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Francesco Valerio completed his Master in Natural sciences, LM-60 - "MAGISTRALE DEGREE CLASS IN SCIENCE OF NATURE" in 2013 from Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II and Bachelor in Natural sciences, 27 - CLASS OF THE DEGREES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE NATURE in 2011 from Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. He has concluded in 2022 his PhD in "PROGRAMA DE DOUTORAMENTO EM BIOLOGIA" - 3rd Cycle in Universidade de Évora, focused on Conservation Biology. He has published 14 articles in international indexed journals. He works in the areas of Natural Sciences with an emphasis on Environmental assessment, Spatial planning and Biodiversity Conservation. In his Curriculum Vitae, the most frequent terms in the contextualization of scientific, technological, and artistic-cultural production are: Environmental Management; Enrivomental Impact Assessment; Landscape Ecology; Biodiversity Conservation; Remote Sensing; Landscape Connectivity; Ecological Indicators.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Francesco Valerio

Citation names

  • Valerio, Francesco

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
321C-8077-5416
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0330-3897

Email addresses

  • fvalerio@cibio.up.pt (Professional)
  • fvalerio@cibio.up.pt (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Italian (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/09 - 2022/02/23
Concluded
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Major in Biologia da Conservação
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"Landscape functional connectivity and animal movement: application of remote sensing for increasing efficiency of road mitigation measures" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with distinction and merit (cum laudae)
2013
Concluded
 Natural sciences, LM-60 -"MAGISTRALE DEGREE CLASS IN SCIENCE OF NATURE" (Mestrado)
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
"Evolution scenarios of wooded formation in the wildlife species distribution models (SDMs). A LANDIS application to the distribution of Nyctalus leisleri (Chiroptera, Mammalia) in Molise" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with distinction and merit (cum laudae)
2011
Concluded
 Natural sciences, 27 - CLASS OF THE DEGREES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE NATURE (Bacharelato)
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
"Physiognomic vegetation map of Somma – Vesuvius complex" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 98/110
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/01/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017/09 - 2021/12/31 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2015/12/01 - 2017/03/25 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2014/03/01 - 2015/09/01 Researcher (Research) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2011/07 - 2015/08 Biologist (collaborator) Regione Campania, Italy
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022 - Current LIFE Iberian Agrosteppes / A7 - Research on the little bustard breeding
LIFE20 NAT/ES/001477
Post-doc Fellow
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 European Commission
Ongoing
2017 - 2022 Landscape functional connectivity and animal movement: application of remote sensing for increasing efficiency of road mitigation measures
SFRH/BD/122854/2016
COVID/BD/151832/2021
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015 - 2017 LIFE LINES - Linear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions
LIFE14 NAT/PT/001081
Research Fellow
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
UID/BIA/50027/2019
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva
UID/BIA/50027/2019
UIDB/50027/2020
10.54499/UIDB/50027/2020
UIDP/50027/2020
10.54499/UIDP/50027/2020
LA/P/0048/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0048/2020
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/04/11 - 2019/07/11 POPCONNECT - uso de dados genéticos e de campo para avaliar os efeitos das estradas na conectividade funcional da paisagem e viabilidade populacional
PTDC/AAG-MAA/0372/2014
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023 - Current Breeding biology, monitoring and modelling the probability of occurrence of steppe birds
2251999FR007
Researcher
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Junta de Extremadura

España Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - Current Weat fields with biodiversity: national campaign to save the Montagu's Eagle
SONAE
Researcher
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Sonae SGPS SA

Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - Current Tracking Little Bustards in Extremadura / Llanos de Belén
Naturgy
Technical development
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Gas Natural SDG SA
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - Current Tracking Little Bustards in Extremadura / Badajoz
LAS VAGUADAS I FOTOVOLTAICA S.L.U.
Technical development
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/01/01 - 2023/01/01 Tracking Little Bustards in Extremadura / Arroyo San Servan
Endesa SA
Technical development
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Endesa SA
Concluded
2022/01 - 2023/01/01 Farmland Bird Conservation Tools
ENV/2020/OP/0003
Researcher
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2021/10/01 - 2022/10/01 Threatened grassland bird ecology
0620_Biotrans_4_E
Researcher
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Junta de Extremadura
Concluded
2021 - 2021 IBISurvey - Introduced Bird Interaction Survey
Not applicable
Collaborator
Universidade de Évora Instituto Mediterraneo para a Agricultura Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Ongoing
2019 - 2020 Red Book of Mammals in Portugal (part III)
POSEUR-03-225-FC-000097
Collaborator
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Ongoing
2015 - 2016 REFER - Rede Ferroviária Nacional - E.P.E
Not Applicable
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Concluded
2014 - 2015 Life+ ManFor - Managing forests for multiple purposes: carbon, biodiversity and socio-economic wellbeing
LIFE09 ENV/IT/000078
Researcher
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy
 European Commission
Concluded
2011 - 2015 Migrandata - Monitoring of biodiversity and raising social awareness for a better knowledge and protection of the Matese Regional Park (Italy)
Not applicable
Technical development
Ongoing
2013 - 2014 MITO - monitoraggio degli uccelli comuni nidificanti in Italia (monitoring of common breeding birds in Italy)
Not Applicable
Technical development
Associazione Centro Italiano Studi Ornitologici, Italy
Ongoing
2013 - 2013 Una spiaggia per il fratino - A beach for the Kentish plover
Not Applicable
Technical development
Regione Campania, Italy
Ongoing
2011 - 2013 Morus - La migrazione degli uccelli marini (monitoring of pelagic birds in Italy)
Not Applicable
Technical development
EBN ITALIA ASSOCIATION, Italy
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Di Nunzio, M.G., Valerio, F. 2011- Smeriglio. In: Fraissinet M., Mastronardi D., Piciocchi S. I rapaci diurni della Camp. "Smeriglio (Falco columbarius)". In I rapaci diurni della Campania (Accipitridi, Pandionidi, Falconidi), edited by ALFA Grafica, 171-175. San Sebastiano al Vesuvio (Naples), Italy: ALFA Grafica, 2011.
    Published
  2. Valerio, Francesco; Maurizio Fraissinet; Davide Zeccolella. "Falco della Regina (Falco eleonorae )". In I rapaci diurni della Campania (Accipitridi, Pandionidi, Falconidi), edited by ALFA Grafica, 184-185. San Sebastiano al Vesuvio (Naples), Italy: ALFA Grafica, 2011.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Valerio, Francesco; Sérgio Godinho; Marques, Ana Teresa; Tiago Mendes; Ricardo Pita; João Paulo Silva. "A multi-sensor GEE framework to match high-quality remote sensing data with wildlife movement when spatiotemporally scaling behaviour-driven resource selection". Paper presented in ECEM 2023 - European Conference on Ecological Modelling, Leipzig, 2023.
    Published
  2. Mendes, Tiago; Valerio, Francesco; Marques, Ana Teresa; Pita, Ricardo; Godinho, Sérgio; Silva, João Paulo. "An individual-based model to support conservation decisions of a critically endangered grassland bird". Paper presented in ECEM 2023 - European Conference on Ecological Modelling, Leipzig, 2023.
    Published
  3. Valerio, Francesco; Sérgio Godinho; Marques, Ana Teresa; Tiago Mendes; Ricardo Pita; João Paulo Silva. "High-quality remote sensing data extraction for multiple spatiotemporal ecological scaling". Paper presented in Modeling in Ecology and Evolution, Montpellier, 2023.
    Accepted
  4. Marques, Ana Teresa; Valerio, Francesco; Mougeot, Francois; Fernánez-Tizón, M; Paulo Silva, João. "Cartografía de idoneidad ambiental para ganga ortega en Iberia". Paper presented in Congreso Español de Ornitología, Mahón, 2022, Menorca, 2022.
    Published
  5. Tiago Crispim Mendes; Valerio, Francesco; Ana Teresa Marques; Ricardo Pita; Sérgio Godinho; João Paulo Silva. "Species Distribution Models derivados de datos de seguimiento por GPS, muestran variabilidad espacial y una pérdida significativa de idoneidad histórica en un ave esteparia en declive". Paper presented in XXV-CONGRESO-SEOBIRDLIFE, Minorca, 2022.
    Published
  6. Valerio, Francesco; Sérgio Godinho; Pedro A. Salgueiro; Denis Medinas; Giovanni Manghi; António Mira; Pedroso, Nuno M.; et al. "A remote sensing-based landscape approach to optimise multitaxa roadkill mitigation plans over long term". Paper presented in Home - IALE 2022 European Landscape Ecology Congress, Warsaw, 2022.
    Published
  7. Valerio, Francesco; Eduardo Ferreira; Godinho, Sérgio; Pita, Ricardo; António Mira; Fernandes, Nelson; Santos, Sara M.. "Sentinel-2 data in wildlife conservation: identifying reserve areas for an endangered small mammal, the Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae)". Paper presented in I Conferência Nacional Copernicus, Évora, 2022.
    Published
  8. Eduardo Ferreira; Valerio, Francesco; Fernandes, Nelson; João Craveiro; Costa, Pedro; Denis Medinas; Paulo Silva, João; et al. "Assessing behaviour states in a forest carnivore in a road-dominated landscape with hidden Markov models". Paper presented in IENE 2020 International Conference LIFE LINES - Linear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions, Évora, 2021.
    Published
  9. Denis Medinas; João Tiago Marques; Vera Ribeiro; Hugo Rebelo; Soraia Barbosa; Joana Paupério; Valerio, Francesco; et al. "Hit the road Jane! Roads decrease the relatedness for females lesser horseshoe bats". Paper presented in IENE 2020 International Conference LIFE LINES - Linear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions, Évora, 2021.
    Published
  10. Valerio, Francesco; Ferreira, Eduardo; Godinho, Sérgio; Pita, Ricardo; Mira, António; Fernandes, Nelson; Santos, Sara M. "Using remote-sensing to map suitable road verges for a rare small mammal, the Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae)". Paper presented in IENE 2020 International Conference LIFE LINES - Linear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions, Évora, 2021.
    Published
  11. Eduardo Ferreira; Francesco Valerio; Nelson Fernandes; João Craveiro; Pedro Costa; Denis Medinas; João Paulo Silva; et al. "Assessing behaviour states in a forest carnivore in a road-dominated landscape with hidden Markov models". Paper presented in IENE International Conference 2020, Évora, 2021.
    Published
  12. Valerio, Francesco; Filipe Carvalho; A. Márcia Barbosa; António Mira; Sara M. Santos. "Accounting for landscape connectivity uncertainties in predicting roadkills: a comparative approach between path selection functions and habitat suitability models". Paper presented in 10th IALE World Congress 2019, Milan, 2019.
    Published
  13. Rosario Balestrieri; Tiziana Altea; Marco Basile; Marilena Izzo; Giorgio Matteucci; Mario Posillico; Silvia Romano; Francesco Valerio. "Pattern di maculatura nelle uova di cinciarella Cyanistes caeruleus come indicatore di stress: relazione inversa con la maturità e la struttura forestale.". Paper presented in XIX CIO - XIX Convegno Italiano di Ornitologia, Turin, 2017.
    Published
  14. Valerio, Francesco; Serena Bonanno; Rosario Balestrieri; Ottavio Soppelsa. "La distribuzione di Gallinula chloropus e Fulica atra in Campania". Paper presented in XVIII Convegno italiano di Ornitologia, Caramanico Terme, 2015.
    Published
  15. Valerio, Francesco; Marco Basile; Sergio Di Donato; Rosario Balestrieri; Mario Posillico; Tiziana Altea. "La relazione tra presenza di specie a rischio e ricchezza specifica". Paper presented in XVIII Convegno italiano di Ornitologia, Caramanico Terme, 2015.
    Published
  16. Valerio, Francesco; Marco Basile; Antonio Romano. "A multi-scale approach to modelling the distribution of Salamandrina terdigitata (Bonnaterre, 1789) in Campania (Southern Italy)". Paper presented in X National Congress of SHI (Societas Herpetologica Italica) (Conference), Genoa, 2014.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Valerio, Francesco; Balestrieri, Rosario; Basile, Marco. "People as opportunistic sentinels for road survey". Paper presented in First Italian citizen science conference, 2017.
  2. Davide De Rosa; Notorio Vincenza; Ilaria Fozzi; Barbara Mussi; Carlotta Vivaldi; Francesco Valerio. "Analisi preliminari dell'ecologia spaziale degli uccelli pelagici dell' Area Marina Protetta Regno di Nettuno". Paper presented in XIX CIO Torino, 2017.
    10.13140/RG.2.2.32740.27524
Journal article
  1. Crispim-Mendes, Tiago; Valerio, Francesco; Marques, Ana Teresa; Pita, Ricardo; Godinho, Sérgio; Silva, João Paulo. "High-resolution species distribution modelling reveals spatio-temporal variability of habitat suitability in a declining grassland bird". Landscape Ecology 39 3 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-024-01848-6.
    10.1007/s10980-024-01848-6
  2. Silva, João Paulo; Gameiro, João; Valerio, Francesco; Marques, Ana T.. "Portugal's farmland bird crisis requires action". Science 383 6679 (2024): 157-157. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adn1390.
    10.1126/science.adn1390
  3. Valerio, Francesco; Godinho, Sérgio; Marques, Ana T.; Crispim-Mendes, Tiago; Pita, Ricardo; Silva, João Paulo. "GEE_xtract: High-quality remote sensing data preparation and extraction for multiple spatio-temporal ecological scaling". Ecological Informatics (2024): 102502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102502.
    10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102502
  4. Epple, David; Santos, Sara; Alves, Paulo; Augenstein, I.,; Craveiro, João; Medinas, Denis; Mira, António; et al. Corresponding author: Epple, David. "Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Bird Roadkill Driven by Landscape Change". Biological Conservation (2023):
    Submitted
  5. Pereira, Pedro Filipe; Valerio, Francesco; Lourenço, Rui. "Incorporating functional connectivity into species distribution models improves the prediction of invasiveness of an exotic species not at niche equilibrium". Biological Invasions (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-023-03121-4.
    10.1007/s10530-023-03121-4
  6. Denis Medinas; Vera Ribeiro; Soraia Barbosa; Francesco Valerio; João Tiago Marques; Hugo Rebelo; Joana Paupério; Sara Santos; António Mira. "Fine scale genetics reveals the subtle negative effects of roads on an endangered bat". Science of The Total Environment 869 (2023): 161705-161705. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161705.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161705
  7. Francesco Valerio; Sérgio Godinho; Pedro Salgueiro; Denis Medinas; Giovanni Manghi; António Mira; Nuno M. Pedroso; et al. "Integrating remote sensing data on habitat suitability and functional connectivity to inform multitaxa roadkill mitigation plans". Landscape Ecology (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-022-01587-6.
    10.1007/s10980-022-01587-6
  8. Ferreira, Eduardo; Valerio, Francesco; Medinas, Denis; Fernandes, Nelson; Craveiro, João ; Costa, Pedro; Paulo Silva, João; et al. Corresponding author: Ferreira, Eduardo. "Assessing behaviour states of a forest carnivore in a road-dominated landscape using hidden Markov models". Nature Conservation (2022):
    10.3897/natureconservation.@@.72781
  9. Salgueiro, Pedro A.; Valerio, Francesco; Silva, Carmo; Mira, António; Rabaça, João E.; Santos, Sara M.. "Multispecies landscape functional connectivity enhances local bird species’ diversity in a highly fragmented landscape". Journal of Environmental Management (2021): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112066.
    10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112066
  10. Valerio, Francesco; Basile, Marco; Balestrieri, Rosario. "The identification of wildlife-vehicle collision hotspots: Citizen science reveals spatial and temporal patterns". Ecological Processes 10 1 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85098873081&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s13717-020-00271-4
  11. Valerio, Francesco; Ferreira, Eduardo; Godinho, Sérgio; Pita, Ricardo; Mira, António; Fernandes, Nelson; Santos, Sara M.. "Predicting Microhabitat Suitability for an Endangered Small Mammal Using Sentinel-2 Data". Remote Sensing 12 3 (2020): 562. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12030562.
    Published • 10.3390/rs12030562
  12. Valerio, Francesco; Carvalho, Filipe; Barbosa, A. Márcia; Mira, António; Santos, Sara M.. "Accounting for Connectivity Uncertainties in Predicting Roadkills: a Comparative Approach between Path Selection Functions and Habitat Suitability Models". Environmental Management 64 3 (2019): 329-343. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-019-01191-6.
    Published • 10.1007/s00267-019-01191-6
  13. Valerio, Francesco; Basile, Marco; Balestrieri, Rosario; Posillico, Mario; Di Donato, Sergio; Altea, Tiziana; Matteucci, Giorgio. "The reliability of a composite biodiversity indicator in predicting bird species richness at different spatial scales". Ecological Indicators 71 (2016): 627-635. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.07.043.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.07.043
  14. Basile, Marco; Valerio, Francesco; Balestrieri, Rosario; Posillico, Mario; Bucci, Rodolfo; Altea, Tiziana; De Cinti, Bruno; Matteucci, Giorgio. "Patchiness of forest landscape can predict species distribution better than abundance: the case of a forest-dwelling passerine, the short-toed treecreeper, in central Italy". PeerJ 4 (2016): e2398. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2398.
    Published • 10.7717/peerj.2398
Online resource
  1. Silva, João Paulo; Marques, Ana Teresa; Pacheco, C.; Valerio, Francesco; Gameiro, João. O desafio de conservar o sisão em Portugal.. 2023. https://www.wilder.pt/opiniao/o-desafio-de-conservar-o-sisao-em-portugal/.
  2. Valerio, Francesco; Marques, Ana Teresa ; Paulo Silva, João; João Gameiro; Junta da Extremadura. El sonido de la biodiversidad. Un recorrido audiovisual por la Euroace. 2023. https://indd.adobe.com/view/eda5164d-009e-46d2-8906-49a94cee544d?fbclid=IwAR3VovuiISt8rT856i33OhfIL2j9xpNiCPseS_kbActSp8K2sxMtmnkpKlQ.
Preprint
  1. Francesco Valerio; Sérgio Godinho; Gonçalo Ferraz; Ricardo Pita; João Gameiro; Bruno Silva; Ana Teresa Marques; João Paulo Silva. "Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing of Inland Surface Waters: A Fusion of Sentinel-1&2 Data Applied to Small Seasonal Ponds in Semiarid Environments". 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.03.583180.
    10.1101/2024.03.03.583180
Report
  1. Gameiro, João; Ribeiro, L.; Pacheco, C.; Guedes, A.; Pereira, J. ; Marques, Ana Teresa; Valerio, Francesco; Arroyo, Beatriz; Silva, João Paulo. 2023. 1º Censo Nacional da Águia-caçadeira Circus pygargus: Resultados Finais. https://steppebirdsmove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Gameiro-et-al_2023_1o-Censo-Nacional-Aguia-cacadeira-resultados-finais.pdf.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Landscape functional connectivity and animal movement: application of remote sensing for increasing efficiency of road mitigation measures". 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/31356.
  2. "Evolution scenarios of wooded formation in the wildlife species distribution models (SDMs). A LANDIS application to the distribution of Nyctalus leisleri (Chiroptera, Mammalia) in Molise". Master, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 2013.
  3. "Physiognomic vegetation map of Somma - Vesuvius complex". Degree, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 2011.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/10/17 Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing for Ecology and Conservation: A Fusion of Sentinel-1&2 Time Series Applied to Small Seasonal Ponds in Semiarid Environments Remote Sensing of Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
International Research Conference (London, United Kingdom)
2023/09/04 A multi-sensor GEE framework to match high-quality remote sensing data with wildlife movement when spatiotemporally scaling behaviour-driven resource selection ECEM 2023 - European Conference on Ecological Modelling
2023/05/26 High-quality remote sensing data extraction for multiple spatiotemporal ecological scaling Modeling in Ecology and Evolution
Montpellier university (Montpellier, France)
2022/07/11 A remote sensing-based landscape approach to optimise multitaxa roadkill mitigation plans over long term IALE 2022 european landscape ecology congress
University of Warsaw (Warsaw, Poland)
2022/03/23 Sentinel-2 data in wildlife conservation: identifying reserve areas for an endangered small mammal, the Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae) I Conferência Nacional Copernicus
University of Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2021/01/13 Using remote-sensing to map suitable road verges for a rare small mammal, the Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae) IENE 2020 International Conference LIFE LINES - Linear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions
University of Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2019/07/02 Accounting for landscape connectivity uncertainties in predicting roadkills: a comparative approach between path selection functions and habitat suitability models. 10th IALE World Congress
The International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE) (Milan, Italy)
2017/09/30 Pattern di maculatura nelle uova di cinciarella Cyanistes caeruleus come indicatore di stress: relazione inversa con la maturità e la struttura forestale. XIX CIO - XIX Convegno Italiano di Ornitologia (Conference)
Tichodroma - Monografie del Gruppo Piemontese Studi Ornitologici (Turin, Italy)
2015/09/19 La distribuzione di Gallinula chloropus e Fulica atra in Campania. XVIII Convegno italiano di Ornitologia (Conference)
CISO - Centro Italiano Studi Ornitologici (Caramanico Terme, Italy)
2015/09/18 La relazione tra presenza di specie a rischio e ricchezza specifica XVIII Convegno italiano di Ornitologia (Conference)
CISO - Centro Italiano Studi Ornitologici (Caramanico Terme, Italy)
2014/10/17 A multi-scale approach to modelling the distribution of Salamandrina terdigitata (Bonnaterre, 1789) in Campania (Southern Italy) X National Congress of SHI (Societas Herpetologica Italica) (Conference)
Societas Herpetologica Italica (Genoa, Italy)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2014/09 - 2015/04 Correlator: AA. Student: Serena Bonanno. Tesi magistrale: Master’s thesis. Biological sciences curriculum in biodiversity conservation and environmental quality, University of Naples Federico II. TITLE: Species distribution models for Fulica atra (L., 1758) and Gallinula chloropus (L., 1758): A first comparative analysis between Suitability and Population.
Co-supervisor of Serena Bonanno
 Scienze e Tecnologie per la Natura e per l'Ambiente (Master)
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Citizen Science - aimed at ornithologists and nature photographers to share their photos of flocks and families of critically endangered steppe birds in Extremadura to identify breeding parameters (2022) (2022)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Junta de Extremadura, Spain

Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, Spain
2021 - Current Citizen Science - aimed at ornithologists to share sightings of Montagu's harrier; initiative within the Rescue Campaign of the species in the South of Portugal (2021)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2021/01/13 - 2021/01/13 Local Organising Team and Moderator of the Session "ROAD ECOLOGY: IMPACT ASSESSMENT, MITIGATION AND MONITORING - 1" (2021/01/12 - 2021/01/14)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2015/05 - 2015/05 Teacher for Seminar. Workshop on "Citizen Science". (2015/05 - 2015/05)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
2013/02 - 2013/02 Teacher for Seminar. A practical workshop about "Landis: Forest Landscape model" and software extensions. (2013/02 - 2013/02)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Università degli Studi del Molise, Italy

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/09/04 - 2023/09/10 Ecological Modelling, Leipzig, 2023
Congress
 Ecological Modelling, Leipzig, 2023
Helmholtz Zentrum München Institut für metabolische Adipositas und Gefäßforschung, Germany
2023/04/20 - 2023/05/04 ARSET - Crop Mapping using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Optical Remote Sensing
Workshop
 Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET)
NASA Education, United States
2023/04/20 - 2023/05/04 ARSET - Fundamentals of Machine Learning for Earth Science
Workshop
 Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET)
NASA Education, United States
2023/03/05 - 2023/03/10 IOP Peer Review Excellence training graduate
Workshop
 Peer Review Excellence workshops
IOP Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom
2022/07/09 - 2022/07/15 IALE 2022 european landscape ecology congress
Conference
 IALE 2022 european landscape ecology congress
Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland
2022/05/23 - 2022/05/27 European Space Agency¿s 2022 Living Planet Symposium. This symposium was focused on how Earth observation contributes to science and society, and how disruptive technologies and actors are changing the traditional Earth observation landscape, which is also creating new opportunities for public and private sector interactions. (https://lps22.eu/)
Symposium
 2022 LIVING PLANET SYMPOSIUM
Commission Européenne Représentation au Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2022/03/23 - 2022/03/23 I Conferência Nacional Copernicus
Conference
 I Conferência Nacional Copernicus
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2021/11/18 - 2021/11/19 V Congreso Ibérico de Ecología del Paisaje V Congresso Ibérico de Ecologia da Paisagem "Changing landscapes and Society"
Conference
 V Congresso Ibérico de Ecologia da Paisagem “Changing landscapes and Society”
Universitat d'Alacant, Spain
2021/06/28 - 2021/06/28 Solução Inovadora para a Redução de Mortalidade de Aves em Linhas Elétricas de Média Tensão: a Eco Esteira Horizontal
Workshop
 LIFE LINES - Rede de Infraestruturas Lineares com Soluções Ecológicas (LIFE14 NAT/PT/001081)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2021/06/25 - 2021/06/25 Promoção da Biodiversidade em Infraestruturas Lineares: Módulo II - Promoção de Flora Nativa
Workshop
 LIFE LINES - Rede de Infraestruturas Lineares com Soluções Ecológicas (LIFE14 NAT/PT/001081)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2021/06/12 - 2021/06/19 ARSET - Species Distribution Modeling with Remote Sensing
Workshop
 Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET)
NASA Education, United States
2021/01/10 - 2021/01/15 IENE 2020 International Conference LIFE LINES - Linear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions
Conference
 IENE 2020 International Conference LIFE LINES - Linear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2020/10/01 - 2020/12/18 Course in Spatial analysis & Remote Sensing for machine learning in land use / land cover in Google Earth Engine
Workshop
 Google Earth Engine for Machine Learning & Change Detection
Udemy Inc, United States
2016 - 2020 Seminars of LIFE LINES - Linear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions project. https://lifelines.uevora.pt/
Seminar
 LIFE LINES - Linear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions.
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2019/07/01 - 2019/07/06 Presentation of "Accounting for landscape connectivity uncertainties in predicting roadkills: a comparative approach between path selection functions and habitat suitability models."
Conference
 10th IALE World Congress
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
2018/01/20 - 2018/01/26 Avanced course in "Scientific Writing and Communication". The objective of this course was to introduce participants to the details of communication and writing scientific publications. Moreover, materials related to oral presentations, poster preparation and proposal writing have been also discussed.
Workshop
 Scientific Writing and Communication
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2017/11/24 - 2017/11/24 First Italian Citizen Science Conference.
Conference
 First Italian citizen science conference
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
2017/10 - 2017/10 XIX Convegno Italiano di Ornitologia
Conference
 XIX CIO - XIX Convegno Italiano di Ornitologia
Associazione Centro Italiano Studi Ornitologici, Italy
2017/09/27 - 2017/09/30 XIX CIO - XIX Convegno Italiano di Ornitologia (Conference)
Conference
 XIX CIO - XIX Convegno Italiano di Ornitologia (Conference)
Comune di Torino, Italy
2017/09/11 - 2017/09/11 Workshop concerning the project Modelyinx, including modelling vegetation, biotic interactions and game pressure in potential habitat for the Iberian Lynx: based on models of dispersion and potential distribution of the species throughout the national territory, taking into account, besides the intrinsic characteristics of the animal, the available habitat.
Workshop
 Divulgação do projecto Modelynx
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
2015/09/30 - 2015/09/30 Scientific reality and sharing of responsibility in the international policies of conservation of connectivity in migratory species
Workshop
 Un’unica Terra: gli animali migratori uniscono il Pianeta.
Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, Italy
2015/09/14 - 2015/09/19 XVIII Convegno italiano di Ornitologia
Conference
 XVIII Convegno italiano di Ornitologia
Associazione Centro Italiano Studi Ornitologici, Italy
2014/10/16 - 2014/10/17 Presentation of "A multi-scale approach to modelling the distribution of Salamandrina terdigitata (Bonnaterre, 1789) in Campania (Southern Italy)"
Conference
 X National Congress of SHI (Societas Herpetologica Italica) (Conference)
Biblioteca Universitaria di Genova, Italy
2013/10/24 - 2013/10/25 Conference on Italian small mammals
Congress
 2° Convegno Nazionale sui Piccoli Mammiferi (Conference)
Vesuvius National Park, Italy
2012/01 - 2012/01 Seminar on Environmental education
Seminar
 Dalla ricerca scientifica alla divulgazione ambientale
ARDEA ONLUS Association, Italy
2010/10 - 2010/12 Birdwatching Course to imrpove bird identification
Workshop
 Corso di Birdwatching - Guida al riconoscimento degli uccelli
EBN ITALIA ASSOCIATION, Italy
2008/11 - 2008/11 Seminar on Environmental Impact Assessment
Seminar
 V.I.A. Valutazione di Impatto Ambientale
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2017 - Current Reviewer for international Journal (39 Peer reviews)

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022/01/01 - Current Development of geospatial solutions for the detection and monitoring of habitats of vertebrate species with conservation status, namely farmland endangered bird species; Identification of the essential and most suitable data for geospatial analysis, and verification of the quality of these data throughout the process. This work also helped with ideas to broaden the team's portfolio of geospatial data services, as well as to reduce problems of spatio-temporal uncertainty in the identification of sites for sampling. Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2015/10 - 2019/10 Functional connectivity assessments for a mesocarnivore, the common genet (Genetta genetta), with comparison of their performances. Data collection and Use of high-resolution remote sensing data with the aim to recognize suitable road-verges for an endangered small mammal, the Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae). Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2015 - 2017 Direct involvement in the Life Lines (LIFE14 NAT/PT/001081) project. The work aims to essay, evaluate and disseminate practices directed at mitigation of negative effects from transport/energy infrastructures in wild fauna and simultaneously promote the creation, along them, of a demonstrative Green Infrastructure, based in corridors and stepping stones that can increment connectivity and improve conservation of local/regional biodiversity. Its target area is one of the main transport/energy corridors linking Lisbon to Madrid. Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2014/03 - 2015/08 Direct involvement in the LIFE+ MANFOR C.BD. LIFE09 (ENV/IT/000078). Data Collection and Evaluation of a general biodiversity indicator pertaining birds from species in Habitats Directive: Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis), Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio), Nightjar (Caprimulg and Patridge (Perdix perdix). Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy
2011/07 - 2015/08 Organizer for "Migrandata" (Post-nuptial migration monitoring of trans-Saharan migratory birds) project, mainly during July-August. It was organized by: CEDA Matese - Network INFEA Campania region, and specifically regarded event organization, but also mist-net and monitoring of migratory birds in the Regional Park of Matese. Regione Campania, Italy
2013 - 2013 Volunteer for the project "A beach for the Kentish plover", funded by the Campania region (Ecology sector), as part of the national strategy for biodiversity. The project involves the census and monitoring of the Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) and Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) with management actions for its conservation. Regione Campania, Italy
2011 - 2013 Volunteer in the census of marine bird species (Project "Morus") during March and November, with particular attention to the Northern Gannet and birds belonging to Skuas. The goal was the collection of a large amount of data for EBN Italy (www.ebnitalia.it), in order to improve insights around the dynamics of these species and migration in Italian seas. EBN ITALIA ASSOCIATION, Italy

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2024/01/18 Divulgation of results from the article "Portugal's farmland bird crisis requires action" PÚBLICO
2024/01/17 Divulgation of results from the article "Portugal’s farmland bird crisis requires action" Wilder
2023/05/06 Divulgation of results from the article "Integrating remote sensing data on habitat suitability and functional connectivity to inform multitaxa roadkill mitigation plans" transportecology.info
2023/03/16 Divulgation of results from the article "Integrating remote sensing data on habitat suitability and functional connectivity to inform multitaxa roadkill mitigation plans" FaunaNews
2023/02/01 Divulgation of results from the article "The identification of wildlife-vehicle collision hotspots: Citizen science reveals spatial and temporal patterns" laRepubblica

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2021/01/21 - 2021/01/21 Radio Popolare (https://www.radiopopolare.it/podcast/considera-larmadillo-gio-21-01-21/) Divulgation of results from the article "The identification of wildlife-vehicle collision hotspots: Citizen science reveals spatial and temporal patterns"

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/09/01 - Current Current Landscape Ecology Reports
2022/05/11 - Current Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Field expedition for monitoring, capture and handling of birds of concurrent concern, such as the Little bustard. Such activities were legally permitted by the municipality of Extremadura in its area. This activity also enabled the monitoring of steppe habitats and related species, such as the Stone Curlew, Great Bustard, Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, and Black-bellied Sandgrouse. Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2022 Best oral presentation at "I Conferência Nacional Copernicus"
Agência Espacial Portuguesa, Portugal
2022 National sustainability award - natural value
Jornal de Negócios, Portugal, Portugal
2022 PhD Thesis Approved with distinction and merit (cum laudae)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2013 Master Thesis Approved with distinction and merit (cum laudae)
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy