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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Denis Ricardo Isidro Medinas

Citation names

  • Medinas, Denis

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5D1C-AF61-E817
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9529-8131

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/03/01 - 2020/08/01
Ongoing
Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2010
Concluded
Master in Conservation Biology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"Assessing road effects on bats. The role of landscape, road features and bat activity on roadkills." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
18
2008
Concluded
Biology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"Curso em Protocolo de Bolonha" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
14
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2020/05/04 - Current Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/08/24 - 2020/05/03 Research grant holder - Small mammals and Bats surveys, Modeling and Team management Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2015/03/01 - 2019/05/18 PhD grant holder - SFRH/DB/104861/2014 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2013/02/01 - 2015/02/28 Research grant holder - Analysis and modeling of field data Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2010/01/01 - 2013/01/31 Research grant holder - Responsible for monitorization of bats activity and roosts. Identification of recordings through the analysis of sonograms and surveying for road killed vertebrates. Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2009/03/01 - 2009/06/30 Research grant holder - Responsible for monitorization of bats activity and roosts. Identification of recordings through the analysis of sonograms and surveying for road killed vertebrates. Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/08/24 - Current Inventariação de mamíferos de pequeno porte (Ordens Eulipotyphla, Rodentia e Lagomorpha) por análise de dieta de predadores e identificação de indícios de presença, no âmbito da revisão do Livro Vermelho dos Mamíferos de Portugal Continental
(LVMPC - projeto POSEUR-03-225-FC-000097)
Research Fellow
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências
Ongoing
2015/03/01 - 2019/08/14 POPCONNECT
Projeto PTDC/AAG-MAA/0372/2014
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/01/01 - 2015/02/28 “Biodiversity and Climate Change - Fostering Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes by Integrating Habitat Loss, Fragmentation and Climate Change.”
ALENT-07-02224-FEDER-001755
ALENT-07-02224-FEDER-001755
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009/03/01 - 2013/02/28 “Estudo e Valorização de Biodiversidade, Componente da Fauna da SECIL”
SECIL 3º Fase
Research Fellow
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Medinas, Denis; Marques, João Tiago; Costa, Pedro; Santos, Sara; Rebelo, Hugo; Barbosa, A.Márcia; Mira, António. "Spatiotemporal persistence of bat roadkill hotspots in response to dynamics of habitat suitability and activity patterns". Journal of Environmental Management 277 (2021): 111412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111412.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111412
  2. Eufrázio, Sofia; Oliveira, Amália; Miralto, Otília; Medinas, Denis; Silva, Carmo; Sá, Cátia; Mira, António; Salgueiro, Pedro A.. "Unraveling the dynamics of a ground-dwelling beetle population exposed to quarry exploitation and restoration practices". Restoration Ecology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.13056.
    Published • 10.1111/rec.13056
  3. Denis Medinas; Vera Ribeiro; João Tiago Marques; Bruno Silva; Ana Márcia Barbosa; Hugo Rebelo; António Mira. "Road effects on bat activity depend on surrounding habitat type". Science of The Total Environment 660 (2019): 340-347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.032.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.032
  4. Encarnação, Cláudia; Medinas, Denis; Alves, Paulo Célio; Mira, António. "Does short-term habitat management for the European rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ) have lasting effects?". Ecological Research 34 2 (2019): 296-308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.1064.
    Published • 10.1111/1440-1703.1064
  5. Costa, Pedro; Medinas, Denis; Silva, Bruno M.; Mira, António; Guiomar, Nuno; Sales-Baptista, Elvira; Ferraz-de-Oliveira, Maria I.; et al. "Cattle-driven forest disturbances impact ensemble composition and activity levels of insectivorous bats in Mediterranean wood pastures". Agroforestry Systems 93 5 (2018): 1687-1699. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10457-018-0275-x.
    Published • 10.1007/s10457-018-0275-x
  6. Salgueiro, Pedro A.; Mira, António; Rabaça, João E.; Silva, Carmo; Eufrázio, Sofia; Medinas, Denis; Manghi, Giovanni; Silva, Bruno; Santos, Sara M.. "Thinking outside the patch: a multi-species comparison of conceptual models from real-world landscapes". Landscape Ecology 33 3 (2017): 353-370. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-017-0603-y.
    Published • 10.1007/s10980-017-0603-y
  7. Santos, Sara M.; Mira, António; Salgueiro, Pedro A.; Costa, Pedro; Medinas, Denis; Beja, Pedro. "Avian trait-mediated vulnerability to road traffic collisions". Biological Conservation 200 (2016): 122-130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.06.004.
    Published • 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.06.004
  8. Herrera, José M.; Salgueiro, Pedro A.; Medinas, Denis; Costa, Pedro; Encarnação, Cláudia; Mira, António. "Generalities of vertebrate responses to landscape composition and configuration gradients in a highly heterogeneous Mediterranean region". Journal of Biogeography 43 6 (2016): 1203-1214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12720.
    Published • 10.1111/jbi.12720
  9. Santos, Sara M.; Marques, J. Tiago; Lourenço, André; Medinas, Denis; Barbosa, A. Márcia; Beja, Pedro; Mira, António. "Sampling effects on the identification of roadkill hotspots: Implications for survey design". Journal of Environmental Management 162 (2015): 87-95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.07.037.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.07.037
  10. Herrera, J. M.; Costa, P.; Medinas, D.; Marques, J. T.; Mira, A.. "Community composition and activity of insectivorous bats in Mediterranean olive farms". Animal Conservation 18 6 (2015): 557-566. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12209.
    Published • 10.1111/acv.12209
  11. Medinas, Denis. "Assessing road effects on bats: the role of landscape, road features and bat activity on road-kills". Ecological Research (2013): http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11284-012-1009-6.
    10.1007/s11284-012-1009-6
  12. Medinas, Denis. "Major Roads Have a Negative Impact on the Tawny Owl Strix aluco and the Little Owl Athene noctua Populations". Acta Ornithologica (2012): http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3161/000164512X653917.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/000164512X653917