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Tânia Minhós is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities of Universidade Nova de Lisboa since 2015 at the Anthropology department and current Coordinator of the Anthropology undergraduate course . She as published 17 scientific papers in international journals, three book chapters, gave over 30 talks at national and international meeting and has supervised over 10 undergrad and graduate students. Mainly interested in combining cross-disciplinary data to address questions related with evolution and adaptation of non-human primates inhabiting anthropogenic habitats. Habitat loss/fragmentation and poaching constitute the main threats to the survival of most primate natural populations across the globe. Most non-human primates overlap their territories with human altered landscapes and share and compete for resources with the local communities, posing great risks to both. It is my main research interest to apply methodologies from different scientific areas to gain insights on the human-non human primate interactions and address conservations challenges faced in anthropogenic environments. I combine socio-ecological, genomic, anthropological, landscape and susceptibility to infectious diseases data in order to understand what are the main determinants for population viability in primate threatened species exhibiting different social systems (group size, dispersal system, dispersal ability) and inform conservation practitioners on strategies aiming at the long-term conservation of non-human primates and at the same time consider the local populations practices and needs. Such broader (different primate species) and combined (different types of data) approaches are still lacking in primate studies and are crucial to fully understand, model and predict their survival ability when facing such widespread and increasingly threats.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Tânia Minhós

Citation names

  • Minhós, Tânia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2B1D-B4F5-0DB9
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0183-1343

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2012
Concluded
Doctor of Philosophy (Doctor of Philosophy)
Cardiff University Cardiff School of Biosciences, United Kingdom
"Sociogenetics and population structure of two african colobine monkeys in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea Bissau" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Concluded with minor corrections
2004
Concluded
Biology Applied to Terrestrial Resources (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Impacto da acção de monitores no comportamento social de um grupo de babuínos chacma, Papio cynocephalus ursinus (Kerr, 1792), na Península do Cabo, África do Sul”." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2020/12/01 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2015/09/14 - 2020/11/30 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution
Employer
2021/09/01 - Current Coordenadora Licenciatura em Antropologia Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2013/02/01 - 2015/09/13 Post-doctoral Fellow Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2010/03/01 - 2012/12/31 Researcher in "Mitochondrial DNA variation of the lesser spot-nosed guenon (Cercopithecus petaurista) from Canhabaque island, Bijagós Archipelago, West Africa". Cardiff University Cardiff School of Biosciences, United Kingdom
2010/02/01 - 2012/12/31 Researcher on "Molecular identification of primate bushmeat sold in Guinea Bissau". Cardiff University Cardiff School of Biosciences, United Kingdom
2006/01/01 - 2007/06/30 Research fellowship Project POCI/CVT/61590/2004 “What is, in fact, a domestic rabbit?” Project Leader: Prof. Nuno Ferrand Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2005/04/01 - 2005/07/31 Research Assistant Esme Beamish’s MSc in “Influence of mutilation in chacma baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus) in the performance of daily activities, Cape Peninsula, South Africa”. University of Cape Town, South Africa
2004/02/15 - 2004/10/31 Research Assistant Angela Layman’s PhD Thesis “Anthropogenic influences and the socioecology of chacma baboons, Papio cynocephalus ursinus” University of Cape Town, South Africa
2002/08/01 - 2002/08/31 Research Assistant - Socio-ecological study of the black-monkey, Cercopithecus mitis mitis. Kissama National Park, Angola
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2016/06/01 - 2019/11/30 Comparative landscape evolutionary genomics of West-African primates: a contribution of the biological anthropology to their conservation plan
PTDC/IVC-ANT/3058/2014
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/04/01 - 2018/03/31 Protecting the Western Chimpanzee and threatened primates from logging and illegal hunting in Guinea-Bissau
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Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Born Free Foundation
Concluded
2015/10/01 - 2016/09/30 Protecting the western chimpanzee and primates species from illegal logging and bushmeat hunting in Guinea-Bissau
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Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Chester Zoo
Concluded
2010/05/01 - 2011/12/31 Applied Landscape Genetics to Chimpanzee Conservation In Guinea-Bissau
Ref. GA-0678
Other
Cardiff University Cardiff School of Biosciences, United Kingdom
US Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Ecological Services
Concluded
2005/07/01 - 2007/06/30 What is, in fact, a domestic rabbit?
POCI/CVT/61590/2004
Research Technician Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/03/01 - Current Integrating genomics with local knowledge to understand responses of West African primates to past and present ecological and anthropogenic changes
Integrating genomics with local knowledge to understand responses of West African primates to past and present ecological and anthropogenic changes
Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/11/01 - 2023/05/31 Outside Conservation: explorando o papel do conhecimento ecológico local na persistência a longo prazo dos chimpanzés ocidentais (Pan troglodytes verus) fora das áreas protegidas na Guiné-Bissau, África Ocidental.,
LEKWILD
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/09/01 - 2022/12/31 Applying a cross-disciplinary approach to enhance the integration of human livelihoods and the conservation of the elusive chimpanzees from Gola Rainforest National Park, Sierra Leone
1690
Researcher
Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal
Primate Conservation Inc
Concluded
2019/11/01 - 2020/10/31 Assessing the conservation status of Western red colobus populations using a non-invasive genomic approach
182519977
Principal investigator
Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Ferreira da Silva, Maria Joana; Gerini, Federica; Pais, Isa Aleixo; Maie, Tiago; Borges, Filipa; Costa, Mafalda; Colmonero-Costeira, Ivo; et al. "Does the exclusive use of genetic data inform on the demographic history in Anthropogenic landscapes? Investigating population size dynamics of Papio papio in Guinea-Bissau". In Baboons: Behaviour, Ecology and Taxonomy, edited by Wallis, Janette. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021.
    Under revision
  2. Ferreira da Silva, M.J.; Gerini, F; Aleixo-Pais, Isa; Maie, Tiago; Borges, F; Costa, M.; Colmonero-Costeira, Ivo; et al. "Inferring Dynamics of the Effective Population Size of the Hunted Papio Papio in Guinea-Bissau Using Genetic Data". In Baboons: Behavior, Ecology and Taxonomy, edited by Wallis, Janet. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
    In press
  3. Minhós, Tânia; Ferreira da Silva, M (A71C-1675-4ECC). "Primate behavioral adaptations to anthropogenic habitats – the case of Cantanhez National Park in Guinea Bissau". In Peoples, Nature and Environments: Learning to Live Together, edited by Roque, A; Brito, Cristina; Veracini, C. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholar Publishing., 2019.
    Published
  4. Alves-Cardoso, Francisca; Ramos, A; Gomes, C.L.; Santos, C.; Arroyo, E.; Assis, S.; Minhós, Tânia. "Genetic anthropology". In Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems: Ethnology, Ethnography and Cultural Anthropology. Paris, France: Eolss Publishers, 2016.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Colmonero-Costeira, Ivo; Isa Aleixo-Pais; Borges, Filipa; Costa, Susana; Minhós, Tânia; Bruford, Michael W.; Ferreira da Silva, M.J.. "Eight years of guenon conservation genetics in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa: outcomes and future perspectives". Paper presented in VIII Iberian Primatological Conference, Barcelona, 2022.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.4000/primatologie.14505
  2. Sevastópolska, Darya; Borges, Filipa; Isa Aleixo-Pais; Ferreira da Silva, Maria; CHIKHI, Lounès ; Minhós, Tânia. "Impact of human presence in two protected areas: a comparative analysis of genetic and spatial data of two African colobines". Paper presented in Anthropology and Conservation Conference, Londres, 2021.
    Published
  3. Borges, Filipa; Minhós, Tânia; Isa Aleixo-Pais; Sevastópolska, Darya; Ferreira da Silva, Maria; Ting, Nelson. "Using genetics to assess the conservation status of a colobine monkey in The Gambia". Paper presented in Anthropology and Conservation Conference, Londres, 2021.
    Published
  4. Sevastópolska, Darya; Borges, Filipa; Isa Aleixo-Pais; Minhós, Tânia. Corresponding author: Sevastópolska, Darya. "Impactos antropogénicos sobre duas espécies de colobíneos africanos: comparação de dados genéticos em duas áreas protegidas". Paper presented in II Encontro Anual de Antropologia do Ambiente, Lisboa, 2021.
    Published
  5. Isa Aleixo-Pais; Borges, F.; Barca, B.; Frazão-Moreira, A.; Turay, B.S.; Swaray, M.; Bruford, M.W.; Minhós, Tânia. "The Sharing of Natural Resources Between Mende People and Non-human Primates in the Tropical Forest of Gola (Sierra Leone)". Paper presented in 7th Iberian Primatological Conference, 2020.
    Published
  6. Borges, F.; Isa Aleixo-Pais; Ferreira da Silva, M.J.; Barca, B.; Turay, B.S.; Chikhi, Lounès; Minhós, Tânia. "Non-invasive Genetics Provide Insights into the Conservation Status of Two Colobine Monkeys in Gola Rainforest National Park, Sierra Leone". Paper presented in 7th Iberian Primatological Conference, 2020.
    Published
  7. Colmonero-Costeira, Ivo; Minhós, Tânia; Ferreira da Silva, M.J.. "Notes on the Colonisation of the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau, by Cercopithecus campbelli and Chlorocebus sabaeus". Paper presented in 7th Iberian Primatological Conference, 2020.
    Published
  8. Ferreira da Silva, M.J.; Gerini, F.; Isa Aleixo-Pais; Maie, Tiago; Borges, F.; Costa, M.; Colmonero-Costeira, Ivo; et al. "Hunting and its Recent Demographic Consequences in Papio papio in Guinea-Bissau Assessed Through Social and Molecular Data". Paper presented in 7th Iberian Primatological Conference, 2020.
    Published
  9. Minhós, Tânia; Chikhi, Lounès; Maie, Tiago; Ferreira da Silva, M.J.; Bruford, M.W.. "What Do We Know About West African Red Colobus? Inferences from Multidisciplinary Data". Paper presented in 7th Iberian Primatological Conference, 2020.
    Published
  10. Minhós, Tânia; Silva, G.; Duarte, M.. "Socioecological Changes in Non-human Primates in Response to Anthropogenic Changes". Paper presented in 7th Iberian Primatological Conference, 2020.
    Published
  11. Frazão-Moreira, Amélia; Hockings, Kimberley Jane; Bersacola, Elena; Bessa, Joana Heloísa de Jesus Vieira; Minhós, Tânia; Ramon, Marina; Parathian, Hannah. "Developing an Evidence-Based Conservation Strategy for Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau". Paper presented in 8th European Federation for Primatology Meeting and 2019 Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting (EFP-PSGB), Oxford, 2020.
    Published
  12. Borges, Filipa; Isa Aleixo-Pais; Sá, Rui M.; Bruford, Michael W.; Casanova, Catarina; Chikhi, Lounès; Minhós, Tânia; Ferreira da Silva, M.J.. "Serão todos primos? A genética na conservação dos primatas da África Ocidental". Paper presented in Encontro Aberto de Primatologia, Almada, 2018.
    Published
  13. Ferreira da Silva, M.J.; Minhós, Tânia; Sá, R. M.; Bruford, M.W.; Casanova, Catarina. "Nine Years of Primate Conservation Genetics in Guinea-Bissau and Prospects for Future Conservation.". Paper presented in Folia Primatologica, 2016.
    Published
  14. Ferreira da Silva, M.J.; Minhós, Tânia; Torres, J.; Bruford, M.W.; Brito, J.C.; Casanova, Catarina. "Protecting the Western Chimpanzee and Threatened Primates from Logging and Illegal Hunting in Guinea Bissau". 2016.
    Published
  15. Minhós, Tânia; Nixon, E.; Sousa, C.; Vicente, L.; Bruford, M.W.. "Are Western Colobus Monkeys Cooperating with Kin? A Comparative Socio-Genetic Study on Red and Black-and-White Colobus from Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau.". 2011.
  16. Nixon, E.; Minhós, Tânia; Bruford, M.W.. "The Effect of Dispersal Patterns on the Mitochondrial DNA Diversity of Two Species of Colobus Monkey at Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau. Folia Primatologica". 2011.
  17. Wallace E; Ferreira da Silva, M.J.; Minhós, Tânia; Sá, R. M.; Bruford, M.W.. "Molecular Identification of Primate Bushmeat Sold in Guinea-Bissau.". 2011.
    Published
  18. Minhós, Tânia; Thomas, N.; Sá, R. M.; Ferreira da Silva, M.J.; Bruford, M.W.. "Mitochondrial DNA Variation of the Lesser Spot-Nosed Guenon (Cercopithecus petaurista) from Canhabaque Island, Bijagos Archipelago, West Africa.". 2011.
    Published
  19. Minhós, Tânia; Sousa, C.; Vicente, L.; Bruford, M.W.. "Effect of the social system on the behavioural patterns of two colobine species in Guinea Bissau.". 2009.
    Published
  20. Ferreira da Silva, M.J.; Sá, R. M.; Minhós, Tânia; Sousa, C.; Casanova, Catarina; Bruford, M.W.. "Evidence of non-human primate body parts commerce for traditional practices in Guinea Bissau (West Africa)". 2009.
    Published
  21. Minhós, Tânia; Sousa, C.; Vicente, L.; Bruford, M.W.. "Sex-biased dispersal affecting the social relationships in two colobine monkeys in Guinea Bissau". 2009.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Colmonero-Costeira, Ivo; Minhós, Tânia; Ferreira da Silva, MJ. "Notes on the colonisation of the Bijago´s Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau, by Cercopithecus campbelli and Chlorocebus sabaeus". Paper presented in VIIth Iberian Primatology Conference, Lisbon, 2019.
    Published • DOI: 10.1159/000506768
Conference poster
  1. Borges, Filipa; Sevastópolska, Darya; Isa Aleixo-Pais; Barca, Benjamin; Turay, Brima Sheku; Barlow, Clive Richard; Ting, Nelson; et al. "Genetic status of two threatened colobine monkeys across West Africa". Paper presented in 2023 International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB), 2023.
  2. Colmonero-Costeira, Ivo; Thomas, N.E.; Veracini, Cecilia; Minhós, Tânia; Bruford, Michael W.; Sá, Rui Moutinho; Ferreira da Silva, M.J.. "Lack of nomenclature conformity in local policies allows the exploitation of a severely locally threatened primate in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa.,". Paper presented in 31st International Congress for Conservation Biology, 2023.
  3. Colmonero-Costeira, Ivo; Ferreira da Silva, Maria Joana; Minhós, Tânia. "Protecting the presumably last populations of the western spot-nosed guenon in Guinea-Bissau using genetic tools". Paper presented in 16th Conference of the Gesellschaft für Primatologie, Göttingen, Germany, 2019.
  4. Colmonero-Costeira, Ivo; Borges, Filipa; Gerini, Federica; Minhós, Tânia; Ferreira da Silva, Maria Joana. "Genetic survey of primates in six islands of the Bijagós Archipelago in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa)". Paper presented in 27th International Primatological Society Congress, Nairobi, Kenya, 2018.
  5. Borges, Filipa; Pais, Isa Aleixo; Sá, Rui Moutinho; Gerini, Federica; Colmonero-Costeira, Ivo; Bruford, Michael William; Casanova, Catarina; et al. "The Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) in Guinea-Bissau ¿ a genetic assessment for the conservation of a critically endangered taxon". Paper presented in 27th International Primatological Society Congress, Nairobi, Kenya, 2018.
  6. Borges, Filipa; Isa Aleixo-Pais; Sá, Rui M.; Bruford, Michael W.; Casanova, Catarina; Chikhi, Lounès; Gerini, Federica; et al. "The Western Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) in Guinea-Bissau ¿ A Genetic Assessment for the Conservation of a Critically Endangered Taxon". Paper presented in 27th International Primatological Society Congress, 2018.
  7. Borges, Filipa; Isa Aleixo-Pais; Sá, Rui M.; Bruford, Michael W.; Casanova, Catarina; Chikhi, Lounès; Minhós, Tânia; Ferreira da Silva, M.J.. "A Country-Level Genetic Survey of the Critically Endangered Western Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa". Paper presented in Primate Society of Great Britain 50th Anniversary with Jane Goodall & Frans de Waal, 2017.
  8. Borges, Filipa; Isa Aleixo-Pais; Minhós, Tânia; Chikhi, Lounès; Bruford, Michael W.; Casanova, Catarina; Brito, José Carlos; Ferreira da Silva, M.J.. "Genetic diversity and population structure of the Western Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus ) at the Cufada Lagoons Natural Park in Guinea-Bissau". Paper presented in TiBE 2016 (Tropical Biology), 2016.
Encyclopedia entry
  1. Ferreira da Silva, M.J.; Minhós, Tânia; Michael W. Bruford. "Primate Conservation Genetics". In The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology, edited by Trevathan, Wenda; Cartmill, Matt; Dufour, Dana; Larsen, Clark; O?Rourke, Dennis; Rosenberg, Karen; Strier, Karen. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2018.
    10.1002/9781119179313.wbprim0079
Journal article
  1. Colmonero-Costeira, Ivo; Djaló, M. L.; Fernandes, N.; Borges, Filipa; Isa Aleixo-Pais; Gerini, Federica; Costa, Mafalda; Minhós, Tânia; Ferreira da Silva, Maria. Corresponding author: Colmonero-Costeira, Ivo. "Improving baseline information on over-looked generalists: occurrence and mitochondrial DNA diversity of Campbell¿s (Cercopithecus campbelli) and green monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus) in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa". International Journal of Primatology (2024):
    Under revision
  2. Eppley, Timothy M.; Reuter, Kim E.; Sefczek, Timothy M.; Tinsman, Jen; Santini, Luca; Hoeks, Selwyn; Andriantsaralaza, Seheno; et al. "Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment". Conservation Letters (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.13007.
    10.1111/conl.13007
  3. Ferreira da Silva, Maria Joana; Minhós, Tania; Sampaio-Dias, Susana. "News for nature: Communicating biodiversity importance and conservation challenges in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, through local media and online platforms". Conservation Science and Practice (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13051.
    10.1111/csp2.13051
  4. Aleixo-Pais, Isa; Borges, Filipa; Sesay, Nazie; Songe, Mustapha; Cassama, Mamadu; Camara, Iaia T.; Ramos, Catarina; et al. "Dietary flexibility of western red colobus in two protected areas with contrasting anthropogenic pressure". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1280277.
    Open access • Published • 10.3389/fevo.2023.1280277
  5. I. Colmonero-Costeira; R. M. Sá; M. L. Djaló; N. Cunha; J. Cunha; T. Minhós; I.-R. M. Russo; et al. "Notes on the conservation threats to the western lesser spot-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus petaurista buettikoferi) in the Bijagós Archipelago (Guinea-Bissau, West Africa)". Primates (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-023-01090-9.
    10.1007/s10329-023-01090-9
  6. Mutti, Giacomo; Oteo-Garcia, Gonzalo; Caldon, Matteo; da Silva, Maria Joana Ferreira; Minhós, Tânia; Cowlishaw, Guy; Gottelli, Dada; et al. "Assessing the recovery of Y chromosome microsatellites with population genomic data using Papio and Theropithecus genomes". Scientific Reports 13 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40931-x.
    Open access • 10.1038/s41598-023-40931-x
  7. Minhós, Tânia; Borges, Filipa; Parreira, Bárbara; Oliveira, Rúben; Aleixo-Pais, Isa; Leendertz, Fabien H.; Wittig, Roman; et al. "The importance of well protected forests for the conservation genetics of West African colobine monkeys". American Journal of Primatology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23453.
    Open access • Published • 10.1002/ajp.23453
  8. Ferreira da Silva, Maria; Minhós, Tânia; Dr. Rui Sá, School of Social and Political Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal; C. Casanova; Bruford, Michael. Corresponding author: Ferreira da Silva, Maria. "A Qualitative Assessment of Guinea-Bissau¿s Hunting History and Culture - and Their Implications for Primate Conservation". African Primates 15 (2021): 1-18. http://www.primate-sg.org/african-primates-volume-15/.
    Published
  9. Maria Joana Ferreira da Silva; Gerini, F.; Teixeira, H.; Costa, S.; Casanova, Catarina; Sá, R.; Bersacola, Elena; et al. "Os babuínos da Guiné (Papio papio) na Guiné-Bissau: uma revisão bibliográfica promover a conservação da espécie". Sintidus 4 (2021): 74-104. https://sintidus.blogspot.com/p/numero-4.html.
    Published
  10. Duarte, Miguel; Minhós, Tânia; Oliveira, Rúben; Ferreira da Silva, Maria; Marques Silva, Guilherme; Isa Aleixo-Pais; Calvignac, Sebastien; Bruford, Michael W.; Lounès, Chikhi. "The importance of well protected forests to the conservation of Colobine monkeys". Oryx (2021):
    Submitted
  11. Ferreira da Silva, M.J.; Paddock, C; Gerini, F; Borges, F.; Aleixo-Pais, Isa; Costa, M.; Colmonero-Costeira, Ivo; et al. "Chasing a ghost: notes on the present distribution and conservation of the sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys) in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa Primates. DOI: 10.1007/s10329-020-00817-2". Primates (2020): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10329-020-00817-2?wt_mc=Internal.Event.1.SEM.ArticleAuthorOnlineFirst.
    Published
  12. Colmonero-Costeira, Ivo; Minhós, Tânia; Ferreira da Silva, M (A71C-1675-4ECC). "Confirmação da ocorrência de primatas não-humanos no Arquipélago dos Bijagós com base em técnicas de identificação molecular". Sintidus 2 (2019): 145-179. http://sintidus.blogspot.com/p/numero-2.html.
    Published
  13. Aleixo-Pais, Isa; Salmona, Jordi; Sgarlata, Gabriele Maria; Rakotonanahary, Ando; Sousa, Ana Priscilla; Parreira, Bárbara; Kun-Rodrigues, Célia; et al. "The genetic structure of a mouse lemur living in a fragmented habitat in Northern Madagascar". Conservation Genetics 20 2 (2018): 229-243. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-018-1126-z.
    10.1007/s10592-018-1126-z
  14. Ferreira da Silva, Maria Joana; Kopp, Gisela H.; Casanova, Catarina; Godinho, Raquel; Minhós, Tânia; Sá, Rui; Zinner, Dietmar; Bruford, Michael W.. "Correction: Disrupted dispersal and its genetic consequences: Comparing protected and threatened baboon populations (Papio papio) in West Africa". PLOS ONE 13 10 (2018): e0205302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205302.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0205302
  15. Minhós, T.; Chikhi, L.; Sousa, C.; Vicente, L.M.; Ferreira da Silva, M.; Heller, R.; Casanova, C.; Bruford, M.W.. "Genetic consequences of human forest exploitation in two colobus monkeys in Guinea Bissau". Biological Conservation 194 (2016): 194-208. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84960928793&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2015.12.019
  16. Minhós, Tânia. "Porque nos revemos nos outros primatas? A Antropologia Biológica elucida-nos.". Trabalhos de Antropologia e Etnologia 56 (2016): 294-300. https://research.unl.pt/ws/portalfiles/portal/2308727/porquerevemos_taniarodrigues_56.pdf.
    Published
  17. Minhós, T.; Sousa, C.; Vicente, L.M.; Bruford, M.W.. "Kinship and Intragroup Social Dynamics in Two Sympatric African Colobus Species". International Journal of Primatology 36 4 (2015): 871-886. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84941932579&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10764-015-9859-8
  18. Ferreira da Silva, M.J.; Godinho, R.; Casanova, C.; Minhós, T.; Sá, R.; Bruford, M.W.. "Assessing the impact of hunting pressure on population structure of Guinea baboons (Papio papio) in Guinea-Bissau". Conservation Genetics 15 6 (2014): 1339-1355. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84939884421&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10592-014-0621-0
  19. Minhõs, T.; Nixon, E.; Sousa, C.; Vicente, L.M.; Da Silva, M.F.; Sá, R.; Bruford, M.W.. "Genetic evidence for spatio-temporal changes in the dispersal patterns of two sympatric African colobine monkeys". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 150 3 (2013): 464-474. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84874430386&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ajpa.22223
  20. Minhós, T.; Wallace, E.; Ferreira da Silva, M.J.; Sá, R.M.; Carmo, M.; Barata, A.; Bruford, M.W.. "DNA identification of primate bushmeat from urban markets in Guinea-Bissau and its implications for conservation". Biological Conservation 167 (2013): 43-49. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84882737655&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2013.07.018
  21. Sá, Rui; Ferreira da Silva, Maria; Sousa, Fernando; Minhós, Tânia. "The Trade and Ethnobiological Use of Chimpanzee Body Parts in Guinea-Bissau: Implications for Conservation". Traffic Bulletin 24 1 (2012): 31-34.
    Published
Online resource
  1. Minhós, Tânia; Ferreira da Silva, M.J.; Bersacola, H; Galat, G; Galat-Loung, A.; Mayhew, M. Piliocolobus badius ssp. temminckii . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. 2020. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18247/92648587.
  2. Minhós, Tânia; McGraw, S.; Bersacola, H.; Ferreira da Silva, M.J.; Galat, G; Galat-Luong, A.; Gonedelé Bi, S; et al. Piliocolobus badius . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. 2020. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161247840/161259430.
  3. Ferreira da Silva, M (A71C-1675-4ECC); Minhós, Tânia; Sá, Rui; Michael W. Bruford. Using genetics as a tool in primate conservation. 2012. https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/using-genetics-as-a-tool-in-primate-59120330/.
Report
  1. Minhós, Tânia. 2021. Red colobus (Piliocolobus) conservation action plan 2021-2026.. http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/1200343/28447271/1624291855503/Red_Colobus_Action_Plan_v29.pdf?token=wUl2K6An0%2BOfXsm7bx%2FD%2B5KuJw8%3D.
    Assistant staff
  2. Minhós, Tânia; Ferreira da Silva, Maria; Bersacola, E.,; Galat, G.,; Galat-Luong, A.,; Mayhew, M.; Starin, E.D.. 2020. Piliocolobus badius ssp. temminckii IUCN Red List of Threatened Species entry. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18247/92648587.
    https://dx.doi.org/1¿/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T18247A92648587.en.
  3. Sá, R.; Minhós, Tânia; Ferreira da Silva, M (A71C-1675-4ECC); Sousa, C.; Bruford, M.W.. 2013. Applied Landscape Genetics to Chimpanzee Conservation In Guinea-Bissau.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Minhós, Tânia. "Socio-genetics and population structure of two African colobus monkeys in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea Bissau.". PhD, Cardiff University Cardiff School of Biosciences, 2012. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/246c/f736370cc6d64f23ba4ba977ff06d80d78c8.pdf.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/04 Contribuição de metodologias não-invasivas para a conservação de primatas não humanos: o caso dos macacos cólobos da África Ocidental II Encontro Aberto de Primatologia
2022/10/06 Conservation genetics of the red colobus monkeys from Gola Rainforest National Park, Sierra Leone VIII Iberian Primatological Conference
Spanish Primatological Association (Barcelona, Spain)
2021/10/26 Genomic approaches applied to the conservation of West African primates Anthropology and Conservation Conference
Royal Anthropology Institute (United Kingdom)
2019/10/10 What do we know about West African red colobus? VII Iberian Primatological Conference
Associação Portuguesa de Primatologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019 Alterações demográficas e comportamentais de primatas da África Ocidental que habitam ambientes antropogénicos. VII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia.
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2018 Consequences of human-induced forest exploitation on West African Red Colobus . 27th International Primatological Society Congress
United Nations Conference Centre (Nairobi, Kenya)
2018 Demographic history of West African primates inferred from genomic data. 27th International Primatological Society Congress
United Nations Conference Centre (Nairobi, Kenya)
2018 Demographic and behavioral changes of West African primates inhabiting an anthropogenic habitat, Encontro aberto de Primatologia
Universidade Senior de Almada (Almada, Portugal)
2017/03/15 Conservation challenges for the colobus monkeys in Guinea Bissau. 1st International Meeting History of Nature and Environments: Perspectives and Dialogues
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017 How the demographic history assists the conservation of two arboreal primates. VI Iberian Primatological Conference
Spanish Primatological Association (Burgos, Spain)
2016 Consequences of Forest Exploitation in two arboreal primates. Seminários CRIA
Centro em Rede de Investigação em Anthropologia (Lisbon, Portugal)
2016 Consequences of Forest Exploitation in two arboreal primates. EAO Seminar Series
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Oeiras, Portugal)
2016 Consequences of Forest Exploitation in two arboreal primates. Primate Conservation Seminar Series
Oxford Brooks University (Oxford, United Kingdom)
2016 Demographic bottleneck in two arboreal primates. A consequence of forest exploitation VI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2016 Genetic Consequences of Human Forest Exploitation for Two Primate Species in Guinea Bissau 5th Iberian Primatological Conference
Évora University (Évora, Portugal)
2015 Porque é que nos revemos nos outros primatas? A antropologia Biológica elucida-nos, , Instituto de História Contemporânea, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Jornada de Reflexão - O que é o Homem?
Instituto de História Contemporânea, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015 Conservation Genetics of Guinean Bissau Primates, , Faculty of Sciences, Lisbon University, Lisbon, Portugal. NEBFCUL Conferences
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015 Variation under Conservation. Darwin’s Legacy Tea Party. Darwin’s Legacy Tea Party
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015 Consequences of forest exploitation on two primates in Guinea Bissau. Open Lecture
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015 Consequences of forest exploitation on two primates in Guinea Bissau. Open Lecture
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (Lisbon, Portugal)
2015 Demographic bottleneck in two arboreal primates: a consequence of forest exploitation Tibe 2015
CIBIO- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, (Vairão, Portugal)
2014 Molecular tools applied to primate conservation. CBA Conferences
Faculdade de Ciências Universidade de Lisboa, (Lisbon, Portugal)
2013 Use of non-invasive molecular tools in the study of non-human primates’ social systems. Encontros Antropológicos na Universidade de Lisboa
Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013 Kinship and intra-group social dynamics in two sympatric African colobus species. I BioAnthropological Meeting
Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2011 Using genetic techniques to identify species in the bushmeat trade. Monitoring bushmeat imports from Africa to Europe: Refining methods, establishing scale and evaluating threats.
Zoological Society of London (ZSL) (London, United Kingdom)
2011 Are western colobus monkeys cooporating with kin? A comparative socio-genetic study on red and black-and-white colobus from Cantanhez National Park, Guinea Bissau. IV Congress of the European Federation for Primatology
Associação Portuguesa de Primatologia (Almada, Portugal)
2009 Effect of the social system on the behavioural patterns of two colobine species in Guinea Bissau IV Congress of the European Federation for Primatology
(Zurich, Switzerland)
2009 Sex-biased dispersal affecting the social relationships in two colobine monkeys in Guinea Bissau. II Iberian Primatological Conference
Spanish Primatological Association (Madrid, Spain)
2009 Estratégias de conservação de dois macácos colobus do Parque Nacional de Cantanhez. Open lecture
IBAP – Instituto de Biodiversidade e Áreas Protegidas (Bissau, Guinea-Bissau)
2005 The effect of artificial food provisioning in habitat preferences and movement patterns of a chacma baboon troop (Papio cynocephalus ursinus) in the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Recommendations to reduce the human-baboon conflict. II Portuguese Primatological Conference
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2005 Mutilation as a possible limiting factor in the performance of the daily activities of a troop of chacma baboons, Papio cynocephalus ursinus (Keer 1972) in Da Gama Park, South Africa. II Portuguese Primatological Conference
Associação Portuguesa de Primatologia (Lisbon, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/09/01 - 2026/08/31 Investigating the role of protective cultural beliefs for the long-term conservation of Western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) and their habitats.
Supervisor
Antropologia (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2025/08/31 Applying a mixed-methods approach to identify the anthropogenic and ecological drivers of chimpanzee abundance and distribution at Gola Rainforest National Park, Sierra Leone
Supervisor of Christian Howell
Antropologia (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2024/08/31 Integrating genomics with local knowledge to understand responses of West African primates to past and present ecological and anthropogenic changes
Supervisor of Filipa Borges
Antropologia (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/11/01 - 2022/09/30 Inferring selection processes in West African non-human primates using whole genome sequences
Co-supervisor of Francisco Silva
Biologia da Conservação (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2022/06/30 Spatial genetic structure and demographic history of two African colobine monkeys in Gola Rainforest National Park, Sierra Leone
Supervisor of Darya Sevastópolska
Biologia da Conservação (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/04/01 - 2021/03/31 The use of plants by humans and non-human primates in altered landscapes: diet flexibility or local adaptation?
Co-supervisor of Isa Aleixo-Pais
Biosciences (PhD)
Cardiff University Cardiff School of Biosciences, United Kingdom
2018/09/01 - 2019/10/31 Investigating cocoa foraging by critically endangered chimpanzees at the Gola Rainforest National Park, Sierra Leone: Implications for cocoa management
Co-supervisor of Tanya Payne
Biological Sciences (Master)
University of Exeter, United Kingdom
2018/09/01 - 2019/03/31 Primate socio-ecological adaptations to rural anthropogenic landscapes
Supervisor of Guilherme Marques
Anthropology (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2019/03/31 Primate socio-ecological adaptations to urban anthropogenic lands
Supervisor
Anthropology (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2019/03/01 Insights into insular primates: conservation genetics of Cercopithecus petaurista buettikoferi, Cercopithecus campbelli and Chlorocebus sabaeus in the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea- Bissau
Co-supervisor of Ivo Colmonero-Costeira
Ecology (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017/10/01 - 2018/02/28 Erasmus Student Network - Lisbon
Supervisor
Anthropology (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2015/09/01 - 2017/05/31 Population structure and demographic history of two African Colobus in Ivory Coast: effect of the habitat fragmentation and hunting
Supervisor
Conservation Biology (Master)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2016/01/01 - 2016/06/30 Activity budget of Piliocolobus badius temminckii (Temmincki red colobus) in Guinea Bissau
Supervisor of Inês Oliveira
Anthropology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2016/01/01 - 2016/06/30 Activity budget of Colobus polykomos (Western black-and-white colobus) in Guinea Bissau
Supervisor
Anthropology
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2016/01/01 - 2016/06/30 Diet of Colobus polykomos (Western black-and-white colobus) in Guinea Bissau
Supervisor of Ariana Lavos
Anthropology (Degree)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2010/10/01 - 2011/04/30 Mitochondrial DNA diversity of two colobus monkeys species in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea Bissau
Supervisor
Zoology (Degree)
Cardiff University Cardiff School of Biosciences, United Kingdom

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2019/10/08 - 2019/10/11 7th Iberian Primatological Conference - Empathy, Education and Conservation: Primates in a shared world (2019/10/08 - 2019/10/11)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
Associação Portuguesa de Primatologia, Portugal
2018/06/05 - 2018/06/05 Workshop in Primate Conservation Genetics, Njala University, Njala, Sierra Leone (2018/06/05)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2017/02/18 - 2017/02/18 Workshop in Primate Conservation in Anthropogenic Environments: Challenges and Strategies (2017/02/18)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2016/12/10 - 2016/12/15 Workshop on Chimpanzee Conservation in Guinea Bissau, Cantanhez National Park and Bissau, Guinea Bissau (2016/12/10)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal
2015/11/17 - 2015/11/20 5th Iberian Primatological Conference: Extinction is Forever! (2015/11/17 - 2015/11/20)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
Associação Portuguesa de Primatologia, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Workshop for park rangers and touristic guides “The importance of Biodiversity in Cantanhez National Park” (2008)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Cardiff University Cardiff School of Biosciences, United Kingdom

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/03/15 Perspetivas Locais Acerca da Caça e Conservação nas Áreas Protegidas e não Protegidas na Guiné-Bissau
President of the jury
Luis oliveira Sanca (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2023/12/06 Impactos sociais do desenvolvimento de energia solar em meios urbanos. A importância da mudança de rotina após a transição energética. Estudo de caso em Lisboa, Portugal
President of the jury
Tereza Emilova Vasileva (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2023/09/07 Genetic portrayal of two colobine monkeys inhabiting a continuous forest in Gola Rainforest National Park
Supervisor
Darya Sevastópolska (Master)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/10/19 "Entre Predadores" Relações com a natureza a propósito da reintrodução do Lince-Ibérico
(Thesis) Arguer
Margarida Fernandes (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2018/03/02 Babuínos-hamadrias no Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa: como são ensinadas as crias?
(Thesis) Main arguer
Marília Sofia Guerreiro Sargento (Master)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2017/12/20 A country-level genetic survey of the IUCN critically endangered western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) in Guinea-Bissau.
(Thesis) Main arguer
Filipa Borges (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2016/01/01 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia
2015/01/01 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Primatologia Direção
2010/01/01 - Current International Primatological Society

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2022/09/01 - 2022/09/30 VII Iberian Primatological Conference Barcelona
2019/03/01 - 2019/10/11 7th Iberian Primatological Conference Associação Portuguesa de Primatologia
2015/03/01 - 2015/11/20 5th Iberian Primatological Conference Associação Portuguesa de Primatologia

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2017/07/10 - 2017/07/12 Primatology and Conservation (Outros) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019 - Current Heredity (0018-067X) Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2018 - Current Folia Primatologica (1421-9980) S. Karger AG
2017 - Current American Journal of Primatology (1098-2345) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2017 - Current Análise Social (2182-2999) Instituto de Ciencias Sociais
2016 - Current Conservation Genetics Resources (1877-7260) Springer-Verlag
2015 - Current PLoS ONE (1932-6203) Public Library of Science
2015 - Current Herald Journal of Geography and Regional Planning
2022/04/08 - 2022/09/19 Conservation Science and Practice (2578-4854)
Distinctions

Other distinction

2009 Menção Honrosa - comunicação oral
Associação Portuguesa de Primatologia, Portugal