Prof. Carlos Fonseca
University of Aveiro, CESAM and Dept of Biology
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View All Publications28 September 2015 in Ecology Letters
Journal Article
ASAndrew Siefert
Andrew Siefert
CVCyrille Violle
Cyrille Violle
LCLoïc Chalmandrier
Loïc Chalmandrier
CACécile H Albert
Cécile H AlbertATAdrien Taudiere
Adrien TaudiereDWDavid Wardle
David Wardle +39
Recent studies have shown that accounting for intraspecific trait variation (ITV) may better address major questions in community ecology. However, a general picture of the relative extent of ITV compared to interspecific trait variation in plant communities is still missing. Here, we conducted a meta‐analysis of the relative extent of ITV within and among plant communities worldwide, using a data set encompassing 629 communities (plots) and 36 functional traits. Overall, ITV accounted for 25% of the total trait variation within communities and 32% of the total trait variation among communities on average. The relative extent of ITV tended to be greater for whole‐plant (e.g. plant height) vs. organ‐level traits and for leaf chemical (e.g. leaf N and P concentration) vs. leaf morphological (e.g. leaf area and thickness) traits. The relative amount of ITV decreased with increasing species richness and spatial extent, but did not vary with plant growth form or climate. These results highlight global patterns in the relative importance of ITV in plant communities, providing practical guidelines for when researchers should include ITV in trait‐based community and ecosystem studies.
29 January 2015 in Pest Management Science
Journal Article
GMGiovanna Massei
Giovanna MasseiJKJonas Kindberg
Jonas KindbergALAlain Licoppe
Alain Licoppe
DGDragan Gačić
Dragan Gačić
NSNikica Sprem
Nikica SpremANAndrás Náhlik
András Náhlik +11
14 December 2007 in Science
Journal Article
CBCarlos Guilherme Becker
Carlos Guilherme Becker
CFCarlos Roberto Fonseca
Carlos Roberto FonsecaCHCélio Fernando Baptista Haddad
Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad
RBRômulo Fernandes Batista
Rômulo Fernandes Batista
PPPaulo Inácio Prado
Paulo Inácio Prado
The worldwide decline in amphibians has been attributed to several causes, especially habitat loss and disease. We identified a further factor, namely “habitat split”—defined as human-induced disconnection between habitats used by different life history stages of a species—which forces forest-associated amphibians with aquatic larvae to make risky breeding migrations between suitable aquatic and terrestrial habitats. In the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, we found that habitat split negatively affects the richness of species with aquatic larvae but not the richness of species with terrestrial development (the latter can complete their life cycle inside forest remnants). This mechanism helps to explain why species with aquatic larvae have the highest incidence of population decline. These findings reinforce the need for the conservation and restoration of riparian vegetation.
12 October 2015 in Diversity and Distributions
Journal Article
GOGerhard E. Overbeck
Gerhard E. OverbeckEVEduardo Vélez‐Martin
Eduardo Vélez‐Martin
FSFabio R. Scarano
Fabio R. ScaranoTLThomas M. Lewinsohn
Thomas M. LewinsohnCFCarlos R. Fonseca
Carlos R. FonsecaVPValério D. Pillar
Valério D. Pillar
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In the past decades, Brazil made important progress in the conservation of forest ecosystems. Non‐forest ecosystems (NFE), in contrast, have been neglected, even though they cover large parts of the country and have biodiversity levels comparable to forests. To avoid losing much of its biodiversity and ecosystem services, conservation and sustainable land use policies in Brazil need to be extended to NFE. A strategy for conservation of Brazil's NFE should encompass the following elements: (1) creation of new large protected areas in NFE; (2) enforcement of legal restrictions of land use; (3) extension of subsidy programs and governance commitments to NFE; (4) improvement of ecosystem management and sustainable use in NFE; and (5) improvement of monitoring of land use change in NFE. If Brazil managed to extend its conservation successes to NFE, it not only would contribute significantly to conservation of its biodiversity, but also could take the lead in conservation of NFE world‐wide.
24 December 2000 in Journal of Ecology
Journal Article
CFCarlos Roberto Fonseca
Carlos Roberto FonsecaJOJacob McC. Overton
Jacob McC. Overton
BCBronwyn Collins
Bronwyn Collins
MWMark Westoby
Mark Westoby1 February 2001 in Journal of Ecology
Journal Article
CFCarlos Roberto Fonseca
Carlos Roberto FonsecaGGGislene Ganade
Gislene GanadeAbout Me
B. 09/1974. M, biologist (Univ of Coimbra), MSc in Ecology (Univ. of Coimbra) and PhD in Biology – Wildlife Conservation and Management (Univ. of Aveiro) is currently Chief Technology Officer of the ForestWISE – Collaborative Laboratory for Integrated Forest & Fire Management (www.forestwise.pt) and Invited Professor at the Department of Biology of the University of Aveiro (www.ua.pt/dbio), Portugal. At University of Aveiro he was Director of the Master in Applied Ecology (2010-2019), vice-Director of the Doctoral Programme on Biology and Ecology of Global Changes (2011-2020), part of the Board of the Doctoral School (2015-2019). Invited Professor at University of Lúrio (2012-13), Mozambique, Visiting Researcher at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2014-16), Brazil and at Universidad de Asunción (2018), Paraguay. He is PI of several competitive scientific projects funded by national and international programmes. He supervised 19 PhD and 54 MSc concluded thesis. He was one of the 12 experts of the Independent Technical Commission created by the Independent Technical Commission created by the Portuguese Parliament to analyse and determine the facts related to the big fires that occurred in 2017.