Carlos Vila-Viçosa
@cmmvv.bsky.social
I'm a geobotanist working with circummediterranean oak #forests (#Quercus L.) by exploring their #biogeography, #ecology and #evolution. @CIBIO_InBIO @BIOPOLIS
My journey began with the flora & vegetation of Monchique 🌿and now leads to Mediterranean oaks! 🌳
Join me for “The Oaks’ Odyssey: Bridging Botany, Ecology & Evolution for Conservation”
🗓️ 30 Oct 2025 | 10:00–11:00 | CCMAR + online
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Join me for “The Oaks’ Odyssey: Bridging Botany, Ecology & Evolution for Conservation”
🗓️ 30 Oct 2025 | 10:00–11:00 | CCMAR + online
🔗 ccmar.ualg.pt/activity/oak...
The Oaks’ Odyssey: Bridging Botany, Ecology, and Evolution for Conservation
Rooted in the oak forests of southwestern Iberia, my work began with botanical studies of local flora and vegetation. These first steps grew into a broader natural history and ecological exploration, ...
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October 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
My journey began with the flora & vegetation of Monchique 🌿and now leads to Mediterranean oaks! 🌳
Join me for “The Oaks’ Odyssey: Bridging Botany, Ecology & Evolution for Conservation”
🗓️ 30 Oct 2025 | 10:00–11:00 | CCMAR + online
🔗 ccmar.ualg.pt/activity/oak...
Join me for “The Oaks’ Odyssey: Bridging Botany, Ecology & Evolution for Conservation”
🗓️ 30 Oct 2025 | 10:00–11:00 | CCMAR + online
🔗 ccmar.ualg.pt/activity/oak...
🌳 From Mexico to Lusitania! The BEPE/BIOPOLIS team presented Quercus pyrenaica research at the #11thInternationalOakSocietyConference 🇲🇽 and will host the next one in Iberia 🇵🇹🇪🇸. Oaks unite science & conservation 🌿
#Quercus #Biodiversity #ForestConservation #Lusitania2028
#Quercus #Biodiversity #ForestConservation #Lusitania2028
October 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
🌳 From Mexico to Lusitania! The BEPE/BIOPOLIS team presented Quercus pyrenaica research at the #11thInternationalOakSocietyConference 🇲🇽 and will host the next one in Iberia 🇵🇹🇪🇸. Oaks unite science & conservation 🌿
#Quercus #Biodiversity #ForestConservation #Lusitania2028
#Quercus #Biodiversity #ForestConservation #Lusitania2028
Honoured to see our group BEPE (BIOPOLIS / CIBIO-InBIO, Portugal) featured in the Sept 2025 Odissea Seminum by GENMEDA 🌿
Proud to belong to this Mediterranean network for plant conservation.
👉 www.genmeda.net/en/resources...
#Botany #Biodiversity #Mediterranean #PlantConservation
Proud to belong to this Mediterranean network for plant conservation.
👉 www.genmeda.net/en/resources...
#Botany #Biodiversity #Mediterranean #PlantConservation
GENMEDA - Network of Mediterranean plant conservation centres
www.genmeda.net
September 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Honoured to see our group BEPE (BIOPOLIS / CIBIO-InBIO, Portugal) featured in the Sept 2025 Odissea Seminum by GENMEDA 🌿
Proud to belong to this Mediterranean network for plant conservation.
👉 www.genmeda.net/en/resources...
#Botany #Biodiversity #Mediterranean #PlantConservation
Proud to belong to this Mediterranean network for plant conservation.
👉 www.genmeda.net/en/resources...
#Botany #Biodiversity #Mediterranean #PlantConservation
At #EuroGard10 we present LusoQuercus project. Lusitanian dwarf-oak (Quercus lusitanica) projected models predict major habitat loss by 2100, with shifts to NW Atlantic refugia and upslope. Priorities: connect & innovate. lusoquercus.pt
#Biodiversity #ClimateChange #EcosystemRestoration #LaSapienza
#Biodiversity #ClimateChange #EcosystemRestoration #LaSapienza
September 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
At #EuroGard10 we present LusoQuercus project. Lusitanian dwarf-oak (Quercus lusitanica) projected models predict major habitat loss by 2100, with shifts to NW Atlantic refugia and upslope. Priorities: connect & innovate. lusoquercus.pt
#Biodiversity #ClimateChange #EcosystemRestoration #LaSapienza
#Biodiversity #ClimateChange #EcosystemRestoration #LaSapienza
Our BEPE group (BIOPOLIS-CIBIO) joined #SEBOT2025 in Seville. Representing the team, Manuel Curto presented work on the hybridization and conservation of Oaks in Iberian Peninsula. Thanks to the organization
#Botany #Conservation #Quercus #BIOPOLIS #BEPE @sebot.bsky.social @spbotanica.bsky.social
#Botany #Conservation #Quercus #BIOPOLIS #BEPE @sebot.bsky.social @spbotanica.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Our BEPE group (BIOPOLIS-CIBIO) joined #SEBOT2025 in Seville. Representing the team, Manuel Curto presented work on the hybridization and conservation of Oaks in Iberian Peninsula. Thanks to the organization
#Botany #Conservation #Quercus #BIOPOLIS #BEPE @sebot.bsky.social @spbotanica.bsky.social
#Botany #Conservation #Quercus #BIOPOLIS #BEPE @sebot.bsky.social @spbotanica.bsky.social
🌳 Honored to have our research on cork oak–holm oak hybrids featured on the journal’s cover! Pictured under a Quercus ×avellaniformis in Campinho, Reguengos de Monsaraz (Portugal), while analyzing morphological traits for our study.
📄 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
📄 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Front Cover | International Journal of Plant Sciences: Vol 186, No 5
www.journals.uchicago.edu
September 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🌳 Honored to have our research on cork oak–holm oak hybrids featured on the journal’s cover! Pictured under a Quercus ×avellaniformis in Campinho, Reguengos de Monsaraz (Portugal), while analyzing morphological traits for our study.
📄 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
📄 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
🌳Our paper on the Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica) made the cover of the August issue of Forests!
👏 Congrats to PhD student Isabel Passos for this great achievement!
📖 www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16...
🎬 Take a look at the trailer!
👏 Congrats to PhD student Isabel Passos for this great achievement!
📖 www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16...
🎬 Take a look at the trailer!
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August 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🌳Our paper on the Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica) made the cover of the August issue of Forests!
👏 Congrats to PhD student Isabel Passos for this great achievement!
📖 www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16...
🎬 Take a look at the trailer!
👏 Congrats to PhD student Isabel Passos for this great achievement!
📖 www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16...
🎬 Take a look at the trailer!
🌳The final version of our study on cork oak–holm oak hybrids is finally out! A journey through the genetics and identification of these two iconic Iberian trees and its remarkable hybrid.
📄Take a look at the Trailer: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
📄Take a look at the Trailer: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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August 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🌳The final version of our study on cork oak–holm oak hybrids is finally out! A journey through the genetics and identification of these two iconic Iberian trees and its remarkable hybrid.
📄Take a look at the Trailer: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
📄Take a look at the Trailer: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
The future of the Pyrenean Oak (Quercus pyrenaica Willd.), by the (tiny but mighty) Isabel Passos - small in stature, huge in science! 🌳👏 Proud of our PhD student’s new paper.
www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16...
🎬 Take a look at the trailer!
www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16...
🎬 Take a look at the trailer!
www.mdpi.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The future of the Pyrenean Oak (Quercus pyrenaica Willd.), by the (tiny but mighty) Isabel Passos - small in stature, huge in science! 🌳👏 Proud of our PhD student’s new paper.
www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16...
🎬 Take a look at the trailer!
www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16...
🎬 Take a look at the trailer!
New record! We report Sarga purpureosericea for the first time in Saudi Arabia, expanding its known range and clarifying its taxonomy via second-step lectotypification. A small but meaningful step for desert flora. 🌿
🔗 oaj.fupress.net/index.php/we...
🔗 oaj.fupress.net/index.php/we...
New Record of Sarga purpureosericea (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Spangler (Poaceae) for the Flora of Saudi Arabia and second-step lectotypification of the name
| Webbia
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July 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
New record! We report Sarga purpureosericea for the first time in Saudi Arabia, expanding its known range and clarifying its taxonomy via second-step lectotypification. A small but meaningful step for desert flora. 🌿
🔗 oaj.fupress.net/index.php/we...
🔗 oaj.fupress.net/index.php/we...
🌿 Entoloma daegae joins the Portuguese Funga!
Proud to co-author this new species in Fungal Planet, thanks to the amazing Fungos de Portugal team.
Shout-out to Vasco Fachada & “amateur” (not really!) Hélder Rodrigues.
📖 www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wfbi...
Proud to co-author this new species in Fungal Planet, thanks to the amazing Fungos de Portugal team.
Shout-out to Vasco Fachada & “amateur” (not really!) Hélder Rodrigues.
📖 www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wfbi...
Fungal Planet description sheets: 1781–1866: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article
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July 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🌿 Entoloma daegae joins the Portuguese Funga!
Proud to co-author this new species in Fungal Planet, thanks to the amazing Fungos de Portugal team.
Shout-out to Vasco Fachada & “amateur” (not really!) Hélder Rodrigues.
📖 www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wfbi...
Proud to co-author this new species in Fungal Planet, thanks to the amazing Fungos de Portugal team.
Shout-out to Vasco Fachada & “amateur” (not really!) Hélder Rodrigues.
📖 www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wfbi...
🌿 Macaronesian laurel forests are hotspots of fungal diversity. On the mainland, lauroid communities persist in humid, mild spots, anachronic with today’s climate, mixing with oak forests. BEPE seminar sheds light on their biogeography & evolution! 🍄 #BEPE #BIOPOLIS www.cibio.up.pt/en/events/at...
Atlantic laurel forests: Hotspots in fungal biodiversity - Events - Cibio
The mission of the Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources is to develop world-class research in the areas of biodiversity and evolutionary bi
www.cibio.up.pt
July 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🌿 Macaronesian laurel forests are hotspots of fungal diversity. On the mainland, lauroid communities persist in humid, mild spots, anachronic with today’s climate, mixing with oak forests. BEPE seminar sheds light on their biogeography & evolution! 🍄 #BEPE #BIOPOLIS www.cibio.up.pt/en/events/at...
🌳 Já assinaste a Petição pela Lei de Proteção dos Carvalhos Autóctones?
É urgente proteger os nossos carvalhais — habitats únicos ameaçados por cortes, invasoras e ausência de legislação.
📝 Assina e partilha: participacao.parlamento.pt/initiatives/...
É urgente proteger os nossos carvalhais — habitats únicos ameaçados por cortes, invasoras e ausência de legislação.
📝 Assina e partilha: participacao.parlamento.pt/initiatives/...
Lei de proteção dos carvalhos autóctones
Exmo. Senhor Presidente da Assembleia da República,
Os signatários vêm por este meio solicitar a V. Ex.ª que submeta à consideração desse hemiciclo, a casa da democracia portuguesa, a urgente necessi...
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June 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🌳 Já assinaste a Petição pela Lei de Proteção dos Carvalhos Autóctones?
É urgente proteger os nossos carvalhais — habitats únicos ameaçados por cortes, invasoras e ausência de legislação.
📝 Assina e partilha: participacao.parlamento.pt/initiatives/...
É urgente proteger os nossos carvalhais — habitats únicos ameaçados por cortes, invasoras e ausência de legislação.
📝 Assina e partilha: participacao.parlamento.pt/initiatives/...
A new study published in Applied Spectroscopy explores the use of FT-Raman spectroscopy for the chemical characterization of oak pollen. The authors compare its performance with FT-IR and find that both methods classify pollen with high accuracy.
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Evaluating the Use of Fourier Transform Raman Spectroscopy for Pollen Chemical Characterization - Florian Muthreich, Valeria Tafintseva, Boris Zimmermann, Achim Kohler, Carlos M. Vila-Viçosa, Alistair...
Vibrational spectroscopy is gaining popularity for understanding ecological and evolutionary patterns in plants, particularly in relation to the analysis of pol...
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May 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A new study published in Applied Spectroscopy explores the use of FT-Raman spectroscopy for the chemical characterization of oak pollen. The authors compare its performance with FT-IR and find that both methods classify pollen with high accuracy.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Vem descobrir as espécies invasoras que estão a mudar o nosso dia a dia! 🌿
No dia 7 de maio, junte-se ao BIOCHANGE #BIOBLITZ — uma atividade organizada pela equipa BIOCHANGE (CEG/IGOT-ULisboa) com a participação da @spbotanica.bsky.social , integrada na Semana sobre Espécies Invasoras #SEI2025
No dia 7 de maio, junte-se ao BIOCHANGE #BIOBLITZ — uma atividade organizada pela equipa BIOCHANGE (CEG/IGOT-ULisboa) com a participação da @spbotanica.bsky.social , integrada na Semana sobre Espécies Invasoras #SEI2025
May 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Vem descobrir as espécies invasoras que estão a mudar o nosso dia a dia! 🌿
No dia 7 de maio, junte-se ao BIOCHANGE #BIOBLITZ — uma atividade organizada pela equipa BIOCHANGE (CEG/IGOT-ULisboa) com a participação da @spbotanica.bsky.social , integrada na Semana sobre Espécies Invasoras #SEI2025
No dia 7 de maio, junte-se ao BIOCHANGE #BIOBLITZ — uma atividade organizada pela equipa BIOCHANGE (CEG/IGOT-ULisboa) com a participação da @spbotanica.bsky.social , integrada na Semana sobre Espécies Invasoras #SEI2025
Riding the Wave of "De-Extinction"
At the 5MPCW in Cyprus, we spotlight the return of the Algerian oak (Q. canariensis) once near extinction, now recovering via molecularly informed information. We also explore Barroso EcoRegion ethnobotanical heritage and native flora sustain local culture.
At the 5MPCW in Cyprus, we spotlight the return of the Algerian oak (Q. canariensis) once near extinction, now recovering via molecularly informed information. We also explore Barroso EcoRegion ethnobotanical heritage and native flora sustain local culture.
April 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Riding the Wave of "De-Extinction"
At the 5MPCW in Cyprus, we spotlight the return of the Algerian oak (Q. canariensis) once near extinction, now recovering via molecularly informed information. We also explore Barroso EcoRegion ethnobotanical heritage and native flora sustain local culture.
At the 5MPCW in Cyprus, we spotlight the return of the Algerian oak (Q. canariensis) once near extinction, now recovering via molecularly informed information. We also explore Barroso EcoRegion ethnobotanical heritage and native flora sustain local culture.
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📣We help to share the results of a new study in southwestern Portugal:⛰️🌊
Checklist of the #Cistus #hybrids occurring in #SouthernPortugal.
💮 #MediterraneanBotany 46(1).
🔽
doi.org/10.5209/mbot... 🌸
💐 Congratulations to the authors
#nothotaxa #Cistusxdaveauanus
#Cistusxaljezurensis nothosp. nov.
Checklist of the #Cistus #hybrids occurring in #SouthernPortugal.
💮 #MediterraneanBotany 46(1).
🔽
doi.org/10.5209/mbot... 🌸
💐 Congratulations to the authors
#nothotaxa #Cistusxdaveauanus
#Cistusxaljezurensis nothosp. nov.
April 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
📣We help to share the results of a new study in southwestern Portugal:⛰️🌊
Checklist of the #Cistus #hybrids occurring in #SouthernPortugal.
💮 #MediterraneanBotany 46(1).
🔽
doi.org/10.5209/mbot... 🌸
💐 Congratulations to the authors
#nothotaxa #Cistusxdaveauanus
#Cistusxaljezurensis nothosp. nov.
Checklist of the #Cistus #hybrids occurring in #SouthernPortugal.
💮 #MediterraneanBotany 46(1).
🔽
doi.org/10.5209/mbot... 🌸
💐 Congratulations to the authors
#nothotaxa #Cistusxdaveauanus
#Cistusxaljezurensis nothosp. nov.
🌿✨ DO YOU WANT TO PURSUE A PhD IN EVOLUTIONARY AND APPLIED BOTANY?✨🌿
Join BEPE, our research group on plant biogeography and evolution! We are looking for Master's in Environmental Sciences interested in ecosystem restoration and plant/fungi ecology.
📄 FCT Info: www.fct.pt/fct-publicou...
Join BEPE, our research group on plant biogeography and evolution! We are looking for Master's in Environmental Sciences interested in ecosystem restoration and plant/fungi ecology.
📄 FCT Info: www.fct.pt/fct-publicou...
FCT publicou o Aviso de Abertura do Concurso de Bolsas de Doutoramento de 2025 - FCT
Prevista a atribuição de um total de 1.550 bolsas
www.fct.pt
March 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🌿✨ DO YOU WANT TO PURSUE A PhD IN EVOLUTIONARY AND APPLIED BOTANY?✨🌿
Join BEPE, our research group on plant biogeography and evolution! We are looking for Master's in Environmental Sciences interested in ecosystem restoration and plant/fungi ecology.
📄 FCT Info: www.fct.pt/fct-publicou...
Join BEPE, our research group on plant biogeography and evolution! We are looking for Master's in Environmental Sciences interested in ecosystem restoration and plant/fungi ecology.
📄 FCT Info: www.fct.pt/fct-publicou...
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Ana Leitão @anavleitao.bsky.social is a MSCA postdoctoral researcher at #BIOPOLIS. Her work has been focused in understanding the evolution of elaborate (or lack of) traits such as plumage colors and bird song, in both female and male birds. 🪶🐦
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February 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Ana Leitão @anavleitao.bsky.social is a MSCA postdoctoral researcher at #BIOPOLIS. Her work has been focused in understanding the evolution of elaborate (or lack of) traits such as plumage colors and bird song, in both female and male birds. 🪶🐦
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Quercus lusitanica, a dwarf oak species in Mount Pindo, Galicia, a relict population in the deciduous biome of NW Iberian Peninsula.This scrub species typically occurs in the Mediterranean biome of the westernmost fringe of Iberia and NW Morroco. Genomic sampling, Biopolis' project #lusoquercus
November 21, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Quercus lusitanica, a dwarf oak species in Mount Pindo, Galicia, a relict population in the deciduous biome of NW Iberian Peninsula.This scrub species typically occurs in the Mediterranean biome of the westernmost fringe of Iberia and NW Morroco. Genomic sampling, Biopolis' project #lusoquercus
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JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
Combining leaf morphometrics with molecular characterization enhances the detection of natural hybrids between Quercus suber and Q. rotundifolia
A Campilho, D Botticelli, C Vila-Viçosa, AJ Muñoz-Pajares, M Curto
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
#PlantScience
Combining leaf morphometrics with molecular characterization enhances the detection of natural hybrids between Quercus suber and Q. rotundifolia
A Campilho, D Botticelli, C Vila-Viçosa, AJ Muñoz-Pajares, M Curto
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
#PlantScience
Combining leaf morphometrics with molecular characterization enhances the detection of natural hybrids between Quercus suber and Quercus rotundifolia | International Journal of Plant Sciences: Vol 0, ...
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February 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
JA @ijpsjournal.bsky.social
Combining leaf morphometrics with molecular characterization enhances the detection of natural hybrids between Quercus suber and Q. rotundifolia
A Campilho, D Botticelli, C Vila-Viçosa, AJ Muñoz-Pajares, M Curto
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
#PlantScience
Combining leaf morphometrics with molecular characterization enhances the detection of natural hybrids between Quercus suber and Q. rotundifolia
A Campilho, D Botticelli, C Vila-Viçosa, AJ Muñoz-Pajares, M Curto
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
#PlantScience
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📢 Mediterranean Botany pasa a ser la revista oficial de SEBOT.
Tras un acuerdo con Ediciones Complutense y los editores científicos, SEBOT asumirá progresivamente la responsabilidad de la revista. 👇
Tras un acuerdo con Ediciones Complutense y los editores científicos, SEBOT asumirá progresivamente la responsabilidad de la revista. 👇
February 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
📢 Mediterranean Botany pasa a ser la revista oficial de SEBOT.
Tras un acuerdo con Ediciones Complutense y los editores científicos, SEBOT asumirá progresivamente la responsabilidad de la revista. 👇
Tras un acuerdo con Ediciones Complutense y los editores científicos, SEBOT asumirá progresivamente la responsabilidad de la revista. 👇
Reposted by Carlos Vila-Viçosa
Roderick Cameron of the International Oak Society has assembled the oak-related presentations & posters from the 2024 International Botanical Congress, including images of the posters and abstracts of the talks. Check it out, and conside joining IOS!
www.internationaloaksociety.org/content/oak-...
www.internationaloaksociety.org/content/oak-...
Oak-related Presentations and Posters at IBC 2024 in Madrid
Several oral presentations and posters at the XX International Botanical Congress dealt with genus Quercus
www.internationaloaksociety.org
August 24, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Roderick Cameron of the International Oak Society has assembled the oak-related presentations & posters from the 2024 International Botanical Congress, including images of the posters and abstracts of the talks. Check it out, and conside joining IOS!
www.internationaloaksociety.org/content/oak-...
www.internationaloaksociety.org/content/oak-...