Rui Paulo Nóbrega Figueira
Researcher
Tropical Biology
CIBIO, Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos
Portugal
Biography
Dr Rui Figueira is an Associate Researcher of the Tropical Research Institute (IICT) since 2008 and the Portuguese Node Manager of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) since 2013. After completing his PhD in Ecology by the University of Lisbon in 2002, he was Invited Assistant Professor of Instituto Superior Técnico (2004-2010). His research interests are on species’ distribution modelling and biodiversity informatics, with integration of ecological niche modelling, geostatistics and multivariate data analysis. He was involved in 20 research projects, (two as coordinator). He published a total of 51 scientific papers, including 22 per-reviewed papers in international scientific journals.
Research Interest
His experience in biodiversity informatics includes the development and management of information facilities (hardware and software) to support biodiversity data, installation and use of standards and protocols for biodiversity data integration and sharing (Darwin Core, DiGIR, Tapir, GBIF IPT).
Publications
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Dauby G, Zaiss R, Blach-Overgaard A, Catarino L, Damen T, Deblauwe V, Dessein S, Dransfield J, Droissart V, Duarte MC, Engledow H, Fadeur G, Figueira R, Gereau RE, Hardy OJ, Harris DJ, de Heij J, Janssens S, Klomberg Y, Ley AC, Mackinder BA, Meerts P, van de Poel JL, Sonke B, Sosef MSM, Stevart T, Stoffelen P, Svenning JC, Sepulchre P, van der Burgt X, Wieringa JJ, Couvreur TLP (2016) RAINBIO: a mega-database of tropical African vascular plants distributions. Phytokeys, 74:1-18.
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Sosef MSM, Dauby G, Blach-Overgaard A, van der Burgt X, Catarino L, Damen T, Deblauwe V, Dessein S, Dransfield J, Droissart V, Duarte MC, Engledow H, Fadeur G, Figueira R, Gereau RE, Hardy OJ, Harris DJ, de Heij J, Janssens S, Klomberg Y, Ley AC, Mackinder BA, Meerts P, de Poel JLV, Sonke B, Stevart T, Stoffelen P, Svenning JC, Sepulchre P, Zaiss R, Wieringa JJ, Couvreur TLP (2017) Exploring the floristic diversity of tropical Africa. BMC Biology, 15:15.
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Mori E, Grandi G, Menchetti M, Tella JL, Jackson HA, Reino L, van Kleunen A, Figueira R, Ancillotto L (2017) Worldwide distribution of non-native Amazon parrots and temporal trends of their global trade. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 40.1: 49-62.
