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Completed the MSc in Statistical Modelling and Data Analysis in 2013 at the University of Évora, and a BSc in Environmental Sciences in 2006 at the University of Évora. Currently undertaking a PhD in Biology at the University of Évora since 2019. Holds an FCT Doctoral Grant from the Foundation for Science and Technology. Published 15 articles in journals. Has 1 book. Organised 2 events. Co-supervised 2 MSc dissertations. Supervised 1 work for course completion at BSc level. Participated as a Master Student Fellow in 1 project, PhD Student Fellow in 1 project, Research Fellow in 5 projects. Works in the areas of Natural Sciences with an emphasis on Ecology, and Mathematics with an emphasis on Statistical Analysis. Keywords: Bat ecology; Echolocation; Artificial Neural Networks; Mixed models; Temporal Series analysis; Acoustic Bat Species identification; Automatic sound classification; Landscape connectivity; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape metric; Olive orchard; Biological pest control; Climate change; Biodiversity; Conservation biology
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Bruno Miguel dos Santos Antunes da Silva

Citation names

  • Silva, Bruno

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7B19-4BBE-4A61
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7323-513X

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019 - 2023
Ongoing
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2023
Concluded
 Biologia (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 18
2013
Concluded
 Modelação estatística e análise de dados (Mestrado)
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal
"Automated acoustic identification of bat species" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2006
Concluded
 Ciências do Ambiente (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"Determinação do elenco de espécies de quirópteros e modelação da actividade do morcego-rabudo, Tadarida Teniotis, numa zona da Serra d’Aire e Candeeiros" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 13
1995
Concluded
 Certificate in Advanced English (Outros)
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01/01 - Current FCT Doctoral Grant Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2016/09/01 - 2018/02/28 Research Fellow: Acoustic bat surveys, Prays oleae and Batrocera oleae monitoring, Collection and storage of bat faecle pellets, Data management (PostgreSQL databases) and analysis, Scientific writin Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2015/07/01 - 2016/08/31 Research Fellow: Development of web apps for data visualization; RStudio server management; Bat surveys with acoustic equipment and mist nets; Ecological and Landscape modelling; Report writing Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2014/12/01 - 2015/06/30 Data Analist: Data-mining of several sets of data; Exploratory analysis; Classification and regression analysis; Predictive modelling; Sampling design Freelance, Portugal
2004/10/01 - 2014/11/30 Project manager: Coordination of Environmental Impact Assessment projects;Writing of project proposals; Writing of technical reports; Statistical analysis Plecotus - Estudos Ambientais, Unip, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019 - Current Conserving bat-mediated biocontrol services in a climatically changing world
SFRH/BD/137803/2018
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2011 - 2012 Automated acoustic identification of bat species
Master Student Fellow
Bat Conservation International
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2023/06/30 OLEAdapt - Estratégia de gestão de pragas para a resiliência e sustentabilidade da olivicultura face às alterações climáticas
PTDC/BIA-CBI/1365/2020
Research Fellow
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2021/12/31 SUSTAINOLIVE - Novel approaches to promote the SUSTAInability of OLIVE cultivation in the Mediterranean
PRIMA/0000/2019
Research Fellow
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Concluded
2019/07/01 - 2020/02/28 ECOLIVES - Fostering sustainable management in Mediterranean olive farms: Pest control services provided by wild species as incentives for biodiversity conservation
PTDC/AAG-REC/6480/2014
Research Fellow
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/09/01 - 2018/02/28 New tools for monitoring ecosystems services in traditional Alentejo production systems under intensifications
ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-000008
Research Fellow
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 H2020 Food Security Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry Marine Maritime and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy
Concluded
2015/07 - 2016/08/31 Ecological evaluation of the high velocity railway corridor between Évora and Caia
Research Fellow
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 EP Estradas de Portugal EPE
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2007 - Current Plano nacional de conservação dos morcegos cavernícolas
Other
Instituto de conservação da natureza e florestas, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Rainho, Ana; et al.. Atlas dos Morcegos de Portugal Continental. Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas. 2013.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Barreiro, Sílvia; Marques, João Tiago; Silva, Bruno; Herrera, José M.. "Saving trees for saving bats: Treed landscape elements as key foraging habitats for insectivorous bats in intensively farmed landscapes". Paper presented in 14th European Bat Research Symposium, 2017.
    Published
  2. Silva, Bruno; Barreiro, Sílvia; Alves, Pedro; Mira, António; Marques, João Tiago; Herrera, José M.. "OPTIMIZATION OF AUTOMATIC BAT IDENTIFICATION TOOLS FOR LONG TERM ACOUSTIC MONITORING SCHEMES". Paper presented in 14th European Bat Research Symposium, 2017.
    Published
  3. Costa, Pedro; Medina, Denis; Silva, Bruno; Herrera, José M.; Sales-Baptista, Elvira; Ferraz-de-Oliveira, Maria Isabel; Vaz, Pedro. "Effects of grazing pressure on activity and richness of bats in a Portuguese silvo-pastoral system". Paper presented in World Congress Silvo-Pastoral Systems 2016, 2016.
    Published
  4. Silva, Ricardo; Silva, Bruno; Miralto, M. Otília; Mira, António; Marques, João Tiago. "The importance of Mediterranean temporary ponds for bats: assessing the influence of pond features, landscape and insect-prey availability". Paper presented in XVII International Bat Research Conference, 2016.
    Published
  5. Silva, Bruno; Jacinto, Gonçalo João Costa; Infante, Paulo; Barreiro, Sílvia; Alves, Pedro. "Identificação automatizada de morcegos através de modelos estatísticos". 2013.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Mestre, Frederico; Silva, Bruno. "lconnect: an easy-to-use R package deriving landscape connectivity metrics and habitat patch prioritization". Paper presented in Ecology in R, 2021.
  2. Alves, Pedro; Silva, Bruno; Barreiro, Sílvia. "EMERGENCE, RETURN AND ACTIVITY PATTERNS OF MINIOPTERUS SCHREIBERSII AND RHINOLOPHUS SPP. AT CADAVAL BAT ROOST (PORTUGAL)". Paper presented in 14th European Bat Research Symposium, 2017.
  3. Silva, Joana; Silva, Bruno; Mira, António; Pinto-Cruz, Carla; Marques, João Tiago. "Does hydroperiod influence bat activity and species richness? A comparison between mediterranean temporary and permanent ponds". Paper presented in VII European Pond Conservation Network Workshop, 2017.
  4. Alves, Pedro; Barreiro, Sílvia; Silva, Bruno. "BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER: A NEW APPROACH TO ACOUSTIC IDENTIFICATION OF BAT SPECIES". Paper presented in VI Jornadas SECEMU, 2016.
  5. Maria Joao ; Silva, Bruno; et al.. "Portuguese Bat Atlas". Paper presented in X Congress of SECEM, 2011.
  6. Silva, Bruno; Barreiro, Sílvia; Alves, Pedro. "Factors influencing carcass removal at wind-farms, in mountain areas of the center-north region of Portugal". Paper presented in XIth European Bat Research Symposium, 2008.
Journal article
  1. Herrera, José M.; Carvalho, Ana; Barreiro, Sílvia; Jiménez-Navarro, Gerardo; Melguizo-Ruiz, Nereida; Beja, Pedro; Moreira, Francisco; et al. "Temporal mismatches in flight activity patterns between Pipistrellus kuhlii and Prays oleae in olive farms: Implications for biocontrol services potential". Journal of Applied Ecology (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14577.
    Open access • 10.1111/1365-2664.14577
  2. Mestre, F.; Silva, Bruno. "lconnect R package: A versatile tool for evaluating landscape connectivity and prioritizing habitat patches in conservation research". Ecological Modelling 484 (2023): 110489. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2023.110489.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2023.110489
  3. Vasconcelos, Sasha; Pina, Sílvia; Jonsson, Mattias; Heleno, Ruben; Herrera, José M.; Moreira, Francisco; Silva, Bruno; et al. "Mixed effects of oak woodlands on biocontrol potential and pest pressure in olive orchards under management intensification". Journal of Pest Science (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10340-023-01634-4.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s10340-023-01634-4
  4. Jiménez-Navarro, Gerardo; Rodríguez-Pérez, Javier; Melguizo-Ruiz, Nereida; Silva, Bruno; Vasconcelos, Sasha; Beja, Pedro; Moreira, Francisco; et al. "Disentangling the seasonal effects of agricultural intensification on birds and bats in Mediterranean olive groves". Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 343 (2023): 108280. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.108280.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.agee.2022.108280
  5. Vasconcelos, Sasha; Pina, Sílvia; Herrera, José M.; Silva, Bruno; Sousa, Pedro; Porto, Miguel; Melguizo-Ruiz, Nereida; et al. "Canopy arthropod declines along a gradient of olive farming intensification". Scientific Reports 12 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21480-1.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41598-022-21480-1
  6. Silva, Bruno; Mestre, Frederico; Barreiro, Sílvia; Alves, Pedro J.; Herrera, José M.. "soundClass: An automatic sound classification tool for biodiversity monitoring using machine learning". Methods in Ecology and Evolution 13 11 (2022): 2356-2362. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.13964.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/2041-210x.13964
  7. 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 103 6 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3654.
    Open access • 10.1002/ecy.3654
  8. Herrera, José M.; Silva, Bruno; Jiménez-Navarro, Gerardo; Barreiro, Silvia; Melguizo-Ruiz, Nereida; Moreira, Francisco; Vasconcelos, Sasha; Morgado, Rui; Rodriguez-Pérez, Javier. "A food web approach reveals the vulnerability of biocontrol services by birds and bats to landscape modification at regional scale". Scientific Reports 11 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02768-0.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-021-02768-0
  9. Herrera , José M. ; Rivera, Vanesa; Barreiro, Sílvia; Silva, Bruno; Jiménez-Navarro, Gerardo; Melguizo-Ruiz, Nereida. Corresponding author: Herrera , José M.. "Actualización del inventario de murciélagos del ParqueMetropolitano Marisma de Los Toruños y Pinar de la Algaida(Parque Natural Bahía de Cádiz)". Rev. Soc. Gad. Hist. Nat. 15 (2021): 1-3. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348807391_Actualizacion_del_inventario_de_murcielagos_del_Parque_Metropolitano_Marisma_de_Los_Torunos_y_Pinar_de_la_Algaida_Parque_Natural_Bahia_de_Cadiz.
    Open access • Published
  10. Costa, Ana; Silva, Bruno; Jiménez-Navarro, Gerardo; Barreiro, Sílvia; Melguizo-Ruiz, Nereida; Rodríguez-Pérez, Javier; Vasconcelos, Sasha; et al. "Structural simplification compromises the potential of common insectivorous bats to provide biocontrol services against the major olive pest Prays oleae". Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 287 (2020): 106708. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2019.106708.
    Published • 10.1016/j.agee.2019.106708
  11. Herrera, Jose M.; Barreiro, Sílvia; Melguizo-Ruiz, Nereida; Rivera, Vanesa; Silva, Bruno; Jiménez-Navarro, Gerardo; Rodríguez-Pérez, Javier; Muñoz-Rojas, José; Sánchez, Ana Rita. "ibagreco2018: I Reunión Ibérica sobre Investigaciones Agroecológicas". Ecosistemas 28 1 (2019): 123-124. http://dx.doi.org/10.7818/ecos.1675.
    Published • 10.7818/ecos.1675
  12. Medinas, Denis; Ribeiro, Vera; Marques, João Tiago; Silva, Bruno; Barbosa, Ana Márcia; Rebelo, Hugo; Mira, António. "Road effects on bat activity depend on surrounding habitat type". Science of The Total Environment 660 (2019): 340-347. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.032.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.032
  13. Herrera, José M.; Rivera, Vanesa; Barreiro, Sílvia; Silva, Bruno; Jiménez-Navarro, Gerardo; Melguizo-Ruiz, Nereida. "Los murciélagos del Parque Natural Bahía de Cádiz". Sociedade Gaditana Historia Natural 12 (2018): 83-88. http://sociedadgaditanahistorianatural.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/RSGHN-VOL-XII-83-88.-Murci%C3%A9lagos-del-PN-BAHIA-DE-CADIZ.pdf.
    Open access • Published
  14. Costa, Pedro; Medinas, Denis; Silva, Bruno; 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
  15. 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
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Silva, Bruno Miguel Santos Antunes. "Automated acoustic identification of bat species". Master, Universidade de Évora, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/9101.
  2. "Determinação do elenco de espécies de quirópteros e modelação da actividade do morcego-rabudo, Tadarida teniotis, numa zona da Serra de Aire e Candeeiros". Degree, Universidade de Évora, 2006.

Other

Software
  1. Silva, Bruno. "soundClass". 0.0.9.2. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=soundClass. 2022.
  2. Mestre, Frederico; Silva, Bruno. "lconnect". 0.1.1. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=lconnect. 2021.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/02/20 Como incrementar as populações de morcegos em olivais Seminário final do projeto ECOLIVES
Universidade de Évora (Evora, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019 - 2019 Phenological mismatches disrupt bat-mediated biocontrol services in olive groves
Co-supervisor
 Biologia da conservação (Master)
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Seasonal variations in the effect of structural complexity of olive productions systems on bat activity: implications for natural pest control services
Co-supervisor
 Biologia da Conservação (Master)
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Construção de um modelo discriminante para identificação de 3 espécies de morcegos : Pipistrellus Pipistrellus, Pipistrellus Pygmaeus e Miniopterus Schreibersii
Supervisor
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2020/02/20 - 2020/02/20 Seminário final do projeto ECOLIVES (2020/02/20 - 2020/02/20)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2018/03 - 2018/11 I Iberian meeting on agroecological research (2018/11 - 2018/11)
Seminar (Co-organisor)

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2023/06/12 - 2023/06/12 Podcast Biosfera Farol de Ideias Morcegos como agentes de controlo natural
2023/06/10 - 2023/06/10 Biosfera Controlo Biológico de Pragas e Invasoras
Distinctions

Other distinction

2018 Studentship for Doctoral Research
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2011 Student Research Scholarship
Bat Conservation International, United States