Jorge Miguel Ribeiro Pereira
Email: jorge.pereira@uc.pt | Twitter: @Jormipereira | Research Institute: MARE-UCoimbra
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I am a physical geographer and Geographical Information System (GIS) expert with a special focus on species’ distribution modelling, and on how its understanding can be informative in the context of conservation and spatial planning. Most of my research focuses on seabirds as indicators of global change using biologging devices and species distribution models to study animals' at-sea behaviour, movement and distribution.
My publishing record includes 25 ISI articles in peer-reviewed journals and 2 book chapters, with 174/272 citations (Scopus/ Google Scholar), an h-index of 9/11 (Scopus/ Google Scholar) and a high degree of internationalisation due to the vast collaborative network with other research institutions I'm involved with.
Academic qualifications
2022: PhD in Ecology, University of Coimbra (Portugal) and University of Exeter (UK)
2016: MSc in Geographic Information Technologies, University of Coimbra (Portugal)
2014: BSc in Physical Geography, University of Coimbra (Portugal)
Career
2023-2029: Junior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Coimbra (Portugal)
2021-2023: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the project LIFE Ilhas Barreira (LIFE18 NAT/PT/000927), University of Coimbra (Portugal)
Research interests and key publications
Full details on my publication record can be found in (Google Scholar | ResearchGate)
-- Explore the role of intrinsic population characteristics on individual's at-sea behaviour
Pereira JM, et al (2024). Boldness predicts foraging behaviour, habitat use and chick growth in a central place marine predator. Oecologia.
Pereira JM, et al (2022). Foraging costs drive within-colony spatial segregation in shearwaters from two contrasting environments in the North Atlantic Ocean planning. Oecologia.
Almeida N..., Pereira JM, et al (2021). Year-round at-sea distribution and trophic resources partitioning between two sympatric Sulids in the tropica Atlantic. PLOS ONE.
Krüger L, Pereira JM, et al (2019). Personality influences foraging of a seabird under contrasting environmental conditions. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.
Pereira JM, et al (2018). The devil is in the detail: small-scale sexual segregation despite large-scale spatial overlap in the wandering albatross. Marine Biology.
-- Unravel the effects of environmental change on seabird life-history traits
Santos SH..., Pereira JM, et al (2023). Omega-3 enriched chick diet reduces the foraging areas of breeders in two closely related shearwaters from contrasting marine environments. Journal of Experimental Biology.
Pereira JM, et al (2020). Facing extremes: Cory’s shearwaters adjust their foraging behaviour differently in response to contrasting phases of North Atlantic Oscillation. Regional Environmental Change.
Cerveira LR..., Pereira JM, et al (2020). Inter-annual changes in oceanic conditions drives spatial and trophic consistency of a tropical marine predator. Marine Environmental Research.
Krüger L, Pereira JM, et al (2018). How the future climate may modulate the non-breeding distribution of a Vulnerable gadfly petrel. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
-- Predict the impacts of Human activities on seabird's' at-sea distribution
Clark BL..., Pereira JM, et al (2023). Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic seabirds. Nature Communications.
Laranjeiro, MI..., Pereira JM, et al (2021). Year-round element quantification of a wide-ranging seabird and their relationships with oxidative stress, trophic ecology, and foraging patterns. Environmental Pollution.
Pereira JM, et al (2021). Low spatial overlap between foraging shearwaters during the breeding season and industrial fisheries off the west coast of Portugal. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
-- Assist the development of conservation strategies and ecossystem-based approaches to marine spatial planning
De la Cruz A, Pereira JM, et al (2023). Using long-term data series to design adequate protected areas that ensure the conservation of inconspicuous small petrel species. Journal of Applied Ecology.
Pereira JM, et al (2023). Editorial: Tracking marine megafauna for conservation and marine spatial planning. Frontiers in Marine Science.
Pereira JM, et al (2022). Tracking seabirds for conservation and marine spatial planning. In Seabird Biodiversity and Human Activities. CRC Press.
Pereira JM, et al (2018). Using a multi-model ensemble forecasting approach to identify key marine protected areas for seabirds in the Portuguese coast. Ocean & Coastal Management.
Funding
2024-2025: Seabirds as indicators of ecosystem health: parent-offspring behavioural and ecophysiological responses to experimental changes in food supply. Principal investigator. UIDP/04292/2020 (4000€)
Lecturing
2023: Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Modelling. Master degree in Ecology, University of Coimbra (Portugal)
2022: Coastal and Marine Ornithology. Master degree in Marine Biology, University of Algarve (Portugal)
Editorial board
Diversity (Guest editor in a thematic section on ecology, diversity and conservation of seabirds; 11 papers)
Frontiers in Marine Science (Guest editor in a thematic section on the use of biologging in marine megafauna to inform conservation and marine spatial planning; 34 papers)
Media coverage
2023: Front cover for Journal of Applied Ecology 60 (12). Photo: © Andrés de la Cruz
2022: Seabirds from Ria Formosa. LIFE Ilhas Barreira website video (PT only)
2020: Cory's Shearwaters vary their foraging patterns in relation to the North Atlantic Oscillation. ACAP
2019: Investigadores de Coimbra ajudam a salvar aves marinhas ameaçadas em Cabo Verde (PT only) Lusa
2018: Differences in foraging strategy between the sexes in Wandering Albatrosses. ACAP
2018: ACAP-listed Balearic Shearwaters help choose Portuguese MPAs. ACAP
2017: Want to know where hard-to-find squid live? Ask their predators. Massive Science
2017: Using seabirds to study squid. Oceanbites
