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Manuela Branco is affiliated with the University of Lisbon in Portugal. Their research spans across Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, engaging deeply with various subfields including Insect Science, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Plant Science.

The primary research focus of Manuela Branco revolves around Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Insect and Pesticide Research, and Plant and Animal Studies. Additional topics addressed include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and broader Forest Ecology and Management.

They have contributed to numerous publications, including recent papers such as:

  • Opportunities and challenges of Eucalyptus plantations in Europe: the Iberian Peninsula experience, 2021, European Journal of Forest Research
  • Pathologists and entomologists must join forces against forest pest and pathogen invasions, 2020, NeoBiota
  • A first worldwide multispecies survey of invasive Mediterranean pine bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae), 2020, Biological Invasions
  • Can School Children Support Ecological Research? Lessons from the Oak Bodyguard Citizen Science Project, 2020, Citizen Science Theory and Practice
  • Preventing invasions of Asian longhorn beetle and citrus longhorn beetle: are we on the right track?, 2021, Journal of Pest Science

Their frequent coauthors include Bastien Castagneyrol, José Carlos Franco, Martin M. Goßner, Hervé Jactel, and Elena Valdés-Correcher. These collaborations have supported work published across several venues.

Manuela Branco's publications are often found in specialized journals and platforms, with a notable number of contributions in NeoBiota, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Forest Ecology and Management, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Insects.

Best Publications

  • The influences of forest stand management on biotic and abiotic risks of damage

    Hervé Jactel;Bruce C. Nicoll;Manuela Branco;José Ramon Gonzalez-Olabarria

  • Increasing numbers and intercontinental spread of invasive insects on eucalypts.

    Brett Phillip Hurley;Jeffrey R. Garnas;Michael J. Wingfield;Manuela Branco

  • Germination success, survival and seedling vigour of Quercus suber acorns in relation to insect damage

    Manuela Branco;Carmen Branco;Hachemi Merouani;Maria Helena Almeida

  • A comparative evaluation of sampling methods for Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) population estimation

    Manuela R. Branco;Neil A.C. Kidd;Robert S. Pickard

  • Natural History of the Processionary Moths (Thaumetopoea spp.): New Insights in Relation to Climate Change

    Andrea Battisti;Mustafa Avci;Dimitrios N. Avtzis;Mohamed L.Ben Jamaa

  • Host range expansion of native insects to exotic trees increases with area of introduction and the presence of congeneric native trees

    Manuela Branco;Eckehard G. Brockerhoff;Bastien Castagneyrol;Bastien Castagneyrol;Bastien Castagneyrol;Christophe Orazio

  • Genetic isolation through time: allochronic differentiation of a phenologically atypical population of the pine processionary moth

    Helena Santos;Jérôme Rousselet;Emmanuelle Magnoux;Maria-Rosa Paiva

  • Establishing grazing and grazing-excluded patches increases plant and invertebrate diversity in a Mediterranean oak woodland

    Miguel N. Bugalho;Xavier Lecomte;Merícia Gonçalves;Maria C. Caldeira

  • Effect of ground cover vegetation on the abundance and diversity of beneficial arthropods in citrus orchards.

    E.B. Silva;J.C. Franco;T. Vasconcelos;M. Branco

  • Cork oak pests: a review of insect damage and management

    Riziero Tiberi;Manuela Branco;Matteo Bracalini;Francesco Croci

  • Efficiency of biological control of Gonipterus platensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Anaphes nitens (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in cold areas of the Iberian Peninsula: implications for defoliation and wood production in Eucalyptus globulus

    Ana Raquel Reis;Luis Ferreira;Margarida Tomé;Clara Araujo

  • Opportunities and challenges of Eucalyptus plantations in Europe: the Iberian Peninsula experience

    Margarida Dinis Tomé;Maria Helena Almeida;Susana Barreiro;Manuela R. Branco

  • Impact of alien terrestrial arthropods in Europe. Chapter 5

    Marc Kenis;Manuela Branco

  • First record of Thaumastocoris peregrinus in Portugal and of the neotropical predator Hemerobius bolivari in Europe

    André Garcia;Elisabete Figueiredo;Carlos Valente;Victor J. Monserrat

  • Population monitoring of the pine processionary moth (Lepidoptera: Thaumetopoeidae) with pheromone-baited traps

    H. Jactel;P. Menassieu;F. Vétillard;B. Barthélémy

  • Incipient allochronic speciation in the pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa, Lepidoptera, Notodontidae)

    H. Santos;C. Burban;J. Rousselet;J.-P. Rossi

  • Weevils and Bark Beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) Chapter 8.2

    Daniel Sauvard;Manuela Branco;Ferenc Lakatos;Massimo Faccoli

  • Presence of the Eucalyptus gall wasp Ophelimus maskelli and its parasitoid Closterocerus chamaeleon in Portugal: first record, geographic distribution and host preference.

    Manuela Branco;Conceição Boavida;Nicolas Durand;José Carlos Franco

  • Economic assessment of managing processionary moth in pine forests: a case-study in Portugal.

    Paola Gatto;Alessia Zocca;Andrea Battisti;Maria João Barrento

  • Kairomonal response of the parasitoid Anagyrus spec. nov. near pseudococci to the sex pheromone of the vine mealybug

    J.C. Franco;E.B. Silva;E. Cortegano;L. Campos

  • Urban trees facilitate the establishment of non-native forest insects

    Manuela Branco;Pedro Nunes;Alain Roques;Maria Rosário Fernandes

  • Survey of Eucalyptus gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Portugal.

    M. Branco;J. C. Franco;C. Valente;Z. Mendel

Frequent Co-Authors

Zvi Mendel
Zvi Mendel Agricultural Research Organization
Hervé Jactel
Hervé Jactel University of Bordeaux
Carole Kerdelhué
Carole Kerdelhué Montpellier SupAgro
Andrea Battisti
Andrea Battisti University of Padua
Alain Roques
Alain Roques INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Bastien Castagneyrol
Bastien Castagneyrol University of Bordeaux
Maria C. Caldeira
Maria C. Caldeira University of Lisbon
Eckehard G. Brockerhoff
Eckehard G. Brockerhoff Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Margarida Tomé
Margarida Tomé University of Lisbon

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