Publications

Andrade, R., Gabriel, R., Borges, P.A.V. & Elias, R. (2026). MOVECLIM–AZORES: plot based vascular plant cover along elevational gradients (2013). Biodiversity Data Journal, 14: e178119. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.14.e178119 (IF2024: 1.1; Q3 Biodiversity Conservation)
https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/178119/list/9/

Borges, P.A.V., Morgado, L.N., Gabriel, R., Elias, R.B., Gauche, M., Ah Peng, C., Otto, R., de Nascimento, L., Strasberg, D., Guerrero Ramírez, N., Kreft, H., & Fernández Palacios, J.M. (2025). Integrating plot-based methods for monitoring biodiversity in island habitats under the scope of BIODIVERSA+ project BioMonI: Tree monitoring in Terceira, Tenerife and Réunion Islands. Biodiversity Data Journal, 13: e158423. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e158423 (IF2024: 1.1; Q3 Biodiversity Conservation)
https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/158423/

Costa, R., Cardoso, P., Rigal, F. & Borges, P.A.V. (2025). Vertical forest strata position and niche shifts between juvenile and adult spiders. Biodiversity Data Journal, 13: e171693. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e171693 (IF2024: 1.1; Q3 Biodiversity Conservation)
https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/171693/

Gabriel, R., Morgado, L.N., Poponessi, S., Henriques, D.S.G., Coelho, M.C.M., Silveira, G.M., Pereira, F. & Borges, P.A.V. (2025). Dataset on bryophyte species distribution across an elevational gradient on Flores Island. Biodiversity Data Journal, 13: e165664. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e165664 (IF2024: 1.1; Q3 Biodiversity Conservation)
https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/165664/list/9/

Gabriel, R., Morgado, L.N., Poponessi, S., Henriques, D.S.G., Coelho, M.C.M. Silveira, G.M. & Borges, P.A.V. (2025). Diversity and Distribution of Bryophytes Along an Altitudinal Gradient on Flores Island (Azores, Portugal). Plants 14: 3766. DOI: 10.3390/plants14243766 (IF2024: 4.1; Q1 Plant Sciences)
https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14/24/3766

Lhoumeau, S., Oyarzabal, G. & Borges, P.A.V. (2025). Beyond native habitats: Indigenous arthropods adapted to mid-elevations find refuge in exotic forests. Global Ecology and Conservation, 64: e03935 DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03935 (IF2024 3.4; Q1 Ecology)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989425005372?via%3Dihub

Marline, L., Ah-Peng, C., Flores, O. & Hedderson, T. A. J. (2025). Morphological variation in liverwort traits influences community assemblage along an elevational gradient in northern Madagascar. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 158(2), 181–194. DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.139573 (IF2024: 1.3; Q3 Plant Sciences)
https://plecevo.eu/article/139573/list/9/

Ricou-Dreneuc, S., Ah-Peng, C. & Coudert, Y. (2025). Architectural shift to epiphytism fuels exotic bryophyte invasiveness. Current Biology, 35(18), R876–R877. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.07.068 (IF2024: 7.5; Q1 Cell Biology)
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(25)01005-X

Schrader, J., Coleman, D., Abbott, I., Bryant, S., Buckley, R., Crayn, D. M., Gallagher, R. V., Harris, S., Heatwole, H., Jackes, B., Kreft, H., Mills, K., Kirkpatrick, J., Latz, P. K., Neldner, J., Sattler, C., Visoiu, M., Wenk, E. H., Woinarski, J. C. Z., Worboys, S., Wright, I. J., Zorn, I., & Westoby, M. (2025). A‐Islands: a vascular plant dataset for biodiversity research and species monitoring on Australian Continental Islands. Journal of Vegetation Science, 36(2): e70019. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.70019 (IF2024: 2.7; Q1 Forestry)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvs.70019

Gabriel, R., Morgado, L.N., Borges, P.A.V. Coelho, M.C.M., Aranda, S.C., Henriques, D.S.G., Sérgio, C., Hespanhol, H., Pereira, F., Sim-Sim, M. & Ah-Peng, C. (2024). The MOVECLIM – AZORES project: Bryophytes from Pico Island along an elevation gradient. Biodiversity Data Journal, 12: e117890. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e117890 (IF2023: 1.1; Q3 Biodiversity Conservation)
https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/117890/list/9/

Schrader, J., Weigelt, P., Cai, L., Westoby, M., Fernández-Palacios, J.M., Cabezas, F.J,. Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Triantis, K.A., Trigas, P., Kubota, Y. & Kreft H. (2024). Islands are key for protecting the world's plant endemism. Nature, 634: 868-874. Doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08036-1. (IF2024: 48.5; Q1 Multidisciplinary Sciences)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08036-1

Borges, P.A.V.(2025). Best practices for long-term monitoring of island arthropods: insights from the Azores Islands.Discover Conservation, 2: 11.
DOI: 10.1007/s44353-025-00030-6
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44353-025-00030-6

Guerrero-Ramírez, N., Ah-Peng, C., Borges, P. A. V., Camperio, G., de Nascimento, L., Elias, R. B., Essl, F., Gabriel, R., Lenzner, B., Mologni, F., Morgado, L., Patiño, J., Suter, S., Wildpret Martin, W., Zemp, C., & Kreft, H. (2025) Biodiversity monitoring of island ecosystems (BioMonI). ARPHA Conference Abstracts 8: e155875
https://aca.pensoft.net/article/155875/

Camperio, G., Wildpret, W., Zemp, C., Borges, P.A.V., de Nascimento, L., Gabriel, R., Lenzner, B., Mologni, F., Patiño, J., Suter, S., Kreft, H. & Guerrero-Ramírez, N. (2025). Which ongoing and past biodiversity monitoring schemes exist on islands worldwide?: a Systematic Map Protocol. PROCEED-25-00332 Available from:
https://www.proceedevidence.info/protocol/view-result?id=332
https://doi.org/10.57808/proceed.2025.11

Morgado, L.N., Poponessi, S., Polaino-Martin, C., Silveira, G., Sousa, M., Borges, P.A.V. & Gabriel R, S. (2026). The MOVECLIM – AZORES project: Bryophytes from Santa Maria Island (2019). Version 1.1. Universidade dos Açores. Samplingevent dataset. DOI: 10.15468/a7hvsm
https://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=moveclim-azo-bry-sma_2019

Borges, P.A.V. (2026). BioMonI-PLOTS: Standardized beetle inventory data from Pico & Terceira Islands (Azores). Version 1.0. Universidade dos Açores. Samplingevent dataset. DOI: 10.15468/fcebeu
https://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=biomoni_beetles

Gabriel, R., Morgado, L.N., Poponessi, S., Henriques, D.S.G., Coelho, M.C.M., Silveira, G.M., Pereira, F. & Borges, P.A.V. (2025). The MOVECLIM – AZORES project: Bryophytes from Flores Island (2013). Version 1.0. Universidade dos Açores. Samplingevent dataset.
http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=moveclim_azores_flores_island_2012&v=1.0

Morgado, L.N., Gabriel, R., Elias, R.B., Ah-Peng, C., Fernández-Palacios, J.M., Strasberg, D. & Borges, P.A.V. (2025). Plot Based biodiversity monitoring of trees on island ecosystems (Terceira, Tenerife, and Réunion). Version 1.2. Universidade dos Açores. Samplingevent dataset. DOI: 10.15468/hwm3mt
http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=biomoni_trees

Suter, S., Otto, R., Fernández-Palacios, J. M., de Nascimento Reyes, L., Rodriguez Arvelo, F., Sierra Cornejo, N., Guerrero Ramirez, N., Ehbrecht, M., Kreft, H., & Zemp, D. C. (2025) Characterising the structural complexity across major habitats of Tenerife, Spain. EcoEvoRxiv.
https://doi.org/10.32942/X2MD23

Sousa, M. A., Andrade, R., Elias, R. B., Morgado, L.N., Davide, X., Fatková, L., Pereira, F., & Gabriel, R. (2025). Monitorização da vegetação natural dos Açores ao longo do tempo: ilhas Pico, Terceira, Flores e São Miguel. Pingo de Lava, 47, 103-113.
https://www.montanheiros.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Pingo-Lava2025-Vegetacao-Natural.pdf

Borges, P. A. V. (2025). A Fauna de artrópodes ds florestas nativas dos Açores: 2. Biscoito da ferraria (Terceira-Açores). Pingo de Lava, 47, 116-124.
https://www.montanheiros.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Pingo-Lava2025-Biscoito-Ferraria.pdf