Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Renata da Silva Mendonça
Citation names
- Mendonça, R.S.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- FE1C-6C0E-4B82
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-7689-099X
Email addresses
- re.mendonca@proton.me (Personal)
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- 913707359 (Personal)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Behavioural Sciences Biology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Spanish; Castilian | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
French | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2013/04 - 2017/05
Concluded
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Primate Behavior and Cognition (Doctor)
Major in Primate behavior
Kyoto Daigaku Reichorui Kenkyujo, Japan
"Development and behavior of wild immature Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) in Danum Valley" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2010/10 - 2012/08
Concluded
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Human Evolution and Biology (Mestrado)
Major in Biological Anthropology
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
"Chimpanzee’s social cognition and behavior mediated by touch panel tasks" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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18 |
2007/09 - 2010/07
Concluded
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Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
"Bachelor project: Relationship between a couple of common gibbons (Hylobates lar) and their offspring in Lagos Zoo" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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15 |
2009/10 - 2010/02
Concluded
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Biologia (Bachelor)
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2020/05/01 - 2023/03/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Kyoto Daigaku Yasei Dobutsu Kenkyu Center, Japan |
Kyoto Daigaku Yasei Dobutsu Kenkyu Center, Japan | ||
2019/04/01 - 2020/04/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Kyoto Daigaku Koto Kenkyuin, Japan |
Kyoto Daigaku, Japan | ||
2017/04/01 - 2019/03/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Kyoto Daigaku Reichorui Kenkyujo, Japan |
Kyoto Daigaku Reichorui Kenkyujo, Japan |
Projects
Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2017/05 - Current | Garranos horse studies in Northern Portugal
Post-doc
Kyoto Daigaku Yasei Dobutsu Kenkyu Center, Japan
Kyoto Daigaku Koto Kenkyuin, Japan |
Nihon Shokubutsu Bunrui Gakkai |
Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Magazine article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2022/03/03 | Comparing the Social Relationships of Feral Horses during Breeding and Non-breeding Season Using Drones and GPS Tags | The 17th International Symposium of Primatology and Wildlife Science. Kyoto, Japan |
2021/07 | Affiliation patterns and social dynamics in a population of Garranos population in Serra d'Arga | The 1st International Congress of Equinology and Equestrian Tourism,
Município de Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Viana do Castelo, Portugal)
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2019 | Feral horses’ reactions to dead and dying conspecifics | Third Kyoto Workshop on Evolutionary Thanatology: Death in Non-humans, and Human Perspectives
Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan)
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2019 | Collective departure in feral horses | The 12th International Symposium of Primatology and Wildlife
Kyoto University (Kyoto)
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2019 | Estimation of force working between individuals in feral horses | ASAB summer conference
University of Konstanz (Kontanz, Germany)
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2019 | Investigating the causes of adult and foal disappearance/mortality in feral horses, North of Portugal: A preliminary approach on prey-predator interactions | 11th PWS, Primate and Wildlife Science Symposium
Kyoto University (Kyoto)
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2019 | Mechanism to maintain group cohesion: communication of feral horses (Equus cavallus) living in Serra d¿Arga, Portugal | Protolang 6
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2019 | Lateral position preferences in feral horses | Behavior 2019
(Chicago)
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2019 | Collective departure in feral horses: combining wild animals with drone | SWARM2019: The 3rd International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-inspired Robotics
(Okinawa)
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2019 | Behavioral responses of feral horses toward dying and dead conspecifics | The 14th International Conference on Environmental Enrichment
(Kyoto, Japan)
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2018 | Social behavior of feral horses in Serra d'Arga, North of Portugal | First international scientific Horse meeting
Sorbonne University, France (Chantilly, France)
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2018 | Presentation of the results on the study of feral horses in Serra d’ Arga, Northern Portugal | II Seminar “Percursos do Homem e do Garrano no Noroeste Português
Municipality of Viana do Castelo (Lanheses, Portugal)
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2018 | The portuguese horses of Serra d'Arga | Agir Pour la Biodiversité. Comprendé la Biodiversité et ses enjeux
UNESCO (Paris, France)
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2018 | Lateral Position preference in feral horses. | 10th PWS, Primate and Wildlife Science Symposium
Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan)
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2018 | Investigating the causes of adult and foal disappearance/mortality in feral horses, North of Portugal: A preliminary approach on prey-predator interactions. | 9th PWS, Primate and Wildlife Science Symposium
Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan)
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2018 | Mothers and Other Groups React to Injured Foals in Feral Horses (in Japanese) | The 37th Annual Meeting of the Zoological Behavior Society of Japan
(Kyoto, Japan)
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2018 | Female responses during harding in the harem group: analysis of motion using aerial photography and motion tracking | The 31st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Equine Science
(Tokyo, Japan)
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2017 | Launching a new project to study feral horses in Serra d’ Arga, Northern Portuga | I Seminar “Percursos do Homem e do Garrano no Noroeste Português”, Lanheses, Portugal
Municipality of Viana do Castelo (Viana do Castelo, Portugal)
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2017 | The relationship between pregnancy of wild Borneo Orangutan and fruit productivity | The 6th International Seminar on Biodiversity and Evolution
Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan)
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2017 | The ecology of female social behavior and maternal behavior in feral ponies, Serra d’Arga | 7th PWS, Primate and Wildlife Science Symposium
Kyoto University ( Inuyama, Japan)
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2017 | Vision behavior in wild horse group: Verification of synchronicity at group / individual level (in Japanese) | Joint meeting of Japanese Society of Livestock Management Applied Animal Behavior Society
(Hyogo, Japan)
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2016 | Mother-infant interactions, behavior and development of immature orangutans in Borneo | II Primate research symposium in the Amazon forest
. National Primate Center (Pará, Brazil)
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2016 | Analysis of Spatial Behavior in Feral Horses (in Japanese) | The 35th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Animal Behavior
(Niigata, Japan)
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2016 | Mother-offspring interactions before weaning and behaviour of immature orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) in Danum Valley, Borneo | Joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and the American Society of Primatologists
International Primatological Society (Chicago, United States)
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2016 | Why do orangutans develop slower than other great apes? A study on a Bornean population | 31st International Congress of Psychology
(Yokohama)
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2016 | Mother-offspring interactions and immature behavior in wild Bornean orangutans in Malaysian Borneo: Implications for orangutan development | 4th PWS, Primate and Wildlife Science Symposium
Kyoto Universite ( Inuyama, Japan)
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2016 | Studies on spatial behavior of a population of feral horses using drones (in Japanese) | The 61st Primates Workshop
(Inuyama, Japan)
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2015 | Mother-infant behavior in wild Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) in Danum Valley Conservation Area: implications for conservation | Rainforest Ecology & Conservation in Borneo
(Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia)
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2015 | Mother-offspring interactions before weaning and behavior of immature wild Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygameus morio) in Danum Valley | II Bio Anthropological Meeting: life, death and in between
University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2021 - Current | Social behavior of two lemur species in captivity
Co-supervisor
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Ecologia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2021 - Current | Feeding behaviour of feral horses in Arga mountain: Differences in forage selection between sexes
Co-supervisor
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Ecologia (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2019 - Current | Examining the possible mechanisms and adaptive significance of single and multi-male groups in Horse societies (Unofficial
co-supervision)
Co-supervisor
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Kyoto Daigaku Yasei Dobutsu Kenkyu Center, Japan
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2018/04 - 2021/03 | Spatial positioning of individuals within groups of feral horses (Unofficial co-supervision)
Co-supervisor
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Kyoto Daigaku Yasei Dobutsu Kenkyu Center, Japan
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2019 - 2020 | Evidence of lateralization in social interactions in a population of feral horses
Co-supervisor
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Neurociências Cognitivas e Comportamentais (Master)
Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigacao, Portugal
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2018 - 2019 | Patterns and behavioural determinants related to wolf predation on free-ranging horses
Co-supervisor
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Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
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2017 - 2018 | Auditory enrichment on two primate species, Common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) and green monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus) in
Maia Zoo
Co-supervisor
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Evolução e Biologia Humanas (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2015 - Current | II Bio Anthropological Meeting: life, death and in between. Coimbra, Portugal (2015)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
2013 - Current | I Bio Anthropological Meeting: life, death and in between. Coimbra, Portugal (2013)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
2023/02/01 - 2023/11/04 | 2º Encontro aberto de Primatologia (2022/11/04)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
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Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2021/11 - Current | Class on the evolution of reproductive behavior and sexual selection, Advanced Course in Global Ecology, Institute of Education
and Citizenship, Portugal (2 hours) (in Portuguese)
Seminar
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Advanced Course in Global Ecology |
2017/10/25 - 2017/10/27 | Invited lecture on Social learning and social intelligence in Primates (6 hours) (in Portuguese)
Subject: Primate Cognition, Master course of Human Evolution and Biology, Life Sciences Department,
University of Coimbra, Portugal
Other
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2012 - 2016 | Member of GEEvH committee (Group of Studies in Human Evolution,Portugal)
Member
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Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2023/04/01 - 2023/09/30 | Consultadoria especializada na área da valoração dos SE e das metodologias e formas de cálculo do valor económico e natural. Levantamento da estimativa de valores económicos dos serviços dos ecossistemas chave de cada uma das 12 Reservas da Biosfera e apoio na execução de análises multi-critério. | Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2015 - Current | Member of the Selection Committee of Claudia Sousa Memorial Fund for the Advancement of Portuguese Primatology. Primate Research
Institute, Kyoto University
Evaluator
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Kyoto Daigaku Reichorui Kenkyujo, Japan | Nihon Shokubutsu Bunrui Gakkai |
Distinctions
Award
2016 | Award for poster presentation in the 4th Primatology and Wildlife Science congress
Kyoto Daigaku, Japan
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2013 | ITP-HOPE overseas research and training grant, September 2013
Kyoto Daigaku, Japan
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2013 | ITP-HOPE overseas research and training grant, April 2013
Kyoto Daigaku, Japan
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