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I am a scientist, trained as an evolutionary ecologist. Most of my work uses birds as models to study the importance of key traits on the evolution and long-term conservation of biodiversity. In recent years these range from coloration and trophic interactions to host-parasite systems. As Curator, I work on enhancing the value of avian specimens for research. I mainly work with isolated, insular, fragmented, migratory and domesticated model species, especially in Iberia, North Africa and Macaronesia (from Azores to Cabo Verde). Biology BSc (1995), MSc (1999) and PhD (2004) at the University of Coimbra. From 2005 to 2018, FCT Post-doc researcher in CIBIO/InBIO/UP. From 2019 onwards, contracted FCT Researcher in CIBIO/InBIO/UP and co-PI of the CONGEN (Conservation Genetics and Wildlife Management) Research group. Since 2016 the Curator of the Bird Collection at the Museum of Natural History and Science of the University of Porto (MHNC-UP). Since 2024 I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon and Integrated Member of the cE3c Research Centre.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ricardo Jorge Lopes

Citation names

  • Lopes, Ricardo Jorge

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
931C-399D-506C
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2193-5107
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=GI40eYQAAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id
B-1805-2010
Scopus Author Id
55999597700

Email addresses

  • riclopes@me.com (Professional)
  • rlopes@mhnc.up.pt (Professional)
  • rjlopes@ciencias.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • MHNC-UP - Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto. Praça Gomes Teixeira, 4099-002, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)
  • Departamento de Biologia Animal, Edificio C2, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ornithology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Veterinary Sciences
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Parasitology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Italian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Latin Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
1999 - 2014
Concluded
 PhD In Biology (Ecology) (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Migration and Winter Dynamics of Dunlin Calidris alpina in Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado por Unanimidade com Distinção e Louvor
1997 - 1999
Concluded
 Master in Ecology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Impacto das aves limícolas sobre os macroinvertebrados nas áreas intertidais do estuário do Mondego" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Very Good
1991 - 1996
Concluded
 Bachelor Degree in Biology (Scientific Branch) (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Contribution to the study of the diet of the Dunlin Calidris alpina and the Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola in the Mondego estuary" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019 - 2023 Researcher (Research) Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2005 - 2018 Postdoc (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/12 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013 - 2023 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Biologia, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022 - Current Member of the ORBEA (Orgão de Bem-Estar e Ética Animal / Animal Welfare and Ethics Body) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2016 - Current Curator of the Bird Collection University of Porto - Natural History and Science Museum (MHNC-UP), Portugal
2016 - 2023 Executive Coordinator - TwinLab Cabo Verde (UniCV-InBIO) Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
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Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/02/01 - 2024/08/31 CAROTS - Carotenoids on Health - Genomics to solve the missing link [50k EUR]
2022.03391.PTDC
Principal investigator
Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology
Ongoing
2021/06 - 2022/06 Unravelling the evolutionary story and current taxonomic status of the Cape Verde population of Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea bournei). A species on its own? [1K EUR]
WBS2021_02
Principal investigator
The Waterbird Society, United States
 The Waterbird Society
Ongoing
2018 - 2022 VOCAL - Genomics and quantitative genetics of vocal learning in birds [300K EUR]
PTDC/BIA-EVL/31569/2017
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology
Ongoing
2016 - 2020 BIRDTRADE - All heaven in a rage: international bird trade as a driver of biological invasions in europe
PTDC/AAG-GLO/0463/2014
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology
Ongoing
2017 - 2018 Solving the trophic relation between the Raso Lark (Alauda razae) and the giant Cabo Verde wall gecko (Tarentola gigas).
2016_01
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Club300
2014 - 2018 INNOVATIVE TOOLS APPLIED TO AVIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
SFRH/BPD/84141/2012
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology
2016/06 - 2017/06 Unraveling the ecology of the Endangered giant Cabo Verde wall gecko (Tarentola gigas), an endemic species of the Integral Nature Reserves of Raso and Branco islets
MP/EAM/2016/06
Researcher
Fondation Ensemble
2012/03 - 2015/06 Invisible links: unveiling origins of migratory waders using biogeochemical markers
PTDC/MAR/119920/2010
Researcher
FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology
2011/09 - 2014/12 3M RECITAL - Minho, Mondego and Mira Estuaries observatory: Long term variation of ecological status as a response to naturaL and human induced changes. implications for management and restoration
LTER/BIA-BEC/0019/2009
Researcher
FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology
2014 - 2014 A Comparison of Haemosporidian Parasites and their Avian Host Communities across the Strait of Gibraltar
PP_IJUP2011_195
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Banco Santander Totta
Concluded
2010/03 - 2013/08 Sexual selection and range expansion in the Estrildidae
PTDC/BIA-BEC/098414/2008
Researcher
FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology
2010 - 2013 The role of ecology and behavior in population differentiation: Evolution of the endemic forest avifauna in the Caucasus
PTDC/BIA-BEC/103435/2008
Researcher
FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology
2008 - 2013 Genetic Tools for the Conservation of Avian Populations
SFRH/BPD/40786/2007
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology
2008/01 - 2011/12 Understanding the factors that promote the prevalence of infectious diseases in migratory shorebirds
PTDC/BIA-BDE/64063/2006
Researcher
FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology
2007/12 - 2009/05 Extra-pair paternity, sex allocation and sexual selection in Savi's Warblers
PTDC/BIA-BDE/64285/2006
Researcher
FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology
2005 - 2007 The genetic diversity of the Purple Gallinule Porphyrio porphyrio and implications for conservation of Mediterranean populations
SFRH/BPD/14953/2004
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Nasjonalt Center for Biosystematikk, Norway
FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology
1999 - 2004 Energy Budget of the Dunlin (Calidris alpina) during migration in the Mondego Estuary
PRAXIS XXI/BD/16250/98
PhD Student Fellow
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology
2001/01 - 2001/12 The Black Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) value on Hg pollution monitoring of coastal wetland areas
PNAT/P/BIA/15007/1999
Researcher
ICN, Instituto da Conservação da Natureza

FCT, Foundation for Science and Technology
1998 - 2001 PORPHYRIO - Reintroduction of the Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio) in the lower Mondego valley
LIFE98 NAT/P/005267
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 European Commission
1996 - 1998 Impact of Shorebirds on the Intertidal Macroinvertebrates of Mondego Estuary
PRAXISXXI/BM/7232/95
Master Student Fellow
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 JNICT, Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica
1995 - 1995 Mondego estuary: Term evolution of the benthic communities and impact of excessive nutrients release
PBIC/C/MAR/1301/92
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 JNICT, Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica

Contract

Designation Funders
2006 - 2011 Train connection to Aveiro harbour - Bird Monitoring
2006_REFER
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Infraestruturas de Portugal SA
2007 - 2008 Biodiversity in Mondego Estuary Saltpans
2007_CIBIO
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Município da Figueira da Foz
Concluded
2004 - 2004 Ordinance Plan of Aguieira Dam
2004_INAG
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Ministério do Ambiente
2004 - 2004 Environmental Impact Assessment of the improvements to access Figueira da Foz Harbour
2004_IPTM
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Instituto Portuário e dos Transportes Marítimos
Concluded
2002 - 2003 HIDROVALOR - Evaluation of the economic, social and evironmental impacts of the new medium and large hydroelectric uses in the Center Region
2002_CCRC
Researcher
Instituto do Mar, Portugal
 Comissão Coordenadora da Região Centro
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Gonçalo C. Cardoso; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Paulo Gama Mota. The Canary. Natural History, Science and Cultural Significance. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. 2024.
    Published • Editor
  2. Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Almeida A.. Projecto HidroValor - Avaliação dos Impactos Económicos, Sociais e Ambientais de Novos Médios e Grandes Aproveitamentos Hídricos na Região Centro. Portugal: IERU - Instituto de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos da Unversidade de Coimbra. 2004.
Book chapter
  1. Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Carneiro, Miguel. Corresponding author: Lopes, Ricardo Jorge. "Canary domestication as a model for genomics research and avian evolution". In The Canary. Natural History, Science and Cultural Significance, 255-282. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press, 2024.
    Published
  2. Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Joana Ribeiro; Sillero, Neftalí; Martin Sullivan; Joana Santana; Carlos Capinha; Luis Reino. "Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild Linnaeus, 1758)". In Global trends and impacts of alien invasive birds. Wallingford, United Kingdom: CABI, 2020.
    Published
  3. Tiago Múrias; David Gonçalves; Ricardo Jorge Lopes. "Evaluating the Impacts of a New Railway on Shorebirds: A Case Study in Central Portugal (Aveiro Lagoon)". In Stokers and Pokers, 197-214. Springer, 2017.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-319-57496-7_12
  4. Silva-Santos P; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Tiago Múrias; J Medeiros; Patricia Cardoso; Maria Dolbeth; MA Pardal; João Alexandre Cabral. "The use of stochastic models as a management tool in a shallow temperate estuary of south Europe (Mondego, Portugal)". In Seagrass: Ecology, Uses and Threats, 157-175. Nova Science Publishers, 2011.
  5. Julia Almeida; Paulo Catry; Vitor Encarnação; Cláudia Franco; José Pedro Granadeiro; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Francisco Moreira; et al. "Aves". In Livro Vermelho dos Vertebrados de Portugal, 143-428. Instituto da Conservação da Natureza, 2006.
  6. Lopes, Ricardo; Cabral, João Alexandre; Múrias, Tiago; Pacheco, Carlos; Marques, João Carlos. "Status and habitat use of waders in the Mondego estuary". In Aquatic ecology of the Mondego River basin global importance of local experience, 219-230. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2002.
    10.14195/978-989-26-0336-0_13
  7. Múrias, Tiago; Marques, João Carlos; Cabral, João Alexandre; Lopes, Ricardo. "Effects of eutrophication on waders (Aves,; Charadrii) in the Mondego estuary: a multi-level approach". In Aquatic ecology of the Mondego River basin global importance of local experience, 527-540. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2002.
    10.14195/978-989-26-0336-0_35
Conference poster
  1. Lopes, Ricardo Jorge. "61 Posters presented in National & International Conferences subject to a Scientific Committee.". Paper presented in Several National & International Conferences, 1994.
Journal article
  1. Groom, Quentin; Dillen, Mathias; Addink, Wouter; Ariño, Arturo H.; Bölling, Christian; Bonnet, Pierre; Cecchi, Lorenzo; et al. "Envisaging a global infrastructure to exploit the potential of digitised collections". Biodiversity Data Journal 11 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/bdj.11.e109439.
    10.3897/bdj.11.e109439
  2. Carreiro, Ana Rita; Ramos, Jaime A.; Mata, Vanessa A.; Almeida, Nathalie M.; Rodrigues, Isabel; dos Santos, Ivo; Matos, Diana M.; et al. Corresponding author: Lopes, Ricardo Jorge. "DNA metabarcoding to assess prey overlap between tuna and seabirds in the Eastern tropical Atlantic: Implications for an ecosystem-based management". Marine Environmental Research 187 (2023): 105955. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.105955.
    10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.105955
  3. Carreiro, Ana Rita; Ramos, Jaime A.; Mata, Vanessa; Almeida, Nathalie M.; Paiva, Vítor H.; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge. Corresponding author: Lopes, Ricardo Jorge. "DNA sequencing shows that tropical tuna species misidentification can be an underestimated issue in fish landings". Food Control 145 (2023): 109473. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109473.
    10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109473
  4. Carreiro, Ana Rita; Ramos, Jaime A.; Mata, Vanessa A.; Matos, Diana M.; dos Santos, Ivo; Araújo, Pedro M.; Rodrigues, Isabel; et al. Corresponding author: Lopes, Ricardo Jorge. "High-throughput sequencing reveals prey diversity overlap between sympatric Sulids in the tropical Atlantic". Food Webs 33 (2022): e00258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2022.e00258.
    10.1016/j.fooweb.2022.e00258
  5. dos Santos, Ivo; Ramos, Jaime A.; Ceia, Filipe R.; Rodrigues, Isabel; Almeida, Nathalie; Antunes, Stefan; Carreiro, Ana R.; et al. "Sexual segregation in the foraging distribution, behaviour, and trophic niche of the endemic Boyd’s shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri boydi)". Marine Biology 169 11 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-022-04127-7.
    10.1007/s00227-022-04127-7
  6. Toomey, Matthew B.; Marques, Cristiana I.; Araújo, Pedro M.; Huang, Delai; Zhong, Siqiong; Liu, Yu; Schreiner, Gretchen D.; et al. "A mechanism for red coloration in vertebrates". Current Biology 32 19 (2022): 4201-4214.e12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.013.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.013
  7. Movalli, Paola; Koschorreck, Jan; Treu, Gabriele; Slobodnik, Jaroslav; Alygizakis, Nikiforos; Androulakakis, Andreas; Badry, Alexander; et al. "The role of natural science collections in the biomonitoring of environmental contaminants in apex predators in support of the EU’s zero pollution ambition". Environmental Sciences Europe 34 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12302-022-00670-8.
    10.1186/s12302-022-00670-8
  8. Santos, Bárbara; Pinho, Catarina J.; Št'áhlavský, František; Mata, Vanessa A.; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Diet study of geckos reveals the first records of pseudoscorpions on Desertas Islands (Cabo Verde)". The Journal of Arachnology 50 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1636/joa-s-20-085.
    Published • 10.1636/joa-s-20-085
  9. Lopes, Ricardo; Faria, Pedro; Gomes, Daniela; Freitas, Bárbara; Málinger, Judit. Corresponding author: Lopes, Ricardo. "The Hummingbird Collection of the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto (MHNC-UP), Portugal". Biodiversity Data Journal 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/bdj.9.e59913.
    Open access • Published • 10.3897/bdj.9.e59913
  10. Norte, A. C.; Araújo, P. M.; Augusto, L.; Guímaro, H.; Santos, S.; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Núncio, M. S.; Ramos, J. A.; Lopes de Carvalho, I.. "Effects of stress exposure in captivity on physiology and infection in avian hosts: no evidence of increased Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. infectivity to vector ticks". Microbial Ecology 83 1 (2021): 202-215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01738-3.
    10.1007/s00248-021-01738-3
  11. Andrade, Pedro; Gazda, Malgorzata A.; Araújo, Pedro M.; Afonso, Sandra; Rasmussen, Jacob. A.; Marques, Cristiana I.; Lopes, Ricardo J.; Gilbert., M. Thomas P.; Carneiro, Miguel. "Molecular parallelisms between pigmentation in the avian iris and the integument of ectothermic vertebrates". PLOS Genetics 17 2 (2021): e1009404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009404.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009404
  12. Luís P. Silva; Vanessa A. Mata; Pedro B. Lopes; Ricardo J. Lopes; Pedro Beja. "High-resolution multi-marker DNA metabarcoding reveals sexual dietary differentiation in a bird with minor dimorphism". Ecology and Evolution (2020): https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6687.
    10.1002/ece3.6687
  13. Gazda, Malgorzata A.; Araújo, Pedro M.; Lopes, Ricardo J.; Toomey, Matthew B.; Andrade, Pedro; Afonso, Sandra; Marques, Cristiana; et al. "A genetic mechanism for sexual dichromatism in birds". Science 368 6496 (2020): 1270-1274. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aba0803.
    Published • 10.1126/science.aba0803
  14. Gazda, Malgorzata Anna; Toomey, Matthew B; Araújo, Pedro M; Lopes, Ricardo J; Afonso, Sandra; Myers, Connie A; Serres, Kyla; et al. "Genetic Basis of De Novo Appearance of Carotenoid Ornamentation in Bare Parts of Canaries". Molecular Biology and Evolution 37 5 (2020): 1317-1328. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaa006.
    Published • 10.1093/molbev/msaa006
  15. Silva LP; Mata VA; Pedro B. Lopes; Paulo Pereira; Jarman SN; Lopes RJ; Beja P. "Advancing the integration of multi-marker metabarcoding data in dietary analysis of trophic generalists". Molecular Ecology Resources 19 6 (2019): 1420-1432.
    Published • 10.1111/1755-0998.13060
  16. Ricardo J. Lopes; Catarina J. Pinho; Bárbara Santos; Mariana Seguro; Vanessa A. Mata; Bastian Egeter; Raquel Vasconcelos. "Intricate trophic links between threatened vertebrates confined to a small island in the Atlantic Ocean". Ecology and Evolution 9 8 (2019): 4994-5002. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5105.
    10.1002/ece3.5105
  17. Ricardo Jorge Lopes; Juliana Machado Ferreira; Nadia Moraes-Barros. "Bolder steps to fight global wildlife illegal trade". Conservation Biology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13245.
    10.1111/cobi.13245
  18. Marko Rakovic; Tzen-Yuh Chiang; Júlio M. Neto; Ricardo J. Lopes; Evgeniy A. Koblik; Igor V. Fadeev; Yuriy V. Lohman; et al. "Geographic patterns of mtDNA and Z-linked sequence variation in the Common Chiffchaff and the ‘chiffchaff complex’". PLOS ONE 14 1 (2019): e0210268. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210268.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0210268
  19. L Joulami; R El Hamoumi; Z Daief; H Bazairi; RJ Lopes. "Impact of shorebird predation on intertidal macroinvertebrates in a key North African Atlantic wintering site: an experimental approach". African Journal of Marine Science 41 1 (2019): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2018.1552193.
    10.2989/1814232X.2018.1552193
  20. Catarina Jesus Pinho; Bárbara Santos; Mata, VA; Mariana Seguro; Maria M. Romeiras; Ricardo J Lopes; Raquel Vasconcelos. "What Is the Giant Wall Gecko Having for Dinner? Conservation Genetics for Guiding Reserve Management in Cabo Verde". Genes (2018): http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/9/12/599.
    10.3390/genes9120599
  21. Sergei V. Drovetski; Igor V. Fadeev; Marko Rakovic; Ricardo J. Lopes; Giovanni Boano; Marco Pavia; Evgeniy A. Koblik; et al. "A test of the European Pleistocene refugial paradigm, using a Western Palaearctic endemic bird species". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285 1889 (2018): 20181606-20181606. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1606.
    10.1098/rspb.2018.1606
  22. Matthew B. Toomey; Cristiana I. Marques; Pedro Andrade; Pedro M. Araújo; Stephen Sabatino; Malgorzata A. Gazda; Sandra Afonso; et al. "A non-coding region near Follistatin controls head colour polymorphism in the Gouldian finch". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2018): https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1788.
    10.1098/rspb.2018.1788
  23. Rodrigues, Pedro; Micael, Joana; Resendes, Roberto; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Ramos, Jaime Albino; Cunha, Regina Tristão. "Genetic and morphometric variation of the Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) on the Azores Archipelago reveals a recent range expansion". Journal of Natural History 52 37-38 (2018): 2413-2435. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2018.1539194.
    Published • 10.1080/00222933.2018.1539194
  24. Ricardo J. Lopes; Joana Correia; Helena Batalha; Gonçalo C. Cardoso. "Haemosporidian parasites missed the boat during the introduction of common waxbills (Estrilda astrild) in Iberia". Parasitology (2018): 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182018000331.
    10.1017/S0031182018000331
  25. Costa, José M.; Ramos, Jaime A.; da Silva, Luís P.; Timóteo, Sérgio; Andrade, Pedro; Araújo, Pedro M.; Carneiro, Camilo; et al. "Rewiring of experimentally disturbed seed dispersal networks might lead to unexpected network configurations". Basic and Applied Ecology 30 (2018): 11-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2018.05.011.
    Published • 10.1016/j.baae.2018.05.011
  26. Gazda, Malgorzata A; Andrade, Pedro; Afonso, Sandra; Dilyte, Jolita; Archer, John P; Lopes, Ricardo J; Faria, Rui; Carneiro, Miguel. "Signatures of Selection on Standing Genetic Variation Underlie Athletic and Navigational Performance in Racing Pigeons". Molecular Biology and Evolution 35 5 (2018): 1176-1189. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msy030.
    Published • 10.1093/molbev/msy030
  27. Lopes, Ricardo Jorge. "Unleashing the Potential of Public Genomic Resources to Find Parasite Genetic Data". Trends in Parasitology 33 10 (2017): 750-753. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1471492217301551.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2017.06.006
  28. Lopes, Ricardo Jorge. "A critical comment to D´Cruze and Macdonald (2016)". Nature Conservation 21 (2017): 159-161. https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.21.13071.
    10.3897/natureconservation.21.13071
  29. Matthew B. Toomey; Ricardo J. Lopes; Pedro M. Araújo; James D. Johnson; Malgorzata A. Gazda; Sandra Afonso; Paulo G. Mota; et al. "High-density lipoprotein receptor SCARB1 is required for carotenoid coloration in birds". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2017): 201700751-201700751. https://doi.org/10.1073%2Fpnas.1700751114.
    10.1073/pnas.1700751114
  30. Lourenço, PM; Catry, T; Lopes, RJ; Piersma, T; Granadeiro, JP. "Invisible trophic links? Quantifying the importance of non-standard food sources for key intertidal avian predators in the Eastern Atlantic". Marine Ecology Progress Series 563 (2017): 219-232. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps11979.
    Published • 10.3354/meps11979
  31. Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Gomez, Juan Antonio; Andreotti, Alessandro; Andreoni, Maura. "Purple Swamphen or Gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio) and Humans". Society & Animals 24 6 (2016): 574-595. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685306-12341432.
    Published • 10.1163/15685306-12341432
  32. Rodrigues, Pedro; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Resendes, Roberto; Ramos, Jaime Albino; Cunha, Regina Tristao. "Genetic Diversity of the Azores BlackbirdsTurdus merulaReveals Multiple Founder Events". Acta Ornithologica 51 2 (2016): 221-234. http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/00016454ao2016.51.2.008.
    Published • 10.3161/00016454ao2016.51.2.008
  33. Catry, T; Lourenco, PM; Lopes, RJ; Bocher, P; Carneiro, C; Alves, JA; Delaporte, P; et al. "Use of stable isotope fingerprints to assign wintering origin and trace shorebird movements along the East Atlantic Flyway". Basic and Applied Ecology 17 2 (2016): 177-187. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000371313700009&KeyUID=WOS:000371313700009.
    10.1016/j.baae.2015.010.005
  34. Catry, T; Lourenco, PM; Lopes, RJ; Carneiro, C; Alves, JA; Costa, J; Rguibi-Idrissi, H; et al. "Structure and functioning of intertidal food webs along an avian flyway: a comparative approach using stable isotopes". Functional Ecology 30 3 (2016): 468-478. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000372949000014&KeyUID=WOS:000372949000014.
    10.1111/1365-2435.12506
  35. Lopes, RJ; Johnson, JD; Toomey, MB; Ferreira, MS; Araujo, PM; Melo-Ferreira, J; Andersson, L; et al. "Genetic Basis for Red Coloration in Birds". Current Biology 26 11 (2016): 1427-1434. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000377390700020&KeyUID=WOS:000377390700020.
    10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.076
  36. Mata, VA; da Silva, LP; Lopes, RJ; Drovetski, SV. "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. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000361406200007&KeyUID=WOS:000361406200007.
    10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.04.006
  37. Andrade, P; Rodrigues, P; Lopes, RJ; Ramos, JA; Da Cunha, RT; Goncalves, D. "Ecomorphological patterns in the Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla: insular versus mainland populations". Bird Study 62 4 (2015): 498-507. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000363322100006&KeyUID=WOS:000363322100006.
    10.1080/00063657.2015.1077780
  38. Rodrigues, Pedro; Lopes, Ricardo J.; Micael, Joana; Resendes, Roberto; Ramos, Jaime A.; Tristão da Cunha, Regina. "Genetic and morphometric diversity of the goldcrest (Regulus regulus) populations in the Azores". Zoology 117 6 (2014): 383-391. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2014.07.001.
    Published • 10.1016/j.zool.2014.07.001
  39. Cardoso, G. C.; Leitão, A. V.; Funghi, C.; Batalha, H. R.; Lopes, R. J.; Mota, P. G.. "Similar preferences for ornamentation in opposite- and same-sex choice experiments". Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27 12 (2014): 2798-2806. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12542.
    Published • 10.1111/jeb.12542
  40. Cardoso, G. C.; Batalha, H. R.; Reis, S.; Lopes, R. J.. "Increasing sexual ornamentation during a biological invasion". Behavioral Ecology 25 4 (2014): 916-923. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/aru068.
    Published • 10.1093/beheco/aru068
  41. Sara Pardal; Jose´ A. Alves; Li´bia Ze´-Ze´; Hugo Oso´rio; Afonso Rocha; Ricardo J. Lopes; Pete Potts; et al. "Shorebird low spillover risk of mosquito-borne pathogens on major Iberian wetlands". Journal of Ornithology 115 2 (2014): 549-554.
    Published • 10.1007/s10336-013-1036-2
  42. Rodrigues, Pedro; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Reis, Sandra; Resendes, Roberto; Ramos, Jaime; Cunha, Regina Tristão da. "Genetic diversity and morphological variation of the common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) in the Azores". Journal of Avian Biology 45 (2014): 167-178.
    10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00229.x
  43. Drovetski, S. V.; Aghayan, S. A.; Mata, V. A.; Lopes, R. J.; Mode, N. A.; Harvey, J. A.; Voelker, G.. "Does the niche breadth or trade-off hypothesis explain the abundance-occupancy relationship in avian Haemosporidia?". Molecular Ecology online (2014):
    10.1111/mec.12744
  44. Lifjeld, JT; Hoenen, A; Johannessen, LE; Laskemoen, T; Lopes, RJ; Rodrigues, Pedro; Rowe, M; Rodrigues, P. "The Azores bullfinch (Pyrrhula murina) has the same unusual and size-variable sperm morphology as the Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108 3 (2013): 677-687.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.02040.x
  45. Carvalho, CF; Leitao, AV; Funghi, C; Batalha, HR; Reis, S; Mota, PG; Lopes, RJ; Cardoso, GC. "Personality traits are related to ecology across a biological invasion". Behavioral Ecology 24 5 (2013): 1081-10.
    Published • 10.1093/beheco/art034
  46. Lopes, RJ; Alves, JA; Gill, JA; Gunnarsson, TG; Hooijmeijer, JCEW; Lourenco, PM; Masero, JA; et al. "Do different subspecies of Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa overlap in Iberian wintering and staging areas? Validation with genetic markers". Journal of Ornithology 154 1 (2013): 35-40.
    Published • 10.1007/s10336-012-0865-8
  47. Rodrigues P; Lopes RJ; Drovetski SV; Reis S; Ramos JA; Cunha RT. "Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the Robin (Erithacus rubecula) in the Azores Islands: Evidence of a recent colonisation". Journal of Ornithology (2013):
    10.1007/s10336-013-0953-4
  48. Latifa Joulami; Hamid Rguibi Idrissi; Hocein Bazairi; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Rhimou El Hamoumi. "Study of the migratory waders phenology in the lagoon and salines of Sidi Moussa (Morocco)". Bulletin de l’Institut Scientifique, Section Sciences de la Vie 35 (2013): 131-140.
  49. Santos, Susana S.; Pardal, Sara; Proença, Diogo N.; Lopes, Ricardo J.; Ramos, Jaime A.; Mendes, Luísa; Morais, Paula V.. "Diversity of cloacal microbial community in migratory shorebirds that use the Tagus estuary as stopover habitat and their potential to harbor and disperse pathogenic microorganisms". FEMS Microbiology Ecology 82 1 (2012): 63-74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01407.x.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01407.x
  50. Carvalho, IL; Ze-Ze, L; Alves, AS; Pardal, S; Lopes, RJ; Mendes, L; Nuncio, MS. "Borrelia garinii and Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica detected in migratory shorebirds in Portugal". European Journal of Wildlife Research 58 5 (2012): 857-861.
    Published • 10.1007/s10344-012-0617-3
  51. Ventim, R; Ramos, JA; Osorio, H; Lopes, RJ; Perez-Tris, J; Mendes, L. "Avian malaria infections in western European mosquitoes". Parasitology Research 111 2 (2012): 637-645.
    Published • 10.1007/s00436-012-2880-3
  52. Ribeiro, AM; Lopes, RJ; Bowie, RCK. "Historical demographic dynamics underlying local adaptation in the presence of gene flow". Ecology and Evolution 2 11 (2012): 2710-2721.
    Published • 10.1002/ece3.390
  53. Santos, SS; Pardal, S; Proenca, DN; Lopes, RJ; Ramos, JA; Mendes, L; Morais, PV. "Diversity of cloacal microbial community in migratory shorebirds that use the Tagus estuary as stopover habitat and their potential to harbor and disperse pathogenic microorganisms". Fems Microbiology Ecology 82 1 (2012): 63-74.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01407.x
  54. Masero, JA; Santiago-Quesada, F; Sanchez-Guzman, JM; Villegas, A; Abad-Gomez, JM; Lopes, RJ; Encarnacao, V; Corbacho, C; Moran, R. "Long lengths of stay, large numbers, and trends of the Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa in rice fields during spring migration". Bird Conservation International 21 1 (2011): 12-24.
    Published • 10.1017/S0959270910000092
  55. Toepfer, T.; Haring, E.; Birkhead, T. R.; Lopes, R. J.; Severinghaus, L. Liu; Martens, J.; Paeckert, M.. "A molecular phylogeny of bullfinches Pyrrhula Brisson, 1760 (Ayes: Fringillidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58 2 (2011): 271-282.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.10.015
  56. CHEN, SY; LIN, BZ; BAIG, M; MITRA, B; LOPES, RJ; SANTOS, AM; MAGEE, DA; et al. "Zebu Cattle Are an Exclusive Legacy of the South Asia Neolithic". MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 27 1 (2010): 1-6.
    Published • 10.1093/molbev/msp213
  57. Silva-Santos, P; Pardal, MA; Lopes, RJ; Murias, T; Cabral, JA. "Testing the Stochastic Dynamic Methodology (StDM) as a management tool in a shallow temperate estuary of south Europe (Mondego, Portugal)". Ecological Modelling 210 4 (2008): 377-402.
    Published
  58. Lopes, RJ; Hortas, F; Wennerberg, L. "Geographical segregation in Dunlin Calidris alpina populations wintering along the East Atlantic migratory flyway - evidence from mitochondrial DNA analysis". Diversity and Distributions 14 5 (2008): 732-741.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00480.x
  59. ANTAO, T; LOPES, A; LOPES, RJ; BEJA-PEREIRA, A; LUIKART, G. "LOSITAN: A workbench to detect molecular adaptation based on a F-st-outlier method". BMC BIOINFORMATICS 9 (2008):
    10.1186/1471-2105-9-323
  60. Tavares, PC; Kelly, A; Maia, R; Lopes, RJ; Santos, RS; Pereira, ME; Duarte, AC; Furness, RW. "Variation in the mobilization of mercury into Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus chicks in coastal saltpans, as revealed by stable isotopes". Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 77 1 (2008): 65-76.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.09.015
  61. Faria, MS; Lopes, RJ; Malcato, J; Nogueira, AJA; Soares, AMVM. "In situ bioassays with Chironomus riparius larvae to biomonitor metal pollution in rivers and to evaluate the efficiency of restoration measures in mine areas". Environmental Pollution 151 1 (2008): 213-221.
    10.1016/j.envpol.2007.01.050
  62. Tavares, PC; Kelly, A; Lopes, RJ; Pereira, ME; Duarte, AC; Furness, RW. "The influence of dietary specialization and trophic status on mercury levels in two species using common coastal wetlands, Himantopus himantopus and Sterna albifrons". Ardeola 54 2 (2007): 275-288.
    Published
  63. Simoes, BF; Rebelo, H; Lopes, RJ; Alves, PC; Harris, DJ. "Patterns of genetic diversity within and between Myotis d. daubentonii and M-d. nathalinae derived from cytochrome b mtDNA sequence data". Acta Chiropterologica 9 2 (2007): 379-389.
    Published • 10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[379:POGDWA]2.0.CO;2
  64. Faria, MS; Lopes, RJ; Nogueira, AJA; Soares, AMVM. "In situ and laboratory bioassays with Chironomus riparius larvae to assess toxicity of metal contamination in rivers: The relative toxic effect of sediment versus water contamination". Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26 9 (2007): 1968-19.
    Published
  65. Martins, I; Lopes, RJ; Lillebo, AI; Neto, JM; Pardal, MA; Ferreira, JG; Marques, JC. "Significant variations in the productivity of green macroalgae in a mesotidal estuary: Implications to the nutrient loading of the system and the adjacent coastal area". Marine Pollution Bulletin 54 6 (2007): 678-690.
    Published • 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.01.023
  66. Lopes, RJ; Pardal, MA; Múrias, T; Cabral, JA; Marques, JC. "Influence of macroalgal mats on abundance and distribution of dunlin Calidris alpina in estuaries: a long-term approach". Marine Ecology Progress Series 323 (2006): 11-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps323011.
    Published • 10.3354/meps323011
  67. Lopes, RJ; Wennerberg, L; Ferrand, N. "Implications of recent artificial range expansion on the genetic structure of an endangered subspecies of the Purple Gallinule". Journal of Ornithology 147 5 (2006): 107-107.
    Published
  68. Silva-Santos, P; Pardal, MK; Lopes, RJ; Murias, T; Cabral, JA. "A stochastic dynamic methodology (SDM) to the modelling of trophic interactionsl with a focus on estuarine eutrophication scenarios". Ecological Indicators 6 2 (2006): 394-408.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2005.05.001
  69. LOPES, RJ; MARQUES, JC; WENNERBERG, L. "Migratory connectivity and temporal segregation of dunlin (Calidris alpina) in Portugal: evidence from morphology, ringing recoveries and mtDNA". JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY 147 2 (2006): 385-394.
    Published • 10.1007/s10336-005-0048-y
  70. Lopes, RJ; Murias, T; Cabral, JA; Marques, JC. "A ten year study of variation, trends and seasonality of a shorebird community in the Mondego estuary, Portugal". Waterbirds 28 1 (2005): 8-18.
    Published • 10.1675/1524-4695(2005)028[0008:ATYSOV]2.0.CO;2
  71. TAVARES, PC; MONTEIRO, LR; LOPES, RJ; PEREIRA, ME; DUARTE, AC; FURNESS, RW. "Variation of mercury contamination in chicks of Little Tern Sterna albifrons in southwest Europe: Brood, age, and colony related effects". BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 74 1 (2005): 177-183.
    Published • 10.1007/d00128-004-0565-z
  72. Santos, TM; Cabral, JA; Lopes, RJ; Pardal, M; Marques, JC; Goss-Custard, J. "Competition for feeding in waders: a case study in an estuary of south temperate Europe (Mondego, Portugal)". Hydrobiologia 544 (2005): 155-166.
    10.1007/s10750-005-0541-6
  73. P C Tavares; L R Monteiro; Ricardo Jorge Lopes; M M Correia Santos; R W Furness. "Intraspecific variation of mercury contamination in chicks of Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) in coastal wetlands from Southwestern Europe". Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 72 3 (2004): 437-444.
    Published • 10.1007/s00128-004-0265-8
  74. Múrias T; Cabral JA; Lopes RJ; Marques JC; Goss-Custard J. "Use of traditional salines by waders in the Mondego estuary (Portugal): A conservation perspective". Ardeola 49 2 (2003): 223-240. https://www.ardeola.org/en/volumes/492/articles/223-240/.
    Published
  75. Lopes RJ; Pardal MA; Marques JC. "Impact of macroalgal blooms and wader predation on intertidal macroinvertebrates: experimental evidence from the Mondego estuary (Portugal)". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 249 2 (2000): 165-179.
    Published • 10.1016/S0022-0981(00)00202-1
  76. Cabral JA; Pardal MA; Lopes RJ; Múrias T; Marques JC. "The impact of macroalgal blooms on the use of the intertidal area and feeding behaviour of waders (Charadrii) in the Mondego estuary (west Portugal)". Acta Oecologica 20 4 (1999): 417-427.
    Published • 10.1016/S1146-609X(99)00126-5
  77. Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; João Alexandre Cabral; Tiago Múrias; João Carlos Marques. "Contribution to the study of the diet of the Dunlin Calidris alpina and the Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola in the Mondego estuary". Airo 9 (1998): 27-32.
  78. Múrias T; Cabral JA; Lopes RJ; Marques JC. "Low-water use of the Mondego Estuary (West Portugal) by waders (Charadrii)". Ardeola 44 1 (1997): 79-91. https://www.ardeola.org/es/volumenes/441/articulos/79-91/.
    Published
  79. João Alexandre Cabral; Tiago Múrias; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; João Carlos Marques. "Macroalgae blooms and macrohabitat selection by waders: a study in Mondego Estuary (Western Portugal)". Airo 7 (1996): 1-6.
    Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Lopes, Ricardo Jorge. "Migration and Winter Dynamics of Dunlin Calidris alpina in Portugal". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra, 2004.
  2. Lopes, Ricardo Jorge. "Impacto das aves limícolas sobre os macroinvertebrados nas áreas intertidais do estuário do Mondego". Master, 1999.

Other

Dataset
  1. Lopes, Ricardo Jorge. The Hummingbird Collection of the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto (MHNC-UP).
    10.15468/6x9lng
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023 - Current An extended specimen approach to the study of artificial selection in the Canary
Supervisor of Pedro Miguel Vieira Faria
 Master in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022/09 - Current Social biology of breeding: Determinants of pair formation and breeding dynamics in a gregarious model species
Co-supervisor of Amalia Lucia de la Torre Herrera
 BIODIV Doctoral Programme (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018/09 - 2022/12 Metagenomic assessment of trophic networks for a sustainable conservation of Cabo Verde Seabirds
Co-supervisor of Ana Rita Carreiro
 PhD in Biosciences (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09 - 2022/06 Carotenoids on Health - Genomics to solve the missing link
Supervisor of Sofia Barros Böttcher
 BSc in Biology (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018 - 2020/11 Análise estrutural do canto de canários com fundos genéticos diferenciados para identificação das regras básicas de aprendizagem nestas aves
Co-supervisor of Diogo Goulart
 Mestrado em Biologia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
2016/12/21 - 2020/01/31 Genetic Basis of Simple and Complex Traits with Relevance to Avian Evolution
Co-supervisor of Malgorzata Gazda
 PhD Programme in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (PhD)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Giant wall gecko (Tarentola gigas) diet analysis for guiding reserve management in Cabo Verde
Co-supervisor of Catarina Pinho
 Mestrado em Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016 - 2017 The Genetic Basis of Plumage Colour Variation in the Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae): an RNA-seq approach
Co-supervisor of Cristiana Marques
 Mestrado em Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Evolutionary history of the birds of the Angolan highlands – the missing piece to understand the biogeography of the Afromontane forests
Co-supervisor of Bruno Silva
 Mestrado em Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010/01/31 - 2013/12 Interactions entre les conditions écologiques, le benthos et les communautés des limicoles dans um écosystème côtier du Nord-Ouest de l`Afrique (Lagune de Sidi Moussa, Maroc
Co-supervisor of Latifa Joulami
 Ecologie et Gestion de l`Ènvironment (PhD)
Université Hassan II Casablanca, Morocco
2008/09/01 - 2012/06/03 Biogeography and Evolution of Azorean Passariformes - An Integrative and Comparative Approach
Co-supervisor of Pedro Miguel Reis Rodrigues
 Phd in Biology (PhD)
Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
2011 - 2012 A comparison of hemosporidian parasite and their avian host communities across the strait of Gibraltar
Co-supervisor of Vanessa Mata
 Mestrado em Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2011 - 2012 Evolution of animal personalities across ecological and demographic gradients in an invasive species, the common waxbill Estrilda astrild
Co-supervisor of Carlos Carvalho
 Mestrado em Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2008 - 2009 Genetic diversity of Mediterranean populations of Purple Swamphen or Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio) after recent human-mediated range expansions
Supervisor of Sandra Reis
 Mestrado em Biologia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/12/05 - 2022/12/08 TiBE Conference - Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution - Biology of Colour (2022/12/05 - 2022/12/08)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2018 - 2018 TiBE Conference - Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution - Hosts-Parasites Interactions (2018/12/05)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Symposium "Islands within islands: parasites on insular host populations" in the Island Biology 2016 International Conference (2016/06/18 - 2016/06/22)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade dos Açores - Campus de Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Congenomics 2016 - Conference on Conservation Genomics (2016/05/02 - 2016/05/06)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2011 - 2011 TiBE Conference - Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution - New challenges in Conservation Genetics (2011/12/05 - 2011/12/06)
Conference (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2008 - 2008 IV Bird ringers Meeting (2008/02/22 - 2008/02/24)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Associação Portuguesa de Anilhagem Científica de Aves, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Symposium "Stopover" in the 31st Annual Meeting of the Waterbird Society (2007/10/31 - 2007/11/03)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Biologia, Spain

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2020 - Current ESEB - European Society for Evolutionary Biology Life-time membership
2005 - Current APAA - Associação Portuguesa de Anilhadores de Aves - Portuguese Bird Ringers Association Member
2000 - Current SPEA - Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves - Portuguese Birdlife partner Secretary of the General Assembly (2019-2025)
1996 - Current IWSG - International Wader Study Group Life-time membership
2021 - 2022 The Waterbird Society Member
1996 - 1998 SPE - Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia Member

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023 - 2023 XI Ornithological Conference of SPEA Universidade dos Açores
2020 - 2020 VII Congresso Ibérico e XXIV Espanhol de Ornitologia Sociedad Espanhola de Ornitologia
2019 - 2019 X Ornithological Conference of SPEA SPEA - Portugal BirdLife partner
2019 - 2019 XXIV Spanish & VII Ornithological Iberian Conference SEO - Spain BirdLife partner
2016 - 2016 IX Ornithological Conference of SPEA SPEA - Portugal BirdLife partner
2014 - 2014 VIII Ornithological Conference of SPEA SPEA - Portugal BirdLife partner
2012 - 2012 Sixiémes Journées Internationales Oiseaux d’eau et Zones Humides au Maroc University of Casablanca
2010 - 2010 International Wader Study Group Conference 2010 University of Lisbon
2009 - 2009 VI Ornithological Conference of SPEA & IV Ornithological Iberian Conference SPEA - Portugal BirdLife partner
2003 - 2003 IV Ornithological Conference of SPEA & II Ornithological Iberian Conference SPEA - Portugal BirdLife partner

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2017 - 2017 Grant Review - Kazakhstan National Center of Science and Technology Evaluation
Evaluator
 National Center of Science and Technology Evaluation, Kazakhstan
2014 - 2014 Grant Review - Czech Science Foundation
Evaluator
 Grantová agentura Ceské republiky, Czech Republic
2011 - 2011 Grant Review - Hungarian Scientific Research Fund Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, Hungary

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2004 - 2010 Airo (0871-6595) SPEA