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Margarida Santos-Reis

Margarida Santos-Reis

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
7342
World Ranking
4486
National Ranking
31

Overview

Margarida Santos-Reis is affiliated with the University of Lisbon in Portugal and specializes in environmental science, with a significant focus on ecology. Their research spans various subfields including ecology, nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, health toxicology and mutagenesis, and ecological modeling.

Their main areas of study include wildlife ecology and conservation, animal ecology and behavior studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, urban green space and health, land use and ecosystem services, species distribution and climate change, and animal behavior and welfare studies.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Ana Luísa Barros, Sandra Alcobia, Luís Miguel Rosalino, Darryl I. MacKenzie, and Filipa Grilo.

Publications by Margarida Santos-Reis have appeared repeatedly in several venues, notably:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Scientific Reports
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Animals
  • Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

Selected recent papers by Margarida Santos-Reis cover a variety of topics and include the following:

  • "Using green to cool the grey: Modelling the cooling effect of green spaces with a high spatial resolution", 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "What's biodiversity got to do with it? Perceptions of biodiversity and restorativeness in urban parks", 2021, Ecology and Society
  • "Broad aggressive interactions among African carnivores suggest intraguild killing is driven by more than competition", 2021, Ecology
  • "Responses of carnivore assemblages to decentralized conservation approaches in a South African landscape", 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • "Biocultural diversity in an urban context: An indicator-based decision support tool to guide the planning and management of green infrastructure", 2021, Environmental and Sustainability Indicators

Best Publications

  • Spatial-temporal patterns in Mediterranean carnivore road casualties: Consequences for mitigation

    Clara Grilo;John A. Bissonette;Margarida Santos-Reis

  • Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

    Ika Djukic;Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas;Inger Kappel Schmidt;Klaus Steenberg Larsen

  • Ecosystem services: Urban parks under a magnifying glass.

    Teresa Mexia;Joana Vieira;Adriana Príncipe;Andreia Anjos

  • Green spaces are not all the same for the provision of air purification and climate regulation services: The case of urban parks

    Joana Vieira;Paula Matos;Teresa Mexia;Teresa Mexia;Patrícia Silva

  • Response of carnivores to existing highway culverts and underpasses: implications for road planning and mitigation

    Clara Grilo;John A. Bissonette;Margarida Santos-Reis

  • 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

  • World Distribution and Status of the Genus Martes in 2000

    Gilbert Proulx;Keith Aubry;Johnny Birks;Steven Buskirk

  • Spatial structure and land-cover use in a low-density Mediterranean population of Eurasian badgers

    Luís Miguel Rosalino;David White Macdonald;Margarida Santos-Reis

  • Using green to cool the grey: Modelling the cooling effect of green spaces with a high spatial resolution

    Filipa Grilo;Pedro Pinho;Cristiana Aleixo;Cristina Catita

  • Genetic Diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Ticks from Mainland Portugal

    Simona De Michelis;Henna-Sisko Sewell;Margarida Collares-Pereira;Margarida Santos-Reis

  • Global Island Monitoring Scheme (GIMS): a proposal for the long‐term coordinated survey and monitoring of native island forest biota

    Paulo A. V. Borges;Paulo A. V. Borges;Pedro Cardoso;Pedro Cardoso;Pedro Cardoso;Holger Kreft;Robert J. Whittaker;Robert J. Whittaker

  • Fruit consumption by carnivores in Mediterranean Europe

    Luís M. Rosalino;Margarida Santos-Reis

  • Distinct combinations of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies found in individual questing ticks from Europe.

    Klaus Kurtenbach;Simona De Michelis;Henna-Sisko Sewell;Susanne Etti

  • Species-specific mitochondrial DNA markers for identification of non-invasive samples from sympatric carnivores in the Iberian Peninsula

    Carlos A. Fernandes;Carlos A. Fernandes;Catarina Ginja;Iris Pereira;Rogério Tenreiro

  • Human-Related Factors Regulate the Spatial Ecology of Domestic Cats in Sensitive Areas for Conservation

    Joaquim P. Ferreira;Inês Leitão;Margarida Santos-Reis;Eloy Revilla

  • Biocultural diversity : A novel concept to assess human-nature interrelations, nature conservation and stewardship in cities

    B.H.M. Elands;K. Vierikko;E. Andersson;L.K. Fischer

  • Individual Spatial Responses towards Roads: Implications for Mortality Risk

    Clara Grilo;Joana Sousa;Fernando Ascensão;Hugo Matos

  • Do well-connected landscapes promote road-related mortality?

    Clara Grilo;Clara Grilo;Fernando Ascensão;Margarida Santos-Reis;John A. Bissonette

  • Carcass Persistence and Detectability: Reducing the Uncertainty Surrounding Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Surveys.

    Rodrigo Augusto Lima Santos;Rodrigo Augusto Lima Santos;Sara M. Santos;Margarida Santos-Reis;Almir Picanço de Figueiredo

  • Genetic diversity and landscape genetic structure of otter ( Lutra lutra ) populations in Europe

    Nadia Mucci;Johanna Arrendal;Hermann Ansorge;Michael Bailey

  • Does riparian habitat condition influence mammalian carnivore abundance in Mediterranean ecosystems

    Hugo M. Matos;Maria J. Santos;Francisco Palomares;Margarida Santos-Reis

  • Predator abundance in relation to small game management in southern Portugal: conservation implications

    Pedro Beja;Luís Gordinho;Luís Reino;Filipa Loureiro

  • Effects of management options on mammal richness in a Mediterranean agro-silvo-pastoral system

    Paula Gonçalves;Sandra Alcobia;Luciana Simões;Margarida Santos-Reis

Frequent Co-Authors

Clara Grilo
Clara Grilo University of Lisbon
Cristina Branquinho
Cristina Branquinho University of Lisbon
Pedro Pinho
Pedro Pinho University of Lisbon
John A. Bissonette
John A. Bissonette Utah State University
David W. Macdonald
David W. Macdonald University of Oxford
Michael William Bruford
Michael William Bruford Cardiff University
Otília Correia
Otília Correia University of Lisbon
Carlos Fonseca
Carlos Fonseca University of Aveiro
Dagmar Haase
Dagmar Haase Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Corinna Rebmann
Corinna Rebmann Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

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