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José Carlos Alcobia Rogado de Brito. Concluiu o(a) Doutoramento em Biologia em 2003/05/23 pelo(a) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Licenciatura em Biologia em 1994 pelo(a) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências. Publicou 118 artigos em revistas especializadas. Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências Naturais com ênfase em Ciências Biológicas com ênfase em Conservação da Biodiversidade. Nas suas atividades profissionais interagiu com 402 colaborador(es) em coautorias de trabalhos científicos. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: Biodiversity; Climate Change; Reserve Design; Deserts; Arid Regions; Sahara; Sahel; Evolution; Landscape Genetics; Phylogeography; Reptilia; Amphibia; Mammalia; Ecological Modelling; Geographical Information Systems; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
José Carlos Alcobia Rogado de Brito

Citation names

  • Brito, José Carlos

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
DB1D-A1FF-C8F9
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5444-8132
Google Scholar ID
Na-M5x4AAAAJ
Researcher Id
A-7831-2010
Scopus Author Id
7101605668

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2)
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2003/05/23
Concluded
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Ecologia da Víbora-cornuda (Vipera latastei, Boscá 1878) em Portugal e a Problemática da sua Conservação" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Distinction and Praise
1994
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Áreas Potenciais para a Conservação do Lagarto-de-água (Lacerta schreiberi) em Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/11/01 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2014/01/01 - 2019/10/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2013/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2008/07/01 - 2012/12/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2006/01/01 - 2008/06/30 Pos-doc with FCT grant (SFRH/BPD/26699/2005) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2003/06/01 - 2005/12/31 Pos-doc with FCT grant (SFRH/BPD/11542/2002) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
1998/09/01 - 2002/08/31 PhD student with FCT grant (PRAXIS XXI/BD/16093/98) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
1996/01/01 - 1998/08/31 BIC researcher with FCT grant (PRAXIS XXI/BIC/2803/96) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022 - 2023 Future prediction for conservation of the unknown Guinea baboons’ desert populations in Mauritania
36007-1
Post-doc
Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation, United Kingdom
Concluded
2020 - 2021 Assessment of the Newly Discovered Population of the Globally Endangered Zolio's Lizard in Mauritania
30876-1
Researcher
Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation
Ongoing
2019 - 2020 Behavioral optimization of camouflage in remote Sahara-Sahel rodent communities
53336R-19
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 National Geographic Society
Ongoing
2018 - 2019 SpeciSex-Investigating the role of sex chromosomes in reproductive isolation and speciation
not available.
Researcher
CEFE, France
 Labex CEMEB
Ongoing
2015 - 2016 Conserving desert biodiversity through crocodile-based ecotourism in Mauritania
17893-1
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Rufford Foundation
Concluded
2014 - 2015 Conservation Status of Addax nasomaculatus in Mauritania
13257467
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
Concluded
2014 - 2015 Conservation Status of Vipera latastei and Vipera monticola in Morocco
13057632
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
Concluded
2014 - 2015 Combining ecological niche-based modelling and landscape genetics for conservation planning of endangered North African gazelles
15399-1
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Rufford Foundation
Concluded
2013 - 2014 Diversity patterns in West Africa - the case of specious Gerbillus rodents
GEFNE53-12
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 National Geographic Society
Concluded
2011 - 2012 Conservation Status of Mesalina pasteuri, Tarentola chazaliae, Lytorhynchus diadema, and Varanus griseus in the Parc National du Banc d’Arguin (Mauritania)
11052709
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
2011 - 2012 Conservation Status of Agama tassiliensis and A. boueti in the Termit Massif and Tin Toumma Desert (Niger)
11052499
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
2011 - 2012 Conservation Status of Papio papio, Crocodylus niloticus, and Agama boulengeri in Mauritania
11052707
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
2007/01 - 2009/03 Why is the morphology of Iberian Podarcis so variable? Distinguishing between the effects of phylogeny, short-term evolution and phenotypic plasticity
82950
Provided by PTCRIS: 82950
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2008 - 2009 Biogeographic and evolutionary patterns in isolated vertebrates from Mauritania
8412-08
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 National Geographic Society
Concluded
2005/07 - 2008/12 Nuclear gene genealogies, landscape genetics and GIS: developing an integrated approach to test hypotheses on the biogeography of Iberian herpetofauna
60911
Provided by PTCRIS: 60911
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2004 - 2005 Phylogeography of the Spiny-footed lizards, Acanthodactylus spp., in West Africa
7629-04
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 National Geographic Society
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2023 - 2027 Predator-Prey Model
SR87302411
Post-doc
RCU-Royal Commission for AlUla, Saudi Arabia
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
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2024 - 2025 Baseline Survey for Raptors
SR100293383
Principal investigator
RCU-Royal Commission for AlUla, Saudi Arabia
Ongoing
2024 - 2025 Spatial Habitats Assessment for Biodiversity Conservation
R98-Z13M190
Principal investigator
RSG - Red Sea Global, Saudi Arabia
Ongoing
2023 - 2024 Acacia Trees Dieback Possible Solutions – Insect related
SR60193694
Post-doc
RCU-Royal Commission for AlUla, Saudi Arabia
Ongoing
2022 - 2024 Inventory of AlUla Fauna
PR6869
Principal investigator
RCU – Royal Commission for AlUla, Saudi Arabia
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva
UIDB/50027/2020
10.54499/UIDB/50027/2020
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva
UIDP/50027/2020
10.54499/UIDP/50027/2020
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2019 - 2021 ARIDADAPT - Climate change and genomics of adaptation to extreme desert conditions
PTDC/BIA-ECO/28158/2017
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2015 - 2017 Appui à la Réalisation d’un Atlas des Reptiles et Amphibiens sur le Parc National du Diawling et sa Périphérie et Formation des Agents du Parc à l’Herpétologie
RAMPAO15MRPPS05
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Concluded
2013/07 - 2015/06 EVOVIV - Evolution of Viviparity: An integrative framework for the study of an evolutionary novelty in Salamandra salamandra
Provided by PTCRIS: 129131
129131
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2013/07 - 2015/06 DESERTFLOW - Assessing gene flow and contact zone dynamics in desert lizards under climate change scenarios
Provided by PTCRIS: 128929
128929
Principal investigator
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2012/04 - 2015/03 GenePlan - Integrating Evolutionary Processes and Systematic Conservation Planning
118624
Provided by PTCRIS: 118624
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2012 - 2015 AZORPI - Ecology and evolution of the Azores woodpigeon: support tools for a management and conservation strategy
M2.1.2/F/025/2011
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/03 - 2013/08 METALAND: Inferring Metapopulation Dynamics with Landscape Genetics for Vertebrates of Mauritanian Mountains
99934
Provided by PTCRIS: 99934
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2013 - 2013 Estado de conservación y estructura genética de la Víbora hocicuda (Vipera latastei) y la Víbora del Magreb (Daboia mauritanica) en el Norte de África
not available..
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Instituto de Estudios Ceutíes
Concluded
2008/01/01 - 2013 ASSESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF REAR EDGE POPULATIONS FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN SOUTHERN IBERIAN PENINSULA: A MULTI-SPECIES COMPARISON UNDER A SCENARIO OF CLIMATE CHANGE USING AMPHIBIANS AS A MODEL
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/99915/PT
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012 - 2012 Coenagrion mercuriale: distribución, diversidad genética y estado de conservación
xxx
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Instituto de Estudios Ceutíes
Concluded
2011 - 2012 Biodiversity in Serralves
xxx
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2008 - 2012 Biodiversite et Evolution des Vertebres de la Mauritanie
xxx
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Concluded
2008/04 - 2011/09 Modelling terrestrial biodiversity in the Cape Verde islands: combining ecogeographical information with molecular markers
Provided by PTCRIS: 74288
74288
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2008 - 2009 Biodiversity patterns in amphibians and reptiles of North Africa
Proc. 4.1.5CNRST/Morocco
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Concluded
2005/07 - 2008/12 The role of ecological barriers in the genetic structure of viperid snakes: a multi-scale approach
55596
Provided by PTCRIS: 55596
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2005/09 - 2008/06 Phylogeographic analysis of geckos from the Mediterranean Basin and Macaronesian Islands
Provided by PTCRIS: 61946
61946
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
Concluded
2004 - 2005 Cryptic Tunisian species of amphibians and reptiles. Relationships with other regions of the Mediterranean Basin
xxx
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2014 - 2015 Understanding genetic diversity and population structure of endangered Gazella cuvieri and Gazella dorcas from Morocco using multiple molecular markers and a non-invasive sampling approach
not available
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 Emirates Center for Wildlife Propagation
Concluded
2012 - 2014 Due Diversity II: Supporting the Convention on Biological Diversity
xxx
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
 European Space Agency
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Brito, José. CIBIO – Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos – Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources. Porto, Portugal: CIBIO/UP. 2012.
    Published
  2. Brito, José. Bases para uma Estratégia de Conservação do Lagarto-de-água e seus Habitats. Lisboa, Portugal: Instituto da Conservação da Natureza. 1998.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Brito, José Carlos. "Desert Biodiversity—World’s Hot Spots/Globally Outstanding Biodiverse Deserts". 2019.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.11794-4
  2. Brito, José Carlos. "Desert Conservation and Management: Ecotourism". 2019.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.11827-5
  3. Brito, José. "MO2: The Atlantic Route To Mauritania". In Morocco Overland: Route Guide from the Atlas to the Sahara, 259-262. Surrey, United Kingdom: Trailblazer Guides, 2009.
    Published
  4. Brito, José. "Vipera latastei". In Atlas dos Anfíbios e Répteis de Portugal, 182-183. Portugal: Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e Biodiversidade, 2008.
    Published
  5. Brito, José. "Vipera seoanei". In Atlas dos Anfíbios e Répteis de Portugal, 184-185. Lisboa, Portugal: Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e Biodiversidade, 2008.
    Published
  6. Brito, José. "Lacerta schreiberi". In Atlas dos Anfíbios e Répteis de Portugal, 146-147. Lisboa, Portugal: Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e Biodiversidade, 2008.
    Published
  7. Brito, José. "Habitat requirements and potential areas of occurrence for the Pine Marten in North-western Portugal: conservation implications". In Martes in Carnivore Communities, 27-43. Alberta, Canada: Alpha Wildlife Publications, 2006.
    Published
  8. Brito, José. "Répteis". In Livro Vermelho dos Vertebrados de Portugal, 121-142. Lisboa, Portugal: Instituto da Conservação da Natureza, 2005.
    Published
  9. Brito, José. "Anfíbios". In Livro Vermelho dos Vertebrados de Portugal, 115-120. Lisboa, Portugal: Instituto da Conservação da Natureza, 2005.
    Published
  10. Brito, José. "Vipera (Vipera) latastei Boscá, 1878 – Stülpnasenotter". In Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas Band 3/IIB: Schlangen (Serpentes) III: Viperidae, 187-212. Wiesbaden, Germany: Aula Verlag, 2005.
    Published
  11. Brito, José. "Vipera (Pelias) seoanei Lataste, 1879 - Séoanes Viper, Spanische Kreuzotter". In Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas Band 3/IIB: Schlangen (Serpentes) III: Viperidae, 355-374. Wiesbaden, Germany: Aula Verlag, 2005.
    Published
  12. Brito, José. "Mauritania R2: Nouâdhibou–Atar". In Sahara Overland: A Route and Planning Guide, 468-469. Surrey, United Kingdom: Trailblazer Guides, 2004.
    Published
  13. Brito, José. "Mauritania R10: Atar–Tidjikja". In Sahara Overland: A Route and Planning Guide, 481-483. Surrey, United Kingdom: Trailblazer Guides, 2004.
    Published
  14. Brito, José. "Mauritania R11: Tidjikja–Néma". In Sahara Overland: A Route and Planning Guide, 484-488. Surrey, United Kingdom: Trailblazer Guides, 2004.
    Published
  15. Brito, José. "Mauritania R12: Moudjéria–Guelta Matmâta–Moudjéria". In Sahara Overland: A Route and Planning Guide, 488-489. Surrey, United Kingdom: Trailblazer Guides, 2004.
    Published
  16. Brito, José. "Nissan Patrol: Bus of the Desert". In Sahara Overland: A Route and Planning Guide, 93-93. Surrey, United Kingdom: Trailblazer Guides, 2004.
    Published
  17. Brito, José. "Distributional analysis of two vipers (Vipera latastei and V. seoanei) in a potential area of sympatry in the Northwestern Iberian Peninsula". In Biology of the Vipers, 129-138. Utah, United States: Eagle Mountain Publishing, 2002.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Brito, José. "Modelling gene flow in the entire distribution range of Guinea Baboons". Paper presented in Folia Primatologica, 2016.
    Published
  2. Brito, José. "Dispersal in the desert: genetic diversity and population structure of the Guinea Baboon (Papio papio) in Mauritania". Paper presented in Folia Primatologica, 2016.
    Published
  3. Brito, José. "Vegetation productivity in drylands from MERIS fAPAR time series". Paper presented in Sentinel-3 for Science Workshop, 2015.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Gabriel Mochales Riaño; Bernat Burriel-Carranza; Margarida Isabel Barros; Guillermo Velo-Antón; Adrián Talavera; Loukia Spilani; Héctor Tejero-Cicuéndez; et al. "Hidden in the sand: Phylogenomics unravel an unexpected evolutionary history for the desert-adapted vipers of the genus Cerastes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107979.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107979
  2. Cristian Pizzigalli; Teresa Luísa Silva; Teresa Abáigar; Giorgio Bertorelle; Jorge Cassinello; José Carlos Brito. "Assessment of population structure and genetic diversity of wild and captive populations of Ammotragus lervia provide insights for conservation management". Conservation Genetics (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-023-01546-x.
    10.1007/s10592-023-01546-x
  3. Paul Doniol-Valcroze; Loïs Rancilhac; José-Carlos Brito; Aurélien Miralles; Philippe Geniez; Laure Benoit; Anne Loiseau; et al. "Combining RADseq and contact zone analysis to decipher cryptic diversification in reptiles: Insights from the Spiny-footed Lizard (Reptilia, Lacertidae)". Zoologica Scripta (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12628.
    10.1111/zsc.12628
  4. Marcin Piwczynski; Laurent Granjon; Paulina Trzeciak; José Carlos Brito; Madalina Oana Popa; Mergi Daba Dinka; Nikolas P. Johnston; Zbyszek Boratynski. "Unraveling phylogenetic relationships and species boundaries in the arid adapted Gerbillus rodents (Muridae: Gerbillinae) by RAD-seq data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107913.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107913
  5. Loïs Rancilhac; Aurélien Miralles; Philippe Geniez; Daniel Mendez-Aranda; Menad Beddek; José Carlos Brito; Raphaël Leblois; Pierre-André Crochet. "Phylogeographic breaks and how to find them: An empirical attempt at separating vicariance from isolation by distance in a lizard with restricted dispersal". Peer Community Journal (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.301.
    10.24072/pcjournal.301
  6. Leili Khalatbari; Raquel Godinho; Hamed Abolghasemi; Ehsan Hakimi; Taher Ghadirian; Houman Jowkar; Urs Breitenmoser; José Carlos Brito. "The persistence of the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah relies upon urgent connectivity protection: a landscape genetics perspective". Conservation Genetics (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-023-01513-6.
    10.1007/s10592-023-01513-6
  7. Joana Marques; Frederico Santarém; José Carlos Brito. "Stellarangia namibensis (Teloschistaceae) out of the Namib Desert". Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid (2023): https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2638.
    10.3989/ajbm.2638
  8. Joana L. Rocha; Pedro Silva; Nuno Santos; Mónia Nakamura; Sandra Afonso; Abdeljebbar Qninba; Zbyszek Boratynski; et al. "North African fox genomes show signatures of repeated introgression and adaptation to life in deserts". Nature Ecology & Evolution (2023): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02094-w.
    10.1038/s41559-023-02094-w
  9. André Vicente Liz; Dennis Rödder; Duarte Vasconcelos Gonçalves; Guillermo Velo-Antón; Pedro Tarroso; Philippe Geniez; Pierre-André Crochet; Silvia B. Carvalho; José Carlos Brito. "Overlooked species diversity in the hyper-arid Sahara Desert unveiled by dryland-adapted lizards". Journal of Biogeography (2023): https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14510.
    10.1111/jbi.14510
  10. Mobaraki, A.; Erfani, M.; Abtin, E.; Brito, J.C.; Tan, W.C.; Ziegler, T.; Dennis Rödder. "Last chance to see? Iran and India as strongholds for the Mugger Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)". Salamandra 59 (2023): 327-335.
    Published
  11. Autumn Gray; José C. Brito; Cody W. Edwards; Henrique V. Figueiró; Klaus-Peter Koepfli. "First complete mitochondrial genome of the Saharan striped polecat (Ictonyx libycus)". Mitochondrial DNA Part B (2022): https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2022.2141080.
    10.1080/23802359.2022.2141080
  12. Gholam Hosein Yusefi; José Carlos Brito; Mahmood Soofi; Kamran Safi. "Hunting and persecution drive mammal declines in Iran". Scientific Reports (2022): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22238-5.
    10.1038/s41598-022-22238-5
  13. Guillermo Velo-Antón; Margarida Henrique; André Vicente Liz; Fernando Martínez-Freiría; Juan Manuel Pleguezuelos; Philippe Geniez; Pierre-André Crochet; José Carlos Brito. "DNA barcode reference library for the West Sahara-Sahel reptiles". Scientific Data (2022): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01582-1.
    10.1038/s41597-022-01582-1
  14. José Carlos Brito; Lalit Kumar Sharma; Andack Saad Sow; Cândida Gomes Vale; Cristian Pizzigalli; Dieng Hamidou; Duarte Vasconcelos Gonçalves; et al. "Diversity, distribution and conservation of land mammals in Mauritania, North-West Africa". PLOS ONE (2022): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269870.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0269870
  15. "Adapt biodiversity targets to climate change". Science 376 6593 (2022): 589-590. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abo7381.
    10.1126/science.abo7381
  16. Naia, M.; Santarém, F.; Alvares, Francisco; Pleguezuelos, JM; Feriche, M.; Boratynski, Zbyszek; Brito, José. "New records of bird species in Mauritania". Malimbus 44 (2022): 1-12.
    Published
  17. Pizzigalli, Cristian; Diop, A.T.; Sow, A.S.; Dieng, Hamidou; Razgour, Orly; Giachello, S.; da Silva, Maria J. Ferreira; Brito, José. "Updates on the Guinea baboon populations from the remote and arid areas of Southern Mauritania". African Primates 16 (2022): 45-58.
    Published
  18. "Distribution, ecology, and conservation of Philochortus zolii in Mauritania: implications for the long-term persistence of an endangered lizard". African Journal of Herpetology 70 2 (2021): 166-176. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2021.1980121.
    10.1080/21564574.2021.1980121
  19. "The role of Sahara highlands in the diversification and desert colonization of the Bosc's fringe-toed lizard". Journal of Biogeography 48 11 (2021): 2891-2906. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14250.
    10.1111/jbi.14250
  20. Fernando Martínez-Freiría; Inês Freitas; Guillermo Velo-Antón; Nahla Lucchini; Soumia Fahd; Said Larbes; Juan M. Pleguezuelos; Xavier Santos; José C. Brito. "Integrative taxonomy reveals two species and intraspecific differentiation in the Vipera latastei–monticola complex". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12534.
    10.1111/jzs.12534
  21. Gholam Hosein Yusefi; Kamran Safi; Pedro Tarroso; José Carlos Brito; Luca Santini. "The impacts of extreme climate change on mammals differ among functional groups at regional scale: The case of Iranian terrestrial mammals". Diversity and Distributions 27 9 (2021): 1634-1647. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13307.
    10.1111/ddi.13307
  22. Leili Khalatbari; Helen M. K. O'Neill; Stéphane Ostrowski; Gholam Hosein Yusefi; Arash Ghoddousi; Hamed Abolghasemi; Christine Breitenmoser-Würsten; et al. "Risks to conservation of species in the wild from promoting ex situ management: response to Farhadinia et al. 2020". Conservation Biology 35 4 (2021): 1327-1330. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13786.
    10.1111/cobi.13786
  23. Cristian Pizzigalli; Pierre-André Crochet; Philippe Geniez; Fernando Martínez-Freiría; Guillermo Velo-Antón; José Carlos Brito. "Phylogeographic diversification of the Mesalina olivieri species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) with the description of a new species and a new subspecies endemic from North West Africa". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12516.
    10.1111/jzs.12516
  24. Naia, Marisa; Hermoso, Virgilio; Carvalho, Sílvia B.; Brito, José Carlos. "Promoting connectivity between priority freshwater sites for conservation in intermittent hydrological systems". Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3564.
    Published • 10.1002/aqc.3564
  25. "Environmental determinants of minimum body temperature in mammals". Journal of Vertebrate Biology 70 2 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.25225/jvb.21004.
    10.25225/jvb.21004
  26. Rocha, Joana L.; Godinho, Raquel; Brito, José C.; Nielsen, Rasmus. "Life in Deserts: The Genetic Basis of Mammalian Desert Adaptation". Trends in Ecology & Evolution (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.03.007.
    10.1016/j.tree.2021.03.007
  27. Santarém, Frederico; Saarinen, Jarkko; Brito, José Carlos. "Assessment and prioritization of cultural ecosystem services in the Sahara-Sahelian region". Science of The Total Environment 777 (2021): 146053. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146053.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146053
  28. Marta Sampaio; Guillermo Velo-Antón; Fernando Martínez-Freiría; Alberto Sánchez-Vialas; Juan Manuel Pleguezuelos; Philippe Geniez; Pierre-André Crochet; José Carlos Brito. "Beyond the comfort zone: amphibian diversity and distribution in the West Sahara-Sahel using mtDNA and nuDNA barcoding and spatial modelling". Conservation Genetics (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01331-8.
    10.1007/s10592-021-01331-8
  29. J. C. Brito; G. Del Barrio; M. Stellmes; J. M. Pleguezuelos; J. Saarinen. "Drivers of change and conservation needs for vertebrates in drylands: an assessment from global scale to Sahara-Sahel wetlands". The European Zoological Journal 88 1 (2021): 1103-1129. https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2021.1991496.
    10.1080/24750263.2021.1991496
  30. Taheri, Ahmed; Elmahroussi, Mohamed; Reyes-López, Joaquin-Luis; Bennas, Nard; Brito, José Carlos. "Ants invading deserts: Non-native species in arid Moroccan oases". Journal of Arid Environments 184 (2021): 104122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104122.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104122
  31. Brito, José Carlos. "Convergent evolution of increased urine-concentrating ability in desert mammals". Mammal Review (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12244.
    Published
  32. Brito, José Carlos. "First record of Blue-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata in Mauritania". Malimbus 43 (2021): 34-37.
    Published
  33. Brito, José Carlos. "Potential negative effects of the Green Wall on Sahel's biodiversity". Conservation Biology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13755.
    Published
  34. Naia, Marisa; Brito, José. "Dinâmica de metapopulações em regiões áridas". Revista de Ciência Elementar 8 4 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.24927/rce2020.059.
    Published • 10.24927/rce2020.059
  35. Brito, José Carlos. "Atlas des amphibiens et reptiles endémiques du Maroc: répartition et état de conservation". Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 176 4 (2020): 61-94.
    Published
  36. José C Brito; Marisa Naia. "Coping with Sea-Level Rise in African Protected Areas: Priorities for Action and Adaptation Measures". BioScience (2020): https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa087.
    10.1093/biosci/biaa087
  37. Freitas, Inês; Ursenbacher, Sylvain; Mebert, Konrad; Zinenko, Oleksandr; Schweiger, Silke; Wüster, Wolfgang; Brito, José C.; et al. "Evaluating taxonomic inflation: towards evidence-based species delimitation in Eurasian vipers (Serpentes: Viperinae)". Amphibia-Reptilia (2020): 1-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685381-bja10007.
    Published • 10.1163/15685381-bja10007
  38. Nokelainen, Ossi; Brito, José Carlos; Scott-Samuel, Nicholas E.; Valkonen, Janne K.; Boratynski, Zbyszek. "Camouflage accuracy in Sahara-Sahel desert rodents". Journal of Animal Ecology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13225.
    In press • 10.1111/1365-2656.13225
  39. MIRALLES, AURÉLIEN; GENIEZ, PHILIPPE; BEDDEK, MENAD; ARANDA, DANIEL MENDEZ; BRITO, JOSÉ CARLOS; LEBLOIS, RAPHAËL; CROCHET, PIERRE-ANDRÉ. "Morphology and multilocus phylogeny of the Spiny-footed Lizard (Acanthodactylus erythrurus) complex reveal two new mountain species from the Moroccan Atlas". Zootaxa 4747 2 (2020): 302-326. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4747.2.4.
    10.11646/zootaxa.4747.2.4
  40. Santarém, Frederico; Saarinen, Jarkko; Brito, José Carlos. "Mapping and analysing cultural ecosystem services in conflict areas". Ecological Indicators 110 (2020): 105943. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105943.
    10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105943
  41. Moutinho, Ana Filipa; Serén, Nina; Paupério, Joana; Silva, Teresa Luísa; Martínez-Freiría, Fernando; Sotelo, Graciela; Faria, Rui; et al. "Evolutionary history of two cryptic species of northern African jerboas". BMC Evolutionary Biology 20 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-1592-z.
    10.1186/s12862-020-1592-z
  42. Jolita Dilyte; Stephen Sabatino; Raquel Godinho; José Carlos Brito. "Diversification and gene flow of tilapia species driven by ecological changes in lowland and mountain areas of southern Mauritania". Evolutionary Ecology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-019-10017-0.
    10.1007/s10682-019-10017-0
  43. Eddine, Ahmed; Rocha, Rita Gomes; Mostefai, Noureddine; Karssene, Yamna; De Smet, Koen; Brito, José Carlos; Klees, Dick; et al. "Demographic expansion of an African opportunistic carnivore during the Neolithic revolution". Biology Letters 16 1 (2020): 20190560. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0560.
    10.1098/rsbl.2019.0560
  44. Diana Ferreira; Catarina Pinho; José Carlos Brito; Xavier Santos. "Increase of genetic diversity indicates ecological opportunities in recurrent-fire landscapes for wall lizards". Scientific Reports (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41729-6.
    10.1038/s41598-019-41729-6
  45. Yusefi, Gholam Hosein; Safi, Kamran; Brito, José Carlos. "Network- and distance-based methods in bioregionalization processes at regional scale: An application to the terrestrial mammals of Iran". Journal of Biogeography (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13694.
    Published • 10.1111/jbi.13694
  46. Gonçalves, Duarte Vasconcelos; Brito, José Carlos. "Second Sahelian amphibian endemism suggested by phylogeography of Groove crowned Bullfrog ( Hoplobatrachus occipitalis ) in western Sahel and hints of polyploid species formation". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 58 1 (2019): 262-274. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12321.
    Published • 10.1111/jzs.12321
  47. Howard-McCombe, J.; Banfield, L.; Kitchener, A. C.; Al Qahtani, H.; Toosy, A.; Al Qarqas, M.; Craig, M.; et al. "A Mitochondrial Phylogeny of the Sand Cat (Felis margarita Loche, 1858)". Journal of Mammalian Evolution (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10914-019-09473-w.
    10.1007/s10914-019-09473-w
  48. Durant, Sarah M.; Brito, José C.. "Protect environment from armed conflicts". Nature 571 7766 (2019): 478-478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02248-6.
    Published • 10.1038/d41586-019-02248-6
  49. Sara Lado; Paulo C. Alves; M. Zafarul Islam; José C. Brito; José Melo-Ferreira. "The evolutionary history of the Cape hare (Lepus capensis sensu lato): insights for systematics and biogeography". Heredity (2019): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-019-0229-8.
    10.1038/s41437-019-0229-8
  50. Guillermo Velo-Antón; Zbyszek Boratynski; Clara M Ferreira; Vanessa O Lima; Paulo C Alves; José C Brito. "Intraspecific genetic diversity and distribution of North African hedgehogs (Mammalia: Erinaceidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2019): https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz030.
    10.1093/biolinnean/blz030
  51. Khosravi, Rasoul; Malekian, Mansoureh; Hemami, Mahmoud-Reza; Silva, Teresa Luísa; Brito, José Carlos. "Low genetic diversity in the vulnerable Goitred Gazelle,Gazella subgutturosa(Cetartiodactyla: Bovidae), in Iran: potential genetic consequence of recent population declines". Zoology in the Middle East 65 2 (2019): 104-115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2019.1586127.
    10.1080/09397140.2019.1586127
  52. João V. Leite; João C. Campos; Ute Gangkofner; Cândida G. Vale; José C. Brito. "Remote Sensing indicators and vertebrate biodiversity distribution in global drylands: An assessment with ESA Diversity II products". Journal of Arid Environments (2019): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.03.005.
    10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.03.005
  53. Yusefi, Gholam Hosein; Faizolahi, Kaveh; Darvish, Jamshid; Safi, Kamran; Brito, José Carlos. "The species diversity, distribution, and conservation status of the terrestrial mammals of Iran". Journal of Mammalogy (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz002.
    10.1093/jmammal/gyz002
  54. Santarém, Frederico; Pereira, Paulo; Saarinen, Jarkko; Brito, José Carlos. "New method to identify and map flagship fleets for promoting conservation and ecotourism". Biological Conservation 229 (2019): 113-124. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.10.017.
    Published • 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.10.017
  55. Xavier Santos; Sandra Navarro; João Carlos Campos; Carola Sanpera; José Carlos Brito. "Stable isotopes uncover trophic ecology of the West African crocodile ( Crocodylus suchus )". Journal of Arid Environments 148 (2018): 6-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2017.09.008.
    10.1016/j.jaridenv.2017.09.008
  56. Khosravi, Rasoul; Hemami, Mahmoud-Reza; Malekian, Mansoureh; Silva, Teresa Luisa; Rezaei, Hamid-Reza; Brito, Jose Carlos. "Effect of landscape features on genetic structure of the goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) in Central Iran". Conservation Genetics 19 2 (2018): 323-336. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000428053700007&KeyUID=WOS:000428053700007.
    10.1007/s10592-017-1002-2
  57. Vasconcelos Goncalves, Duarte; Martinez-Freiria, Fernando; Crochet, Pierre-Andre; Geniez, Philippe; Carranza, Salvador; Brito, Jose Carlos. "The role of climatic cycles and trans-Saharan migration corridors in species diversification: Biogeography of Psammophis schokari group in North Africa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 118 (2018): 64-74. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000417227900008&KeyUID=WOS:000417227900008.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.009
  58. Campos, Joao Carlos; Mobaraki, Asghar; Abtin, Elham; Godinho, Raquel; Brito, Jose Carlos. "Preliminary assessment of genetic diversity and population connectivity of the Mugger Crocodile in Iran". Amphibia-Reptilia 39 1 (2018): 126-131. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000427016000013&KeyUID=WOS:000427016000013.
    10.1163/15685381-16000173
  59. Pleguezuelos, Juan M.; Feriche, Monica; Brito, Jose C.; Fahd, Soumia. "Snake charming and the exploitation of snakes in Morocco". Oryx 52 2 (2018): 374-381. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000428216300023&KeyUID=WOS:000428216300023.
    10.1017/S0030605316000910
  60. Santarem, Frederico; Campos, Joao Carlos; Pereira, Paulo; Hamidou, Dieng; Saarinen, Jarkko; Brito, Jose C.. "Using multivariate statistics to assess ecotourism potential of water-bodies: A case-study in Mauritania". Tourism Management 67 (2018): 34-46. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000429754100005&KeyUID=WOS:000429754100005.
    10.1016/j.tourman.2018.01.001
  61. Barros, Margarida Isabel; Brito, Jose Carlos; Campos, Joao Carlos; Mappes, Tapio; Qninba, Abdeljebbar; Sousa, Fabio Vieira; Boratynski, Zbyszek. "The effect of rainfall on population dynamics in Sahara-Sahel rodents". Mammal Research 63 4 (2018): 485-492. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000444745100010&KeyUID=WOS:000444745100010.
    10.1007/s13364-018-0377-x
  62. Campos, Joao Carlos; Brito, Jose Carlos. "Mapping underrepresented land cover heterogeneity in arid regions: The Sahara-Sahel example". Isprs Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 146 (2018): 211-220. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000453499400016&KeyUID=WOS:000453499400016.
    10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.09.012
  63. Khalatbari, L.; Brito, J. C.; Ghoddousi, A.; Abolghasemi, H.; Breitenmoser, U.; Breitenmoser-Wursten, Ch.; Yusefi, G. H.; Ostrowski, S.; Durant, S. M.. "Sanctioning to extinction in Iran". Science 362 6420 (2018): 1255-1255. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000452994400024&KeyUID=WOS:000452994400024.
    10.1126/science.aav8221
  64. Egeter, Bastian; Peixoto, Sara; Brito, Jose C.; Jarman, Simon; Puppo, Pamela; Velo-Anton, Guillermo. "Challenges for assessing vertebrate diversity in turbid Saharan water-bodies using environmental DNA". Genome 61 11 (2018): 807-814. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000451768600004&KeyUID=WOS:000451768600004.
    10.1139/gen-2018-0071
  65. Velo-Anton, Guillermo; Martinez-Freiria, Fernando; Pereira, Paulo; Crochet, Pierre-Andre; Brito, Jose Carlos. "Living on the edge: Ecological and genetic connectivity of the spiny-footed lizard, Acanthodactylus aureus, confirms the Atlantic Sahara desert as a biogeographic corridor and centre of lineage diversification". Journal of Biogeography 45 5 (2018): 1031-1042. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000431734300007&KeyUID=WOS:000431734300007.
    10.1111/jbi.13176
  66. Khalatbari, Leili; Yusufi, Gholam Hosein; Martinez-Freiria, Fernando; Jowkar, Houman; Brito, Jose Carlos. "Availability of prey and natural habitats are related with temporal dynamics in range and habitat suitability for Asiatic Cheetah". Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy 29 1 (2018): 145-151. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000450046800019&KeyUID=WOS:000450046800019.
    10.4404/hystrix-00080-2018
  67. Santarem, Frederico; Brito, Jose Carlos; Manuel Pleguezuelos, Juan; Marques, Joana; Sousa, Fabio Vieira; Peyre, Olivier; Geniez, Philippe; Crochet, Pierre-Andre. "Birds in northern Mauritania, including range extensions and breeding evidence". Malimbus 40 2 (2018): 37-46. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000454166500001&KeyUID=WOS:000454166500001.
  68. Brito, Jose Carlos; Durant, Sarah M.; Pettorelli, Nathalie; Newby, John; Canney, Susan; Algadafi, Walid; Rabeil, Thomas; et al. "Armed conflicts and wildlife decline: Challenges and recommendations for effective conservation policy in the Sahara-Sahel". Conservation Letters 11 5 (2018): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000446827300003&KeyUID=WOS:000446827300003.
    10.1111/conl.12446
  69. Goncalves, Duarte V.; Pereira, Paulo; Velo-Anton, Guillermo; James Harris, D.; Carranza, Salvador; Brito, Jose C.. "Assessing the role of aridity-induced vicariance and ecological divergence in species diversification in North-West Africa using Agama lizards". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 124 3 (2018): 363-380. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000442934800007&KeyUID=WOS:000442934800007.
    10.1093/biolinnean/bly055
  70. Brito, José. "Recensión bibliográfica. Snakes of Europe, North Africa & the Middle East. A photographic guide. Autor: Philippe Geniez. Princeton Univers. Press. 379 páginas. Idioma: Inglés. Precio aprox.: 28 euros". Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 29 1 (2018): 80-82.
    Published
  71. Brito, José. "Long–interval monitoring reveals opposing responses of Mediterranean versus Atlantic reptile species in a biogeographic transition zone". Basic and Applied Herpetology 32 (2018): 41-55.
    Published
  72. Brito, José. "Using ecological models to explore niche partitioning within a guild of desert felids". Hystrix-Italian Journal of Mammalogy 29 2 (2018): 216-222.
    Open access • Published
  73. Sow, Andack Saad; Gonçalves, Duarte Vasconcelos; Sousa, Fábio Vieira; Martínez-Freiría, Fernando; Santarém, Frederico; Velo-Antón, Guillermo; Dieng, Hamidou; et al. "Atlas of the distribution of amphibians and reptiles in the Diawling National Park, Mauritania". Basic and Applied Herpetology 31 (2017): 101-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.11160/bah.87.
    Published • 10.11160/bah.87
  74. Brito, José. "Opinion 2381 (Case 3629) — Vipera latastei Boscá, 1878 (Reptilia, Serpentes, viperidae): conservation of the original spelling". The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 73 2-4 (2017): 145-147. http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v73i2.a20.
    Published • 10.21805/bzn.v73i2.a20
  75. Dinerstein, Eric; Olson, David; Joshi, Anup; Vynne, Carly; Burgess, Neil D.; Wikramanayake, Eric; Hahn, Nathan; et al. "An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm". Bioscience 67 6 (2017): 534-545. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000402826200008&KeyUID=WOS:000402826200008.
    10.1093/biosci/bix014
  76. Boratynski, Zbyszek; Brito, Jose C.; Campos, Joao C.; Cunha, Jose L.; Granjon, Laurent; Mappes, Tapio; Ndiaye, Arame; Rzebik-Kowalska, Barbara; Seren, Nina. "Repeated evolution of camouflage in speciose desert rodents". Scientific Reports 7 (2017): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000403318400076&KeyUID=WOS:000403318400076.
    10.1038/s41598-017-03444-y
  77. Tamar, Karin; Geniez, Philippe; Brito, Jose C.; Crochet, Pierre-Andre. "Systematic revision of Acanthodactylus busacki (Squamata: Lacertidae) with a description of a new species from Morocco". Zootaxa 4276 3 (2017): 357-386. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000403229400003&KeyUID=WOS:000403229400003.
    10.11646/zootaxa.4276.3.3
  78. Silva, T.L.; Vale, C.G.; Godinho, R.; Fellous, A.; Hingrat, Y.; Alves, P.C.; Abáigar, T.; Brito, J.C.. "Ecotypes and evolutionary significant units in endangered north African gazelles". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 122 2 (2017): 286-300. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85030724797&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/biolinnean/blx064
  79. Sow, A.S.; Gonçalves, D.V.; Sousa, F.V.; Martínez-Freiría, F.; Santarém, F.; Velo-Antón, G.; Dieng, H.; et al. "Atlas of the distribution of amphibians and reptiles in the Diawling national park, Mauritania". Basic and Applied Herpetology 31 (2017): 101-116. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85036574748&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.11160/bah..87
  80. Martínez-Freiría, F.; Crochet, P.-A.; Fahd, S.; Geniez, P.; Brito, J.C.; Velo-Antón, G.. "Integrative phylogeographical and ecological analysis reveals multiple pleistocene refugia for Mediterranean Daboia vipers in north-west Africa". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 122 2 (2017): 366-384. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85030718314&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/biolinnean/blx038
  81. Brito, José. "The current status of Asiatic cheetah in Iran". CatNews 66 (2017): 10-13.
    Published
  82. Fernando Martínez-Freiría; Pedro Tarroso; Hugo Rebelo; José C. Brito; Wilfried Thuiller. "Contemporary niche contraction affects climate change predictions for elephants and giraffes". Diversity and Distributions 22 4 (2016): 432-444. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12406.
    10.1111/ddi.12406
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  85. Romero, D.; Olivero, J.; Brito, J.C.; Real, R.. "Comparison of approaches to combine species distribution models based on different sets of predictors". Ecography 39 6 (2016): 561-571. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84971469677&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  87. Lado, S.; Alves, P.C.; Brito, J.C.; Melo-Ferreira, J.; Brito, José. "Population history and taxonomy of African hares (genus Lepus) inferred from genetic variation". Mammalian Biology 81S (2016): 12-12. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84981742778&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  88. Gonçalves, D.V.; Pereira, P.; Godinho, R.; Lopes, S.; Velo-Antón, G.; Brito, J.C.. "Development of 23 microsatellite loci for Boulenger's agama (Agama boulengeri) with partial cross-amplification in other Agama species". Amphibia Reptilia 37 2 (2016): 246-252. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84976560418&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  89. Ferreira, S.; Boudot, J.-P.; El Haissoufi, M.; Alves, P.C.; Thompson, D.J.; Brito, J.C.; Watts, P.C.. "Genetic distinctiveness of the damselfly Coenagrion puella in North Africa: an overlooked and endangered taxon". Conservation Genetics 17 4 (2016): 985-991. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84958754406&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  90. Campos, J.C.; Martínez-Freiría, F.; Sousa, F.V.; Santarém, F.; Brito, J.C.. "Update of distribution, habitats, population size, and threat factors for the West African crocodile in Mauritania". Amphibia Reptilia 37 3 (2016): 325-330. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84988649485&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
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  92. Vale, Candida G.; da Silva, Maria J. Ferreira; Camposa, Joao C.; Torres, Joao; Brito, Jose C.. "Applying species distribution modelling to the conservation of an ecologically plastic species (Papio papio) across biogeographic regions in West Africa". Journal For Nature Conservation 27 (2015): 26-36. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000360202300004&KeyUID=WOS:000360202300004.
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  93. Koepfli, Klaus-Peter; Pollinger, John; Godinho, Raquel; Robinson, Jacqueline; Lea, Amanda; Hendricks, Sarah; Schweizer, Rena M.; et al. "Genome-wide Evidence Reveals that African and Eurasian Golden Jackals Are Distinct Species". Current Biology 25 16 (2015): 2158-2165. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000359882200028&KeyUID=WOS:000359882200028.
    10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.060
  94. Leite, Joao Vasco; Alvares, Francisco; Velo-Anton, Guillermo; Brito, Jose Carlos; Godinho, Raquel. "Differentiation of North African foxes and population genetic dynamics in the desert-insights into the evolutionary history of two sister taxa, Vulpes rueppellii and Vulpes vulpes". Organisms Diversity & Evolution 15 4 (2015): 731-745. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000365753500009&KeyUID=WOS:000365753500009.
    10.1007/s13127-015-0232-8
  95. Metallinou, Margarita; Cervenka, Jan; Crochet, Pierre-Andre; Kratochvil, Lukas; Wilms, Thomas; Geniez, Philippe; Shobrak, Mohammed Y.; Brito, Jose C.; Carranza, Salvador. "Species on the rocks: Systematics and biogeography of the rock-dwelling Ptyodactylus geckos (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) in North Africa and Arabia". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 85 (2015): 208-220. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000352825700021&KeyUID=WOS:000352825700021.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2015.02.010
  96. Ferreira, Sonia; Martinez-Freiria, Fernando; Boudot, Jean-Pierre; El Haissoufi, Mohamed; Bennas, Nard; Alves, Paulo Celio; Watts, Phillip C.; Thompson, David J.; Brito, Jose Carlos. "Local extinctions and range contraction of the endangered Coenagrion mercuriale in North Africa". International Journal of Odonatology 18 2 (2015): 137-152. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000357092000002&KeyUID=WOS:000357092000002.
    10.1080/13887890.2015.1017846
  97. Silva, Teresa Luisa; Godinho, Raquel; Castro, Diana; Abaigar, Teresa; Brito, Jose Carlos; Alves, Paulo Celio. "Genetic identification of endangered North African ungulates using noninvasive sampling". Molecular Ecology Resources 15 3 (2015): 652-661. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000352653700017&KeyUID=WOS:000352653700017.
    10.1111/1755-0998.12335
  98. Mediani, Mohamed; Fahd, Soumia; Chevalier, Franck; Brito, Jose Carlos. "Another record of Lytorhynchus diadema (DUMERIL, BIBRON & DUMERIL, 1854) from Moroccan Atlantic Sahara". Herpetozoa 27 3-4 (2015): 197-200. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000349737600017&KeyUID=WOS:000349737600017.
  99. Kapli, P.; Lymberakis, P.; Crochet, P. -A.; Geniez, P.; Brito, J. C.; Almutairi, M.; Ahmadzadeh, F.; et al. "Historical biogeography of the lacertid lizard Mesalina in North Africa and the Middle East". Journal of Biogeography 42 2 (2015): 267-279. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000350558900007&KeyUID=WOS:000350558900007.
    10.1111/jbi.12420
  100. Ballouard, Jean-Marie; Mullin, Stephen J.; Ajtic, Rastko; Brito, Jose Carlos; ElMouden, El Hassan; Erdogan, Mehmet; Feriche, Monica; et al. "Factors Influencing Schoolchildren's Responses to a Questionnaire in Wildlife Conservation Education". International Journal of Science Education 37 3 (2015): 469-483. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000348659400004&KeyUID=WOS:000348659400004.
    10.1080/09500693.2014.993000
  101. Martinez-Freiria, Fernando; Velo-Anton, Guillermo; Brito, Jose C.. "Trapped by climate: interglacial refuge and recent population expansion in the endemic Iberian adder Vipera seoanei". Diversity and Distributions 21 3 (2015): 331-344. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000349970100009&KeyUID=WOS:000349970100009.
    10.1111/ddi.12265
  102. Vale, Candida Gomes; Pimm, Stuart L.; Brito, Jose Carlos. "Overlooked Mountain Rock Pools in Deserts Are Critical Local Hotspots of Biodiversity". Plos One 10 2 (2015): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000350168700068&KeyUID=WOS:000350168700068.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0118367
  103. Mediani, M.; Brito, J.C.; Fahd, S.. "Atlas of the amphibians and reptiles of northern morocco: Updated distribution and patterns of habitat selection | Atlas des amphibiens et reptiles du nord du Maroc: Actualisation de la distribution et les patrons de sélection de l’habitat | Atlas de los anfibios y reptiles del norte de Marruecos: Actualización de la distribución y los patrones de selección de habitat". Basic and Applied Herpetology 29 (2015): 81-107. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84955504696&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.11160/bah.14009
  104. Lopes, S.C.; Velo-Antón, G.; Pereira, P.; Lopes, S.; Godinho, R.; Crochet, P.-A.; Brito, J.C.. "Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci for spiny-footed lizards, Acanthodactylus scutellatus group (Reptilia, Lacertidae) from arid regions". BMC Research Notes 8 1 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84950258048&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s13104-015-1779-3
  105. Brito, José; Rosado, D.; Brito, J.C.; Harris, D.J.. "Molecular screening of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) infections in Python sebae from West Africa using 18S rRNA gene sequences". Herpetology Notes 8 (2015): 461-463. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84940914631&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published
  106. Brito, José. "Biogeographical analysis of the Atlantic Sahara reptiles: Environmental correlates of species distribution and vulnerability to climate change". Journal of Arid Environments (2014):
    10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.05.023
  107. Santos, Xavier; Vidal-Garcia, Marta; Brito, Jose C.; Fahd, Soumia; Llorente, Gustavo A.; Martinez-Freiria, Fernando; Parellada, Xavier; Pleguezuelos, Juan M.; Sillero, Neftali. "Phylogeographic and environmental correlates support the cryptic function of the zigzag pattern in a European viper". Evolutionary Ecology 28 4 (2014): 611-626.
    10.1007/s10682-014-9699-6
  108. Maia, Joao P.; Alvares, Francisco; Boratynski, Zbyszek; Brito, Jose C.; Leite, Joao V.; James Harris, D.. "MOLECULAR ASSESSMENT OF HEPATOZOON (APICOMPLEXA: ADELEORINA) INFECTIONS IN WILD CANIDS AND RODENTS FROM NORTH AFRICA, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS ACROSS TAXONOMIC GROUPS". Journal of Wildlife Diseases 50 4 (2014): 837-848. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000343075900012&KeyUID=WOS:000343075900012.
    10.7589/2013-10-280
  109. Velo-Anton, Guillermo; Godinho, Raquel; Campos, Joao Carlos; Brito, Jose Carlos. "Should I Stay or Should I Go? Dispersal and Population Structure in Small, Isolated Desert Populations of West African Crocodiles". Plos One 9 4 (2014):
    10.1371/journal.pone.0094626
  110. Sow, A.S.; Martínez-Freiría, F.; Crochet, P.-A.; Geniez, P.; Ineich, I.; Dieng, H.; Fahd, S.; Brito, J.C.. "Atlas of the distribution of reptiles in the parc national du banc d’arguin, Mauritania | Atlas de distribución de los reptiles del Parque Nacional Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania". Basic and Applied Herpetology 28 (2014): 99-111. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84902448267&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.11160/bah.12011
  111. Tarroso, Pedro; Pereira, Ricardo J.; Martinez-Freiria, Fernando; Godinho, Raquel; Brito, Jose C.. "Hybridization at an ecotone: ecological and genetic barriers between three Iberian vipers". Molecular Ecology 23 5 (2014): 1108-1123.
    10.1111/mec.12671
  112. Boratynski, Zbyszek; Brito, Jose Carlos; Campos, Joao Carlos; Karala, Maija; Mappes, Tapio. "Large Spatial Scale of the Phenotype-Environment Color Matching in Two Cryptic Species of African Desert Jerboas (Dipodidae: Jaculus)". Plos One 9 4 (2014):
    10.1371/journal.pone.0094342
  113. Tome, Beatriz; Maia, Joao P.; Salvi, Daniele; Brito, Jose C.; Carretero, Miguel A.; Perera, Ana; Meimberg, Harald; Harris, David James. "Patterns of genetic diversity in Hepatozoon spp. infecting snakes from North Africa and the Mediterranean Basin". Systematic Parasitology 87 3 (2014): 249-258.
    10.1007/s11230-014-9477-4
  114. Vale, Candida G.; Tarroso, Pedro; Brito, Jose C.. "Predicting species distribution at range margins: testing the effects of study area extent, resolution and threshold selection in the Sahara-Sahel transition zone". Diversity and Distributions 20 1 (2014): 20-33.
    10.1111/ddi.12115
  115. García-Cardenete, L.; Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Brito, J.C.; Jiménez-Cazalla, F.; Pérez-García, M.T.; Santos, X.. "Water cisterns as death traps for amphibians and reptiles in arid environments". Environmental Conservation 41 4 (2014): 341-349. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908874368&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S037689291400006X
  116. Ferreira, S.; Velo-Antón, G.; Brochard, C.; Vieira, C.; Alves, P.C.; Thompson, D.J.; Watts, P.C.; Brito, J.C.. "A Critically Endangered new dragonfly species from Morocco: Onychogomphus boudoti sp. nov. (Odonata: Gomphidae)". Zootaxa 3856 3 (2014): 349-365. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84906686757&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.11646/zootaxa.3856.3.3
  117. Kopp, G. H.; Ferreira da Silva, M. J.; Fischer, J.; Brito, J. C.; Regnaut, S.; Roos, C.; Zinner, D.. "The Influence of Social Systems on Patterns of Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Baboons". International Journal of Primatology 35 1 (2014): 210-225.
    10.1007/s10764-013-9725-5
  118. Brito, Jose C.; Godinho, Raquel; Martinez-Freiria, Fernando; Pleguezuelos, Juan M.; Rebelo, Hugo; Santos, Xavier; Vale, Candida G.; et al. "Unravelling biodiversity, evolution and threats to conservation in the Sahara-Sahel". Biological Reviews 89 1 (2014): 215-231.
    10.1111/brv.12049
  119. Martinez-Freiria, Fernando; Brito, Jose C.. "Integrating classical and spatial multivariate analyses for assessing morphological variability in the endemic Iberian viper Vipera seoanei". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 51 2 (2013): 122-131.
    10.1111/jzs.12015
  120. Froufe, Elsa; Goncalves, Duarte V.; Brito, Jose Carlos; Harris, David James. "Nuclear and mitochondrial markers reveal the existence of several geographically concordant lineages within a Sahelian gecko species, Ptyodactylus ragazzii". Amphibia-Reptilia 34 1 (2013): 85-93.
    10.1163/15685381-00002873
  121. Martinez-Freiria, Fernando; Argaz, Hamida; Fahd, Soumia; Brito, Jose C.. "Climate change is predicted to negatively influence Moroccan endemic reptile richness. Implications for conservation in protected areas". Naturwissenschaften 100 9 (2013): 877-889.
    10.1007/s00114-013-1088-4
  122. Ballouard, Jean-Marie; Ajtic, Rastko; Balint, Halpern; Brito, Jose C.; Crnobrnja-Isailovic, Jelka; Desmonts, Diane; ElMouden, El Hassan; et al. "Schoolchildren and One of the Most Unpopular Animals: Are They Ready to Protect Snakes?". Anthrozoos 26 1 (2013): 93-109.
    10.2752/175303713X13534238631560
  123. Vasconcelos, R.; Brito, J.C.; Carranza, S.; Harris, D.J.. "Review of the distribution and conservation status of the terrestrial reptiles of the Cape Verde Islands". ORYX 47 1 (2013): 77-87. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872168329&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S0030605311001438
  124. Padial, J.M.; Crochet, P.-A.; Geniez, P.; Brito, J.C.. "Amphibian conservation in Mauritania | Conservación de anfibios en Mauritania". Basic and Applied Herpetology 27 (2013): 11-22. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84907821479&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  125. Brito, José. "Data on the distribution of herpetofauna of southern Niger with comments on Termit & Tin Toumma National Nature Reserve". Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 24 1 (2013): 74-79.
    Published
  126. Brito, José. "Venomous snakes in Morocco: biogeography and envenomation". ScienceLib Editions Mersenne 5 130509 (2013): 1-14.
    Published
  127. Brito, José. "The Sudano-Sahelian Dalton's Mouse, Praomys daltoni, in Mauritania, Eastern Assaba mountains". Go-South Bulletin 10 (2013): 17-20.
    Published
  128. Metallinou, Margarita; Arnold, Edwin Nicholas; Crochet, Pierre-Andre; Geniez, Philippe; Brito, Jose Carlos; Lymberakis, Petros; El Din, Sherif Baha; et al. "Conquering the Sahara and Arabian deserts: systematics and biogeography of Stenodactylus geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)". Bmc Evolutionary Biology 12 (2012):
    10.1186/1471-2148-12-258
  129. Velo-Anton, G.; Godinho, R.; Harris, D. J.; Santos, X.; Martinez-Freiria, F.; Fahd, S.; Larbes, S.; Pleguezuelos, J. M.; Brito, J. C.. "Deep evolutionary lineages in a Western Mediterranean snake (Vipera latastei/monticola group) and high genetic structuring in Southern Iberian populations". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65 3 (2012): 965-973.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2012.08.016
  130. Campos, Joao C.; Sillero, Neftali; Brito, Jose C.. "Normalized difference water indexes have dissimilar performances in detecting seasonal and permanent water in the Sahara-Sahel transition zone". Journal of Hydrology 464 (2012): 438-446.
    10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.07.042
  131. Vale, Candida G.; Alvares, Francisco; Brito, Jose C.. "Distribution, suitable areas and conservation status of the Felou gundi (Felovia vae Lataste 1886)". Mammalia 76 2 (2012): 201-207.
    10.1515/mammalia-2011-0008
  132. Tarroso, Pedro; Carvalho, Silvia B.; Brito, Jose Carlos. "Simapse - simulation maps for ecological niche modelling". Methods in Ecology and Evolution 3 5 (2012): 787-791.
    10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00210.x
  133. Boratynski, Zbyszek; Brito, Jose C.; Mappes, Tapio. "The origin of two cryptic species of African desert jerboas (Dipodidae: Jaculus)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105 2 (2012): 435-445.
    10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01791.x
  134. Goncalves, Duarte V.; Brito, Jose C.; Crochet, Pierre-Andre; Geniez, Philippe; Padial, Jose M.; James Harris, D.. "Phylogeny of North African Agama lizards (Reptilia: Agamidae) and the role of the Sahara desert in vertebrate speciation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64 3 (2012): 582-591.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2012.05.007
  135. Rebelo, Hugo; Froufe, Elsa; Brito, Jose C.; Russo, Danilo; Cistrone, Luca; Ferrand, Nuno; Jones, Gareth. "Postglacial colonization of Europe by the barbastelle bat: agreement between molecular data and past predictive modelling". Molecular Ecology 21 11 (2012): 2761-2774.
    10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05566.x
  136. Sillero, Neftali; Brito, Jose C.; Martin-Alfageme, Santiago; Garcia-Melendez, Eduardo; Toxopeus, A. G.; Skidmore, Andrew. "The significance of using satellite imagery data only in Ecological Niche Modelling of Iberian herps". Acta Herpetologica 7 2 (2012): 221-237.
  137. Vasconcelos, R.; Brito, J.C.; Carvalho, S.B.; Carranza, S.; James Harris, D.. "Identifying priority areas for island endemics using genetic versus specific diversity - The case of terrestrial reptiles of the Cape Verde Islands". Biological Conservation 153 (2012): 276-286. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84863492167&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2012.04.020
  138. Vale, C.G.; Tarroso, P.; Campos, J.C.; Gonçalves, D.V.; Brito, J.C.. "Distribution, suitable areas and conservation status of the Boulenger's Agama (Agama boulengeri, Lataste 1886)". Amphibia Reptilia 33 3-4 (2012): 526-532. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84881180107&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/15685381-00002853
  139. Martínez-Freiría, F.; Brito, J.C.. "Quantification of road mortality for amphibians and reptiles in Hoces del Alto Ebro y Rudrón Natural Park in 2005 | Cuantificación de la mortalidad de anfibios y reptiles en las carreteras del Parque Natural de las Hoces del Alto Ebro y Rudrón en 2005". Basic and Applied Herpetology 26 (2012): 33-41. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872125546&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  140. Carvalho, SB; Brito, JC; Crespo, EJ; Possingham, HP. "Incorporating evolutionary processes into conservation planning using species distribution data: a case study with the western Mediterranean herpetofauna". Diversity and Distributions 17 3 (2011): 408-421.
    10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00752.x
  141. Carvalho, Silvia B.; Brito, Jose C.; Crespo, Eduardo G.; Watts, Matthew E.; Possingham, Hugh P.. "Conservation planning under climate change: Toward accounting for uncertainty in predicted species distributions to increase confidence in conservation investments in space and time". Biological Conservation 144 7 (2011): 2020-2030.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2011.04.024
  142. Brito, JC; Martinez-Freiria, F; Sierra, P; Sillero, N; Tarroso, P. "Crocodiles in the Sahara Desert: An Update of Distribution, Habitats and Population Status for Conservation Planning in Mauritania". Plos One 6 2 (2011):
    10.1371/journal.pone.0014734
  143. Brito, J.C.; Fahd, S.; Geniez, P.; Martínez-Freiría, F.; Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Trape, J.-F.. "Biogeography and conservation of viperids from North-West Africa: An application of ecological niche-based models and GIS". Journal of Arid Environments 75 11 (2011): 1029-1037. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79961005022&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.06.006
  144. Carretero, M.A.; Fonseca, M.M.; García-Muñoz, E.; Brito, J.C.; Harris, D.J.. "Adding Acanthodactylus beershebensis to the mtDNA phylogeny of the Acanthodactylus pardalis group". North-Western Journal of Zoology 7 1 (2011): 138-142. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80051662220&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  145. Brito, J.C.; Fahd, S.; Martínez-Freiría, F.; Tarroso, P.; Larbes, S.; Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Santos, X.. "Climate change and peripheral populations: Predictions for a relict Mediterranean viper". Acta Herpetologica 6 1 (2011): 105-118. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79959916790&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  146. Ferreira, S.; Boudot, J.-P.; Tarroso, P.; Brito, J.C.. "Overview of Odonata known from Mauritania (West Africa)". Odonatologica 40 4 (2011): 277-285. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-83155193358&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  147. Brito, José. "Status of Nile crocodiles in the lower Senegal River basin". Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter 30 (2011): 7-10.
    Published
  148. Carvalho, SB; Brito, JC; Crespo, EJ; Possingham, HP. "From climate change predictions to actions - conserving vulnerable animal groups in hotspots at a regional scale". Global Change Biology 16 12 (2010): 3257-3270.
    10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02212.x
  149. Brito, JC; Alvares, F; Martinez-Freiria, F; Sierra, P; Sillero, N; Tarroso, P. "Data on the distribution of mammals from Mauritania, West Africa". Mammalia 74 4 (2010): 449-455.
    10.1515/MAMM.2010.055
  150. TORRES, J; BRITO, JC; VASCONCELOS, MJ; CATARINO, L; GONCALVES, J; HONRADO, J. "Ensemble models of habitat suitability relate chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) conservation to forest and landscape dynamics in Western Africa". BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 143 2 (2010): 416-425.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2009.11.010
  151. Tomovic, L; Crnobrnja-Isailovic, J; Brito, JC. "The use of geostatistics and GIS for evolutionary history studies: the case of the nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes) in the Balkan Peninsula". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 101 3 (2010): 651-666.
    10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01513.x
  152. Pleguezuelos, JM; Brito, JC; Fahd, S; Feriche, M; Mateo, JA; Moreno-Rueda, G; Reques, R; Santos, X. "Setting conservation priorities for the Moroccan herpetofauna: the utility of regional red lists". Oryx 44 4 (2010): 501-508.
    10.1017/S0030605310000992
  153. Martínez-Freiría, F.; Lizana, M.; Amaral, J.P.D.; Brito, J.C.. "Spatial and temporal segregation allows coexistence in a hybrid zone among two Mediterranean vipers (Vipera aspis and V. latastei)". Amphibia Reptilia 31 2 (2010): 195-212. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77950973774&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/156853810791069001
  154. Vasconcelos, R.; Froufe, E.; Brito, J.C.; Carranza, S.; Harris, D.J.. "Phylogeography of the African common toad, amietophrynus regularis, based on mitochondrial DNA sequences: Inferences regarding the Cape Verde population and biogeographical patterns". African Zoology 45 2 (2010): 291-298. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650537869&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3377/004.045.0207
  155. Lima, A.; Pinho, C.; Larbes, S.; Carretero, M.A.; Brito, J.C.; Harris, D.J.. "Relationships of Podarcis wall lizards from Algeria based on mtDNA data". Amphibia Reptilia 30 4 (2010): 483-492. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-73149108464&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/156853809789647103
  156. STUART-FOX, D; GODINHO, R; IRWIN, N; DE BELLOCQ, JG; BRITO, JC; MOUSSALLI, A; HUGALL, AF; BAIRD, SJE. "Can scent-mediated female mate preference explain an abrupt mtDNA cline in Lacerta schreiberi?". BEHAVIOUR 146 (2009): 831-841.
    10.1163/156853909X446235
  157. MONTERROSO, P; BRITO, JC; FERRERAS, P; ALVES, PC. "Spatial ecology of the European wildcat in a Mediterranean ecosystem: dealing with small radio-tracking datasets in species conservation". JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 279 1 (2009): 27-35.
    10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00585.x
  158. FROUFE, E; BRITO, JC; HARRIS, DJ; Froufe, E.; Brito, J.C.; Harris, D.J.. "Phylogeography of North African Amietophrynus xeros estimated from mitochondrial DNA sequences". AFRICAN ZOOLOGY 44 2 (2009): 208-215. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650559068&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3377/004.044.0209
  159. FONSECA, MM; BRITO, JC; PAULO, OS; CARRETERO, MA; HARRIS, DJ. "Systematic and phylogeographical assessment of the Acanthodactylus erythrurus group (Reptilia: Lacertidae) based on phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA". MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 51 2 (2009): 131-142.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.021
  160. STUART-FOX, D; GODINHO, R; DE BELLOCQ, JG; IRWIN, NR; BRITO, JC; MOUSSALLI, A; SIROKY, P; HUGALL, AF; BAIRD, SJE. "Variation in Phenotype, Parasite Load and Male Competitive Ability across a Cryptic Hybrid Zone". PLOS ONE 4 5 (2009):
    10.1371/journal.pone.0005677
  161. Sillero, N.; Brito, J.C.; Skidmore, A.K.; Toxopeus, A.G.. "Biogeographical patterns derived from remote sensing variables: The amphibians and reptiles of the Iberian Peninsula". Amphibia Reptilia 30 2 (2009): 185-206. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70149122147&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/156853809788201207
  162. Brito, José. "Podarcis hispanica complex (North African Wall-lizard). Arboreal behavior". Herpetological Review 40 (2009): 224-225.
    Published
  163. Brito, José. "First report of introduced African Rainbow Lizard Agama agama (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Cape Verde Islands". Herpetozoa 21 3-4 (2009): 183-186.
    Published
  164. SANTOS, X; PLEGUEZUEJOS, JM; BRITO, JC; LLORENTE, GA; PARELLADA, X; FAHD, S. "Prey availability drives geographic dietary differences of a Mediterranean predator, the Lataste's viper (Vipera latastei)". HERPETOLOGICAL JOURNAL 18 1 (2008): 16-22.
  165. KALIONTZOPOULOU, A; BRITO, JC; CARRETERO, MA; LARBES, S; HARRIS, DJ. "Modelling the partially unknown distribution of wall lizards (Podarcis) in North Africa: ecological affinities, potential areas of occurrence, and methodological constraints". CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE ZOOLOGIE 86 9 (2008): 992-1001.
    10.1139/Z08-078
  166. Fonseca, M.M.; Brito, J.C.; Rebelo, H.; Kalboussi, M.; Larbes, S.; Carretero, M.A.; Harris, D.J.. "Genetic variation among spiny-footed lizards in the Acanthodactylus pardalis group from North Africa". African Zoology 43 1 (2008): 8-15. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-46849116939&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3377/1562-7020(2008)43[8:GVASLI]2.0.CO;2
  167. Sillero, N.; Ribeiro, R.; Brito, J.C.; García-Meléndez, E.. "Estimating altitude in distribution records of Amphibians and Reptiles: A comparative study between topographic maps and Remote Sensing data". Amphibia Reptilia 29 1 (2008): 121-126. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-66849087169&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/156853808783431532
  168. Machado, A.L.; Brito, J.C.; Medeiros, V.; Leitão, M.; Moutinho, C.; Jesus, A.; Ferrand, Y.; Gonçalves, D.. "Distribution and habitat preferences of Eurasian woodcock Scolopax rusticola in S. Miguel island (Azores) during the breeding season". Wildlife Biology 14 1 (2008): 129-137. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-43249129992&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2981/0909-6396(2008)14[129:DAHPOE]2.0.CO;2
  169. Brito, J.C.; Hugo, R.; Crochet, P.-A.; Philippe, G.. "Data on the distribution of amphibians and reptiles from North and West Africa, with emphasis on Acanthodaetylus lizards and the Sahara Desert". Herpetological Bulletin 105 (2008): 19-27. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-70549108177&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  170. Harris, D.J.; Carretero, M.A.; Brito, J.C.; Kaliontzopoulou, A.; Pinho, C.; Perera, A.; Vasconcelos, R.; et al. "Data on the distribution of the terrestrial herpetofauna of Morocco: Records from 2001-2006". Herpetological Bulletin 103 (2008): 19-28. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-50249128248&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  171. Brito, José. "En los límites de su distribución: anfibios y reptiles paleárticos en el noroeste de Túnez". Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 19 (2008): 75-82.
    Published
  172. PLEGUEZUELOS, JM; SANTOS, X; BRITO, JC; PARELLADA, X; LLORENTE, GA; FAHD, S. "Reproductive ecology of Vipera latastei, in the Iberian Peninsula: Implications for the conservation of a Mediterranean viper". ZOOLOGY 110 1 (2007): 9-19.
    10.1016/j.zool.2006.11.001
  173. SOARES, C; BRITO, JC. "Environmental correlates for species richness among amphibians and reptiles in a climate transition area". BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION 16 4 (2007): 1087-1102.
    10.1007/s10531-006-9070-5
  174. Harris, D.J.; Vaconcelos, R.; Brito, J.C.. "Genetic variation within African spiny-tailed lizards (Agamidae: Uromastyx) estimated using mitochondrial DNA sequences". Amphibia Reptilia 28 1 (2007): 1-6. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34249331443&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/156853807779799144
  175. Rato, C.; Brito, J.C.; Carretero, M.A.; Larbes, S.; Shacham, B.; Harris, D.J.. "Phylogeography and genetic diversity of Psammophis schokari (Serpentes) in North Africa based on mitochondrial DNA sequences". African Zoology 42 1 (2007): 112-117. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34249295226&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3377/1562-7020(2007)42[112:PAGDOP]2.0.CO;2
  176. Santos, X.; Llorente, G.A.; Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Brito, J.C.; Fahd, S.; Parellada, X.. "Variation in the diet of the Lataste's viper Vipera latastei in the Iberian Peninsula: Seasonal, sexual and size-related effects". Animal Biology 57 1 (2007): 49-61. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33947614645&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/157075607780001998
  177. Santos, X.; Brito, J.C.; Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Llorente, G.A.. "Comparing Filippi and Luiselli's (2000) method with a cartographic approach to assess the conservation status of secretive species: The case of the Iberian snake-fauna". Amphibia Reptilia 28 1 (2007): 17-23. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34547946576&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/156853807779799072
  178. Brito, José. "Presencia de la víbora hocicuda Vipera latastei en el Atlas Medio (Marruecos) y otras citas herpetológicas para la región". Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 18 (2007): 26-34.
    Published
  179. Brito, J.C.; Santos, X.; Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Fahd, S.; Llorente, G.A.; Parellada, X.. "Morphological variability of the Lataste's viper (Vipera latastei) and the Atlas dwarf viper (Vipera monticola): Patterns of biogeographical distribution and taxonomy". Amphibia Reptilia 27 2 (2006): 219-240. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33645422521&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/156853806777239940
  180. Martínez, F.; Brito, J.C.; Avia, M.L.. "Intermediate forms and syntopy among vipers (Vipera aspis and V. latastei) in Northern Iberian Peninsula". Herpetological Bulletin 97 (2006): 14-18. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33845332987&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  181. Freiría, F.M.; Brito, J.C.; Avia, M.L.. "Ophiophagy and cannibalism in Vipera latastei Boscá, 1878 (Reptilia, Viperidae)". Herpetological Bulletin 96 (2006): 26-28. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33845316793&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  182. Brito, José. "Skin ulcers in Bufo xeros from the Central Sahara". Froglog 71 (2005): 3-4.
    Published
  183. Brito, José. "Distribución de Vipera latastei en el Rif y otras citas herpetológicas para el norte de Marruecos". Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 16 1-2 (2005): 19-25.
    Published
  184. Brito, José. "Atlas of the amphibians and reptiles of Peneda-Gerês National Park, Portugal". Herpetozoa 18 3-4 (2005): 155-170.
    Published
  185. Brito, J.C.; Álvares, F.J.. "Patterns of road mortality in Vipera latastei and V. seoanei from northern Portugal". Amphibia Reptilia 25 4 (2004): 459-465. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-12944289484&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  186. Luís, C.; Rebelo, R.; Brito, J.C.; Godinho, R.; Paulo, O.S.; Crespo, E.G.. "Age structure in Lacerta schreiberi from Portugal". Amphibia Reptilia 25 3 (2004): 336-343. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-7244245566&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  187. Brito, J.C.. "Feeding ecology of Vipera latastei in northern Portugal: Ontogenetic shifts, prey size and seasonal variations". Herpetological Journal 14 1 (2004): 13-19. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-3843092616&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  188. BRITO, JC; REBELO, R. "Differential growth and mortality affect sexual size dimorphism in Vipera latastei". COPEIA 4 (2003): 865-871.
  189. Brito, J.C.. "Seasonal variation in movements, home range, and habitat use by male Vipera latastei in northern Portugal". Journal of Herpetology 37 1 (2003): 155-160. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037359182&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0155:SVIMHR]2.0.CO;2
  190. Brito, J.C.. "Seasonal and daily activity patterns of Vipera latastei in northern Portugal". Amphibia Reptilia 24 4 (2003): 497-508. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0347385101&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/156853803322763954
  191. Brito, José. "Observations of amphibians and reptiles from North and West Africa – Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal". Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 14 1-2 (2003): 2-6.
    Published
  192. Brito, J.C.. "A record of melanism in Vipera latasti". Herpetological Bulletin 76 (2001): 28-29. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-27144497868&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  193. Brito, José. "Viper killings for superstitious reasons in Portugal". Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 12 2 (2001): 101-104.
    Published
  194. Brito, José. "Melanismo en Podarcis bocagei del norte de Portugal". Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 12 2 (2001): 86-87.
    Published
  195. FRANCO, AMA; BRITO, JC; ALMEIDA, J. "Modelling habitat selection of Common Cranes Grus grus wintering in Portugal using multiple logistic regression". IBIS 142 3 (2000): 351-358.
  196. BRITO, JC; CRESPO, EG; PAULO, OS. "Modelling wildlife distributions: Logistic multiple regression vs overlap analysis". ECOGRAPHY 22 3 (1999): 251-260.
  197. Brito, J.C.; Godinho, R.; Luís, C.; Paulo, O.S.; Crespo, E.G.. "Management strategies for conservation of the lizard Lacerta schreiberi in Portugal". Biological Conservation 89 3 (1999): 311-319. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032924238&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00002-6
  198. Brito, José. "Atlas of the continental Portuguese herpetofauna: an assemblage of published and new data". Revista Española de Herpetologia 13 (1999): 61-82.
    Published
  199. Brito, J.C.; Paulo, O.S.; Crespo, E.G.. "Distribution and habitats of Schreiber's green lizard (Lacerta schreiberi) in Portugal". Herpetological Journal 8 4 (1998): 187-194. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031676769&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  200. Brito, J.C.; Abreu, F.B.E.; Paulo, O.S.; Rosa, H.D.; Crespo, E.G.. "Distribution of Schreiber's green lizard (Lacerta schreiberi) in Portugal: A predictive model". Herpetological Journal 6 2 (1996): 43-47. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0030028092&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Magazine article
  1. Fernando Martínez-Freiría; Brito, José; Freitas, I.; Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Santos, X.; Guillermo Velo-Antón. "Luces y sombras en la biología de la víbora hocicuda", Quercus, 2023
Newsletter article
  1. Brito, José Carlos. "Los encantadores de serpientes y su impacto sobre los ofidios en Marruecos", Quercus, 2017, http://www.revistaquercus.es/noticia/6786/articulos-de-fondo/los-encantadores-de-serpientes-y-su-impacto-sobre-los-ofidios-en-marruecos..html.
  2. Brito, José. "Crocodilos no Saara: os últimos sobreviventes ao deserto", Tribuna da Natureza, 2008
  3. Brito, José; REBELO, H; BRITO, JC. "Bat guild structure and habitat use in the Sahara desert", African Bat Conservation News, 2007
    10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00721.x
  4. Brito, José. "Mauritânia: o último reduto para a biodiversidade do Sahara", Tribuna da Natureza, 2006
  5. Brito, José. "A Víbora-cornuda: uma espécie desconhecida e ameaçada da herpetofauna mediterrânica", Tribuna da Natureza, 2004
  6. Brito, José. "La víbora hocicuda: una especie desconocida y amenazada de la fauna mediterránea", Quercus, 2004
  7. Brito, José. "Avaliação do impacto humano na Mata de Albergaria (Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês)", Liberne, 2000
  8. Brito, José. "Problemática da conservação do Lagarto-de-água em Portugal", Liberne, 1997
Online resource
  1. Naia, Marisa; Brito, José Carlos. Ecoregions of the Sahara-Sahel: characteristics and conservation status. 2021. https://biodeserts.cibio.up.pt/images/resources_to_download/Naia_Brito_2021_Ecoregions_of_the_Sahara_Sahel_EN_03.pdf.
  2. Naia, Marisa; Brito, José Carlos. Écorégions du Sahara-Sahel : caractéristiques et statut de conservation. 2021. https://biodeserts.cibio.up.pt/images/resources_to_download/Naia_Brito_2021_Ecoregions_du_Sahara_Sahel_FR_03.pdf.
  3. Naia, Marisa; Brito, José Carlos. Geographical Atlas of Mauritania. 2021. https://biodeserts.cibio.up.pt/images/resources_to_download/Naia_Brito_2021_Geographical_Atlas_of_Mauritania_EN_02.pdf.
  4. Naia, Marisa; Brito, José Carlos. Atlas Géographique de la Mauritanie. 2021. https://biodeserts.cibio.up.pt/images/resources_to_download/Naia_Brito_2021_Atlas_Geographique_de_la_Mauritanie_FR_02.pdf.
  5. Naia, Marisa; Brito, José Carlos. Catalogue of the amphibians of Mauritania: diversity, distribution, conservation status and identification key. 2020. https://biodeserts.cibio.up.pt/images/resources_to_download/Naia_Brito_2020_Amphibians_of_Mauritania_EN_01.pdf.
  6. Naia, Marisa; Brito, José Carlos. Catalogue des amphibiens de la Mauritanie : diversité, distribution, état de conservation et clé d’identification. 2020. https://biodeserts.cibio.up.pt/images/resources_to_download/Naia_Brito_2020_Amphibiens_de_la_Mauritanie_FR_01.pdf.
  7. Brito, José Carlos. Marinheiros da Areia: Diário de uma Expedição Científica à África Ocidental. 2020. https://biodeserts.cibio.up.pt/images/resources_to_download/Brito_2020_Diario_Marinheiros_da_Areia.pdf.
  8. Brito, José Carlos. Poster - Amphibians and Reptiles of the ParcNational du Diawling. 2017. https://biodeserts.cibio.up.pt/images/resources_to_download/PND_Poster_Amphibians_Reptiles_ENG.pdf.
  9. Brito, José Carlos. Poster - Amphibiens et Reptiles du Parc National du Diawling. 2017. https://biodeserts.cibio.up.pt/images/resources_to_download/PND_Poster_Amphibians_Reptiles_FR.pdf.
  10. Brito, José Carlos. Leaflet - Crocodiles of the Parc National du Diawling. 2017. https://biodeserts.cibio.up.pt/images/resources_to_download/PND_Crocodile_ENG.pdf.
  11. Brito, José Carlos. Brochure - Crocodiles du Parc National du Diawling. 2017. https://biodeserts.cibio.up.pt/images/resources_to_download/PND_Crocodile_FR.pdf.
  12. Brito, José Carlos. Leaflet - Amphibians and Reptiles of the Parc National du Diawling. 2017. https://biodeserts.cibio.up.pt/images/resources_to_download/PND_Amphibians_Reptiles_ENG.pdf.
  13. Brito, José Carlos. Brochure - Amphibiens et Reptiles du Parc National du Diawling. 2017. https://biodeserts.cibio.up.pt/images/resources_to_download/PND_Amphibians_Reptiles_FR.pdf.
Report
  1. Brito, José. 2019. Biodiversité et Conservation des Amphibiens et Reptiles au Parc National du Diawling. Rapport supplémentaire au Projet supporté par le Programme RAMPAO.
  2. Brito, José. 2017. Biodiversité et Conservation des Amphibiens et Reptiles au Parc National du Diawling. Rapport Finale du Projet supporté par le Programme RAMPAO.
Working paper
  1. Brito, José Carlos. 2001. "Cágados, Lagartos e Afins – Répteis I. Colecção Património Natural – Fauna e Flora. Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês".
  2. Brito, José Carlos. 2001. "Serpentes – Répteis II. Colecção Património Natural – Fauna e Flora. Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês".
  3. Brito, José Carlos. 2001. "Víboras – Répteis III. Colecção Património Natural – Fauna e Flora. Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês".

Artistic / Performance

Curatorial / Museum exhibition
  1. 2019. "A New Age of Exploration – 130 Years of National Geographic".

Other

Other output
  1. Convergent evolution of increased urine concentrating ability in desert mammals. 2020. Joana L. Rocha; José C. Brito; Rasmus Nielsen; Raquel Godinho. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.11.294124.
    10.1101/2020.09.11.294124
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/02/27 Conservação da biodiversidade em desertos e zonas áridas Jornadas da Ciência
University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)
2021/10/20 Armed conflicts and wildlife decline: challenges and recommendations for effective conservation policy in the Sahara-Sahel Behaviour & Evolution Seminars
Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, Germany (Germany)
2019/09/11 Armed conflicts and wildlife decline: challenges and recommendations for effective conservation policy in the Sahara-Sahel How to deal with Nature’s dangerous decline? From the IPBES assessments to action
Fundação de Serralves (Porto, Portugal)
2019/06/30 Mil e uma noites no Saara Café com Ciência
Fundação de Serralves (Porto, Portugal)
2019/04/18 Alterações climáticas, conservação da biodiversidade e desenvolvimento humano “Ambiente Descontraído: Alterações Climáticas”
Fundação de Serralves (Porto, Portugal)
2018/03/03 Conflitos armados e declínio da megafauna: desafios e recomendações para uma política de conservação no Saara-Sael Exhibition Photo Ark-Joel Sartore-National Geographic Society
Galeria da Biodiversidade, Museu Nacional de História Natural, Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
2018/02/17 Alterações climáticas, conservação da biodiversidade e desenvolvimento humano: que lições podemos aprender com o Saara-Sael? 3.º Encontro de Ciência Cândida Madureira
(Famalicão, Portugal)
2018 Armed conflicts and wildlife decline: challenges and recommendations for effective conservation policy in the Sahara-Sahel 17th Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting
SSIG (Paris, France)
2017/10/18 Challenges for biodiversity conservation in the Sahara-Sahel under climate change: the ectotherm perspective Jornadas de Biodiversidade
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2017/05/14 Challenges for biodiversity conservation in the Sahara-Sahel under climate change: the ectotherm perspective V Biology of the Vipers Congress
(Chefchaouen, Morocco)
2017/02/15 Distribuição, Evolução e Conservação da Biodiversidade no Saara-Sahel: 16 anos de investigação “Dia de Darwin”
Biblioteca Municipal Almeida Garrett, Jardins do Palácio de Cristal (Porto, Portugal)
2016/10/07 Challenges for biodiversity conservation in the Sahara-Sahel under climate change: the ectotherm perspective XIV Iberian Herpetological Congress
(Lleida, Spain)
2016 Distribution, habitats, population size, genetic variability and threat factors for the West African Crocodile in Mauritania 16th Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting
SSIG (Barcelona, Spain)
2016 Did climatic changes trapped Ctenodactylidae species on Sahara-Sahel mountains and shaped intraspecific genetic variation? Rodens et Spatium 2016, 15th International Conference on Rodent Biology
(Olomouc, Czech Republic)
2015/06/20 Biodiversidade, Evolução e Conservação dos Répteis no Saara-Sahel: 15 anos de investigação “Há vida no parque - répteis”
Fundação de Serralves (Porto, Portugal)
2014/06/21 As alterações climáticas e os répteis “Há vida no parque - répteis”
Fundação de Serralves (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Evolutionary ecology of adaptation in extreme environments - camouflage in Sahara-Sahel rodents. Grant 2023.02922.BD
Co-supervisor
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2021 - Current Investigating ecological networks in extreme climate environments: Landscape genomics and adaptive genetic variation in desert populations of crocodiles and baboons. Grant PD/BD/132429/2017
Supervisor
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020 - Current Daily heterothermy in arid adapted rodents, its genetic background and climatic relevance. Grant 2021.04866.BD
Co-supervisor
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019 - Current Patterns of amphibian diversification in Angola. Grant PD/BD/140810/2018
Supervisor
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019 - 2024 Comparative phylogeography of the Sahara-Sahel: integrating spatial and temporal approaches to understand biodiversity dynamics in deserts and arid regions. Grant SFRH/BD/137797/2018
Supervisor of André Vicente Liz
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021 - 2022 Do we ‘like’ or ‘unfollow’? A social media-based analysis of public perceptions on climate change
Supervisor of Bruna Fonseca
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2018 - 2022 Lasts of their kind? Biogeography, ecology and action plan for the conservation of the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah. Grant PD/BD/132429/2017
Supervisor of Leili Khalatbari
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018 - 2021 Ecotourism development for biodiversity conservation and local economic development in remote regions: a multi-scale approach in the Sahara-Sahel. Grant PD/BD/132407/2017
Supervisor of Frederico Costa Santarém
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Addressing landscape connectivity in biodiversity conservation strategies in the African Sahel
Supervisor of Marisa Carvalho Naia
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Phylogeography and systematics of the Mesalina olivieri species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) from North-West Africa
Supervisor of Cristian Pizzigalli
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Validating the transferability of ecological models under global change scenarios with Holocene rock-art
Supervisor of Luís Filipe Oliveira Silveira
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015 - 2019 Conservation Biogeography of Terrestrial Mammals in Iran: Diversity, Distribution, and Vulnerability to Extinction. Grant PD/BD/52605/2014
Supervisor of Gholam Hosein Yusefi
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013 - 2019 Climate change in extreme habitats: impacts in the spatial dynamics of contact zones. Grant SFRH/BPD/93473/2013 by FCT
Supervisor of José Pedro Tarroso Gomes
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2013 - 2019 Applying landscape genetic tools to biological anthropology: conservation of nonhuman primate species in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Grant SFRH/BPD/88496/2012 by FCT
Supervisor of Maria Joana Ferreira da Silva
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2012 - 2019 Does climate change influence diversification and generate punctuational bursts of evolution? The case of North Africa vertebrates. Grant SFRH/BPD/84822/2012 by FCT
Supervisor of Zbigniew Boratynski
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2011 - 2019 Biodiversity, Evolution and Conservation of Threatened Desert Ungulates. Grant SFRH/BD/73680/2010
Supervisor of Teresa Luísa Ferreira da Silva
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010 - 2019 Integrating evolutionary processes and systematic conservation planning in the Iberian Peninsula. Grant SFRH/BPD/74423/2010 by FCT
Supervisor of Sílvia Ricardo Benoliel de Carvalho
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2010 - 2019 Phylogeography, ecological niche-based modelling and climate change: a multidisciplinary approach for integrating morphological, genetic and environmental data in predictions of population persistence for an endemic reptile, Vipera seoanei. Grant SFRH/BPD/69857/2010 by FCT
Supervisor of Fernando Martínez-Freiría
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Phylogenetic and ecological characterization of Monitor lizards in Northern Africa
Supervisor of João Pissarra
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014 - 2018 Landscape connectivity and Remote Sensing applications for assessing biodiversity patterns in desert environments. Grant SFRH/BD/87885/2012 by FCT
Supervisor of João Carlos Campos Rodrigues
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014 - 2018 Integrative inference of evolutionary patterns of desert biodiversity: a spatial and temporal multiscale approach using herpetofauna from North-Africa. Grant SFRH/BD/78402/2011
Supervisor of Duarte Nuno Vasconcelos Gonçalves
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Diversity, distribution and conservation of reptiles in the West Sahara-Sahel
Supervisor of Margarida Henrique Cardoso
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Conservation biogeography of amphibians in Mauritania: integrating DNA Barcoding and spatial analyses for the identification of cryptic diversity and phylogenetic units
Supervisor of Ana Marta Sampaio
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Patterns of habitat use by an insular endemic bird, the Azores woodpigeon (Columba palumbus azorica)
Co-supervisor of Júlio Daniel Gomes Santos
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Landscape genetics of Guinea baboon: assessing population structure, gene flow dynamics, and functional connectivity with molecular and spatial tools
Co-supervisor of Helena Marisa Osório Teixeira
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012 - 2016 Evolutionary History, Biogeography and Conservation of Endangered Odonates in the Mediterranean Basin. Grant SFRH/BD/65038/2009
Supervisor of Sónia Alexandra Fernandes Ferreira
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2012 - 2016 Biodiversity Conservation in arid environments under climate change. Grant SFRH/BD/72522/2010
Supervisor of Cândida Gomes Vale
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2011 - 2016 Modelling diversity loss and shifts in species composition linked to repeated-fires for the Western-Mediterranean reptile communities. Grant SFRH/BPD/73176/2010 by FCT
Supervisor of Xavier Santos
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Historical biogeography and climate change: application of ecological niche-based models and GIS to the conservation of African elephants and giraffes
Supervisor of Joana Margarida Dias Ferreira Nogueira
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Biogeography and phylogenetic position of a Sahara-Sahel mountain endemic, Felovia vae (Ctenodactylidae)
Co-supervisor of Fábio Alberto Vieira Sousa
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Population history and taxonomy of African hares (genus Lepus) inferred from genetic variation
Co-supervisor of Sara Ribeiro Lado
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2011 - 2015 Herpétofaune du Nord du Maroc: Biogéographie et Zones Prioritaires de Conservation
Co-supervisor of Mohamed Mediani
Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco
2010 - 2015 Phylogeography, landscape genetics and ecological modelling for predicting vertebrate climatic refugia in the Sahara. Grant SFRH/BPD/74834/2010 by FCT
Supervisor of Guillermo Velo-Antón
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Biogeographical analyses of the distribution of large endangered mammals in the Sahara-Sahel ecosystem in the 20th century
Co-supervisor of Abdullah Nagy Said
Brunswiker und Reuter Universitätsbuchhandlung Kiel, Germany
2013 - 2014 Population structure and gene flow in desert environment: an application of molecular tools to isolated fish populations in West Africa
Co-supervisor of Jolita Dilyte
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Phylogenetics and hybridization assessment of Acanthodactylus scutellatus species group in North Africa
Supervisor of Sara Cristina Pinto Lopes
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010 - 2014 Les reptiles du Parc National du Banc d’Arguin (Nord-Ouest Mauritanie): Chorologie, Biogéographie et Vulnérabilité au Changement Climatique
Co-supervisor of Andack Saad Sow
Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco
2010 - 2014 Herpétofaune endémique du Maroc: Biogéographie, Modèles Écologiques et Influence du Changement Climatique
Co-supervisor of Hamida Argaz
Université Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco
2012 - 2013 Evolution and biogeography of Hedgehogs in North-West Africa: combining genetic variability with ecogeographical information
Supervisor of Vanessa Oliveira Lima
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2009 - 2013 Environment and biodiversity: A multidisciplinary approach to dynamic patterns in the Iberian Peninsula. Grant SFRH/BD/42480/2007
Supervisor of José Pedro Tarroso Gomes
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2011 - 2012 Evolution and biogeography of Canids (Canis and Vulpes) in North-West Africa: combining genetic and ecogeographical information
Co-supervisor of João Vasco de Sousa Santos e Andrade Leite
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2008 - 2012 Modelação da Distribuição Geográfica de Anfíbios à Escala Local: Implicações na Conservação. Grant SFRH/PROTEC/49510/2009
Co-supervisor of Vítor Monteiro Lima
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2010 - 2011 Water detection in desert environments: Evaluating the performance of Normalized Difference Water Indexes to identify potential dispersal corridors for Nile crocodiles in Mauritania
Supervisor of João Carlos Campos Rodrigues
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010 - 2011 Population structure and gene flow in desert environments: an application of molecular tools to isolated populations in the mountains of Mauritania
Co-supervisor of José Miguel Soares Cavadas
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2010 - 2011 Biogeography and conservation of the common-snipe (Gallinago gallinago): application of ecological niche models to different spatial scales during the breeding season
Co-supervisor of Marisa Magalhães Rodrigues
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Geostatistics and Ecological-niche based models identify ecological and human determinants of genetic diversity and distribution of the wolf in Portugal
Co-supervisor of Andreia Quintanilha-Mendonça
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Biogeography and conservation of African Sahel biodiversity
Supervisor of Cândida Gomes Vale
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2009 - 2010 Evolution of the genus Agama in North-West Africa: combining phylogeographic and ecogeographical information for integrative taxonomical review. University of Porto
Co-supervisor of Duarte Nuno Vasconcelos Gonçalves
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2006 - 2010 Biodiversity and conservation planning of the amphibians and reptiles in the Western Mediterranean Basin. Grant SFRH/BD/21896/2005
Co-supervisor of Sílvia Ricardo Benoliel de Carvalho
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2005 - 2009 Biogeografía y ecología de las víboras Ibéricas (Vipera aspis, V. latastei y V. seoanei) en una zona de contacto en el norte peninsular
Co-supervisor of Fernando Martínez-Freiría
Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
2003 - 2006 Application of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems in the biogeography of Iberian amphibians and reptiles
Co-supervisor of Neftalí Sillero Pablos
Universidad de León, Spain

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024 - 2024 European Conference of Tropical Ecology. Lisbon, Portugal (2024 - 2024)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2019 - 2019 EEF 2019 | 15th EEF – European Ecological Federation Congress. Lisbon, Portugal (2019 - 2019)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2018 - 2018 XV Iberian Herpetological Congress. Salamanca, Spain (2018 - 2018)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Herpetologia, Portugal
2017 - 2017 EUROGARD VIII – Eight European Botanic Gardens Congress: “Botanic Gardens, People and Plants for a Sustainable World”. Lisbon, Portugal (2017 - 2017)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2014 - 2014 14th Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting. Vairão, Portugal (2014 - 2014)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
 Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2012 - 2012 XII Iberian Herpetological Congress. Murcia, Spain (2012 - 2012)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Herpetologia, Portugal
2010 - 2010 3rd Biology of the Vipers conference. Pisa, Italy (2010 - 2010)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2008 - 2008 X Iberian Herpetological Congress. Coimbra, Portugal (2008 - 2008)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Herpetologia, Portugal
2007 - 2007 14th European Congress of Herpetology. Porto, Portugal (2007 - 2007)
Congress (Co-organisor)
 Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Belgium
2007 - 2007 2nd Biology of the Vipers conference. Porto, Portugal (2007 - 2007)
Congress (Co-organisor)
2006 - 2006 IX Iberian Herpetological Congress. Donostia, Spain (2006 - 2006)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Herpetologia, Portugal
2004 - 2004 VIII Iberian Herpetological Congress. Málaga, Spain (2004 - 2004)
Congress (Member of the Scientific Committee)
 Sociedade Portuguesa de Herpetologia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023 21st European Congress of Herpetology
Congress
 21st European Congress of Herpetology
2022 - 2022 21st Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting
Meeting
 21st Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting
2021 - 2021 20th Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting
Meeting
 20th Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting
2019/07 - 2019/07 EEF 2019 | 15th EEF – European Ecological Federation Congress
Congress
 EEF 2019 | 15th EEF – European Ecological Federation Congress
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2017 - 2017 5th Biology of the Vipers Conference. LESCOBIO, University Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Chefchaouen, Morocco
Conference
 Biology of the Vipers Conference
2016 - 2016 XIV Iberian Herpetological Congress. Asociación Herpetológica Española and Sociedade Portuguesa de Herpetologia, Lleida, Spain
Congress
 Iberian Herpetological Congress
2016 - 2016 16th Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting. Barcelona, Spain
Meeting
 Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting
2015 - 2015 15th Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting. Abu-Dhabi, U.A.E.
Meeting
 Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting
2014 - 2014 XIII Iberian Congress of Herpetology. Asociación Herpetológica Española and Sociedade Portuguesa de Herpetologia, Aveiro, Portugal
Congress
 Iberian Congress of Herpetology
2014 - 2014 14th Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting. Vairão, Portugal
Meeting
 Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting
2013 - 2013 13th Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting. Agadir, Morocco
Meeting
 Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting
2012 - 2012 XII Iberian Herpetological Congress. Asociación Herpetológica Española and Sociedade Portuguesa de Herpetologia, CEMACAM, Murcia, Spain
Congress
 Iberian Herpetological Congress
2011 - 2011 11th Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting. Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas, Almeria, Spain
Meeting
 Annual Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group Meeting
2010 - 2010 XI Iberian Herpetological Congress. Asociación Herpetológica Española and Sociedade Portuguesa de Herpetologia, Seville, Spain
Congress
 Iberian Herpetological Congress
2010 - 2010 3rd Biology of the Vipers Conference. Museum of Natural History and Territory, University of Pisa, Italy
Conference
 Biology of the Vipers Conference

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2019 Systematics and Biogeography of selected reptiles from North Africa.
Thesis Member
 Luis Carlos Rodrigues Machado (PhD)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2019 The mystery Scops owl of Príncipe Island: combining evidence for a species description and assessment of its conservation status
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Bárbara Baptista Freitas (Master)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2018/01/26 Evolutionary History of Selected Squamates: Insights from Genes and Species Tree with Implications for Biogeography and Taxonomy
(Thesis) Arguer
 Joana da Silva Mendes (PhD)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2017 Déficit de Connaissances de la Biodiversité et Biologie de la Conservation: le cas de l'Herpétofaune d'Algérie
(Thesis) Arguer
 Menad Beddek (PhD)
Université de Montpellier, France
2017 Estudios sobre los efectos de perturbaciones ambientales en poblaciones animales mediante métodos analíticos y de simulación: Testudo graeca como sistema de estudio
President of the jury
 Roberto Carlos Rodríguez Caro (PhD)
Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain
2015 Distribution patterns and genetic structure of golden jackal in Europe and Asia
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Renato Couto Reis Silva (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015 Eggs and eggshells of Crocodylomorpha from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Paulo Vasconcelos Mendes Russo (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2013 Combining movement and genetic data to assess a forest carnivore’s response to forest fragmentation
(Thesis) Main arguer
 André Lourenço (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2013 O custo da nidificação em Caiman crocodilus na Amazónia Central
(Thesis) Main arguer
 José António Lemos Barão Nóbrega (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2012 Patterns of biological invasion in the herpetofauna of the Balearic Islands. Determining the origin and predicting the expansion as conservation tools
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Iolanda Raquel Silva Rocha (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2008 Las comunidades de aves y reptiles del corredor verde del Guadiamar tras el vertido minero de Aznalcóllar
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rocío Márquez-Ferrando (PhD)
Universidad de Granada - Campus de Cartuja, Spain
2006 Modelación de relaciones biogeográficas entre predadores, presas y párasitos: implicaciones para la conservación de mamíferos en la Península Ibérica
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Márcia Barbosa (PhD)
Universidad de Málaga, Spain

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2016 - Current International Associated Laboratory (LIA) “Biodiversity and Evolution”, a platform joining researchers from CIBIO/University of Porto, Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution (ISEM: CNRS UMR 5554), and Centre d’Écologie Fonctionelle et Évolutive (CEFE: CNRS UMR 5175) Investigador
2014 - Current Conservation and Science Committee of the Sahara Conservation Fund (SCF)
2013 - Current Viper Specialist Group (VSG) of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
2011 - Current BIODESERTS: Biodiversity of Deserts and Arid Regions at CIBIO - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da Universidade do Porto Principal Investigator
2005 - Current Societas Europaea Herpetologia (SEH; European Herpetological Society)
1996 - 2010 Sociedade Portuguesa de Herpetologia Vice-president, Vocal, and Treasurer
1996 - 1998 Liga para a Protecção da Natureza National Board

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2018 - 2018 XV Iberian Herpetological Congress Salamanca
2018 - 2018 EUROGARD VIII – Eight European Botanic Gardens Congress: “Botanic Gardens, People and Plants for a Sustainable World” Lisbon
2012 - 2012 XII Iberian Herpetological Congress Murcia
2010 - 2010 3rd Biology of the Vipers conference Pisa

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2011 - Current Geographical Information Systems Applied to the Study of Biodiversity Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2008 - Current Biogeography Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2008 - 2011 Geographical Information Systems Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2003 - 2008 Geographical Information Systems Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2019 - Current Editor of scientific journal Amphibia-Reptilia
Evaluator
2019 - Current Associate-editor of scientific journal Diversity and Distributions
Evaluator

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2023 José Carlos Brito on the Mauritanian desert The Zoologists' Campfire
2020/11/06 War, law and biodiversity: a race against time JusticeInfo.net
2020/10/07 Subida do nível do mar ameaça áreas protegidas em África, alerta investigador português Diário de Notícias
2020/09/16 Subida do mar pode afetar 278 áreas protegidas de África nos próximos 80 anos SIC Notícias
2020/09/16 Subida do mar pode afetar 278 áreas protegidas de África nos próximos 80 anos Jornal de Notícias
2020/09/16 Subida do mar pode afetar 278 áreas protegidas de África nos próximos 80 anos Correio da Manhã
2019/12/16 Cientistas querem "ecocídio" reconhecido como crime de guerra pela ONU Diário de Notícias
2019/08/28 Putting ecocide on a par with genocide The Guardian
2019/07/31 During war, who speaks for the animals? Washington Post
2019/07/30 Scientists: "Environmental damage is a war crime" World Economic Forum
2019/07/29 Scientists want to make it a war crime to damage the environment in a conflict Africa Sustainable Conservation News
2019/07/28 Call for UN to recognize environmental damage as a war crime Environmentalists Against War
2019/07/25 Environmental damage is a war crime, scientists say EcoWatch
2019/07/24 Make environmental damage a war crime, say scientists The Guardian
2018/06/30 Wildlife declines in conflict hotspots Nature Middle East
2018/05/18 Wildlife decimated by the surge in conflicts in the Sahara and the Sahel Mongabay
2018/05/17 How armed conflict is affecting wildlife in the Sahara-Sahel region Malini Pittet
2018/05/11 Conflict killing off Sahel and Saharan wildlife Africa Sustainable Conservation News
2018/05/04 Armed conflicts in Sahara and Sahel endangering wildlife in the region Science Newsline Naure & Earth
2018/04/10 Conflict endangers Saharan and Sahelian wildlife Africa Sustainable Conservation News
2018/04/09 Why human conflict could spell catastrophe for north African wildlife Discover Wildlife
2018/04/05 Conflitos armados estão a extinguir animais selvagens no deserto do Sara Público
2018/04/03 Conflitos armados estão a causar extinção de animais selvagens no Saara DNotícias
2018/04/03 Conflitos armados estão a causar extinção de animais selvagens no Saara SIC Notícias
2018/04/03 Conflitos armados estão a causar extinção de animais selvagens no Saara - estudo TSF
2018 Crocodilos do grande deserto africano (Autumn, nº54, pp. 62-67) Parques e Vida Selvagem
2015/08/03 O chacal-dourado de África é afinal… um lobo (pp. 28-29) Público
2014 Das lagartixas da infância à investigação dos répteis Ensina RTP
2012/09/17 Víboras nos campos do Alentejo Diário do Sul
2011/07/15 Um crocodilo só na barragem do Bode não representa perigo Diário de Notícias
2011/04/09 A víbora que não incomoda mas detesta ser incomodada Sem Mais
2011 Crocodiles of the Sahara (pp. 12) Africa Geographic
2010/05/27 Crocodilos da Mauritânia: uma investigação em vídeo Ciência Hoje
2010/05/26 Crocodilos da Mauritânia adaptam-se a climas extremos Ciência Hoje
2010/03/08 O lagarto de cabeça azul Diário de Notícias
2009/12/19 Répteis começam a dar sinal de alterações Jornal de Notícias
2009/10/24 A mordedura seca da víbora Parques e Vida Selvagem
2008/11/16 Eu estudo aranhas, répteis e gosto Domingo: Correio da Manhã
2008/02/04 Entrevista José Brito deFrente Ciência
2008/01/17 José Carlos Brito: É fascinante que um animal do meio aquático sobreviva no Sara há 4 mil anos Visão (Radar: Entrevista)
2008/01/09 À procura dos crocodilos perdidos do Sara O Público
2008/01/06 Um português em busca de crocodilos do deserto Domingo: Correio da Manhã
2008/01/03 Biólogo português vai investigar crocodilos do deserto do Sara com financiamento da National Geographic Público
2008/01/03 Biólogo português estuda crocodilos do Sara Diário de Notícias
2008/01/03 Português estuda crocodilos Jornal de Notícias
2007/09/19 Um português na Mauritânia pela mão da “National Geographic" Canal UP – Universidades e Politécnicos
2007 Pessoas: José Carlos Brito, 36 anos Newsletter da Universidade do Porto
2005 Redesenhar o mapa da evolução (nº54, pp. 126-129) National Geographic Portugal
2003 Alerta: Veneno à solta – Víboras e Escorpiões (Má-Criação, Lisbon, pp.: 36-55) Ibéria Selvagem
2002 O perigo é o homem (nº19, section Geographica) National Geographic Portugal
2001 As víboras e o comércio ilegal (nº10, pp. 40-43) Ozono
2001 Perigos rastejantes (1 July, nº89, pp. 78-79) Focus
1997/08/22 Anacondas e pitões ainda estão à frente (22 August, pp.15) Público
1996 Víbora de Seoane – Vipera seoanei (nº32, Supplement Espécies Ameaçadas em Portugal) Fórum Ambiente

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2020/10/06 - Current Ciência com Impacto: Biodiversidade dos Desertos
2020/10/06 - Current Ciência com Impacto: Podcast #4 José Carlos Brito - A diversidade Biológica dos Desertos
2019/11/07 - Current RTP1 Jornal da Noite Climate Change
2013/12/23 - Current RTP2: 5 Minutos com um Cientista
2011/06/04 - Current RTP1: Bom Dia Portugal
2011/02/05 - Current RTP1: Bom Dia Portugal
2010/02/05 - Current RTP Memória: Há Conversa
2008/02/02 - Current RDP Antena 1: Os Dias do Futuro
2008/01/23 - Current Rádio Clube Português: Janela Aberta
2008/01/21 - Current Rádio Onda Viva: Entrevista
2008/01/20 - Current RDP Antena 2: Sol Maior Viagem Secreta
2008/01/14 - Current SIC: Jornal da Tarde
2008/01/11 - Current RDP África: Entrevista
2007/12/14 - Current RTP2: Biosfera
2007/09/22 - Current PortoCanal: Notícias
2007/09/22 - Current Rádio Clube Português: Entrevista
2006/04/05 - Current SIC: Jornal da Tarde
2021 - 2021 SIC: Primeiro Jornal and SIC Notícias Biólogos portugueses publicam artigo sobre Muralha Verde Africana
2019/10/25 - 2019/10/25 RTP1: Portugal em Directo Exhibition: A New Age of Exploration – 130 Years of National Geographic
2016 - 2016 RTP1: As Novas Viagens Philosophicas Mauritânia: Os Crocodilos do Deserto

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019 - Current Biology Letters (1744-957X) The Royal Society
2018 - Current Global Ecology and Conservation (2351-9894) Elsevier
2017 - Current Arid Land Research and Management
2017 - Current PeerJ (2167-8359) PeerJ
2016 - Current Scientific Reports (2045-2322) Springer Nature
2016 - Current Systematics and Biodiversity (1478-0933) Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2015 - Current Climatic Change (1573-1480) Springer-Verlag
2014 - Current Biological Conservation (0006-3207) Elsevier
2014 - Current Global Change Biology (1365-2486) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2014 - Current Journal for Nature Conservation (1617-1381) Elsevier
2013 - Current Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (1943-6696) Smithsonian Institution
2013 - Current Heredity (0018-067X) Springer Nature
2012 - Current Acta Oecologica
2011 - Current Biodiversity and Conservation (1572-9710) Springer-Verlag
2011 - Current Biotropica (1744-7429) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2011 - Current Journal of Arid Environments (1095-922X) Elsevier
2011 - Current PLoS ONE (1932-6203) Public Library of Science
2010 - Current Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (1095-8312) Oxford University Press
2010 - Current Molecular Ecology (1365-294X) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2009 - Current Conservation Biology (1523-1739) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2009 - Current Journal of Biogeography (1365-2699) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2008 - Current Ecological Modelling (0304-3800) Elsevier
2006 - Current Diversity and Distributions
2005 - Current Ecography (1600-0587) Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
2003 - Current Herpetological Journal
2003 - 2010 Amphibia-Reptilia (1568-5381) Brill

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/11 - 2023/11 Saudi Arabia - 35 days - 1700 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2023/08 - 2023/08 Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Bulgaria - 10 days - 2500 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2023/05 - 2023/06 Saudi Arabia - 37 days - 1800 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2023/04 - 2023/04 Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria - 30 days - 5200 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/03 Saudi Arabia - 21 days - 1400 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2022/11 - 2022/12 Saudi Arabia - 21 days - 3600 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Mauritania - 21 days - 3700 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Mauritania - 28 days - 2200 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Mauritania - 30 days - 3300 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Morocco, Mauritania - 38 days - 10800 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Algeria - 17 days - 1600 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Morocco, Mauritania - 37 days - 11200 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Morocco, Mauritania - 38 days - 10500 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Chad - 13 days - 2700 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Iran - 22 days - 5200 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Morocco, Mauritania - 42 days - 12300 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Iran - 26 days - 6500 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Morocco, Mauritania - 40 days - 11400 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Morocco - 15 days - 6000 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Iran - 20 days - 4600 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Morocco, Mauritania, Mali - 48 days - 12900 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Morocco, Mauritania - 42 days - 11200 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Niger - 16 days - 3900 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Morocco - 7 days - 2600 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Morocco, Mauritania - 53 days - 12700 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Morocco, Mauritania - 48 days - 11600 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2009/03 - 2009/05 Morocco, Mauritania - 75 days - 13200 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2008/09 - 2008/12 Morocco, Mauritania - 78 days - 12400 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2008 - 2008 Tunisia - 10 days - 1100 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Morocco, Mauritania, Mali - 39 days - 12200 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Morocco - 15 days - 5300 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Cape Verde - 8 days - 200 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2007 - 2007 Morocco, Mauritania - 24 days - 9400 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2006 - 2006 Morocco - 15 days - 3900 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2006 - 2006 Algeria - 10 days - 1400 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2006 - 2006 Cape Verde - 8 days - 200 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2005 - 2005 Tunisia - 8 days - 900 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2005 - 2005 Morocco - 22 days - 4800 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2005 - 2005 Morocco, Mauritania - 29 days - 8600 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2004/09 - 2004/12 Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, Mauritania, Morocco - 104 days - 19000 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2004 - 2004 Morocco - 15 days - 3100 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2003 - 2003 Morocco, Mauritania - 33 days - 9700 km Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2002 - 2002 Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal - 34 days - 10600 km Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2001 - 2001 Morocco - 10 days - 4000 km Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2000 - 2000 Morocco - 12 days - 4200 km Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal