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

Costa, H., Aranda, S.C., Lourenco, P., Medeiros, V., de Azevedo, E.B. & Silva, L. (2012). Predicting successful replacement of forest invaders by native species using species distribution models: The case of Pittosporum undulatum and Morella faya in the Azores. Forest Ecology and Management, 279, 90-96.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.05.022

Lourenco, P., Medeiros, V., Gil, A. & Silva, L. (2011). Distribution, habitat and biomass of Pittosporum undulatum, the most important woody plant invader in the Azores Archipelago. Forest Ecology and Management, 262, 178-187.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.021

Silva, L., Elias, R.B., Moura, M., Meimberg, H. & Dias, E. (2011). Genetic Variability and Differentiation Among Populations of the Azorean Endemic Gymnosperm Juniperus brevifolia: Baseline Information for a Conservation and Restoration Perspective. Biochemical Genetics, 49, 715-734.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-011-9445-5

Schaefer, H., Hardy, O.J., Silva, L., Barraclough, T.G. & Savolainen, V. (2011). Testing Darwin's naturalization hypothesis in the Azores. Ecology Letters, 14, 389-396.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01600.x

Martin, J.L., Cardoso, P., Arechavaleta, M., Borges, P.A.V., Faria, B.F., Abreu, C., et al. (2010). Using taxonomically unbiased criteria to prioritize resource allocation for oceanic island species conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation, 19, 1659-1682.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-010-9795-z

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