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Terceira, Azores, Portugal

Email rui.mp.elias@uac.pt

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Island Biodiversity, Biogeography & Conservation - IBBC
Subgroup Leader of Island Plant Ecology

Rui Miguel Pires Bento da Silva Elias

Associate Professor

Ecology Vascular Plants Invasive species Climate change Macaronesia

Ph.D. in Plant Ecology from the Azores University (2007). Senior researcher of the Island Biodiversity, Biogeography and Conservation Research Group (IBBC), and leader of the Island Plant Ecology (IPE) Group, of cE3c. Curator of the Azores University Herbarium and co-coordinator of the ATLANTIS 3.1 database (vascular plants). Collaborator Researcher of the Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group (IPNA-CSIC), Tenerife, Spain. Teacher of Biology I, Ecology and Ecosystem management, Wetland Ecology and Management and Forest Ecology at the Azores University. Research in community ecology, vegetation dynamics, and impact of invasive species and climate change on plant biodiversity and vegetation distribution.

Publications

Connor, S.E., Lewis, T., van Leeuwen, J.F.N., van der Knaap, W.O., Schaefer, H., Porch, N., Gomes, A.I., Piva,S.B., Gadd, P., Kuneš, P., Haberle, S.G., Adeleye, M.A., Mariani, M. & Elias, R.B. (2024) Original plant diversity and ecosystems of a small, remote oceanic island (Corvo, Azores): Implications for biodiversity conservation.

Biological Conservation, 291, 110512. DOI:10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110512 (IF2022 5,9; Q1 Biodiversity Conservation)

Rego, R.M.C., Vieira, A.F., Silva, L., Elias, R.B., Silva, C., Resendes, R. & Moura, M. (2024) Microsatellites reveal high levels of genetic admixture in the natural populations of Laurus azorica, Lauraceae.

Plant Systematics and Evolution, 310, 1-17. DOI:10.1007/s00606-023-01888-6 (IF2022 1,9; Q3 Plant Sciences)

Wallon, S., Tsafack, N., Pozsgai, G., Melo, C., Borges, P.A.V. & Elias, R.B. (2023) Effects of a short-term temperature increase on arthropod communities associated with pastures.

Biodiversity Data Journal, 11, e107385. DOI:10.3897/BDJ.11. e107385 (IF2022 1,3; Q3 Biodiversity Conservation)

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