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Francisco Moreira

Name: Francisco Manuel Ribeiro Ferraria Moreira

Birth date: 15/10/1965

Nationality: Portuguese

Address: Centre for Applied Ecology "Prof. Baeta Neves", Institute of Agronomy, Tehcnical University of Lisbon, Tapda da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal

E-mail: fmoreira@isa.utl.pt

EDUCATION:

• Ph.D. in Biology (Ecology). Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (1996).

• Graduation in Biology. Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (1989).

PRESENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

• Researcher ("Investigador auxiliar") at the Centre of Applied Ecology "Prof. Baeta Neves", Institute of Agronomy, Technical University of Lisbon (Since 2008).

• Lecturer of Zoology and Conservation Biology at the Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (Biology course) (Since 2000).

RECENT PROJECTS:

2010 - Coordinator of Project PTDC/AGRCFL/099420/2008 "FIREREG - Factors affecting the post-fire natural regeneration variability in Pinus pinaster and Eucalyptus globulus in Portugal: implications for biodiversity and post-fire management", financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal).

2010 - Participant in project PTDC/AGR/AAM/102300/2008 "Effects of agri-environmental schemes on biodiversity: evaluation of a long-term landscape experiment in Southern Portugal", financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal).

2010 - Participant in project PTDC/AGR-CFL/104651/2008 "FIRELAND - Wildfire effects on the vegetation dynamics at the landscape scale in Portugal", financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal).

2009 - Participant in project EU PIRSES-GA-2008-230793 FP7 "TRANZFOR - Transferring research between E.U. & Australia-New Zealand on Forestry and Climate Change".

2008 - Coordinator of COST Action FP0701 - Post-fire forest management in Southern Europe.

2005 - Coordinator of the PHOENIX project centre (Fire ecology and post-fire management) of the European Forest Institute

2005 - 2010 Participation in the EU research project Contract FP6-018505 "FIRE PARADOX - An Innovative Approach of Integrated Wildland Fire Management Regulating the Wildfire Problem by the Wise Use of Fire: Solving the Fire Paradox".

2006 - 2010 Participation in the EU research project FP6 ID 518128 "EFORWOOD - Sustainability Impact Assessment of the Forestry-Wood Chain".

2007 - 2010 Participation in the research project PTDC/AGR/CFL/64146/2006 "Decision support tools for integrating fire and forest management plannning", financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal).

2005 - 2010 Coordinator of Project "Nº 2004090026297 - Rehabilitation of burned areas", financed by Fundo Florestal Permanente (Portugal).

MAIN PUBLICATIONS:

1. Moreira, F. (1990). Food of the Swordfish, Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758, off the Portuguese coast. Journal of Fish Biology, 36: 623-624.

2. Moreira, F. (1991). Some data on the size, breeding condition and age of Swordfish, Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758, caught off the Portuguese coast. Journal of Fish Biology, 38: 965-966.

3. Moreira, F., Costa, J.L., Almeida, P.R., Assis, C. & Costa, M.J. (1991). Age determination in Pomatoschistus minutus (Pallas) and Pomatoschistus microps (Kroyer) (Pisces: Gobiidae) from the upper Tagus estuary, Portugal. Journal of Fish Biology, 39: 433-440.

4. Moreira, F., Assis, C., Almeida, P.R., Costa, J.L. & Costa, M.J. (1992). Trophic relationships in the community of the upper Tagus estuary (Portugal): a preliminary approach. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 34: 617-623.

5. Assis, C.A., Almeida, P.R., Moreira, F., Costa, J.L. & Costa, M.J. (1992). Diet of the Twaite shad Alosa fallax (Lacépède) (Clupeidae) in the river Tagus estuary, Portugal. Journal of Fish Biology, 41: 1049-1050.

6. Costa, J.L., Assis, C., Almeida, P.R.., Moreira, F. & Costa, M.J. (1992). On the food of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L.), in the upper zone of the Tagus estuary, Portugal. Journal of Fish Biology, 41: 841-850.

7. Almeida, P.R., Moreira, F., Costa, J.L., Assis, C.A. & Costa, M.J. (1993). The feeding strategies of Liza ramada (Risso, 1826) in fresh and brackish water in the River Tagus, Portugal. Journal of Fish Biology, 42: 95-107.

8. Moreira, F. (1993). Patterns of use of intertidal estuarine areas by feeding bird assemblages: a study in the Tagus estuary (Portugal). Ardeola, 40(1): 39-53.

9. Moreira, F. (1994). Diet, prey size selection and intake rates of Black-tailed Godwits, Limosa limosa, feeding on mudflats. Ibis, 136(3): 349-355.

10. Moreira, F. (1994). Diet and feeding rates of Knots Calidris canutus in the Tagus estuary (Portugal). Ardea, 82(1): 133-136.

11. Moreira, F. (1995). The winter feeding ecology of Avocets Recurvirostra avosetta on intertidal areas. I. Feeding strategies. Ibis, 137(1): 92-98.

12. Moreira, F. (1995). The winter feeding ecology of Avocets Recurvirostra avosetta on intertidal areas. II. Diet and feeding mechanisms. Ibis, 137(1): 99-108.

13. Almeida, P.R., Moreira, F., Domingos, I.M., Costa, J.L., Assis, C.A. & Costa, M.J. (1995). Age and growth of Liza ramada (Risso, 1826) in the River Tagus, Portugal. Scientia Marina, 59(2): 143-147.

14. Moreira, F. (1995). Diet of Black-headed Gulls Larus ridibundus on emerged intertidal areas in the Tagus estuary (Portugal): Predation or grazing? Journal of Avian Biology, 26: 277-282.

15. Moreira, F. & Leitão, D. (1996). A preliminary study of the breeding bird community of fallows of cereal steppes in southern Portugal. Bird Conservation International, 6: 255-259.

16. Moreira, F. (1996). Diet and feeding behaviour of Grey Plovers Pluvialis squatarola and Redshanks Tringa totanus in a Southern Europe estuary. Ardeola, 43(2): 145-156 .

17. Moreira, F. (1996). The importance of shorebirds to energy fluxes in a food web of a southern European estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 44: 67-78.

18. Moreira, F. (1999). On the use by birds of intertidal areas of the Tagus: implications for management. Aquatic Ecology, 33: 301-309.

19. Moreira, F. (1999). Relationships between vegetation structure and breeding bird densities in fallow cereal steppes in Castro Verde, Portugal. Bird Study, 46: 309-318.

20. Delgado, A. & Moreira, F. (2000). Bird assemblages of an Iberian cereal steppe. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 78: 65-76.

21. Morgado, R. & Moreira, F. (2000). Seasonal population dynamics, nest site selection, sex-ratio and clutch size of the Great Bustard Otis tarda in two adjacent lekking areas. Ardeola, 47: 237-246

22. Moreira, F., Ferreira, P., Rego, F., & Bunting, S. (2001). Landscape changes and breeding bird assemblages in northwestern Portugal: the role of fire. Landscape Ecology, 16: 175-187.

23. Moreira, F., Rego, F.& Ferreira, P. (2001). Temporal (1958-1995) pattern of change in a cultural landscape of northwestern Portugal: implications for fire occurrence. Landscape Ecology, 16: 557-567.

24. Delgado, A. & Moreira, F. (2002). Do wheat, barley and oats provide similar habitat and food resources for birds in cereal steppes? Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 93: 441-446.

25. Moreira, F., Delgado, A., Ferreira, S., Borralho, R., Oliveira, N., Inácio, M., Silva, J.S. & Rego, F. (2003). Effects of prescribed fire on vegetation structure and breeding birds in young Pinus pinaster stands of northern Portugal. Forest Ecology and Management, 184: 225-237.

26. Rosa, S., Palmeirim, J., & Moreira, F. (2003). Factors affecting waterbird abundance and species richness in an increasingly urbanized area of the Tagus estuary in Portugal. Waterbirds, 26(2): 226-232.

27. Moreira, F. (2004). Distribution patterns and conservation status of four bustard species (Family Otididae) in a montane grassland of South Africa. Biological Conservation, 118: 91-100.

28. Moreira, F., Morgado, R. & Arthur, S. (2004). Great bustard (Otis tarda) habitat selection in relation to agricultural use in southern Portugal. Wildlife Biology, 10: 251-260.

29. Pinto, M., Rocha, P. & Moreira, F. (2005). Long-term trends in great bustard (Otis tarda) populations in Portugal suggest concentration in single high quality area. Biological Conservation, 124: 415-423.

30. Moreira, F., Beja, P., Morgado, R., Reino, L., Gordinho, L., Delgado, A. & Borralho, R. (2005). Effects of field management and landscape context on grassland wintering birds in Southern Portugal. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 109: 59-74.

31. Rocha, P., Marques, A.T. & Moreira, F.(2005). Seasonal variation in great bustard (Otis tarda) diet in South Portugal, with a focus on the animal component. Ardeola, 52: 371-376.

32. Moreira, F. (2006). Group size and composition are correlated with population density in the group-territorial blue korhaan (Eupodotis caerulescens). African Journal of Ecology, 44: 444-451.

33. Moreira, F., Queiroz, A.I. & Aronson, J. (2006). Restoration principles applied to cultural landscapes. Journal for Nature Conservation, 14: 217-224.

34. Goss-Custard, J.D., West, A.D., Yates, M.G., Caldow, R.W.G., Stillman, R.A.S., Castilla, J., Castro, M, Dierschke, V, Durell, S.E.A. le V. , Eichhorn, G, Ens, B.J., Exo, K.-M., Fernando, P.U.U., Ferns, P.N., Hockey, P.A.R., Gill, J.A., Johnstone, I, Kalejta-Summers, B., Masero, J.A., Moreira, F., Nagarajan, R., Owens, I.P.F., Pacheco, C., Perez-Hurtado, A., Rogers, D., Scheiffarth, G., Sitters, H. Sutherland, W.J., Triplet, P., Worrall, D.H., Zharikov, Y., Zwarts, L. & Pettifor, R.A (2006) Intake rates and the functional response in shorebirds Charadriiformes eating macroinvertebrates. Biological Reviews, 81: 501-529.

35. Leitão, P.J., Osborne, P.E., Moreira, F. (2006). The use of large-scale remote sensing and map data to determine steppe land bird distributions in Baixo Alentejo, Portugal. Journal of Ornithology, 147 (Suppl.1) (5), 201-202.

36. Moreira, F., Russo, D. (2007). Modelling the impact of agricultural abandonment and wildfires on vertebrate diversity in Mediterranean Europe. Landscape Ecology, 22: 1461-1476.

37. Moreira, F., Duarte, I., Catry, F., Acácio, V. (2007). Cork extraction as a key factor determining post-fire cork oak survival in a mountain region of Southern Portugal. Forest Ecology and Management, 253: 30-37.

38. Costa, J.L, Domingos, I., Assis, C.A., Almeida, P.R., Moreira, F., Feunteun, E., Costa, M.J. (2008). Comparative ecology of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla (L., 1758), in a large Iberian river. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 81: 421-434.

39. Acácio, V., Holmgren, M., Rego, F., Moreira, F., Mohren, G. (2008). Are drought and fires turning Mediterranean cork oak forests into persistent shrublands? Agroforestry Systems, 76: 389-400.

40. Moreira, F., Catry, F., Duarte, I., Acácio, V., Silva, J. (2009). A conceptual model of sprouting responses in relation to fire damage: an example with cork oak (Quercus suber L.) trees in Southern Portugal. Plant Ecology, 201:77-85.

41. Moreira, F., Catry, F., Lopes, T., Bugalho, M., Rego, F. (2009). Comparing survival and size of resprouts and planted trees for post-fire forest restoration in central Portugal. Ecological Engineering, 35: 870-873.

42. 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.

43. Catry, F., Moreira, F., Duarte, I., Acácio, V. (2009). Factors affecting post-fire crown regeneration in cork oak trees (Quercus suber L.). European Journal of Forest Research, 128: 231-240.

44. Moreira, F., Vaz, P., Catry, F., Silva, J.S. (2009). Regional variations in wildfire preference for land cover types in Portugal: implications for landscape management to minimise fire hazard. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 18: 563-574.

45. Catry, F., Rego, F., Bação, F., Moreira, F. (2009). Modelling and mapping wildfire ignition risk in Portugal. International Journal of Wildland Fire, in press.

46. Jactel, H., Nicoll, B., Branco, M., Gonzalez-Olabarria, J.R.,Grodzki, W., Långström, B., Moreira, F., Netherer, S., Orazio, C., Piou, D., Santos, H., Schelhaas, M.J., Tojic, K., Vodde, F. (2009). The influences of forest stand management on biotic and abiotic risks of damage. Annals of Forest Science, in press.

47. Silva, J., Moreira, F., Vaz, P., Catry, F., Godinho-Ferreira, P. (2009). Assessing the relative fire proneness of different forest types in Portugal. Plant Biosystems, 143: 597-608.

48. Morgado, R., Beja, P., Reino, L., Gordinho, L., Delgado, A., Borralho, R., Moreira, F. (2010). Calandra lark habitat selection: Strong fragmentation effects in a grassland specialist. Acta Oecologica, 36: 63-73.

49. Reino, L., Porto, M., Morgado, R., Moreira, F., Fabião, A., Santana, J., Delgado, A., Gordinho, L., Cal, J., Beja, P. (2010). Effects of changed grazing regimes and habitat fragmentation on Mediterranean grassland birds. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 138: 27-34.

50. Delgado, A., Moreira, F. (2010). Between-year variations in little bustard Tetrax tetrax population densities are influenced by agricultural intensification and rainfall. Ibis, 152: 633-642.

51. Silva, J.P., Santos, M., Queirós, M., Leitão, D., Moreira, F., Pinto, M., Lecoq, M., Cabral, J.A. (2010). Estimating the influence of overhead transmission power lines and landscape context on the density of the little bustard Tetrax tetrax breeding populations. Ecological Modelling, 221: 1954-1963.

52. Silva, J.P., Palmeirim, J., Moreira, F. (2010). Higher breeding densities of the threatened little bustard Tetrax tetrax occur in larger grassland fields: Implications for conservation. Biological Conservation, 143: 2553-2558.

53. Catry, F.X., Rego, F., Moreira, F., Fernandes, P.M., Pausas, J.G. (2010). Post-fire tree mortality in mixed forests of central Portugal. Forest Ecology and Management, 260: 1184-1192.

54. Barbati, A., Arianoutsou, M., Corona, P., De Las Heras, J., Fernandes, P., Moreira, F., Papageorgiou, K., Vallejo, R., Xanthopoulos, G. (2010). Post-fire forest management in southern Europe: a COST action for gathering and disseminating scientific knowledge. iForest, 3: 5-7.

55. Moreira, F., Catry, F.X., Rego, F., Bacao, F. (2010). Size-dependent pattern of wildfire ignitions in Portugal: when do ignitions turn into big fires? Landscape Ecology, 25: 1405-1417.

56. Lomba, A., Pellissier, L., Randin, C., Vicente, J., Moreira, F., Honrado, J., Guisan, A. (2010). Overcoming the rare species modelling paradox: a novel hierarchical framework applied to an Iberian endemic plant. Biological Conservation, 143: 2647-2657.

57. Acácio, V., Holmgren, M., Moreira, F., Mohren, G. (2010). Oak persistence in Mediterranean landscapes: the combined role of management, topography and wildfires. Ecology and Society, 15: 40.

58. Leitão, P, Moreira, F., Osborne, P. (2010). Breeding habitat selection by steppe birds in Castro Verde: a remote sensing and advanced statistics approach. Ardeola, 57: 93-116.

59. Moreira, F., Catry, F.X., Sande Silva, J., Rego, F. (2010). Ecologia do fogo e gestão de áreas ardidas. ISAPress, Lisboa, 327 pp.

60. Seidl, R., Fernandes, P., Fonseca, T., Gillet, F., Jonsson, A., Merganivoca, K., Netherer, S., Arpaci, A., Bontemps, J.D., Bugmann, H., González-Olabarria, J., Lasch, P., Meredieu, C., Moreira, F., Schelhaas, M.J., Mohren, F. (2011). Modelling natural disturbances in forest ecosystems: a review. Ecological Modelling, 222: 903-924.

61. Marques, S., Borges, J.G., Garcia-Gonzalo, J., Moreira, F., Carreira, J.M.B., Oliveira, M.M., Cantarinha, A., Botequim, B., Pereira, J.M.C. (2011). Characterization of wildfires in Portugal. European Journal of Forest Research, 130: 775-784.

62. Carmo, M., Moreira, F., Casimiro, P., Vaz, P. (2011). Land use and topography influence on wildfire occurrence in northern Portugal. Landscape and Urban Planning, 100: 169-176.

63. Leitão, P., Moreira, F., Osborne, P. (2011). Effects of geographical sampling bias on habitat models of species distributions: a case study with steppe birds in southern Portugal. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 25: 439-453.

64. Lomba, A., Bunce, R., Jongman, R., Moreira, F., Honrado, J. (2011). Interactions between abiotic filters, landscape structure and species traits as determinants of dairy farmland plant diversity. Landscape and Urban Planning, 99: 248-258.