Mariana Isabel Rossa Mendes

academic degrees

2022 – ongoing – PhD in Biology and Ecology of Global Change in the University of Aveiro, entitled: “Effects of ungulate rewilding on the functions and processes of Mediterranean ecosystems”

2018 – 2021 – Master in Applied Ecology in the University of Aveiro, with a thesis entitled: “The importance of trophic restoration in the conservation of the Iberian wolf”

2014 – 2018: Degree in Biology in the University of Aveiro with a final project entitled “Monitorização das populações de cervídeos na Serra da Lousã” and a curricular internship entitled “Wolf, prey and mesocarnivores in a Mediterranean area“, Animal Behaviour, Ecology and Population Management Group, University of Siena, Italy. Erasmus+ programme.

research interests

Ecosystem and populations dynamics
Wildlife Management and Conservation
Community and Trophic interactions

Doctoral Programme

Biology and Ecology of Global Change

Thesis Title

Effects of ungulate rewilding on the functions and processes of Mediterranean ecosystems

Supervisor

Dr João Carvalho, Dra Rita Tinoco Torres, Dr Ramón Perea

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