Heleno, Ruben
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My main research interest is in using complex species-interactions networks to frame important conservation problems at the community level. Such trophic or mutualistic networks offer an holistic view-point to evaluate the causes and consequences of disturbances, such as the impact of biological invasions or biodiversity-loss, on important ecosystem functions, particularly seed-dispersal and pollination. A second passion is uncovering the rules guiding island colonisation and community assembling. I'm an Assistant Professor at the University of Coimbra and PI of the Community Ecology Lab (CFE-UC) since 2016. I’ve supervised 3 postdocs, 8 PhD students and 9 MSc students, and authored 66 SCI papers (11 as leading author, 19 as senior author, including contributions in Nature Communic., TREE, Ecol. Lett., Funct. Ecol., Ecology, Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr., J Biogeogr., Conserv. Biol., Divers. & Distrib., New Phytologist… (last 2 years only). I've participated in 13 funded projects (2 as PI) in Galapagos, Mozambique, São Tomé, Spain, Seychelles, and Portugal, which attracted >2.6M€ in national, Spanish, German and European funding. I’ve been invited as keynote speaker in 7 large international meetings (BES, EEF, SPEA/SEO, BOU, AEET/SPECO, EMAPI), acted as evaluator for French, Spanish, Dutch, Hungarian and European funding agencies, integrated 11 PhD juries, 12 MSc juries, reviewed for 40 ISI journals and became Associate Editor of Functional Ecology (British Ecological Society). I’m an elected member of the Scientific Councils of my department and my faculty, member of the direction board of the Portuguese Ecological Society (SPECO), and member of the IUCN Red List Authority for Birds and Species Survival Commission. I’m deeply committed with science outreach, having participated in 5 TV and 3 radio shows, 6 online communication videos, several popular media articles, and demonstrating in dozens of science engaging activities with school groups. I have participated in the organization of 5 large international congresses, with a particular emphasis for the 1st International Symposium on Ecological Networks organized by me in Coimbra in 2013. I’ve been regularly teaching on several 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle courses since 2012, by imparting lectures on Community ecology, Island biogeography, Ecological network analysis, Functional ecology, Scientific writing and Bioinformatics. I’m currently the coordinator of the Masters in Ecology of the University of Coimbra.
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| Issue Date | Title | Author(s) | Type | Access | |
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| 1 | 10-Mar-2015 | Bird-flower visitation networks in the Galápagos unveil a widespread interaction release | Traveset, Anna ; Olesen, Jens M ; Nogales, Manuel ; Vargas, Pablo ; Jaramillo, Patricia ; Antolín, Elena ; Trigo, María Mar ; Heleno, Ruben | article | openAccess |
| 2 | 2018 | Disclosing the double mutualist role of birds on Galápagos | Olesen, Jens M. ; Damgaard, Christian F; Fuster, Francisco; Heleno, Ruben H ; Nogales, Manuel ; Rumeu, Beatriz ; Trøjelsgaard, Kristian ; Vargas, Pablo ; Traveset, Anna | article | openAccess |
| 3 | 2019 | Dispersal of fern spores by Galápagos finches | Hervías-Parejo, Sandra ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Nogales, Manuel ; Traveset, Anna ; Heleno, Ruben | article | openAccess |
| 4 | 2019 | Divergence in floral trait preferences between nonflower-specialized birds and insects on the Galápagos | Hervías-Parejo, Sandra ; Heleno, Ruben ; Nogales, Manuel ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Traveset, Anna | article | openAccess |
| 5 | 2012 | Evidence for overlooked mechanisms of long-distance seed dispersal to and between oceanic islands | Nogales, Manuel ; Heleno, Ruben ; Traveset, Anna ; Vargas, Pablo | article | openAccess |
| 6 | 2017 | Evolutionary history of the endangered shrub snapdragon (Galvezia leucantha) of the Galápagos Islands | Guzmán, Beatriz ; Heleno, Ruben ; Nogales, Manuel ; Simbaña, Walter ; Traveset, Anna ; Vargas, Pablo | article | openAccess |
| 7 | 2011 | Frugivory and seed dispersal in the Galápagos: what is the state of the art? | Heleno, Ruben ; Blake, Stephen ; Jaramillo, Patricia ; Traveset, Anna ; Vargas, Pablo ; Nogales, Manuel | article | openAccess |
| 8 | 2016 | Galápagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) as a seed disperser | Traveset, Anna ; Nogales, Manuel ; Vargas, Pablo ; Rumeu, Beatriz ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Jaramillo, Patricia ; Heleno, Ruben | article | openAccess |
| 9 | 2015 | Historical isolation of the Galápagos carpenter bee (Xylocopa darwini) despite strong flight capability and ecological amplitude | Vargas, Pablo ; Rumeu, Beatriz ; Heleno, Ruben ; Traveset, Anna ; Nogales, Manuel | article | openAccess |
| 10 | 2018 | Long-distance dispersal syndromes matter: diaspore-trait effect on shaping plant distribution across the Canary Islands | Arjona, Yurena ; Nogales, Manuel ; Heleno, Ruben ; Vargas, Pablo | article | openAccess |
| 11 | 2015 | Long-distance dispersal to oceanic islands: success of plants with multiple diaspore specializations | Vargas, Pablo ; Arjona, Yurena ; Nogales, Manuel ; Heleno, Ruben | article | openAccess |
| 12 | 2014 | Plant colonization across the Galápagos Islands: success of the sea dispersal syndrome | Vargas, Pablo ; Nogales, Manuel ; Jaramillo, Patricia ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Traveset, Anna ; Heleno, Ruben | article | openAccess |
| 13 | Mar-2020 | Potential role of lava lizards as pollinators across the Galápagos Islands | Hervías-Parejo, Sandra ; Nogales, Manuel ; Guzmán, Beatriz ; Trigo, María Del Mar ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Vargas, Pablo ; Heleno, Ruben ; Traveset, Anna | article | openAccess |
| 14 | 2017 | Predicting the consequences of disperser extinction: richness matters the most when abundance is low | Rumeu, Beatriz ; Devoto, Mariano ; Traveset, Anna ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Vargas, Pablo ; Nogales, Manuel ; Heleno, Ruben | article | openAccess |
| 15 | Aug-2019 | Small size does not restrain frugivory and seed dispersal across the evolutionary radiation of Galápagos lava lizards | Hervías-Parejo, Sandra ; Heleno, Ruben ; Rumeu, Beatriz ; Guzmán, Beatriz ; Vargas, Pablo ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Traveset, Anna ; Vera, Carlos; Benavides, Edgar; Nogales, Manuel | article | openAccess |
| 16 | 28-Apr-2023 | Time-calibrated phylogenies reveal mediterranean and pre-mediterranean origin of the thermophilous vegetation of the Canary Islands | Martín-Hernanz, Sara; Nogales, Manuel ; Valente, Luis; Fernández-Mazuecos, Mario; Pomeda-Gutiérrez, Fernando; Cano, Emilio; Marrero, Patricia; Olesen, Jens M. ; Heleno, Ruben ; Vargas, Pablo | article | openAccess |