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59
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2398
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Overview

Carlos Fonseca is affiliated with the University of Aveiro in Portugal and has made substantial contributions to the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research primarily focuses on subfields including Ecology, Genetics, Small Animals, Parasitology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work spans several key topics such as Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies. Additional research interests include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts.

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative efforts include Rita Tinoco Torres, João Carvalho, Luís Miguel Rosalino, Ana M. Figueiredo, and Mónica V. Cunha.

Publication venues where their research has appeared often feature:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Environmental Pollution
  • European Journal of Wildlife Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biodiversity and Conservation

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Overabundant wild ungulate populations in Europe: management with consideration of socio-ecological consequences", 2020, Mammal Review
  • "Temporal and geographical research trends of antimicrobial resistance in wildlife - A bibliometric analysis", 2020, One Health
  • "Ungulate management in European national parks: Why a more integrated European policy is needed", 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • "NSAIDs detected in Iberian avian scavengers and carrion after diclofenac registration for veterinary use in Spain", 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • "Emergence and Spread of Cephalosporinases in Wildlife: A Review", 2021, Animals

Carlos Fonseca has also contributed to literary work, with a publication titled A literatura clássica ou os clássicos na literatura: presenças clássicas nas literaturas de língua portuguesa (Volume V) in 2021, published by Edições Húmus and Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Habitat split and the global decline of amphibians

    Carlos Guilherme Becker;Carlos Roberto Fonseca;Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad;Rômulo Fernandes Batista

  • Wild boar populations up, numbers of hunters down? A review of trends and implications for Europe.

    Giovanna Massei;Jonas Kindberg;Alain Licoppe;Dragan Gačić

  • A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities

    Andrew Siefert;Cyrille Violle;Loïc Chalmandrier;Loïc Chalmandrier;Cécile H Albert

  • Shifts in trait‐combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients

    Carlos Roberto Fonseca;Jacob Mc C Overton;Bronwyn Collins;Mark Westoby

  • Species functional redundancy, random extinctions and the stability of ecosystems

    Carlos Roberto Fonseca;Gislene Ganade

  • Understanding bird collisions at wind farms: An updated review on the causes and possible mitigation strategies

    Ana Teresa Marques;Helena Batalha;Sandra Rodrigues;Hugo Costa

  • Leaf-size divergence along rainfall and soil-nutrient gradients: Is the method of size reduction common among clades?

    P. G. McDonald;C. R. Fonseca;J. McC. Overton;M. Westoby

  • Conservation in Brazil needs to include non‐forest ecosystems

    Gerhard E. Overbeck;Eduardo Vélez‐Martin;Fabio R. Scarano;Thomas M. Lewinsohn

  • Jaguar and Puma Activity Patterns and Predator-Prey Interactions in Four Brazilian Biomes

    Vania C. Foster;Vania C. Foster;Pedro Sarmento;Rahel Sollmann;Rahel Sollmann;Natalia Tôrres;Natalia Tôrres

  • Testing the environmental filtering concept in global drylands

    Yoann Le Bagousse‐Pinguet;Yoann Le Bagousse‐Pinguet;Nicolas Gross;Nicolas Gross;Nicolas Gross;Fernando T. Maestre;Vincent Maire

  • Asymmetries, compartments and null interactions in an Amazonian ant-plant community

    Carlos Roberto Fonseca;Gislene Ganade

  • Habitat split as a cause of local population declines of amphibians with aquatic larvae.

    C. Guilherme Becker;C. Guilherme Becker;Carlos R. Fonseca;Celio Fernando Baptista Haddad;Paulo I. Prado

  • AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora.

    Daniel Falster;Rachael Gallagher;Rachael Gallagher;Elizabeth H. Wenk;Ian J. Wright

  • Overabundant wild ungulate populations in Europe: management with consideration of socio‐ecological consequences

    Ana M. Valente;Ana M. Valente;Pelayo Acevedo;Ana M. Figueiredo;Carlos Fonseca

  • Towards an ecologically-sustainable forestry in the Atlantic Forest

    Carlos R. Fonseca;Carlos R. Fonseca;Gislene Ganade;Gislene Ganade;Ronei Baldissera;Carlos G. Becker

  • Indirect effects of habitat loss via habitat fragmentation: A cross-taxa analysis of forest-dependent species

    Thomas Püttker;Renato Crouzeilles;Mauricio Almeida-Gomes;Marina Schmoeller

  • The hard-tick fauna of mainland Portugal (Acari: Ixodidae): an update on geographical distribution and known associations with hosts and pathogens.

    M. M. Santos-Silva;L. Beati;A. S. Santos;R. De Sousa

  • Towards environmentally sustainable agriculture in Brazil: challenges and opportunities for applied ecological research

    Joice Ferreira;Renata Pardini;Jean Paul Metzger;Carlos Roberto Fonseca

  • A meta-analysis of the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on genetic diversity in mammals

    Ana Lino;Carlos Fonseca;Danny Rojas;Danny Rojas;Danny Rojas;Erich Fischer

  • ABIOTIC FACTORS AND THE CONDITIONAL OUTCOME OF AN ANT–PLANT MUTUALISM

    Mônica Frank Kersch;Carlos Roberto Fonseca

  • Amazonian ant-plant interactions and the nesting space limitation hypothesis

    Carlos Roberto Fonseca

  • Nesting space limits colony size of the plant-ant Pseudomyrmex concolor

    Carlos Roberto Fonseca

Frequent Co-Authors

Emmanuel Serrano
Emmanuel Serrano Autonomous University of Barcelona
Jens Haueisen
Jens Haueisen Ilmenau University of Technology
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares University of Aveiro
Eduardo Alves
Eduardo Alves Instituto Superior Técnico
Paulo Inácio Prado
Paulo Inácio Prado Universidade de São Paulo
Thomas M. Lewinsohn
Thomas M. Lewinsohn State University of Campinas
Emilio Virgós
Emilio Virgós King Juan Carlos University
Christian Gortázar
Christian Gortázar University of Castilla-La Mancha
Wolfgang W. Weisser
Wolfgang W. Weisser Technical University of Munich
Pelayo Acevedo
Pelayo Acevedo University of Castilla-La Mancha

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