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Paulo C. Alves

Paulo C. Alves

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
60
Citations
11279
World Ranking
2330
National Ranking
12

Overview

Paulo C. Alves is affiliated with the University of Porto in Portugal and conducts research primarily in the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their scholarly work spans several subfields, including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology, and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist has contributed to a range of research topics with a focus on Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna, botany, ecology, and taxonomy studies. Their work also covers animal and plant science education, diverse educational innovation studies, environmental education and sustainability, as well as plant pathogens and fungal diseases-including yeasts and rust fungi studies.

Frequent collaborators include Carlos Vila-Viçosa, Herlânder Azevedo, Isabel Soares-Silva, Fernándo Rodríguez de Fonseca, and Duarte Silva.

Paulo C. Alves's recent papers exemplify the breadth of their research interests. These include:

  • Three new native species to the Portuguese flora from the rivers of Trás-os-Montes (2024), published in Acta Botanica Malacitana
  • Impact of Educational Gardens and Workshop Activities on 8th-Grade Student's Perception and Knowledge of Plant Biology (2022), published in Education Sciences
  • New annotated checklist of the Portuguese oaks (Quercus L., Fagaceae) (2022), published in Mediterranean Botany
  • Monitoring Plant Diversity to Support Agri-Environmental Schemes: Evaluating Statistical Models Informed by Satellite and Local Factors in Southern European Mountain Pastoral Systems (2021), published in Diversity
  • Senecio brasiliensis (Spreng.) Less. (Asteraceae), another potentially invasive alien species in Europe (2021), published in BioInvasions Records

The venues where Paulo C. Alves frequently publishes reflect this diversity, including Education Sciences, Mediterranean Botany, BioInvasions Records, Diversity, and Acta Botanica Malacitana.

Best Publications

  • Genomics and the challenging translation into conservation practice

    Aaron B. A. Shafer;Jochen B. W. Wolf;Paulo C. Alves;Linnea Bergstrom

  • Advancing ecological understandings through technological transformations in noninvasive genetics.

    Albano Beja‐Pereira;Rita Oliveira;Paulo C. Alves;Michael K. Schwartz

  • The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics.

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  • Adaptive introgression underlies polymorphic seasonal camouflage in snowshoe hares

    Matthew R. Jones;L. Scott Mills;L. Scott Mills;Paulo Célio Alves;Paulo Célio Alves;Colin M. Callahan

  • Plasticity in circadian activity patterns of mesocarnivores in Southwestern Europe: implications for species coexistence

    Pedro Monterroso;Pedro Monterroso;Paulo Célio Alves;Paulo Célio Alves;Pablo Ferreras

  • Invasion from the cold past: extensive introgression of mountain hare (Lepus timidus) mitochondrial DNA into three other hare species in northern Iberia

    J. Melo-Ferreira;P. Boursot;F. Suchentrunk;N. Ferrand

  • Catch Me If You Can: Diel Activity Patterns of Mammalian Prey and Predators

    Pedro Monterroso;Pedro Monterroso;Paulo Célio Alves;Paulo Célio Alves;Pablo Ferreras

  • Reference-Free Population Genomics from Next-Generation Transcriptome Data and the Vertebrate–Invertebrate Gap

    Philippe Gayral;José Melo-Ferreira;Sylvain Glémin;Nicolas Bierne

  • Function and underlying mechanisms of seasonal colour moulting in mammals and birds: what keeps them changing in a warming world?

    Marketa Zimova;Marketa Zimova;Klaus Hackländer;Klaus Hackländer;Jeffrey M. Good;José Melo‐Ferreira

  • Ancient introgression of Lepus timidus mtDNA into L. granatensis and L. europaeus in the Iberian Peninsula.

    P.C. Alves;N. Ferrand;F. Suchentrunk;D.J. Harris

  • Winter color polymorphisms identify global hot spots for evolutionary rescue from climate change

    L. Scott Mills;L. Scott Mills;Eugenia V. Bragina;Alexander V. Kumar;Alexander V. Kumar;Marqueta Zimova;Marqueta Zimova

  • The ubiquitous mountain hare mitochondria: multiple introgressive hybridization in hares, genus Lepus

    Paulo C Alves;José Melo-Ferreira;José Melo-Ferreira;Hélder Freitas;Pierre Boursot

  • Spatial ecology of the European wildcat in a Mediterranean ecosystem: dealing with small radio-tracking datasets in species conservation

    P. Monterroso;P. Monterroso;J. C. Brito;P. Ferreras;P. C. Alves

  • Lagomorph biology : evolution,ecology,and conservation

    Joseph A. Chapman;John E. C. Flux;Paulo C. Alves;Nuno Ferrand

  • Molecular analysis of hybridisation between wild and domestic cats (Felis silvestris) in Portugal: implications for conservation

    Rita Oliveira;Raquel Godinho;Ettore Randi;Nuno Ferrand

  • Recurrent Introgression of Mitochondrial DNA Among Hares (Lepus spp.) Revealed by Species-Tree Inference and Coalescent Simulations

    J. Melo-Ferreira;J. Melo-Ferreira;P. Boursot;M. Carneiro;P. J. Esteves

  • The rise and fall of the mountain hare (Lepus timidus) during Pleistocene glaciations: expansion and retreat with hybridization in the Iberian Peninsula.

    J. Melo-Ferreira;J. Melo-Ferreira;P. Boursot;E. Randi;A. Kryukov

  • Hybridization versus conservation: are domestic cats threatening the genetic integrity of wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris) in Iberian Peninsula?

    Rita Oliveira;Raquel Godinho;Ettore Randi;Paulo C Alves

  • Adapted conservation measures are required to save the Iberian lynx in a changing climate

    Damien A. Fordham;H. R. Akçakaya;Barry W. Brook;Alejandro Rodríguez

  • Phylogeography of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) populations: the effects of historical genetic subdivisions and recent nonequilibrium dynamics

    E. Randi;P. C. Alves;J. Carranza;S. Milošević-Zlatanović

  • New variant of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus, Portugal, 2012-2013.

    Joana Abrantes;Ana M. Lopes;Kevin P. Dalton;Pedro Melo

Frequent Co-Authors

João P. Honrado
João P. Honrado University of Porto
Pablo Ferreras
Pablo Ferreras University of Castilla-La Mancha
Jeremy B. Searle
Jeremy B. Searle Cornell University
Nuno Ferrand
Nuno Ferrand University of Porto
L. Scott Mills
L. Scott Mills University of Montana
Christian Gortázar
Christian Gortázar University of Castilla-La Mancha
Pelayo Acevedo
Pelayo Acevedo University of Castilla-La Mancha
Franz Suchentrunk
Franz Suchentrunk University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Raquel Godinho
Raquel Godinho University of Porto
José de la Fuente
José de la Fuente University of Castilla-La Mancha

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