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

2018-02-05 to present | Post-doctoral researcher
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Rita Gomes Rocha

Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo: Vitória, ES, BR

2014-03 to 2017-01 | Post-doctoral researcher (Ciências Biológicas)
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Rita Gomes Rocha

Universidade de Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2011-12 to 2014-02 | Post-doctoral researcher (Biologia)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Universidade de Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2011-04-26 | Ph.D (Biologia)
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Universidade de Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2005 | BSc (Biologia)
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Funding (10)

Climate adaptation and vulnerability in global biodiversity hotspots

2023-08-01 to 2029-07-31 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2022.00505.CEECIND/CP1730/CT0002

GRANT_NUMBER: 10.54499/2022.00505.CEECIND/CP1730/CT0002
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Genomics of climate change: past, current and future climate-driven adaptation and vulnerability

2023-01-02 to 2024-07-01 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2022.05474.PTDC

GRANT_NUMBER: 10.54499/2022.05474.PTDC
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Revisiting the Atlantis Forest hypothesis in the genomic era

2022-07-01 to present | Contract
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasilia, BR)
GRANT_NUMBER:

408063/2021-1
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Atlantida 2.0: Revalidating the biogeographic history of the Atlantic Forest

2021-12-01 to present | Contract
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Espírito Santo (Vitória, BR)
GRANT_NUMBER:

488/2021
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Genomics of climatic change: forecasting climate-driven species vulnerability

2021-10-01 to 2023-07-31 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

CEECIND/01087/2018/CP1546/CP1648/CT0002

GRANT_NUMBER: 10.54499/CEECIND/01087/2018/CP1546/CP1648/CT0002
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Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology

2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

UID/BIA/50027/2019
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Rivers, genetic diversity and ecological patterns of Neotropical small mammals

2015-07-01 to 2017-01-31 | Contract
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Espírito Santo (Vitória, BR)
GRANT_NUMBER:

0650/2015
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The use of Ancient DNA: taxonomy, phylogeny and geographic distribution of small mammals in the Atlantic

2014-03-01 to 2014-12-31 | Contract
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasilia, BR)
GRANT_NUMBER:

401917/2013-4
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Projecto Estratégico - LA 17 - 2011-2012

2011-01-01 to 2012-12-31 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PEst-C/MAR/LA0017/2011
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Pequenos mamíferos de uma área de ecótono entre a Amazónia e o Cerrado

2006 to 2009 | Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

SFRH/BD/24767/2005
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Works (32)

A metabarcoding tool to detect predation of the honeybee Apis mellifera and other wild insects by the invasive Vespa velutina

Journal of Pest Science
2022-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-021-01401-3
Part of ISSN: 1612-4758
Part of ISSN: 1612-4766
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Rita Gomes Rocha

Phylogeography of the Neotropical sciurid Guerlinguetus brasiliensis (Rodentia: Sciuridae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
2022-03-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blab177
Contributors: Rita Gomes Rocha; Ana Carolina Loss; Joyce Rodrigues Do Prado; Raiany Oliveira Reis; Rafaela Duda; Leonora Pires Costa
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MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL : A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occurrences in Portugal

Ecology
2022-02-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3654
Part of ISSN: 0012-9658
Part of ISSN: 1939-9170
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Rita Gomes Rocha

Morphological and molecular discordance in the taxonomic rearrangement of the Marmosops pinheiroi complex (Marsupialia: Didelphidae)

Systematics and Biodiversity
2021-10-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2021.1921877
Contributors: Roger Rodrigues Guimarães; Rita Gomes Rocha; Ana Carolina Loss; Ana Cristina Mendes-Oliveira; Bruce D. Patterson; Leonora Pires Costa
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The Multiple Origins of Roe Deer Populations in Western Iberia and Their Relevance for Conservation

Animals
2020-12-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/ani10122419
Contributors: Tânia Barros; Eduardo Ferreira; Rita Gomes Rocha; Gonçalo Brotas; Juan Carranza; Carlos Fonseca; Rita Tinoco Torres
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Consistent bear population DNA-based estimates regardless molecular markers type

Biological Conservation
2020-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108651
Part of ISSN: 0006-3207
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Rita Gomes Rocha

Demographic expansion of an African opportunistic carnivore during the Neolithic revolution

Biology Letters
2020-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2019.0560
Contributors: Ahmed Eddine; Rita Gomes Rocha; Noureddine Mostefai; Yamna Karssene; Koen De Smet; José Carlos Brito; Dick Klees; Casten Nowak; Berardino Cocchiararo; Susana Lopes et al.
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Alternated selection mechanisms maintain adaptive diversity in different demographic scenarios of a large carnivore

BMC Evolutionary Biology
2019-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-019-1420-5
Part of ISSN: 1471-2148
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Rita Gomes Rocha

Comparative phylogeography and demographic history of two marsupials of the Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research
2019-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12280
Part of ISSN: 0947-5745
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Rita Gomes Rocha

Cryptic diversity in the Oecomys roberti complex: revalidation of Oecomys tapajinus (Rodentia, Cricetidae)

Journal of Mammalogy
2018-02-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx149
Contributors: Rita G Rocha; Rafaela Duda; Tamara Flores; Rogério Rossi; Iracilda Sampaio; Ana C Mendes-Oliveira; Yuri L R Leite; Leonora P Costa
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Hybridization between wolf and domestic dog: First evidence from an endangered population in central Portugal

Mammalian Biology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2017.05.001
WOSUID:

WOS:000413132400011
Contributors: Torres, Rita Tinoco; Ferreira, Eduardo; Rocha, Rita Gomes; Fonseca, Carlos
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Public engagement offers insights on the Eurasian red squirrel distribution

European Journal of Wildlife Research
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-017-1145-y
WOSUID:

WOS:000414176500001
Contributors: Rocha, Rita Gomes; Vieira, Bianca Pinto; Rodrigues, Vanessa; Fonseca, Carlos
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Genetic signature of the northward expansion of the Egyptian mongoose Herpestes ichneumon (Herpestidae) in the Iberian Peninsula

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12743
WOSUID:

WOS:000379783400018
Contributors: Barros, Tania; Ferreira, Eduardo; Rocha, Rita Gomes; Gaubert, Philippe; Bandeira, Victor; Souto, Luis; Mira, Antonio; Fonseca, Carlos
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Mitochondrial demographic history of the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon), an expanding carnivore in the Iberian Peninsula

Mammalian Biology
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2015.09.003
WOSUID:

WOS:000372379500008
Contributors: Barros, Tania; Gaubert, Philippe; Rocha, Rita G.; Bandeira, Victor; Souto, Luis; Mira, Antonio; Fonseca, Carlos
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Neotropical forest expansion during the last glacial period challenges refuge hypothesis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1513062113
WOSUID:

WOS:000368617900052
Contributors: Leite, Yuri L. R.; Costa, Leonora P.; Loss, Ana Carolina; Rocha, Rita G.; Batalha-Filho, Henrique; Bastos, Alex C.; Quaresma, Valeria S.; Fagundes, Valeria; Paresque, Roberta; Passamani, Marcelo et al.
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The "Atlantis Forest hypothesis" adds a new dimension to Atlantic Forest biogeography REPLY

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1602391113
WOSUID:

WOS:000373762400002
Contributors: Leite, Yuri L. R.; Costa, Leonora P.; Loss, Ana Carolina; Rocha, Rita G.; Batalha-Filho, Henrique; Bastos, Alex C.; Quaresma, Valeria S.; Fagundesa, Valeria; Paresquee, Roberta; Passamani, Marcelo et al.
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Independent reversals to terrestriality in squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae) support ecologically mediated modes of adaptation

Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2016-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12975
Contributors: R. G. Rocha; Y. L. R. Leite; L. P. Costa; D. Rojas
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New records of Cryptonanus guahybae (Tate, 1931) in southern Brazil inferred from molecular and morphological data

Mammalia
2016-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2014-0071
Part of ISSN: 1864-1547
Part of ISSN: 0025-1461
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Critical steps to ensure the successful reintroduction of the Eurasian red squirrel

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
2015 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000368871500006
Contributors: Vieira, B. P.; Fonseca, C.; Rocha, R. G.
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DNA from owl pellet bones uncovers hidden biodiversity

Systematics and Biodiversity
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2015.1044048
WOSUID:

WOS:000354873800006
Contributors: Rocha, Rita Gomes; Justino, Juliana; Reis Leite, Yuri Luiz; Costa, Leonora Pires
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Influence of landscape heterogeneity and meteorological features on small mammal abundance and richness in a coastal wetland system, NW Portugal

European Journal of Wildlife Research
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-015-0952-2
WOSUID:

WOS:000361649600011
Contributors: Marques, Sara F.; Rocha, Rita G.; Mendes, Eduardo S.; Fonseca, Carlos; Ferreira, Joaquim P.
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The Araguaia River as an Important Biogeographical Divide for Didelphid Marsupials in Central Brazil

Journal of Heredity
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esv058
WOSUID:

WOS:000361764100002
Contributors: Rocha, Rita Gomes; Ferreira, Eduardo; Loss, Ana Carolina; Heller, Rasmus; Fonseca, Carlos; Costa, Leonora Pires
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Seasonal flooding regime and ecological traits influence genetic structure of two small rodents

2014 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/ece3.1336

EID:

2-s2.0-84919765772
Contributors: Rocha, R.G.; Ferreira, E.; Fonseca, C.; Justino, J.; Leite, Y.L.R.; Costa, L.P.
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Seasonally flooded stepping stones: emerging diversity of small mammal assemblage in the Amazonia-Cerrado ecotone, central Brazil

Zoological Studies
2014 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1186/s40555-014-0060-0
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Will an ancient refuge become a modern one? A critical review on the conservation and research priorities for the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in the Iberian peninsula

2014 | Journal article
DOI:

10.4404/hystrix-25.1-9496

EID:

2-s2.0-84902097379
Contributors: Rocha, R.G.; Wauters, L.A.; Mathias, M.L.; Fonseca, C.
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Structure of Small Mammal Assemblages Across Flooded and Unflooded Gallery Forests of the Amazonia-Cerrado Ecotone

Biotropica
2013 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/btp.12027
Contributors: Ramos Pereira, M.; Rocha, R.G.; Ferreira, E.; Fonseca, C.
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Highly conserved d-loop sequences in woolly mouse opossums Marmosa (Micoureus)

Mitochondrial DNA
2012 | Journal article
DOI:

10.3109/19401736.2012.660922
Contributors: Rocha, R.G.; Leite, Y.L.R.; Ferreira, E.; Justino, J.; Costa, L.P.
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Pipe refuge occupancy by herpetofauna in the Amazonia/Cerrado ecotone

Herpetological Journal
2012 | Journal article
EID: 2-s2.0-84857741639
Contributors: Ferreira, E.; Rocha, R.G.; Malvasio, A.; Fonseca, C.
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Taxonomic and conservation status of the elusive Oecomys cleberi (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) from central Brazil

Mammalian Biology
2012 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.mambio.2012.02.004
Contributors: Rocha, R.G.; Fonseca, C.; Zhou, Z.; Leite, Y.L.R.; Costa, L.P.
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Small mammals in the diet of barn owls, Tyto alba (Aves: Strigiformes) along the mid-araguaia river in central Brazil

Zoologia
2011 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1590/S1984-46702011000600003
Contributors: Rocha, R.G.; Ferreira, E.; Leite, Y.L.R.; Fonseca, C.; Costa, L.P.
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Small mammals of the mid-Araguaia river in Central Brazil, with the description of a new species of climbing rat

Zootaxa
2011 | Journal article
EID: 2-s2.0-79952543495
Contributors: Rocha, R.G.; Ferreira, E.; Costa, B.M.A.; Martins, I.C.M.; Leite, Y.L.R.; Costa, L.P.; Fonseca, C.
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Small mammals of the mid-Araguaia River in central Brazil, with the description of a new species of climbing rat

Zootaxa
2011 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000288195600001
Contributors: Rocha, R. G.; Ferreira, E.; Costa, B. M. A.; Martins, I. C. M.; Leite, Y. L. R.; Costa, L. P.; Fonseca, C.
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Peer review (3 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

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