Mario Santos

Prof. Mario Santos

Laboratory of Applied Ecology, CITAB - Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-911 Vila Real, Portugal
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Academic Career Length

83Years (1944-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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27 January 2022 in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Mario SantosMario Santos
Mario Santos
RCReinaldo Lucas Cajaiba
Reinaldo Lucas Cajaiba
RBRita Bastos
Rita Bastos
DGDarinka Gonzalez
Darinka Gonzalez
ABAlis-Luciana Petrescu Bakış
Alis-Luciana Petrescu Bakış
MMMaria Rosa Mosquera-Losada
Maria Rosa Mosquera-Losada
Considering the present ecological crisis, land use-biodiversity relationships have become a major topic in landscape planning, ecosystem management and ecological restoration. In this scope, consistent patterns of outstanding biodiversity have been identified in agroforestry systems within diverse biogeographic regions and types of management. Empirical work has revealed that agroforestry higher structural complexity, when compared with current simplified agricultural systems, might be partially responsible for the observed patterns. The recently developed Habitat Amount Hypothesis predicts diversity for a local habitat patch, from the amount of the same habitat within the local landscape. We have expanded the previous hypothesis to the landscape level, computing the influence of the dominant land uses on the diversity of coexisting guilds. As a case study, we have considered archetypal landscapes dominated (or co-dominated) by crops or trees, which were compared using normalized diversities. The results obtained show that agroforestry systems substantially increase functional diversity and overall biodiversity within landscapes. We highlight that the normalized values should be parametrized to real conditions where the type of crop, tree and agroecological management will make a difference. Most importantly, our findings provide additional evidence that agroforestry has a critical role in enhancing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes and, in this way, should be regarded as a priority measure in European Agri-environmental funding schemes.

1 January 2017 in Ecological Modelling
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MAM.L. Arosa
M.L. Arosa
RBR. Bastos
R. Bastos
JCJoão Alexandre Cabral
João Alexandre Cabral
Helena Maria De Oliveira FreitasHelena Maria De Oliveira Freitas
Helena Maria De Oliveira Freitas
SCSofia R. Costa
Sofia R. Costa
Mario SantosMario Santos
Mario Santos


1 December 2018 in Forest Ecology and Management
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WSWully Barreto da Silva
Wully Barreto da Silva
EPEduardo Périco
Eduardo Périco
MDMarina Schmidt Dalzochio
Marina Schmidt Dalzochio
Mario SantosMario Santos
Mario Santos
Reinaldo Lucas CajaibaReinaldo Lucas Cajaiba
Reinaldo Lucas Cajaiba

1 March 2010 in Ecological Indicators
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Mario SantosMario Santos
Mario Santos
RBRita Bastos
Rita Bastos
PTPaulo Travassos
Paulo Travassos
RSRegina Santos
Regina Santos
MRMiguel Repas
Miguel Repas
JCJoão Alexandre Cabral
João Alexandre Cabral

1 July 2017 in Journal of Environmental Management
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ABAna Buchadas
Ana Buchadas
AVAna Sofia Vaz
Ana Sofia Vaz
JHJoão Honrado
João Honrado
Diogo AlagadorDiogo Alagador
Diogo Alagador
RBRita Bastos
Rita Bastos
JVJoana Vicente
Joana Vicente