (2020) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72059-7
• Côrte‐Real J.V., Lopes A.M., Rebelo H., Lopes J.P., Amorim F., Pita R., Correia J., Melo P., Beja P., Esteves P.J., Abrantes J. (2020). Adenovirus emergence in a red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in Iberian Peninsula. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13627
• Eufrázio S., Oliveira A., Miralto O., Medinas D., Silva C., Sá C., Mira A., Salgueiro P.A. (2020). Unraveling the dynamics of a ground‐dwelling beetle population exposed to quarry exploitation and restoration practices. Restoration Ecology 28: 697-705. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13056
• Salgueiro P.A., Prach K., Branquinho C., Mira A. (2020). Enhancing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Quarry Restoration – Challenges, Strategies and Practice. Restoration Ecology 28: 655-660. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13160
• Salgueiro P.A., Silva C., Silva A., Sá C., Mira A. (2020). Can quarries provide novel conditions for a bird of rocky habitats?. Restoration Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13080
• Salgueiro V., Silva C., Eufrázio S., Salgueiro P.A., Vaz P.G. (2020). Endozoochory of a dry‐fruited tree aids quarry passive restoration and seed soaking further increases seedling emergence. Restoration Ecology 28: 668-678. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13018
• Valerio, F., Ferreira, E., Godinho, S., Pita, R., Mira, A., Fernandes, N., Santos, S.M. Predicting Microhabitat Suitability for an Endangered Small Mammal using Sentinel-2 Data. Remote Sensing (2020). doi:10.3390/rs12030562. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/27677
• Mestre F., Pita R., Mira A., Beja P. (2020). Metapopulations, patch turnover and successional dynamics: When does intermediate disturbance favours species persistence? BMC Ecology 20, 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-019-0273-5
• Pinto, P., Lourenço, R., Mira, A., Santos, S.M. Temporal patterns of bird mortality due to road traffic collisions in a Mediterranean region. Bird Study (2020) https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2020.1779652
• Pita R., Morgado R., Moreira F., Mira A., Beja P. (2020). Roads, forestry plantations and hedgerows affect badger occupancy in intensive Mediterranean farmland. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 289, 10672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2019.106721
• Serrano F.*, Pita R.*, Mota-Ferreira M., Beja P., Segurado P. (2020). Landscape connectivity affects individual survival in unstable patch networks: the case of a freshwater turtle inhabiting temporary ponds. Freshwater Biology 65, 540-551. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13449 (* joint first authors)
• Proença-Ferreira A., Ferreira C., Leitão I., Paupério J., Sabino-Marques H., Barbosa S., Lambin X., Alves P.C., Beja P., Moreira F., Mira A., Pita R. (2019) Drivers of survival in a small mammal of conservation concern: an assessment using extensive genetic non-invasive sampling in fragmented farmland. Biological Conservation 230, 131-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.12.021
• van der Horst, S., Goytre, F., Marques, A., Santos, S., Mira, A., Lourenço, R. Road effects on species abundance and population trend: a case study on tawny owl. European Journal of Wildlife Research (2019) 65, 99. doi:10.1007/s10344-019-1325-z . http://hdl.handle.net/10174/27188
• Valerio, F., Carvalho, F., Barbosa, A.M., Mira, A., Santos, S.M. Accounting for Connectivity Uncertainties in Predicting Roadkills: a Comparative Approach between Path Selection Functions and Habitat Suitability Models. Environmental Management (2019) 64, 329–343, doi:10.1007/s00267-019-01191-6. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/26717
• Silva, C., Simões, M.P., Mira, A., Santos, S.M. Factors influencing predator roadkills: the availability of prey in road verges. Journal of Environmental Management (2019), 644-650, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.06.083. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/26722
• Pereira, P. F., Lourenço, R., Lopes, C., Oliveira, A., Ribeiro-Silva, J., Rabaça, J. E., Pinto-Correia, T., Figueiredo, D., Mira, A., Marques, J. T. (2019). The influence of management and environmental factors on insect attack on cork oak canopy. Forest Ecology and Management, 453, 117582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117582
• Mestre, F., Lopes, H., Pinto, T., Sousa, L.G., Mira, A., Santos, S.M. Bad moon rising? The Influence of the lunar cycle on amphibian roadkills. European Journal of Wildlife Research (2019), 65: 58. doi:10.1007/s10344-019-1285-3. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/27194
• Herrera J.M., Alagador D., Salgueiro P., Mira A. (2018). A distribution-oriented approach to support landscape connectivity for ecologically distinct bird species. PLoS ONE 13(4): e0194848. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194848
• Pinto, T., Moreira, B., Freitas, H., & Santos, X. (2018). The role of fire history, land-use, and vegetation structure on the response of Mediterranean lizards to fire. Forest Ecology and Management, 419, 139-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.03.029
• Salgueiro, P.A., Mira, A., Rabaça, J.E., Silva, C., Eufrázio, S., Medinas, D., Manghi, G., Silva, B., Santos, S.M. Thinking outside the patch: a multi-species comparison of conceptual models from real-world landscapes. Landscape Ecology (2018), 33: 353-370. doi.org/10.1007/s10980-017-0603-y. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/24606
• Salgueiro, P.A., Mira, A., Rabaça, J.E., Santos, S.M. Identifying critical thresholds to guide management practices in agro-ecosystems: insights from bird community response to an open grassland-to-forest gradient. Ecological Indicators (2018), 88: 205-213. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.01.008. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/24553
• Sabino-Marques H., Ferreira C.M., Paupério P., Costa P., Barbosa S., Encarnação C., Alpizar-Jara R., Alves P.C3, Searle J.B., Mira A, Beja P., Pita R. (2018). Combining genetic non-invasive sampling with spatially explicit capture-recapture models for density estimation of a patchily distributed small mammal. European Journal of Wildlife Research 64, 44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-018-1206-x
• Ferreira C.M., Sabino-Marques H., Barbosa S., Costa P., Encarnação C., Alpizar-Jara R., Pita R., Beja P., Mira A., Searle J.B., Paupério J., Alves P.C. (2018). Genetic non-invasive sampling (gNIS) as a cost-effective tool for monitoring elusive small mammals. European Journal of Wildlife Research 64, 46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-018-1188-8
• Reino L, Schindler S., Santana J., Porto M., Morgado R., Moreira F., Pita R., Mira A., Rotenberry J.T., Beja P. (2018). Mismatches between habitat preferences and risk avoidance for birds in intensive Mediterranean farmland. European Journal of Wildlife Research 64, 48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-018-1207-9
• Mestre F., Risk B., Mira A., Beja P., Pita R. (2017). A metapopulation approach to predict species range shifts under different climate change and landscape connectivity scenarios. Ecological Modelling 359, 406-414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.06.013
• Pita R., Luque-Larena J., Beja P. Mira A. (2017). Topillo de Cabrera – Microtus cabrerae. In: Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Sanz, J. J., Barja, I. (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. http://dx.doi.org/10.20350/digitalCSIC/8930
• Barbosa S., Paupério J., Herman J.S., Ferreira C.M., Pita R., Vale-Gonçalves H.M., Cabral J.A., Garrido-García J.A., Soriguer R.C., Beja P., Mira A., Alves P.C., Searle J.B. (2017). Endemic species may have complex histories: within-refugium phylogeography of an endangered Iberian vole. Molecular Ecology 26, 951-967. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13994
• Grácio, A.R., Mira A., Beja P., Pita R. (2017). Diel variations in movement patterns and habitat use by the Iberian endemic Cabrera vole: Implications for conservation and monitoring. Mammalian Biology 83, 21-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2016.11.008
• Herrera J.M., Salgueiro P.A., Medinas D., Costa P., Encarnação C., Mira A. (2016). Generalities of vertebrate responses to landscape composition and configuration gradients in a highly heterogeneous Mediterranean region. Journal of Biogeography 43: 1203-1214. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12720
• Santos, S.M., Mira, A., Salgueiro, P.A., Costa, P., Medinas, D., Beja, P. Avian trait-mediated vulnerability to road traffic collisions. Biological Conservation (2016), 200: 122-130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.06.004; http://hdl.handle.net/10174/19994
• Pita R., Lambin X., Mira A., Beja P. (2016). Hierarchical spatial segregation of two Mediterranean vole species: the role of patch-network structure and matrix composition. Oecologia 182, 253-263. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-016-3653-y
• Mestre F., Cánovas F., Pita R., Mira A., Beja P. (2016). An R Package for simulating metapopulation dynamics and range expansion under environmental change. Environmental Modelling & Software 81, 40-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.03.007
• Peralta D., Leitão I., Ferreira A., Mira A., Beja P., Pita R. (2016) Factors affecting southern water vole (Arvicola sapidus) detection and occupancy probabilities in Mediterranean farmland. Mammalian Biology 81, 123-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2015.10.006
• Valerio, F., Basile, M., Balestrieri, R., Posillico, M., Di Donato, S., Altea, T., & Matteucci, G. (2016). The reliability of a composite biodiversity indicator in predicting bird species richness at different spatial scales. Ecological Indicators, 71, 627-635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.07.043
•Basile, M., Valerio, F., Balestrieri, R., Posillico, M., Bucci, R., Altea, T., De Cinti, B., & Matteucci, G. (2016). Patchiness of forest landscape can predict species distribution better than abundance: the case of a forest-dwelling passerine, the short-toed treecreeper, in central Italy. PeerJ, 4, e2398. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2398
• Santos, S.M., Lourenço, A., Marques, J. T., Medinas, D., Barbosa, M., Beja, P., Mira, A.. Sampling effects on the identification of roadkill hotspots and implications for survey design. Journal of Environmental Management (2015), 162: 87-95; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.07.037. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/17023
• Mestre F., Pita R., Paupério J., Martins F.M.S., Alves P.C., Mira A., Beja P. (2015). Combining distribution modelling and non-invasive genetics to improve range shift forecasting. Ecological Modelling 297, 171-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.11.018
• Pita R., Mira A., Beja P. (2014) Microtus cabrerae (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Mammalian Species, 46 (912): 48-70. https://doi.org/10.1644/912.1
• Beja P., Schindler S., Santana J., Porto M., Morgado R., Moreira F., Pita R., Mira A., Reino L. (2014). Predators and livestock reduce bird nest survival in intensive Mediterranean farmland. European Journal of Wildlife Research 60, 249-258. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-013-0773-0
• Salgueiro P.A., Medinas D., Silva C., Silva A., Mira A. (2013). New data on the distribution range of Hemidactylus turcicus in Portugal. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española. 24(1): 79-82
• Santos, S.M., Lourenço, R., Mira, A., Beja, P. Relative effects of road risk, habitat suitability, and connectivity on wildlife roadkills: the case of tawny owls (Strix aluco). PloS ONE (2013) 8(11): e79967. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079967. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/10107
• Pita R., Mira A., Beja P. (2013) Influence of land mosaic composition and structure on patchy populations: the case of the water vole (Arvicola sapidus) in Mediterranean farmland. PLOS ONE 8(7), e69976. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069976
• Garrido-García J.A., Rosário I.T., Gisbert J., García-Perea R., Cordero A.I., López-Alabau A., Mathias M.L., Mira A., Pita R., Santos S., Sendra-Pérez I., Vicente V., Soriguer R.C. (2013). Revisión a nivel ibérico de la distribución del topillo de Cabrera o iberón, Iberomys cabrerae (Thomas, 1906). Galemys 25, 35-49. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=4575153
• Santos, S.M., Carvalho, F., Mira, A. How long do the dead survive on the road? Carcass persistence probability and implications for road-kill monitoring surveys. PloS ONE (2011), 6(9): e25383. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025383. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/3338
• Pita R., Mira A., Beja P. (2011). Circadian activity rhythms in relation to season, sex and interspecifc interactions in two Mediterranean voles. Animal Behaviour, 81, 1023-1030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.02.007
• Pita R., Mira A., Beja P. (2011). Circadian activity rhythms in relation to season, sex and interspecifc interactions in two Mediterranean voles. Animal Behaviour, 81, 1023-1030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.02.007
• Pita R., Mira A., Beja P. (2011). Assessing habitat differentiation between coexisting species: The role of spatial scale. Acta Oecologica, 37, 124-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2011.01.006
• Pita R., Mira A., Beja P. (2010). Spatial segregation of two vole species (Microtus cabrerae and Arvicola sapidus) within habitat patches in a highly fragmented farmland landscape. European Journal of Wildlife Research 56, 651-556. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-009-0360-6
• Pita R., Mira A., Moreira F., Morgado R., Beja P. (2009). Influence of landscape characteristics on carnivore diversity and abundance in Mediterranean farmland. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 132, 57-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2009.02.008
• Pita R., Beja P., Mira A. (2007). Spatial population structure of the Cabrera vole in Mediterranean farmland: the relative role of patch and matrix effects. Biological Conservation 134, 383-392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2006.08.026
• Pita R., Mira A., Beja, P. (2006). Conserving the Cabrera vole, Microtus cabrerae, in intensively used Mediterranean landscapes. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 115, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2005.12.002
• Pita R., Mira A., Mathias M.L. (2003). Small mammal community structure in two successional stages of a Mediterranean ecosystem. Galemys 15, 67-79. http://www.secem.es/publicaciones/galemys-15-ne/
• Silva, A.; Mira, A.; Correia, O. (coordenadores) (2018). Quarry Restoration & Biodiversity. SECIL-Outão in Arrábida Natural Park. ED. SECIL – Companhia Geral de Cal e Cimento, S.A. (ISBN: 978-972-96537-3-5).
Capítulos de livros com arbitragem científica
• Santos, S.M., Carvalho, F., Mira, A. “Chapter 2 – Current knowledge on Wildlife Mortality in Railways”. In “Railway Ecology” (editores: Luís Borda-de-Água, Rafael Barrientos, Pedro Beja, Henrique M. Pereira). Springer (2017). ISBN 978-3-319-57496-7 (http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319574950) http://hdl.handle.net/10174/22689
• Carvalho, F., Santos, S.M., Mira, A., Lourenço, R. “Chapter 3 – Methods to monitor and mitigate Wildlife Mortality in Railways”. In “Railway Ecology” (editores: Luís Borda-de-Água, Rafael Barrientos, Pedro Beja, Henrique M. Pereira). Springer (2017). ISBN 978-3-319-57496-7 (http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319574950) http://hdl.handle.net/10174/22695
• Godinho, C.; Marques, J.T.; Salgueiro, L.; Catarino, L., Castro, C.; Mira, A.; Beja, P. (2017). Bird collision in a railway crossing a wetland of international importance (Sado Estuary, Portugal). In Borda-de-Água, L.; Barrientos, R.; Beja, P.; Pereira, H.M. (eds.), An Introduction to Railway Ecology. Springer, Cham, pp:103-115.
• Godinho, C.; Catarino, L., Marques, J.T.; Mira, A.; Beja, P. (2017). Assessing bird exclusion effects of wetland crossing by a railway. In Borda-de-Água, L.; Barrientos, R.; Beja, P.; Pereira, H.M. (eds.), An Introduction to Railway Ecology. Springer, Cham, pp:179-196.
• Carvalho, F; Galantinho, A; Mira, A. 2011. Factors affecting small and middle-sized carnivore occurrence and abundance in Mediterranean agricultural landscapes. Case studies in Southern Portugal. In Rosalino, M.; Gheler-Costa, C. (eds.), Middle-Sized Carnivores in Agricultural Landscapes. Nova Science Publishers, New York, pp. 39-68.
• Zuur, A.F.; Mira, A.; Carvalho, F.; Ieno, E.N.; Saveliev, A.A.; Smith, G.M. & Walker, N. 2009. Negative Binomial GAM and GAMM to Analyse Amphibian Roadkills. In Zuur, A.F.; Ieno, E.N.; Walker, N.; Smith G.M. (eds), Mixed effects models and extensions in ecology with R. Springer; New York, pp. 383-397.
Outros capítulos de livros
• Mira, A. 2018. A Serra da Arrábida. In Carqueijeiro, E.; Henriques, M. (eds.), Arrábida, em Contínuo. Parque Natural da Arrábida. 40 anos: 1976-2016. História, Significado, Testemunhos. Parque Natural da Arrábida, ICNF, pp:51-52.
• Pita, R.; Luque-Larena, J. J.; Beja, P.; Mira, A. 2017. Topillo de Cabrera – Microtus cabrerae. In Sanz, J. J.; Barja, I. (eds.), Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/
• Paupério, J.; Vale-Gonçalves, H.; Cabral, J.A.; Mira, A.; Bencatel, J. 2017. Insectívoros. In Bencatel, J.; Álvares, F.; Moura, A.E.; Barbosa, A.M. (eds.), Atlas de Mamíferos de Portugal, Universidade de Évora, pp:39-59 (ISBN: 978-989-8550-54-5).
• Paupério, J.; Vale-Gonçalves, H.; Cabral, J.A. Mira, A.; Bencatel, J. 2017. Roedores. In Bencatel, J.; Álvares, F.; Moura, A.E.; Barbosa, A.M. (eds.), Atlas de Mamíferos de Portugal, Universidade de Évora, pp:113-143 (ISBN: 978-989-8550-54-5).
• Mira, A. 2014. Vertebrados do Concelho de Marvão. Breve síntese dos valores mais relevantes. In Oliveira, J. (ed.), Marvão. Estudos e Documentos de apoio à candidatura a Património Mundial, Edições Colibri pp:72-75. (ISBN: 978-989-689-404-7).
• Pinto-Correia, T; Ribeiro, N.; Potes, J. (coord.) et al. (2013). Livro Verde dos Montados, ICAAM, Évora, 61 pp. (A Mira coautor de capítulo).
• Mira, A. 2008. Mammals. In Arizpe, D.; Mendes, A.; Rabaça, J.E. (eds.), Sustainable Riparaian Zones Ed. Generalitat Valenciana, Valência, pp:110-111. (ISBN: 978-84-482-4957-0).
• Mira, A.; Mathias. M.L. 2007. Topillo Lusitano (Microtus lusitanicus). In Palomo, L.J.; Gisbert, JBlanco. J.C. (eds), Atlas y Libro Rojo de los Mamíferos Terrestres de España, 2 ed. Dirección General para la Biodiversidad, Madrid, pp:418-421 (ISBN: 978-84-8014-711-8).
• Queiroz, A.I.; Rainho, A.; Mira, A.; Barroso, I.; Palmeirim, J.; Rodrigues, L.; Fernandes, M.; Santos-Reis, M.; Mathias, M.L.; Sequeira, M.; Alves, P.C.; Beja, P.; Prieto, R. 2005. Mamíferos. In Cabral (coord.), Livro Vermelho dos Vertebrados de Portugal. Instituto da Conservação da Natureza, Lisboa. (ISBN: 972-775-153-9).
Edição de livros de resumos de encontros científicos
• Silva, C.; Salgueiro, P.; Silva, A.; Mira, A. (eds.) 2018. Quarries Alive 2018 – Enhancing Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services in Quarries – Challenges, Strategies and Practice. Book of Abstracts, Universidade de Évora. Évora, 2-4 de maio de 2018.
• Borralho, R.; Palma, L.; Machado, C.; Mira, A. (eds.) 2010. Conservação de Vertebrados Terrestres Ameaçados em Portugal: Situação Actual e Perspectivas. Livro de Resumos. CEAI, Naturlink, Universidade de Évora. Évora, 24 de setembro de 2010.
• Mira, A.; Borralho, R. (eds.) 2009. IENE Transport Infrastructure of the 21st Century: Connecting People and Wildlife. Abstract book. Unidade de Biologia da Conservação – Universidade de Évora, Naturlink. Évora, 24 de abril de 2009.
• Mira, A.; Borralho, R.; Dias, S. 2005 (eds.). Seminário Infra-estruturas Lineares e Biodiversidade. Avaliação, monitorização e minimização de impactes. Livro de resumos. Naturlink, Unidade de Biologia da Conservação - Universidade de Évora, Grupo de Trabalho em Fauna e Infra-estruturas Lineares. Évora, 13-14 de outubro de 2005.
Orais
• Salgueiro PA, Silva C, Medinas D, Eufrázio S, Silva A, Sá C, Rabaça JE, Santos SM, Mira A. (2020) “Multi-scale analysis of the distribution of guilds of birds in a pinewood fragmented landscape.” Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal, Lisboa, Portugal.
• Pita R. (2019) Threatened voles in fragmented Mediterranean farmland: Insights on habitat use, movement, occupancy and demography (Invited presentation). IV PhD Students Meeting in Environment and Agriculture, Évora, Portugal.
• Queirós J, Gonçalves H, Alexandre-Cabral J, Mira A, Santos S, Aresta S, Alves PC, Pita R, Paupério P (2019). Biodiversidad y servicios de ecosistemas: el caso de estudio de la comunidad de pequeños mamíferos en los agroecosistemas del NE de Portugal. XIV Congreso SECEM, Jaca (Huesca), Spain.
• Ferreira CM, Peralta D, Mendes T, Vaz-Freire T, Sabino-Marques H, Mestre F, Barbora S, Santos S, Alpizar-Jara R, Beja P, Mira A, Lambin X, Searle JB, Alves PC, Paupério J, Pita R (2019). Effects of habitat fragmentation in the social behaviour of the Cabrera vole: insights from genetic non-invasive sampling. 8th European Congress of Mammalogy, Warsow, Polony.
• Sampaio A, Salgueiro PA, Silva C, Eufrázio S, Oliveira A, Medinas D, Miralto O, Pereira PF, Salgueiro V, Silva A, Mira A. (2019). “Ecological restoration of highly degraded habitats in a mediterranean context: Insights from a 12 year project in SECIL quarries”. Jornadas MED- Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Universidade de Évora, Pólo da Mitra, Portugal.
• Paupério J, Gonçalves H, Queirós J, Cabral JA, Mira A, Santos S, Aresta S, Alves PC, Pita R (2019). Linking biodiversity to ecosystem services: The small mammal community of NE Portugal agroecosystems. 8th European Congress of Mammalogy, Warsow, Polony.
• Amorim F, Pita P, Mata V, Beja P, Rebelo H (2019) Rapid changes in bat demography and social structure following large-scale habitat disturbance: the case of hydroelectric dam flooding. 18th International Bat Research Conference, The Slate, Phuket, Thailand.
• Amorim F, Pita R, Mata V, Beja P, Rebelo H (2019). Rapid changes in bat demography and social structure following large-scale habitat disturbance: the case of hydroelectric dam flooding “BIODIV Annual Meeting” Vairão, Portugal.
• Segurado P, Serrano F, Pita R, Ferreira M, Beja P (2018) Prioritizing connectivity restoration in a pond system occupied by the European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis. XV Congreso Luso-Espanol de Herpetologia / XIX Congreso Espanol de Herpetologia “Biologia y Conservacion de herpetos en el Antropocen”, 5-8 Septiembre de 2018, Salamance, Spain.
• Eufrázio S, Oliveira A, Medinas D, Miralto O, Salgueiro P, Silva C, Sá C, Silva A, Mira A. (2018). Assessing the effects of exploitation and restoration on a quarry: perspective of a ground beetle, Scarites cyclops (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Quarries Alive 2018, Évora, Portugal.
• Silva C, Eufrázio S, Salgueiro V, Salgueiro P, Oliveira A, Miralto O, Medinas D, Silva A, Mira A. (2018) Quarries meet Biodiversity: faunal insights from a long-term project of quarry rehabilitation in a natural park. Quarries Alive 2018, Évora, Portugal.
• Paupério J, Pita R, Luque-Larena J (2018). Towards a common understanding of voles’ biology and management in Iberia. 1st Workshop Biology and management of Iberian voles: Progresses, challenges and prospects. CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal.
• Peralta D, Vaz T, Mendes T, Ferreira C, Santos S, Mira A, Alves PC, Beja P, Paupério J, Pita R (2018). Estimating Cabrera vole abundance based on presence sign counts: An evaluation using non-invasive genetics. 1st Workshop Biology and management of Iberian voles: Progresses, challenges and prospects. CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal.
• Sabino-Marques H, Costa P, Leitão I, Salgueiro V, Encarnação C, Alves PC, Mira A, Beja P, Pita R (2018). Co-occurrence dynamics of two vole species with a metapopulation-like structure in farmland. 1st Workshop Biology and management of Iberian voles: Progresses, challenges and prospects. CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal.
• Mestre F, Barbosa S, Garrido-García JA, Pita R, Mira A, Alves PC, Searle JB, Beja P (2018). Paleo-distribution of an endangered arvicoline species: insights from combined ecological, genetic and fossil evidence. 1st Workshop Biology and management of Iberian voles: Progresses, challenges and prospects. CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal.
• Proença-Ferreira A, Ferreira C, Leitão I, Peralta D, Salgueiro V, Costa P, Paupério P, Sabino-Marques H, Barbosa S, Searle JB, Lambin X, Alves PC, Beja P, Moreira F, Mira A, Pita R (2018). Inferring movement of an endangered vole in fragmented farmland using genetic non-invasive sampling. 1st Workshop Biology and management of Iberian voles: Progresses, challenges and prospects. CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal.
• Santos SM, Fernandes NH, Ferreira E, Pita R, Mira A (2018). Effects of habitat encroachment by roads on space use and movement patterns of an endangered vole. 1st Workshop Biology and management of Iberian voles: Progresses, challenges and prospects. CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal.
• Ferreira CM, Peralta D, Mendes T, Vaz-Freire T, Sabino-Marques H, Mestre F, Barbosa S, Santos S, Alpizar-Jara R., Beja P, Mira A, Lambin X, Searle JB, Alves PC, Paupério J, Pita R (2018) Effects of fragmentation in the social behaviour of the Cabrera vole: insights from genetic non-invasive sampling. 1st Workshop Biology and management of Iberian voles: Progresses, challenges and prospects. CIBIO, Vairão, Portugal.
• Mestre F, Barbosa S, Garrido-García JA, Pita R, Mira A, Alves PC, Searle JB, Beja P (2018). Combining fossil, ecological and genomic data to infer past range shifts: the case of the Cabrera's vole, Iberian Peninsula. International Biogeographical Society meeting: 20-24 March 2018, Évora, Portugal.
• Ferreira A, Ferreira C, Leitão I, Peralta D, Salgueiro V, Costa P, Paupério J, Barbosa S, Searle J, Lambin X, Alves PC, Beja P, Moreira F, Mira A, Pita R (2017). Dinámica de poblaciones de un topillo mediterráneo casi amenazado estimada con técnicas genéticas no invasivas. XIII Congreso de la SECEM, Guadalajara, Spain.
• Ferreira A, Ferreira C, Leitão I, Peralta D, Paupério J, Célio P, Searle J, Moreira F, Lambin X, Beja P, Mira A, Pita R (2017) Population dynamics of the near-threatened Cabrera vole in Mediterranean farmland as assessed from non-invasive genetic sampling. 12th International Mammal Congress, Perth, Australia.
• Salgueiro PA, Mira A, Rabaça JE, Santos SM. The more the merrier of proudly alone: interdependent or independent species responses to a gradient in variegated landscapes? Community Ecology for the 21st Century, 17-19 October 2016, Évora, Portugal.
• Salgueiro PA, Mira A, Rabaça JE, Santos SM. Avian diversity, fuzzy landscapes and the challenge of setting conservation goals: Insights of a bird community inhabiting the ‘montado’ silvo-pastoral system. World Congress Silvo-Pastoral Systems, 27-30 September 2016, Évora, Portugal.
• Pita R (2016) Threatened voles in fragmented Mediterranean farmland: Insights on movement behaviour, habitat use, occupancy and coexistence, Seminars in Biodiversity and Conservation, CIBIO/InBIO, Vairão, Portugal.
• Pita R., Lambin X., Mira A., Beja P. (2016). Interspecific segregation of two vole species across hierarchical spatial scales suggests multiple coexistence mechanisms in fragmented farmland. Conference Community Ecology for the 21st Century – From genes to ecosystems, Évora, Portugal.
• Salgueiro PA, Mira A, Rabaça JE, Santos SM. Comparing patch- and gradient-based landscape models to evaluate bird responses to landscape change. 20th Conference of the European Bird Census Council (EBCC), 5-9 September 2016, Halle (Salle), Germany.
• Silva C, Eufrázio S, Salgueiro V, Salgueiro PA, Oliveira A, Miralto O, Medinas D, Silva A, Mira A. Quarries meet biodiversity: insights from a long-term project of quarry rehabilitation. Session 16 – Quarries: Win-Win for Biodiversity. The 10th European Conference on Ecological Restoration – Abstract Volume. 22-26 August 2016, Freising, Germany.
• Salgueiro PA, Mira A, Rabaça JE, Santos SM. Determining thresholds of bird community change and species assemblages in fuzzy Mediterranean oak woodlands. XI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA / VI Congresso Ibérico de Ornitologia. 23 - 25 Abril 2016, Vila Real, Portugal.
• Peralta D., Leitão I., Ferreira A., Mira A., Beja P., Pita R. (2015) Factors affecting southern water vole (Arvicola sapidus) detection and occupancy probabilities in Mediterranean farmland. 7th European Congress of Mammalogy, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Ferreira C., Paupério J., Barbosa S., Sabino-Marques H., Costa P., Encarnação C., Pita R., Beja P., Mira A., Célio P. (2015). Fewer markers, similar accuracy? Cost-effective selection of genetic markers for parentage analysis based on noninvasive genetic sampling. 7th European Congress of Mammalogy, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Mira A, Silva C, Eufrázio S, Salgueiro V, Medinas D, Salgueiro P, Carvalho R, Oliveira A, Miralto O, Silva A. “Recuperação da fauna na propriedade SECIL-Outão”. Seminário Recuperação Ambiental de Pedreiras, 11-12 de dezembro de 2014, Faro, Portugal.
• Pita R., Mira A., Beja P. (2014) Coexistence and interspecific interactions of Cabrera and water voles in Mediterranean farmland: a mosaic -level inference approach. 14th Rodents et Spatium, International Conference on Rodent Biology, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Silva C, Eufrázio S, Silva A, Carvalho R, Salgueiro V, Medinas D, Salgueiro P, Oliveira A, Miralto O, Mira A. “A fauna da SECIL no contexto do Parque Natural da Arrábida”. Parque Natural da Arrábida seminário participativo, 14 outubro 2014, Sesimbra, Portugal.
• Sabino-Marques H., Ferreira C.M., Pita R., Paupério J. Costa P., Barbosa S., Encarnação C., Alpizar-Jara R., Alves P.C., Beja P. (2014). Estimating vole population densities in patchy environments using SECR models: A comparison of life-trapping and non-invasive genetic sampling. 14th Rodents et Spatium, International Conference on Rodent Biology, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Ferreira C.M., Paupério J., Barbosa S., Sabino-Marques H., Costa P., Encarnação C., Pita R., Beja, P., Mira A., Alves P.C. (2014). Mating system and dispersal in a Cabrera vole metapopulation as revealed by noninvasive genetic sampling. 14th Rodents et Spatium, International Conference on Rodent Biology, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Mestre F., Pita R., Paupério J., Martins F., Alves P.C., Mira A., Beja P. (2014). Forecasting species range shifts by combining ecological niche modelling and non-invasive genetic sampling: an example with the Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae). 14th Rodents et Spatium, International Conference on Rodent Biology, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Godinho C, Marques JT, Salgueiro PA, Catarino L, Mira A, Beja P. Assessing collision risk for birds crossing a railway bridge. Livro de resumos VIII Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA. 1- 4 de março 2014, Almada, Portugal.
• Salgueiro PA, Silva C, Silva A, Sá C, Mira A. Determinação da influência da exploração de pedreiras na distribuição e ocorrência de comunidades de aves: Caso-estudo nas pedreiras da SECIL-CMP, Leiria, Portugal. Livro de resumos VIII Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA. 1- 4 de Março 2014, Almada, Portugal.
• Salgueiro PA, Silva C, Medinas D, Eufrázio S, Silva A, Sá C, Mira A. Análise multi-escala da distribuição de guildas de aves numa paisagem florestal em mosaico. Livro de resumos VIII Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA. 1-4 de Março 2014, Almada, Portugal.
• Pita R. (2014). Coexistence patterns and possible interspecific interactions between Cabrera and water voles in habitat networks from SW Portugal. II Workshop 'Vole Ecology, Genetics and Conservation, Évora, Portugal.
• Pita R. (2013). Persistence and coexistence of vole metapopulations across multiple spatial scales in intensively used Mediterranean farmland. Seminars in Biology, Doctoral Program in Biology, University of Évora, Portugal.
• Pita R., Mira A., Beja P. (2013) Mosaic-level inference of the effects of patch-network structure and matrix composition on southern water vole metapopulations in Mediterranean farmland. 11th International Mammalogical Congress, Belfast, UK.
• Salgueiro PA, Eufrázio S, Medinas D, Silva C, Miralto MO, Oliveira A, Mira A. Challenges and opportunities in the management of fauna in quarries. SUSTAINABILITY seminar 2012. 5-6 de junho 2012, Maceira, Leiria.
• Pita R. (2012). Persistence and coexistence of vole metapopulations across multiple spatial scales in intensively used Mediterranean farmland. Seminars in Biodiversity and Conservation, CIBIO, Porto/InBIO, Vairão, Portugal.
• Salgueiro PA, Silva C, Medinas D, Eufrázio S, Oliveira A, Miralto O, Silva A, Sá C, Mira A. Challenges and strategies to enhance fauna diversity on three quarries in Portugal: ecological recovery from a different scope. 8th European Conference on Ecological Restoration. 9-14th September 2012, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
• Silva C, Galantinho A, Salgueiro P, Mexia T, Medinas D, Carvalho F, Silva A, Eufrázio S, Mira A. Bet big on small mammals: the importance of small fauna to access quarry restoration measures and vegetation succession. 8th European Conference on Ecological Restoration. 9-14th September 2012, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
• Mestre F., Pita R., Mira A., Sabino-Marques H., Encarnação C., Costa P., Barbosa S., Alpizar-Jara R., Paupério J., Alves P.C., Beja P. (2011). Combining biogeographic, ecological and genetic tools to predict metapopulation responses to climate change across spatial scales: an ongoing case-study with Cabrera and water voles. Workshop 'Adaptation to Climate from a Spatial Perspective’, Lammi Biological Station, University of Helsinki, Finland.
• Pita R. (2011). Factors influencing vole metapopulations in Mediterranean farmland: Landscape context, species interactions and climate change. I Workshop 'Vole Ecology, Genetics and Conservation, Évora, Portugal.
• Salgueiro PA, Galantinho A, Carvalho F, Silva C, Medinas D, Eufrázio S, Oliveira A, Miralto MO, Faria N, Alves V, Mexia T, Silva A, Sá C, Mira A. Action Plan to promote fauna diversity and abundance at SECIL-Outão cement plant (Portugal): strategy, implementation and monitoring. 4th World Conference on Ecological Restauration. 21-25th August 2011, Mérida – Iucatão, México.
• Silva C, Galantinho A, Salgueiro P, Mexia T, Carvalho F, Medinas D, Silva A, Gusmão J, Mira A. Small fauna, fast response: using small mammals to access quarry recovery measures and vegetation succession in a short period of time. 4th World Conference on Ecological Restauration. 21-25th August 2011, Mérida – Iucatão, México.
• Mira A., Pita R. (2010). O que vale um rato? Conservação de Microtus cabrerae em paisagens agrícolas Mediterrânicas. Conferência ‘Conservação de Vertebrados Terrestres Ameaçados em Portugal: Situação Actual e Perspectivas’. Évora, Portugal.
• Salgueiro PA, Galantinho A, Carvalho F, Silva C, Medinas D, Oliveira A, Miralto MO, Silva A, Sá C, Mira A. Estudo da Fauna nas pedreiras da SECIL: diagnose, valorização, gestão e recuperação. Actas do 12º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia. 18-20 Outubro 2010, Porto, Portugal.
• Oliveira A, Miralto MO, Salgueiro P, Mira A, Figueiredo D. Padrões de diversidade das comunidades de carabídeos (Coleoptera: Carabidae) nas áreas de exploração das pedreiras de Maceira e Pataias (SECIL, Leiria, Portugal). Actas do XIV Congresso Ibérico de Entomologia. 1-4 Setembro 2010, Lugo, Espanha.
• Mira A, Galantinho A, Carvalho F, Salgueiro P. Managing Biodiversity in Quarries, Case Studies: Outão, Maceira and Pataias Plants. “Environment, Safety and Biodiversity Seminar”. Entidade organizadora: SECIL, Companhia Geral de Cal e Cimento, S.A., Portugal. Outão, Portugal.
• Pita R., Mira A., Beja P. (2006). Spatial determinants of Cabrera vole’s persistence in Mediterranean agro-ecosystems and its implications for conservation. 1st European Congress of Conservation Biology, Eger, Hungary.
• Pita R., Mira A., Beja P. (2005). Uso de parches de hábitat por el topillo de Cabrera, Microtus cabrerae, en un paisaje agrícola del suroeste de Portugal. VII Jornadas da la Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos, Valencia, Spain.
• Pita R., Costa M., Maia M.J., Mira A. (2003). Selecção do microhabitat, regime alimentar e dinâmica espacial e temporal do rato de Cabrera, Microtus cabrerae (Thomas, 1906) no Sudoeste de Portugal - 8º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, Évora, Portugal.
Posters
• Pita R., Morgado R., Moreira F., Mira A., Beja P. (2019). Roads and forest plantations affect badger occupancy in intensive Mediterranean farmland. MED Seminars, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal.
• Peralta D, Vaz-Freire T, Mendes T, Ferreira C, Santos S, Mira A, Alves P, Beja P, Paupério J, Pita R (2019). Estimating Cabrera vole abundance based on presence sign counts: An evaluation using genetic non-invasive sampling. 8th European Congress of Mammalogy, 23th-27th September 2019, Warsow, Polony.
• Barreiro S., Medinas D, Eufrázio S, Silva C, Salgueiro V, Salgueiro P, Silva A, Mira A. Effect of quarry rehabilitation plans on bat flight activity and species composition at operating quarries. Quarries Alive 2018, 2-4 May 2018, Évora, Portugal.
• Salgueiro PA, Silva C, Silva A, Sá C, Mira A. Can quarries provide novel habitat conditions for a rocky bird species – the Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) as a case study? Quarries Alive 2018, 2-4 May 2018, Évora, Portugal.
• Silva C, Eufrázio S, Salgueiro PA, Medinas D, Salgueiro V, Silva A, Mira A. Slope, the final frontier… Are Apodemus sylvaticus movements constrained by 20m slopes in a rehabilitated quarry? Quarries Alive 2018, 2-4 May 2018, Évora, Portugal.
• Barreiro S, Medinas D, Eufrázio S, Silva C, Salgueiro V, Salgueiro P, Silva A, Mira A. Effect of Quarry Rehabilitation Plans on bat flight activity and species composition at operating quarries. 14th European Bat Research Symposium. 1-5 September 2017, Donostia, The Basque Country.
• Fernandes N., Ferreira E., Pita R., Mira A., Santos S. (2017). Space use and movements of Cabrera voles (Microtus cabrerae) near roads: effects of spatial constraints. 16º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia, Lisboa, Portugal.
• Salgueiro PA, Silva C, Silva A, Sá C, Mira A. Can quarries provide novel habitats conditions for a rocky bird species? The Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) as a case study. Session 16 – Quarries: Win-Win for Biodiversity. The 10th European Conference on Ecological Restoration – Abstract Volume. 22-26 August 2016, Freising, Germany.
• Salgueiro PA, Santos S, Mira A, Rabaça JE. Changing the guard in birds: thresholds of community change in a Mediterranean landscape. Programme and Abstracts 10th Conference of the European Ornithologists’s Union. 24-28 August 2015, Badajoz.
• Salgueiro PA, Silva C, Silva A, Sá C, Mira A. Can quarries provide novel habitat conditions for a rocky bird species? Programme and Abstracts 10th Conference of the European Ornithologists’s Union. 24-28 August 2015, Badajoz.
• Santos SM, Salgueiro PA, Beja P, Mira A. Why are some birds more susceptible to roadkills than others? Programme and Abstracts 10th Conference of the European Ornithologists’s Union. 24-28 August 2015, Badajoz.
• Silva C, Salgueiro PA, Eufrázio S, Medinas D, Silva A, Sá C, Mira A. The return of the squirrel. A multiscale analysis of red squirrel presence in a recently colonized pine forest area. Book of Abstracts 14th Rodents et Spatium - International Conference on Rodent Biology. 28th of July - 2nd of August 2014, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Barbosa S., Paupério J., Ferreira C., Pita R., Mira A., Beja P., Searle J.N., Alves P.C. (2013). Towards the conservation of the Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae): phylogeography and population genetic structure in Iberia. The 11th International Mammalogical Congress, 11-16th August 2013, Belfast, UK.
• Silva C, Eufrázio S, Salgueiro PA, Medinas D, Salgueiro V, Silva A, Mira A. Slope, the final frontier? Are Apodemus sylvaticus movements constrained by 20m slopes in a rehabilitated quarry? Book of Abstracts 14th Rodents et Spatium - International Conference on Rodent Biology. 28th of July - 2nd of August 2014, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Medinas D, Carmo M, Eufrázio S, Salgueiro P, Silva C, Sá C, Silva A, Marques JT, Mira A. Efectos de la gestión florestal en las comunidades de murciélagos: un caso de estúdio en un paisaje fragmentada de pinar. 11º Congresso da Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos (SECEM). 5-8 deciembre 2013, Avilés, Espanha.
• Ferreira C., Paupério J., Barbosa S., Sabino-Marques H., Costa P., Leitão I., Pita R., Mira A., Beja P., Alves P.C. (2013). Assessing metapopulation processes using noninvasive genetics: the case of Cabrera vole. The 11th International Mammalogical Congress, 11-16th August 2013, Belfast, UK.
• Lira M., Marques T., Alpizar-Jara R., Encarnação C., Sabino-Marques H., Costa P., Pita R. (2012). Modelos de Captura-Recaptura Espacialmente Explícita. XX Congresso Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Estatística, Universidade Católica Portuguesa no Porto, Porto, Portugal.
• Salgueiro PA, Silva C, Silva A, Sá C, Mira A. Rock around the Flock: determining the influence of quarry exploitation on the distribution of bird communities at SECIL-CMP cement plant, Portugal. 4th World Conference on Ecological Restoration. 21-25th August 2011, Mérida – Iucatão, México.
• Miralto MO, Salgueiro P, Oliveira A, Mira A, Figueiredo D. Padrões de diversidade das comunidades de borboletas (Lepidoptera: Papilionidea & Hesperioidea) nas áreas de exploração das pedreiras de Maceira e Pataias (SECIL, Leiria, Portugal). Actas do XIV Congresso Ibérico de Entomologia. 1-4 Setembro 2010, Lugo, Espanha.
• Pita R., Mira A., Beja P. (2005). Habitat Use and Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Cabrera Vole (Microtus cabrerae) in South-West Portugal. 9th International Conference on Rodent Biology – Rodens et Spatium, Lublin, Polony.
• Costa M., Pita R., Maua M. J., Mira A. (2003). The Use of Microhistological Analysis to Study the Diet of Cabrera Vole (Microtus cabrerae) in Southern Portugal. 4th European Congress of Mammalogy, Brno, Czech Republic.
• Pita R., Mira A., Beja P. (2003). Factors Controlling the Microhabitat Use by Cabrera Vole, Microtus cabrerae (Tomas, 1906) in South-West Portugal. 4th European Congress of Mammalogy, Brno, Czech Republic.
• Pita R., Mira A., Mathias M.L. (2003). Population Ecology of the Wood Mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758), in Mediterranean Ecosystems. 4th European Congress of Mammalogy, Brno, Czech Republic.
• Pita R., Mira A. (2002). Dinâmica Populacional de Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) em Biótopos Correspondentes a Diferentes Estádios Sucessionais de um Ecossistema Mediterrânico. I Colóquio sobre a Flora e a Fauna dos Montados, Grândola, Portugal.
• Pita R., Mira A. (2001). Small Mammal Community Structure in Two Sucessional Stages of a Mediterranean Ecossistem. V Jornadas da la Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos, Vitória-Gasteiz, Spain.
• Pita R., Mira A. (2001). Population Dynamics of Apodemus sylvaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Two Sucessional stages of a Mediterranean Ecossistem. V Jornadas da la Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos, Vitória-Gasteiz, Spain.