Montobeo project

04/12/2025

Last contribution from the MontObEO project! ecotrends is an R package for assessing species vulnerability through the analysis of temporal habitat suitability trends.
Ecotrends: an R package for estimating habitat suitability trends over time

04/08/2025

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.71802
Last paper!! We analysed niche differences in two coexisting Iberian green lizard species, integrating field observations on environmental variables, body temperatures, microhabitat use, and activity patterns.

This work provides novel insights into the spatial and temporal niche differences of two model species. Our findings reveal that microhabitat preferences and activity patterns are important factors o...

04/08/2025

Last paper! We assessed the relative contribution of climate and land cover to the current distribution of 32 northern Iberian bird species using ecological niche models and deviance partitioning.

This study examines how land cover changes influence species range shifts under climate change for 32 bird species in the Iberian Peninsula, highlighting the need to consider both factors in conserva...

29/07/2025

Our colleague Diana Sousa Guedes was awarded the third best Ecology thesis in Portugal for 2025!
https://wilder.pt/historias/trabalhos-na-antartida-com-tartarugas-em-cabo-verde-e-sobre-sementes-ganham-premio-de-ecologia?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwL1w4RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABpySVvp68uFRPT7Uj_QxhC1Syg3lsBpUXB4AjKkucAa9gZz2aMasWhDtUiSBB_aem_nrGuCvAwa8nKaZBptAZbAQ

Afonso Ferreira, Sara Mendes e Diana Sousa-Guedes foram os galardoados com o Prémio de Doutoramento em Ecologia 2025 – Fundação Amadeu Dias, organizado pela SPECO – Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia. Afonso Ferreira, Sara Mendes e Diana Sousa-Guedes foram os galardoados com o Prémio de Doutor...