Luís Filipe Dias e Silva

Researcher

Luís Silva is a Biologist and a PhD in Biology (Plant Ecology) with a professorship in Biology (Environmental and Ecological Statistics). He is a researcher from InBIO and the director of CIBIO-Azores.

He has published about 100 international and national publications, mainly in the areas of plant ecology, biological invasions, Azorean flora, endemic species, conservation and forest.

He has lectured at bachelor, master and PhD degree courses, mainly in the areas of biostatistics, quantitative methods, ecological statistics, ecology and conservation.

He is particularly interested in modeling species distribution, and community composition and structure, and in Bayesian statistical models. He has been focusing on forest research, through the involvement in several projects dedicated to the ecological and economic valorization of the Azorean forest.

He is also developing research devoted to plant, microbial and phylogenetic diversity in different types of pastureland. Presently, he is the Editor-in-Chief of Biochemical Genetics and, as Red List Authority Coordinator, he is a member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission.

At the University of the Azores, he integrates the Assembly of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, the Scientific Council, the Strategy and Evaluation Council, and the General Council.

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Publications

Pavao, D.C., Elias, R.B. & Silva, L. (2019). Comparison of discrete and continuum community models: Insights from numerical ecology and Bayesian methods applied to Azorean plant communities, 402, 93-106, .

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2019.03.021

Avila, S.P., Cordeiro, R., Madeira, P., Silva, L., Medeiros, A., Rebelo, A.C., et al. (2018). Global change impacts on large-scale biogeographic patterns of marine organisms on Atlantic oceanic islands. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 126, 101-112.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.10.087

Raposo, V.B., Melo, C.S., Silva, L., Ventura, A., Camara, R., Pombo, J., et al. (2018). Comparing Methods of Evaluation of Geosites: The Fossiliferous Outcrops of Santa Maria Island (Azores, NE Atlantic) as a Case Study for Sustainable Island Tourism. Sustainability, 10.

https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103596

Silva, L. (2018). A Brief History of Biochemical Genetics' 50 Years and a Reflection About Past and Present Research Directions. Biochemical Genetics, 56, 1-6.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-018-9846-9

Silva, L.B., Lourenco, P., Teixeira, A., Azevedo, E.B., Alves, M., Elias, R.B., et al. (2018). Biomass valorization in the management of woody plant invaders: The case of Pittosporum undulatum in the Azores. Biomass & Bioenergy, 109, 155-165.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2017.12.025

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