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Date:
From 14 Mar 2025 until 16 Mar 2025
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Location:
University of the Azores (Angra do Heroísmo campus, Terceira island, Azores, Portugal) & Online
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Schedule:
9h00-17h00 (UTC-1)
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Lecturer or Responsible:
The MACRISK project (Trait-based prediction of extinction risk and invasiveness for Northern Macaronesian arthropods) has been focusing in the study of how arthropod traits can predict abundance trends and extinction risk in the Azores archipelago. We found interesting evidence showing that endemic traits mainly related to adaptation to the natural vegetation of the Azores offer greater protection to the species, which enhanced their abundance trends in two available time series (BALA and SLAM projects). At the same time, exotic species, that seem to not be completely adapted to the natural forest, have been having difficulties to colonize these habitats (see recently published publication in attachment)
The final workshop of the project has the objective to present these and more of our findings, while we open for discussions related to arthropods and islands conservation. We believe that this workshop will contribute to the conservation strategies in the Azores and even in other oceanic archipelagos.
The workshop will be hybrid, in person at the University of the Azores (Angra do Heroísmo campus, Terceira island, Azores, Portugal) and through Zoom, from 14 to 16 of march, 2025.
We hope you can participate!
Invited speakers
- Prof. Axel Hochkirch. Department of Ecology, Musée national d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg, Luxemburg.
- Prof. Kostas Triantis. Department of Ecology and Taxonomy, University of Athens, Greece.
- Prof. Michael Samways. Department of Conservation Ecology & Entomology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Programme
Day 1 – March 14, 2025
9:00h – Reception
9:15h – Opening speeches
Prof. Paulo Borges
CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group & CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Azorean Biodiversity Group, University of the Azores, Azores, Portugal.
Prof. Rosalina Gabriel
CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group & CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Azorean Biodiversity Group, University of the Azores, Azores, Portugal.
Doutor Luis Furtado
Pro-Rector, Campus Angra do Heroísmo - University of the Azores, Azores, Portugal.
Online access · LINK
Password · 181185
9:30h – Lecture. The Long-Term Project in the Azores
Prof. Paulo Borges
CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group & CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Azorean Biodiversity Group, University of the Azores, Azores, Portugal.
10:00h – Lecture. Arthropod traits as proxies for abundance trends in the Azorean Islands
Dr. Guilherme Oyarzabal
CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group & CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Azorean Biodiversity Group, University of the Azores, Azores, Portugal.
10:30h – Coffee break.
11:00h – Lecture. Insect conservation
Prof. Michael Samways
Department of Conservation Ecology & Entomology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
11:50h – Open discussion session
12:30h – Lunch break
14:00h – Lecture. Red Listing on Atlantic islands
Prof. Axel Hochkirch
Department of Ecology, Musée national d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg, Luxemburg.
14:50h – Open discussion session
15:30h – Coffee break
16:00h – Lecture. Extinction debt on islands
Prof. Kostas Triantis
Department of Ecology and Taxonomy, University of Athens, Greece.
16:30h – Lecture. Risk of extinction and most common threats of arthropods in the Azores
Dr. Guilherme Oyarzabal
CE3C - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group & CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Azorean Biodiversity Group, University of the Azores, Azores, Portugal.
17:00h – Open discussion session.
17:30h – Day one closure
Day 2 – March 15, 2025
9:00h – Visit to the permanent restoration points across Terceira Island.
Meeting point for the bus at Alto das Covas, in front of Monte Brasil Hotel in Angra do Heroísmo.
Galhardo.
Reconversion of the Eucalyptus forest at Algar do Carvão.
12:30h – Lunch break. Clube de Golfe da Ilha Terceira
14:00h – Visit to the permanent restoration points across Terceira Island.
Terra Brava.
Touristic visitation to Furnas do Enxofre.
17:30h – Return to Alto das Covas, in Angra do Heroísmo.
Day 3 – March 16, 2025
9:00h – Visit to the conservation areas in Terceira island.
Meeting point for the cars at Alto das Covas, in front of Monte Brasil Hotel in Angra do Heroísmo.
Caldeira de Santa Bárbara.
Mistérios Negros.
Rocha do Chambre.
