research areas

Koch NM, Matos P, Branquinho C, Pinho P, Luchetac F, Martins SA, Vargas VMF. 2018. Selecting lichen functional traits as ecological indicators of the effects of the urban environment. Science of the Total Environment +info

Clemente, A.S., Müller, J.V., Almeida, E., Costa, C.A., Lobo Dias, S., Magos Brehm, J., Rebelo, R. & Martins-Loução, M.A. (2017) What can routine germination tests in seed banks tell us about the germination ecology of endemic and protected species? Botany, 95(7), 673-684. DOI:10.1139/cjb-2017-0003 (IF2017 1,178; Q3 Plant Sciences) +info

Cruz de Carvalho, R., Catalá, M., Branquinho, C., Silva, J.M. & Barreno, E. (2017) Dehydration rate determines the degree of membrane damage and desiccation tolerance in bryophytes. Physiologia Plantarum, 159(3), 277-289. DOI:10.1111/ppl.12511 (IF2017 2,580; Q1 Plant Sciences) +info

Llop, E., Pinho, P., Ribeiro, M.C., Pereira, M.J. & Branquinho, C. (2017) Traffic represents the main source of pollution in small Mediterranean urban areas as seen by lichen functional groups. Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 24(13), 12016-12025. DOI:10.1007/s11356-017-8598-0 (IF2017 2,800; Q1 Environmental Sciences) +info

Nunes, A., Köbel, M., Pinho, P., Matos, P., de Bello, F., Correia, O. & Branquinho, C. (2017) Which plant traits respond to aridity? A critical step to assess functional diversity in Mediterranean drylands. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 239, 176-184. DOI:10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.03.007 (IF2017 4,039; Q1 Forestry) +info

Paoli, L., Pinho, P., Branquinho, C., Loppi, S. & Munzi, S. (2017) The influence of growth form and substrate on lichen ecophysiological responses along an aridity gradient. Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 24(34), 26206-26212. DOI:10.1007/s11356-017-9361-2 (IF2017 2,800; Q1 Environmental Sciences) +info

Sauquet, H., Balthazar, M., Magallón, S., Doyle, J.A., Endress, P.K., Bailes, E.J.,Barroso de Morais, E., Bull-Hereñu, K., Carrive, L., Chartier, M., Chomicki, G., Coiro, M., Cornette, R., El Ottra, J.H.L., Epicoco, C., Foster, C.S.P., Jabbour, F., Haevermans, A., Haevermans, T., Hernández, R., Little, S.A., Löfstrand, S., Luna, J.A., Massoni, J., Nadot, S., Pamperl, S., Prieu, C., Reyes, E., dos Santos, P., Schoonderwoerd, K.M., Sontag, S., Soulebeau, A., Staedler, Y., Tschan, G.F., Leung, A.W-S. & Schönenberger, J. (2017) The ancestral flower of angiosperms and its early diversification. Nature Communications, 8(16047), 1-10. DOI:10.1038/ncomms16047 (IF2017 12,353; Q1 Multidisciplinary Sciences) +info

Serrano, H.C., Cotrim, H., Pinto, M.J., Martins-Loução, M.A., Branquinho, C. (2017) Metal hyperaccumulation patterns within Plantago phylogeny (Plantaginaceae). Plant and Soil, 411(1), 227-241. DOI:10.1007/s11104-016-3024-9 (IF2017 3.306; Q1 Agronomy) +info

dos Santos, P., Ronse de Craene, L.P. (2016) Floral development of Lewisia (Montiaceae): investigating patterns of perianth and stamen diversity. Flora, 221, 4-13. DOI:10.1016/j.flora.2015.11.011 (IF2016 1,125; Q2 Plant Sciences) +info

Godinho, D., Janssen, A., Dias, T., Cruz, C. & Magalhães, S. (2016) Down-regulation of plant defense in a resident spider mite species and its effect upon con- and heterospecifics. Oecologia, 180(1), 161-167. DOI:10.1007/s00442-015-3434-z (IF2016 3,130; Q2 Ecology) +info

Hunter Jr., M., Westgate, M., Barton, P., Calhoun, A., Pierson, J., Tulloch, A., Beger, M., Branquinho, C., Caro, T., Gross, J., Heino, J., Lane, P., Longo, C., Martin, K., McDowell, W.H., Mellin, C., Salo, H. & Lindenmayer, D. (2016) Two roles for ecological surrogacy: indicator surrogates and management surrogates. Ecological Indicators, 63, 121-125. DOI:10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.11.049 (IF2016 3,898; Q1 Environmental Sciences) +info

Pinho, P., Correia, O., Lecoq, M., Munzi, S., Vasconcelos, S., Gonçalves, P., Rebelo, R., Antunes, C., Silva, P., Freitas, C., Lopes, N., Santos-Reis, M. & Branquinho, C. (2016) Evaluating green infrastructure in urban environments using a multi-taxa and functional diversity approach. Environmental Research, 147, 601-610. DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2015.12.025 (IF2016 3,835; Q1 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health) +info

Roccotiello, E., Serrano, H.C., Mariotti, M.G. & Branquinho, C. (2016) The impact of Ni on the physiology of a Mediterranean Ni- hyperaccumulating plant. Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 23(12), 12414-12422. DOI:10.1007/s11356-016-6461-3 (IF2016 2,741; Q1 Environmental Sciences) +info

Augusto, S., Sierra, J., Nadal, M. & Schuhmacher, M. (2015) Tracking polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in lichens: it's all about the algae. Environmental Pollution, 207, 441–445. DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2015.08.013 (IF2015 4,839; Q1 Environmental Sciences) +info

Concostrina-Zubiri L, Granzow-de la Cerda I (2015) Confirmed presence of Gigaspermum repens (Hook.) Lindb. in the New World. Journal of Bryology 37:147-149. +info

Cruz de Carvalho, R., Bernardes da Silva, A., Branquinho, C. & Marques da Silva, J. (2015) Influence of dehydration rate on cell sucrose and water relations parameters in an inducible desiccation tolerant aquatic bryophyte. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 120, 18-22. DOI:10.1016/j.envexpbot.2015.07.002 (IF2015 3,712; Q1 Plant Sciences) +info

Matos, P., Pinho, P., Aragón, G., Martínez, I., Nunes, A., Soares, A.M.V.M., Branquinho, C. (2015) Lichen traits responding to aridity. Journal of Ecology, 103, 451–458. DOI:10.1111/1365-2745.12364 (IF2015 6,180; Q1 Ecology) +info

Nunes, A., Tápia, S., Pinho, P., Correia, O., Branquinho, C. (2015) Advantages of the point-intercept method for evaluating functional diversity in semi-arid areas. iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 8, 471-479. DOI:10.3832/ifor1261-007 (IF2015 1,070; Q2 Forestry) +info

Serrano, H., Antunes, C., Pinto, M.J., Máguas, C., Martins-Loução, M.A. & Branquinho, C. (2015) The ecological performance of metallophyte plants thriving in geochemical islands explained by the Inclusive Niche Hypothesis. Journal of Plant Ecology, 1, 41-45. DOI:10.1093/jpe/rtu007 (IF2015 1,769; Q1 Plant Sciences) +info