Alba Estrada Acedo
Researcher
Climate Change and Biodiversity
CIBIO, Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos
Portugal
Biography
I completed my PhD in Environmental Sciences from the University of Malaga (Spain) in 2008. I then obtained a postdoctoral fellowship at the Research Institute of Game Management (IREC) of the Spanish National Research Agency in Ciudad Real and then worked in the same institution as a postdoctoral research assistant in three different research projects. In May 2013I joined the Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair at the University of Évora (Portugal) where I am working as a postdoctoral researcher in the Biodiversa project EC21C(European Conservation for the 21stCentury).
Research Interest
My main research fields are biogeography and macroecology and additionally I am highly motivated for working in conservation and concerned about the applicability of the science I am involved in. My research interests include the detection of changes in biodiversity patterns according to forecasted climate and land uses at large scales. I am very interested in methodological exercises that allow the detection of the most transferable modelling techniques in space and time. I have also experience in detecting the degree of overlap between natural protected areas and important conservation areas for biodiversity and in the inclusion of fuzzy logic in conservation biogeography.
Publications
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Cardador L, De Caceres M, Giralt D, Bota G, Aquilue N, Arroyo B, Mougeot F, Cantero-Martinez C, Viladomiu L, Rosell J, Casas F, Estrada A, Alvaro-Fuentes J, Brotons L (2015) Tools for exploring habitat suitability for steppe birds under land use change scenarios Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 200: 119-125.
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Estrada A, Morales-Castilla I, Caplat P, Early R (2016) Usefulness of Species Traits in Predicting Range Shifts. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 31(3): 190-203.
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Estrada A, Delgado MP, Arroyo B, Traba J, Morales MB (2016) Forecasting Large-Scale Habitat Suitability of European Bustards under Climate Change: The Role of Environmental and Geographic Variables. Plos One, 11(3): e0149810.
