Anabela Marisa Azul
Phone: +351 239855210 ext. 148
e-mail: amjrazul@ci.uc.pt
Category: Associate Researcher (Ciência2009)
Department: Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Tecnology, University of Coimbra
Research Line: Biology, Ecology and Biotechnology of Fungi, Biodiversity and Ecosystems Functioning, Conservation Education, Mycosilviculture Services
Direct URL for this page: http://cfe.uc.pt/amazul
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Academic Achievements
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Associate Researcher 2009 to present | Post-Doc researcher (2003-2009), Project: "Diversity–Productivity Relationships in Managed Oak Woodlands Based on Biotechnological Applications With Edible Mycorrhizal Fungi" Centre of Functional Ecology and Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal, Supervisor: Helena Freitas | PhD thesis (1997-2002): "Diversity of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in Montado Ecosystems" Centre of Functional Ecology and Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal, Supervisor: Helena Freitas; Department Biology I, Organismic Biology: Mycology, München University (Germany), Supervisor: Reinhard Agerer | Graduation on Biology (1991-1996) Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal | Erasmus Internship (1994-1995) Department Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada (Spain); Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada.
Research Interests
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Biology, Ecology and Biotechnology of Fungi | Role of Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Ecosystem Functioning | Biomolecules from Fungi | Biotechnological Applications from Edible Mycorrhizal Fungi | Mycosilviculture Services | Truffières: Development of Tools for Sustainable Cultivation of Tuber borchii | Mycorrhizae Taxonomy and Ecology | Taxonomy and Ecology of Thelephoraceae (Tomentelloide fungi) | Mycology Conservation | Networking for Sustainable Development | Conservation Education Since Young Ages
Consultancy and advisement [ extension forestry ]

[ 2008 ] Ecological assessment: decline of cork oak forest in Morocco [ Al Maha Farm ]. AM Azul [ Centre for Functional Ecology , Department of Life Sciences, UC ], AC Olmeda [ Department of Agroforest Ecosystems, University Politécnica of Valencia, Spain], Marzanne Cromhout [ Wildlife Management; Al Maha ].

Projects
1. Applied science

2005-2008 "Multidisciplinary investigation on higher altitudinal grasses; emphasis on taxonomic status and conservation", FCT (POCTI/BIA-BDE/ 60937/2004), F Sales (Coordinator), AM Azul (Team Coordinator) responsable for the task "Effects of fire on the structural diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) communities" http://www.uc.pt/grasses

2003-2007 "Land use systems and mycorrhizal fungi in different types of Montado", FCT(POCTI/AGG/42349/2001), H Freitas (Coordinator), AM Azul (Team) responsable for the tasks: 1) "Monitoring ECM and bacteria in farm units located in Montemor-o-Novo (Alentejo)" and 2) "Effects of different shrub clear-cut methods in soil diversity and tree vitality" http://www.uc.pt/montado

2006-2008 "Ectomycorrhizal fungi communities in managed Castanea sativa Mill. forests in El Bierzo (León, Spain), "Influence of land use in ectomycorrhizae below-ground biodiversity", ULE2005-12, AT Alfonso (Coordinator) University of León, AM Azul Team Coordinator

1999-2002 "Land use system and mycorrhizal fungi diversity in different types of Montado: examples from Alentejo region", FCT (Praxis/P/AGR/ 11165/1998), 2000-2002, H Freitas (Coordinator), AM Azul PhD Fellow

1995 "Importância dos Microorganismos do Solo como Estratégia de Revegetação e Combate à Desertificação de Ecossistemas Semiáridos Mediterrânicos", CICYT, JM Barea (Coordinator), CSIC, Granada, Spain: NAT 91-1127. AM Azul Degree Report

 

 

2. Fundamental science

2006-2008 "Diversity of resupinate tomentelloid fungi above and below-ground in oak forests in Peninsula Ibérica", GRICES/CSIC, AM Azul and MP Martín (Coordinators)

2008 "Diversity of resupinate tomentelloid fungi above and below-ground in oak forests in Peninsula Ibérica", SYNTHESYS & European Commission of Trans-national Access to major Research Infrastructures (EC-funded IHP Programme), ES-TAF-3704, AM Azul (Coordinator), Dr. MP Martín (Scientific host)

2006-2008 "Flora Micológica Ibérica V", Plan Nacional de I+D+I, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, CGL2006-12732-C02-01/BOS) Dr. M Dueñas (Coordinator) RJB-CISC. AM Azul, descriptions of tomentelloid ectomycorrhizae from Peninsula Ibérica

2005-2007 "Interconexiones biogeográficas de los Corticiáceos (Aphyllophorales, Basidiomycota) macaronésicos", Plan Nacional I+D+I, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. Prof. MT Tellería (Coordinator) (RJB-CISC, Univ. Lisboa, Univ. País vasco, Univ. La Laguna). AM Azul, tomentelloid fungi database

2005 "Land use systems and ectomycorrhizal fungi diversity including resupinate tomentelloid fungi in oak forests", SYNTHESYS & European Commission of Trans-national Access to major Research Infrastructures (EC-funded IHP Programme), ES-TAF-413, AM Azul (Coordinator), Dr. MP Martín (Scientific host)

2002 "Diversity of ectomycorrhizae in cork oak trees" BIOD-IBERIA & European Commission of Trans-national Access to major Research Infrastructures (EC-funded IHP Programme), Project N. A69, AM Azul (Coordinator), Dr. MP Martín (Scientific host)

 

 

3. Conservation Education and Science Communication

2007-2008 "From seed to fruit: discovering the world of plants" Ciência Viva, Agencia Nacional para a Cultura Científica e Tecnológica (CV) POCI/III.1/2006-255/0226, AM Azul (Coordinator), http://www.uc.pt/sementeaofruto/

2007-2008 "Climate change: doing little may change a lot", CV/POCI/III.1/2007-39/306, C Schreck Reis (Coordinator), AM Azul (Team Coordinator), http://fazerpouco-mudarmuito.bot.uc.pt/

2007-2008 "Mushrooms of Paul da Madriz", CV/POCI/III.1/2006-230/201, PLemos (Coordinator), AM Azul (Team Coordinator) http://biotic.bot.uc.pt/

2006-2008 "Studying Biodiversity using imaging technologies", CV/POCI/VI/ID121, AM Azul (Coordinator), http://biotic.bot.uc.pt/

 

2006-2007 "Ensino experimental no bosque de Casal do Rei regeneração da biodiversidade após o fogo", CV/POCI/VI/1781, JC Conde (Coordinator), AM Azul (Team Coordinator)  http://www.cise-seia.org.pt/ho.....

2006-2008 "Experimental teaching of science in a living laboratory: Paúl da Madriz", CV/POCI/VI/0793, P Lemos (Coordinator), AM Azul (Team Coordinator) http://biotic.bot.uc.pt/

2006-2007 "From seed to fruit: discovering the world of plants", CV/POCI/VI/0225, CS Reis (Coordinator), AM Azul (Team Coordinator) http://www.uc.pt/sementeaofruto/

2006-2007 "Experimental teaching of science to discover Environment", CV/POCI/VI/0137, MAzenha (Coordinator), AM Azul (Team Coordinator)

Relevant advanced training

2008 - Maximum Speed, Maximum Results: A Hands-On Introduction to Tools and Methods for Accelerating Sustainable Development. Advisor: Alan AtKisson, AtKisson Group, during IUCN World Conservation Congress 5 - 14 October, Barcelona, Spain

2008 - Developing indicator frameworks: What difference is education for sustainable development (ESD) making? Advisor: Prof. Daniella Tilbury (Director of Sustainability, University of Gloucestershire), during IUCN World Conservation Congress 5-14 October, Barcelona, Spain

2008 - Visualizing Sustainable Future. Advisors: Enrique J. Lahmann (IUCN World Conservation Congress Manager) and Dr. Agni Klintuni Boedhhartono (IUCN Forest Conservation Programme), during IUCN World Conservation Congress 5-14 October, Barcelona, Spain

2008 - Forest Carbon Inventory and Accounting. Advisor: Dr Coeli M. Hoover (Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Canada), during IUCN World Conservation Congress 5-14 October, Barcelona, Spain

2008 - The use of Generalized Linear Models (GLM) and
Generalized Additive Models (GAM) in Ecology.  Advisors: Zurr A and Leno E, 3-7 March; Multivariate statistical tools in Ecology and Ecotoxicology. Sousa JP, 10-14 March, IMAR-FCTUC, Coimbra

2007 - IV workshop on Science Communication, 10-22 September, CNC, University of Coimbra

1998 - DNA-based methods for identification of ectomycorrhizae. Advisors: Karen O, Jonsson L and Martín, MP, Dept. Forest Mycology and Pathology (SLU), June, Uppsala, Sweden

1997 - Water and Sediment Ecotoxicology Risk Assessment and Soil Management. Advisor: Soares, A. September, IMAR-Department Zoology, FCTUC

1997 - Ecophysiological Responses of Ecosystems to Global Change. Advisor: Freitas H.  May, IMAR-Department Zoology, FCTUC

1997 - Plant and Animal Interactions. Advisor: Paiva J. June, IMAR-Department Zoology, FCTUC

1997 - Environment Management and Modeling. Advisor: Marques JC.  September, IMAR-Department Zoology, FCTUC

Conservation Education and Science Communication

COURSES accredited by Board-Continuing Educational Training

2009 | Teaching of science-based trial in preschoolers and primary school: discovering the world of fungi. Training Centre of The Earth and Life (CFAV), Centre for Functional Ecology (CEF-FCTUC), Portuguese Association of Teachers of Biology and Geology (APPBG) (25h; Credit Unit 1.5)  2008, 2009 | Teaching of science-based trial in preschoolers and primary school. From seed to fruit: the discovery of the world of plants. CFAV, CEF-FCTUC, APPBG (25h; Credit Unit 1.5)  2008, 2006, 2005 | Methods used in ecology for the experimental teaching of science. CFAV, APPBG (25h; Credit Unit 1.5)  2004, 2003 | Diversity of mushrooms in forest and man-made systems in the region of Coimbra. CFAV, APPBG (25h; Credit Unit 1.5)

 

ORGANIZATION courses | workshops | expositions

2007 | Workshop Da Semente ao Fruto: À Descoberta do Mundos das Plantas! Azul AM and Reis CS, 19-24 November, Department of Botany, Coimbra University. 2007 | Exposition to pre-schoolars From Seed to Fruit: Discovering the World of Plants. Reis CS and Azul AM. 28 May-16June, Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Coimbra University. 2006 | II Curso de Actualização em Biologia A Biologia e os Desafios da Actualidade. Azenha M, Santos N and Azul AM, 20 October, promoted by APPBG. Biocant Park, Cantanhede. 2006 | Workshop Colheita e Conservação de Material Biológico. Sales F and Azul AM. 15 March Department Botany, Coimbra University.

 

INVITED courses | workshops | seminars

2008 | Workshop Ciência em Família: Descobre as Plantas!  Azul AM, Reis CS and Azenha M, promoted by Science Museum of Coimbra University, 2 November, Coimbra.  2008 | Course Descobre as Plantas! Azul AM, promoted by the European Project Pollen, Ciência Viva, Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica e Tecnológica. (1) 24 April, (2) 25 July, Lisboa.  2007 | Workshop Da Semente ao Fruto: à descoberta do mundo das plantas!” Azul AM and Reis CS, promoted by Fábrica – Centro Ciência Viva, 6 December, Aveiro. 2007 |  Workshop “Ciência a Brincar 6: Descobre as Plantas!” Reis CS, Azul AM and Azenha M, promoted by Science Museum of Coimbra University, 20 November, Coimbra.  

  

INVITED SEMINARS in schools 

2007 | Ensino experimental no Bosque de Casal do Rei: estudo da biodiversidade após o fogo. Escola de Loriga, Seia.  2006 | Sobre a diversidade de micorrizas e o funcionamento dos ecossistemas florestais mediterrânicos. (1) Escola básica dos 2º e 3º ciclos de Sta Comba Dão. (2) Colégio de S. Miguel, Fátima. http://www.csmiguel.pt/mico/  2004 | O maravilhoso mundo dos fungos. Escola Secundária Domingues Sequeira, Leiria.

  • Value MicotecTruf – Value Mycology-Technology-Truficulture (see details)
  • RESCOE - Risk Assessment And Ecological Sustainability of Cork Oak in Montado Ecosystems (see details)
  • Land Use Systems and Mycorrhizal Fungi Diversity in “montado” Ecosystems (see details)
  • Azul AM, Sousa JP, Agerer R, Martín MP & Freitas H (2010) Land use practices and ectomycorrhizal fungal communities from oak woodlands dominated by Quercus suber L. considering drought scenarios. Mycorrhiza. 20, 2, 73-88 . (see details)
  • Azul AM, Castro P, Sousa JP, Freitas H (2009) Diversity and fruiting patterns of ectomycorrhizal and saprobic fungi as indicators of land use severity in managed woodlands dominated by Quercus suber L. - a case study from South Portugal. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 39, 12, 2404-2417. (see details)
  • Azul AM, Ramos V, Pato A, Azenha M, Freitas H (2008) Mycorrhiza in the Mediterranean Basin: safety teaching and training. Journal of Biological Education. 42, 3, 54-61. (see details)
    Link: http://www.iob.org/userfiles/File/JBE_42_3_Azul.pdf
  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Martín MP, Freitas H (2008) “Quercirhiza tomentelloepidermoidea” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 11/12, 131-134. (see details)
  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Martín MP, Freitas H (2008) “Quercirhiza tomentellostellata” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 11/12, 141-146. (see details)
  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Martín MP, Freitas H (2008) “Quercirhiza tomenteloreticulata” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 11/12, 135-139. (see details)
  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Martín MP, Freitas H (2008) “Quercirhiza tomentellocumulata” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 11/12, 125-130. (see details)
  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H (2001) “Quercirhiza ectendotrophica” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 5, 67-72. (see details)
    Link: http://www.deemy.de/
  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H (2001) “Quercirhiza internangularis” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 5, 79-83. (see details)
    Link: http://www.deemy.de/
  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H (2001) “Quercirhiza pedicae” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 5, 85-91. (see details)
    Link: http://www.deemy.de/
  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H (2001) “Quercirhiza russulocystidiata” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 5, 93-98. (see details)
    Link: http://www.deemy.de/
  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H (2001) “Quercirhiza sclerotiigera” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 5, 99-105. (see details)
    Link: http://www.deemy.de/
  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H (1999) “Quercirhiza nodulosomorpha” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 4, 103-108. (see details)
    Link: http://www.deemy.de/
  • Azul AM & Freitas H. (1998) “Estudo da micorrização de Q. suber L. em condições naturais (populações de Grândola e Santiago do Cacém). Revista de Biologia. 16, 231-234. (see details)
  • Azul AM, Ramos V, Sales F (2010) Early effects of fire on herbaceous vegetation and mycorrhizal symbiosis in high altitude grasslands of Natural Park of Estrela Mountain (PNSE). Symbiosis. in press, (see details)
  • Azul AM, Mendes SM, Sousa JP , Freitas H (2010) Fungal fruitbodies and soil macrofauna as indicators of land use practices on soil biodiversity in Montado. Agroforestry Systems . online first, (see details)
    Link: http://www.springerlink.com/content/g5v1135r6267g161/
  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H (2006) “Quercirhiza lanatriangularis” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 9/10, 99-103. (see details)
    Link: http://www.deemy.de/
  • Azul AM, Martín MP, Agerer R, Freitas H (2006) “Quercirhiza tomentellofuniculosa” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 9/10, (see details)
    Link: http://www.deemy.de/
  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H (2006) “Quercirhiza stelladuplicata” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 9/10, 105-109. (see details)
    Link: http://www.deemy.de/
  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Martín MP, Freitas H (2006) “Quercirhiza summatriangularis” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 9/10, 111-114. (see details)
    Link: http://www.deemy.de/
  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H (2006) “Quercirhiza tomentellocystidiata” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 9/10, 115-119. (see details)
    Link: http://www.deemy.de/
  • Azul AM, Martín MP, Agerer R, Freitas H (2006) “Quercirhiza flavocystidiata” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 9/10, 93-97. (see details)
    Link: http://www.deemy.de/
  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H (2006) “Quercirhiza dendrohyfidiomorpha” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 9/10, 87-91. (see details)
    Link: http://www.deemy.de/
  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H (2006) “Quercirhiza annelata” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 9/10, 69-73. (see details)
    Link: http://www.deemy.de/
  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H (2006) “Quercirhiza ateracusrugosa” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 9/10, 75-79. (see details)
    Link: http://www.deemy.de/
  • Azul AM, Martín MP, Agerer R, Freitas H (2006) “Quercirhiza auraterocystidiata” + Quercus suber L. Descr. Ectomyc. 9/10, 81-86. (see details)
    Link: http://www.deemy.de/
  • Azul AM, Azenha M, Pato AR, Cabral C, Costa C, Oliveira F, Santos M, Freire F, Monteiro T, Valadares C, Cunha LV (2005) Métodos Utilizados em Ecologia para o Ensino Experimental das Ciências. Boletim da Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Biologia e Geologia. 25, 32-46. (see details)
  • Azul AM, Freitas H (2005) Sobre a diversidade de micorrizas e o funcionamento dos ecossistemas florestais mediterrânicos. Anais Associação Micológica A Pantorra. 5, 45-58. (see details)
  • Azul AM (2004) À Descoberta de Cogumelos na Cidade de Coimbra: Mata de Vale de Canas e Vale do Inferno. Boletim da Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Biologia e Geologia. 23, 110-125. (see details)
  • Reis CS, Azul AM, Azenha M(2007) Descobre as Plantas!. Ciência a Brincar. Lisboa. Editorial Bizâncio Lta. Vol 6. 64. pp see details Link:
    http://www.editorial-bizancio.pt/coleccoes.php?col=19&id=370


  • Azul AM, Reis CS, Pimenta MC(2007) Da Semente ao Fruto: À Descoberta do Mundo das Plantas.. [s.l.]: [s.n.]. see details


  • Suz LM, Azul AM, Morris MH, Bledsoe CS, Martín MP(2008) Morphotyping and Molecular Methods to Characterize Ectomycorrhizal Roots and Hyphae in Soil In: Molecular Mechanisms of Plant and Microbe Coexistence. Nautiyal CS, Dion P . (eds) Soil Biology . Springer-Verlag . Berlin-Heidelberg . Vol 15. 437-474pp see details Link:
    http://www.springerlink.com/content/n63t8856553j03ku/


  • Azul AM(2008) Que força têm as raízes? In: Descobre o Património!. Providência C and Fiolhais C. (eds) Ciência a Brincar. Editorial Bizâncio Lda. Lisboa. Vol 8. 18-19pp see details Link:
    http://www.editorial-bizancio.pt/coleccoes.php?col=19&id=397


  • Azul AM(2008) Porque é que se formam fungos nos edifícios? In: Descobre o Património!. Providência C and Fiolhais C. (eds) Ciência a Brincar. Editorial Bizâncio Lda. Lisboa. Vol 8. 30-31pp see details Link:
    http://www.editorial-bizancio.pt/coleccoes.php?col=19&id=397


  • Azul AM, Azul AM, Agerer R, Martín MP, Freitas H, Agerer R, Freitas H(2006) Quercirhiza tomentellocystidiata In: Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae. Agerer R. (eds) Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd. see details


  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Martín MP, Freitas H(2006) Quercirhiza summatriangularis In: Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae. Agerer R. (eds) Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd. see details


  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H(2006) Quercirhiza stelladuplicata In: Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae. Agerer R. (eds) Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd. see details


  • Azul AM, Martín MP, Agerer R, Freitas H(2006) Quercirhiza flavocystidiata In: Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae. Agerer R. (eds) Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd. see details


  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H(2006) Quercirhiza annelata In: Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae. Agerer R. (eds) Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd. see details


  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H(2006) Quercirhiza ateracusrugosa In: Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae. Agerer R. (eds) Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd. see details


  • Azul AM, Martín MP, Agerer R, Freitas H(2006) Quercirhiza auraterocystidiata In: Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae. Agerer R. (eds) Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd. see details


  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H(2006) Quercirhiza sclerotiigera In: Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae. Agerer R. (eds) Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd. see details


  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H(2006) Quercirhiza internangularis In: Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae. Agerer R. (eds) Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd. see details


  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H(2006) Quercirhiza dendrohyfidiomorpha In: Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae. Agerer R. (eds) Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd. see details


  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H(2006) Quercirhiza ectendotrophica In: Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae. Agerer R. (eds) Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd. see details


  • Azul AM, Agerer R, Freitas H(2006) Quercirhiza pedicae In: Colour Atlas of Ectomycorrhizae. Agerer R. (eds) Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd. see details


  • Azul AM.(2002) Diversidade de fungos ectomicorrízicos em ecossistemas de Montado. Coimbra University. 769pp. see details


  • Azul AM.(1999) Ectomicorrizas associadas ao sobreiro (Quercus suber L.) . Coimbra University. MSc. Thesis. 195pp. see details


  • Azul AM, Mendes S, Sousa JP, Freitas H (2008) Parâmetros biológicos eficazes no diagnóstico da sustentabilidade e da vulnerabilidade da micobiota do solo em ecossistemas de montado: cogumelos e macrofauna do solo (ORAL COMMUNICATION). 11º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia. 20-22 November, Vila Real, Portugal. see details


  • Barrico L, Castro P, Pereira Coutinho A, Azul AM & Freitas H (2008) O desenvolvimento urbano e a conservação da biodiversidade: apresentação de um caso de estudo na cidade de Coimbra. 11º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia. 20-22 November, Vila Real, Portugal. see details


  • Sales F, Ramos V, Azul AM (2008) Características do coberto vegetal e diversidade de fungos micorrízicos nos cervunais da serra da estrela: reflexão sobre os impactes ecológicos e gestão dos recursos naturais. 11º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia. 20-22 November, Vila Real, Portugal. see details


  • Azul AM, Schreck Reis C, Pais T, Freitas H (2008) Uma proposta de ensino das alterações climáticas a crianças em idade escolar. 11º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia. 20-22 November, Vila Real, Portugal. see details


  • Montalvão I, Torres J, Honrado J, Azul AM (2008) Comunidade pós-fogo em bosques de Quercus robur L.: papel dos fungos ectomicorrízicos como mediadores na recuperação do ecossistema (ORAL COMMUNICATION). 11º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia. 20-22 November, Vila Real, Portugal. see details


  • Azul AM, Mendes S, Sousa JP, Freitas H (2008) Fungi fruitbodies and soil macrofauna as indicators of land-use severity in cork oak woodlands. Abstracts EURECO - GFOE Biodiversity in an Ecosystem Context. 15-19 September, Leipzig, Germany. see details


  • Azul AM, Freitas H (2007) Cogumelos silvestres em áreas de Montado: Impactes do uso do solo na diversidade e abundância de fungos micorrízicos e saprófitas (INVITED COMMUNICATION)). Jornada de Macromicologia. 10 October, Lisboa, Portugal. see details


  • Sales F, Dinis A, Azul AM (2007) A conservação dos cervunais no desenvolvimento local.. VII Jornadas sobre Conservação da Natureza: Áreas Protegidas, Educação para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável. 21-22 April, Seia, Portugal. see details


  • Azul AM, Castro P, Freitas H (2007) Impacts of land use management in oak woodlands dominated by Quercus suber L. on fruitbody and fruiting patterns of ectomycorrhizal fungi and saprobes (INVITED COMMUNICATION). Abstracts 1st World Conference on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Wild Fungi (World Fungi 2007). 10-17 December, Cordoba, Spain. see details


  • Azul AM, Reis CS, Pimenta MC (2007) From Seed to Fruit: communicating science to pre-schoolers (ORAL COMMUNICATION). II Encontro Comunicar Ciência: Reunião Nacional de Comunicadores de Ciência. 16 Junho, Porto, Portugal. see details


  • Reis CS, Azul AM, Pimenta MC (2007) From Seed to Fruit - Discovering the world of plants. Abstracts Simpósio da Associação Ibero-Macaronésica de Jardins Botânicos: Ensino e Divulgação das Ciências da Natureza (ORAL COMMUNICATION). 4-6 June , Coimbra, Portugal. see details


  • Azul AM, Martín MP, Agerer R, Sousa JP, Freitas H (2006) Land-use history and ectomycorrhizal fungi richness and diversity patterns in managed European Mediterranean oak woodlands: Alentejo region, Portugal (ORAL COMMUNICATION). Abstracts ICOM V – 5th International Conference on Mycorrhiza. 23-27 July, Granada, Spain. see details


  • Azul AM, Ramos V, Sales F (2006) Vegetation cover diversity and mycorrhizal fungi patterns in a biogenetic reserve: after fire communities in Serra da Estrela grassland, Portugal. Abstracts ICOM V – 5th International Conference on Mycorrhiza. 23-27 July, Granada, Spain. see details


  • Azul AM, Freitas H (2004) Diversidade de fungos ectomicorrízicos associados ao sobreiro em sistemas de Montado. I Congresso Ibérico da Ciência do Solo. Bragança, Portugal. see details


  • Azul AM, Freitas H (2002) Diversidade de fungos ectomicorrízicos em ecossistemas de montado (ORAL COMMUNICATION). I Colóquio sobre a Flora e a Fauna dos Montados. 22 Setembro, Grândola, Portugal. see details


  • Azul AM, Freitas H (2000) Diversidade de cogumelos e de micorrizas em áreas de Montado (Alentejo) (ORAL COMMUNICATION). I Congresso Ibérico de Ecologia. Santiago de Compostela, Spain. see details


  • Azul AM, Freitas H (1999) O Uso e a Ocupação do Solo e a Diversidade de Fungos Micorrízicos nos Ecossistemas de Montado Portugueses (Alentejo). 4º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia . Dezembro, Aveiro, Portugal. see details


  • Azul AM, Freitas H (1999) Mycorrhizal fungi and their application to forestation programmes with cork oak (Quercus suber L.) (INVITED COMMUNICATION). I Congreso sobre Hongos en los Ámbitos Agrícola y Forestal en el Sudoeste de la Peninsula Ibérica: Micorrización. Cáceres, Spain. see details


  • Azul AM, Freitas H (1999) Ectomycorrhiza associated with cork oak (Quercus suber L.) in natural conditions (Southern Portugal). XIII Congress of European Mycologists. Alcalá de Henares, Spain. see details


  • Gonçalves MT, Azul AM, Gonçalves SC, Portugal A, Vieira R, Pinto-Correia T, Freitas H (1999) A project to evaluate the effects of different land use systems in montados ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi diversity. Proceedings I Congreso sobre Hongos en los Ámbitos Agrícola y Forestal en el Sudoeste de la Peninsula Ibérica: Micorrización. Cáceres, Spain. see details


  • Azul AM, Freitas H (1998) Ectomycorrhizas in association with two populations of Quercus suber L. from Grândola and Santiago do Cacém in Southern Portugal. ICOM II - 2nd International Conference on Mycorrhiza. Upssala, Sweden. see details


  • Azul AM, Freitas H (1997) Estudo da micorrização de Q. suber L. em condições naturais (populações de Grândola e Santiago do Cacém). 2º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia . Coimbra, Portugal. see details


  • Azul AM, Freitas H (1996) Estudo das micorrizas de Cistus ladanifer L., Cistus salvifolius L., e Lavandula sampaiana L., de duas regiões mediterrânicas. 1º Encontro Nacional de Ecologia . 6-7 December, Oeiras, Portugal. see details


  • Sales F, Dinis A, Azul AM(2007) A Conservação dos Cervunais no Desenvolvimento Local. Proceedings VII Jornadas sobre Conservação da Natureza: Áreas Protegidas, Educação para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Seia. see details


  • Azul AM(2003) Diversidade de Macrofungos em Sistemas Naturais e em Sistemas de Produção Florestal e Agrícola da Região Centro. Educational booklet to be used as a teaching resource in schools, 120pp. see details