Joana Andrade

TL;DR: Designers will be able to compare and evaluate the consequences of different design solutions, based on preliminary data, and facilitate the collaboration between stakeholders and clients and eventually yield a sustainable and high performance building throughout its life cycle.

TL;DR: It is suggested that GAMs represent a convenient framework for modelling the large-scale distribution of shorebirds in intertidal areas from their physical characteristics.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed an alternative approach consisting of: (1) collating diverse survey data to maximise spatial and temporal coverage, (2) using detection functions to estimate variation in the surface area covered (km2) among these surveys, standardising measurements of effort and animal densities, and (3) developing species distribution models (SDM) that overcome issues with heterogeneous and uneven coverage.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed the effects of the Portuguese fishing fleet on seabird populations, bycatch was assessed in mainland coastal waters for 2010-2012, and the average catch per unit effort (CPUE) was 0.05 birds per fishing event.

TL;DR: The Tagus estuary, Portugal, is among the most important wetlands for waders in the East Atlantic Flyway as mentioned in this paper, and annual winter wader counts have been carried in this wetland since 1975 and a monthly roost-monitoring programme was implemented in 2007.