Current projects
Macroecological patterns in Azorean bryophyte communities
Macroecological patterns in Azorean bryophyte communities The Azorean archipelago is a hotspot for bryophyte diversity, hosting over 400 species. The Azorean archipelago is a hotspot for bryophyte diversity, hosting over 400 species . Although I am not a botanist, the variety of mosses and liverworts covering the ground and hanging from trees in the native Azorean humid laurisilva forests amazes me. The Azores harbours an outstanding diversity of bryophytesOver 400 species can be found on the nine islands, mostly in…
Long-term changes in Azorean native forest arthropods
Island biotas are threatened by habitat loss, anthropogenic pollution and climate change, as well as the effects of introduced species. The Azorean Biodiversity Group conducts several projects to assess the impact of these threats on the invertebrate communities in the Azorean archipelago. Most of the projects focus on the fauna of the remnants of the native humid forests. These forests once covered almost the entire surface of the islands but nowadays they only can be found at high elevations and…
Archived projects
Phenological changes in ground beetles
This was part of my PhD in Scotland. I used the long-term ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) dataset of the UK Environmental Change Network to investigate whether ground beetles start their activity earlier in the spring and cease it later in the autumn over a twenty-year period….
Effects of grazing on the invertebrate assemblages in Scottish uplands
The Glen Finglas Projects is a large-scale and long-term experiment investigating the effects of four different grazing regimes, no grazing, high-stock sheep grazing, low-stock sheep grazing, and low-stock sheep mixed with cattle grazing (+ the occasional deer), on Scottish upland ecosystems. I was involved in the arthropod collection and sorting/identification…
