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Fernando Ascensão

@Fernucht
 Portugal
Joined September 2017
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Marcello D'Amico@MaD_OnTheRoad27 Nov 2024
Our article "A framework for large-scale risk assessment of road-related impacts, with application to #mustelids" is now online: doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024… #roadecology @Fernucht @rafa_barri
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Sergio Chozas@chozas_sergio19 Aug 2024
Our study aims to inform the discussion on the benefits and risks of assisted colonization of argan trees in the Iberian Peninsula, including the potential for invasiveness.
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More about the BASS sites.google.com/edu.ulisboa…
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Collecting pitfall traps from 18 #COBRA and #BASS plots @CE3CResearch field station with @Fernucht @Images_1 and Mario Boieiro. This is the end of the first year of sampling and we will finally know something about the #spider diversity of the region.
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Great weekend at @CE3CResearch field station. A total of 15 arachnologists gathered to sample #spiders for different projects. Inventorying the local fauna kickstarting the #BASS project and looking for some species for studies on the evolution of #silk. Further plans ahead. – at Grândola, Portugal
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Sergio Chozas@chozas_sergio8 Oct 2023
New paper out in #BIOC #BIOCON! In this work led by @Fernucht, we discuss a prioritization framework based on solar potential and #humanfootprint (used as a proxy for #wilderness) to identify zones where the development of #solarfarms may cause a negative impact on #biodiversity
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Sergio Chozas@chozas_sergio17 May 2023
Temos nova mestre em Ecologia e Gestão Ambiental da @FC_UL! Ontem a Rafaela Marques defendeu a tese com o título "Efeitos dos trilhos recreacionais na composição da vegetação e perceção ambiental dos turistas: caso de estudo do PN das Serras de Aire e Candeeiros"
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Conservation translocation in the Western Palearctic We're hiring! Join us in the TRANSLOC project and help us understand the role of global change effects on translocated species. Check here euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/7… (possibility of home office)
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Sergio Chozas@chozas_sergio1 Mar 2023
Papers are not our children, thus I can freely assume that this one published in @npjbiodiversity is my favourite: Rescuing Botany: using citizen-science and mobile apps in the classroom and beyond nature.com/articles/s44185-0… #botany #biodiversity #biodiversitycrisis
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Get involved! 2-year postdoc in Railway Ecology, in University Paris Saclay (France), under project MINERVE: "The role of railway verges in promoting landscape connectivity and biodiversity" Check here euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/6… (MINERVE: youtu.be/uAfYIU_wmVY)
The role of railway verges in promoting landscape connectivity and biodiversity, Postdoctoral...

The role of railway verges in promoting landscape connectivity and biodiversity, Postdoctoral...

The role of railway verges in promoting landscape connectivity and biodiversity, Postdoctoral position 24 months in France: Location: University Paris Saclay / CentraleSupelec, Gif sur Yvette, France...

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Azul@PublicoAzul29 Dec 2022
Podcast Azul: “Quando abrimos uma estrada, abrimos uma caixa de Pandora” publico.pt/2022/12/29/azul/n…
Podcast Azul: “Quando abrimos uma estrada, abrimos uma caixa de Pandora”

Podcast Azul: “Quando abrimos uma estrada, abrimos uma caixa de Pandora”

Neste episódio, falámos com o biólogo Fernando Ascensão sobre o impacto das estradas nas populações de animais e nas grandes florestas tropicais que ainda restam no planeta.

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Rafa Barrientos@rafa_barri23 Sep 2022
Today @Fernucht presented at #IENE2022 conference at #Clujnapoca #Romania his research on giant anteater #roadecology and popultion persistence with @giantarmadillos and other colleagues
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Sidney Gouveia@gouveia_sidney11 Aug 2022
Our latest paper is out. We show the importance of indigenous peoples lands for the conservation of primates at the global scale, which is an indicator of forest structure and biodiversity. 25 researchers from 13 countries, 4 from Brazil! science.org/doi/10.1126/scia… @andretrig
Global importance of Indigenous Peoples, their lands, and knowledge systems for saving the world’s...

Global importance of Indigenous Peoples, their lands, and knowledge systems for saving the world’s...

Supporting Indigenous Peoples’ land rights is an effective solution to protect the world’s primates from extinction.

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A very brief wrap-up of key insights from our book on the political economy of coal at Carbon Brief: @jan_c_steckel @CarbonBrief carbonbrief.org/guest-post-w…

Guest post: What we learned about coal phaseout by studying 15 countries - Carbon Brief

Despite the widely recognised need to quickly move away from fossil fuels, particularly coal, many countries continue to invest in this highly polluting source of energy.

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Complete article is available on the Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation (PECON) website: @ElsevierConnect sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Our study confirms that roads have significant impacts on local population persistence. Such impacts are likely to be common to other large mammals, calling for effective mitigation to reduce roadkill rates. #Mitigation #Coexistence
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According to PVA results, roadkill can greatly affect the persistence of the giant anteater populations by reducing the growth rate down to null or negative values.
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We found that the yearly survival rate of resident anteaters inhabiting road vicinity areas was considerably lower than for those living far from roads and that ca. 20% of the population inhabiting road vicinity areas is road-killed every year #GiantAnteater #FaunaBrasileira
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(…) and animal movement to estimate the survival rates and the proportion of the population likely to be extirpated due to roadkill. We then assessed the consequent implications of roadkill on population persistence using population viability analysis (PVA).#Roadkill #Wildlife
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Using the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) as model species, we integrated the vast information collected under the "Anteaters & Highways Project" (Learn more: icasconservation.org.br), including on roadkill rates, population abundance (…)
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Despite the knowledge we already have about the effects of roads on wildlife, few studies have empirically estimated the impact of road kills on the persistence of wildlife populations #WildlifeCollisions
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