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José Carlos Franco

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (6)

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Agricultural Landscapes Dominated by Non-Pollinator-Dependent Crops May Play a Role on the Conservation of Wild Bees in Riparian Areas

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 05 Aug 2025
António Santos, Robin Payne, Manuela Branco and José Carlos Franco
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Pollinators, landscape ecology, Functional traits, Riparian areas

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Impact of Tillage Intensity and Arundo Donax on Plant-Pollinator Networks in Riparian Agroecosystems

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 03 May 2024
António Santos, Robin Payne, Manuela Branco and José Carlos Franco
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Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, network analysis, farmland, Arundo donax, land cover

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Mitigating the damage of Coraebus undatus in Quercus suber: the role of mixed forests

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 Dec 2025
Inês D. H. Ramires, Alexandra C. Correia, Pedro Barcik, David Lloberas Lafuente, Bastien Castagneyrol, José Carlos Franco and Manuela Branco
affiliation not provided to SSRN, National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Quercus Suber and Pinus Pinea Mixture Alters Leaf Traits and Reduces Insect Herbivory Without Affecting Predation in a Mediterranean Agroforestry System

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 29 May 2025
Inês D. H. Ramires, Alexandra C. Correia, Bastien Castagneyrol, Pedro Barcik, David Lloberas Lafuente, José Carlos Franco and Manuela Branco
affiliation not provided to SSRN, National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Mixed forest, cork oak, stone pine, montado, integrated pest management, ecological interactions

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Functional landscape connectivity and cropland context influence spider abundance in the Ecological Infrastructure of Mediterranean agricultural floodplains

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 30 Dec 2025
Saskia Doherty, Gonçalo Duarte, João Pedro Nunes, Paulo Branco, Vera Zina, André Fonseca, José Carlos Franco, Manuela Branco, Pedro Segurado and Maria Teresa Ferreira
Wageningen University & Research, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, University of Lisbon, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Lisbon
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Spider abundance, Ecological Infrastructure, Connectivity, Agricultural floodplain

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Combined effects of climate and land use change on wild bee nesting groups across Europe

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 31 Mar 2026
António Santos, Robin Payne, Manuela Branco and José Carlos Franco
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wild bees, climate change, land cover change, SDMs, Europe, SSPs