Current work

Biodiversty in Azores islands Carabids in North China Arthropods in Yinchuan Ontology for statistics in ecology

Azorean Biodiversity Group    I am very excited to join the IBBC group of cE3c. I started early January a postdoctorate position. My studies are part of the LIFE BEETLES project with Teresa Ferreira, Paulo Borges and many other colleagues.        Currently, I am investigating arthropod communities in forests ecosystems of the Azores islands. Using a large biodiversity dataset (both on vegetation and arthropods) collected over two decades, I will investigate diversity patterns and determine if these patterns vary according to the conservation levels of protected areas.    We will then focus on endemic species which seem to be the most threatened species. The long-term objective is to optimize conservation strategies for threatened species first and then to extend these measures to other species following their classification in the IUCN Red List.