Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Afonso Duarte dos Rocha
- Date of birth
- 1981/03/13
- Gender
- Male
Citation names
- Afonso Rocha
- Afonso R. Rocha
- Afonso D. Rocha
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 011D-97A8-B290
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-6222-2552
Email addresses
- afonso.rocha@ua.pt (Professional)
- afonso.rocha@gmail.com (Personal)
Websites
- www.cesam.ua.pt/afonsorocha (Professional)
- http://tagusringinggroup.weebly.com/ (Blog)
- @afonso_dr_rocha (Social media)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Spanish; Castilian | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) |
French | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2020/02/02 - 2020/02/02
Attended
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First Aid to Birds in the context of Ringing (Outros)
Associação Portuguesa de Anilhadores de Aves, Portugal
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2011 - 2016
Concluded
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PhD in Biosciences (Doutoramento)
Major in Ecology
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Living in human created habitats: the ecology and conservation of waders on salinas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2010 - 2010
Concluded
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Technical Course on Collection of Biological Samples in Wild Birds (Curso médio)
Associação Portuguesa de Anilhadores de Aves, Portugal
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2007 - 2007
Ongoing
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Ringing and bird sampling permit (Outros)
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e Florestas, Portugal
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1999 - 2005
Concluded
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Degree in Biology, with Environmental Biology and Evolution (Licenciatura)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
"Biologia da Reprodução do borrelho-de-coleira-interrompida, Charadrius alexandrinus, na faixa costeira da ria de Aveiro" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2018/01/15 - Current | Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal |
Other Careers
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2005 - 2017/12/31 | Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) | Fundação das salinas do Samouco, Portugal |
2008/05 - 2009/05 | Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) | Erena, Portugal |
2007/09 - 2007/10 | Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) | Strix, Portugal |
2007/05 - 2007/06 | Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) | Ambiflux, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2018/01/15 - Current | Waders of the Bijagos - Securing the ecological integrity of the Bijagos archipelago as a key site for migratory waders and
local livelihoods
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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MAVA Foundation
Ongoing
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2020/09/23 - 2020/12/31 | WaderTrack - High precision tracking system of waders
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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Ministério do Ambiente e da Ação Climática
Concluded
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2017 - 2019 | Why do Kentish Plovers decline along the Atlantic coastline in Europe?
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Principal investigator
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Lush Cosmetics
Concluded
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2016 - 2016 | Assess the threats for wintering Black-tailed Godwits in Guinea-Bissau and promote awareness to resolve the conflict between
people and rice feeding godwits
18102-1
Researcher
Rufford Foundation, United Kingdom
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Rufford Foundation
Concluded
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2012 - 2016 | Phenotypic flexibility of basal metabolic rate in migratory birds facing different overlapping energetic constraints
CGL2011-27485
Researcher
Universidad de Extremadura, Spain
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Concluded
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2011/09 - 2015/09 | Living in human created habitats: the ecology and conservation of waders on salinas
SFRH/BD/74228/2010
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2005/01/01 - 2006/12/31 | Samouco - Optimizing habitats for birds at the Samouco saltpans, Tagus estuary SPA
Other
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European Commission
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Conference abstract |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Activities
Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2020/04/01 - 2020/08/27 | Does predation and weather affect ornamentation in island and mainland populations of Kentish plovers?
Supervisor of Yasmina Ahdab
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Master of Research (Master)
Imperial College London - Charing Cross Campus, United Kingdom
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2019 - 2019/09/29 | The effects of sex bias on the investment of competitive behaviours in the Kentish plover
Co-supervisor
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Master of Research (Master)
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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2019 - 2019/08/28 | Why do male plovers incubate at night?
Co-supervisor
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Ecology, Evolution and Conservation (Master)
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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2018 - 2018 | Does Adult Sex Ratio predict parental care in the Kentish Plover?
Co-supervisor
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Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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2018 - 2018 | Courtship Behaviour and Sex Ratio in the Kentish Plovers
Co-supervisor
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Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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2017 - 2017 | The influence of sexual conflict on the temporal desertion behaviour in the Kentish plover
Co-supervisor
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Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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2014 - 2014 | Costs of osmoregulation by Black-winged stilt chicks (Himantopus himantopus) raised in high saline enviroments
Co-supervisor
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Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
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2012 - 2013 | Gestão dos níveis de água em salinas e a conservação de aves limícolas
Co-supervisor
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Biologia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
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2012 - 2013 | Seleção de habitat e conservação de aves nidificantes nas salinas do Samouco
Co-supervisor
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Biologia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
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2011 - 2012 | Management of saltpans as potential foraging sites for shorebirds
Co-supervisor
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Master (Master)
Lunds universitet Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin Lund, Sweden
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2005 - 2005 | Prova aptidão pedagógica: Conservação da Natureza/Qualidade de Vida
Supervisor
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Trilho dos Flamingos (Other)
Escola Profissional Agrícola D. Dinis, Portugal
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2005 - 2005 | Prova aptidão pedagógica: Conservação da Natureza/Qualidade de Vida
Supervisor
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Características gerais das aves predominantes na Fundação das Salinas do Samouco (Other)
Escola Profissional do Montijo, Portugal
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2005 - 2005 | Prova aptidão pedagógica: Conservação da Natureza/Qualidade de Vida
Supervisor
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Actividades a realizar na Fundação das Salinas do Samouco (Other)
Escola Profissional do Montijo, Portugal
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2005 - 2005 | Prova aptidão pedagógica: Conservação da Natureza/Qualidade de Vida
Supervisor
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Manual Prático de Compostagem (Other)
Escola Profissional do Montijo, Portugal
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2016/06/18 - 2019/03/02 | Associação Portuguesa de Anilhadores de Aves | Presidente |
2001 - 2003 | Pro Natura - Associação de Alunos de Biologia da Universidade dos Açores | Vice-presidente |