Dr. Catarina C. Ferreira
Coord/Officer Environmental Programs, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Biodiversity conservation, terrestrial ecology, species at-risk conservation, mammals, wildlife management, predator-prey interactions, protected area management, behavioural ecology, knowledge brokerage, science communication
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How Canada can attract international talent and improve knowledge exchange
Riding the tide of political will to maximize biodiversity research investment
Strengthening Scientific Collaboration Between Europe and Canada: A Research Point of View
Canadian Science Policy CentreOnline
Interview with Dr. Catarina Ferreira - MSCA Fellow
Inter and transdisciplinary research programs are essential for protecting biodiversity
Canadian Science Policy CentreOnline
16. Klütsch, C. & Ferreira, C.C. (2021). Closing the gap between knowledge and implementation in conservation science: concluding remarks. In: Ferreira, C.C. & Klütsch, C. (eds) Closing the Knowledge-Implementation Gap in Conservation Science - Interdisciplinary Evidence Transfer Across Sectors and Spatiotemporal Scales. Springer Publishers. To be released in September 2021.
15. Ferreira, C.C., Stephenson, P.J., Gill, M. & Regan, E. (2021). Biodiversity Monitoring and the Role of Scientists in the 21st Century. In: Ferreira, C.C. & Klütsch, C. (eds) Closing the Knowledge-Implementation Gap in Conservation Science - Interdisciplinary Evidence Transfer Across Sectors and Spatiotemporal Scales. Springer Publishers. To be released in September 2021.
14. Nguyen, V.M., Ferreira, C.C. & Klütsch, C. (2021). The Knowledge-Implementation Gap in Conservation Science. In: Ferreira, C.C. & Klütsch, C. (eds) Closing the Knowledge-Implementation Gap in Conservation Science - Interdisciplinary Evidence Transfer Across Sectors and Spatiotemporal Scales. Springer Publishers. To be released in September 2021.
13. Ferreira, C.C. & Klütsch, C. (eds). Closing the Knowledge-Implementation Gap in Conservation Science - Interdisciplinary Evidence Transfer Across Sectors and Spatiotemporal Scales. Springer Publishers. To be released in September 2021.
12. Hodgetts, N., Cálix, M., Englefield, E., Fettes, N., García Criado, M., Patin, L., Nieto, A., Bergamini, A., Bisang, I., Baisheva, E., Campisi, P., Cogoni, A., Hallingbäck, T.,Konstantinova, N., Lockhart, N., Sabovljevic, M., Schnyder, N., Schröck, C., Sérgio, C., Sim Sim, M., Vrba, J., Ferreira, C.C., Afonina, O., Blockeel, T., Blom, H., Caspari, S., Gabriel, R., Garcia, C., Garilleti, R., González Mancebo, J., Goldberg, I., Hedenäs, L., Holyoak, D., Hugonnot, V., Huttunen, S., Ignatov, M., Ignatova, E., Infante, M., Juutinen, R., Kiebacher, T., Köckinger, H., Kučera, J., Lönnell, N., Lüth, M., Martins, A., Maslovsky, O., Papp, B., Porley, R., Rothero, G., Söderström, L., Ştefǎnuţ, S., Syrjänen, K., Untereiner, A., Váňa, J. Ɨ, Vanderpoorten, A., Vellak, K., Aleffi, M., Bates, J., Bell, N., Brugués, M., Cronberg, N., Denyer, J., Duckett, J., During, H.J., Enroth, J., Fedosov, V., Flatberg, K.-I., Ganeva, A., Gorski, P., Gunnarsson, U., Hassel, K., Hespanhol, H., Hill, M., Hodd, R., Hylander, K., Ingerpuu, N., Laaka-Lindberg, S., Lara, F., Mazimpaka, V., Mežaka, A., Müller, F., Orgaz, J.D., Patiño, J., Pilkington, S., Puche, F., Ros, R.M., Rumsey, F., Segarra, J.G., Seneca, A., Stebel, A., Virtanen, R., Weibull, H., Wilbraham, J. and Żarnowiec, J. (2019). A miniature world in decline: European Red List of Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts. Brussels, Belgium: IUCN.
11. Delibes-Mateos M.; Barrio I.C.; Barbosa A.M.; Martínez-Solano I.; Fa J.E. & Ferreira C.C. (2019) Rewilding and the risk of getting new, unwanted interactions. In: Pettorelli N., Du Toit J. & Durant S. (eds.) Rewilding. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Pp: 355-374.
10. Ferreira C.C.; Alves P.C.; Lourenço R. & Bencatel J. (2017). Lagomorfos (Lagomorpha). In: Bencatel J., Álvares F., Moura A.E. & Barbosa A.M. (eds.), Atlas de Mamíferos de Portugal, 1st Edition. Pp: 146-151. Universidade de Évora, Portugal.
9. Álvares F.; Ferreira C.C.; Barbosa A.M.; Rosalino L.M.; Pedroso N.M. & Bencatel J. (2017). Carnívoros (Carnivora). In: Bencatel J., Álvares F., Moura A.E. & Barbosa A.M. (eds.), Atlas de Mamíferos de Portugal, 1st Edition. Pp: 62-95. Universidade de Évora, Portugal.
8. Ferreira, C.; Rodrigues, T.; Leitão, M.; Paupério, J.; Moutinho, C.; Gonçalves, D. & Alves, P.C. (2012). Gestão de recursos cinegéticos no arquipélago dos Açores: o coelho-bravo. CIBIO-UP e Direcção Regional dos Recursos Florestais, Porto (ISBN 978-989-97418-3-6).
7. Sarmento, P.; Cruz, J.; Ferreira, C.; Monterroso, P.; Serra, R.; Tarroso, P & Negrões, N. (2009). Conservation status and Action Plan for the recovery of Iberian lynx populations in Portugal. In Vargas, A., Breitenmoser, Ch. & Breitenmoser, U., Eds.. Iberian Lynx Ex situ Conservation: An interdisciplinary approach. Pp: 32-41. Fundación Biodiversidad, Madrid, Spain.
6. Ferreira, C. & Sarmento, P. (2006). A importância da gestão do habitat no fomento de populações de coelho-bravo. In: C. Ferreira & P.C. Alves (coord.). Gestão de populações de coelho-bravo (Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus). Pp: 101-130. Federação Alentejana de Caçadores (Eds.).
5. Tarroso, P.; Ferreira, C. & Paupério, J. (2006). Métodos de monitorização das populações de coelho-bravo. In: C. Ferreira & P.C. Alves (coord.). Gestão de populações de coelho-bravo (Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus). Pp: 81-100. Federação Alentejana de Caçadores (Eds.).
4. Paupério, J.; Ferreira, C. & Alves, P.C. (2006). Aspectos gerais da biologia do coelho-bravo. In: C. Ferreira & P.C. Alves (coord.). Gestão de populações de coelho-bravo (Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus). Pp: 31-48 Federação Alentejana de Caçadores (Eds.).
3. Ferreira, C. & Alves, P.C. (2006). Gestão de populações de coelho-bravo (Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus). Federação Alentejana de Caçadores (Eds.). 188 Pp.
2. Ferreira, C. & Alves, P.C. (2006). A gestão das populações de coelho-bravo (Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus) e dos seus habitats. In C. Fonseca (coord.). Gestão das populações cinegéticas e dos seus habitats. Pp: 17-33. Federação de Caça e Pesca da Beira Litoral. Coimbra.
1. Sarmento, P.; Cruz, J.; Monterroso, P.; Tarroso, P.; Ferreira, C. & Negrões, N. (2005). El lince ibérico en Portugal. - In J.N. Guzmán López-Ocón, F.J. García González, G. Garrote Alonso, R. Pérez De Ayala, M.C. Iglesias Llamas (Eds). El lince ibérico (Lynx pardinus) en España y Portugal. Censo-diagnóstico de sus poblaciones. Dirección General para la Biodiversidad. Madrid. 174 Pp.
SCI JOURNALS
2021
30. Bencatel, J., Álvares, F., Ferreira, C.C., Rosalino, L.M. & Barbosa, A.M. Modelling nationwide patterns of carnivore mammal distribution based on non-systematic data. In prep.
29. Momeni-Dehaghi, I.; Drechsler, M.; Salmanmahiny, A.; Omidi, M. & Ferreira, C.C. Key prey, not competitors, determine the persistence of Asiatic cheetah populations in the wild. Submitted to Biodiversity and Conservation.
28. Márquez, C.C.; Ferreira, C.C. & Acevedo, P. Stressor interactions drive changes in the distribution of imperiled terrestrial carnivores. Submitted to Science of the Total Environment.
27. Watt, C.; Kierepka, E.M.; Ferreira, C.C.; Koen, E.L.; Row, J.R.; Bowman, J.; Wilson, P.J. & Murray, D.L. (2021). Canada lynx gene flow across a mountain transition zone in western North America. Canadian Journal of Zoology 99 (2): 131–140.
2019
26. Ferreira, C.C.; Hossie, T.J.; Jenkins, D.A.; Wehtje, M.; Austin, C.E.; Boudreau, M.R.; Chan, K.; Clement, A.; Hrynyk, M.; Longhi, J.; MacFarlane, S.; Majchrzak, Y.N.; Otis, J.A.; Peers, M.J.L.; Rae, J.; Seguin, J.L.; Walker, S.; Watt, C. & Murray, D.L. (2019). The recovery illusion: what is delaying the rescue of imperiled species?. Bioscience 69 (12): 1028–1034.
25. Pinheiro, A.; Sousa-Pereira, P.; Almeida, T.; Ferreira, C.C.; Otis, J.A.; Boudreau, M.R.; Seguin, J.L.; Murray, D.L.; Lanning, D.K. & Esteves. P. (2019). Sequencing of VDJ genes in Lepus americanus confirms a correlation between VHn expression and the leporid species continent of origin. Molecular Immunology 112:182-187.
2018
24. Bencatel, J.; Ferreira C.C.; Barbosa, A.M.; Rosalino, L.M. & Álvares, F. (2018). Research trends and geographical distribution of mammalian carnivores in Portugal: a review of non-systematic data and publication metrics. PLoS ONE 13(11): e0207866.
23. Delibes-Mateos, M.; Castro, F.; Piorno, V.; Ramírez,E.; Blanco-Aguiar, J.A.; Aparicio, F.; Mínguez, L.E.; Ferreira, C.C.; Rouco, C.; Ríos-Saldaña, C.A.; Recuerda, P. & Villafuerte, R. (2018). First assessment of the potential introduction by hunters of Eastern Cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus) in Spain. Wildlife Research 45(7) 571-577.
22. Ríos-Saldaña, C.A., Delibes-Mateos, M. & Ferreira, C.C. (2018). Are fieldwork studies being relegated to second place in conservation science?. Global Ecology and Conservation 14: e00389. Check the data from this paper here. Highlighted as one of the influential conservation ecology papers of 2018! and Recommended by F1000!
2017
21. Murray, D.L.; Peers, M.J.L.; Majchrzak, Y.N.; Wehtje, M.; Ferreira, C.; Pickles, R.S.A.; Row, J.R.; Thornton, D.H. (2017). Continental divide: Climate-mediated fragmentation of species distributions in the boreal forest. PLoS ONE 12(5): e0176706. Covered by The Toronto Star!
20. Hudson L. ...Ferreira, C....et al. (2017). The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) Project. Ecology and Evolution 7(1): 145–188.
19. Le Pendu, J.; Abrantes, J.; Bertagnoli, S.; Guitton, J.S.; Le Gall-Reculé, G.; Lopes, A.M.; Marchandeau, S.; Alda, F.; Almeida, T.; Alves, P.C.; Barcena, J.; Burmakina, G.; Blanco, E.; Calvete, C.; Cavadini, P.; Cooke, B.; Dalton, K.; Delibes-Mateos, M.; Deptula, W.; Eden, J.S.; Wang, F.; Ferreira, C.; Ferreira, P.; Foronda, P.; Gonçalves, D.; Gavier-Widén, D.; Hall, R.; Hukowska-Szematowicz, B.; Kerr, P.; Kovaliski, J.; Lavazza, A.; Mahar, J.; Malogolovkin, A.; Marques, R.M.; Marques, S.; Martin-Alonso, A.; Monterroso, P.; Moreno, S.; Mutze, G.; Neimanis, A.; Niedzwiedzka-Rystwej, P.; Peacock, D.; Parra, F.; Rocchi, M.; Rouco, C.; Ruvoën-Clouet, N.; Silva, E.; Silvério, D.; Strive, T.; Thompson, G.; Tokarz-Deptula, B. & Esteves, P. (2017). Proposal for a unified classification system and nomenclature of lagoviruses. Journal of General Virology 98: 1658-1666.
2016
18. Ferreira, C.; Ríos-Saldaña C.A. & Delibes-Mateos, M. (2016). Naturalists: Hail local fieldwork, not just global models. Nature 534: 326.
17. Ferreira, C.; Bastille-Rousseau, G.; Bennett, A.; Ellington, H.; Terwissen, C.; Austin, C.; Borlestean, A.; Boudreau, M.; Chan, K.; Forsythe, A.; Hossie, T.; Landolt, K.; Longhi, J.; Otis, J.A.; Peers, M.; Rae, J.; Seguin, J.; Watt, C.; Wehtje, M.; Murray, D.L. (2016). The evolution of peer review as a basis for publication in ecology: Directional selection towards a robust discipline. Biological Reviews 91: 597–610.
2015
16. Murray, D.L.; Peers, M.; Majchrzak, Y.; Wehtje, M.; Ferreira, C.; Pickles, R.; Row, J. & Thornton, D. (2015). Potential pitfalls of private initiatives in conservation planning: A case study from Canada's boreal forest. Biological Conservation 192: 174-180.
15. Ferreira, C.; Castro, F.; Piorno, V.; Barrio, I; Delibes-Mateos, M.; Rouco, C.; Mínguez, L.E.; Aparicio, F.; Blanco-Aguiar, J.A.; Ramírez, E.; Iriarte, C.; Ríos-Saldaña C.A.; Cañadilla, J.; Arias de Reyna, L.; Ferreras, P.; Alves, P.C. & Villafuerte, R. (2015). Biometrical analysis reveals major differences between the two subspecies of the European rabbit. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 116(1): 106-116.
14. Marques, S.; Ferreira, C.; Paupério, J.; Silva, R.; Lemos, A, & Alves, P.C. (2015). Coccidiosis in European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus) populations in the Iberian Peninsula. Acta Parasitologica 60(2): 350–355.
2014
13. Delibes-Mateos, M.; Ferreira, C.; Carro, F.; Escudero, M.A. & Gortázar, C. (2014). Ecosystem effects of variant rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus emergence, Iberian Peninsula. Emergent Infectious Diseases 20(12): 1-3.
12. Delibes-Mateos, M.; Ferreira, C.; Rouco, C.; Villafuerte, R. & Barrio, I.C. (2014). Conservationists, hunters and farmers: the European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus management conflict in the Iberian Peninsula. Mammal Review 44 (3-4):190–203.
11. Ferreira, C.; Delibes-Mateos, M.; Rouco, C.; Díaz-Ruiz, F.; Fernandez-de-Simon, J.; Ríos-Saldaña, C.A.; Ferreras, P. & Villafuerte, R. (2014). Habitat management as a generalized tool to boost European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus populations in the Iberian Peninsula: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Mammal Review 44(1): 30-43.
10. Ferreira, C.; Villafuerte, R.; Villar, I.; Castro, F.; Ferreras, P.; Rouco, C.; Alves, P.C.; Arias de Reyna, L. & Redpath, S. (2014). Experimental study on the effect of cover and vaccination on the survival of juvenile European rabbits. Population Ecology 56(1): 195-202.
2013
9. Ferreira, C.C. (2013). Cain, M.L., Bowman, W.D. & Hacker, S.D., 2011. Ecology, 2nd Edition. Book Review, ÉcoScience 20(2): 204‒205.
8. Díaz-Ruiz, F.; Delibes-Mateos, M.; García-Moreno, J.L.; López-Martín, J.M.; Ferreira, C. & Ferreras, P. (2013). Biogeographical patterns of the diet of an opportunistic predator: the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in the Iberian Peninsula. Mammal Review 43(1): 59–70.
2012
7. Ferreira, C. (2012). European rabbit research in the Iberian Peninsula: state of the art and future perspectives. European Journal of Wildlife Research 58(6): 885-895.
6. Sarmento, P.; Cruz, J.; Paula, A.; Eira, C.; Capinha, M.; Ambrósio, I.; Ferreira, C. & Fonseca, C. (2012). Occupancy, colonization and extinction patterns of wild rabbit populations in areas of future Iberian lynx reintroductions. European Journal of Wildlife Research 58: 523-533.
5. Ferreira, C. & Delibes-Mateos, M. (2012). Conflictive management of small mammals considered as pests: a long way to evidence-based policy making. Current Zoology 58(2): 354-358.
2010
4. Ferreira, C.; Paupério, J. & Alves, P.C. (2010). The usefulness of field data and hunting statistics in the assessment of wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) conservation status in Portugal. Wildlife Research 37: 223-229.
2009
3. Ferreira, C. & Alves, P.C. (2009). Influence of habitat management on the abundance and diet of wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus) populations in Mediterranean ecosystems. European Journal of Wildlife Research 55: 487-496.
2. Sarmento, P.; Cruz, J.; Monterroso, P.; Tarroso, P.; Ferreira, C.; Negrões, N. & Eira, C. (2009). Status survey of critically endangered Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus in Portugal. European Journal of Wildlife Research 55: 247-253.
1. Ferreira, C.; Ramirez, E.; Castro, F.; Ferreras, P.; Alves, P.C.; Redpath, S. & Villafuerte, R. (2009). Field experimental vaccination campaigns against myxomatosis and their effectiveness in the wild. Vaccine 27: 6998-7002.
Biography
Dr. Catarina C. Ferreira is a multilingual, senior-level conservation biologist equipped with strong scientific knowledge across major biodiversity conservation issues. Catarina is a leader, manager, and communicator with extensive professional connections and global networks reaching academic and non-academic circles. She is a skilled researcher with a solid track record of high-impact publications in terrestrial ecology, endangered species conservation, wildlife and ecosystem management with vast experience in providing policy support to senior management in these fields. Catarina is also a project, program, and initiative coordinator with extensive Canadian and international work experience. She currently works for Environment and Climate Change Canada in the Protected Areas Directorate as a Senior Conservation Scientist and Coordinator of Environmental Programs, and is a Guest Scientist of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ (Leipzig, Germany).
https://www.catarinacferreira.com/
Additional Titles and Affiliations
Member of the IUCN Lagomorph Specialist Group
Member of the IUCN WCPA Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group