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Ecology, Biodiversity, Conservation Biology

Biography

I am a senior researcher at the Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO), of the University of Porto (Portugal), where I currently hold the EDP Chair in Biodiversity and I'm the PI of ApplEcol - Applied Population and Communty Ecology research group (http://maerua.iict.pt/applecol/). My main research interests are in the area of biodiversity conservation in human-dominated landscapes, particularly in agricultural, forest and freshwater systems.

Activities

Employment (6)

Association BIOPOLIS: Vila do Conde, Porto, PT

2021-08-05 to present | Executive Vice-President (CIBIO - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos)
Employment
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Pedro Beja

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares: Porto, PT

2012-03-01 to 2021-06-30 | Coordinating Researcher (CIBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos)
Employment
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Pedro Beja

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares: Porto, PT

2008-07-01 to 2012-07-28 | Principal Investigator (CIBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos )
Employment
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Pedro Beja

ERENA - Ordenamento e Gestão de Recursos Naturais: Lisboa, PT

2001-09-01 to 2009-06-30 | Environmental consultant (Department of Applied Research)
Employment
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Pedro Beja

Universidade do Algarve: Faro, Faro, PT

1998-09-01 to 2001-08-31 | Invited Assistant Professor (UCTRA - Unidade de Ciências e Tecnologias dos Recursos Aquáticos)
Employment
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Pedro Beja

Instituto da Conservação da Natureza: Odemira, PT

1996-01-01 to 1998-08-31 | High Technician (Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina)
Employment
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Pedro Beja

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Aberdeen: Aberdeen, Aberdeen, GB

1991 to 1995 | PhD (Department of Zoology)
Education
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Pedro Beja

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências: Lisboa, Lisboa, PT

1983-09-01 to 1989-11-31 | Licenciate (Departamento de Zoologia)
Education
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Pedro Beja

Professional activities (2)

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares: Porto, PT

2017 to present | Member of the Directon
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Pedro Beja

Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos: Vairao, Porto, PT

2015 to present | Vice Scientific Coordinator
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Funding (23)

Biodiversity Genomics Europe

2022-09 to 2026-02 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Pedro Beja

Expanding potential in TROPIcal BIOdiversity and ecosystem research towards sustainable life on land

2019-10 to 2024-09 | Contract
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

854248

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

The role of voles in agroecosystems: linking pest management to biodiversity conservation under environmental change

2018-07 to 2021-06 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/BIA-ECO/31728/2017

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

PLANTSHIFTS: Fine scale characterisation of dispersal kernels to predict range shifts in the Anthropocene

2016-07 to 2020-01 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/BIA-BIC/5223/2014

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

MateFrag - Impacts of habitat fragmentation on social and mating systems: testing ecological predictions for a monogamous vole through non-invasive genetics

2016-07 to 2019-10 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/BIA-BIC/6582/2014

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

Fostering sustainable management in Mediterranean olive farms: pest control services provided by wild species as incentives for biodiversity conservation

2016-06 to 2019-12 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/AAG-REC/6480/2014

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

Next-generation biomonitoring: freshwater bioassessment and species conservation improved with metagenomics

2016-06 to 2019-11 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/AAG-MAA/2261/2014

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

FARSYD - FARming SYstems as tool to support policies for effective conservation and management of high nature value farmlanDs

2016-05 to 2019-11 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/AAG-REC/5007/2014

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

Multiple implications of invasive species on Freshwater Mussel coextinction processes

2016-04 to 2019-08 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/AGR-FOR/1627/2014

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

Unraveling the potential of SPONtaneous FORest ESTablishment for improving ecosystem functions and services in dynamic landscapes

EnvMetaGen - Capacity Building at InBIO for Research and Innovation Using Environmental

2015-09 to present | Grant
Research Executive Agency (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

668981

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Pedro Beja

ECOLOGICALLY SCALED EDGE RESPONSES: PATTERNS, MECHANISMS AND PREDICTIVE MODELLING

2013-07-03 to 2015-07-02 | Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Lisbon, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER: 127853
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Pedro Beja via DimensionsWizard
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NETPERSIST. NETwork analysis of critical connectivity thresholds for metapopulation PERSISTence in complex agricultural landscapes

2013-07 to 2015-06 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Lisbon, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER: 129435
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CIÊNCIAVITAE
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Cashew in West Africa: socio-economic and environmental challenges of an expanding cash crop

2012-02-01 to 2015-01-31 | Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Lisbon, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER: 117785
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Pedro Beja via DimensionsWizard
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SABOR-LTER - Sabor fragmentation experiment: understanding long-term ecological consequences of infrastructure development and compensatory mitigation

2011-07 to 2014-06 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Lisbon, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER: 109443
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CIÊNCIAVITAE
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PERSIST - The role of matrix permeability for metapopulation PERSISTence in complex agricultural landscapes. The cases of Cabrera (Microtus cabrerae) and southern water voles (Arvicola sapidus).

2010-05-01 to 2013-06-30 | Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Lisbon, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER: 105110
Source: Self-asserted source
Pedro Beja via DimensionsWizard
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Effects of agri-environment schemes on biodiversity: evaluation of a long-term landscape experiment in southern Portugal

2010-04 to 2013-09 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Lisbon, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER: 102300
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CIÊNCIAVITAE
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Spatial structure of amphibian (meta)populations in Mediterranean farmland: implications for conservation management

2008-01-01 to 2011-06-30 | Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Lisbon, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER: 68730
Source: Self-asserted source
Pedro Beja via DimensionsWizard

Spatial variation in Amazonian mammal assemblages under contrasting flooding regimes: implications for nature reserve management

2005-09-30 to 2008-06-30 | Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Lisbon, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER: 60710
Source: Self-asserted source
Pedro Beja via DimensionsWizard
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The role of dry-season refugia in structuring Mediterranean stream fish assemblages

2005-07 to 2007-10 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Lisbon, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER: 56272
GRANT_NUMBER: 82364
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CIÊNCIAVITAE
grade
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Gestão de vegetação em paisagens suberícolas da serra algarvia para redução de riscos de incêndio, valorização sócio-económica e conservação da biodiversidade

2003 to 2006 | Contract
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (Oeiras, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

AGRO/458/2003

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

Modificações agrícolas e predação sobre ninhos de aves numa região mediterrânica: o papel das orlas e corredores

2002 to 2005 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

POCTI/38601/BSE/2001

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

Efeitos da intensificação agrícola sobre a biodiversidade de uma área protegida costeira: Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina

2001 to 2004 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PNAT/1999/BIA/15016/C

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CIÊNCIAVITAE

Peer review (55 reviews for 22 publications/grants)

Review activity for Acta oecologica. (1)
Review activity for Agriculture, ecosystems & environment. (5)
Review activity for Animal conservation. (4)
Review activity for Biodiversity and conservation. (1)
Review activity for Biological conservation. (14)
Review activity for Canadian journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences. (1)
Review activity for Conservation letters. (1)
Review activity for Diversity & distributions. (5)
Review activity for Ecography. (4)
Review activity for Ecological indicators. (1)
Review activity for Ecology and evolution. (1)
Review activity for European journal of wildlife research. (2)
Review activity for Journal of applied ecology. (2)
Review activity for Journal of avian biology. (1)
Review activity for Journal of biogeography. (2)
Review activity for Landscape and urban planning. (3)
Review activity for Metabarcoding and Metagenomics. (1)
Review activity for Molecular ecology. (2)
Review activity for River research and applications. (1)
Review activity for Science of the total environment. (1)
Review activity for Urban ecosystems. (1)
Review activity for Wildlife research. (1)