research areas

Brignole, D., Drava, G., Minganti, V., Giordani, P., Samson, R., Vieira, J., Pinho, P. & Branquinho, C. (2018) Chemical and magnetic analyses on tree bark as an effective tool for biomonitoring: A case study in Lisbon (Portugal). Chemosphere, 195, 508-514. +info

Pinho, P., Dias, T., Cordovil, C.M.D.S., Dragosits, U., Dise, N.B., Sutton, M.A. & Branquinho, C. (2018) Mapping Portuguese Natura 2000 sites in risk of biodiversity change caused by atmospheric nitrogen pollution. PLOS One, 13(6), e0198955. +info

Varela, Z., López-Sánchez, G., Yáñez, M., Pérez, C., Fernández, J.A., Matos, P., Branquinho, C. & Aboa, J.R. (2018) Changes in epiphytic lichen diversity are associated with air particulate matter levels: The case study of urban areas in Chile. Ecological Indicators, 91, 307-314 +info

Aguillaume, L., Avila, A., Pinho, P., Matos, P., Llop, E. & Branquinho, C. (2017) The critical levels of atmospheric ammonia in a Mediterranean holm-oak forest in North-Eastern Spain. Water Air and Soil Pollution, 228(3), 93 +info

Ochoa-Huesoa, R., Munzi, S., Alonso, R., Arr—niz-Crespo, M., Avila, A., Bermejo, V., Bobbink, R., Branquinho, C., Concostrina-Zubiri, L., Cruz, C., Cruz de Carvalho, R., De Marco, A., Dias, T., Elustondo, D., Elvira, S., EstŽbanez, B., Fusaro, L., Gerosa, G., Izquieta-Rojano, S., Cascio, M., Marzuoli, R., Matos, P., Mereu, S., Merino, J., Morilla, L., Nunes, A., Paoletti, E., Paoli, L., Pinho P., Roger, I.B., Santos, A., Sicard, P., Stevens, C.J. & Theobald, M.R. (2017) Ecological impacts of atmospheric pollution and interactions with climate change in terrestrial ecosystems of the Mediterranean Basin: Current research and future directions. Environmental Pollution, 227, 194-206 +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 +info

Serrano, H.C., Kšbel, M., Palma-Oliveira, J., Pinho, P. & Branquinho, C. (2017) Mapping exposure to multi-pollutants using environmental biomonitors a multi-exposure index. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A: Current Issues, 80(13-15), 710-718 +info

Augusto, S., Pinho, P., Santos, A., Botelho, M.J., Palma-Oliveira, J. & Branquinho, C. (2016) Tracking the spatial fate of PCDD/F emissions from a cement plant by using lichens as environmental biomonitors. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(5), 2434–2441 +info

Koch, N.M., Branquinho, C., Matos, P., Pinho, P., Lucheta, F., Martins, S.M.A. & Vargas, V.M.F. (2016) The application of lichens as ecological surrogates of air pollution in the subtropics: a case study in south Brazil. Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 23(20), 20819-20834 +info

Ribeiro, M.C., Pinho, P., Branquinho, C., Llop, E. & Pereira, M.J. (2016) Geostatistical uncertainty of assessing air quality using high-spatial-resolution lichen data: a health study in the urban area of Sines, Portugal. Science of the Total Environment, 562, 740-750 +info

Augusto, S., Pinho, P., Santos, A., Botelho, M.J., Palma-Oliveira, J.M., Branquinho, C. (2015) Declining trends of PCDD/Fs in lichens over a decade in a Mediterranean area with multiple pollution sources. Science of the Total Environment, 508, 95-100 +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 +info

Barros, C., Pinho, P.,Durão, R., Augusto, S., Máguas, C., Pereira, M.J., Branquinho, C. (2015) Disentangling natural and anthropogenic sources of atmospheric sulfur in an industrial region using biomonitors. Environmental Science & Technology, 49, 2222-2229 +info

Shibata, H., Branquinho, C., McDowell, W.H., Mitchell, M.J., Monteith, D.T., Tang, J., Arvola, L., Cruz, C., Cusack, D., Halada, L., Kopáček, J., Máguas, C., Sajidu, S., Schubert, H., Tokuchi, N. & Záhora, J. (2015) Consequence of altered nitrogen cycles in the coupled human and ecological system under changing climate: the need for long-term and site-based researches. Ambio, 44, 178-193. +info