Sumários
Ungulate herbivores as habitat management tools
29 Outubro 2019, 11:00 • Miguel Nuno do Sacramento Monteiro Bugalho
Effects of wild and domestic ungulates on habitat structure. Using herbivore ungulates as habitat management tools. Herbivore ungulates and reduction of vegetation fuel: mitigation of severe wildfires. Examples: deer, bison and domestic goats.
Ungulate herbivores as keystone species: deer as a case-study
28 Outubro 2019, 08:30 • Miguel Nuno do Sacramento Monteiro Bugalho
Effects of ungulate herbivores on vegetation, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services. Red deer grazing and browsing in cork oak woodlands. Effects on plant and invertebrate diversity and shrub biomass. Implications for ecosystem functioning and services delivered.
Herbivore feeding strategies
22 Outubro 2019, 11:00 • Miguel Nuno do Sacramento Monteiro Bugalho
Ungulate herbivores feeding strategies. Ruminants and non-ruminants. Grazers, browsers and intermediate feeders. Effects of ungulate herbivores on vegetation, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services
Wild ungulate herbivores as keystone species
21 Outubro 2019, 08:30 • Miguel Nuno do Sacramento Monteiro Bugalho
Ungulate herbivores as keystone species in ecosystems. Use of the plant food by herbivores. The nutritional quality of plants. Woody (browse) and grass species: main nutritional characteristics and implications for ungulate herbivores feeding behaviour
Conservation management tools: oak woodlands as study-case
15 Outubro 2019, 11:00 • Miguel Nuno do Sacramento Monteiro Bugalho
Follow up: Mediterranean oak woodlands: effects of sustainable management and certification on biodiversity conservation. Effects on biodiversity, ecological condition of water streamlines, oak regeneration, understory shrub cover and diversity