Dr. Catarina FerreiraI’m interested in the applied ecology, conservation and management of animal populations, particularly carnivores and their prey. So far, I’ve focused mainly on small mammal management for the conservation of predator communities of Mediterranean ecosystems. During my PhD I investigated the relationships between predation risk, disease (myxomatosis) and fitness in juvenile European wild rabbits, a high-profile species of Mediterranean landscapes which is the target of expensive management techniques (such as predator and disease control) employed for conservationists and/or hunting purposes. I used survival analysis and population indicators to assess the effectiveness of these techniques in the wild. At the large scale, I also looked at the morphological differentiation between rabbit subspecies and the potential implications of this variationto the readjustment of the aforementioned management techniques. Overall, these findings have provided an important contribution for policy-makers to design species-specific conservation strategies, namely the conservation Action Plan with guidelines for the reintroduction of the Iberian lynx in Portugal, the most threatened felid in the world.
My current research interests focus on the combined effects of anthropogenic activities and climate change on carnivore population ecology to improve their management and conservation. The post-doc at Trentaims to investigate the interaction between climate and habitat fragmentation on the population synchrony of four species of furbearers (bobcat, Canadalynx, coyote and red fox) across their distribution range in North America, using harvest statistics. |
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January 2015 - January 2018: Marie Curie Post-doctoral fellow (IOF). Trent University, Canada & Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany
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Peer-reviewed Articles in Scholarly Journals
Ferreira, C.; Bastille-Rousseau, G.; Bennett, A.; Ellington, H.; Terwissen, C.; Austin, C.; Borlestean, A.; Boudreau, M.; Chan, K.; Forsythe, A.; Hossie, T.; Landolt, K.; Longhi, J.; Otis, J.A.; Peers, M.; Rae, J.; Seguin, J.; Watt, C.; Wehtje, M.; Murray, D.L. (2015). The evolution of peer review as a basis for publication in ecology: Directional selection towards a robust discipline. Accepted in Biological Reviews
Ferreira, C.; Castro, F.; Piorno, V.; Barrio, I; Delibes-Mateos, M.; Rouco, C.; Mínguez, L.E.; Aparicio, F.; Blanco-Aguiar, J.A.; Ramírez, E.; Iriarte, C.; Ríos-Saldaña C.A.; Cañadilla, J.; Arias de Reyna, L.; Ferreras, P.; Alves, P.C. & Villafuerte, R. (2015).Biometric differences between European rabbit subspecies stand out in their native range. Accepted in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Marques, S.; Ferreira, C.; Paupério, J.; Silva, R.; Lemos, A, & Alves, P.C. (2015). Coccidiosis in European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus) populations in the Iberian Peninsula. Acta Parasitologica 60(2): 350–355.
Delibes-Mateos, M.; Ferreira, C.; Carro, F.; Escudero, M.A. & Gortázar, C. (2014). Ecosystem effects of variant rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus emergence, Iberian Peninsula. Emergent Infectious Diseases, 20(12): 1-3.
Delibes-Mateos, M.; Ferreira, C.; Rouco, C.; Villafuerte, R. & Barrio, I.C. (2014). Conservationists, hunters and farmers: the European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus management conflict in the Iberian Peninsula. Mammal Review 44 (3-4):190–203.
Ferreira, C.; Delibes-Mateos, M.; Rouco, C.; Díaz-Ruiz, F.; Fernandez-de-Simon, J.; Ríos-Saldaña, C.A.; Ferreras, P. & Villafuerte, R. (2014). Habitat management as a generalized tool to boost European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus populations in the Iberian Peninsula: a cost-effectiveness analysis Mammal Review 44(1): 30-43.
Ferreira, C.; Villafuerte, R.; Villar, I.; Castro, F.; Ferreras, P.; Rouco, C.; Alves, P.C.; Arias de Reyna, L. & Redpath, S. (2014).Experimental study on the effect of cover and vaccination on the survival of juvenile European rabbits. Population Ecology 56(1): 195-202.
Díaz-Ruiz, F.; Delibes-Mateos, M.; García-Moreno, J.L.; López-Martín, J.M.; Ferreira, C. & Ferreras, P. (2013). Biogeographical patterns of the diet of an opportunistic predator: the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in the Iberian Peninsula. Mammal Review 43(1): 59–70.
Ferreira, C. (2012). European rabbit research in the Iberian Peninsula: state of the art and future perspectives. European Journal of Wildlife Research 58(6): 885-895.
Sarmento, P.; Cruz, J.; Paula, A.; Eira, C.; Capinha, M.; Ambrósio, I.; Ferreira, C. & Fonseca, C. (2012). Occupancy, colonization and extinction patterns of wild rabbit populations in areas of future Iberian lynx reintroductions. European Journal of Wildlife Research 58: 523-533.
Ferreira, C. & Delibes-Mateos, M. (2012). Conflictive management of small mammals considered as pests: a long way to evidence-based policy making. Current Zoology 58(2): 354-358.
Ferreira, C.; Paupério, J. & Alves, P.C. (2010). The usefulness of field data and hunting statistics in the assessment of wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) conservation status in Portugal. Wildlife Research 37: 223-229.
Ferreira, C. & Alves, P.C. (2009). Influence of habitat management on the abundance and diet of wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus) populations in Mediterranean ecosystems. European Journal of Wildlife Research 55: 487-496.
Sarmento, P.; Cruz, J.; Monterroso, P.; Tarroso, P.; Ferreira, C.; Negrões, N. & Eira, C. (2009). Status survey of critically endangered Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus in Portugal. European Journal of Wildlife Research 55: 247-253.
Ferreira, C.; Ramirez, E.; Castro, F.; Ferreras, P.; Alves, P.C.; Redpath, S. & Villafuerte, R. (2009). Field experimentalvaccination campaigns against myxomatosis and their effectiveness in the wild. Vaccine 27: 6998-7002.
Book Reviews
Ferreira, C. (2013).Review of the book Ecology, 2nd Edition by Cain, M.L., Bowman, W.D. & Hacker, S.D., ÉcoScience 20(2): 204-205.
Ferreira, C.; Bastille-Rousseau, G.; Bennett, A.; Ellington, H.; Terwissen, C.; Austin, C.; Borlestean, A.; Boudreau, M.; Chan, K.; Forsythe, A.; Hossie, T.; Landolt, K.; Longhi, J.; Otis, J.A.; Peers, M.; Rae, J.; Seguin, J.; Watt, C.; Wehtje, M.; Murray, D.L. (2015). The evolution of peer review as a basis for publication in ecology: Directional selection towards a robust discipline. Accepted in Biological Reviews
Ferreira, C.; Castro, F.; Piorno, V.; Barrio, I; Delibes-Mateos, M.; Rouco, C.; Mínguez, L.E.; Aparicio, F.; Blanco-Aguiar, J.A.; Ramírez, E.; Iriarte, C.; Ríos-Saldaña C.A.; Cañadilla, J.; Arias de Reyna, L.; Ferreras, P.; Alves, P.C. & Villafuerte, R. (2015).Biometric differences between European rabbit subspecies stand out in their native range. Accepted in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Marques, S.; Ferreira, C.; Paupério, J.; Silva, R.; Lemos, A, & Alves, P.C. (2015). Coccidiosis in European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus) populations in the Iberian Peninsula. Acta Parasitologica 60(2): 350–355.
Delibes-Mateos, M.; Ferreira, C.; Carro, F.; Escudero, M.A. & Gortázar, C. (2014). Ecosystem effects of variant rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus emergence, Iberian Peninsula. Emergent Infectious Diseases, 20(12): 1-3.
Delibes-Mateos, M.; Ferreira, C.; Rouco, C.; Villafuerte, R. & Barrio, I.C. (2014). Conservationists, hunters and farmers: the European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus management conflict in the Iberian Peninsula. Mammal Review 44 (3-4):190–203.
Ferreira, C.; Delibes-Mateos, M.; Rouco, C.; Díaz-Ruiz, F.; Fernandez-de-Simon, J.; Ríos-Saldaña, C.A.; Ferreras, P. & Villafuerte, R. (2014). Habitat management as a generalized tool to boost European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus populations in the Iberian Peninsula: a cost-effectiveness analysis Mammal Review 44(1): 30-43.
Ferreira, C.; Villafuerte, R.; Villar, I.; Castro, F.; Ferreras, P.; Rouco, C.; Alves, P.C.; Arias de Reyna, L. & Redpath, S. (2014).Experimental study on the effect of cover and vaccination on the survival of juvenile European rabbits. Population Ecology 56(1): 195-202.
Díaz-Ruiz, F.; Delibes-Mateos, M.; García-Moreno, J.L.; López-Martín, J.M.; Ferreira, C. & Ferreras, P. (2013). Biogeographical patterns of the diet of an opportunistic predator: the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in the Iberian Peninsula. Mammal Review 43(1): 59–70.
Ferreira, C. (2012). European rabbit research in the Iberian Peninsula: state of the art and future perspectives. European Journal of Wildlife Research 58(6): 885-895.
Sarmento, P.; Cruz, J.; Paula, A.; Eira, C.; Capinha, M.; Ambrósio, I.; Ferreira, C. & Fonseca, C. (2012). Occupancy, colonization and extinction patterns of wild rabbit populations in areas of future Iberian lynx reintroductions. European Journal of Wildlife Research 58: 523-533.
Ferreira, C. & Delibes-Mateos, M. (2012). Conflictive management of small mammals considered as pests: a long way to evidence-based policy making. Current Zoology 58(2): 354-358.
Ferreira, C.; Paupério, J. & Alves, P.C. (2010). The usefulness of field data and hunting statistics in the assessment of wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) conservation status in Portugal. Wildlife Research 37: 223-229.
Ferreira, C. & Alves, P.C. (2009). Influence of habitat management on the abundance and diet of wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus) populations in Mediterranean ecosystems. European Journal of Wildlife Research 55: 487-496.
Sarmento, P.; Cruz, J.; Monterroso, P.; Tarroso, P.; Ferreira, C.; Negrões, N. & Eira, C. (2009). Status survey of critically endangered Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus in Portugal. European Journal of Wildlife Research 55: 247-253.
Ferreira, C.; Ramirez, E.; Castro, F.; Ferreras, P.; Alves, P.C.; Redpath, S. & Villafuerte, R. (2009). Field experimentalvaccination campaigns against myxomatosis and their effectiveness in the wild. Vaccine 27: 6998-7002.
Book Reviews
Ferreira, C. (2013).Review of the book Ecology, 2nd Edition by Cain, M.L., Bowman, W.D. & Hacker, S.D., ÉcoScience 20(2): 204-205.
Contact:
office: D223, DNA Building
tel: (705) 748-1011 extension # 6127
email: catarinaferreira[at]trentu[dot]ca / catferreira[at]gmail[dot]com
URL: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-3898-2011
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Catarina_Ferreira6/?ev=hdr_xprf
office: D223, DNA Building
tel: (705) 748-1011 extension # 6127
email: catarinaferreira[at]trentu[dot]ca / catferreira[at]gmail[dot]com
URL: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-3898-2011
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Catarina_Ferreira6/?ev=hdr_xprf