Bats and Birds in Natural and Semi-Natural Ecosystems
Tropical and Mediterranean Biodiversity - TMB

Raquel Nogueira de Oliveira

MSc Student

biodiversity conservation ecosystem disservices food security rice small mammals tropical ecology West Africa

Raquel Oliveira is conducting a MSc in Conservation Biology by the University of Lisbon starting in 2022 within the Tropical and Mediterranean Biodiversity group of cE3c. She is conducting the thesis "Conserving biodiversity and enhancing food security: small mammals and their ecosystem (dis)services across rice paddies in Guinea‐Bissau (West Africa)", integrated in the "Eco Pest Supression" Project, under the supervision of Ana Filipa Palmeirim (CIBIO) and Ana Rainho (FCUL). Raquel's MSc aim is to assess how small mammal diversity (including species richness, abundance and composition) vary across rice fields and the surrounding habitats.