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Francisco Dinis
Researcher at University of the Azores
Publications - 9
Citations - 491
Francisco Dinis is an academic researcher from University of the Azores. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biodiversity & Endemism. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 9 publications receiving 434 citations.
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Extinction debt on oceanic islands
Kostas A. Triantis,Paulo A. V. Borges,Richard J. Ladle,Joaquín Hortal,Pedro Cardoso,Clara Gaspar,Francisco Dinis,Enesima P. Mendonca,Lúcia M. A. Silveira,Rosalina Gabriel,Catarina Melo,Ana M. C. Santos,Isabel R. Amorim,Sérvio P. Ribeiro,Artur R. M. Serrano,Jose Alberto Quartau,Robert J. Whittaker +16 more
TL;DR: In this article, a method that uses the historical sequence of deforestation in the Azorean Islands, to calculate realistic and ecologically adjusted species-area relationships was used to reveal dramatic and hitherto unrecognized levels of extinction debt, as a result of the extensive destruction of the native forest.
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Ranking protected areas in the Azores using standardised sampling of soil epigean arthropods
Paulo A. V. Borges,C.E. Aguiar,João J. S. Amaral,Isabel R. Amorim,Genage Andre,Anabela Arraiol,Anabela Arraiol,Arturo Baz,Francisco Dinis,Henrik Enghoff,Clara Gaspar,Clara Gaspar,Fernando A. Ilharco,Volker Mahnert,Catarina Melo,Fernando Pereira,Jose Alberto Quartau,Sérvio P. Ribeiro,Jordi Ribes,Artur R. M. Serrano,Antonio B. Sousa,R. Z. Strassen,Luís Vieira,Virgílio Vieira,Álvaro Vitorino,Joerg Wunderlich +25 more
TL;DR: In this paper, 19 areas in seven of the nine Azorean islands were evaluated for species diversity and rarity based on soil epigean arthropods, and it was concluded that at least one well-managed reserve per island is absolutely necessary to have a good fraction of the endemic arthropod preserved.
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A spatial scale assessment of habitat effects on arthropod communities of an oceanic island
Pedro Cardoso,Silvia C. Aranda,Jorge M. Lobo,Francisco Dinis,Clara Gaspar,Paulo A. V. Borges +5 more
TL;DR: Local species richness, abundance and composition of arthropod communities are mostly determined by the presence of nearby natural forests and/or intensively managed pastures, however, semi-natural pastures and exotic forests seem to play an important role as corridors between natural forests for both endemic and native species.
Insect and spider rarity in an oceanic island (Terceira, Azores): true rare and pseudo-rare species
TL;DR: This study studies in detail the distribution patterns of four functional groups of endemic, native and exotic arthropod species in a well-studied island of the Azores archipelago (Terceira) and suggests several hypotheses for the patterns found.