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Joana R. Vicente

Joana R. Vicente

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
33
Citations
3580
World Ranking
7941
National Ranking
80

Overview

Joana R. Vicente is affiliated with the University of Porto in Portugal and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans various subfields including Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Insect Science.

The scientist's research addresses a range of topics such as Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Biological Control of Invasive Species, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, and Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies.

Several recent publications reflect the focus and breadth of their work. These include:

  • "Curbing the major and growing threats from invasive alien species is urgent and achievable" (2024), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "A workflow for standardising and integrating alien species distribution data" (2020), published in NeoBiota
  • "Digital conservation in biosphere reserves: Earth observations, social media, and nature's cultural contributions to people" (2020), published in Conservation Letters
  • "On the development of a regional climate change adaptation plan: Integrating model-assisted projections and stakeholders' perceptions" (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Stakeholder perceptions of wildfire management strategies as nature-based solutions in two Iberian biosphere reserves" (2023), published in Ecology and Society

Frequent co-authors of Joana R. Vicente include Ana Sofía Vaz, João P. Honrado, João Alexandre Cabral, João Gonçalves, and Eva Pinto, indicating collaboration across a network of researchers involved in related environmental and ecological studies.

Their work appears often in publication venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Conservation Letters, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Remote Sensing, and the Journal of Environmental Management.

Best Publications

  • Overcoming the rare species modelling paradox: a novel hierarchical framework applied to an Iberian endemic plant.

    A. Lomba;L. Pellissier;C. Randin;J. Vicente

  • Global effects of non-native tree species on multiple ecosystem services

    Pilar Castro-Díez;Ana Sofia Vaz;Joaquim S. Silva;Joaquim S. Silva;Marcela van Loo

  • Integrating ecosystem services and disservices: insights from plant invasions

    Ana S. Vaz;Christoph Kueffer;Christoph Kueffer;Christian A. Kull;Christian A. Kull;David M. Richardson

  • The progress of interdisciplinarity in invasion science

    Ana S. Vaz;Christoph Kueffer;Christoph Kueffer;Christian A. Kull;Christian A. Kull;David M. Richardson

  • Curbing the major and growing threats from invasive alien species is urgent and achievable

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  • Will climate change drive alien invasive plants into areas of high protection value? An improved model-based regional assessment to prioritise the management of invasions

    J.R. Vicente;R.F. Fernandes;C.F. Randin;O. Broennimann

  • Where will conflicts between alien and rare species occur after climate and land-use change? : a test with a novel combined modelling approach

    Joana Vicente;Christophe F. Randin;João Gonçalves;Marc J. Metzger

  • What drives invasibility? : a multi-model inference test and spatial modelling of alien plant species richness patterns in northern Portugal

    Joana Vicente;Paulo Alves;Christophe Randin;Antoine Guisan

  • Trends in legal and illegal trade of wild birds: a global assessment based on expert knowledge

    Joana Ribeiro;Joana Ribeiro;Luís Reino;Luís Reino;Stefan Schindler;Stefan Schindler;Diederik Strubbe

  • Managing plant invasions through the lens of remote sensing: A review of progress and the way forward.

    Ana Sofia Vaz;Domingo Alcaraz-Segura;Domingo Alcaraz-Segura;João C. Campos;Joana R. Vicente;Joana R. Vicente

  • A workflow for standardising and integrating alien species distribution data

    Hanno Seebens;David A. Clarke;Quentin J. Groom;John R. U. Wilson

  • An indicator-based approach to analyse the effects of non-native tree species on multiple cultural ecosystem services

    Ana Sofia Vaz;Pilar Castro-Díez;Oscar Godoy;Álvaro Alonso

  • Potential of satellite-derived ecosystem functional attributes to anticipate species range shifts

    Domingo Alcaraz-Segura;Domingo Alcaraz-Segura;Angela Lomba;Rita Sousa-Silva;Diego Nieto-Lugilde

  • Earth observation and social media: evaluating the spatiotemporal contribution of non-native trees to cultural ecosystem services.

    Ana Sofia Vaz;Ana Sofia Vaz;João F. Gonçalves;Paulo Pereira;Frederico Santarém

  • Dynamic models in research and management of biological invasions

    Ana Buchadas;Ana Sofia Vaz;João P. Honrado;Diogo Alagador

  • Species distribution models support the need of international cooperation towards successful management of plant invasions

    Rui F. Fernandes;João P. Honrado;Antoine Guisan;Alice Roxo

  • Evaluating the regional cumulative impact of wind farms on birds: how can spatially explicit dynamic modelling improve impact assessments and monitoring?

    Rita Bastos;Ana Pinhanços;Mário Santos;Rui F. Fernandes

  • Cost-effective monitoring of biological invasions under global change: a model-based framework

    Joana R. Vicente;Diogo Alagador;Carlos Guerra;Joaquim M. Alonso

  • Current and future conflicts between eucalypt plantations and high biodiversity areas in the Iberian Peninsula

    E. Deus;J.S. Silva;J.S. Silva;P. Castro-Díez;A. Lomba

  • Using the ‘regime shift’ concept in addressing social–ecological change

    Christian A. Kull;Christian A. Kull;Christoph Kueffer;Christoph Kueffer;David M. Richardson;Ana Sofia Vaz

  • Can citizen science data guide the surveillance of invasive plants? A model-based test with Acacia trees in Portugal

    Nuno César de Sá;Nuno César de Sá;Nuno César de Sá;Hélia Marchante;Hélia Marchante;Elizabete Marchante;João Alexandre Cabral

  • Fine-scale patterns of vegetation assembly in the monitoring of changes in coastal sand-dune landscapes

    J. Honrado;J. Vicente;A. Lomba;P. Alves

Frequent Co-Authors

João P. Honrado
João P. Honrado University of Porto
Paulo C. Alves
Paulo C. Alves University of Porto
Miguel B. Araújo
Miguel B. Araújo University of Évora
Antoine Guisan
Antoine Guisan University of Lausanne
Christophe F. Randin
Christophe F. Randin University of Lausanne
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Christian A. Kull
Christian A. Kull University of Lausanne
David M. Richardson
David M. Richardson Stellenbosch University
Pilar Castro-Díez
Pilar Castro-Díez University of Alcalá

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