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Ricardo Rocha completed a PhD in Conservation Biology in 2017 by the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, a MSc in Conservation Science in 2008 by Imperial College London and a BSc in Environmental Biology in 2007 by the University of Lisbon. Ricardo then completed a 2-year postdoc at the Conservation Science Group, University of Cambridge, followed by a second postdoc at CIBIO-InBIO (Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources), funded by Madeira's Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology & Innovation. Ricardo was then awarded a FCT Junior Research fellowship in the 3rd Edition of the Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus, which he started in October 2021 at the Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (BIOPOLIS/CIBIO-InBIO), associated with the University of Porto and University of Lisbon. Since September 2023 Ricardo is an Associate Professor in Conservation Science at the Department of Biology of the University of Oxford. Ricardo Rocha published over 90 articles in journals. Has 3 section(s) of books and 2 book(s). Organized 2 event(s). Co-supervised 1 PhD thesis(es) and co-supervised 8 MSc dissertation(s). Has received 4 awards including the Society for Conservation Biology Europe Section Early Career Conservation Award in 2020 and the PhD Award in Ecology Amadeu Dias Foundation for the best PhD in Ecology in Portugal (awarded by SPECO, the Portuguese Ecological Society) in 2017. Participates and/or participated as PhD Student Fellow in 1 project(s), Post-doc Fellow in 1 project(s), Principal investigator in 4 project(s), Research Fellow in 1 project(s) and Researcher in 4 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Ecology. In his professional activities Ricardo interacted with 531 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ricardo Rocha

Citation names

  • Rocha, Ricardo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4818-1B78-57E4
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2757-7347

Email addresses

  • ricardo.rocha@biology.ox.ac.uk (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017
Concluded
 Doutoramento em Biologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Tropical forest fragmentation: effects on the spatio-temporal dynamics of its bat communities" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado com Distinção e Louvor
2008
Concluded
 MSc in Conservation Science (Mestrado)
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
"Birds in Humanized landscapes: São Tomé endemic birds’ response to agricultural intensification" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado
2007
Concluded
 Biologia Ambiental (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/10/01 - 2022/08/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2021/09/30 Postdoc (Research) Madeira’s Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology & Innovation, Portugal
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2017/06/01 - 2019/02/28 Postdoc (Research) University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/09/01 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2016/02/15 - 2017/06/30 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2011/06/01 - 2011/12/31 FCT research assistant in the project “Temporal dynamics of fragmentation impacts on Neotropical bats”. Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010/09/01 - 2011/05/31 CIMO researcher in the project "Estimating the effectiveness of protected areas in reducing deforestation - A case study from Madagascar" Helsingin Yliopisto, Finland
2009/11/01 - 2010/05/31 FCT research assistant in the project "Atlantic ocean-wide changes in sea surface temperature and trends on Cory’s shearwater foraging success, migration and population dynamics" Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/02/01 - Current AGROLIZARDS. Ecological function of lizards in agroenvironments: from trophic networks to ecosystem services
PTDC/CTA-AMB/2579/2021
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020 - Current Structure and vulnerability of bat-prey interaction networks in tropical working landscapes
LRB19/1008
Principal investigator
British Ecological Society, United Kingdom
 British Ecological Society
Ongoing
2020 - Current Insular bats as potential suppressors of agricultural insect pests and human disease vectors
EC-64368R-20
Principal investigator
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 National Geographic Society
Ongoing
2023/09/01 - 2025/08/31 Bats in beef-producing Brazilian landscapes: implications for conservation and zoonotic risk
0013807
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
2021/03/01 - 2024/03/01 Conserving biodiversity and enhancing food security: the role of birds and bats as suppressors of rice insect pests in West Africa
PTDC/ASP-AGR/0876/2020
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2014 - 2015 Spatial-temporal dynamics of the impacts of forest fragmentation upon phyllostomid bats: consequences of fragment re-isolation
2014BCI
Principal investigator
Bat Conservation International, United States
 Bat Conservation International
Concluded
2010 - 2011 Estimating the effectiveness of protected areas in reducing deforestation. A case study from Madagascar
KM-10-6730
Principal investigator
Helsingin Yliopisto, Finland
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/11 - Current Structure and vulnerability of bat ecological interactions in tropical and subtropical working landscapes
2020.01129.CEECIND
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2019/10 - 2021/09/30 Conserving biodiversity, enhancing food security and human health: the role of bats as suppressors of agricultural insect pests and human disease vectors
M1420-09-5369-FSE-000002
Post-doc Fellow
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Madeira’s Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology & Innovation
Ongoing
2012/02/01 - 2016 TROPICAL FOREST FRAGMENTATION: EFFECTS ON THE SPATIAL-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF ITS BAT COMMUNITIES
SFRH/BD/80488/2011
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/08/01 - 2015/07/31 Temporal dynamics of the impacts of forest fragmentation on Neotropical bat assemblages
PTDC/BIABIC/111184/2009
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009 - 2009 CALONECTRIS - Atlantic ocean-wide changes in sea surface temperature and trends on Cory’s shearwater foraging success, migration and population dynamics
PTDC/MAR/71927/2006
Researcher
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2017 - 2019 ALL HEAVEN IN A RAGE: INTERNATIONAL BIRD TRADE AS A DRIVER OF BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS IN EUROPE
PTDC/AAG-GLO/0463/2014
Researcher
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. N.A. Littlewood; Rocha, Ricardo; R.K. Smith; W.J. Sutherland; et al.. Terrestrial Mammal Conservation: Global Evidence for the Effects of Interventions for Terrestrial Mammals Excluding Bats and Primates. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Open Book Publishers. 2020.
  2. López-Baucells, Adrià ; Rocha, Ricardo; Bobrowiec, Paulo E. D.; Bernard, Enrico ; Palmeirim, Jorge M.; Meyer, Christoph F. J.. Field Guide to the Bats of the Amazon. United Kingdom: Pelagic Publishing. 2018.
  3. López-Baucells, Adrià; Rocha, Ricardo; Paulo Stefano Dineli Bobrowiec; Enrico Bernard; Palmeirim, Jorge; Meyer, Christoph F.J.. Field Guide to Amazonian Bats. Manaus, Brazil: INPA. 2016.
    Published • 10.13140/RG.2.2.23475.84003
Book chapter
  1. Lynch, Jessica W.; Spironello, Wilson R.; Barnett, Adrian A.; Boyle, Sarah A.; Rocha, Ricardo; Marmontel, Miriam; Nava, Alessandra F. D.; et al. "Conservation Strategies for Mammals in Brazilian Amazonia: Future Work at Local, Regional, and Global Scales". In Amazonian Mammals, 469-485. Springer International Publishing, 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-43071-8_18
  2. Rocha, Ricardo; López-Baucells, Adrià; Farneda, Fábio Z.; Meyer, Christoph F. J.. "Bat Responses to Anthropogenic Forest Fragmentation: Insights from an Amazonian Fragmentation Experiment in Brazil". In Amazonian Mammals, 365-387. Springer International Publishing, 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-43071-8_14
  3. Rocha, Ricardo. "Madeiran pipistrelle Pipistrellus maderensis (Dobson, 1878)". In Handbook of the Mammals of Europe, edited by Hackländer, Klaus; Zachos, Frank E; Russo, Danilo. 2021.
    Accepted
  4. Martin, Philip A. ; Rocha, Ricardo; Smith, Rebecca K.; Sutherland, William J.. "Shrubland and Heathland Conservation". In What Works in Conservation 2018, edited by Sutherland, William J. ; Dicks, Lynn V.; Ockendon, Nancy ; Petrovan, Silviu O.; Smith, Rebecca K.. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Open Books, 2018.
  5. Rocha, Ricardo; David C. Aldridge; Ockendon, Nancy ; Smith, Rebecca K.; Sutherland, William J.. "Some aspects of control of freshwater invasive species". In What Works in Conservation 2018, edited by Sutherland, William J. ; Dicks, Lynn V.; Ockendon, Nancy ; Petrovan, Silviu O.; Smith, Rebecca K.. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Open Book Publishers, 2018.
Conference abstract
  1. López-Baucells, Adrià; Rocha, Ricardo; Palmeirim, Jorge; Meyer, Christoph F.J.. "On the way to a new world record? Additions to the bat check list of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project". Paper presented in IV Jornadas de la SECEMU (Asociación Española para la Conservación y el Estudio de los Murciélagos), Granollers, 2013.
    Published
  2. Rocha, Ricardo; López-Baucells, Adrià; Groenenberg, M.; Silva, I.; Farneda, F.; Bobrowiec, Paulo E. D.; Palmeirim, Jorge; Meyer, Christoph F.J.. "Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Central Amazonian Bats". Paper presented in XIV International European Bat Resarch Symposium, San José, 2013.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Órfão, Inês; Álvarez, Soledad; Ramalhosa, P.; Vieira C; Almeida, Sílvia; Parretti, Paola; Monteiro, Rui; et al. "Freshwater fish conservation in insular ecosystems: the Critically Endangered European eel in Madeira, Macaronesia". Paper presented in Island Biology 2023, 2023.
  2. Nóbrega, Eva K.; Nunes, João; Rocha, Ricardo. Corresponding author: Nóbrega, Eva K.. "Bird responses to habitat type in a subtropical Macaronesian Islands". Paper presented in Student Conference on Conservation Science, 2022.
  3. Nóbrega, Eva K.; Toshova, Nia; Reis, André; Soto, Elena J.; Órfão, Inês; Rocha, Ricardo. Corresponding author: Nóbrega, Eva K.. "An island-wide bioacoustic survey to the bats of Porto Santo, Macaronesia". Paper presented in 8th SECEMU conference, 2021.
  4. Acácio, Marta; Rocha, Ricardo; Bernard, Enrico; López-Baucells, Adrià. "Ametrida centurio: small bat, big traveller?". Paper presented in 4th International Berlin Bat Meeting: Movement Ecology of Bats, 2015.
Journal article
  1. Pashkevich, Michael D.; Marshall, Cicely A.M.; Freeman, Benedictus; Reiss-Woolever, Valentine J.; Caliman, Jean-Pierre; Drewer, Julia; Heath, Becky; et al. "The socioecological benefits and consequences of oil palm cultivation in its native range: The Sustainable Oil Palm in West Africa (SOPWA) Project". Science of The Total Environment 926 (2024): 171850. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171850.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171850
  2. Soto, Elena J.; Nóbrega, Eduardo; Nascimento, Pedro; Abrahams, Edie; Powell, Kane; Bellmunt Ribas, Adrià; Silva, Isamberto; et al. "Widespread population of invasive ferrets Mustela furo (Carnivora: Mustelidae) on the island of Madeira, Macaronesia". Mammalia 0 0 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0073.
    10.1515/mammalia-2023-0073
  3. Alves, João C.T.; dos Santos, Yodiney; Guedes, Patrícia; Rocha, Ricardo. "Reassessment of the conservation status of Crocidura fingui, a shrew endemic to Príncipe Island, Gulf of Guinea". Oryx (2024): 1-4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605323001874.
    10.1017/s0030605323001874
  4. Órfão, Inês; Álvarez, Soledad; Ramalhosa, Patrício; González, Carlos; Vieira, Cristiano; Almeida, Silvia; Parretti, Paola; et al. "Searching for the critically endangered European eel in oceanic islands: A pioneer study in the freshwater systems of Madeira, Macaronesia". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 34 2 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4106.
    10.1002/aqc.4106
  5. Rowley, Sarah; López-Baucells, Adrià; Rocha, Ricardo; Bobrowiec, Paulo E. D.; Meyer, Christoph F. J.. "Secondary forest buffers the effects of fragmentation on aerial insectivorous bat species following 30¿years of passive forest restoration". Restoration Ecology 32 3 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.14093.
    10.1111/rec.14093
  6. Szentivanyi, Tamara; Oedin, Malik; Rocha, Ricardo. "Cat–wildlife interactions and zoonotic disease risk: a call for more and better community science data". Mammal Review (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mam.12332.
    10.1111/mam.12332
  7. Soto, Elena J.; Nunes, João; Nóbrega, Eduardo; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Rocha, Ricardo. "Density and ecological drivers of free-ranging cat abundance and activity in Madeira Island, Macaronesia". Conservation Science and Practice 5 12 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13040.
    10.1111/csp2.13040
  8. Nóbrega, Eva K.; Toshkova, Nia; Gonçalves, Angelina; Reis, André; Soto, Elena J.; Ruiz, Sergio Puertas; Mata, Vanessa A.; Rato, Catarina; Rocha, Ricardo. "Insights into the habitat associations, phylogeny, and diet of Pipistrellus maderensis in Porto Santo, northeastern Macaronesia". Web Ecology 23 2 (2023): 87-98. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/we-23-87-2023.
    10.5194/we-23-87-2023
  9. Chen, Kelvin; Massaad, Mark; De Lima, Ricardo; Rainho, Ana; Rocha, Ricardo. "First observation of Lethocerus cordofanus (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) preying on Afronycteris nana (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)". Entomological Science 26 3 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ens.12558.
    10.1111/ens.12558
  10. Guedes, Patrícia; dos Santos, Yodiney; Matilde, Estrela; Alves, João; Rato, Catarina; Rocha, Ricardo. "Phylogenetic relationships of the West African mud turtle (Pelusios castaneus) on the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, West Central Africa". Amphibia-Reptilia 44 3 (2023): 391-397. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685381-bja10145.
    10.1163/15685381-bja10145
  11. Guedes, Patrícia; Alves-Martins, Fernanda; Arribas, Javier Martínez; Chatterjee, Sumita; Santos, Ana M. C.; Lewin, Amir; Bako, Longji; et al. "Eponyms have no place in 21st-century biological nomenclature". Nature Ecology & Evolution 7 8 (2023): 1157-1160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02022-y.
    10.1038/s41559-023-02022-y
  12. Carvalho, WD; Miguel, JD; da Silva Xavier, B; López-Baucells, A; de Castro, IJ; Hilário, RR; de Toledo, JJ; Rocha, R; Palmeirim, JM. "Complementarity between mist-netting and low-cost acoustic recorders to sample bats in Amazonian rainforests and savannahs". (2022):
    10.1007/s42974-022-00131-5
  13. Beatriz Martins; Iolanda Silva-Rocha; Vanessa A. Mata; Ysabel Gonçalves; Ricardo Rocha; Catarina Rato. "Trophic interactions of an invasive gecko in an endemic-rich oceanic island: Insights using DNA metabarcoding". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10 (2022):
    Open access • 10.3389/fevo.2022.1044230
  14. López-Baucells, Adrià; Rowley, Sarah; Rocha, Ricardo; Bobrowiec, Paulo E. D.; Palmeirim, Jorge M.; Farneda, Fábio Z.; Meyer, Christoph F. J.. "Interplay between local and landscape-scale effects on the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of aerial insectivorous neotropical bats". Landscape Ecology 37 11 (2022): 2861-2875. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-022-01493-x.
    10.1007/s10980-022-01493-x
  15. Iolanda Silva-Rocha; José Maurício Santos; Ricardo Rocha; Catarina Rato. "Bioclimatic and local drivers modulating the expansion of an introduced temperate reptile in a subtropical island". Global Ecology and Conservation 37 (2022): e02164.
    Open access • 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02164
  16. Francesca Festa; Leonardo Ancillotto; Luca Santini; Michela Pacifici; Ricardo Rocha; Nia Toshkova; Francisco Amorim; et al. "Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review". Biological Reviews 98 (2022): 19-33.
    Open access • 10.1111/brv.12893
  17. Yoh, Natalie; Clarke, James; López-Baucells, Adrià; Mas, Maria; Bobrowiec, Paulo E.D.; Rocha, Ricardo; Meyer, Christoph F.J.. "Edge effects and vertical stratification of aerial insectivorous bats across the interface of primary-secondary Amazonian rainforest". (2022):
    Open access • 10.5061/dryad.0vt4b8h2d
  18. Quentin C. K. Hazard; Joana Sabino-Pinto; Adrià López-Baucells; Fábio Z. Farneda; Christoph F. J. Meyer; Ricardo Rocha. "Reproductive phenologies of phyllostomid bats in the Central Amazon". Mammalian Biology 102 (2022): 417-428.
    10.1007/s42991-022-00242-6
  19. Ferreira, Diogo F.; Gibb, Rory; López-Baucells, Adrià; Nunes, Nuno J.; Jones, Kate E.; Rocha, Ricardo. "Species-specific responses to land-use change in island insectivorous bats". Journal for Nature Conservation (2022): 126177. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126177.
    10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126177
  20. Grilo, Clara; Afonso, Beatriz C.; Afonso, Filipe; Alexandre, Marta; Aliácar, Sara; Almeida, Ana; Alonso, Ivan Prego; et al. "MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL: A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occurrences in Portugal". Ecology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3654.
    10.1002/ecy.3654
  21. Hazard, Q.C.K.; Sabino-Pinto, J.; López-Baucells, A.; Farneda, F.Z.; Meyer, CF.J.; Rocha, R.. "Reproductive phenologies of phyllostomid bats in the Central Amazon". Mammalian Biology (2022):
    Accepted
  22. Christie, Alec P.; White, Thomas B.; Martin, Philip A.; Petrovan, Silviu O.; Bladon, Andrew J.; Bowkett, Andrew E.; Littlewood, Nick A.; et al. "Reducing publication delay to improve the efficiency and impact of conservation science". PeerJ 9 (2021): e12245. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12245.
    10.7717/peerj.12245
  23. Farneda, Fábio Z.; Rocha, Ricardo; Aninta, Sabhrina G.; López-Baucells, Adrià; Sampaio, Erica M.; Palmeirim, Jorge M.; Bobrowiec, Paulo E. D.; Dambros, Cristian S.; Meyer, Christoph F. J.. "Bat phylogenetic responses to regenerating Amazonian forests". Journal of Applied Ecology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14041.
    10.1111/1365-2664.14041
  24. Amano, Tatsuya; Berdejo-Espinola, Violeta; Christie, Alec P.; Willott, Kate; Akasaka, Munemitsu; Báldi, András; Berthinussen, Anna; et al. "Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity". PLOS Biology 19 10 (2021): e3001296. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001296.
    10.1371/journal.pbio.3001296
  25. López-Bosch, David; Rocha, Ricardo; López-Baucells, Adrià; Wang, Yanping; Si, Xingfeng; Ding, Ping; Gibson, Luke; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa. "Passive acoustic monitoring reveals the role of habitat affinity in sensitivity of sub-tropical East Asian bats to fragmentation". Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rse2.237.
    10.1002/rse2.237
  26. López-Baucells, Adrià; Yoh, Natalie; Rocha, Ricardo; Bobrowiec, Paulo E. D.; Palmeirim, Jorge M.; Meyer, Christoph F. J.. "Optimizing bat bioacoustic surveys in human-modified Neotropical landscapes". Ecological Applications 31 6 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eap.2366.
    10.1002/eap.2366
  27. Appel, G.; López-Baucells, A.; Rocha, R.; Meyer, C. F. J.; Bobrowiec, P. E. D.. "Habitat disturbance trumps moonlight effects on the activity of tropical insectivorous bats". Animal Conservation 24 6 (2021): 1046-1058. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12706.
    10.1111/acv.12706
  28. Nunes, Sara F; Mota-Ferreira, Mário; Sampaio, Marta; Andrade, Joana; Oliveira, Nuno; Rebelo, Rui; Rocha, Ricardo. "Trophic niche changes associated with the eradication of invasive mammals in an insular lizard: an assessment using isotopes". Current Zoology (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoab038.
    10.1093/cz/zoab038
  29. Rocha, Ricardo; Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro; López-Baucells, Adrià; Andriamitandrina, Santatra F. M.; Andriatafika, Zo Emmanuel; Temba, Eric Marcel; Torrent, Laura; Burgas, Daniel; Cabeza, Mar. "Human-Bat Interactions in Rural Southwestern Madagascar through a Biocultural Lens". Journal of Ethnobiology 41 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-41.1.53.
    10.2993/0278-0771-41.1.53
  30. Rocha, Ricardo; López-Baucells, Adrià; Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro. "Ethnobiology of Bats: Exploring Human-Bat Inter-Relationships in a Rapidly Changing World". Journal of Ethnobiology 41 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-41.1.3.
    Published • 10.2993/0278-0771-41.1.3
  31. Rato, Catarina; Martins, Beatriz; Rocha, Ricardo; Silva-Rocha, Iolanda. "Uncovered genetic diversity in Hemidactylus mabouia (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Madeira Island reveals uncertain sources of introduction". Amphibia-Reptilia (2021): 1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685381-bja10052.
    In press • 10.1163/15685381-bja10052
  32. Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro; López-Baucells, Adrià; Velazco, Paúl M.; Gyawali, Arun; Rocha, Ricardo; Terraube, Julien; Cabeza, Mar. "The importance of Indigenous Territories for conserving bat diversity across the Amazon biome". Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2020.11.001.
    In press • 10.1016/j.pecon.2020.11.001
  33. Downey, Harriet; Amano, Tatsuya; Cadotte, Marc; Cook, Carly N.; Cooke, Steven J.; Haddaway, Neal R.; Jones, Julia P. G.; et al. "Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management". Ecological Solutions and Evidence 2 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12032.
    10.1002/2688-8319.12032
  34. Rocha, R.; Aziz, S. A.; Brook, C. E.; Carvalho, W. D.; Cooper-Bohannon, R.; Frick, W. F.; Huang, J. C.-C.; et al. "Bat conservation and zoonotic disease risk: a research agenda to prevent misguided persecution in the aftermath of COVID-19". Animal Conservation (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12636.
    In press • 10.1111/acv.12636
  35. Conenna, I.; Santini, L.; Cabeza, M.; Rocha, Ricardo; Monadjem, A.; Russo, D.. "Global patterns of functional trait variation along aridity gradients in bats". Global Ecology and Biogeography (2021):
    In press
  36. López-Baucells, A.; Yoh, N.,; Rocha, Ricardo; Bobrowiec, P.E.D.; Palmeirim, J.M.; Meyer, C.F.J.. "Optimising bat bioacoustic surveys in human-modified Neotropical landscapes". Ecological Applications (2021):
    Accepted
  37. Christie, Alec P.; Abecasis, David; Adjeroud, Mehdi; Alonso, Juan C.; Amano, Tatsuya; Anton, Alvaro; Baldigo, Barry P.; et al. "Quantifying and addressing the prevalence and bias of study designs in the environmental and social sciences". Nature Communications 11 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20142-y.
    Published • 10.1038/s41467-020-20142-y
  38. MacFarlane, Douglas; Rocha, Ricardo. "Guidelines for communicating about bats to prevent persecution in the time of COVID-19". Biological Conservation 248 (2020): 108650. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108650.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108650
  39. Yoh, Natalie; Syme, Peter; Rocha, Ricardo; Meyer, Christoph F. J.; López-Baucells, Adrià. "Echolocation of Central Amazonian ‘whispering’ phyllostomid bats: call design and interspecific variation". Mammal Research 65 3 (2020): 583-597. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13364-020-00503-0.
    Published • 10.1007/s13364-020-00503-0
  40. Geldmann, Jonas; Alves-Pinto, Helena; Amano, Tatsuya; Bartlett, Harriet; Christie, Alec P.; Collas, Lydia; Cooke, Sophia C.; et al. "Insights from two decades of the Student Conference on Conservation Science". Biological Conservation 243 (2020): 108478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108478.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108478
  41. Silva; Rocha; López-Baucells; Farneda; Meyer. "Effects of Forest Fragmentation on the Vertical Stratification of Neotropical Bats". Diversity 12 2 (2020): 67. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d12020067.
    10.3390/d12020067
  42. Jeliazkov, Alienor; Mijatovic, Darko; Chantepie, Stéphane; Andrew, Nigel; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Barbaro, Luc; Barsoum, Nadia; et al. "A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space". Scientific Data 7 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0344-7.
    10.1038/s41597-019-0344-7
  43. Rocha, Ricardo; López-Baucells, Adrià; Farneda, Fábio Z; Ferreira, Diogo F; Silva, Inês; Acácio, Marta; Palmeirim, Jorge M; Meyer, Christoph F J. "Second-growth and small forest clearings have little effect on the temporal activity patterns of Amazonian phyllostomid bats". Current Zoology 66 2 (2020): 145-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoz042.
    10.1093/cz/zoz042
  44. Farneda, Fábio Z.; Grelle, Carlos E. V.; Rocha, Ricardo; Ferreira, Diogo F.; López-Baucells, Adrià; Meyer, Christoph F. J.. "Predicting biodiversity loss in island and countryside ecosystems through the lens of taxonomic and functional biogeography". Ecography 43 1 (2020): 97-106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04507.
    10.1111/ecog.04507
  45. Rocha, Ricardo; Paulo A V Borges; Pedro Cardoso; Mirza Dikari Kusrini; Luis Martín-Esquivel; Dília Menezes; Mário Mota-Ferreira; et al. "Stone-stacking as a looming threat to rock-dwelling biodiversity". Human–Wildlife Interactions 14 1 (2020): https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hwi/vol14/iss1/17.
    Published
  46. Natalie Yoh; Peter Syme; Rocha, Ricardo; Christoph FJ Meyer; Adrià López-Baucells. "Echolocation of Central Amazonian 'whispering' phyllostomid bats: call design and interspecific variation". Mammal Research (2020): https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00373.
    Published
  47. Rocha, Ricardo; Reino, Luís; Sepúlveda, Pedro; Ribeiro, Joana. "Introduced population of ring-necked parakeets Psittacula krameri in Madeira Island, Portugal – Call for early action". Management of Biological Invasions 11 3 (2020): 576-587. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2020.11.3.15.
    10.3391/mbi.2020.11.3.15
  48. Aninta, Sabhrina G.; Rocha, Ricardo; López-Baucells, Adrià; Meyer, Christoph F. J.. "Erosion of phylogenetic diversity in Neotropical bat assemblages: findings from a whole-ecosystem fragmentation experiment". Biodiversity and Conservation 28 14 (2019): 4047-4063. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01864-y.
    10.1007/s10531-019-01864-y
  49. Núñez, Silvia Fraixedas; López-Baucells, Adrià; Rocha, Ricardo; Farneda, Fábio Z.; Bobrowiec, Paulo E. D.; Palmeirim, Jorge M.; Meyer, Christoph F. J.. "Echolocation and Stratum Preference: Key Trait Correlates of Vulnerability of Insectivorous Bats to Tropical Forest Fragmentation". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00373.
    10.3389/fevo.2019.00373
  50. Chase, Jonathan M.; Liebergesell, Mario; Sagouis, Alban; May, Felix; Blowes, Shane A.; Berg, Åke; Bernard, Enrico; et al. "FragSAD: A database of diversity and species abundance distributions from habitat fragments". Ecology 100 12 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2861.
    10.1002/ecy.2861
  51. Sutherland, William J.; Taylor, Nigel G.; MacFarlane, Douglas; Amano, Tatsuya; Christie, Alec P.; Dicks, Lynn V.; Lemasson, Anaëlle J.; et al. "Building a tool to overcome barriers in research-implementation spaces: The Conservation Evidence database". Biological Conservation 238 (2019): 108199. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108199.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108199
  52. Conenna, Irene; López-Baucells, Adrià; Rocha, Ricardo; Ripperger, Simon; Cabeza, Mar. "Movement seasonality in a desert-dwelling bat revealed by miniature GPS loggers". Movement Ecology 7 1 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-019-0170-8.
    10.1186/s40462-019-0170-8
  53. Ribeiro, Joana; Reino, Luís; Schindler, Stefan; Strubbe, Diederik; Vall-llosera, Miquel; Araújo, Miguel Bastos; Capinha, César; et al. "Trends in legal and illegal trade of wild birds: a global assessment based on expert knowledge". Biodiversity and Conservation 28 12 (2019): 3343-3369. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01825-5.
    10.1007/s10531-019-01825-5
  54. Simmons, Benno I.; Balmford, Andrew; Bladon, Andrew J.; Christie, Alec P.; De Palma, Adriana; Dicks, Lynn V.; Gallego-Zamorano, Juan; et al. "Worldwide insect declines: An important message, but interpret with caution". Ecology and Evolution 9 7 (2019): 3678-3680. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5153.
    10.1002/ece3.5153
  55. López-Baucells, Adrià; Torrent, Laura; Rocha, Ricardo; E.D. Bobrowiec, Paulo; M. Palmeirim, Jorge; F.J. Meyer, Christoph. "Stronger together: Combining automated classifiers with manual post-validation optimizes the workload vs reliability trade-off of species identification in bat acoustic surveys". Ecological Informatics 49 (2019): 45-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2018.11.004.
    10.1016/j.ecoinf.2018.11.004
  56. Kemp, James; López-Baucells, Adrià; Rocha, Ricardo; Wangensteen, Owen S.; Andriatafika, Zo; Nair, Abhilash; Cabeza, Mar. "Bats as potential suppressors of multiple agricultural pests: A case study from Madagascar". Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 269 (2019): 88-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2018.09.027.
    10.1016/j.agee.2018.09.027
  57. Dornelas, Maria; Antão, Laura H.; Moyes, Faye; Bates, Amanda E.; Magurran, Anne E.; Adam, Dušan; Akhmetzhanova, Asem A.; et al. "BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene". Global Ecology and Biogeography 27 7 (2018): 760-786. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12729.
    10.1111/geb.12729
  58. Torrent, Laura; López-Baucells, Adrià; Rocha, Ricardo; Bobrowiec, Paulo E. D.; Meyer, Christoph F. J.. "The importance of lakes for bat conservation in Amazonian rainforests: an assessment using autonomous recorders". Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 4 4 (2018): 339-351. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rse2.83.
    10.1002/rse2.83
  59. Rocha, Ricardo; Hua, Fangyuan. "Tackle all forms of under-representation in science". Nature 557 7707 (2018): 637-637. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05289-5.
    10.1038/d41586-018-05289-5
  60. Rocha, Ricardo; Ovaskainen, Otso; López-Baucells, Adrià; Farneda, Fábio Z.; Sampaio, Erica M.; Bobrowiec, Paulo E. D.; Cabeza, Mar; Palmeirim, Jorge M.; Meyer, Christoph F. J.. "Secondary forest regeneration benefits old-growth specialist bats in a fragmented tropical landscape". Scientific Reports 8 1 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21999-2.
    10.1038/s41598-018-21999-2
  61. Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro; López-Baucells, Adrià; Rocha, Ricardo; Andriamitandrina, Santatra F. M.; Andriatafika, Zo Emmanuel; Burgas, Daniel; Temba, Eric Marcel; Torrent, Laura; Cabeza, Mar. "Are sacred caves still safe havens for the endemic bats of Madagascar?". Oryx 52 02 (2018): 271-275. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605317001648.
    10.1017/s0030605317001648
  62. Farneda, Fábio Z.; Rocha, Ricardo; López-Baucells, Adrià; Sampaio, Erica M.; Palmeirim, Jorge M.; Bobrowiec, Paulo E.D.; Grelle, Carlos E.V.; Meyer, Christoph F.J.. "Functional recovery of Amazonian bat assemblages following secondary forest succession". Biological Conservation 218 (2018): 192-199. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.12.036.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2017.12.036
  63. Farneda, Fábio Z.; Rocha, Ricardo; López-Baucells, Adrià; Sampaio, Erica M.; Palmeirim, Jorge M.; Bobrowiec, Paulo E. D.; Grelle, Carlos E. V.; Meyer, Christoph F. J.. "The Road to Functional Recovery: Temporal Effects of Matrix Regeneration on Amazonian Bats". Tropical Conservation Science 11 (2018): 194008291877718. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1940082918777185.
    10.1177/1940082918777185
  64. López-Baucells, Adrià; Rocha, Ricardo; Da Cunha Tavares, Valéria; Martins Moras, Ligiane; Silva, Sara Ema; Bobrowiec, Paulo Estefano Dineli; Meyer, Christoph F.J.. "Molecular, morphological and acoustic identification of Eumops maurus and Eumops hansae (Chiroptera: Molossidae) with new reports from Central Amazonia". Tropical Zoology 31 1 (2017): 1-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03946975.2017.1382284.
    10.1080/03946975.2017.1382284
  65. López-Baucells, Adrià; Rocha, Ricardo; Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro. "When bats go viral: negative framings in virological research imperil bat conservation". Mammal Review 48 1 (2017): 62-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mam.12110.
    10.1111/mam.12110
  66. Rocha, Ricardo; Ovaskainen, Otso; López-Baucells, Adrià; Farneda, Fábio Z.; Ferreira, Diogo F.; Bobrowiec, Paulo E.D.; Cabeza, Mar; Palmeirim, Jorge M.; Meyer, Christoph F.J.. "Design matters: An evaluation of the impact of small man-made forest clearings on tropical bats using a before-after-control-impact design". Forest Ecology and Management 401 (2017): 8-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.06.053.
    10.1016/j.foreco.2017.06.053
  67. López-Baucells, Adrià; Torrent, Laura; Rocha, Ricardo; Pavan, Ana Carolina; Bobrowiec, Paulo Estefano D.; Meyer, Christoph F. J.. "Geographical variation in the high-duty cycle echolocation of the cryptic common mustached bat Pteronotus cf. rubiginosus (Mormoopidae)". Bioacoustics 27 4 (2017): 341-357. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2017.1357145.
    10.1080/09524622.2017.1357145
  68. Rocha, Ricardo; Ferreira, Diogo F.; López-Baucells, Adrià; Farneda, Fábio Z.; Carreiras, João M. B.; Palmeirim, Jorge M.; Meyer, Christoph F. J.. "Does sex matter? Gender-specific responses to forest fragmentation in Neotropical bats". Biotropica 49 6 (2017): 881-890. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/btp.12474.
    10.1111/btp.12474
  69. Ferreira, Diogo F.; Rocha, Ricardo; López-Baucells, Adrià; Farneda, Fábio Z.; Carreiras, João M. B.; Palmeirim, Jorge M.; Meyer, Christoph F. J.. "Season-modulated responses of Neotropical bats to forest fragmentation". Ecology and Evolution 7 11 (2017): 4059-4071. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3005.
    10.1002/ece3.3005
  70. Rocha, Ricardo; Sequeira, Miguel M.; Douglas, Leo R.; Gouveia, Manuela; Jardim, Roberto; Jesus, José; Jones, Holly P.; Russo, Danilo. "Extinctions of introduced game species on oceanic islands: curse for hunters or conservation opportunities?". Biodiversity and Conservation 26 10 (2017): 2517-2520. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-017-1363-3.
    10.1007/s10531-017-1363-3
  71. Conenna, Irene; Rocha, Ricardo; Russo, Danilo; Cabeza, Mar. "Insular bats and research effort: a review of global patterns and priorities". Mammal Review 47 3 (2017): 169-182. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mam.12090.
    10.1111/mam.12090
  72. Serra-Gonçalves, Catarina; López-Baucells, Adrià; Rocha, Ricardo. "Opportunistic predation of a silky short-tailed bat (Carollia brevicauda) by a tawny-bellied screech-owl (Megascops watsonii), with a compilation of predation events upon bats entangled in mist-nets". Barbastella 10 1 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.14709/barbj.10.1.2017.07.
    10.14709/barbj.10.1.2017.07
  73. López-Baucells, Adrià; Rocha, Ricardo; Andriatafika, Zo; Tojosoa, Tafita; Kemp, James; Forbes, Kristian ; Cabeza, Mar. "Roost selection by synanthropic bats in rural Madagascar: what makes non-traditional structures so tempting?". Hystrix 28 1 (2017): 28-35.
  74. Rocha, Ricardo; López-Baucells, Adrià; Farneda, Fábio Z.; Groenenberg, Milou; Bobrowiec, Paulo E. D.; Cabeza, Mar; Palmeirim, Jorge M.; Meyer, Christoph F. J.. "Consequences of a large-scale fragmentation experiment for Neotropical bats: disentangling the relative importance of local and landscape-scale effects". Landscape Ecology 32 1 (2017): 31-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-016-0425-3.
    10.1007/s10980-016-0425-3
  75. Eklund, Johanna; Blanchet, F. Guillaume; Nyman, Johannes; Rocha, Ricardo; Virtanen, Tarmo; Cabeza, Mar. "Contrasting spatial and temporal trends of protected area effectiveness in mitigating deforestation in Madagascar". Biological Conservation 203 (2016): 290-297. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.09.033.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2016.09.033
  76. López-Baucells, Adrià; Rocha, Ricardo; Webala, Paul; Nair, Abhilash; Uusitalo, Ruut; Sironen, Tarja; Forbes, Kristian M.. "Rapid assessment of bat diversity in the Taita Hills Afromontane cloud forests, southeastern Kenya". Barbastella 9 1 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.14709/barbj.9.1.2016.04.
    10.14709/barbj.9.1.2016.04
  77. Rocha, Ricardo; Gordo, Marcelo; López-Baucells, Adrià. "Completing the menu: addition of Scinax cruentommus and Scinax cf. garbei (Anura: Hylidae) to the diet of Trachops cirrhosus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Central Amazon". North-Western Journal of Zoology 12 1 (2016): 199-201.
  78. Rocha, Ricardo; Virtanen, Tarmo; Cabeza, Mar. "Bird Assemblages in a Malagasy Forest-Agricultural Frontier: Effects of Habitat Structure and Forest Cover". Tropical Conservation Science 8 3 (2015): 681-710. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/194008291500800307.
    10.1177/194008291500800307
  79. Farneda, Fábio Z.; Rocha, Ricardo; López-Baucells, Adrià; Groenenberg, Milou; Silva, Inês; Palmeirim, Jorge M.; Bobrowiec, Paulo E. D.; Meyer, Christoph F. J.. "Trait-related responses to habitat fragmentation in Amazonian bats". Journal of Applied Ecology 52 5 (2015): 1381-1391. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12490.
    10.1111/1365-2664.12490
  80. Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro; Rocha, Ricardo. "Bolivia set to violate its protected areas". Nature 523 7559 (2015): 158-158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/523158c.
    10.1038/523158c
  81. Penado, Andreia; Rocha, Ricardo; Sampaio, Marta; Gil, Vanessa; Rebelo, Rui. "Where to “Rock”? Choice of retreat sites by a gecko in a semi-arid habitat". Acta Herpetologica 10 1 (2015): 47-54.
  82. López-Baucells, Adrià; Hernández Tabernero, Luis ; Rocha, Ricardo. "Science outreach in the time of social media: an analysis of the performance of the scientific journal Barbastella in Twitter and Facebook". Barbastella 8 1 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.14709/barbj.8.1.2015.08.
    10.14709/barbj.8.1.2015.08
  83. Rocha, Ricardo. "Look what the cat dragged in: Felis silvestris catus as predators of insular bats and instance of predation on the endangered Pipistrellus maderensis". Barbastella 8 1 (2015): http://dx.doi.org/10.14709/barbj.8.1.2015.04.
    10.14709/barbj.8.1.2015.04
  84. López-Baucells, Adrià; Rocha, Ricardo; Fernández-Arellano, Gilberto; Bobrowiec, Paulo Estefano D.; Palmeirim, Jorge M.; Meyer, Christoph F. J.. "Echolocation of the big red batLasiurus egregius(Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and first record from the Central Brazilian Amazon". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 49 1 (2014): 18-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2014.907600.
    10.1080/01650521.2014.907600
  85. López-Baucells, Adrià; Rocha, Ricardo; García-Mayes, Ileana; Vulinec, Kevina; Meyer, Christoph F.J.. "First record of Micronycteris sanborni (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Central Amazonia, Brazil: range expansion and description of its echolocation". mammalia 78 1 (2014): 127-132. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2013-0006.
    10.1515/mammalia-2013-0006
  86. Rocha, Ricardo; Rebelo, Rui. "Evidence of long-term stability in the iris pattern of Tarentola geckosEvidence of long-term stability in the iris pattern of Tarentola geckos". Herpetology Notes 7 (2014): 161-163.
  87. Rocha, Ricardo; López-Baucells, Adrià. "Predation attempt of Hypsiboas boans (Anura: Hylidae) by Helicops angulatus (Squamata: Dipsadidae) with notes on defensive behavior". Alytes 39 (2014): 78-81.
  88. Rocha, Ricardo; Almeida, Thaís; López-Baucells, Adrià. "Field observation of an adult Lesser treefrog Dendropsophus minutus (Anura: Hylidae) being consumed by a neotropical Lethocerus sp.(Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) nymph". Alytes 31 (2014): 37-39.
  89. Rocha, Ricardo; Carrilho, Tiago; Rebelo, Rui. "Iris photo-identification: A new methodology for the individual recognition of Tarentola geckos". Amphibia-Reptilia 34 4 (2013): 590-596. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685381-00002918.
    10.1163/15685381-00002918
  90. Rocha, Ricardo. "Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis (Columbiformes: Columbidae): First record for the Madeira Archipelago, Portugal". Check List 9 2 (2013): 432-433.
  91. Treitler, Julia Tabea ; Farias, Solange Gomes ; Rocha, Ricardo. "First record of a leucistic piebald Phyllostomus discolor (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)". Chiroptera Neotropical 19 1 (2013): 1179-1181.
  92. Rocha, Ricardo; Borda, Elizabeth; Andreone, Franco; Rosa, Gonçalo M.. "First Reports of Leech Parasitism in Malagasy Anurans". Comparative Parasitology 79 2 (2012): 352-356. http://dx.doi.org/10.1654/4546.1.
    10.1654/4546.1
  93. Rocha, Ricardo; Silva, Inês; Reis, Alaercio Marajó dos; Rosa, Gonçalo M.. "Another frog on the menu: predation of Trachops cirrhosus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) upon Osteocephalus oophagus (Anura: Hylidae)". Chiroptera Neotropical 18 2 (2012): 1136-1138.
    10.1002/jmor.1051990109
  94. Rocha, Ricardo; Paixão, Maurício; Gouveia, Ricardo. "Predation note: Anthus berthelotii madeirensis (Passeriformes: Motacillidae) catches Teira dugesii mauli (Squamata: Lacertidae) in Deserta Grande, Madeira Archipelago". Herpetology Notes 3 (2010): 77-78.
  95. Rocha, Ricardo; Rebelo, Rui. "First record of a piebald Selvagens Gecko Tarentola boettgeri bischoffi (Squamata: Gekkonidae)". Herpetology Notes 3 (2010): 361-362.
Preprint
  1. Sottomayor, Madalena; Palmeirim, Ana Filipa; Meyer, Christoph F.J.; de Lima, R.F.; Rocha, Ricardo; Rainho, Ana. "Nature-Based Solutions to Increase Rice Yield: An Experimental Assessment of the Role of Birds and Bats as Agricultural Pest Suppressors in West Africa". 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4652820.
    10.2139/ssrn.4652820
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Rocha, Ricardo. "Tropical forest fragmentation: effects on the spatio-temporal dynamics of its bat communities". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, 2017.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/03/24 Human-bat interactions in rural southwestern Madagascar through a biocultural lens. International Berlin Bat Meeting
(Berlin, Germany)
2019/08 Optimising Acoustic Survey Protocols for Bat Research in Species-rich Tropical Forests 18th International Bat Research Conference
(Phuket, Thailand)
2019/08 Synanthropic bats as potential suppressors of multiple agricultural pests: A case study from Madagascar. 18th International Bat Research Conference 2019
(Phuket, Thailand)
2019 The Road to Recovery: Temporal Effects of Matrix Regeneration on Amazonian Bats 18th International Bat Research Conference
(Phuket, Thailand)
2018/11 Navigating the waters of academia as an early career BAME researcher Conversations on Career Progression and Race
Equality & Diversity section, University of Cambridge (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
2018/10 Uncovering the Enigmatic Bats of the Amazon Rainforest. Discovery talks
Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge. (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
2018/07 Home range and space use of the yellow-winged bat (Lavia frons) in a tropical desert 55th Annual Meeting of Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation
(Kutching, Malaysia)
2018/07 Optimising acoustic survey protocols for bat research in species-rich tropical forests 55th Annual Meeting of Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation
(Kutching, Malaysia)
2018 Synanthropic bats as potential suppressors of multiple agricultural pests: A case study from Madagascar. 7th SECEMU Bat Research and Conservation Conference.
(United Kingdom)
2018 Functional recovery of Amazonian bat assemblages following secondary forest succession. European Conference of Tropical Ecology.
Society for Tropical Ecology (gtö)
2018 Optimising acoustic survey protocols for bat research in species-rich tropical forests. 55th Annual Meeting of Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation
(Malaysia)
2018 Neotropical bats in a recovering fragmented landscape: effects of matrix regeneration on specialist and generalist species. 55th Annual Meeting of Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation
(Malaysia)
2018 Neotropical bats in a recovering fragmented landscape: effects of matrix regeneration on specialist and generalist species Student Conference on Conservation Science
(United Kingdom)
2017 The importance of temporary lakes and ponds for bat conservation in neotropical rainforests. 14th European Bat Research Symposium,
(Spain)
2017 Island endemic bats and research effort: a review of patterns and priorities worldwide. 14th Asian Test Symposium (ATS'05)
IEEE (Spain)
2016/02 Effects of seasonality on the responses of Neotropical bats to local- and landscape-scale attributes in a fragmented landscape. European Conference of Tropical Ecology.
(Göttingen, Germany)
2016 Changes in functional diversity associated with temporal alterations in landscape context: novel insights into tropical bat responses to habitat fragmentation 17th International Bat Research Conference
(South Africa)
2015 Spatio-temporal dynamics of the impacts of forest fragmentation on neotropical bat assemblages. 27th International Congress for Conservation Biology.
(France)
2015 Trait-related responses to habitat fragmentation in Amazonian bats. VIII Brazilian bat research meeting.
(Brazil)
2014 Neotropical bats in the Anthropocene: researching the effects of habitat loss & fragmentation. 1st CE3C Junior Researchers Annual Meeting.
(Portugal)
2014 Disentangling the relative effects of local and landscape-scale attributes on the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragment Project bat assemblages. 1st Latin-American Bat Congress.
(Ecuador)
2014 Aerial insectivorous bats in Central Amazon: vertical stratification - preliminary results. 1st CE3C Junior Researchers Annual Meeting.
(Portugal)
2013 Temporal variation in responses of Neotropical bats to forest fragmentation. International Bat Meeting, Berlin, Germany
(Germany)
2013 Consequences of a large-scale deforestation experiment on a megadiverse bat assemblage. Portuguese bat meeting.
(Portugal)
2013 Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Central Amazonian Bats. 16th International Bat Research Conference.
(Costa Rica)
2008 São Tomé birds’ response to agricultural intensification. IV Iberian Ornithology Congress.
(Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/10 - Current Insular lizards as alien invaders: from global functional patterns to a regional genetic and ecological perspective
Co-supervisor
 PhD in Biodiversity, Genetics & Evolution (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2022/07 - Current Activity patterns and species-level responses of tropical insectivorous bats to land-use change: insights from the Gulf of Guinea
Co-supervisor
 MSc in Ecology and Environment (Master)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2022/07 - Current Local and landscape-scale predictors of aerial insectivorous bats in the endemic-rich islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, West Africa
Co-supervisor
 MSc in Ecology and Environment (Master)
2022/07 - Current Does the exclusion of bats and birds affects rice yield? A Field experiment in West Africa
Co-supervisor
 MSc in Conservation Biology (Master)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/06 - Current Responses of amphibians and reptiles to land-use change in Guinea-Bissau
Co-supervisor
 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Master)
Helsingin Yliopisto, Finland
2022 - Current DNA metabarcoding assessment of the diet of free-ranging cats in a subtropical oceanic island
Supervisor
 Conservation Biology (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2020 - Current Predicting the effects of climate change on insular bats: a case study from Madeira Island
Co-supervisor
 MSc in Management and Conservation of Natural Resources (Master)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2021 - 2022/12 A camera trap assessment of the abundance of free-ranging cats in an oceanic island
Co-supervisor
 MSc in Protected Areas, Natural Resources and Biodiversity
Universidad de Murcia, Spain
2021 - 2022 Effects of large-scale forest fires on the activity and habitat selection of insular bats
Co-supervisor
 MSc in Ecology
Universität Bremen, Germany
2021 - 2022 A metabarcoding assessment of the diet of insectivorous bats in an subtropical island
Supervisor
 MSc in Ecology and Environment
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Effects of forest loss and fragmentation on East Asian aerial insectivorous bats: an assessment using a sub-tropical land-bridge island as a model system
Co-supervisor
 MSc in Ecology and Biodiversity Management (Master)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2018/06/01 - 2019/11/27 Avaliação do efeito da erradicação de mamíferos invasores no nicho trófico da lagartixa da Berlenga (Podarcis carbonelli berlengensis) com recurso a análise isotópica
Co-supervisor
 Biologia da Conservação (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Effects of seasonality on the responses of Neotropical bats to local- and landscape-scale attributes in a fragmented landscape
Co-supervisor of Diogo Filipe Angelo Ferreira
 Biologia da Conservação (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018 - 2018 Co-organizer of three bat symposia during the Association for Tropical Ecology and Conservation annual meeting, in Borneo, Malaysia: • Bat ecology and conservation: A pantropical perspective • Novel techniques in tropical bat ecology and conservation • Advances in the understanding of tropical bats as pollinators and seed dispersers (2018/07 - 2018/07)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
2014 - 2014 Member of the organization committee of the 1st annual meeting of the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, University of Lisbon. (2014 - 2014)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2018 - Current Spanish Association for the Conservation and Research of Bats
2017 - Current British Ecological Society
2017 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia
2015 - Current Society of Conservation Biology Member of the Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Committee
2015 - Current Portuguese Association of Herpetology founding member
2012 - Current Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation
2002 - Current Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves 2010-2012 – Member of the editorial board of the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds’ magazine: Pardela; 2011-2012 – Director of the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds’ magazine: Pardela

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2018 - 2019 Scientific adviser for a Lonely Planet non-fiction book for children about urban wildlife (Book name: "Wild in the City"; 112 pages, 112pp color, Dimensions: 251mm × 311mm; ISBN: 9781788684903). Lonely Planet Publications, United Kingdom

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2012 - Current Guest lecturer in tropical ecology, MSc Conservation Biology, University of Lisbon
2019/08 - 2019/08 Instructor in a one-week Field Course in Paleotropical Bat Ecology and Conservation in Hat Yai, Thailand Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
2018 - 2018 Instructor in a one-week Field Course in Tropical Bat Ecology in Borneo, Malaysia
2018 - 2018 Guest Lecture, Communication and Publishing Skills, Specialist course Tropical Biology Association, United Kingdom
2016/02 - 2017/06 Invited Lecturer, Biosystematics (February 2017 – June 2017 and February 2016 – June 2016) BSc in Biology, 1st year, University of Madeira, Portugal (64 contact hours x 2) Responsibilities: Lecturing, supervision of practical courses, preparing field trips, preparing and marking exams and assignments. Biossistemática (Licenciatura) Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2016/09 - 2017/01 Invited Lecturer, Animal Biology II (September 2016 – January 2017) BSc in Biology, 2nd year, University of Madeira, Portugal (72 contact hours) Responsibilities: Lecturing, supervision of field activities, preparing field trips, preparing and marking exams and assignments. Biologia Animal II Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2016/10 - 2016/10 Invited Lecturer, Lab Natura BSc in Biology, 2nd year, University of Madeira, Portugal (39 contact hours) Responsibilities: Course design, lecturing, supervision of field activities preparing and marking exams and assignments. Laboratório Natura Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Guest lecturer in tropical ecology, MSc Conservation Biology, University of Lisbon
2013 - 2013 Guest lecturer in tropical ecology, MSc Conservation Biology, University of Lisbon
2013 - 2013 Guest lecturer in a one-month field course in tropical ecology based in Madagascar, University of Helsinki
2013 - 2013 Guest lecturer in reserve planning in the tropics, University of Helsinki Aalto-universitetet Högskola för konst design och arkitektur, Finland

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2022 ‘They saw bigger things’: Richard Leakey, Edward Wilson & Thomas Lovejoy remembered The Guardian
2021/10 Num planeta mais quente, o risco de doenças vindas dos animais é maior Publico
2021/03 Cientistas analisam os morcegos vistos pelos humanos: temidos ou desejados? Wilder
2021 To Save Bats and Their Habitats, We Must Protect the Land Rights of Indigenous People Scientific American
2019/08/23 Ricardo Rocha e Adrià López-Baucells fizeram parte de um dos primeiros estudos a colocar localizadores GPS em morcegos. Conheça melhor estes investigadores. Wilder Magazine
2018 How Madagascar's bats are helping to save the rainforest by fighting insect plagues in the country's rice fields. University of Cambridge News

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2021 - 2021 Febres do Século Zoonoses
2021 - 2021 “Bats: Friend or foe?” BBC Radio
2019/12/20 - 2019/12/20 90 Segundos de Ciência Projeto quer usar morcegos para controlo de pragas agrícolas e de insetos vetores da dengue na Madeira
2017 - 2017 Olhar Indiscreto A entrevista informal que procura conhecer o trabalho desenvolvido por figuras de relevo da ciência, numa abordagem intimista que leva a um conhecimento mais profundo dos entrevistados.
2016/09 - 2016/09 Cientifica mente Guia de Campo dos Morcegos da Amazónia

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021 - Current Web Ecology European Ecological Federation
2021 - Current npj Biodiversity Nature
2015 - Current Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2015 - Current Frontiers in Environmental Science
2017 - 2020 Journal of Bat Research and Conservation

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2015 - 2016 Knowledge gap analysis and conservation of insular bats Irene Conenna

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2018 - 2018 Examination committee of a bat-related PhD thesis of the postgraduate programme in Ecology and Conservation for the Univ. Estadual de Santa Cruz (Brazil) Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Brazil
Distinctions

Award

2020 SCB Europe Section Early Career Conservation Award
Society for Conservation Biology, United States
2018 Best oral presentation: 7th SECEMU Bat Research and Conservation Conference
Spanish Association for the Conservation and Research of Bats (SECEMU), Spain
2017 Amadeu Dias Award for the Best PhD in Portugal
SPECO - Portuguese Ecological Society, Portugal
2013 Best oral presentation: Portuguese bat meeting. 26th to 27th October, Sintra, Portugal