lurdes.cb.silva

Lurdes da Conceição Borges Silva
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Lurdes Borges Silva, she graduated in Biotechnology Engineering (2007).  Since 2012 holds a master’s degree in Plants Biodiversity and Biotechnology. In January of 2018, she completed her PhD (Biology) in Forest Management - Exotic Woodland, at University of Azores.

Currently, Lurdes Borges Silva is affiliated to the Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO-InBIO) performing research activity in invasive and endemic plants.

Research interests: Forest management, forest biomass, forest carbon stock, allometry, dendrometry, dendrochronology, invasive forests species, wood anatomy, forest ecosystems in islands, natural forests, ecological services, biodiversity patterns, population genetic patterns systems, phylogenetic studies,  morphologic studies and conservation of diversity on oceanic archipelagos.

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Silva, L.B., Silva, L., de Sequeira, M.M., Crawford, D.J., Mort, M.E., Elias, R.B., et al. (2026). Taxonomic reassessment of Tolpis (Asteraceae) in the Azores and Madeira archipelagos with description of new species. TAXON, 75.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.70204
Semedo, D., Pavão, D.C., Silva, L.B., Roxo, G., Resendes, R., Romeiras, M., et al. (2026). Climate-growth relationships in the introduced dominant woody tree Neltuma juliflora in Santiago Island, Cabo Verde Archipelago (Eastern Atlantic), 233, 105532.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2025.105532
Silva, L.B., Migeon, A., Auger, P., Andolina, F., Ferragut, F., Giordano, T., et al. (2025). The spider mite Oligonychus yothersi (Acari: Tetranychidae), a new alien pest in Europe: joint records from insular Portugal, Spain and Italy revealed by integrative taxonomy, 65, 1213-1224, .
https://doi.org/10.24349/vjai-u7f7
Roxo, G., Silva, L., Silva, L.B., Rego, R., Resendes, R. & Moura, M. (2024). Early detection of Youngia japonica (L.) DC. (Asteraceae) in São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. Invasive Plant Science and Management, 17, 3-8.
https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1017/inp.2023.32
Pavão, D.C., Jevšenak, J., Engblom, J., Silva, B., Elias, R.B. & Silva, L. (2023). Tree growth-climate relationship in the Azorean holly in a temperate humid forest with low thermal amplitude, 77, 126050.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2022.126050