luis.fd.silva

Luís Filipe Dias e Silva
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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

Marcelino, J.A.P., Weber, E., Silva, L., Garcia, P.V. & Soares, A.O. (2014). Expedient Metrics to Describe Plant Community Change Across Gradients of Anthropogenic Influence. Environmental Management, 54, 1121-1130.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-014-0321-z
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
Meireles, R.P., Keyser, D., Borges, P.A., Silva, L., Martins, A.M.D. & Avila, S.P. (2014). The shallow marine ostracod communities of the Azores (Mid-North Atlantic): taphonomy and palaeoecology. Geologica Acta, 12, 53-69.
https://doi.org/10.1344/105.000002073
Moura, M., Silva, L. & Caujape-Castells, J. (2013). Population genetics in the conservation of the Azorean shrub Viburnum treleasei Gand. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 299, 1809-1817.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-013-0836-4
Moreira, O.C.B., Martins, J.M., Sardos, J., Maciel, M.G.B., Silva, L. & Moura, M.M.T. (2013). Population genetic structure and conservation of the Azorean tree Prunus azorica (Rosaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution, 299, 1737-1748.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-013-0829-3