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Overview

Aldina M. A. Franco is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Ecology and its related subfields.

The scientist's main subfields of study include:

  • Ecology
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Aldina M. A. Franco's research topics cover a range of areas related to bird ecology and conservation as well as environmental change, specifically:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

The scientist has published in several notable journals, frequently contributing to the following venues:

  • Biological Conservation
  • Movement Ecology
  • Scientific Reports
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Several recent publications illustrate the scope and focus of their work:

  • "track2KBA: An R package for identifying important sites for biodiversity from tracking data" (2021) in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • "A framework for climate change adaptation indicators for the natural environment" (2022) in Ecological Indicators
  • "Hotspots in the grid: Avian sensitivity and vulnerability to collision risk from energy infrastructure interactions in Europe and North Africa" (2022) in Journal of Applied Ecology
  • "Marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas for Penguins in Antarctica, Targets for Conservation Action" (2021) in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Flying the extra mile pays-off: Foraging on anthropogenic waste as a time and energy-saving strategy in a generalist bird" (2021) in The Science of The Total Environment

Aldina M. A. Franco collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Inês Catry
  • Marta Acácio
  • James J. Gilroy
  • Philip W. Atkinson
  • João Paulo Silva

Best Publications

  • Prioritizing multiple-use landscapes for conservation: methods for large multi-species planning problems.

    Atte Moilanen;Aldina M.A Franco;Regan I Early;Richard Fox

  • Range retractions and extinction in the face of climate warming.

    Chris D. Thomas;Aldina M.A. Franco;Jane K. Hill

  • Impacts of climate warming and habitat loss on extinctions at species' low‐latitude range boundaries

    Aldina M. A. Franco;Jane K. Hill;Claudia Kitschke;Yvonne C. Collingham

  • Experimental heatwaves compromise sperm function and cause transgenerational damage in a model insect.

    Kris Sales;Ramakrishnan Vasudeva;Matthew E. Dickinson;Joanne L. Godwin

  • Migratory diversity predicts population declines in birds.

    James J. Gilroy;Jennifer A. Gill;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Victoria R. Jones

  • Are white storks addicted to junk food? Impacts of landfill use on the movement and behaviour of resident white storks (Ciconia ciconia) from a partially migratory population

    Nathalie I. Gilbert;Ricardo A. Correia;Ricardo A. Correia;João Paulo Silva;Carlos Pacheco

  • Low migratory connectivity is common in long-distance migrant birds.

    Tom Finch;Simon J. Butler;Aldina M. A. Franco;Will Cresswell

  • Sensitivity of UK butterflies to local climatic extremes: which life stages are most at risk?

    Osgur McDermott Long;Rachel Warren;Jeff Price;Tom M. Brereton

  • Response of butterflies to structural and resource boundaries.

    Cheryl B. Schultz;Aldina M. A. Franco;Elizabeth E. Crone

  • The effectiveness of protected areas in the conservation of species with changing geographical ranges

    Phillipa K. Gillingham;Phillipa K. Gillingham;Richard B. Bradbury;David B. Roy;Barbara J. Anderson;Barbara J. Anderson

  • Modelling the foraging habitat selection of lesser kestrels: conservation implications of European Agricultural Policies

    Aldina M.A Franco;William J Sutherland

  • The tropospheric processing of acidic gases and hydrogen sulphide in volcanic gas plumes as inferred from field and model investigations

    A. Aiuppa;A. Franco;R. von Glasow;R. von Glasow;A. G. Allen

  • track2KBA: An R package for identifying important sites for biodiversity from tracking data

    Martin Beal;Martin Beal;Steffen Oppel;Jonathan Handley;Elizabeth J. Pearmain

  • Foraging Habitat Quality Constrains Effectiveness of Artificial Nest-Site Provisioning in Reversing Population Declines in a Colonial Cavity Nester

    Inês Catry;Inês Catry;Aldina M. A. Franco;Pedro Rocha;Rita Alcazar

  • Individual variation in migratory movements and winter behaviour of Iberian Lesser Kestrels Falco naumanni revealed by geolocators

    Inês Catry;Maria P. Dias;Teresa Catry;Vsevolod Afanasyev

  • Adapting conservation efforts to face climate change: Modifying nest-site provisioning for lesser kestrels

    Inês Catry;Aldina M.A. Franco;William J. Sutherland

  • A framework for climate change adaptation indicators for the natural environment

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  • Identifying the effectiveness and constraints of conservation interventions: A case study of the endangered lesser kestrel

    Inês Catry;Rita Alcazar;Aldina M.A. Franco;William J. Sutherland

  • Fitness consequences of different migratory strategies in partially migratory populations: A multi-taxa meta-analysis.

    Claire Buchan;James J. Gilroy;Inês Catry;Aldina M. A. Franco

  • A pan-European, multipopulation assessment of migratory connectivity in a near-threatened migrant bird

    Tom Finch;Philip Saunders;Jesús Miguel Avilés;Ana Bermejo

  • Modelling habitat selection of Common Cranes Grus grus wintering in Portugal using multiple logistic regression

    Aldina M.A. Franco;José C. Brito;Julia Almeida

  • Is nest-site availability limiting Lesser Kestrel populations? A multiple scale approach

    Aldina M. A. Franco;João T. Marques;William J. Sutherland

  • Do different habitat preference survey methods produce the same conservation recommendations for lesser kestrels

    A. M. A. Franco;I. Catry;W. J. Sutherland;J. M. Palmeirim

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco Moreira
Francisco Moreira University of Porto
William J. Sutherland
William J. Sutherland University of Cambridge
Jorge M. Palmeirim
Jorge M. Palmeirim University of Lisbon
Chris D. Thomas
Chris D. Thomas University of York
Jane K. Hill
Jane K. Hill University of York
Richard Fox
Richard Fox Butterfly Conservation
Maria P. Dias
Maria P. Dias University of Lisbon
David B. Roy
David B. Roy UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Barbara J. Anderson
Barbara J. Anderson University of Otago
Deseada Parejo
Deseada Parejo Spanish National Research Council

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