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Community Ecology Lab

Our research explores the relationships between the structure, functioning, and resilience of biological communities, thus framing the main conservation issues at the community level. We often use bipartite or multilayer network analysis as a holistic viewpoint to assess the causes and consequences of environmental disturbances – such as biological invasions – on ecosystem services, mainly seed dispersal and pollination. Much of this work has been carried out on oceanic islands.

Research areas

  • Ecological networks
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Island biogeography
  • Seed Dispersal
  • Pollination
  • Biotic Invasions
  • Ecological Restoration
  • Conservation Biology

Team

RH
Ruben Heleno
Coordenador
ST
Sérgio Timóteo
JC
José Costa
FL
Francisco Alejandro López-Núñez
SH
Sandra Hervías-Parejo
MN
Mauro Nereu
PhD student
SM
Sara Mendes
PhD student
GF
Gonçalo Fino
MSc student
AM
Andreia Murta
MSc student
CG
Cátia Gamito
MSc student

Contacts

E-mail: rheleno@uc.pt
Telf: 239 240 783
(ext. 262383)

Website