Search Results - "Pinho, Catarina J"

Digging in a 120 years-old lunch: What can we learn from collection specimens of extinct species? by Pinho, Catarina J, Roca, Vicente, Perera, Ana, Sousa, Amanda, Bruni, Michèle, Miralles, Aurélien, Vasconcelos, Raquel

“…Studying collection specimens is often the only way to unravel information about recent extinctions. These can reveal knowledge on threats and life traits…”
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Smaller islands, bigger appetites: evolutionary strategies of insular endemic skinks by Pinho, Catarina J, Dinis, Herculano A, Emerson, Brent C, Vasconcelos, Raquel

“…Competitive dietary and morphological divergence among co-occurring species are fundamental aspects of ecological communities, particularly on islands. Cabo…”
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Questioning the proverb 'more haste, less speed': classic versus metabarcoding approaches for the diet study of a remote island endemic gecko by Gil, Vanessa, Pinho, Catarina J, Aguiar, Carlos A S, Jardim, Carolina, Rebelo, Rui, Vasconcelos, Raquel

“…Dietary studies can reveal valuable information on how species exploit their habitats and are of particular importance for insular endemics conservation as…”
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Diet of the exotic Madeiran wall lizard: first insights into trophic interactions in an Atlantic seabird sanctuary by Neves, Verónica, Rund, Dorothee, Pinho, Catarina J, Vasconcelos, Raquel, Bustamante, Paco, Quillfeldt, Petra

“…The Madeiran wall lizard Teira dugesii is a relatively new species to the Azores Archipelago, where it was accidentally introduced about 150 to 200 years ago…”
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The InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: DNA barcodes of Portuguese moths by Ferreira, Sónia, Corley, Martin F V, Nunes, João, Rosete, Jorge, Vasconcelos, Sasha, Mata, Vanessa A, Veríssimo, Joana, Silva, Teresa L, Sousa, Pedro, Andrade, Rui, Grosso-Silva, José Manuel, Pinho, Catarina J, Chaves, Cátia, Martins, Filipa Ms, Pinto, Joana, Puppo, Pamela, Muñoz-Mérida, Antonio, Archer, John, Pauperio, Joana, Beja, Pedro

“…The InBIO Barcoding Initiative (IBI) Dataset - DS-IBILP08 contains records of 2350 specimens of moths (Lepidoptera species that do not belong to the…”
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The InBIO barcoding initiative database: DNA barcodes of Iberian Trichoptera, documenting biodiversity for freshwater biomonitoring in a Mediterranean hotspot by Pauperio, Joana, Gonzalez, Luis Martin, Martinez, Jesus, González, Marcos A, Martins, Filipa Ms, Veríssimo, Joana, Puppo, Pamela, Pinto, Joana, Chaves, Cátia, Pinho, Catarina J, Grosso-Silva, José Manuel, Quaglietta, Lorenzo, Silva, Teresa Luísa L, Sousa, Pedro, Alves, Paulo Celio, Fonseca, Nuno, Beja, Pedro, Ferreira, Sónia

“…The Trichoptera are an important component of freshwater ecosystems. In the Iberian Peninsula, 380 taxa of caddisflies are known, with nearly 1/3 of the total…”
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Dietary metabarcoding reveals the simplification of bird–pest interaction networks across a gradient of agricultural cover by Silva, Luis P., Mata, Vanessa A., Lopes, Pedro B., Pinho, Catarina J., Chaves, Catia, Correia, Edna, Pinto, Joana, Heleno, Ruben H., Timoteo, Sergio, Beja, Pedro

“…Agriculture is vital for supporting human populations, but its intensification often leads to landscape homogenization and a decline in non‐provisioning…”
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Trust your guts? The effect of gut section on diet composition and impact of Mus musculus on islands using metabarcoding by Pinho, Catarina J., Lopes, Evandro P., Paupério, Joana, Gomes, Isildo, Romeiras, Maria M., Vasconcelos, Raquel

“…DNA metabarcoding is widely used to characterize the diet of species, and it becomes very relevant for biodiversity conservation, allowing the understanding of…”
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Green matters: Dietary assessment of a reptile community using DNA metabarcoding by Pinho, Catarina J., Darwish, Mohammed, Šmíd, Jiří, Carranza, Salvador, Vasconcelos, Raquel

“…DNA metabarcoding is widely used for diet characterization and is becoming increasingly important for biodiversity conservation, allowing the understanding of…”
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Intricate trophic links between threatened vertebrates confined to a small island in the Atlantic Ocean by Lopes, Ricardo J., Pinho, Catarina J., Santos, Bárbara, Seguro, Mariana, Mata, Vanessa A., Egeter, Bastian, Vasconcelos, Raquel

“…Trophic networks in small isolated islands are in a fragile balance, and their disturbance can easily contribute toward the extinction vortex of species. Here,…”
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