Francisco F. Aguilar

University of Porto | UP · Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO)

Bird nests on transmission lines can cause electrical faults which reduce service reliability. To address this problem, since the mid-90s, the Portuguese Transmission System Operator (TSO) has undertaken management actions to discourage white storks Ciconia ciconia from nesting in hazardous locations of the pylons. Here, we compiled and analyzed an...

The golden-striped salamander is a streamside species endemic to the northwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula. In the first half of the twentieth century, an undisclosed number of individuals of this species were reportedly captured in Buçaco, Central Portugal, and deliberately introduced in Sintra Mountains, 170 km south of its native distribu...

The southern distribution limit of the Iberian endemic and threatened golden-striped salamander (Chioglossa lusitanica) is located about 170 km NE of Lisbon, Portugal. In 1943 Anthero Seabra reportedly introduced a few specimens in the Sintra mountains, about 20 km NW of Lisbon, but the exact introduction site is not known. The existence of a repro...

The majority of seabird species nests in oceanic islands, having an important role in the dynamics of these insular ecosystems due to marine nutrient inputs. On these islands, the existence of terrestrial reptiles is very common, and these may reach high densities due to the absence of predators. Therefore, increased intraspecific competition leads...

The golden-striped salamander (Chioglossa lusitanica) is an endemic amphibian of Northwestern Iberian Peninsula. This caudate is a species of high conservation interest due to its phylogenetic affinities and particular ecology. Habitat destruction and agrochemical pollution of streams are the main threats contributing for its Vulnerable conservatio...

In remote islands the scarcity of food resources is a limiting factor for species survival, promoting plasticity of diets. Several insular reptiles include much more plant material in their diets than mainland species. The Selvagens islands are a remarkable biome known by the absence of mammals, the endemic flora and colonies of nesting seabirds su...

Due to the lack of food resources in remote islands some animals may shift their diet. An example of that strategy are insular reptiles, which tend to be more herbivore than mainland reptiles. Like other herbivores, reptiles like Teira dugesii selvagensis disperse seeds and pollinate flowers, having an important ecological role in islands with few...

The optimization of rearing tanks and identification of rich nutritional diets for the larval development of ornamental decapods are two key factors in defining suitable protocols for larval rearing. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of two rearing tanks (spheroconical and planktonkreisel) and three different diets (diet 1...

Despite economically valuable, ornamental shrimps are poorly studied and there is a lack of protocols for their captive breeding. Stenopus is one of the most important genera of ornamental shrimps, being Stenopus zanzibaricus one of the species with less information about captive breeding and larviculture. For a better knowledge of its reproductive...