Frederico Mestre
ResearcherI received a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Évora in 2017 and I am currently working in the Urban Ecology Group. My research focuses on the effects of climate change on species distributions, the impacts of human-induced disturbances on ecological networks, and the effects of human infrastructure, such as roads, on biodiversity. For many years I have been involved in ecological modelling, specifically addressing how individual species and networks of interacting species are affected by environmental and anthropogenic drivers.
My current research is driven by three overarching objectives: (i) to understand how ecological networks are structured and reorganised across spatial scales in human-dominated landscapes; (ii) to quantify how urbanisation and infrastructure reshape species interactions, connectivity, and ecosystem functioning; and (iii) to develop applied, network-based tools to support urban planning and biodiversity conservation under climate and land-use change.
- Email: mestre.frederico@gmail.com
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- Research Group: Urban Ecology