MACRISK Outputs

1) Borges, P.A.V., Lamelas-Lopez, L., Stüben, P.E., Ros-Prieto, A., Gabriel, R., Boieiro, M., Tsafack, N. & Ferreira, M.T. (2022). SLAM Project – Long Term Ecological Study of the Impacts of Climate Change in the Natural Forest of Azores: II – A survey of exotic arthropods in disturbed forest habitats. Biodiversity Data Journal, 10: e81410. DOI:10.3897/BDJ.10.e81410 (IF2021: 1.54; Q3 Biodiversity Conservation)
https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/81410/

2) Borges, P.A.V., Lamelas-Lopez, L., Tsafack, N., Boieiro, M., Ros-Prieto, A., Gabriel, R., Nunes, R. & Ferreira, M.T. (2022). SLAM Project – Long Term Ecological Study of the Impacts of Climate Change in the Natural Forest of Azores: III – Testing the impact of edge effects in a native forest of Terceira Island. Biodiversity Data Journal, 10: DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e85971 (IF2021: 1.54; Q3 Biodiversity Conservation)
https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/85971/

3) Borges, P.A.V., Lamelas-Lopez, L. & Schülke M (2022). New records of rove-beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) for Azores Islands (Portugal). Biodiversity Data Journal, 10: e87672. DOI: 3897/BDJ.10.e87672 (IF2021: 1.54; Q3 Biodiversity Conservation)
https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/87672/

4) Stephenson, P., Londoño-Murcia, M.C., Borges, P.A.V., Claassens, L., Frisch-Nwakanma, H., Ling, N., McMullan-Fisher, S., Meeuwig, J.J., Unter, K.M.M., Walls, J.L., Burfield, I.J., Correa, D.C.V., Geller, G.N., Paredes, I.M., Mubalama, L.K., Ntiamoa-Baidu, Y., Roesler, I., Rovero, F., Pal Sharma, Y., Wiwardhana, N.W., Yang, J. & Fumagall, L (2022). Measuring the Impact of Conservation: The Growing Importance of Monitoring Fauna, Flora and Funga. Diversity, 14, 824. DOI: 10.3390/d1410082 (IF2021 3.029; Q2 Ecology)
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/10/824#

5) Lhoumeau, S., Cardoso, P., Costa, R., Boieiro, M., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Amorim, I.R., Rigal, F., Santos, A.M.C., Gabriel, R. & Borges, P.A.V. (2022). SLAM Project – Long Term Ecological Study of the Impacts of Climate Change in the natural forest of Azores: IV – The spiders of Terceira and Pico Islands (2019-2021) and general diversity patterns after ten years of sampling. Biodiversity Data Journal, 10: DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e96442 (IF2021: 1.54; Q3 Biodiversity Conservation)
https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/96442/list/8/

6) Lhoumeau, S., Cardoso, P., Boieiro, M., Ros-Prieto, A., Costa, R., Lamelas-Lopez, L. Leite, A., Amorim, I.R., Gabriel, R., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Rigal, F., Santos, A.M.C., Tsafack, N., Ferreira, M.T. & Borges, P.A.V. (2022). SLAM Project – Long Term Ecological Study of the Impacts of Climate Change in the natural forest of Azores: V – New records of terrestrial arthropods after ten years of SLAM sampling. Biodiversity Data Journal, 10: e97952. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e97952 (IF2021: 1.54; Q3 Biodiversity Conservation)
https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/97952/

7) Tsafack, N., Pozsgai, G., Boieiro, M., Ros-Prieto, A., Nunes, R., Ferreira, M.T. & Borges, P.A.V. (2023). Edge effects constraint endemic but not introduced arthropod species in a pristine forest on Terceira (Azores, Portugal). Forest Ecology and Management, 528: e120646. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120646 (IF2021: 4.384; Q1 Forestry) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112722006405

8) Lamelas-Lopez, L., Gabriel, R., Ros-Prieto, A. & Borges, P.A.V. (2023). SLAM Project – Long Term Ecological Study of the Impacts of Climate Change in the natural forest of Azores: VI – Inventory of Arthropods of Azorean Urban Gardens. Biodiversity Data Journal, 11: e98286. DOI: 3897/BDJ.11.e98286 (IF2021: 1.54; Q3 Biodiversity Conservation)
https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/98286/list/9/

9) Lhoumeau, S. & Borges, P.A.V. (2023). Assessing the Impact of Insect Decline in Islands: Exploring the Diversity and Community Patterns of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Arthropods in the Azores Native Forest over 10 Years. Diversity, 15: 753. DOI: 10.3390/d15060753 (IF2021 3.029; Q2 Ecology)
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/6/753

10) Costa, R., Cardoso, P., Rigal, F. & Borges, P.A.V. (2023). Island spider origins show complex vertical stratification pattern in Macaronesia. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 16: 886-895- DOI: 10.1111/icad.12686 (IF2022: 3.5; Q1 Entomology)
https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/icad.12686

11) Pozsgai, G., Lhoumeau, S., Amorim, I.R., Boieiro, M., Cardoso, P., Costa, R., Ferreira, M.T., Leite, A., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Oyarzabal, G., Rigal, F., Ros-Prieto, A., Santos, A.M.C., Gabriel, R. & Borges, P.A.V. (2024). The BALA project: A pioneering monitoring of Azorean forest invertebrates over two decades (1999–2022). Scientific Data, 11: 368. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03174-7 (IF2022: 9.8; Q1 Multidisciplinary Sciences)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-024-03174-7

12) Oyarzabal, G., Cardoso, P., Rigal, F., Boieiro, M., Amorim, I.R., Santos, A.M.C., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Costa, R., Lhoumeau, S., Pozsgai, G., Gabriel, R. & Borges, P.A.V. (2024). Arthropod traits as proxies for abundance trends in the Azorean Islands. Ecography, Issue 2024: e07457. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.07457 (IF2023: 5.4; Q1 Ecology)
https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.07457

13) Lhoumeau, S., Tsafack, N., Manso, S., Figueiredo, T., Leite, A., Parmentier, L., Ferreira, M.T. & Borges, P.A.V. (2024) Monitoring arthropods under the scope of the LIFE-BEETLES project: I – Baseline data with implementation of the Index of Biotic Integrity. Biodiversity Data Journal, 12: e124799. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e124799 (IF2022: 1,3; Q3 Biodiversity Conservation)
https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/124799/list/9/

14) Lhoumeau, S., Pinelo, J. & Borges, P.A.V. (2025). Artificial Intelligence for Biodiversity: Exploring the Potential of Recurrent Neural Networks in Forecasting Arthropod Dynamics based on Time Series. Ecological Indicators, 171: 113119. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113119 (IF2023: 7.0; Q1 Ecology)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X25000482

15) Oyarzabal, G., Cardoso, P., Rigal, F., Boieiro, M., Santos, A.M.C., Amorim, I.R., Malumbres-Olarte, J., Costa, R., Lhoumeau, S., Pozsgai, G., Gabriel, R. & Borges, P.A.V. (2025). Species traits may predict extinction risk of Azorean endemic arthropods. Insect Conservation and Diversity, Online Early DOI: 10.1111/icad.12822 (IF2023: 3.2; Q1 Entomology)
https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/icad.12822?af=R​

16) Borges, P.A.V., Malumbres‑Olarte, J., Gabriel, R., Videira, S.I. R., Rodrigues, A.F., Lhoumeau, S., Leite, A., Ros‑Prieto, A., Melo, C., Pozsgai, G., Oyarzabal, G., Parmentier, L., Lamelas‑López, L., Boieiro, M., Barcelos, P.J.M., Costa, R., Coelho, R., Wallon, S., Gonçalves, S., & Amorim, I.R. (2025). Biodiversity insights from BioBlitz surveys on Terceira Island, Azores. Biodiversity Data Journal, 13: e153461. DOI:10.3897/BDJ.13.e153461 (IF2023 1,1; Q3 Biodiversity Conservation)
https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/153461/list/9/

1) Borges, P.A.V., Leite, A., Parmentier, L., Costa, R., Lhoumeau, S., Boieiro, M., Amorim, I.R. & Malumbres-Olarte, J. (2023). Festa do Bioblitz Açores: a diversidade dos artrópodes do Jardim Duque da Terceira. Pingo de Lava, 45: 80-87.
http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/6869

2) Amorim, I.R., Parmentier, L., Leite, A., Wallon, S., Ros-Prieto, A., Costa, R., Lhoumeau, S., Barcelos, P.J.M., Mendonça, P., Coelho, R., Rodrigues, A.F.F., Borges, P.A.V. & Malumbres-Olarte, J. (2023). Festa do Bioblitz Açores 2023: tantas espécies que vivem no Jardim! Pingo de Lava, 45: 72-79.
http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/6868

3) Borges, P.A.V. (2024). Dia Mundial da Terra. – “É essencial implementar nos Açores políticas eficazes para o uso da terra e o desenvolvimento de áreas turísticas”. Correio dos Açores, 21 de Abril de 2014; pp. 10-11

4) Oyarzabal, G. & Borges, P.A.V. (2025). Dos Dados à Acção: Estudos de Longo Prazo e Estratégias de Conservação para a Biodiversidade dos Artrópodes dos Açores. UAciência, Açores Magazine, pp. 6-7