Ruben Heleno

Publications

• The effect of plant invasions on native seed dispersal interactions
• Multilayer networks reveal the spatial structure of seed-dispersal interactions across the Great Rift landscapes
• Predicting the consequences of disperser extinction: richness matters the most when abundance is low
• Refaunation and the reinstatement of the seed-dispersal function in Gorongosa National Park
• Flower visitation by European birds offers the first evidence of interaction release in continents
• A roadmap for island biology: 50 fundamental questions after 50 years of The Theory of Island Biogeography
• Evolutionary history of the endangered shrub snapdragon (Galvezia leucantha) of the Galápagos Islands
• Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities from tropical Africa reveal strong ecological structure
• Dispersal of fungi spores by non-specialized flower-visiting birds
• PAICE : A new R package to estimate the number of inter‐island colonizations considering haplotype data and sample size
• Establishment, spread and early impacts of the first biocontrol agent against an invasive plant in continental Europe
• Fruiting phenology matters
• Effects of native biodiversity on grape loss of four castes: testing the biotic resistance hypothesis
• Birds Make the World Go Round
• Limited potential for bird migration to disperse plants to cooler latitudes
• Seed dispersal by frugivores from forest remnants promotes the regeneration of adjacent invaded forests in an oceanic island
• A meta-analysis of biocontrol potential and herbivore pressure in olive crops: Does integrated pest management make a difference?
• Tripartite networks show that keystone species can multitask
• Pollination networks from natural and anthropogenic-novel communities show high structural similarity
• Small size does not restrain frugivory and seed dispersal across the evolutionary radiation of Galápagos lava lizards
• Erratum to: Multilayer networks reveal the spatial structure of seed-dispersal interactions across the Great Rift landscapes (Nature Communications, (2018), 9, 1, (140), 10.1038/s41467-017-02658-y)
• Seed-dispersal networks are more specialized in the Neotropics than in the Afrotropics
• Divergence in floral trait preferences between nonflower-specialized birds and insects on the Galápagos
• Fine-tuning the nested structure of pollination networks by adaptive interaction switching, biogeography and sampling effect in the Galápagos Islands
• Global and regional ecological boundaries drive abrupt changes in avian frugivory interactions
• Dispersal of fern spores by Galápagos finches
• Native and alien flower visitors differ in partner fidelity and network integration
• Disclosing the double mutualist role of birds on Galápagos
• Rewiring of experimentally disturbed seed dispersal networks might lead to unexpected network configurations
• Species functional traits and abundance as drivers of multiplex ecological networks: First empirical quantification of inter-layer edge weights: Pollination-seed dispersal networks
• Life inside a gall: diversity, phenology and structure of Portuguese gall communities, their hosts, parasitoids and inquilines
• Long-distance dispersal syndromes matter: diaspore–trait effect on shaping plant distribution across the Canary Islands
• Potential role of lava lizards as pollinators across the Galápagos Islands
• Diaspore traits specialized to animal adhesion and sea current dispersal are positively associated with the naturalization of European plants across the world
• Seasonal variation in impact of non‐native species on tropical seed dispersal networks
• The upsizing of the São Tomé seed dispersal network by introduced animals
• The Refaunation and the reinstatement of the seed-dispersal function in Gorongosa National Park.
• Contribution by vertebrates to seed dispersal effectiveness in the Galápagos Islands: A community-wide approach.
• Four-trophic level food webs reveal the cascading impacts of an invasive plant targeted for biocontrol.
• Phylogenetic evidence for a Miocene origin of Mediterranean lineages: species diversity, reproductive traits and geographical isolation
• Should I stay or should I go? Mycorrhizal plants are more likely to invest in long-distance seed dispersal than non-mycorrhizal plants
• Species activity promote the stability of fruit-frugivore interactions across a five-year multilayer network
• First evidence for the joint dispersal of mycorrhizal fungi and plant diaspores by birds
• Natural woodlands hold more diverse, abundant, and unique biota than novel anthropogenic forests: a multi-group assessment
• Integrating plant species contribution to mycorrhizal and seed dispersal mutualistic networks
• Scientists' warning on endangered food webs
• Species temporal persistence promotes the stability of fruit–frugivore interactions across a 5‐year multilayer network
• Species functional traits and abundance as drivers of multiplex ecological networks: first empirical quantification of inter-layer edge weights
• Sea dispersal potential and colonization of the Galápagos littoral flora
• Dimensions of invasiveness: Links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe’s alien and native floras
• The role of avian 'seed predators' as seed dispersers
• Connectance of species interaction networks and conservation value: Is it any good to be well connected?
• Seed dispersal networks in the Galapagos and the consequences of alien plant invasions
• Invaders of pollination networks in the Galapagos Islands: emergence of novel communities
• Endozoochory largely outweighs epizoochory in migrating passerines
• Novo guia das Aves Nidificantes de Portugal
• Guía rápida de Semillas de las Islas Galápagos
• The ecology of seed dispersal
• Galápagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) as a seed disperser
• Long-distance dispersal to oceanic islands: Success of plants with multiple diaspore specializations
• On the limited potential of azorean fleshy fruits for oceanic dispersal
• Global patterns of mainland and insular pollination networks
• Sampling completeness in seed dispersal networks: When enough is enough
• Distribution and population trends of the European Roller in pseudo-steppe areas of Portugal: results from a census in sixteen SPAs and IBAs
• Rearing records for two endemic Azorean acalyptrate Diptera (Tephritidae & Drosophilidae)
• The Galápagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) as a seed disperser
• List of Arthropods of the Azores. in A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores
• The impact of alien plants on native biota in the Azores: a food web approach
• Estudo Cient́ıfico “Estabelecer Cenários sobre os Efeitos das Alterações Climáticas na Abetarda, Sisão e Peneireiro-das-torres”
• The Priolo Atlas: A citizen science-based census initiative for supporting Pyrrhula murina habitat conservation and restoration policies in São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal)
• Seed-dispersal networks on the Canaries and the Galápagos archipelagos: interaction modules as biogeographical entities
• A pragmatic approach to the management of plant invasions in Galapagos
• Plant colonization across the Galapagos Islands: success of the sea dispersal syndrome
• Ecological networks: delving into the architecture of biodiversity.
• Flower visitation by birds in Europe
• A Pragmatic Approach to the Management of Plant Invasions in Galapagos
• Tiptoeing between restoration and invasion: seed rain into natural gaps within a highly invaded relic forest in the Azores
• Bird-flower visitation networks in the Galapagos unveil a widespread interaction release.
• Space, time and aliens: charting the dynamic structure of Galapagos pollination networks.
• Effects of Alien Plants on Insect Abundance and Biomass: a Food-Web Approach
• Historical Isolation of the Galapagos Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa darwini) despite Strong Flight Capability and Ecological Amplitude.
• Frugivory and seed dispersal in the Galapagos: what is the state of the art?
• Seed dispersal networks in an urban novel ecosystem
• Colonization of the Galapagos Islands by plants with no specific syndromes for long-distance dispersal: a new perspective
• Pollination patterns and plant breeding systems in the Galapagos: a review
• Integration of exotic seeds into an Azorean seed dispersal network
• Evidence for overlooked mechanisms of long-distance seed dispersal to and between oceanic islands
• Status assessment of the Critically Endangered Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina
• Throwing the baby out with the bathwater: does laurel forest restoration remove a critical winter food supply for the critically endangered Azores bullfinch?
• High survival rate of a critically endangered species, the Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina, as a contribution to population recovery
• Evaluation of restoration effectiveness: community response to the removal of alien plants
• Fern feeding ecology of the Azores bullfinch Pyrrhula murina: The selection of fern species and the influence of nutritional composition in fern choice
• Summer abundance and ecological distribution of passerines in native and exotic forests in são miguel, azores
• The conservation of ecological interactions
• How do islands become green?
• Meta-analyses and the "editorial love of controversy"
• EuDiS - A comprehensive database of the seed dispersal syndromes of the European flora
• Red deer as a disperser of native, but not invasive plants’ seeds
• The architecture of multifunctional ecological networks
• Changing with the times: Seasonal environmental gradients unveil dynamic bat assemblages and vulnerability
• PAICE: A new R package to estimate the number of inter‐island colonizations considering haplotype data and sample size
• Should I stay or should I go? Mycorrhizal plants are more likely to invest in long‐distance seed dispersal than non‐mycorrhizal plants
• A Review on the State of the Art in Frugivory and Seed Dispersal on Islands and the Implications of Global Change
• Fruiting phenology data for 4,462 spontaneous and cultivated plant taxa in Portugal (1926 – 2013)
• European biotic seed dispersal network
• European biotic seed dispersal network
• Historical data of spore availability for 109 spontaneous and cultivated ferns and lycopods taxa in Portugal (1926 – 2013)
• Meta-analyses and the "editorial love of controversy"
• Global and regional ecological boundaries explain abrupt spatial discontinuities in avian frugivory interactions
• Base de datos de abejas ibéricas
• Canopy arthropod declines along a gradient of olive farming intensification
• Post-release monitoring shows no non-target effects of a biocontrol agent against an invasive plant
• The disruption of insular frugivory networks by large-gaped introduced animals
• Do biotically- and abiotically-dispersed plants rely equally on mycorrhizal associations? A case study in Gorongosa-Mozambique
• What is the value of biotic seed dispersal in post‐fire forest regeneration?
• Data and code from: Birds optimize fruit size consumed near their geographic range limits
• Supporting data and code for Mendes et al. 202X Evidence of a European seed dispersal crisis
• Fruiting phenology data for 4,462 spontaneous and cultivated plant taxa in Portugal (1926 – 2013)
• Fruiting phenology data for 4,462 spontaneous and cultivated plant taxa in Portugal (1926 – 2013)
• O armário: Fruiting phenology data for 4,462 spontaneous and cultivated plant taxa in Portugal (1926 – 2013)
• Support data for "O armário: Fruiting phenology data for 4,462 spontaneous and cultivated plant taxa in Portugal (1926 – 2013)"
• O armário: Fruiting phenology data for 4,462 plant taxa in Portugal (1926 – 2013)
• Bird–flower visitation networks in the Galápagos unveil a widespread interaction release
• Bird–flower visitation networks in the Galápagos unveil a widespread interaction release
• Supporting data for Mendes et al 202X Climb forest, climb: Diverse disperser communities are key to assist plants tracking climate change on altitudinal gradients
• Supporting data for Mendes et al 202X Climb forest, climb: Diverse disperser communities are key to assist plants tracking climate change on altitudinal gradients
• Birds optimize fruit size consumed near their geographic range limits
• Insect seed‐predator networks respond positively to restoration on a tropical island
• Supporting data and code for Mendes et al. 2024 Evidence of a European seed dispersal crisis
• Evidence of a European seed dispersal crisis
• Supporting data for Mendes et al 202X The urbanisation of seed dispersal networks
• Supporting data for Mendes et al 202X The urbanisation of seed dispersal networks
• Supporting data for Mendes et al 202X
• O armário: Fruiting phenology data for 4,462 spontaneous and cultivated plant taxa in Portugal (1926 – 2013)
• Fruiting phenology data for 4,462 spontaneous and cultivated plant taxa in Portugal (1926 – 2013)
• Fruiting phenology data for 4,462 spontaneous and cultivated plant taxa in Portugal (1926 – 2013)
• Support data for "O armário: Fruiting phenology data for 4,462 spontaneous and cultivated plant taxa in Portugal (1926 – 2013)"
• Climb forest, climb: diverse disperser communities are key to assist plants tracking climate change on altitudinal gradients
• New species and records of feather mites (Acariformes: Analgoidea) from endemic passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in the Seychelles
• Chirping across continents: variation in urban house sparrow (Passer domesticus) vocalizations across North America and Europe
• Disentangling small island ecological multilayer networks: relationships with ecological and evolutionary island patterns
• Disentangling small island ecological multilayer networks: relationships with ecological and evolutionary island patterns
• O papel das aves nas redes ecológicas
• A Ciência das Aves
• A Ciência das Aves. O Papel das Aves nas Redes Ecológicas
• O papel das aves na ciência ¿ A papel das aves nas redes ecológicas
• Dispersão interna e externa de sementes por passeriformes migradores
• Refaunation and the reinstatement of the seed dispersal function in Gorongosa National Park (Oral presentation)
• Seed-dispersal networks spanning across the landscape of Gorongosa National Park: a spatial multilayer network approach
• Acacia longifolia and plant-gall networks in Portugal: Evaluating the impacts and planning biocontrol
• Do hyper-accumulator plants make good neighbours?
• The biodiversity right beneath our eyes: Using above and belowground approaches to understand the ecological units of the Gorongosa National Park - Mozambique
• Using ecological networks to evaluate impacts of an invasive plant and planning biocontrol
• The refaunation of Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique) and the reinstatement of the seed dispersal service
• Bird pollination in Europe: irrelevant or underappreciated?
• Enhancing Object-Oriented Technologies with Semantic Web Technologies
• To swim or not to swim: on the poor oceanic dispersal potential of Azorean fleshy fruits
• So far so good: Species interaction networks confirm the safely of biocontrol agent four years after release
• What is the value of biotic seed dispersal in post-fire forest regeneration?
• Mixed effects of oak woodlands on biocontrol potential and pest pressure in olive orchards under management intensification
• Three-trophic level food webs support the safety of a biocontrol agent three years after release
• The post-release monitoring of Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae in Portugal: Eight years of challenges and achievements
• What's the value of Seed Dispersal?
• Four-trophic level foods webs confirm the safety and the neutral impact of a biocontrol agent three years after release
• Effects of olive farm intensification on phytophagous insects and their natural enemies
• Linking agricultural management, host-parasitoid interactions and natural pest control in Mediterranean olive farms: a molecular-based food web approach
• Plant strategies to recover from wildfires: fight or flight
• Data from: Changing with the times: Seasonal environmental gradients unveil dynamic bat assemblages and vulnerability
• Species functional traits and abundance as drivers of multiplex ecological networks: first empirical quantification of inter-layer weights
• Temporal niche partitioning promoting a dynamic bat coexistence
• Dietary metabarcoding reveals the simplification of bird–pest interaction networks across a gradient of agricultural cover
• Time-calibrated phylogenies reveal mediterranean and pre-mediterranean origin of the thermophilous vegetation of the Canary Islands
• Disentangling small‐island multilayer networks: Underlying ecological and evolutionary patterns
• Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity