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Jorge PALMEIRIM
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Chercheur visiteur en sabbatique
Du 1 septembre 2012 au 31 janvier 2013
Associate Professor at the Centre for Environmental Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Professional website: http://cba.fc.ul.pt/members/jorge_palmeirim.php
Main research interests
My research interests span a fairly wide range of ecological topics, with a particular focus on those that are most relevant for the conservation of biological diversity. In general they involve the study of natural and anthropogenic determinants of the use of space by species in natural and managed ecosystems, including those dominated by farming and agroforestry.
In collaboration with a number of colleagues and students I am presently working on several projects in temperate and tropical regions, mostly focused on birds and bats or using these two groups as models. In Iberia and North Africa we are investigating how to improve the management of landscapes dominated by Cork and Holm Oak woodlands, which cover much of the western Mediterranean, to enhance their value for biodiversity. This includes studying the conservation consequences of abandonment, grazing, cork extraction, canopy pruning and the establishment of lines of riparian vegetation. We are also investigating the potential consequences of climate change on Mediterranean birds, particularly those inhabiting cork oak woodlands and cereal steppes. In West Africa we are investigating the ecology of forest pigeons (determinants of habitat use, foraging ecology and role as seed dispersers) and how to minimize the impact of hunting on their populations. In Amazonia we have been studying potential factors influencing the structure of bat communities, including the roles of seasonal flooding, nutrients and fragmentation.
Current academic activities
Associate Professor at the Department of Animal Biology of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (http://fc.ul.pt/pt/dba?refer=2) where I teach the courses of Animal Ecology and Ornithology
Coordinator of the Master programme in Conservation Biology of the University of Lisbon (http://fc.ul.pt/pt/cursos/mestrado/biologia-da-conservacao)
Coordinator of the Animal Diversity and Conservation group at the Center for Environmental Biology – Centro de Biologia Ambiental (http://www.cba.fc.ul.pt/#)
Current externally funded projects
Endemic pigeons of São Tomé: developing science-based conservation and sustainable use of African forest pigeons. (Coordinator, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia).
Agro-forestry management practices of montados and its impact on biodiversity: bats and birds as models. (Coordinator, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia).
Temporal dynamics of the impacts of forest fragmentation on Neotropical bat assemblages. (Coordinated by Christoph Meyer, CBA, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia).
CrypDiv - Unveiling bat cryptic divergence in Iberia: using distribution modelling and genetic analyses to investigate the isolation and differentiation of species (Coordinated by Hugo Rebelo, CIBIO, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia).
Recent scientific publications
Leal, A.I., R.A. Correia, J.M. Palmeirim & J.P. Granadeiro.In press. Does canopy pruning affect foliage-gleaning birds in cork oak woodlands? Agroforestry Systems.
BAPTISTA, S.L., P. VAZ PINTO, M.C. FREITAS & C. CRUZ & J.M. PALMEIRIM. In press. Geophagy by African ungulates: the case of the critically endangered giant sable antelope of Angola (Hippotragus niger variani). African Journal of Ecology.
MARQUES, T., M.J. Ramos Pereira & J.M. Palmeirim. 2012. Availability of food for frugivorous bats in Neotropical rainforests: the influence of flooding and of riverbanks. Acta Chiropterologica, 14:183-194.
Moreira, F., J.P. Silva, B. Estanque, J.M. Palmeirim, M. Lecoq, M. Pinto, D. Leitão, I. Alonso, R. Pedroso, E. Santos, T. Catry, P. Silva, I. Henriques & A. Delgado.2012. Mosaic-level inference of the impact of land cover changes in agricultural landscapes on biodiversity: a case-study with a threatened grassland bird. PloS One, 7(6): e38876.
Lunardi, V.O., R.H. Macedo, J.P. Granadeiro, J.M. Palmeirim. 2012. Migratory flows and foraging habitat selection by shorebirds along the northeastern coast of Brazil: the case of Baía de Todos os Santos. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 96:179-187.
RUSSO, D., G. MAGLIO, A. RAINHO, C.F.J. MEYER & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2011. Out of the dark: diurnal activity in the bat Hipposideros ruber on São Tomé island (West Africa). Mammalian Biology, 76:701-708.
LEAL, A.I., R.C. MARTINS, J.M. PALMEIRIM & J.P. GRANADEIRO. 2011. Influence of habitat fragments on bird assemblages in cork oak woodlands. Bird Study, 58:309-320.
RAINHO, A. & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2011. The importance of distance to resources in the spatial modelling of bat foraging habitat. PLoS One, 6(4): e19227.
LEAL, A.I., R.A. CORREIA, J.P. GRANADEIRO & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2011. Impact of cork extraction on birds: relevance for conservation of Mediterranean biodiversity. Biological Conservation, 144:1655-1662.
CALVão, T.A. & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2011. A comparative evaluation of spectral vegetation indices for the estimation of biophysical characteristics of Mediterranean semi-deciduous shrub communities. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 32:2275-2296.
RAMOS PEREIRA, M.J., J.T. MARQUES & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2010. Ecological responses of frugivorous bats to seasonal fluctuation in fruit availability in Amazonian forests. Biotropica, 42:680-687.
Silva, J.P., J.M. Palmeirim & F. Moreira. 2010. Higher breeding densities of the threatened little bustard Tetrax tetrax occur in larger grassland fields: implications for conservation. Biological Conservation, 143:2553-2558.
RAMOS PEREIRA, M.J., J.T. MARQUES & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2010. Vertical stratification of bat assemblages in flooded and unflooded Amazonian forests. Current Zoology, 56:469-478.
RAINHO, A., A.M. AUGUSTO & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2010. Influence of vegetation clutter on the capacity of ground foraging bats to capture prey. Journal of Applied Ecology, 47:850-858.
SALGUEIRO, P., J.M. PALMEIRIM & M.M. COELHO. 2010. Lack of gene flow between the insular bat Nyctalus azoreum and its mainland ancestor Nyctalus leisleri: evidence from microsatellites. Folia Zoologica, 59:26-34.
SANTOS, C.D., A.C. MIRANDA, J.P. GRANADEIRO, P.M. LOURENÇO, S. SARAIVA & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2010. Effects of artificial illumination on the nocturnal foraging of waders.Acta Oecologica, 36:166-172.
RODRIGUES, L., M.J. RAMOS PEREIRA, A. RAINHO & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2010. Behavioural factors determining potential gene flow among colonies of the Schreiber’s bat Miniopterus schreibersii. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 64: 835-843.
SANTOS, C.D., J.M. PALMEIRIM, & J.P. GRANADEIRO. 2010.Choosing the best foraging microhabitats: individual skills constrain the choices of dunlins Calidris alpina. Journal of Avian Biology, 41:18-24.
BEJA, P., C.D. SANTOS, J. SANTANA, M.J. RAMOS PEREIRA, J.T. MARQUES, H.L. QUEIROZ & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2010. Understory bird responses to seasonal flooding in Amazonian forests. Biodiversity and Conservation, 19:129-152.
Ramos Pereira, M.J., P. Salgueiro, L. Rodrigues, M.M. Coelho & J.M. Palmeirim.2009. Population structure of a cave-dwelling bat, Miniopterus schreibersii: does it reflect history and social organization? Journal of Heredity, 100: 533-544.
Zahn, A., A. Rainho, L. Rodrigues, & J.M. Palmeirim. 2009. Low macro-arthropod abundance in exotic Eucalyptus plantations in the Mediterranean. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research,7(4):297-301.
RAMOS PEREIRA, M.J., J.T. MARQUES, J. SANTANA, C.D. SANTOS, J. VALSECCHI, H.L. QUEIROZ, P. BEJA, & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2009. Structuring of Amazonian bat assemblages: the roles of flooding patterns and floodwater nutrient load. Journal of Animal Ecology, 78:1163-1171.
DIAS, M.P., J.P. GRANADEIRO & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2009. Searching behaviour of foraging waders: does feeding success influence their walk? Animal Behaviour, 77:1203-1209.
SANTOS, C.D., S. SARAIVA, J.M. PALMEIRIM & J.P. GRANADEIRO. 2009. How do waders perceive buried prey with patchy distributions? The role of prey density and size of patch.Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 372:43-48.
Rodrigues, L. & J.M. Palmeirim. 2008. Migratory behaviour of Miniopterus schreibersii (Chiroptera): when, where, and why do cave bats migrate in a Mediterranean region. Journal of Zoology, 274:116-125.
Dias, M.P., F. PESTE, J.P. GRANADEIRO & J.M. Palmeirim. 2008. Does traditional shellfishing affect foraging by waders? The case of the Tagus estuary (Portugal). Acta Oecologica, 33:188-196.
SANTOS, C.D., P.M. LOURENÇO, A.C. MIRANDA, J.P. GRANADEIRO & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2008. Birds after dark: an efficient and inexpensive system to make long-range observations at night.Journal of Field Ornithology, 79:329-335.
ROSA, S., J.P. GRANADEIRO, C. VINAGRE, S. FRANÇA, H. CABRAL & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2008. Impact of predation on the polychaete Hediste diversicolor in estuarine intertidal flats. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 78:655-664.
LOURENÇO, P.M., A. SILVA, C.D. SANTOS, A.C. MIRANDA, J.P. GRANADEIRO & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2008. The energetic importance of night foraging for waders wintering in a temperate estuary. Acta Oecologica, 34:122-129.
Salgueiro, P., J.M. Palmeirim, M. Ruedi & M.M. Coelho.2008. Gene flow and population structure of the endemic Azorean bat (Nyctalus azoreum) based on microsatellites: implications for conservation. Conservation Genetics, 9:1163-1171.
LOURENÇO S.I. & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2008. How do ectoparasitic nycteribiids locate their bat hosts? Parasitology, 135:1205-1213.
LOURENÇO S.I. & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2008. Which factors regulate the reproduction of ectoparasites of temperate-zone cave-dwelling bats? Parasitology Research, 104:127-134.
Franco, A.M.A., J.M. Palmeirim & W.J. Sutherland.2007. A method for comparing effectiveness of research techniques in conservation and applied ecology. Biological Conservation, 134:96-105.
Harlow, P.S., M. Fisher, M. Tuiwawa, P.N. Biciloa, J.M. Palmeirim, C. Mersai, S. Naidu, A. Naikatini, B. Thaman, J. Niukula & E. Strand. 2007. The decline of the endemic Fijian Crested Iguana Brachylophus vitiensis in the Yasawa and Mamanuca archipelagos, western Fiji. Oryx, 41:44-50.
Salgueiro, P., M. Ruedi, M.M. Coelho & J.M. Palmeirim.2007. Genetic divergence and phylogeography in the Genus Nyctalus (Mammalia, Chiroptera): implications for population history of the insular bat Nyctalus azoreum. Genetica, 130:169-181.
GRANADEIRO, J.P., C.D. SANTOS, M.P. DIAS & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2007. Environmental factors drive habitat partitioning in birds feeding in intertidal flats: implications for conservation. Hydrobiologia, 587:291-302.
Zahn, A., L. Rodrigues, A. Rainho & J.M. Palmeirim.2007. Critical times of the year for Myotis myotis, a temperate zone bat: roles of climate and food resources. Acta Chiropterologica, 9:115-125.
LOURENÇO, S.I. & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2007. Can mite parasitism affect the condition of bat hosts? Implications for the social structure of colonial bats. Journal of Zoology, 273:161-168.
ROSA, S., J.P. GRANADEIRO, M. CRUZ & J.M. PALMEIRIM. 2007. Invertebrate prey activity varies along the tidal cycle and depends on sediment drainage: consequences for the foraging behaviour of waders. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology,353:35-44.
PALMEIRIM, J.M., A. Champion, A. Naikatini, J. Niukula, M. Tuiwawa, M. Fisher, M. Yabaki-Gounder, S. Qalovaki, S. Thorsteinsdóttir & T. Dunn.2007. Distribution, status, and conservation of bats in the Fiji Islands. Oryx, 41:509-519.
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