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

Silva, L., Dias, E.F., Sardos, J., Azevedo, E.B., Schaefer, H. & Moura, M. (2015). Towards a more holistic research approach to plant conservation: the case of rare plants on oceanic islands. Aob Plants, 7.

https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plv066

Dias, E.F., Moura, M., Schaefer, H. & Silva, L. (2015). Interactions between temperature, light and chemical promoters trigger seed germination of the rare Azorean lettuce, Lactuca watsoniana (Asteraceae). Seed Science and Technology, 43, 133-144.

https://doi.org/10.15258/sst.2015.43.2.05

Avila, S.P., Melo, C., Silva, L., Ramalho, R.S., Quartau, R., Hipolito, A., et al. (2015). A review of the MIS 5e highstand deposits from Santa Maria Island (Azores, NE Atlantic): palaeobiodiversity, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography. Quaternary Science Reviews, 114, 126-148.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.02.012

Teixeira, A., Mir, C., Silva, L.B., Hahndorf, I. & Silva, L. (2015). INVASIVE WOODLAND RESOURCES IN THE AZORES: BIOMASS AVAILABILITY FOR 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPLY IN GRACIOSA ISLAND. Papers of the 23rd European Biomass Conference: Setting the Course for a Biobased Economy.

Queiroz, R.E., Ventura, M.A. & Silva, L. (2014). Plant diversity in hiking trails crossing Natura 2000 areas in the Azores: implications for tourism and nature conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation, 23, 1347-1365.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-014-0669-7

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