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I have a master in Ecology and a PhD in Ecology and Biology of Global Change. I co-authored a total of 31 ISI papers that sum 890 citations and an H-index of 14 (all papers with citation data, scopus), plus 5 book chapters. My main interest is to understand global change effects on terrestrial ecosystems, with an emphasis on climate change effects in Antarctic ecosystems. This research includes the biological, physical environment and human dimensions, using this information to build indicators. For that, I look at vegetation patterns based on taxonomic and functional trait metrics using classic ecological methodologies complemented with ultra-high-resolution image analysis. This scientific data is complemented with citizen science data collect by Antarctic tourists. Our focus is to validate the citizen science tool as a data complement to science in Antarctica, while simultaneously evaluating citizen science actions as a tool to promote environmental awareness, diplomacy and behaviours. My main international recognition was an invitation to present and propose the global ecological indicator of global change impacts based on lichen diversity in the 12th United Nations Forest Forum held in the UN headquarters, NY.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Paula Sofia Antunes Matos

Citation names

  • Matos, Paula

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2116-F0C9-AD1A
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6148-414X
Researcher Id
G-5048-2011
Scopus Author Id
37461802700

Email addresses

  • paula.matos@edu.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Telephone
  • 217500000 Ext.: 22609 (Professional)

Addresses

  • Centro de Estudos Geográficos, IGOT - Universidade de Lisboa, 1600-276, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2016
Concluded
 Biologia e Ecologia das Alterações Globais - especialização em Ecologia e Biodiversidade Funcional (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Desenvolvimento de indicadores ecológicos de alterações climáticas baseados na diversidade funcional de líquenes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado com louvor e distinção
2008
Concluded
 Ecologia (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Biomonitorização da deposição salina e de elementos traço no Sudoeste Alentejano" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
2001
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Efeito do congelamento na determinação da idade através do método dos cristalinos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2013/05 - 2013/08 Research Trainee (Research) USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region, United States
US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region Air Resource Management Program, United States

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/08/01 - Current Junior researcher contract 2020.03347.CEECIND with project - ANTARCRUST - Biocrust biodiversity as an indicator to diagnose, monitor and predict climate change impacts in Antarctic ecosystems’ functio Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Portugal
2020/04/01 - 2021/07/31 Researcher (contract) in project LIFELINE- Understanding temporal changes in aquatic biodiversity and their consequences for ecosystem functioning and services - PTDC/BIA-ECO/29261/2017 FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
2016/10/01 - 2019/11/30 Post-Doc Researcher in the project "Tracking climate change in drylands based on ecological indicators" PTDC/AAG-GLO/0045/2014 Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2016/05/01 - 2016/07/31 Research grant in the project “Caracterização da flora e vegetação do concelho de Almada” . Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2011/06/01 - 2016/07/11 Ph.D Student in Docotoral Programe on Biology and Ecology of Global Change. "Establishing early-warning ecological indicators of climate change based on lichen functional diversity". FCT contract SFRH Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2015/07/11 - 2016/03/11 Resarch grant in the project “Biodiversidade de líquenes nas imediações das minas de Neves Corvo”. Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2010/02/01 - 2011/05/31 Research grant in the project “Lichens and vascular plants biodiversity arround Neves-Corvo mine” funded by SOMINCOR enterprise Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2009/11/01 - 2009/12/31 Technician in the project “Modernização da linha do norte, subtroço 1.3 – Setil / Entroncamento, variante de Santarém, projecto de execução. Relatório de Conformidade Ambiental do Projecto de Execução BIOTA estudos e divulgação em ambiente, Lda (ordered by REFER S.A.), Portugal
2008/07/01 - 2009/06/30 Consultant for the Clinical Process Project in the Hospital of the University of Coimbra Glintt HS – Glintt Health Care Solutions, Portugal
2006/03/01 - 2008/07/31 Research grant in the project “Biomonitoring of tropospheric ozone and assessment of Mediterranean vegetation sensitivity” Jardim Botânico, Museu Nacional de História Natural Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2004/07/01 - 2005/10/31 Research grant in the project “Development of a biomonitorization system for environmental assessment and conservation” Jardim Botânico, Museu Nacional de História Natural Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2005/03/01 - 2005/06/30 Project manager of the Environmental Health Unit Unidade de Saúde Ambiental do Instituto de Medicina Preventiva da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2002/09/01 - 2003/07/31 Nonpaid collaborator of the research project “Trophic assimilation of organic and inorganic pollutants in terrestrial invertebrates” Universidade de Coimbra Instituto Ambiente e Vida, Portugal
2000/09/01 - 2002/07/31 Non paid collaborator of the research project "Recovery of wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) populations in Beira Interior" Universidade de Coimbra Instituto Ambiente e Vida, Portugal
2002/06/01 - 2002/06/30 Biology technician in the work “Characterization of the ichthyologic component of the river ecosystem in the hydroelectric use of system River Ave” Empresa Hidrorumo – Grupo EDP, Portugal
1999/09/01 - 2000/07/31 Nonpaid collaborator in the research project "Assessment of the use of space by deers in a Mediterranean habitat - study case from Tronqueirões touristic hunting area". Universidade de Coimbra Instituto Ambiente e Vida, Portugal
1999/09/01 - 2000/07/31 Nonpaid collaborator in the research project "Reintroduction of Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Beira Interior". Universidade de Coimbra Instituto Ambiente e Vida, Portugal
1999/01/01 - 1999/12/31 Guide in the Botanical Garden and from the Botanical Museum of the University of Coimbra Departamento de Botânica, Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/08/01 - 2018/10/31 Nitrogen critical levels and loads in a multifunctional landscape in the LTSER ZA-PVS
N.A.
Principal investigator
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 eLTER H2020 call for Transnational Access (TA)
Concluded
2011/06/01 - 2015/05/31 Doctoral Program on Biology and Ecology of Global Change
SFRH / BD / 51419 / 2011
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014 - 2015 Functional diversity of Biocrusts: towards ecosystem services quantification in drylands
BCSES
Other
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development People
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/03/12 - Current AgroecoDecipher - Tracing geographic agroecological trends through historical sources and artificial intelligence (2022.09372.PTDC)
2022.09372.PTDC
Collaborator
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
Ongoing
2023/03/12 - Current THAWIMPACT – “Antarctic Peninsula permafrost under a changing climate: sensitivity, fate and impacts”
2022.06628.PTDC
Collaborator
Ongoing
2021/11/30 - 2022/12/09 NUNANTAR - Analysis of nunataks of the Antarctic Peninsula as multiproxy data sources on environmental change and climate dynamics - PTDC/CTA-GFI/32002/2017
PTDC/CTA-GFI/32002/2017
Project collaborator
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
Ongoing
2020/04/01 - 2021/09/04 LIFELINE- Understanding temporal changes in aquatic biodiversity and their consequences for ecosystem functioning and services
PTDC/BIA-ECO/29261/2017
Research Fellow
Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2017 - 2020 BIOVEINS - Connectivity of green and blue infrastructures: living veins for biodiverse and healthy cities
BIOVEINS
Researcher
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Horizon 2020 ERA-NET COFUND
Ongoing
2016/10/01 - 2019/11/30 Tracking climate change in drylands based on ecological indicators
PTDC/AAGGLO/0045/2014
Post-doc Fellow
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017 - 2018 NitroPortugal - Strengthening Portuguese research and innovation capacities in the field of excess reactive nitrogen
692331
Researcher
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 H2020-TWINNING 2015 Coordination & support action
Concluded
2016/05/01 - 2016/07/31 Caracterização da flora e vegetação do concelho de Almada
NA
Research Fellow
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Câmara Municipal de Almada
Concluded
2015/07/11 - 2016/03/11 Biodiversidade de líquenes nas imediações das minas de Neves Corvo
NA
Research Fellow
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Câmara Municipal de Almada
Concluded
2011 - 2014 Modelling Ecosystem Structure and Functional Diversity as early-warning indicators of Desertification and Land degradation - from regional to local level
PTDC/AAC-CLI/104913/2008
Researcher
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/02/01 - 2011/05/31 Lichens and vascular plants biodiversity around Neves-Corvo mine
NA
Research Fellow
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Sociedade Mineira Neves-Corvo SA
Concluded
2006/03/01 - 2008/07/31 Biomonitoring of tropospheric ozone and assessment of Mediterranean vegetation sensitivity
POCI/AMB/57228/2004
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Museu Nacional de História Natural, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2004/07/01 - 2005/10/31 Development of a biomonitorization system for environmental assessment and conservation
FCT POCTI/MGS/41521/2001
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Museu Nacional de História Natural, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2002/09/01 - 2003/07/31 Trophic assimilation of organic and inorganic pollutants in terrestrial invertebrates
POCTI/BSE/48757/2002
Other
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2022/10 - 2023/09 BIOCRUST_2022 - Biocrust biodiversity as an indicator to diagnose, monitor and predict climate change impacts in Antarctic ecosystems¿ functioning
FCT/PROPOLAR BIOCRUST_2022
Principal investigator
FCT / PROPOLAR
2019/10/01 - 2020/09/30 LICHEN EARLY METER 2 - Development of an ecological indicator to monitor the effects of climate change in polar regions based on lichen functional traits
FCT/PROPOLAR LICHEN EARLY METER 2
Principal investigator
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 FCT / PROPOLAR
Concluded
2018/11/01 - 2019/10/31 LICHEN EARLY METER - Development of an ecological indicator to monitor the effects of climate change in polar regions based on lichen functional traits
FCT/PROPOLAR LICHEN EARLY METER 2
Principal investigator
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 FCT / PROPOLAR
Concluded
2016 - 2017 Disentangling evolutionary relationships across morphologically and ecologically diverse lichen genus Solenopsora
NA.
Researcher
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Matos, Paula. Pintou um clima. Edição pessoal. 2018.
    Published
  2. Branquinho, Cristina; Nunes, Alice; Santos-Reis, Margarida; Correia, Otília; Matos, Paula; Pinho, Pedro; Munzi, Silvana; Tápia, Susana; Gamito, Zulmira. Field Guide of Neves-Corvo region: a mine of Biodiversity. Portugal: Lundim/Somincor. 2013.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Branquinho, Cristina; Serrano, Helena; Nunes, Alice; Pinho, Pedro; Matos, Paula. "Essential Biodiversity Change Indicators for Evaluating the Effects of Anthropocene in Ecosystems at a Global Scale". In From Assessing to Conserving Biodiversity, edited by Casetta, E; Silva, J.M.D; Vecchi, D, 137-163. Berlim, Germany: Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-10991-2_7
  2. Herrick, J.E.; Abrahamse, T.; Abhilash, P.C.; Ali, S.H.; Alvarez-Torres, P.; Barau, A.S.; Branquinho, C.; et al. "Land restoration for achieving each SDG: Introduction". In Land Restoration for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: An International Resource Panel Think Piece.. Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme,, 2019.
  3. Pinho, Pedro; Moretti, Marco; Luz, Ana Catarina; Grilo, Filipa; Vieira, Joana; Luís, Leena; Rosalino, Luís Miguel; et al. "Biodiversity as Support for Ecosystem Services and Human Wellbeing". 67-78. 2017.
  4. Branquinho, Cristina; Matos, Paula; Pinho, Pedro; Branquinho, Cristina; Matos, Paula; Pinho, Pedro. "Lichens as ecological indicators for tracking atmospheric changes: future challenges". In Surrogates and indicators in ecology, conservation and environmental management, edited by Lindenmayer DB; Pierson J; Barton P, 77-87. CSIRO Publishing and CRC Press, 2015.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Bernardo Rocha; Paula Matos; Paolo Giordani; Lõhmus Piret; Cristina Branquinho; Joan Casanelles-Abella; Aleixo, C.; et al. "Modelling the response of urban lichens to broad-scale changes in air pollution and climate". Environmental Pollution 315 (2022): 120330-120330. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120330.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120330
  2. Frasconi Wendt, C.; Nunes, A.; Köbel, M.; Verble, R.; Matos, P.; Boieiro, M.; Branquinho, C.. "Ant functional structure and diversity changes along a post-grazing succession in Mediterranean oak woodlands". Agroforestry Systems 95 6 (2021): 1217-1228. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85108172257&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10457-021-00648-0
  3. Ellis, C.J.; Asplund, J.; Benesperi, R.; Branquinho, C.; Di Nuzzo, L.; Hurtado, P.; Martínez, I.; et al. "Functional traits in lichen ecology: A review of challenge and opportunity". Microorganisms 9 4 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85103602630&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/microorganisms9040766
  4. Oksuz, D.P.; Aguiar, C.A.S.; Tápia, S.; Llop, E.; Lopes, P.; Serrano, A.R.M.; Leal, A.I.; et al. "The contribution of small shrubby patches to the functional diversity of wood-pastures". Acta Oecologica 108 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85089284895&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.actao.2020.103626
  5. Pereira de Oliveira, A.C.; Nunes, A.; Pinho, P.; Matos, P.; Garcia Rodrigues, R.; Branquinho, C.. "From species presences to abundances: Using unevenly collected plant species presences to disclose the structure and functioning of a dryland ecosystem". Ecological Indicators 113 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85079854922&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106221
  6. Hurtado, P.; Matos, P.; Aragón, G.; Branquinho, C.; Prieto, M.; Martínez, I.. "How much matching there is in functional, phylogenetic and taxonomic optima of epiphytic macrolichen communities along a European climatic gradient?". Science of the Total Environment 712 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85077756845&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136533
  7. "Modeling the provision of air-quality regulation ecosystem service provided by urban green spaces using lichens as ecological indicators". Science of The Total Environment (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.023.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.023
  8. "Testing the Poleotolerance Lichen Response Trait as an Indicator of Anthropic Disturbance in an Urban Environment". Diversity (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d11040055.
    10.3390/d11040055
  9. Koch, N.M.; Matos, P.; Branquinho, C.; Pinho, P.; Lucheta, F.; Martins, S.M.D.A.; Vargas, V.M.F.. "Selecting lichen functional traits as ecological indicators of the effects of urban environment". Science of the Total Environment 654 (2019): 705-713. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85056476931&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.107
  10. Bernardo, F.; Pinho, P.; Matos, P.; Viveiros, F.; Branquinho, C.; Rodrigues, A.; Garcia, P.. "Spatially modelling the risk areas of chronic exposure to hydrothermal volcanic emissions using lichens". Science of the Total Environment 697 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85071606489&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133891
  11. Rocha, B.; Pinho, P.; Branquinho, C.; Boieiro, M.; Matos, P.. "Bringing the concept of ammonia critical levels into managing cork-oak woodland for conservation". Forest Ecology and Management 453 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85072171742&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117566
  12. Príncipe, A.; Matos, P.; Sarris, D.; Gaiola, G.; do Rosário, L.; Correia, O.; Branquinho, C.. "In Mediterranean drylands microclimate affects more tree seedlings than adult trees". Ecological Indicators 106 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85068083395&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105476
  13. Concostrina-Zubiri, L.; Matos, P.; Giordani, P.; Branquinho, C.; Concostrina-Zubiri, Laura; Matos, Paula; Girodani, Paolo; Branquinho, Cristina. "Biocrust tissue traits as potential indicators of global change in the Mediterranean". Plant and Soil 429 1-2 (2018): 159-174. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85033562216&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11104-017-3483-7
  14. Nunes, Alice; Köbel, Melanie; Pinho, Pedro; Matos, Paula; Costantini, Edoardo AC; Soares, Cristina; de Bello, Francesco; et al. "Local topographic and edaphic factors largely predict shrub encroachment in Mediterranean drylands". Science of The Total Environment 657 (2018): 310-318. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85058025918&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.475
  15. Degtjarenko, P.; Matos, P.; Marmor, L.; Branquinho, C.; Randlane, T.. "Functional traits of epiphytic lichens respond to alkaline dust pollution". Fungal Ecology 36 (2018): 81-88. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85053762835&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.funeco.2018.08.006
  16. Vieira, J.; Matos, P.; Mexia, T.; Silva, P.; Lopes, N.; Freitas, C.; Correia, O.; et al. "Green spaces are not all the same for the provision of air purification and climate regulation services: The case of urban parks". Environmental Research 160 (2018): 306-313. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85039855593&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.envres.2017.10.006
  17. Varela, Z.; López-Sánchez, G.; Yáñez, M.; Pérez, C.; Fernández, J.A.; Matos, P.; Branquinho, C.; Aboal, J.R.. "Changes in epiphytic lichen diversity are associated with air particulate matter levels: The case study of urban areas in Chile". Ecological Indicators 91 (2018): 307-314. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85045298354&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.04.023
  18. Ochoa-Hueso, Raúl; Munzi, Silvana; Alonso, Rocío; Arróniz-Crespo, María; Avila, Anna; Bermejo, Victoria; Bobbink, Roland; et al. "Ecological impacts of atmospheric pollution and interactions with climate change in terrestrial ecosystems of the Mediterranean Basin: Current research and future directions". Environmental Pollution 227 (2017): 194-206. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018269817&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2017.04.062
  19. Sparrius, Laurens B.; Aptroot, Andre; Sipman, Harrie J. M.; Perez-Vargas, Israel; Matos, Paula; Gerlach, Alice; Vervoort, Maaike. "Estimating the population size of the endemic lichens Anzia centrifuga (Parmeliaceae) and Ramalina species (Ramalinaceae) on Porto Santo (Madeira archipelago)". Bryologist 120 3 (2017): 293-301. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000409513100005&KeyUID=WOS:000409513100005.
    10.1639/0007-2745-120.3.293
  20. Aguillaume, L.; Avila, A.; Pinho, P.; Matos, P.; Llop, E.; Branquinho, C.. "The Critical Levels of Atmospheric Ammonia in a Mediterranean Holm-Oak Forest in North-Eastern Spain". Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 228 3 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85012118512&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11270-017-3286-8
  21. Matos, P.; Geiser, L.; Hardman, A.; Glavich, D.; Pinho, P.; Nunes, A.; Soares, A.M.V.M.; Branquinho, C.. "Tracking global change using lichen diversity: towards a global-scale ecological indicator". Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8 7 (2017): 788-798. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85022072267&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/2041-210X.12712
  22. Nunes, A.; Köbel, M.; Pinho, P.; Matos, P.; Bello, F.D.; Correia, O.; Branquinho, C.. "Which plant traits respond to aridity? A critical step to assess functional diversity in Mediterranean drylands". Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 239 (2017): 176-184. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85016086455&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.03.007
  23. Koch, Natalia M.; Branquinho, Cristina; Matos, Paula; Pinho, Pedro; Lucheta, Fabiane; Martins, Suzana M. A.; Vargas, Vera M. F.. "The application of lichens as ecological surrogates of air pollution in the subtropics: a case study in South Brazil". Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23 20 (2016): 20819-20834. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000387599100070&KeyUID=WOS:000387599100070.
    10.1007/s11356-016-7256-2
  24. Matos, Paula; Pinho, Pedro; Aragon, Gregorio; Martinez, Isabel; Nunes, Alice; Soares, Amadeu M. V. M.; Branquinho, Cristina. "Lichen traits responding to aridity". Journal of Ecology 103 2 (2015): 451-458. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000350549000016&KeyUID=WOS:000350549000016.
    10.1111/1365-2745.12364
  25. Ramos, A.; Pereira, M.J.; Soares, A.; Rosário, L.D.; Matos, P.; Nunes, A.; Branquinho, C.; Pinho, P.. "Seasonal patterns of Mediterranean evergreen woodlands (Montado) are explained by long-term precipitation". Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 202 (2015): 44-50. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84919683361&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.11.021
  26. Cristofolini, F.; Brunialti, G.; Giordani, P.; Nascimbene, J.; Cristofori, A.; Gottardini, E.; Frati, L.; et al. "Towards the adoption of an international standard for biomonitoring with lichens-Consistency of assessment performed by experts from six European countries". Ecological Indicators 45 (2014): 63-67. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000340312100008&KeyUID=WOS:000340312100008.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.03.027
  27. Llop, E.; Pinho, P.; Matos, P.; Pereira, M.J.; Branquinho, C.. "The use of lichen functional groups as indicators of air quality in a Mediterranean urban environment". Ecological Indicators 13 1 (2012): 215-221. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80053231124&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.06.005
  28. Branquinho, Cristina; Matos, Paula; Vieira, Ana Rute; Prestello Ramos, Maria Margarida. "The relative impact of lichen symbiotic partners to repeated copper uptake". Environmental and Experimental Botany 72 1 (2011): 84-92. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000291299200012&KeyUID=WOS:000291299200012.
    10.1016/j.envexpbot.2010.09.016
  29. Matos, Paula; Cardoso-Vilhena, Joao; Figueira, Rui; Jorge Sousa, A.; Matos, P.; Cardoso-Vilhena, J.; Figueira, R.; Sousa, A.J.. "Effects of salinity stress on cellular location of elements and photosynthesis in Ramalina canariensis Steiner". Lichenologist 43 2 (2011): 155-164. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000287625700007&KeyUID=WOS:000287625700007.
    10.1017/s0024282910000757
  30. Mann, R. M.; Matos, P.; Loureiro, S.; Soares, A. M. V.. "Foundation studies for cadmium accumulation studies in terrestrial isopods - diet selection and diet contamination". European Journal of Soil Biology 41 3-4 (2005): 153-161. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000234594900015&KeyUID=WOS:000234594900015.
    10.1016/j.ejsobi.2005.09.013

Other

Other output
  1. Development of ecological indicators of climate change based on lichen functional diversity. 2016. Matos, Paula.
  2. Data from: Tracking global change using lichen diversity:towards a global scale ecological indicator. 2016. Matos, Paula; Geiser, Linda; Hardman, Amanda; Glavich, Doug; Pinho, Pedro; Nunes, Alice; Soares, Amadeu .M.V.M.; Branquinho, Cristina.
    doi:10.5061/dryad.86h2k
  3. Data from: Lichen traits responding to aridity. 2015. Matos, Paula; Pinho, Pedro; Aragón, Gregorio; Martínez, Isabel; Nunes, Alice; Soares, Amadeu .M.V.M.; Branquinho, Cristina.
    doi:10.5061/dryad.vn2sh
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/06 Microscale matters to model ecological indicators response to climate change in Antarctica EcoSummit 2023 Building a sustainable and desirable future: Adapting to a changing land and sea-scape
Elsevier Conferences (Gold Coast, Australia)
2018/11 Development of ecological indicators of climate change based on lichen functional diversity 17º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia + Seminário LIFE-RELICT
SPECO (Évora, Portugal)
2018/11 A framework to harmonize lichen diversity observations: towards a global-scale nitrogen pollution and climate change indicator. International Long Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER) & 12th International Long-Term Ecological Research -East Asia and Pacific Regional Network (ILTER-EAP) Joint Conference
(Taichung, Taiwan)
2018/11 Tools to measure and manage the long-term effects of atmospheric nitrogen in ecosystems 2018 International Long Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER) & 12th International Long-Term Ecological Research -East Asia and Pacific Regional Network (ILTER-EAP) Joint Conference,
(Taichung, Taiwan)
2018/11 Plant species performance along an ammonia gradient: uncovering the future of plant communities in a nitrogen-rich world 2018 International Long Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER) & 12th International Long-Term Ecological Research -East Asia and Pacific Regional Network (ILTER-EAP) Joint Conference
(Taichung, Taiwan)
2018/07 Drivers of bryophyte functional structure in headwater streams Frontiers in E3
cE3c (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018/06 Assessment of plant species performance along an ammonia gradient Third CAPERmed meeting
University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain)
2017/11 Evaluating the role of urban green spaces in improving urban sustainability: the case of air purification and of climate regulation EMEC 18 - 18th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry
(Porto, Portugal)
2017/05 A new global indicator to track the effects of climate change on forests. UNFF12 side event. Healthy forests for a prosperous environment: the multi-faceted aspects of forest degradation
United Nations (New York, United States)
2017/04 Using species traits as ecological indicators to quantify ecosystem services provided by urban green spaces Green Infrastructure: Nature Based Solutions for Sustainable and Resilient Cities Conference
(Orvieto, Italy)
2016/07 Lichens as indicators of climate change Encontro Ciência’16: Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal
FCT (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/07 Lichen functional diversity as an ecological indicator of climate change Lichens in Deep time: 8th IAL Symposium
(Helsinkii, Finland)
2016 Development of ecological indicators of climate change based on lichen functional diversity. 2nd annual meeting - Frontiers in E3
cE3c (Lisboa, Portugal)
2015 Tracking the effects of climate change in drylands using lichen functional diversity 4º Encontro Ibérico de Ecologia.
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2015 Biomonitoring in mining sites as long term ecological studies 4º Encontro Ibérico de Ecologia
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2014 Lichen functional diversity as early-warning indicators of global change in Mediterranean drylands 1st CAPERMED meeting (Committee on Air Pollution Effects Research on Mediterranean Ecosystems)
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2013 Lichens as long-term biomonitors of a mine site in the Iberian Pyrite Belt, SW Europe. 45th Annual Air Pollution Workshop
(Oregon, United States)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/03/01 - Current PhD thesis entitled "Using Lichens Diversity to track the effects of climate change: can we do this at a global scale?" - SFRH/BD/131924/2017
Supervisor
 Biologia (doutoramento) (PhD)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/03/07 - 2023/04 Master thesis entitled "Upscaling the relationship between vegetation patterns - climate drivers in the South Shetlands archipelago, Antarctica, to predict future vegetation patterns under climate change"
Supervisor of Jennifer Willmann
 Master in climate and environmental sciences (Master)
Universität Augsburg, Germany
2016 - 2017 Ecological indicators of the effects of multiple farming activities in a Mediterranean High Nature Value Farmland
Co-supervisor of Bernardo Rocha
 Ecologia e Gestão Ambiental (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2019 - 2019 Diversidade Escondida. Exposição de artes plásticas na Estufa Fria de Lisboa, onde ciência e arte se encontram. (2019/07/24 - 2019/09/05)
Exhibition (President of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2018 - 2019 XXII Symposium of Cryptogamic Botany (2019/07/24 - 2019/07/26)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023/03/20 Caracterização e dinâmica recente das comunidades vegetais dos planaltos da Serra da Estrela através de deteção remota
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Inês Ferreira Mendes (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2023/02/27 Optimização da gestão territorial das florestas mistas de sobreiro e pinheiro-manso: ocupação potencial e produtividade
(Thesis) Arguer
 David Lloberas Lafuente (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019 - 2019 Microorganisms (2076-2607) MDPI AG
2019 - 2019 Diversity (1424-2818) MDPI AG

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/01/23 - Current International Association for Biomonitoring of Air Pollution (IABAP) Member participating in the creation of the association

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2018 - Current MC member of Cost Action 17134 (Optical synergies for spatiotemporal sensing of scalable ecophysiological traits), and vice-leader of WG1
Other
 COST | European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2019/07 - 2019/07 XXII Symposium of Cryptogamic Botany Faculdade de ciências da Universidade de Lisboa

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/03/25 - Current Landscape ecology Geografia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2021/09/05 - Current Ecology of global change Geografia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2017 - 2022 Hands on Functional Diversity: from Ecological Indicators to Ecosystem Services Hands on Functional Diversity: from Ecological Indicators to Ecosystem Services (Outros) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Ecologia Geral aulas práticas (General Ecology, practical classes) (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Urban Ecology: the green within the city Advanced course “Urban Ecology: the green within the city” (Outros) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2013 - 2017 Lichens as a tool for the interpretation of environmental changes and management” advanced course “Lichens as a tool for the interpretation of environmental changes and management (Outros) Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2020/01 "El completo científico con las menores vistas del planeta" - Press cover about our project campaign and expedition in Antarctica. Jornal La Voz de Galicia
2017 INVESTIGADORES PORTUGUESES QUEREM PROPOR À ONU LÍQUENES COMO “TERMÓMETROS” MUNDIAIS Wilder
2017 A small answer to a big question. How do we measure climate change impact on forest ecosystems? International Forestry Students’ Association – IFSA Blog.

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2020/01 - Current Programa Cinco Continentes Press cover about our project campaign and expedition in Antarctica
2019 - 2019 90 segundos de ciência What can Antarctic lichens tell us about climate change?

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2017 - 2019 The Science of The Total Environment (0048-9697) Elsevier
2018/10 - 2018/10 Atmospheric Environment (1967) (0004-6981) Elsevier
2018 - 2018 Kairos Journal of Philosophy & Science (1848-2503) Biblijski institut
2017 - 2018 Ecological Indicators (1470-160X) Elsevier
2017 - 2018 The Lichenologist (1096-1135) Cambridge University Press
2016 - 2017 Biodiversity and Conservation (1572-9710) Springer-Verlag
2015 - 2017 The Bryologist (1938-4378) BioOne (American Bryological and Lichenological Society)
2015 - 2015 Journal of Ecology (1365-2745) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2014 - 2014 Plant Ecology and Evolution (2032-3921) Botanical Garden Meise

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022/01/11 - 2022/02/19 Expedition member of the project and research expedition NUNANTAR - Analysis of nunataks of the Antarctic Peninsula as multiproxy data sources on environmental change and climate dynamics, as part of the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR-FCT). Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
2020/01/01 - 2020/03/15 Principal researcher and expedition member of the projects and research expeditions LICHEN EARLY February 2020 METER II – Development of an ecological indicator to monitor the effects of climate change in polar regions based on lichen functional traits. As part of the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR - FCT). Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2019/01/31 - 2019/02/28 Principal researcher and expedition member of the project LICHEN EARLY February 2020 METER I ¿ Development of an ecological indicator to monitor the effects of climate change in polar regions based on lichen functional traits, as part of the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR-FCT). Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2018 Best PhD for the Portuguese Ecological Society (SPECO) and Fundação Amadeu Dias
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal
2017 PhD Merit Award
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal