research areas
objectives
This line of research aims to investigate the quantification of the supporting, provisioning, regulating services and cultural services of the ecosystems
highlights
7 research papers
2 international networks
research projects & international networks
Almada - Monitoring studies of floristic and faunistic communities and environmental services assessment of Almada +info
TransBasin - Transboundary Water Basin Management +info
MedMossRoofs - Urban green covers based on mosses with no irrigation requirements under Mediterranean climate +info
BioCrusts - Functional diversity of Biocrusts: towards ecosystem services quantification in drylands +info
LTERmontado - Long-term socio-ecological research and monitoring in a Mediterranean cultural landscape +info
dissemination outputs
publications
Cruz de Carvalho, R., dos Santos, P. & Branquinho, C. (2018) Production of moss-dominated biocrusts to enhance the stability and function of the margins of artificial water bodies. Restoration Ecology, 26(3), 419-421. DOI:10.1111/rec.12688 (IF2017 2.544; Q3 Ecology) +info
Mexia, T., Vieira, J., Príncipe, A., Anjos, A., Silva, P., Lopes, N., Freitas, C., Santos-Reis, M., Correia, O., Branquinho, C. & Pinho, P. (2018) Ecosystem services: urban parks under a magnifying glass. Environmental Research, 160, 469-478. DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2017.10.023 (IF2017 4,732; Q1 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health) +info
Vieira, J., Matos, P., Mexia, T., Silva, P., Lopes, N., Freitas, C., Correia, O., Santos-Reis, M., Branquinho, C. & Pinho, P. (2018) Green spaces are not all the same for the provision of air purification and climate regulation services: The case of urban parks. Environmental Research, 160, 306-313. DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2017.10.006 (IF2017 4,732; Q1 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health) +info
Concostrina-Zubiri, L., Molla, I., Velizarova, E. & Branquinho, C. (2017) Grazing or not grazing: implications for ecosystem services provided by biocrusts in Mediterranean cork oak woodlands. Land Degradation & Development, 28(4), 1345-1353. DOI:10.1002/ldr.2573 (IF2017 7,270; Q1 Soil Sciences) +info
Santos, A., Pinho, P., Munzi, S., Botelho, M.J., Palma, J.M. & Branquinho, C. (2017) The role of forest in mitigating the impact of heavy metal pollution deposition in a mixed landscape. Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 24(13), 12038-12048. DOI:10.1007/s11356-017-8964-y (IF2017 2,800; Q1 Environmental Sciences) +info
Baumert, S., Luz, A.C., Fisher, J., Vollmer, F., Ryan, C., Patenaude, G., Zorrilla-Miras, P., Artur, L., Nhantumbo, I. & Macqueen, D. (2016) Charcoal supply chains from Mabalane to Maputo: who benefits? Energy for Sustainable Development, 33, 129-138. DOI:10.1016/j.esd.2016.06.003 (IF2016 2,790; Q2 Green & Sustainable Science & Technology) +info
Woollen, E., Ryan, C.M., Baumert, S., Vollmer, F., Grundy, I., Fisher, J., Fernando, J., Luz, A., Ribeiro, N. & Lisboa, S.N. (2016) Charcoal production in the mopane woodlands of Mozambique: what are the trade-offs with other ecosystem services? Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 371, 20150315. DOI:10.1098/rstb.2015.0315 (IF2016 4,997; Q1 Biology) +info
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