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João P. Honrado

João P. Honrado

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
6558
World Ranking
5594
National Ranking
41

Overview

João P. Honrado is affiliated with the University of Porto in Portugal and specializes in Environmental Science, with a research focus encompassing global and planetary change, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, ecological modeling, and plant science. Their work spans a broad spectrum of environmental topics, integrating ecological and vegetation dynamics, fire effects on ecosystems, species distribution in relation to climate change, land use, ecosystem services, and aspects of Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna.

The scientist's publication record includes papers on diverse subjects such as fire-smart management in mountain farmlands, invasive alien plant mapping using remote sensing and OBIA software, and integrating remotely sensed ecosystem functioning into ecological niche models. Some recent publications are:

  • "Mountain farmland protection and fire-smart management jointly reduce fire hazard and enhance biodiversity and carbon sequestration" (2020, Ecosystem Services)
  • "Assessing the performance of different OBIA software approaches for mapping invasive alien plants along roads with remote sensing data" (2020, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation)
  • "Mainstreaming remotely sensed ecosystem functioning in ecological niche models" (2022, Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation)
  • "Using fire to enhance rewilding when agricultural policies fail" (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Urban ecological novelty assessment: Implications for urban green infrastructure planning and management" (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research include Adrián Regos, João Gonçalves, João C. Campos, João A. Santos, and Joana R. Vicente. Collaboration with these colleagues suggests a multidisciplinary approach to environmental and ecological questions.

João P. Honrado commonly publishes in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Remote Sensing
  • Fire
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their main fields of study are supported by significant contributions in subfields such as global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, ecological modeling, and plant science. The research topics emphasize ecological and vegetation dynamics studies, fire effects on ecosystems, species distribution and climate change, land use and ecosystem services, Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna, wildlife ecology and conservation, and remote sensing applications in agriculture.

Best Publications

  • Remote sensing for conservation monitoring: Assessing protected areas, habitat extent, habitat condition, species diversity, and threats

    Harini Nagendra;Richard Lucas;João Pradinho Honrado;Rob H.G. Jongman

  • Global biodiversity monitoring: From data sources to Essential Biodiversity Variables

    Vânia Proença;Laura Jane Martin;Henrique Miguel Pereira;Henrique Miguel Pereira;Miguel Fernandez

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

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

  • 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

  • Mapping and monitoring High Nature Value farmlands: challenges in European landscapes.

    Angela Lomba;Carlos Guerra;Carlos Guerra;Joaquim Alonso;João Pradinho Honrado

  • The progress of interdisciplinarity in invasion science

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

  • Vascular plant communities in Portugal (Continental, the Azores and Madeira)

    José Carlos Costa;Carlos Neto;Carlos Aguiar;Jorge Capelo

  • Can we infer about ecosystem services from EIA and SEA practice? A framework for analysis and examples from Portugal

    João Pradinho Honrado;Cristiana Vieira;Claudia Soares;Margarida B. Monteiro

  • Global Biodiversity Monitoring

    Henrique M Pereira;Jayne Belnap;Neil Brummitt;Ben Collen

  • 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

  • Back to the future: rethinking socioecological systems underlying high nature value farmlands

    Angela Lomba;Francisco Moreira;Francisco Moreira;Sebastian Klimek;Robert H. G. Jongman

  • Hydrological services and the role of forests: Conceptualization and indicator-based analysis with an illustration at a regional scale

    Claudia Carvalho-Santos;Claudia Carvalho-Santos;João Pradinho Honrado;Lars Hein

  • Assessing the effects of land cover and future climate conditions on the provision of hydrological services in a medium‐sized watershed of Portugal

    Claudia Carvalho-Santos;Claudia Carvalho-Santos;João Pedro Nunes;António T. Monteiro;Lars Hein

  • 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

  • Effects of species traits and environmental predictors on performance and transferability of ecological niche models

    Adrián Regos;Adrián Regos;Laura Gagne;Domingo Alcaraz-Segura;Domingo Alcaraz-Segura;João P. Honrado

  • 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

  • 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

  • Environmental stratifications as the basis for national, European and global ecological monitoring

    MJ Metzger;DJ Brus;Rgh Bunce;PD Carey

  • Farmland abandonment decreases the fire regulation capacity and the fire protection ecosystem service in mountain landscapes

    Ângelo Sil;Ângelo Sil;Paulo M. Fernandes;Ana Paula Rodrigues;Joaquim M. Alonso

  • Mountain farmland protection and fire-smart management jointly reduce fire hazard and enhance biodiversity and carbon sequestration

    Silvana Pais;Núria Aquilué;João Campos;Ângelo Sil;Ângelo Sil

  • The Earth Observation Data for Habitat Monitoring (EODHaM) System

    Richard M. Lucas;Palma Blonda;Peter Bunting;Gwawr Jones

  • Ensemble models of habitat suitability relate chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) conservation to forest and landscape dynamics in Western Africa

    J. Torres;J.C. Brito;M.J. Vasconcelos;L. Catarino

Frequent Co-Authors

Joana R. Vicente
Joana R. Vicente University of Porto
Paulo C. Alves
Paulo C. Alves University of Porto
Antoine Guisan
Antoine Guisan University of Lausanne
Henrique M. Pereira
Henrique M. Pereira Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Richard Lucas
Richard Lucas Aberystwyth University
Christophe F. Randin
Christophe F. Randin University of Lausanne
Miguel B. Araújo
Miguel B. Araújo University of Évora
João Pedro Nunes
João Pedro Nunes Wageningen University & Research
Rob H. G. Jongman
Rob H. G. Jongman Wageningen University & Research

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