IENE 2020 International Conference “LIFE LINES – Linear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions””. Programme Book,

In the past 12 to 14 of January 2021, the University of Évora, in the framework of the LIFE LINES project, and the Infrastructure and Ecology Network Europe held the online event IENE International Conference, under the theme “LIFE LINES – Linear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions”. The local organising committee of the IENE 2020 had contributors from several institutions including the Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development; REN; Infrastructures of Portugal; and the Municipalities of Montemor-o-Novo and Évora. This was the first IENE International Conference entirely online and participants could attend it from home and working place, regardless of their location in the world. We had 293 confirmed attendees (from 354 registered) from 40 different countries representing the five continents. During three days, participants were able to assist to 115 full oral presentations, 36 lightning talks, 13 workshops and chat with 40 posters authors, representing studies and projects worldwide. The event counted with 50 thematic sessions, running in five parallel sessions mixing live and pre-recorded interventions

IENE 2020 International Conference LIFE LINES – Linear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions. Abstract Book

In the past 12 to 14 of January 2021, the University of Évora, in the framework of the LIFE LINES project, and the Infrastructure and Ecology Network Europe held the online event IENE International Conference, under the theme “LIFE LINES – Linear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions”. We had 293 attendees from 40 different countries representing the five continents. During three days, participants were able to assist to 115 full oral presentations, 36 lightning talks, 13 workshops and chat with 40 posters authors, representing studies and projects worldwide. The event counted with 50 thematic sessions, running in five parallel sessions mixing live and pre-recorded interventions

Guião de Boas Práticas para Monitorização e Registo de Dados de Mortalidade de Fauna por Atropelamento

O presente guião de boas práticas pretende reunir e divulgar os procedimentos inerentes à recolha e processamento de informação relativa a observações de fauna atropelada, tendo como base a experiência adquirida ao longo do projeto LIFE LINES (LIFE14 NAT/ PT/001081) e outros anteriores, como o projeto MOVE da Universidade de Évora. Trata-se de um guião que aponta à disseminação e divulgação de aspetos básicos ou introdutórios relativos à implementação de um plano de monitorização de fauna atropelada, sendo direcionado sobretudo a atores nas áreas de monitorização ambiental, agentes camarários ou de governança local, ou cidadãos sensibilizados. Pretende-se desta forma fornecer as bases essenciais para que, através da adoção de Boas Práticas na monitorização e registo de fauna por atropelamento, se possa contribuir para o desenvolvimento de esforços na mitigação de mortalidade e prevenção na segurança rodoviária, desde uma escala local a nacional.LIFE-LINES (LIFE14 NAT / PT / 001081) – Rede de Infraestruturas Lineares com Soluções Ecológicas Projeto co-financiado a 60% pelo Programa LIFE – Natureza e Biodiversidade da Comissão Europei

Best practice guide for monitoring and recording fauna mortality data from roadkill. LIFE LINES Project.

This best practice guide gathers and presents the procedures for the collection and treatment of information from recorded fauna roadkill, based on the experience acquired in the framework of the LIFE LINES (LIFE14 NAT/ PT/001081) project and others, such as MOVE project, conducted by the University of Évora. This guide presents basic or introductory aspects related with the implementation of a roadkill monitoring plan and is mainly directed to those involved in environmental monitoring, municipalities or local governances, and even concerned citizens. By offering the essential bases to adopt best practices for monitoring and recording roadkill, this guide is expected to help developing actions to mitigate fauna mortality and to increase road safety at local and national scales.LIFE-LINES (LIFE14 NAT / PT / 001081) Linear Infrastructure Networks with Ecological Solutions 60% co-financed project by the LIFE - Nature and Biodiversity Program of the European Commissio

MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL: A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occurrences in Portugal

Mammals are threatened worldwide, with ~26% of all species being included in the IUCN threatened categories. This overall pattern is primarily associated with habitat loss or degradation, and human persecution for terrestrial mammals, and pollution, open net fishing, climate change, and prey depletion for marine mammals. Mammals play a key role in maintaining ecosystems functionality and resilience, and therefore information on their distribution is crucial to delineate and support conservation actions. MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL is a publicly available data set compiling unpublished georeferenced occurrence records of 92 terrestrial, volant, and marine mammals in mainland Portugal and archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira that includes 105,026 data entries between 1873 and 2021 (72% of the data occurring in 2000 and 2021). The methods used to collect the data were: live observations/captures (43%), sign surveys (35%), camera trapping (16%), bioacoustics surveys (4%) and radiotracking, and inquiries that represent less than 1% of the records. The data set includes 13 types of records: (1) burrows | soil mounds | tunnel, (2) capture, (3) colony, (4) dead animal | hair | skulls | jaws, (5) genetic confirmation, (6) inquiries, (7) observation of live animal (8), observation in shelters, (9) photo trapping | video, (10) predators diet | pellets | pine cones/nuts, (11) scat | track | ditch, (12) telemetry and (13) vocalization | echolocation. The spatial uncertainty of most records ranges between 0 and 100 m (76%). Rodentia (n =31,573) has the highest number of records followed by Chiroptera (n = 18,857), Carnivora (n = 18,594), Lagomorpha (n = 17,496), Cetartiodactyla (n = 11,568) and Eulipotyphla (n = 7008). The data set includes records of species classified by the IUCN as threatened (e.g., Oryctolagus cuniculus [n = 12,159], Monachus monachus [n = 1,512], and Lynx pardinus [n = 197]). We believe that this data set may stimulate the publication of other European countries data sets that would certainly contribute to ecology and conservation-related research, and therefore assisting on the development of more accurate and tailored conservation management strategies for each species. There are no copyright restrictions; please cite this data paper when the data are used in publications

MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL : A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occurrences in P ortugal

Mammals are threatened worldwide, with 26% of all species being includedin the IUCN threatened categories. This overall pattern is primarily associatedwith habitat loss or degradation, and human persecution for terrestrial mam-mals, and pollution, open net fishing, climate change, and prey depletion formarine mammals. Mammals play a key role in maintaining ecosystems func-tionality and resilience, and therefore information on their distribution is cru-cial to delineate and support conservation actions. MAMMALS INPORTUGAL is a publicly available data set compiling unpublishedgeoreferenced occurrence records of 92 terrestrial, volant, and marine mam-mals in mainland Portugal and archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira thatincludes 105,026 data entries between 1873 and 2021 (72% of the data occur-ring in 2000 and 2021). The methods used to collect the data were: live obser-vations/captures (43%), sign surveys (35%), camera trapping (16%),bioacoustics surveys (4%) and radiotracking, and inquiries that represent lessthan 1% of the records. The data set includes 13 types of records: (1) burrowsjsoil moundsjtunnel, (2) capture, (3) colony, (4) dead animaljhairjskullsjjaws, (5) genetic confirmation, (6) inquiries, (7) observation of live animal (8),observation in shelters, (9) photo trappingjvideo, (10) predators dietjpelletsjpine cones/nuts, (11) scatjtrackjditch, (12) telemetry and (13) vocalizationjecholocation. The spatial uncertainty of most records ranges between 0 and100 m (76%). Rodentia (n=31,573) has the highest number of records followedby Chiroptera (n=18,857), Carnivora (n=18,594), Lagomorpha (n=17,496),Cetartiodactyla (n=11,568) and Eulipotyphla (n=7008). The data setincludes records of species classified by the IUCN as threatened(e.g.,Oryctolagus cuniculus[n=12,159],Monachus monachus[n=1,512],andLynx pardinus[n=197]). We believe that this data set may stimulate thepublication of other European countries data sets that would certainly contrib-ute to ecology and conservation-related research, and therefore assisting onthe development of more accurate and tailored conservation managementstrategies for each species. There are no copyright restrictions; please cite thisdata paper when the data are used in publications.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Mammals in Portugal: a data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occurrences in Portugal

Mammals are threatened worldwide, with ~26% of all species being included in the IUCN threatened categories. This overall pattern is primarily associated with habitat loss or degradation, and human persecution for terrestrial mammals, and pollution, open net fishing, climate change, and prey depletion for marine mammals. Mammals play a key role in maintaining ecosystems functionality and resilience, and therefore information on their distribution is crucial to delineate and support conservation actions. MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL is a publicly available data set compiling unpublished georeferenced occurrence records of 92 terrestrial, volant, and marine mammals in mainland Portugal and archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira that includes 105,026 data entries between 1873 and 2021 (72% of the data occurring in 2000 and 2021). The methods used to collect the data were: live observations/captures (43%), sign surveys (35%), camera trapping (16%), bioacoustics surveys (4%) and radiotracking, and inquiries that represent less than 1% of the records. The data set includes 13 types of records: (1) burrows | soil mounds | tunnel, (2) capture, (3) colony, (4) dead animal | hair | skulls | jaws, (5) genetic confirmation, (6) inquiries, (7) observation of live animal (8), observation in shelters, (9) photo trapping | video, (10) predators diet | pellets | pine cones/nuts, (11) scat | track | ditch, (12) telemetry and (13) vocalization | echolocation. The spatial uncertainty of most records ranges between 0 and 100 m (76%). Rodentia (n =31,573) has the highest number of records followed by Chiroptera (n = 18,857), Carnivora (n = 18,594), Lagomorpha (n = 17,496), Cetartiodactyla (n = 11,568) and Eulipotyphla (n = 7008). The data set includes records of species classified by the IUCN as threatened (e.g., Oryctolagus cuniculus [n = 12,159], Monachus monachus [n = 1,512], and Lynx pardinus [n = 197]). We believe that this data set may stimulate the publication of other European countries data sets that would certainly contribute to ecology and conservation-related research, and therefore assisting on the development of more accurate and tailored conservation management strategies for each species. There are no copyright restrictions; please cite this data paper when the data are used in publications

Avaliação do efeito barreira das estradas na abundância e uso do espaço do rato-do-campo (Apodemus sylvaticus)

As estradas são essenciais ao desenvolvimento da economia, mas também um dos maiores problemas de conservação. Porém, os seus efeitos nas populações de micromamíferos são controversos. Este estudo pretendeu quantificar o efeito da estrada nos parâmetros populacionais e no padrão espacial do rato-do-campo (Apodemus sylvaticus) incluindo os efeitos do microhabitat. Uma área de montado atravessada por uma estrada e outra sem o efeito de estrada (controlo) foram comparadas no sul de Portugal. Os parâmetros populacionais avaliaram-se pelo modelo robusto de Pollock. O efeito do microhabitat no uso do espaço verificou-se através de modelos lineares mistos generalizados (GLMM). Os resultados sugerem que a presença da estrada afecta negativamente os parâmetros populacionais do rato-do-campo. Contudo, na presença da estrada, as bermas parecem ser mais benéficas para esta espécie do que as áreas sem efeito de estrada. Os resultados revelam também a importância de diferentes características de microhabitat para cada população de Apodemus sylvaticus. – ABSTRACT: Roads are essential for economic development but they are also a global concern in wildlife conservation. Nevertheless, there is a controversy about the effects of roads on small mammals. The main goal of this study was to quantify the effect of the road in the population parameters and in the spatial pattern of the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) including microhabitat effects. We compared populations of two areas: one crossed by a national road and other without the effect of a road in southern Portugal. We used Pollock's robust design to evaluate population parameters. Generalized linear mixed models were used to analyse the microhabitat effect. Our results suggest that the presence of the road negatively affects population parameters of wood mouse. However, in the presence of the road, road verges seem to be more suitable for the species than roadless areas. Our results also revealed the importance of different microhabitat characteristics, for each population of wood mouse

Road effects on demographic traits of small mammal populations

Recent studies have highlighted the positive effects of road verges on the abundance of small mammals. However, most of these studies occurred in intensively grazed or cultivated areas, where verges were the last remnants of suitable habitats, which could mask the true effects of roads on population traits. We analysed the effects of roads on small mammal populations living in a well-preserved Mediterranean forest. We used the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) as a model of forest-dwelling small mammals that probably are among the species most affected by road clearings. Our study compared populations in similar habitat areas with and without road influence.We assessed abundance, survival and temporary emigration using extended Pollock’s robust design capture-recapture models. Moreover, we analysed population turnover, sex ratio, age structure and body condition. We found that wood mouse abundance and body condition were lower at the road bisected area, whereas the remaining population traits were similar. This suggests that the reduced habitat availability and quality due to the physical presence of the road and verge vegetation clearing are the main drivers of demographic differences in wood mouse populations between areas. Nevertheless, our results also suggest that in high quality habitats surrounding national roads, wood mouse populations present similar dynamics to others living in undisturbed areas, despite the decrease in abundance and body condition. Overall, the often-reported increased small mammal abundance in road surroundings should not be generalized independently of habitat quality or to other population traits

Estudo e Valorização da Biodiversidade, Componente da Fauna, das Fábricas Maceira-Liz e Cibra-Pataias. 2ª fase. Relatório de Progresso I

O presente Relatório de Progresso I apresenta toda a informação referente à implementação e avaliação das acções no período de Janeiro a Agosto de 2011 da 2ªFase do projecto “Estudo e Valorização da Biodiversidade Componente da Fauna das Fábricas Maceira-Liz e Cibra-Pataias”