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Tropical and Mediterranean Biodiversity - TMB

Tropical and Mediterranean Biodiversity (TMB) aims to contribute to the preservation of Biodiversity by unveiling natural and anthropogenic determinants of the distribution and conservation status of species and ecosystems. We work in natural and semi-natural ecosystems in Mediterranean (Southern Iberia), semi-tropical (Madeira) and tropical (Africa and South America) regions. Our studies involve a broad variety of taxonomic groups such as birds, bats, marine turtles and arthropods.

Sub-Groups

Bats and Birds in Natural and Semi-Natural Ecosystems Ecology and Conservation of Sea Turtles Entomology: biodiversity and conservation

Team

Publications

Farneda, F.Z., Grelle, C.E.V., Rocha, R., Ferreira, D.F., López-Baucells, A. & Meyer, C.F.J. (2020) Predicting biodiversity loss in island and countryside ecosystems through the lens of taxonomic and functional biogeography.

Ecography, 43(1), 97-106. DOI:10.1111/ecog.04507 (IF2018 5,946; Q1 Ecology)

Malumbres-Olarte, J., Boieiro, M., Cardoso, P., Carvalho, R., Crespo, L.C., Gabriel, R., Hernández, N.M., Paulo, O.S., Pereira, F., Rego, C., Ros-Prieto, A., Silva, I., Vieira, A., Rigal, F. & Borges, P.A.V. (2020) Standardised inventories of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Macaronesia II: the native forests and dry habitats of Madeira archipelago (Madeira and Porto Santo islands).

Biodiversity Data Journal, 8, e47502. DOI:10.3897/BDJ.8.e47502 (IF2018 1,029; Q3 Biodiversity Conservation)

Aninta, S.G., Rocha, R., López-Baucells, A. & Meyer, C.F.J. (2019) Erosion of phylogenetic diversity in Neotropical bat assemblages: findings from a whole-ecosystem fragmentation experiment.

Biodiversity and Conservation, 28(4), 4047–4063. DOI:10.1007/s10531-019-01864-y (IF2018 3,142; Q1 Biodiversity Conservation)

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