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Ricardo de Lima

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

4

DOWNLOADS

285

TOTAL CITATIONS

0

Scholarly Papers (4)

1.

Nature-Based Solutions to Increase Rice Yield: An Experimental Assessment of the Role of Birds and Bats as Agricultural Pest Suppressors in West Africa

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 04 Dec 2023
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Universidade do Porto, University of Salford, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Imperial College London and University of Lisbon
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Biological Pest Control, Ecosystem services, exclosure experiments, predator exclusion

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Ecological Networks Reveal Strong Pest Suppression Complementarity between Birds and Bats within Rice-Dominated Agroecosystems in West Africa

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 30 Jul 2025
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Palermo, University of Salford, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Imperial College London, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Lisbon and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Biological control, Guinea-Bissau, Nature's contributions to people, predator-prey interactions

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Direct and Indirect Pathways Mediating the Impacts of Non-Native Rats on Cocoa Yield in an African Island

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Apr 2025
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz and Universidade do Porto
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Gulf of Guinea, landscape structure, Pest, rodents

Metal and Semimetal Loadings in Mangrove Ecosystems: A Preliminary Assessment of Anthropogenic Enrichment in São Tomé Island (Central Africa)

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 21 Jan 2023
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Lisbon, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, MARE | Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Geochemical index, Health risk, metal contamination, Pollution source, Transitional aquatic systems, Volcanic enrichment

Metal and Semimetal Loadings in Mangrove Ecosystems: A Preliminary Assessment of Anthropogenic Enrichment in São Tomé Island (Central Africa)

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Mar 2023
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Lisbon, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, MARE | Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Geochemical index, Health risk, Metal contamination, Pollution source, Transitional aquatic systems, Volcanic enrichment