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Rui do Nascimento Fazenda Lourenço. Completed the PhD in Biology in 2011 by the University of Évora, MSc in Conservation Biology in 2005 by the University of Évora, and Degree in "Biologia Aplicada aos Recursos Animais - variante Terrestres" / Biology - zoology in 2000 by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. He Is Auxiliary Researcher in the Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development - University of Évora. Published 55 articles in journals. Co-supervised 2 PhD theses, supervised/co-supervised 17 MSc dissertations. Participates and/or participated in 33 projects. Works in the area of Natural sciences - Biological Sciences with emphasis on Ecology, Biodiversity Conservation, Ornithology and Zoology.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rui do Nascimento Fazenda Lourenço
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Lourenço, Rui
  • Lourenço, Rui F.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
FE13-DA91-F4A9
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7694-0478
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=LAptPB4AAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id
AAB-6030-2020
Scopus Author Id
16304232100

Addresses

  • MED Mediterranean Institute of Agriculture, Environment and Development, Laboratory of Ornithology, University of Évora, 7002-554, Évora, Évora, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ornithology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Zoology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2007/01/01 - 2011/09/15
Concluded
 Biologia / Biology (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"Predatory interactions among vertebrate top predators: superpredation and intraguild predation by large raptors" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado com louvor e distinção por unanimidade
2003 - 2005
Concluded
 Biologia da Conservação / Conservation Biology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
"A ecologia trófica do Bufo-real Bubo bubo e as implicações conservacionistas em ecossistemas mediterrânicos (Trophic ecology of the eagle owl Bubo bubo and its conservation implications in Mediterranean ecosystems)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
1995 - 2000
Concluded
 Biologia Aplicada aos Recursos Animais - variante Terrestres / Biology - zoology (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Distribuição, Situação populacional e Ecologia trófica do Bufo-real (Bubo bubo Linnaeus, 1758) no Nordeste Algarvio (Distribution, population status and trophic ecology of the eagle owl (Bubo bubo Linnaeus, 1758) in North-eastern Algarve)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/03/01 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
2019/03/01 - 2023/02/28 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
(...)
2012/01/01 - 2019/02/28 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2006/11 - 2010/12 Bolseiro de doutoramento Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Spain
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - Current MOVERCULOSIS - Combined use of behaviour and animal movement in the evaluation of the influence of interactions wildlife-cattle in the spatio-temporal risk of transmission of animal tuberculosis
2022.06014.PTDC
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2022/10/01 - Current Pegada 4.0 - Sustainability of agricultural activities supported by intelligent processess and technologies
PRR-C05-i03-I-000099
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
IFAP Instituto de Financiamento da Agricultura e Pescas, I.P.
Ongoing
2022/07/01 - Current EU GREEN
NA
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/06/01 - Current Adapt for grazing - Adapting vegetation management to improve the resilience of agrosystems to climate change considering extensive grazing by autochtonous races and agricultural use
PRR-C05-i03-000035
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
IFAP Instituto de Financiamento da Agricultura e Pescas, I.P.
Ongoing
2018/01/01 - Current Bird monitoring in Companhia das Lezírias
NA
Researcher
Universidade de Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Portugal
 Companhia das Lezírias S.A.
Ongoing
2023/05/01 - 2024/01/31 Environmental characterization and valorization of the Aberta Nova Estate
NA
Researcher
Universidade de Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Portugal
Concluded
2022/04/01 - 2023/12/31 SCIEVER - Science for everyone - Sustainability and Inclusion - European Researchers' Night / SCIEVER - Ciência para todos - Noite Europeia dos Investigadores
101061524
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
European Commission
Concluded
2022/04/01 - 2023/12/31 Biomontado - the ecosystem of montado and vineyard
C645792349-00469009
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
European Commission
Concluded
2022/12/01 - 2023/09/30 Rapid Evidence Assessment Intraguild predation and interference competition amongst birds of prey in Europe and the UK
BASC-Rapid Evidence Assessment
Principal investigator
Universidade de Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Portugal
 British Association for Shooting and Conservation
Concluded
2022/02/01 - 2023/06/15 Planos de Gestão de Zonas Especiais de Conservação - Lotes 4 (Guadina; Guadiana/Juromenha) e 5 (Ria Formosa/Castro Marim; Monchique; Barrocal; Caldeirão; Ribeira de Quarteira; Ria de Alvor; Odelouca)
Prestação de serviços ICNF
Researcher
Universidade de Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Portugal
 Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas IP
Concluded
2021/01/01 - 2022/12/31 IBISurvey - Introduced Bird Interaction Survey
Projetos exploratórios MED 2021
Researcher
Universidade de Évora - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/10/01 - 2022/05/31 ERBF - European Raptor Biomonitoring Facility
CA16224
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 COST Association
Concluded
2019/10/01 - 2021/11/30 Inventariação de mamíferos de pequeno porte (Ordens Eulipotyphla, Rodentia e Lagomorpha) por análise de dieta de predadores e identificação de indícios de presença, no âmbito da revisão do Livro Vermelho dos Mamíferos de Portugal Continental
POSEUR-03-225-FC-000097
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas IP
Concluded
2015/08/01 - 2020/09/30 LIFE LINES Linear infrastructure networks with ecological solutions
LIFE14 NAT/PT/001081
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2018/02/15 - 2020/02/15 New tools to monitor ecosystem services in agro-ecosystems in Alentejo
ALT20-03-0145-FEDER-000008
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Alentejo
Concluded
2013/01 - 2014/12 Behavioural interactions among superpredators and mesopredators / Interacciones comportamentales entre superpredadores y mesopredadores
CGL2012-33240
Researcher
Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Spain

Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Ministério de Economía y Competitividad
Concluded
2012/09 - 2014/08 Bonelli's Eagle Monitoring / Monitorização da Águia de Bonelli
REN
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 REN Rede Elétrica Nacional
Concluded
2008/01 - 2013/12 TYTOTAGUS: postnatal dispersal of the Barn Owl in the Tagus Valley
TytoTagus
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 Companhia das Lezírias S.A.
Concluded
2007/06/01 - 2009/12/31 Colonization of Doñana Natural Area by the Eagle Owl - Spatio-temporal patterns on bird and mammal communities
Junta de Andalucia 4/2005
PhD Student Fellow
Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Spain
 Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Junta de Andalucía
Concluded
2001/05 - 2004/12 Programa de Monitorização das Populações de Aves de Rapina Diurnas no Sul de Portugal
PNAT/1999/BIA/15081/C
Researcher
Centro de Estudos da Avifauna Ibérica, ONGA, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1999/05 - 2004/04 Projecto de monitorização de aves de rapina
EDIA Pmo 5.3.
Other
Centro de Estudos da Avifauna Ibérica, ONGA, Portugal
 EDIA S.A. Empresa de Desenvolvimento e Infra-estruturas do Alqueva
Concluded
2002/12 - 2003/12 Action plan for the conservation of Bonelli’s Eagle
Life-Starter-PT000012
Researcher
Centro de Estudos da Avifauna Ibérica, ONGA, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
1999/05 - 2000/12 Corredores Ecológicos Serra Morena - Serras Algarvias: a importância do troço Beliche-Pomarão
PPDR-CCR-Alg
Other
Centro de Estudos da Avifauna Ibérica, ONGA, Portugal
 Comissão de Coordenação da Região Algarve
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2009/12/01 - Current Programa de monitorização de aves nocturnas em Portugal (NOCTUA-Portugal) / Monitoring programme of nocturnal birds in Portugal (NOCTUA-Portugal)
NA
Coordinator of the citizen science programme
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Uezu, Alexandre; Cullen Jr L; Valladares-Padua C; Paglia A; Godinho, Carlos; Salgueiro, Pedro; Lourenço, Rui. "Conservação da biodiversidade". In Ecologia da paisagem no contexto luso-brasileiro. Curitiba, Brazil: Appris, 2021.
    Published
  2. Ferreira, Catarina; Alves, Paulo Célio; Lourenço, Rui; Bencatel, Joana. "Lagomorfos". In Atlas de Mamíferos de Portugal. Évora, Portugal: Universidade de Évora, 2019.
    Published
  3. Carvalho, Filipe; Santos, Sara M.; Mira, António; Lourenço, Rui. "Methods to Monitor and Mitigate Wildlife Mortality in Railways". In Railway Ecology, 23-42. Springer International Publishing, 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-57496-7_3
Conference paper
  1. Sousa, Joana; Reto, Dyana; Filipe, Joel; Leitão, Inês; Grilo, Clara; Ascensão, Fernando; Lourenço, Rui; et al. "How do major roads affect barn owls? Distribution, space use, food source and mortality". Paper presented in International Conference on Ecology and Transportation, Duluth, Minnesota, 2009.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Dulsat-Masvidal, Maria; Lourenço, Rui; Mateo, Rafael; Lacorte, Silvia. "Assessing Contamination Profiles in Livers From Road-Killed Owls". Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.5816.
    Accepted • 10.1002/etc.5816
  2. Pereira, Pedro Filipe; Valerio, Francesco; Lourenço, Rui. "Incorporating functional connectivity into species distribution models improves the prediction of invasiveness of an exotic species not at niche equilibrium". Biological Invasions 25 11 (2023): 3517-3533. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-023-03121-4.
    Published • 10.1007/s10530-023-03121-4
  3. Ratajc, Urška; Lourenço, Rui; Espín, Silvia; Virosta, Pablo Sánchez; Birrer, Simon; Studler, Dani; Wernham, Chris; Vrezec, Al. "The importance of population contextual data for large-scale biomonitoring using an apex predator: The Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)". Science of The Total Environment 860 (2023): 160530. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160530.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160530
  4. Pereira, Pedro (Filipe); Godinho, Carlos; Lopes, Cláudia; Lourenço, Rui. "Seed dispersal by an invasive exotic bird in expansion in Europe". Ardea 110 4 (2023): 161-168.
    Published
  5. Pereira, Pedro (Filipe); Lourenço, Rui. "Riparian galleries can act as refuge for birds in Eucalyptus plantations hit by wildfires". Airo 31 (2023): 3-19. https://www.airo-spea.com/_files/ugd/8fea7e_41a9d942e9ef43399deaa32e2ae95dbf.pdf.
    Published
  6. Cumer, Tristan; Machado, Ana Paula; Siverio, Felipe; Cherkaoui, Sidi Imad; Roque, Inês; Lourenço, Rui; Charter, Motti; Roulin, Alexandre; Goudet, Jérôme. "Genomic basis of insularity and ecological divergence in barn owls (Tyto alba) of the Canary Islands". Heredity 129 5 (2022): 281-294. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41437-022-00562-w.
    Published • 10.1038/s41437-022-00562-w
  7. Movalli, Paola; Koschorreck, Jan; Treu, Gabriele; Slobodnik, Jaroslav; Alygizakis, Nikiforos; Androulakakis, Andreas; Badry, Alexander; et al. "The role of natural science collections in the biomonitoring of environmental contaminants in apex predators in support of the EU’s zero pollution ambition". Environmental Sciences Europe 34 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12302-022-00670-8.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/s12302-022-00670-8
  8. Roque, I.; Lourenço, Rui; Marques, A.; Martínez-López, E.; Espín, S.; Gómez-Ramirez, P; García-Fernández, A. J.; Roulin, A.; Rabaça, J. E.. "A First Record of Organochlorine Pesticides in Barn Owls (Tyto alba) from Portugal: Assessing Trends from Variation in Feather and Liver Concentrations". Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 109 3 (2022): 436-442. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00128-022-03576-6.
    Published • 10.1007/s00128-022-03576-6
  9. Marques, Ana Teresa; Palma, Luís; Lourenço, Rui; Cangarato, Rogério; Leitão, Alexandre; Mascarenhas, Miguel; Tavares, João Tiago; et al. "Individual variability in space use near power lines by a long-lived territorial raptor". Ecology and Evolution 12 4 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8811.
    Published • 10.1002/ece3.8811
  10. Grilo, Clara; Afonso, Beatriz C.; Afonso, Filipe; Alexandre, Marta; Aliácar, Sara; Almeida, Ana; Alonso, Ivan Prego; et al. "MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL: A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occurrences in Portugal". Ecology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3654.
    10.1002/ecy.3654
  11. Cumer, Tristan; Machado, Ana Paula; Dumont, Guillaume; Bontzorlos, Vasileios; Ceccherelli, Renato; Charter, Motti; Dichmann, Klaus; et al. "Landscape and Climatic Variations Shaped Secondary Contacts amid Barn Owls of the Western Palearctic". Molecular Biology and Evolution 39 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab343.
    10.1093/molbev/msab343
  12. Machado, Ana Paula; Cumer, Tristan; Iseli, Christian; Beaudoing, Emmanuel; Ducrest, Anne-Lyse; Dupasquier, Melanie; Guex, Nicolas; et al. "Unexpected post-glacial colonisation route explains the white colour of barn owls ( Tyto alba ) from the British Isles". Molecular Ecology 31 2 (2021): 482-497. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16250.
    10.1111/mec.16250
  13. Dulsat-Masvidal, Maria; Lourenço, Rui; Lacorte, Silvia; D'Amico, Marcello; Albayrak, Tamer; Andevski, Jovan; Aradis, Arianna; et al. "A review of constraints and solutions for collecting raptor samples and contextual data for a European Raptor Biomonitoring Facility". Science of The Total Environment 793 (2021): 148599. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148599.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148599
  14. Lourenço, Rui; Pereira, Pedro F.; Oliveira, Amália; Ribeiro-Silva, Joana; Figueiredo, Diogo; Rabaça, João E.; Mira, António; Marques, J. Tiago. "Effect of vineyard characteristics on the functional diversity of insectivorous birds as indicator of potential biocontrol services". Ecological Indicators 122 (2021): 107251. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107251.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107251
  15. Beltrão, Patrícia; Godinho, Carlos; Lourenço, Rui; Pereira, Pedro Filipe. "Behavioural repeatability in Sardinian warblers (Sylvia melanocephala): larger individuals are more aggressive". acta ethologica 24 1 (2021): 31-40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-020-00358-3.
    Published • 10.1007/s10211-020-00358-3
  16. Pinto, Pandora; Lourenço, Rui; Mira, António; Santos, Sara M.. "Temporal patterns of bird mortality due to road traffic collisions in a Mediterranean region". Bird Study (2020): 1-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2020.1779652.
    10.1080/00063657.2020.1779652
  17. Pereira, Pedro Filipe; Lourenço, Rui; Mota, Paulo Gama. "Two songbird species show subordinate responses to simulated territorial intrusions of an exotic competitor". acta ethologica (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-020-00347-6.
    10.1007/s10211-020-00347-6
  18. Espín, Silvia; Andevski, Jovan; Duke, Guy; Eulaers, Igor; Gómez-Ramírez, Pilar; Hallgrimsson, Gunnar Thor; Helander, Björn; et al. "A schematic sampling protocol for contaminant monitoring in raptors". Ambio (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01341-9.
    Published • 10.1007/s13280-020-01341-9
  19. Pereira, Pedro F.; Lourenço, Rui; Lopes, Cláudia; Oliveira, Amália; Ribeiro-Silva, Joana; Rabaça, João E.; Pinto-Correia, Teresa; et al. "The influence of management and environmental factors on insect attack on cork oak canopy". Forest Ecology and Management 453 (2019): 117582. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117582.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117582
  20. van der Horst, Shirley; Goytre, Fernando; Marques, Ana; Santos, Sara; Mira, António; Lourenço, Rui. "Road effects on species abundance and population trend: a case study on tawny owl". European Journal of Wildlife Research 65 6 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-019-1325-z.
    Published • 10.1007/s10344-019-1325-z
  21. Pereira, Pedro Filipe; Barbosa, A. Márcia; Godinho, Carlos; Salgueiro, Pedro A.; Silva, Rui R.; Lourenço, Rui. "The spread of the red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) in Europe: The conquest by an overlooked invader?". Biological Invasions (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02123-5.
    Published • 10.1007/s10530-019-02123-5
  22. Movalli, Paola; Duke, Guy; Ramello, Gloria; Dekker, René; Vrezec, Al; Shore, Richard F.; García-Fernández, Antonio; et al. "Progress on bringing together raptor collections in Europe for contaminant research and monitoring in relation to chemicals regulation". Environmental Science and Pollution Research 26 20 (2019): 20132-20136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-05340-6.
    Published • 10.1007/s11356-019-05340-6
  23. Ferreira, Eduardo M.; Grilo, Filipa; Mendes, Raquel C.; Lourenço, Rui; Santos, Sara M.; Petrucci-Fonseca, Francisco. "Diet of the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) in a heterogeneous Mediterranean landscape: the importance of the invasive Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)". Airo 26 (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3676219.
    Open access • Published • 10.2307/3676219
  24. Rui Lourenço; Maria del Mar Delgado; Letizia Campioni; Fernando Goytre; João E. Rabaça; Erkki Korpimäki; Vincenzo Penteriani. "Why do top predators engage in superpredation? From an empirical scenario to a theoretical framework". Oikos 127 11 (2018): 1563-1574. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.05118.
    10.1111/oik.05118
  25. Galván, I.; Delgado, M.D.M.; Camarero, P.R.; Mateo, R.; Lourenço, R.; Penteriani, V.. "Feather content of porphyrins in Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo) fledglings depends on body condition and breeding site quality". Integrative Zoology 13 5 (2018): 569-578. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85053695490&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/1749-4877.12313
  26. Pereira, P.F.; Lourenço, R.; Mota, P.G.. "Behavioural dominance of the invasive red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) over European native passerine-birds in a feeding context". Behaviour 155 1 (2018): 55-67. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85042931642&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/1568539X-00003478
  27. Pereira, P.F.; Godinho, C.; Vila-Viçosa, M.J.; Mota, P.G.; Lourenço, R.. "Competitive advantages of the red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) invading a passerine community in Europe". Biological Invasions 19 5 (2017): 1421-1430. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85007524280&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10530-016-1364-2
  28. Roque, I.; Lourenço, R.; Marques, A.; Coelho, J.P.; Coelho, C.; Pereira, E.; Rabaça, J.E.; Roulin, A.. "Barn owl feathers as biomonitors of mercury: sources of variation in sampling procedures". Ecotoxicology 25 3 (2016): 469-480. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84952650928&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10646-015-1604-8
  29. Lourenço, R.; Delgado, M.M.; Campioni, L.; Korpimäki, E.; Penteriani, V.. "Evaluating the influence of diet-related variables on breeding performance and home range behaviour of a top predator". Population Ecology 57 4 (2015): 625-636. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84945481424&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10144-015-0506-1
  30. Lourenço, Rui; Roque, Inês; Tomé, Ricardo; Sepúlveda, Pedro; Equipa Atlas; Melo, Cecília; Pereira, Carlos. "Current status and distribution of nocturnal birds (Strigiformes and Caprimulgiformes) in Portugal". Airo 23 (2015): 36-50.
    Open access • Published
  31. Lourenço, Rui; Penteriani, Vincenzo; Rabaça, João E.; Korpimäki, Erkki. "Lethal interactions among vertebrate top predators: a review of concepts, assumptions and terminology". Biological Reviews 89 2 (2014): 270-283.
    Published • 10.1111/brv.12054
  32. Lloveras, Lluís; Thomas, Richard; LourenÇo, Rui; Caro, Jesús; Dias, Andreia. "Understanding the taphonomic signature of Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciata)". Journal of Archaeological Science 49 (2014): 455-471. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440314002210.
    Published • 10.1016/j.jas.2014.06.005
  33. Campioni, Letizia; Delgado, María del Mar; Lourenço, Rui; Bastianelli, Giulia; Fernández, Nestor; Penteriani, Vincenzo. "Individual and spatio-temporal variations in the home range behaviour of a long-lived, territorial species". Oecologia 172 (2013): 371-385.
    Published • 10.1007/s00442-012-2493-7
  34. Penteriani, Vincenzo; Kuparinen, Anna; Delgado, María del Mar; Palomares, Francisco; López-Bao, José Vicente; Fedriani, José María; Calzada, Javier; et al. "Responses of a top and a meso predator and their prey to moon phases". Oecologia 173 (2013): 753-766.
    Published • 10.1007/s00442-013-2651-6
  35. Bettega, Chiara; Campioni, Letizia; Delgado, María del Mar; LourenÇo, Rui; Penteriani, Vincenzo. "Brightness features of visual signaling traits in young and adult Eurasian eagle-owls". Journal of Raptor Research 47 2 (2013): 197-207.
    Published • 10.3356/JRR-12-00002.1
  36. Lourenço, Rui; Goytre, Fernando; Delgado, María del Mar; Thornton, Michael; Rabaça, João E.; Penteriani, Vincenzo. "Tawny owl vocal activity is constrained by predation risk". Journal of Avian Biology 44 (2013): 461-468.
    Published • 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00157.x
  37. Santos, Sara M.; LourenÇo, Rui; Mira, António; Beja, Pedro. "Relative Effects of Road Risk, Habitat Suitability, and Connectivity on Wildlife Roadkills: The Case of Tawny Owls (Strix aluco)". PLoS ONE 8 11 (2013): e79967-e79967. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0079967.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0079967
  38. Penteriani, Vincenzo; Lourenço, Rui; Delgado, Maria del Mar. "Eagle owls in Doñana: a conservation dilemma or not?". British Birds 105 (2012): 88-95.
    Published
  39. Campioni, Letizia; Lourenço, Rui; Delgado, María del Mar; Penteriani, Vincenzo. "Breeders and floaters use different habitat cover: should habitat use be a social status-dependent strategy?". Journal of Ornithology in press (2012): 1-9.
    Published • 10.1007/s10336-012-0852-0
  40. Grilo, Clara; Sousa, Joana; Ascensão, Fernando; Matos, Hugo; Leitão, Inês; Pinheiro, Paula; Costa, Monica; et al. "Individual Spatial Responses towards Roads: Implications for Mortality Risk". PLoS ONE 7 9 (2012): e43811-e43811.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0043811
  41. Silva, Clara C.; Lourenço, Rui; Godinho, Sérgio; Gomes, Edgar; Sabino-Marques, Helena; Medinas, Denis; Neves, Vânia; et al. "Major roads have a negative impact on the Tawny Owl Strix aluco and the Little Owl Athene noctua populations". Acta Ornithologica 47 1 (2012): 47-54.
    Published • 10.3161/000164512X653917
  42. Lourenço, Rui; Santos, Sara Maria; Rabaça, João Eduardo; Penteriani, Vincenzo. "Superpredation patterns in four large European raptors". Population Ecology 53 1 (2011): 175-185.
    Published • 10.1007/s10144-010-0199-4
  43. Lourenço, Rui; Tavares, Paula C.; Mar Delgado, Maria; Rabaça, João E.; Penteriani, Vincenzo. "Superpredation increases mercury levels in a generalist top predator, the eagle owl". Ecotoxicology 20 4 (2011): 635-642.
    Published • 10.1007/s10646-011-0603-7
  44. Lourenço, Rui; Penteriani, Vincenzo; Delgado, Maria del Mar; Marchi-Bartolozzi, Michela; Rabaça, João Eduardo. "Kill before being killed: an experimental approach supports the predator-removal hypothesis as a determinant of intraguild predation in top predators". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65 9 (2011): 1709-1714.
    Published • 10.1007/s00265-011-1178-2
  45. Miguel Pereira; Lourenço, Rui; Mira, António P.. "The role of habitat connectivity on road mortality of tawny owls". GeoFocus International Review of Geographical Information Science and Technology 11 (2011): 70-90. http://geofocus.rediris.es/2011/Articulo4_2011.pdf.
    Published
  46. Penteriani, Vincenzo; Kuparinen, Anna; Delgado, Maria del Mar; Lourenço, Rui; Campioni, Letizia. "Individual status, foraging effort and need for conspicuousness shape behavioural responses of a predator to moon phases". Animal Behaviour 82 2 (2011): 413-420.
    Published • 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.05.027
  47. Penteriani, Vincenzo; Delgado, María del Mar; Campioni, Letizia; Lourenço, Rui. "Moonlight Makes Owls More Chatty". PLoS ONE 5 1 (2010): 8696-8696.
    Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0008696
  48. Santos, Sara M.; Lourenço, Rui F.; da Luz Mathias, Maria; Mira, António P.. "Spatial and temporal ecology of the Lusitanian pine vole (Microtus lusitanicus) in a Mediterranean polyculture". Animal Biology 60 2 (2010): 209-227.
    Published • 10.1163/157075610X496306
  49. Lourenço, Rui. "The food habits of Eurasian Eagle-Owls in Southern Portugal". Journal of Raptor Research 40 4 (2006): 297-300.
    Published • 10.3356/0892-1016(2006)40[297:TFHOEE]2.0.CO;2
  50. Lourenço, Rui; Rabaça, João E.. "Intraguild predation by Eagle Owls in Europe". Airo 16 (2006): 63-68.
    Published
  51. Oliveira, Vanessa; Cangarato, Rogério; Coelho, Susana; Lourenço, Rui; Pais, Miguel Caldeira. "Alguns dados sobre os Corvídeos no Nordeste Algarvio (Sul de Portugal)". Airo 14 (2004): 101-104.
    Published
  52. Lourenço, Rui; Basto, Mafalda Pinto; Cangarato, Rogério; Coelho, Susana; Álvaro, Marisa Candelária; Oliveira, Vanessa; Pais, Miguel Caldeira. "The owl (Order Strigiformes) assemblage in the North-eastern Algarve". Airo 12 (2002): 25-33.
    Published
Report
  1. Penteriani, Vincenzo; Delgado, Maria del Mar; Lourenço, Rui. 2008. El fenómeno de la colonización de Doñana por parte del Búho Real – Patrones espacio-temporales sobre las comunidades de aves y mamíferos.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Lourenço, Rui. "Predatory interactions among vertebrate top predators". PhD, Universidade de Évora, 2011.
  2. Lourenço, Rui. "Trophic ecology of the eagle owl and its conservation implications in Mediterranean environments". Master, Universidade de Évora, 2005.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/01 Patterns in road-kills, abundance, population trend, and movements IENE Conference 2020. Life Lines – Linear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions
Universidade de Évora (Évora (Online Conference), Portugal)
2019/11 European Raptor Biomonitoring Facility (ERBF) for pan-European contaminant monitoring in raptors World Owl Conference 2019
ELA Foundation (Pune, India)
2019/04 Successes, limitations and future prospects in assessing population trend and distribution of owls and nightjars using citizen science Bird Numbers Conference 2019
European Bird Census Council (Évora, Portugal)
2019/03 Efeitos das rodovias na coruja-do-mato (Strix aluco) padrões de atropelamento, abundância, tendência populacional e movimentos [Effects of roads on the tawny owl: road-killing patterns, abundance, population trend, and movements] X Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Peniche, Portugal)
2019/03 Sucessos e limitações na avaliação de tendências populacionais e distribuição de aves de rapina noturnas e noitibós usando ciência cidadã [Successes and limitations in estimating population trend and distribution of owls and nightjars using citizen science] X Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Peniche, Portugal)
2017/09 Program NOCTUA-Portugal – studying the trend and distribution of owls World Owl Conference
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2017/09 Owls and roads: a review of the impacts and solutions World Owl Conference
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2016/10 Interspecific Competition between two species of passerine birds from different families XIII Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia
Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016/04 Conhecer a distribuição e a tendência das espécies - o desafio das aves noturnas [Knowing the distribution and trend of species - the challenge of nocturnal birds] IX Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Vila Real, UTAD, Portugal)
2015/10 A lunch to share – interspecific competition in the feeding behaviour of birds XII Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia
ISPA (Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/03 A conectividade funcional da paisagem como descritor dos padrões de atropelamento de coruja-do-mato (Strix aluco) [Landscape functional connectivity as descriptor of roadkill patterns of tawny owls (Strix aluco)] VIII Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Almada, Portugal)
2014/03 Conhecimento actual sobre a situação das aves nocturnas em Portugal Continental [Current status of nocturnal birds in Continental Portugal] VIII Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Almada, Portugal)
2011/12 Make space for Eagle Owls Perspectives in Owl Conservation Work
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2011/12 NOCTUA Portugal – monitoring nocturnal birds Perspectives in Owl Conservation Work
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2011/11 Dois anos de trabalho do GTAN [Two years of work of the Working Group on Nocturnal Birds] VII Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Machico, Portugal)
2011/10 Aves nocturnas: onde, quando e como? Observanatura
Instituto de Conservação da Natureza e Biodiversidade (Setúbal, Portugal)
2010/09 Road effects and mitigation: responses of owls and carnivores IUFRO Landscape Ecology International Conference
IUFRO (Bragança, Portugal)
2009/12 GTAN – Grupo de Trabalho sobre Aves Nocturnas da SPEA – Avaliação de metodologias para um programa de monitorização das aves nocturnas em Portugal VI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA e IV Congresso Ibérico de Ornitologia
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Elvas, Portugal)
2009/12 Efeito da rede viária na Coruja-das-torres Tyto alba. Distribuição, disponibilidade ambiental, áreas vitais e mortalidade [Road effects on barn owls. Distribution, home range and mortality] VI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA e IV Congresso Ibérico de Ornitologia
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Elvas, Portugal)
2009/12 Monitorização de aves aquáticas e estepárias na envolvente das albufeiras de Alqueva e Pedrógão entre 1999 e 2007 [Monitoring waterbirds and steppe birds in the area of Alqueva and Pedrógão reservoirs between 1999 and 2007] VI Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA e IV Congresso Ibérico de Ornitologia
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Elvas, Portugal)
2009/10 Intraguild predation by a European top predator – the Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) Raptor Research Foundation 2009 Annual Conference
Raptor Research Foundation (Pitlochry, Scotland, United Kingdom)
2009/09 How do major roads affect barn owls? distribution, space use, food source and mortality ICOET International Conference on Ecology and Transportation
ICOET (Duluth, Minnesota, United States)
2009/07 Telemetria convencional para a avaliação do efeito das auto-estradas nas rapinas nocturnas: o caso da coruja-das-torres [Conventional telemetry to assess the effect of highways on barn owls] Seminário Telemetria convencional e de satélite na avaliação do impacte de infraestruturas sobre a avifauna
Centro de Estudos da Avifauna Ibérica (Évora, Portugal)
2006 Resultados do uso de transectos de automóvel para censo de aves de rapina diurnas no sul de Portugal [Results from using road transects to census diurnal birds of prey in southern Portugal] V Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Oeiras, Portugal)
2005 Monitorização do impacte das rodovias nas aves de rapina no Sul de Portugal [Monitoring the impact of roads on birds of prey in southern Portugal] Seminário Infra-estruturas lineares e biodiversidade
Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2003/05 New data on the status and distribution of birds of prey in Southern Portugal 6th Conference on Birds of Prey and Owls
WWGP World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls (Budapeste, Hungary)
2003 Impacto da mortalidade por atropelamento nas aves de rapina nocturnas (Ordem Strigiformes) no Sul de Portugal [Impact of mortality by road-killing in Owls in southern Portugal] IV Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA/II Jornadas Ibéricas de Ornitologia
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Aveiro, Portugal)
2003 Planos de acções para a conservação da Águia de Bonelli (Hieraaetus fasciatus) em Portugal, Castilla y León e Extremadura (Espanha) e Sul de França [Action plans for the conservation of the Bonelli's eagle (Hieraeetus fasciatus) in Portugal, Castilla y León (Spain) and S France] IV Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA/II Jornadas Ibéricas de Ornitologia
Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Aveiro, Portugal)
2003 Corredores Ecológicos Serra Morena – Serras Algarvias: a importância do troço Beliche – Pomarão [Ecological corridors Serra Morena - Serras Algarvias: the importance of the region Beliche - Pomarão] 8º Encontro da SPECO
SPECO Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (Évora, Portugal)
2003 PMO 5.3. Projecto de monitorização de aves de rapina – 1ª fase de monitorização [Birds of prey monitoring project] 2º Encontro dos Trabalhos em Biologia no Alqueva
EDIA - Empresa de Desenvolvimento e Infraestruturas de Alqueva (Évora, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018/09 - 2019/04 European Bird Census Council (EBCC) Conference "Bird Numbers 2019" (2019/04/08 - 2019/04/12)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2017/08/01 - 2017/09/30 World Owl Conference (2017/09/26 - 2017/09/30)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2011/11/01 - 2011/12/07 Perspectives in Owl Conservation Work (2011/12/07 - 2011/12/07)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Évora, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2020 - 2021 IENE International Conference 2020 “LIFE LINES – Linear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions” Universidade de Évora
2018/12 - 2019/04 Conference Bird Numbers 2019 - EBCC Évora, Portugal
2018/12 - 2019/03 X Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA Peniche, Portugal
2015/12 - 2016/04 IX Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA Vila Real, Portugal
2013/11 - 2014/03 VIII Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA Almada, Portugal