Luís P. da Silva graduated with a degree in Biology in 2009, followed by an MSc in Applied Biology in 2010, both from the University of Aveiro. Before pursuing his PhD, he received a grant to work on the Wind & Biodiversity Project and as a bird ringer in Gedser, Denmark. In 2017, he completed his PhD in Biosciences at the University of Coimbra. Afterward, he worked as a freelance consultant on various environmental impact assessments. He is a junior researcher at CIBIO-InBIO, University of Porto, under the "Stimulus of Scientific Employment, Individual Support – 1st Edition" program (CEECIND/02064/2017). He has published 67 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including many in high-impact journals, as well as one book and five book chapters. According to Google Scholar, his work has garnered almost 1,600 citations (h-index of 22) (https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=_m1pUg8AAAAJ&hl=pt-PT). He is also a reviewer and editor for several journals (https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/M-8479-2013). In addition to his research, he has supervised 9 MSc dissertations and served as an external examiner for 4 MSc and 2 PhD dissertations. He has received one award for his PhD and an honor from a local NGO. He was the Principal Investigator of the FCT-funded project "TOPDEVIL" and has contributed to 2 CCDR-N projects, 1 CCDR-C project, 1 European Era Chair project, 1 Horizon Europe project, 1 Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación project and 2 FCT exploratory projects. Actively involved in public outreach, he has participated in over 60 outreach activities to date. His current research focuses on ornithology, ecological interactions, ecosystem functions and services, biodiversity (including taxonomy), and the impacts of land use changes.
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Personal identification

Full name
Luís Fernando Pascoal da Silva
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • da Silva, Luís Pascoal
  • Silva, Luís
  • da Silva, Luis P.
  • da Silva, Luis

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
611A-BFB3-46C7
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2358-1277
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=_m1pUg8AAAAJ&hl=pt-PT

Email addresses

  • lfpascoals@cibio.up.pt (Professional)
  • lfpascoals@gmail.com (Personal)

Addresses

  • CIBIO-InBIO, Rua Padre Armando Quintas nº7, 4485-661, Vairão, Vila do Conde, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Degree Classification
2012/09 - 2017/01
Concluded
 Biosciences (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"A community-level approach to forest biodiversity and avian dispersal services" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2009 - 2010
Concluded
 Biologia Aplicada (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Forest’s management impact on tits reproduction" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2005 - 2009
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 17

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2019/04/01 - 2021 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
2018/04/01 - 2019/03/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2016/10 - 2017/04 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal
2011/04 - 2012/01 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/06 - 2018/04 Freelancer BioInsight, Portugal

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/04 - 2020/12 EnvMetaGen: Capacity Building at InBIO for Research and Innovation Using Environmental Metagenomics
Grant agreement ID: 668981
Researcher
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation
Ongoing
2011 - 2012 Wind & BIodiversity
11541
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01/01 - Current MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente
UID/MAR/04292/2019
FCiênciasID Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2023/09/01 - 2027/08/31 Vertebrate responses to alien tree plantations
PID2022-137901NB-I00
Researcher
Universidade de Vigo, Spain
 España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Ongoing
2022/09/01 - 2026/02/28 Biodiversity Genomics Europe
101059492
Researcher
Horizon 2020
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva (InBIO)
LA/P/0048/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0048/2020
UIDB/50027/2020
10.54499/UIDB/50027/2020
UIDP/50027/2020
10.54499/UIDP/50027/2020
Researcher
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
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (InBIO)
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
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/10/01 - 2025/03/31 Winged ecosystem services providers in the Alto Douro Wine Region: advantages of bat and bird promotion in Douro vineyards and wine
CEECIND/02064/2017/CP1423/CP1645/CT0009
10.54499/CEECIND/02064/2017/CP1423/CP1645/CT0009
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2024 - 2025 Aquisição de serviços de elaboração de relatório sobre a aplicação das disposições tomadas no âmbito da diretiva aves (2009/147/CE, de 30 de Novembro) na REGI
46/SRAAC/2024
Researcher
Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Ação Climática
2023 - 2025 Restauro ecológico da ribeira do Sinhel
ANF/WWF23
Researcher
Associação Natureza Portugal - WWF
Ongoing
2023/10/01 - 2024/08/31 BAGAza in PorTugal - epidemiological assessment of emergent flavivirus at environment-wildlife-livestock-human interface
2022.09263.PTDC
Researcher
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023 - 2024 Inspeção e limpeza anual de caixas-abrigo para morcegos no PNRVT - 2024
PNRVT-ADRVT-23
Researcher
Parque Natural Regional do Vale do Tua
Concluded
2023/10/01 - 2023/12/31 BIGFIT - Big and small - How do we fit all? An integrative framework for investigating character displacement
EXPL/BIA-EVL/0470-/2021)
Researcher
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva
LA InBIO funding CIBIO
InBIO CIBIO core funding
InBIO CIBIO programme funding
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
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2023/05 - 2023/12 Monitoring herpetofauna and quiropterofauna on Santiago and Sal windfarms
Cabeólica, S.A. 2023
 Cabeólica
2021/09/01 - 2023/08/31 BIOPOLIS CCDR
NORTE-01-0246-FEDER-000063
Researcher
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
Ongoing
2021/09/01 - 2023/08/31 TROPIBIO CCDR
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000046
Researcher
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
2022 - 2023 Inspeção e limpeza anual de caixas-abrigo para morcegos no PNRVT - 2023
PNRVT-ADRVT-22
Researcher
Parque Natural Regional do Vale do Tua
Concluded
2018/06 - 2022/06 Top-down biological control by flying vertebrates on the eucalyptus weevil
PTDC/ASP-SIL/30250/2017
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030250
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

European Regional Development Fund
2021 - 2022 Inspeção e limpeza anual de caixas-abrigo para morcegos no PNRVT - 2022
PNRVT-ADRVT-21
Researcher
Parque Natural Regional do Vale do Tua
Concluded
2019/04/01 - 2021/09/30 Winged ecosystem services providers in the Alto Douro Wine Region: advantages of bat and bird promotion in Douro vineyards and wine
CEECIND/02064/2017/CP1423/CT0011
10.54499/CEECIND/02064/2017/CP1423/CT0011
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019 - 2021 Valorization of the Biodiversity of Póvoa do Varzim City Park
Póvoa do Varzim City Park
Researcher
Concluded
2018/04 - 2020/12 Parque Natural Regional do Vale do Tua: Control of agricultural and forest pests by bats
PNRVT-ADRVT
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
 Agência de Desenvolvimento Regional do Vale do Tua
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centre for Functional Ecology
UID/BIA/04004/2019
Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019 - 2019 Flora and Bird biodiversity monotoring at Herdade da Coitadinha
FloraBirdBiodiversity
Researcher
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - LA 17 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/MAR/LA0017/2011
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Publications

Book
  1. da Silva, Luis P.. Atlas dos Morcegos de Portugal Continental. Portugal. 2013.
Book chapter
  1. da Silva, Luis P.. "Cecropis daurica". In Atlas das Aves Invernantes e Migradoras de Portugal 2011-2013. 2018.
  2. da Silva, Luis P.. "Phylosocpus trochilus". In Atlas das Aves Invernantes e Migradoras de Portugal 2011-2013. 2018.
  3. da Silva, Luis P.. "Phylloscopus collybita". In Atlas das Aves Invernantes e Migradoras de Portugal 2011-2013. 2018.
  4. da Silva, Luis P.. "Phylloscopus ibericus". In Atlas das Aves Invernantes e Migradoras de Portugal 2011-2013. 2018.
  5. da Silva, Luis P.. "Monticola saxatilis". In Atlas das Aves Invernantes e Migradoras de Portugal 2011-2013. 2018.
Conference abstract
  1. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Lopes de Carvalho, Isabel; Carretero, Miguel A.; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; El-Mustapha Laghzaoui; El Mouden, E. H.; Alfonso Rocha; et al. "The role of hosts in shaping highly structured Borrelia lusitaniae populations". Paper presented in XV International Symposium on Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Weimar, 2023.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. López-Núñez, Francisco Alejandro; Duarte, Liliana Neto; Nunes, Ana Sofia; Sobral, Olímpia; Roldão Almeida, Mónica; Dinis, Marco; Rui Leal Vaz; et al. "The post-release monitoring of Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae in Portugal: Eight years of challenges and achievements". Paper presented in TiBE 2023: Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution. Invaders on the Horizon! Advancing Invasion Science from Genes to Ecosystem to Society, Vila do Conde, 2023.
  2. da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Mata, Vanessa A.; Lopes PB; Pinho C; Chaves C; Correia, Edna; Pinto J; et al. "Pest consumption by birds: a regulatory service simplified by agriculture and driven by bird abundance". Paper presented in XI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia., 2023.
  3. Tenreiro, P.Q.T.; Marques, S.; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Araújo, PM. "Ringing and Diversity of the Taipal marsh.". Paper presented in 4th Technical Encounter of Bird Ringers (ETA)., Vila Nova de Gaia, 2014.
    Published
  4. Araújo, PM; Tenreiro, P.Q.T.; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Jaime A. Ramos. "Temporal changes in bird communities of riparian and marsh environments in Central Portugal.". Paper presented in VII Congress of Ornithology., Almada, 2014.
    Published
  5. Araújo, PM; Tenreiro, P.Q.T.; Marques, S.; da Silva, Luís Pascoal. "Diversity and dynamic of passerines from the reedbeds from the Taipal marsh". Paper presented in VI Congress of Ornithology & IV Iberian Congress of Ornithology. 5-8 December. Elvas, Portugal., Elvas, 2009.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Fontoura-Gonçalves, Catarina; da Silva, Luis P.; Moraga, A; Contreras, M; Lopes, AM; de Mello, G; ALVES, Paulo C; et al. "Detection and genomic characterization of West Nile virus in wild birds in Portugal, 2021-2023". Paper presented in First International Congress ENZOEM, 2025.
  2. Velarde-Garcéz, Daniel A.; Mata, Vanessa A.; Beja, Pedro; da Silva, Luis P.. "DNA metabarcoding, diversity partitioning and null models reveal mechanisms of seasonal trophic specialisation in the Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala". Paper presented in XI Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia, 2023.
  3. Medeiros, D; da Silva, Luis P.; Fontaine, Rémi; Cataldo, D; Andrade, Pedro; Rodrigues, Tiago M; Fonseca, A; Neves, N; Gonçalves, David. "The diet of the Azores Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus azorica) during autumn and winter based on crop content analysis". Paper presented in XI Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia, 2023.
  4. Ceia, Ricardo S; Faria, N; Lopes, PB; Alves, Joana; da Silva, Antonio Alves; Valente, C; Gonçalves, CI; et al. "Local and landscape effects on the Eucalyptus weevil". Paper presented in TiBE 2023 - Invaders on the HORIZON! Advancing Invasion Science from Genes to Ecosystems to Society, 2023.
  5. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Lopes de Carvalho, Isabel; Carretero, Miguel A.; da Silva, Luis; Laghzaoui, E-M; El Mouden, E-H; Rocha, A; et al. "Borrelia lusitaniae highly structured populations: can you blame the tick or the vertebrate host?". Paper presented in International Symposium on Tick-Borne Pathogens and Disease (ITPD), 2023.
  6. Santos, Ana Sofia; Velez, Rita; Norte, Ana Cláudia; Amaro, Fátima; Amaro F; Alves, Maria João; Melo, Pedro; Santos, Nuno; et al. "The role of wild animals and associated ticks in Coxiella burnetii natural cycle". Paper presented in Microbiotec 2021, 2021.
  7. Oliveira, Daniela; Mata, Vanessa A.; da Silva, Luis P.. "Exquisite taste: can bats contribute to biocontrol services of exotic eucalypt pests?". Paper presented in 6th International Berlin Bat Meeting, 2021.
  8. Martins, BH; Acácio, Marta; Pacheco, Carlos; Encarnação, Vitor; Moniz, F; Tenreiro, P.J.Q.; da Silva, Luis P.; et al. "Changes in the migratory behavior of the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) in Portugal". Paper presented in XIX Portuguese National Congress of Ecology, 2020.
  9. Mata, Vanessa A.; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Veríssimo, Joana; Horta, Pedro; Raposeira, Helena; Santos, Cátia; Pinho, Catarina J.; et al. "Using metabarcoding to understand pest control services by flying vertebrates.". Paper presented in Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution - TiBE2020, 2020.
  10. da Silva, Luis P.; Alves da Silva, António; Valente, Carlos; Gonçalves, Catarina; Azevedo-Pereira, HMVS; Alves, Joana; Sousa, JP; et al. "Topdevil - Top-down biological control by flying vertebrates on the eucalyptus weevil". Paper presented in VII Iberian Congress and XXIV Spanish Congress of Ornithology, 2019.
  11. da Silva, Luis P.; Mata, Vanessa A.; Lopes, Pedro B.; Jarman, Simon N.; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge. "Metabarcoding in passerine diet analyses: efforts, biases and results". Paper presented in 3rd Symposium on Ecological Networks and 3rd Symposium on Molecular Analysis of Trophic Interactions, 2017.
  12. Catry, Inês; Encarnação, V; Pacheco, Carlos; Catry, Teresa; Tenreiro, PQ; da Silva, Luis P.; Leão, F; et al. "Recent changes on migratory behaviour of white-storks (Ciconia ciconia): towards the end of migration?". Paper presented in Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds and VI Iberian Congress of Ornithology, 2016.
  13. da Silva, Luis P.; Mata, Vanessa A.; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge. "The Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura) in Portugal: a doomed species?". Paper presented in Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds and VI Iberian Congress of Ornithology, 2016.
  14. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Araújo, PM; da Silva, Luis P.; Tenreiro, Paulo Q.; Ramos, Jaime; Núncio, MS; Zé-Zé, L; Lopes de Carvalho, I.. "Phylogenetic characterization of Borrelia turdi isolates obtained from ticks infesting birds in Western Europe through Multilocus Sequence Analysis". Paper presented in 14th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and other Tick-Borne Diseases (ICBL), 2015.
  15. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Alves da Silva, António; Alves, Joana; da Silva, Luis P.; Núncio, MS; Escudero, R.; Anda, P.; Ramos, Jaime; Lopes de Carvalho, I.. "Lizards and small mammals as reservoirs for Borrelia lusitaniae in Portugal". Paper presented in 14th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and other Tick-Borne Diseases (ICBL), 2015.
  16. Araújo, PM; Tenreiro, Paulo Q.; da Silva, Luis P.; Lopes, Pedro B.; Ramos, Jaime. "Using triglycerides to evaluate migratory strategies in passerines". Paper presented in VII Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds, 2014.
    10.1109/fdl.2016.7880380
  17. Lopes, Pedro B.; Araújo, PM; Tenreiro, PQ; da Silva, Luis P.; Silveira, AF; Ramos, Jaime. "The use of reedbed and riparian habitats by cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti". Paper presented in VII Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds, 2014.
  18. Martinho, F; Faísca, P; da Silva, Luis P.; Tenreiro, PQ. "First report of Knemidocoptes jamaicensis infection in tits (Parus major and Cyanistes caeruleus) in Portugal". Paper presented in VII Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds, 2014.
  19. Silveira, AF.; Araújo, PM; Tenreiro, Paulo Q.; da Silva, Luis P.; Ramos, Jaime. "Portugal: a stopover for Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus along the migration route Europe-Africa-Europe". Paper presented in VII Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds, 2014.
  20. da Silva, Luis P.; Ramos, Jaime; Olensen, JM; Traveset, Anna; Heleno, Ruben. "Bird pollination in Europe: irrelevant or underappreciated?". Paper presented in BOU Autumn Conference - Birds in the entangled bank: advances in food webs theory and practice, 2014.
  21. da Silva, Luis P.; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Drovetski, SV. "A comparison of avian haemosporidian parasite communities across the strait of Gibraltar". Paper presented in International conference on Malaria and Related Haemosporidian Parasites of Wildlife, 2013.
  22. Araújo, PM; Tenreiro, Paulo Q.; da Silva, Luis P.; Lopes, Pedro B.; Silveira, AF.; Ramos, Jaime. "Using triglycerides to evaluate migratory strategies in wetland passerines". Paper presented in Waterbird Society 37th Annual Meeting, 2013.
  23. da Silva, Luis P.; Alves, Joana; Alves da Silva, António; Ramos, Jaime; Fonseca, C.. "Reproductive performance of Tits in different forests". Paper presented in VII Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds and I Macaronesian Journeys of Ornithology, 2011.
  24. da Silva, Luis P.; Ferreira, NGC; Santos, M.; Soares, AMVM; Fonseca, Carlos; Loureiro, Susana. "Habitats: can they stress birds?". Paper presented in SETAC Europe 20th Annual Meeting, 2010.
  25. Matos, Milena; Ratola, Diana; da Silva, Luis P.; Fonseca, Carlos. "Which forest variables influence bird diversity and abundance?". Paper presented in XIII World Forestry Congress, 2009.
  26. da Silva, Luis P.; Alves, Joana; Matos, Milena; C. Fonseca. "Rapaces como controladores de pequeños mamíferos en Portugal: el caso de lechuza común". Paper presented in IX Journeys of SECEM, 2009.
  27. Matos, Milena; da Silva, Luis P.; C. Fonseca. "A Avifauna da Mata Nacional do Bussaco". Paper presented in VI Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds and IV Iberian Congress of Ornithology, 2009.
  28. da Silva, Luis P.; Alves, Joana; Alves da Silva, António; Pereira, Pedro; Matos, Milena; Fonseca, C.. "Reprodução de Parídeos em diferentes habitats florestais". Paper presented in VI Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds and IV Iberian Congress of Ornithology, 2009.
  29. Araújo, PM; Tenreiro, PQ; Pedrosa-Marques, Sérgio; da Silva, Luis P.. "Caracterização da População de Guarda-rios Alcedo atthis na ZPE do Paul do Taipal". Paper presented in VI Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds and IV Iberian Congress of Ornithology, 2009.
  30. Tenreiro, Paulo Q.; Pedrosa-Marques, Sérgio; Araújo, PM; da Silva, Luis P.. "Distribuição e efectivos reprodutores de Goraz Nycticorax nycticorax, Garça-real Ardea cinerea e Garça-vermelha Ardea purpurea nos pauis do Baixo Mondego em 2009". Paper presented in VI Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds and IV Iberian Congress of Ornithology, 2009.
  31. da Silva, L.P.; Alves, J.; Matos, M.; Fonseca, C.; da Silva, Luis P.; Alves, Joana; Matos, Milena; C. Fonseca. "Rapaces como controladores de pequeños mamíferos en Portugal: el caso de la lechuza común". Paper presented in IX Jornadas de la Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos, 2009.
Journal article
  1. Darras, K.F.A.; Rountree, R.; Van Wilgenburg, S.; Cord, A.F.; Pitz, F.; Chen, Y.; Dong, L.; et al. "Worldwide Soundscapes: a synthesis of passive acoustic monitoring across realms". Global Ecology and Biogeography (2025):
    Accepted • 10.1101/2024.04.10.588860
  2. Luis P. DA SILVA; António Pereira COUTINHO; Jaime A. RAMOS; Ruben H. HELENO. "Anthropogenic forests simplify seed- but not pollen-dispersal networks". Integrative Zoology 20 1 (2025): 160-170. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12868.
    10.1111/1749-4877.12868
  3. Cifuentes, J; Gilgado, JD; Hernádez-Barbero, J; da Silva, Luis P.. "The family Styloniscidae (Isopoda: Oniscidea) in the Iberia Peninsula, with the first records of two exotic species". Entomological News (2025): https://doi.org/10.3157/021.132.0205.
    Accepted • 10.3157/021.132.0205
  4. Julio Cifuentes; da Silva, Luis P.. "The genus Trichoniscoides Sars, 1899 (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Trichoniscidae) from Portugal, with descriptions of three new species". European Journal of Taxonomy (2025):
    Accepted
  5. Álvaro Luna; Elena Moreno; José Antonio Pinzolas; Santiago Oliver; Susanna Meyer; Olaf Brodermann; Carlos Merino; et al. "Anthropogenic debris as nest material in three swift species: New insights into the interactions of atmospheric pollution with wildlife". Science of The Total Environment (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175171.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175171
  6. João P. Marques; Paulo C. Alves; Isabel R. Amorim; Ricardo J. Lopes; Monica Moura; Eugene Myers; Manuela Sim-sim; et al. "Building a Portuguese coalition for biodiversity genomics". npj Biodiversity (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44185-024-00061-7.
    10.1038/s44185-024-00061-7
  7. da Silva, Luis P.; Mata, Vanessa A.; Lopes, Pedro B.; Pinho, Catarina J.; Chaves, Catia; Correia, E; Pinto, Joana; et al. "Dietary metabarcoding reveals the simplification of bird–pest interaction networks across a gradient of agricultural cover". Molecular Ecology (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.17324.
    10.1111/mec.17324
  8. Daniel A. Velarde-Garcéz; Vanessa A. Mata; Pedro Beja; Luis P. da Silva. "DNA metabarcoding, diversity partitioning and null models reveal mechanisms of seasonal trophic specialization in a Mediterranean warbler". Molecular Ecology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17245.
    10.1111/mec.17245
  9. Mc Cartney, A. M.; Formenti, G.; Mouton, A.; De Panis, D.; Marins, L. S.; Leitao, H. G.; Diedericks, G.; et al. "The European Reference Genome Atlas: piloting a decentralised approach to equitable biodiversity genomics". npj Biodiversity 3 (2024): 28. https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/64400672/.
    Open access • Published • 10.1101/2023.09.25.559365
  10. Júlio M. Neto; da Silva, Luís Pascoal. Corresponding author: Júlio M. Neto. "Autumn migration of Aquatic Warblers Acrocephalus paludicola in Portugal revisited". Ardea (2024):
    Accepted
  11. Leonard, A.; Abalos, J.; Adhola, T.; Aguirre, W.; Aizpurua, O.; Ali, S.; Andreone, F.; et al. "A global initiative for ecological and evolutionary hologenomics". Trends in Ecology and Evolution 39 7 (2024): 616-620. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85195423249&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.tree.2024.03.005
  12. Challéat, S.; Farrugia, N.; Froidevaux, J.S.P.; Gasc, A.; Pajusco, N.; Zina, V.; Puccherelli, I.Z.; et al. "A dataset of acoustic measurements from soundscapes collected worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic". Scientific Data 11 1 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85202741609&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/s41597-024-03611-7
  13. Cifuentes, J.; DA SILVA, L.P.. "Revision of the genus Porcellionides Miers, 1877 (Isopoda: Porcellionidae) in the Ibero-Balearic region". European Journal of Taxonomy 939 (2024): 1-51. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85200736182&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.5852/ejt.2024.939.2573
  14. Martins, L.P.; Stouffer, D.B.; Blendinger, P.G.; Böhning-Gaese, K.; Costa, J.M.; Dehling, D.M.; Donatti, C.I.; et al. "Birds optimize fruit size consumed near their geographic range limits". Science (New York, N.Y.) 385 6706 (2024): 331-336. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85199126898&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1126/science.adj1856
  15. Grosso-Silva, JM; van der Heyden, T; Valkenburg, T; da Silva, Luis P.; Gosseries, A; Conceiçao, NFP. "Leptopus hispanus Rambur, 1840 (Hemiptera: Leptopodidae: Leptopodinae), new species for Portugal". Arquivos Entomolóxicos 28 (2024): 231-234.
    Published
  16. Koen Hufkens; Christoph Meier; Ruben Evens; Josefa Arán Paredes; Hakan Karaardiç; Stef Vercauteren; Ann Van Gysel; et al. "Evaluating the effects of moonlight on the vertical flight profiles of three western palaearctic swifts". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290 2010 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0957.
    10.1098/rspb.2023.0957
  17. Ricardo S. Ceia; Pedro B. Lopes; Luís P. da Silva. "Factors determining the occupancy of nest-boxes by Great Tits (Parus major) in eucalypt plantations". Avian Research (2023): 100098-100098. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2023.100098.
    10.1016/j.avrs.2023.100098
  18. Julia Zurdo; Adrián Barrero; Luís P. da Silva; Daniel Bustillo-de la Rosa; Julia Gómez-Catasús; Manuel B. Morales; Juan Traba; Vanessa A. Mata. "Dietary niche overlap and resource partitioning among six steppe passerines of Central Spain using DNA metabarcoding". Ibis (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13188.
    10.1111/ibi.13188
  19. Julio Cifuentes; Luis P. Da Silva. "The genus Eluma in the Iberian Peninsula, with the description of a new terrestrial isopod: Eluma matae sp. nov. (Oniscidea, Armadillidiidae, Eluminae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (2023): https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.860.2047.
    10.5852/ejt.2023.860.2047
  20. Luis P. da Silva; Daniela Oliveira; Vanessa A. Mata. "Can bats help paper industry? An evaluation of eucalypt insect-related predation by bats". Mammalian Biology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00333-4.
    10.1007/s42991-022-00333-4
  21. Sandra Fernandes; Vanessa A. Mata; Luis P. da Silva. "Feeding ecology of a highly aerial bird during its long breeding season". Avian Research (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100073.
    10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100073
  22. Timóteo, Sérgio; Albrecht, Jörg; Rumeu, Beatriz; Norte, Ana C.; Traveset, Anna; Frost, Carol M.; Marchante, Elizabete; et al. "Tripartite networks show that keystone species can multitask". Functional Ecology 37 2 (2023): 274-286. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14206.
    10.1111/1365-2435.14206
  23. Julio Cifuentes; Luis P. da Silva. "A new epigean species of Trichoniscoides (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Trichoniscidae) from the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula". Nauplius (2023): https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2023016.
    10.1590/2358-2936e2023016
  24. Hufkens, Koen; Meier, Christoph M; Evens, Ruben; Paredes, Josefa Aran; Karaardic, Hakan; Vercauteren, Stef; Van Gysel, Ann; et al. "Moonlight synchronous flights across three western palearctic swifts mirror size dependent prey preferences". BioRxiv (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/60693063/.
    10.1101/2023.04.25.538243
  25. Ceia, Ricardo S.; Faria, Nuno; Lopes, Pedro B.; Alves, Joana; da Silva, Antonio Alves; Valente, Carlos; Goncalves, Catarina I.; et al. "Bird taxonomic and functional diversity, group- and species-level effects on a gradient of weevil-caused damage in eucalypt plantations". Forest Ecology and Management (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/54151553/.
    10.1016/J.FORECO.2023.121233
  26. Luís P. da Silva. "Terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) of São Tomé Island, with the description of two new Armadillidae Brandt, 1831 species". Zoosystema (2023): https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/45/21.
    10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a21
  27. S. Ferreira; D. Oliveira; L. P. da Silva; A. Utevsky; S. Utevsky. "First record of the introduced freshwater leech Helobdella europaea Kutschera 1987 in Portugal". Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica (2022): https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2022.20.0111.
    10.32800/amz.2022.20.0111
  28. Luis P. da Silva; Daniela Oliveira; Sónia Ferreira; Catarina I. Gonçalves; Carlos Valente; Vanessa A. Mata. "Birds as potential suppressing agents of eucalypt plantations' insect pests". BioControl (2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-022-10164-4.
    10.1007/s10526-022-10164-4
  29. Martins, Lucas P.; Stouffer, Daniel B.; Blendinger, Pedro G.; Böhning-Gaese, Katrin; Buitrón-Jurado, Galo; Correia, Marta; Costa, José Miguel; et al. "Global and regional ecological boundaries explain abrupt spatial discontinuities in avian frugivory interactions". Nature Communications 13 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34355-w.
    10.1038/s41467-022-34355-w
  30. Pedro M. Araújo; Ivan Viegas; Luis P. Da Silva; Pedro B. Lopes; Ludgero C. Tavares; Jaime A. Ramos. "Blood Metabolites and Profiling Stored Adipose Tissue Reveal the Differential Migratory Strategies of Eurasian Reed and Sedge Warblers". Birds (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/birds3040024.
    10.3390/birds3040024
  31. Grilo, Clara; Beatriz C. Afonso; Filipe Afonso; Marta Alexandre; Sara Aliácar; Ana Almeida; Ivan Prego Alonso; 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
  32. Vanessa A. Mata; Luis P. Silva; Joana Veríssimo; Pedro Horta; Helena Raposeira; Gary F. McCracken; Hugo Rebelo; Pedro Beja. "Combining DNA metabarcoding and ecological networks to inform conservation biocontrol by small vertebrate predators". Ecological Applications (2021): https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2457.
    10.1002/eap.2457
  33. Gwiazdowska, A; Karpinska, O; Rowinski, K; Panagiotopoulou, H; Pomorski, JJ; Broughton, RK; da Silva, Luis; Rutkowski, R. "First microsatellite markers for the European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) and their application in analysis of parentage and genetic diversity". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98364-3.
    10.1038/s41598-021-98364-3
  34. Ceia, Ricardo S; Nuno Faria; Lopes, Pedro Brito; Joana Alves; Alves da Silva, António; Valente, Carlos; Catarina I Gonçalves; et al. "Local and landscape effects on the occurrence and abundance of the Eucalyptus weevil Gonipterus platensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)". Forest Ecology and Management 500 (2021): 119618-119618. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119618.
    10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119618
  35. Sónia Ferreira; Pjotr Oosterbroek; Jaroslav Starý; Pedro Sousa; Vanessa Mata; Luis da Silva; Joana Paupério; Pedro Beja. "The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Portuguese Diptera 02 - Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Tipulidae". Biodiversity Data Journal (2021): https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e69841.
    10.3897/BDJ.9.e69841
  36. Juan P. González-Varo; Beatriz Rumeu; Jörg Albrecht; Juan M. Arroyo; Rafael S. Bueno; Tamara Burgos; Luís P. da Silva; et al. "Limited potential for bird migration to disperse plants to cooler latitudes". Nature 595 7865 (2021): 75-79. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03665-2.
    10.1038/s41586-021-03665-2
  37. da Silva, Luis; Lopes de Carvalho, Isabel; Rita, De Sousa; Norte, Ana Cláudia. "First report of Ixodes lividus (Koch,1844) in sand martins Riparia riparia in Portugal". Systematic and Applied Acarology 25 10 (2020): 1883-1888. http://dx.doi.org/10.11158/saa.25.10.11.
    Published • 10.11158/saa.25.10.11
  38. da Silva, Luis P.; Mata, Vanessa A.; Lopes, Pedro B.; Lopes, Ricardo J.; Beja, Pedro. "High-resolution multi-marker DNA metabarcoding reveals sexual dietary differentiation in a bird with minor dimorphism". Ecology and Evolution 10 19 (2020): 10364-10373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6687.
    Open access • 10.1002/ece3.6687
  39. Møller, Anders Pape; Balbontín, Javier; Dhondt, André A.; Adriaensen, Frank; Artemyev, Alexandr; Banbura, Jerzy; Barba, Emilio; et al. "Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction". Oikos 129 12 (2020): 1807-1819. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/oik.07305.
    Published • 10.1111/oik.07305
  40. Mata, Vanessa A.; Ferreira, Sónia; Campos, Rebeca M.; da Silva, Luis P.; Veríssimo, Joana; Corley, Martin F. V.; Beja, Pedro. "Efficient assessment of nocturnal flying insect communities by combining automatic light traps and DNA metabarcoding". Environmental DNA (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/edn3.125.
    Open access • 10.1002/edn3.125
  41. Costa, José M.; Ramos, Jaime A.; Timóteo, Sérgio; da Silva, Luis P.; Ceia, Ricardo S.; Heleno, Ruben H.. "Species temporal persistence promotes the stability of fruit–frugivore interactions across a 5-year multilayer network". Journal of Ecology 108 5 (2020): 1888-1898. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13391.
    10.1111/1365-2745.13391
  42. AC Norte; Margos, Gabriele; Becker, Noémie S.; Ramos, Jaime; Núncio, Maria Sofia; Fingerle, Volker; Araújo, PM; et al. "Host dispersal shapes the population structure of a tick-borne bacterial pathogen". Molecular Ecology 29 3 (2020): 485-501. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.15336.
    10.1111/mec.15336
  43. da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Mata, Vanessa A.; Lopes, Pedro B.; Pereira, Paulo; Jarman, Simon N.; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Beja, Pedro. "Advancing the integration of multi-marker metabarcoding data in dietary analysis of trophic generalists". Molecular Ecology Resources 19 6 (2019): 1420-1432. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13060.
    Open access • 10.1111/1755-0998.13060
  44. da Silva, Luis P.; Heleno, Ruben; Costa, José M.; Valente, Mariana; Mata, Vanessa A.; Gonçalves, Susana C.; Alves da Silva, António; Alves. Joana; Ramos, Jaime. "Natural woodlands hold more diverse, abundant, and unique biota than novel anthropogenic forests: a multi-group assessment". European Journal of Forest Research (2019): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-019-01183-5.
    10.1007/s10342-019-01183-5
  45. da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Mata, Vanessa A.. "Olive harvest at night kills birds". Nature (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01456-4.
    10.1038/d41586-019-01456-4
  46. Correia, Marta; Heleno, Ruben; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Costa, José Miguel; Rodríguez-Echeverría, Susana. "First evidence for the joint dispersal of mycorrhizal fungi and plant diaspores by birds". New Phytologist (2019): https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15571.
    10.1111/nph.15571
  47. Costa, José M; Ramos, Jaime; da Silva, Luis P.; Timoteo, Sérgio; Andrade, Pedro; Araújo, PM; Carneiro, Camilo; et al. "Rewiring of experimentally disturbed seed dispersal networks might lead to unexpected network configurations". Basic and Applied Ecology (2018): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439179117303341.
    10.1016/j.baae.2018.05.011
  48. da Silva, Luis P.; Jaime A. Ramos; António Pereira Coutinho; Paulo Q. Tenreiro; Ruben H. Heleno. "Flower visitation by European birds offers the first evidence of interaction release in continents". Journal of Biogeography 44 3 (2017): 687-695. https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fjbi.12915.
    10.1111/jbi.12915
  49. Martinho, Filipe; Tenreiro, Paulo Q.; Ferreira, Paulo J. S. G.; Faisca, Pedro; da Silva, Luis P.. "First report of Knemidokoptes jamaicensis Turk, 1950 (Acari: Epidermoptidae) infection in Palearctic tits (Passeriformes: Paridae) Parus major L., 1758 and Cyanistes caeruleus (L., 1758) in Portugal". International Journal of Acarology (2017):
    10.1080/01647954.2017.1337224
  50. Araújo, PM; da Silva, Luis P.; Paiva, Vitor H.; Ramos, Jaime A.. "Reed warblers migrating through Portugal: climatic influence on stopover ecology over the last decade". Zoology 119 3 (2016): 232-240. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2016.01.005.
    10.1016/j.zool.2016.01.005
  51. Costa, José M.; da Silva, Luis P.; Ramos, Jaime A.; Heleno, Ruben H.. "Sampling completeness in seed dispersal networks: When enough is enough". Basic and Applied Ecology 17 2 (2016): 155-164.
    Published • 10.1016/j.baae.2015.09.008
  52. da Silva, Luis P.; Pereira Coutinho, António; Heleno, Ruben H.; Tenreiro, Paulo Q.; Ramos, Jaime A.. "Dispersal of fungi spores by non-specialized flower-visiting birds". Journal of Avian Biology 47 3 (2016): 438-442.
    Published • 10.1111/jav.00806
  53. Vaugoyeau, Marie; Adriaensen, Frank; Artemyev, Alexandr; Banbura, Jerzy; Barba, Emilio; Biard, Clotilde; Blondel, Jacques; et al. "Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole-nesting birds". Ecology and Evolution 6 16 (2016): 5907-59.
    Published • 10.1002/ece3.2335
  54. Araújo, PM; Lopes, Pedro B.; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Ramos, Jaime. "The Importance of Reedbeds and Riparian Areas for Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti throughout its Annual Cycle". Wetlands (2016):
    10.1007/s13157-016-0799-7
  55. Norte AC; Araújo, PM; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Tenreiro, PQ; Ramos, Jaime; Núncio, MS; Zé-Zé, L; de Carvalho, IL. "Characterization Through Multilocus Sequence Analysis of Borrelia turdi Isolates from Portugal". Microbial Ecology (2016): http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00248-015-0660-1.
    10.1007/s00248-015-0660-1
  56. Catry, Inês; Encarnação, Vitor; Pacheco, Carlos; Catry, Teresa; Tenreiro, P.J.Q.; da Silva, Luis P.; Leão, Fernando; et al. "Recent changes on migratory behaviour of the White stork (Ciconia ciconia) in Portugal: towards the end of migration?". Airo 24 (2016): 28-35. https://f57b6f2d-2a96-4b68-80ba-6693d80607f0.filesusr.com/ugd/8fea7e_f6c301ec9d07433294a932f34443e3fa.pdf.
    Open access • Published
  57. Norte, A.C.; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Tenreiro, P.J.Q.; Felgueiras, M.S.; Araújo, P.M.; Lopes, P.B.; Matos, C.; et al. "Patterns of tick infestation and their Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infection in wild birds in Portugal". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 6 6 (2015): 743-750.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.06.010
  58. Mata, Vanessa A.; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Lopes, Ricardo J.; Drovetski, Sergei V.. "The Strait of Gibraltar poses an effective barrier to host-specialised but not to host-generalised lineages of avian Haemosporidia". International Journal for Parasitology 45 11 (2015): 711-719.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.04.006
  59. Norte, Ana Cláudia; Alves da Silva, António; Alves, Joana; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Núncio, M. Sofia; Escudero, Raquel; Anda, Pedro; et al. "The importance of lizards and small mammals as reservoirs for Borrelia lusitaniae in Portugal". Environmental Microbiology Reports 7 2 (2015): 188-193.
    Published • 10.1111/1758-2229.12218
  60. Peste, Filipa; Paula, Anabela; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Bernardino, Joana; Pereira, Pedro; Mascarenhas, Miguel; Costa, Hugo; et al. "How to mitigate impacts of wind farms on bats? A review of potential conservation measures in the European context". Environmental Impact Assessment Review 51 1 (2015): 10-22.
    Published • 10.1016/j.eiar.2014.11.001
  61. Monticelli, David; Araújo, Pedro M.; Hines, James E.; Tenreiro, Paulo Q.; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Ramos, Jaime A.. "Assessing the role of body mass and sex on apparent adult survival in polygynous passerines: a case study of cetti's warblers in central Portugal". Journal of Avian Biology 45 1 (2014): 75-84.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00165.x
  62. Møller, Anders Pape; Adriaensen, Frank; Artemyev, Alexandr; Banbura, Jerzy; Barba, Emilio; Biard, Clotilde; Blondel, Jacques; et al. "Clutch-size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design". Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5 4 (2014): 353-362.
    Published • 10.1111/2041-210X.12160
  63. Costa, José M.; Ramos, Jaime A.; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Timoteo, Sérgio; Araújo, Pedro M.; Felgueiras, Marcial S.; Rosa, António; et al. "Endozoochory largely outweighs epizoochory in migrating passerines". Journal of Avian Biology 45 1 (2014): 59-64.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00271.x
  64. da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Ramos, Jaime A.; Olesen, Jens M.; Traveset, Anna; Heleno, Ruben H.. "Flower visitation by birds in Europe". Oikos 123 11 (2014): 1377-1383.
    Published • 10.1111/oik.01347
  65. Møller, Anders P.; Adriaensen, Frank; Artemyev, Alexandr; Banbura, Jerzy; Barba, Emilio; Biard, Clotilde; Blondel, Jacques; et al. "Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds". Ecology and Evolution 4 18 (2014): 3583-3595.
    Published • 10.1002/ece3.1189
  66. Cruz, Joana Costa; Ramos, Jaime Albino; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Tenreiro, Paulo Q.; Heleno, Ruben Huttel. "Seed dispersal networks in an urban novel ecosystem". European Journal of Forest Research 132 5-6 (2013): 887-897.
    Published • 10.1007/s10342-013-0722-1
  67. da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Alves, Joana; Silva, António Alves Da; Ramos, Jaime A.; Fonseca, Carlos. "Variation in the Abundance and Reproductive Characteristics of Great Tits Parus major in Forest and Monoculture Plantations". Acta Ornithologica 47 2 (2012): 147-155.
    Published • 10.3161/000164512X662250
  68. Ferreira, Nuno G C; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Fonseca, Carlos; Soares, Amadeu M V M; Loureiro, Susana. "Habitats: Can they stress birds? An example of the use of biomarkers as an evaluation tool". Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 6 4 (2010): 779-780.
    Published • 10.1002/ieam.113
Magazine article
  1. Heleno, Ruben; Timóteo, Sérgio; da Silva, Luís Pascoal; Correia, Marta; López-Núñez, Francisco. "A Ciência das Aves", Pardela, 2017, https://issuu.com/spea/docs/pardela_54_web.
Preprint
  1. João Pedro Marques; Paulo Célio Alves; Isabel R. Amorim; Ricardo J. Lopes; Mónica Moura; Gene Meyers; Manuela Sim-Sim; et al. "Building a Portuguese Coalition for Biodiversity Genomics". 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/x20w3q.
    10.32942/x20w3q
Report
  1. Galhardo, Mafalda; Fonseca, Nuno; Egeter, Bastian; Paupério, Joana; Ferreira, Sónia; Aresta, Sandra; Oxelfelt, Fredrik; et al. 2018. Deliverable 4.5 (D4.5): Protocol for the processing of DNA sequence data generated by next-gen platforms, EnMetaGen project (Grant Agreement No 668981). https://zenodo.org/record/2586889.
    10.5281/zenodo.2586889
  2. Egeter, Bastian; Fonseca, Nuno; Paupério, Joana; Galhardo, Mafalda; Ferreira, Sónia; Oxelfelt, Fredrik; Aresta, Sandra; et al. 2018. Deliverable 4.3 (D4.3): Protocol for field collection and preservation of eDNA samples, EnvMetaGen project (Grant Agreement No 668981).. https://zenodo.org/record/2598129.
    10.5281/zenodo.2598129
  3. Paupério, Joana; Fonseca, Nuno; Egeter, Bastian; Galhardo, Mafalda; Ferreira, Sónia; Oxelfelt, Fredrik; Aresta, Sandra; et al. 2018. Deliverable 4.4 (D4.4): Protocol for next-gen analysis of eDNA samples, EnMetaGen project (Grant Agreement No 668981). https://zenodo.org/record/2586885.
    10.5281/zenodo.2586885
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. da Silva, Luis P.. "A community-level approach to forest biodiversity and avian dispersal services". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra, 2017. https://estudogeral.sib.uc.pt/handle/10316/32295.
  2. da Silva, Luis P.. "Forest’s management impact on tits reproduction". Master, Universidade de Aveiro, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/8780.
  3. da Silva, Luis P.. "Feeding habits of barn owl (Tyto alba Scopoli 1769), in Central Portugal, from 1994 to 1999". Degree, Universidade de Aveiro, 2009.

Other

Other output
  1. Bird Taxonomic and Functional Diversity, Group- and Species-Level Effects on a Gradient of Weevil-Caused Damage in Eucalypt Plantations. 2023. Ceia, R.S.; Faria, N.; Lopes, P.B.; Alves, J.; da Silva, A.A.; Valente, C.; Gonçalves, C.I.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85153471284&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2139/ssrn.4419176

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/09 DNA metabarcoding reveals complementary biocontrol potential of diverse bird versus bat communities in multifunctional landscapes iBOL2024 DNA Barcoding and Community Ecology
(Belen, Brazil)
2024/09 Evidence of endemic circulation of flaviviruses in wild birds in southern Portugal: seroprevalence, host-range, virus isolation and genomic characterization of Bagaza and West Nile viroses 15th European Wildlife Disease Conference
(Stralsund, Germany)
2024/09 Seroprevalência de flavivírus em aves selvagens no sul de Portugal II Congresso Ibérico de Ciência Aplicada aos Recursos Cinegéticos (CICARC)
(Mértola, Portugal)
2024 Revisiting the distribution and unveiling the feeding preferences of the weevil Stenopelmus rufinasus Gyllenhal, 1835, a biocontrol agent for Azolla filiculoides Lam., 1783 accidentally introduced in Portugal 23º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia
SPECO - Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Porto, Portugal)
2023/11 Pest consumption by birds: a regulatory service simplified by agriculture and driven by bird abundance XI Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia
2023/11 Genetic and spatial drivers of a declining songbird in Portugal, the Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura) XI Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds & II Jornadas Macaronésicas de Ornitologia
(Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2023/11 The post-release monitoring of Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae in Portugal: Eight years of challenges and achievements TiBE 2023 - Invaders on the HORIZON! Advancing Invasion Science from Genes to Ecosystems to Society
2023/10 DNA metabarcoding as a tool for improving the knowledge of nocturnal flying insect communities Biodiversity Genomics
2023/07 Disentangling conservation biocontrol by bats with DNA metabarcoding and ecological networks International Congress for Conservation Biology
(Kigali, Rwanda)
2023/05/27 Chasco-preto, uma espécie criticamente ameaçada Webinar from Avesdeportugal.info
Avesdeportugal.info
2023/03 The role of hosts in shaping highly structured Borrelia lusitaniae populations International Symposium on Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
(Weimar, Germany)
2021/12 Limited potential for bird migration to disperse plants to cooler latitudes. XX Portuguese National Congress of Ecology
(Ponte de Lima)
2021/11 Bird-insect predation patterns: combining networks and metabarcoding V Symposium on Ecological Networks
(Mallorca, Spain)
2021/09 Local and landscape effects on the occurrence and abundance of the Eucalyptus weevil Gonipterus platensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) XIX Iberian Congress of Entomology
(Coimbra)
2021/06 Aves do Tua: O que sabemos e o muito que há por descobrir! Sessão de divulgação dos resultados: Promoção dos Servições de Ecossistema no Parque Natural Regional do Vale do Tua
Parque Natural Regional do Vale do Tua (Portugal)
2021/03 Bats predating insect pests: a complex network of interactions revealed by DNA metabarcoding 6th International Berlin Bat Meeting
(Germany)
2020/12 Using metabarcoding to understand pest control services by flying vertebrates TiBE 2020 – Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution in Mediterranean Ecosystems
CIBIO
2020/12 Predation of exotic eucalyptus insects by flying native vertebrates XIX Portuguese National Congress of Ecology
Portuguese Ecological Society
2020/01 Bat: ambassadors for biodiversity conservation Biodiversity preservation, one of the aspects of Education for Citizenship
FAPAS (Porto, Portugal)
2019 The diet of a threatened passerine using metabarcoding: the Black wheatear Oenanthe leucura X Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds
(Peniche, Portugal)
2019 “Air Borrelia” – the effects of host behavior on the population structure of a tick-borne bacterial pathogen X Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds
(Peniche, Portugal)
2019 The night shift: improving the conservation assessment of nocturnal flying insects using DNA metabarcoding 8th International Barcode of Life Conference
(Trondheim, Norway)
2019 Borrelia wingmen: dispersal and maintenance of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. by birds International Congress on Environmental Health
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2019 Using metabarcoding to study the diet of a generalist passerine: the black Wheatear VII Iberian Congress and XXIV Spanish Congress of Ornithology
(Cádiz, Spain)
2019 The night shift: improving the conservation assessment of nocturnal flying insects using DNA metabarcoding TiBE 2019 – Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution in Mediterranean Ecosystems
(Vairão, Portugal)
2019 Ecological Intensification of Pest Control Services in the Regional Natural Park of the Tua Valley How to deal with Nature’s dangerous decline? From the IPBES assessments to action - Serralves
(Porto, Portugal)
2018 Sources of variation in unexplored maternal hormone traits, the thyroid hormones: individual plasticity, heritability and among-population variation 27th International Ornithological Congress
(Vancouver, Canada)
2018 A community-level approach to forest biodiversity and avian dispersal services 17th Portuguese National Congress of Ecology
(Évora, Portugal)
2018 Host-parasite interactions between the tick-transmitted zoonotic bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and its avian reservoir hosts TiBE 2018 – Host-parasite interactions
(Vairão, Portugal)
2018 Black whetear: a doomed species? Faia Brava Fest 2018
(Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Portugal)
2018 Biological Control IV meet.Eco
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2017 Migration of Teal Anas crecca wintering in Portugal. The use of Nasal saddles vs. PTTs vs. GPS/GSM TiBE 2017 Bio-logging
(Vairão, Portugal)
2017 Environmental influence on yolk thyroid hormones in the Great Tit: a cross-population study 11th Conference of the European Ornithologists’ Unio
(Turku, Finland)
2017 Pandora’s flying box - Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. prevalence in Ixodes species from birds throughout Europe International Symposium on Tick-Borne Pathogens and Disease (ITPD)
(Vienna, Austria)
2017 Borrelia wingmen: dispersal and maintenance of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. by birds 16th Portuguese National Congress of Ecology
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2016 On the trail of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.: the key role of birds and lizards as reservoirs for the etiologic agent of Lyme borreliosis in Portugal 20th European Society for Vector Ecology
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2016 Birds: multipurpose dispersers XIII Reunion of the Ecology and Evolution of Flower traits Working Group (ECOFLOR)
(Vigo, Spain)
2016 The importance of birds as hosts for ticks and in the enzootic cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Portugal IX Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds and VI Iberian Congress of Ornithology
(Vila Real, Portugal)
2016 Endozoochory largely outweighs epizoochory in migrating passerines IX Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds and VI Iberian Congress of Ornithology
(Vila Real, Portugal)
2016 Birds: the all-purpose biodiversity dispersers IX Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds and VI Iberian Congress of Ornithology
(Vila Real, Portugal)
2016 Reed warblers (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) migrating through Portugal: a climatic influence on stopover ecology over the last decade IX Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds and VI Iberian Congress of Ornithology
(Vila Real, Portugal)
2016 The importance of reedbeds and riparian areas for Cetti's warbler (Cettia cetti) along its annual cycle IX Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds and VI Iberian Congress of Ornithology
(Vila Real, Portugal)
2015 Co-dispersal of fungi spores and pollen grains by flower visiting birds in Europe 4th Iberian Congress of Ecology
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2015 Birds as hosts for ticks and reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Portugal 10th Conference of the European Ornithologists’ Union
(Badajoz, Spain)
2015 Reed warblers migrating through Portugal: a climatic influence on stopover ecology over the last decade 10th Conference of the European Ornithologists’ Union
(Badajoz, Spain)
2014 Long-term changes in reedbed and riparian bird communities in Central Portugal VII Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds
(Almada, Portugal)
2014 Bird ringing as a tool in Migration Atlas VII Congress of Ornithology from the Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds
(Almada, Portugal)
2014 Psammodromus algirus as a reservoir for Borrelia lusitaniae an etiologic agent of Lyme borreliosis, in Portugal XIII Iberian Congress of Herpetology
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2014 The key role of birds and lizards as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., the etiologic agent of Lyme borreliosis, in Portugal XIII Portuguese Congress of Parasitology
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2014 Ringing at Salreu I ObservaRia
(Estarreja, Portugal)
2013 A comparison of avian haemosporidian parasite communities across the strait of Gibraltar 6th Meeting of Young Researchers of University of Porto
(Porto, Portugal)
2013 Sampling completeness in seed dispersal networks: When enough is enough Ecological networks
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2012 A comparison of avian haemosporidian parasite communities across the strait of Gibraltar Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution (TiBE) 2012
(Vairão, Portugal)
2012 Identification and physiology of bats XV ENEB’12 (National Encounter of Biology Students)
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2010 Caracterização da População de Guarda-rios Alcedo atthis na ZPE do Paul do Taipal 5º Encontro Tecnico de Anilhadores
(Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)
2010 Anilhagem e Diversidade do Paul do Taipal 5º Encontro Técnico de Anilhadores
(Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)
2009 Selección de hábitat por mesomamíferos en Bosque Nacional de Bussaco y áreas a su alrededor IX Jornadas de la SECEM
(Bilbao, Spain)
2009 Diversidade e dinâmica dos passeriformes no caniçal do Paul do Taipal VI Congresso de Ornitologia da Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves e IV Congresso Ibérico de Ornitologia
(Elvas, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024 - 2025 Análise da Variação da Avifauna Urbana: Caso de estudo na cidade de Penafiel
Supervisor
2022 - 2024 The various seed species in burnt areas and the carnivores that disperse them
Co-supervisor
 Master in Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2022 - 2024 Caracterização e Gestão da Avifauna da Paisagem Protegida Regional da Serra da Aboboreira
Co-supervisor
 Ecologia e Ambiente (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022 - 2024 Feeding preferences of the weevil Stenopelmus rufinasus Gyllenhal, 1835, a biological control agent for Azolla filiculoides in Portugal
Co-supervisor
 Biotechnological Engineering (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2020 - 2022 Feeding ecology of an aerial Mediterranean bird: the pallid swift
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2020 - 2022 Azores Woodpigeon’s diet and its spatio-temporal variation - a preliminary evaluation based on non-invasive sampling methods
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2019 - 2021 Trophic ecology of Sylviid Warblers using DNA metabarcoding: implications for Optimal Foraging Theory and individual specialization
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2018 - 2021 Comparação da detetabilidade entre PCR diagnóstico e metabarcoding: um caso de estudo com insetos exóticos do eucalipto
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2018 - 2020 Native vertebrate predation over exotic eucalyptus insect pests
Supervisor
 Master in Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2008 - 2008 12th Symposium for Biology Students in Europe (Symbiose’08) (2008 - 2008)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
2007 - 2007 11th National Encounter of Biology Students (XI ENEB) (2007 - 2007)
Meeting (Member of the Scientific Committee)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/02/05 Sowing Seeds, Soaring Feathers: Exploring the role of temporal and spatial heterogeneity in shaping bird assemblages of Guinea-Bissau's freshwater rice fields
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ines Larcerda (Master)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2024 Shades of Green: Exploring biodiversity in different forest areas
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Michaela Petropoulou (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2022 Azores Woodpigeon’s diet and its spatio-temporal variation - a preliminary evaluation based on non-invasive sampling methods
Supervisor
 Rui Santos (Master)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2022 Feeding ecology of an aerial Mediterranean bird: the pallid swift
Supervisor
 Sandra Fernandes (Master)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2022 Disentangling seasona and reproductive status effects on trophic interactions of European free-tailed bats
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Tiago Pinto (Master)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2022 Seasonal variation in avian community composition of the Sousa and Ferreira rivers, Northwest Portugal.
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joel Neves (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/02/25 Post-fire regeneration of pollination processes: an ecological network approach
(Thesis) Arguer
 Paula Banza (PhD)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2021 Comparação da detetabilidade entre PCR diagnóstico e metabarcoding: um caso de estudo com insetos exóticos do eucalipto
Supervisor
 Cátia Torres (Master)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2021 Seasonal inter and intra-specific niche partitioning in the diet of Sylvia Warblers (Sylviidae): a metabarcoding approach
Supervisor
 Daniel Garcez (Master)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2020 Breeding ecology and migration patterns of na Afro-Paleartic migratory insectivorous bird, the bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
(Thesis) Arguer
 Joana Costa (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2020 Native vertebrate predation over exotic eucalyptus insect pests
Supervisor
 Daniela Oliveira (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2021/12/01 - 2021/12/04 XX Portuguese National Congress of Ecology

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/03/18 - 2034/03/22 DNA METABARCODING how to design and analyse next-generation data for Biodiversity Monitoring (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2023/03/20 - 2023/03/24 DNA Metabarcoding how to design and analyse next-generation data for Biodiversity Monitoring Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2023/02/27 - 2023/03/03 Introduction to Network Ecology Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2021/09/20 - 2021/09/24 Molecular analysis of trophic interactions
2021/01/15 - 2021/01/15 Ordenamento da Fauna Silvestre Recursos Florestais (Mestrado integrado) Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2021/06 - Current Portugal em Direto Explanation on seed dispersal by migratory birds considering climate change
2019/09 - 2019/09 7 Maravilhas Doces de Portugal Anilhagem

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024 - Current Canadian Journal of Zoology
2024 - Current Forests (1999-4907) MPDI
2024 - Current Royal Society Open Science
2024 - Current Wader Study
2024 - Current Emu - Austral Ornithology
2024 - Current Journal of Biogeography
2024 - Current Frontiers in Conservation Science
2024 - Current Bocagiana
2024 - Current Forests
2023 - Current Insect Conservation and Diversity
2023 - Current BioControl
2022 - Current Ibis
2022 - Current Acta Oecologica
2021 - Current Current Zoology (2396-9814) Chinese Academy of Sciences
2021 - Current Ornithology (2732-4613) Oxford University Press
2021 - Current Ecology and Evolution (2045-7758) Wiley
2021 - Current Scientific Reports (2045-2322)
2021 - Current Biological Invasions (1573-1464) Springer
2021 - Current Molecular Ecology Resources (1755-0998) Wiley
2020/07 - Current Crop Protection (0261-2194) International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences
2020 - Current Basic and Applied Ecology (1439-1791) Elsevier
2020 - Current European Journal of Wildlife Research (1439-0574) Springer-Verlag
2020 - Current Scientific Data (2052-4463) Springer Nature
2020 - Current Molecular Ecology (1365-294X) Wiley Online Library
2020 - Current Oikos (1600-0706) Wiley Online Library
2019 - Current Journal of Bat Research & Conservation
2019 - Current PeerJ (2167-8359) PeerJ
2019 - Current Ecology (1939-9170) Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
2018 - Current Mammalia (1864-1547) Walter de Gruyter GmbH
2018 - Current Frontiers in Zoology (1742-9994) Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2016 - Current Wildlife Research (1035-3712) CSIRO Publishing
2016 - Current Biological Conservation (0006-3207) Elsevier
2016 - Current Mycological Progress (1861-8952) Springer-Verlag
2016 - Current Avian Research (2053-7166) Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2016 - Current PLoS ONE (1932-6203) Public Library of Science
2015 - Current Acta Ornithologica (1734-8471) Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences
2015 - Current Web Ecology (1399-1183) Copernicus GmbH

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2022 - 2023 Azores Woodpigeon’s diet during autumn and winter based on crop content analysis Inês Medeiros
2021 - 2023 Dietary niche overlap and resource partitioning amongsteppe passerines Julio Zurdo

Award

2018 Doctoral Prize in Ecology SPECO - Fundação Amadeu Dias 2018
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia, Portugal

Other distinction

2019 Honorary Member
Charcos e Companhia, Portugal