Editors and Contributors
About the Editors
Luís Borda-de-Água is a researcher in ecology and conservation biology at CIBIO-InBIO,
University of Porto (Portugal) collaborating with the Infraestructuras de Portugal Biodiversity
Chair. He took his Ph.D. in ecology at Imperial College, London, UK, having studied before
electrical engineering and physics. His background had led him to work mainly on theoretical and
computational aspects of ecology. Presently he divides his research activity between studies on
global biodiversity patterns and the impacts of linear infrastructures on wildlife.
Rafael Barrientos is a conservation biologist who received his Ph.D. in 2009. He has a back-ground
on the impacts of linear infrastructures on wildlife, including road-kills, collision with power lines or the
genetics of fragmented populations. He has participated in several management projects, for instance
from the Spanish National Parks Autonomous Agency, OAPN. Also, he has participated in purely
research projects in Spanish institutions like the Arid Zones Experimental Station, the National Museum
of Natural History or the Castilla-La Mancha University. Since 2015 he has a postdoctoral position at the
Infraestructuras de Portugal Biodiversity Chair at CIBIO-InBIO, Universidade do Porto (Portugal).
Pedro Beja is a senior researcher in ecology and conservation biology at CIBIO-InBIO,
University of Porto (Portugal), where he holds since 2012 the EDP Chair in Biodiversity and leads
the ApplEcol—Applied Population and Community Ecology research group. He has over 25 years
of professional experience, with work carried out in the public administration, private environmental consultancy, academia, and research institutions. His main research interests are in the area
of biodiversity conservation in human-dominated landscapes, including agricultural, forest and
freshwater systems. He has published over one hundred scientific papers on a variety of topics
related to the conservation and management of biodiversity in Europe, Africa and South America.
Henrique M. Pereira is a leading expert on global biodiversity change. He has worked both as a
researcher and as a practitioner, having served as the Director of Peneda-Gerês National Park and as the
coordinator of the Portugal Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Since 2013, he is the Professor of
Biodiversity Conservation at iDiv—German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research of the Martin
Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and holds since 2015 the Infraestruturas de Portugal Biodiversity
Chair at CIBIO-InBIO, Universidade do Porto (Portugal). He is the Chair of the Biodiversity Observation
Network of the Group on Earth Observations and co-chair of the Expert Group on Scenarios and Models
from the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. He has published over one
hundred scientific papers and reports on biodiversity issues.
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About the Editors
Luís Borda-de-Água is a researcher in ecology and conservation biology at CIBIO-InBIO,
University of Porto (Portugal) collaborating with the Infraestructuras de Portugal Biodiversity
Chair. He took his Ph.D. in ecology at Imperial College, London, UK, having studied before
electrical engineering and physics. His background had led him to work mainly on theoretical and
computational aspects of ecology. Presently he divides his research activity between studies on
global biodiversity patterns and the impacts of linear infrastructures on wildlife.
Rafael Barrientos is a conservation biologist who received his Ph.D. in 2009. He has a back-ground
on the impacts of linear infrastructures on wildlife, including road-kills, collision with power lines or the
genetics of fragmented populations. He has participated in several management projects, for instance
from the Spanish National Parks Autonomous Agency, OAPN. Also, he has participated in purely
research projects in Spanish institutions like the Arid Zones Experimental Station, the National Museum
of Natural History or the Castilla-La Mancha University. Since 2015 he has a postdoctoral position at the
Infraestructuras de Portugal Biodiversity Chair at CIBIO-InBIO, Universidade do Porto (Portugal).
Pedro Beja is a senior researcher in ecology and conservation biology at CIBIO-InBIO,
University of Porto (Portugal), where he holds since 2012 the EDP Chair in Biodiversity and leads
the ApplEcol—Applied Population and Community Ecology research group. He has over 25 years
of professional experience, with work carried out in the public administration, private environmental consultancy, academia, and research institutions. His main research interests are in the area
of biodiversity conservation in human-dominated landscapes, including agricultural, forest and
freshwater systems. He has published over one hundred scientific papers on a variety of topics
related to the conservation and management of biodiversity in Europe, Africa and South America.
Henrique M. Pereira is a leading expert on global biodiversity change. He has worked both as a
researcher and as a practitioner, having served as the Director of Peneda-Gerês National Park and as the
coordinator of the Portugal Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Since 2013, he is the Professor of
Biodiversity Conservation at iDiv—German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research of the Martin
Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and holds since 2015 the Infraestruturas de Portugal Biodiversity
Chair at CIBIO-InBIO, Universidade do Porto (Portugal). He is the Chair of the Biodiversity Observation
Network of the Group on Earth Observations and co-chair of the Expert Group on Scenarios and Models
from the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. He has published over one
hundred scientific papers and reports on biodiversity issues.
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