
Maria da Luz Mathias
Full Professor
- Author Name : Mathias M.L.
- Researcher ID: V-9931-2018
- ORCID: 0000-0003-3876-958X
- Ciencia ID: 3715-9140-E8FF
- Department: Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon
- Research Group: Adaptation Biology & Ecological Processes (ABEP)
- ISI Web of KnowledgeSM search factor: AU=(MATHIAS ML or MATHIAS MDL OR MATHIAS MD) AND AD=(Lisbon)
Research interests
Ecophysiology and Toxicology
Biodiversity and Adaptation
Experimental Ecology
Academic degrees
PhD in Animal Systematics, University of Lisbon, 1984
Agregação (Habilitation) in Zoology and Anthropology, University of Lisbon, 1991
Scientific activities
Member of the Editorial Board and Handling Editor of the Journal "Archives of Zoological Studies"
Member of the Mission Group "Biodiversidade Lisboa 2020" (Lisboa E-Nova / CML)
Member of the Panel of consultants of the American Biographical Institute
Member of the International Urban Forum
Consultant IUCN Species Survival Commission
Member of the European Mammal Foundation
Member of the European Mammal Conservation Network
Others
2012-2013 – Coordenator of the Biology Doctoral Programme (FCUL)
Since 2012 – Director of the Biotério (FCUL)
Since 2013 – Coordenator of the Biology and Ecology of Global Changes Doctoral Programme (FCUL)
2014 - 2017 – Head of the Department of Animal Biology (FCUL)
Since 2003 – Member of the Scientific Committee of the Institut Européen d’Etudes et de Conservation du Desman des Pyrénées
2008-2010, 2013-2015 – Member of the Biological Science Panel of the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)
Since 2018 - Member of the School Board of FCUL (by election)
Since 2018 - Member of the Colégio F3 ‘Food, Farming & Forestry’ University of Lisbon
2021-2022 - Vice-President of the School Board of FCUL
Since 2019 - Correspondent Academic of the Academis de Ciências e Artes de Barcelona
Publications
Projects
Scientific Supervision
Books and Chapters in books
As a CESAM member:
- Mathias, M.L. & M.G. Ramalhinho (2014). Os pequenos mamíferos como indicadores de qualidade ambiental. Livro de Homenagem ao Prof. C. Almaça. Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Lisboa
- Kohsaka R., Pereira H.M., Elmqvist T., Chan L., Moreno-Peñaranda R., Morimoto Y., Inoue T., Iwata M., Nishi M., Mathias M.L., Souto Cruz C., Cabral M., Brunfeld M., Parkkinen A., Niemela J., Kulkami-Kawli Y. & G. Pearsell (2013). Indicators for Management of Urban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: City Biodiversity Index, pp 699-718 in Elmqvist T., Fragkias M., Goodness J., Guneralp B., Marcotullio P.J., McDonald R., Parnell S., Schewenius M., Sendstad M., Seto K.C. & C. Wilkinson (Eds.) Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities. A Global Assessment. Springer Netherlands ISBN: 978-94-007-7087-4 (Print) 978-94-007-7088-1 (Online) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1_32
- Souto Cruz C., Louro Alves F., Metelo I., Bogalho V., Santos M., Henriques D., Almeida J., Sousa M., Pereira H., Mathias M.L. & M. Cabral Cardoso (2012). Biodiversidade na cidade de Lisboa: uma estratégia para2020 in I.Metelo, M. Santos, V. Bogalho (ed.). Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, 224pp.
- MATHIAS M.L. (2010). Biodiversidade Urbana in Rota da Biodiversidade Lisboa 2010. Brochura, Ed. Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, pp.13
- MATHIAS M.L. (2010). Mamíferos in Rota da Biodiversidade Lisboa 2010. Identificação e Textos de Caracterização de Espécies (Folheto de Campo), Ed. Câmara Municipal de Lisboa.
- QUARTAU J.A. & M.L. MATHIAS (2010). Insect of the understorey in Western Mediterranean forest landscapes in Insect Habitats: Characteristics, Diversity and Management. NovaScience Publishers, NY
- REBELO R., CORREIA A.I., FONSECA F., MATHIAS M.L. & M. SANTOS-REIS (2009). Herdade da Ribeira Abaixo e Serra de Grândola in H. PEREIRA, T. DOMINGOS, L. VICENTE & V. PROENÇA (ed.) Ecossistemas e Bem-Estar Humano. Escolar Editora, Lisboa
2005-2009
- DIAS D., LUÍS C. & M.L. MATHIAS (Ed.) (2008).BioClick- Biodiversidade e Ambiente nas Tuas Mãos! Pack Multimedia (CD-ROM+Website+BestEditor)
- MATHIAS M.L. (2008). Qualidade da Água in DIAS D., LUÍS C. & MATHIAS M.L. (Ed.) 2008. BioClick - Biodiversidade e Ambiente nas Tuas Mãos! Pack Multimédia (CD-ROM+Website+BestEditor)
- QUARTAU J.A., REBELO M.T., CORREIA O., BRANQUINHO C., PINHO P., OLIVEIRA G., CRUZ C., DIAS D., MATHIAS M.L., RAMALHINHO M.G. & C. LUÍS (2008). A Biodiversidade no Bosque in DIAS, D., LUÍS C. & MATHIAS M.L. (Ed.) 2008. BioClick - Biodiversidade e Ambiente nas Tuas Mãos! Pack Multimédia (CD-ROM+Website+BestEditor)
- SANTOS S.M., MIRA A. & M.L. MATHIAS (2008). The Lusitanian pine vole and the Mediterranean pine vole in a sympatry area: using presence signs to discriminate among similar species. Integrative Zoology, ICZ 2008, pp. S18. (Abstract)
- MATHIAS M.L., MONARCA R., SANTOS S., MIRA A., RAMALHINHO M. & J.P. AMARAL (2006). Physiological responses of fossorial pine voles (Microtus duodecimcostatus and Microtus lusitanicus) to life underground pp. 82. In C. PRIGIONI, L. NIEDER & L. COLLI (Eds.) Proceedings of the 10th Rodens & Spatium The International Conference on Rodent Biology. Hystrix Italian Journal of Mammalogy (n.s.) Supp.
- MONARCA R., NUNES A.C., RAMALHINHO M.G. & M.L. MATHIAS (2006). Ecological characterization of chromosomal races of the house mouse from the island of Madeira pp. 88. In C. PRIGIONI, L. NIEDER & L. COLLI (Eds.) Proceedings of the 10th Rodens & Spatium The International Conference on Rodent Biology. Hystrix Italian Journal of Mammalogy (n.s.) Supp.
- ROSÁRIO I.T. & M.L. MATHIAS (2006). Post-fire recolonization by the endangered Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae) pp. 110. In C. PRIGIONI, L. NIEDER & L. COLLI (Eds.) Proceedings of the 10th Rodens & Spatium The International Conference on Rodent Biology. Hystrix Italian Journal of Mammalogy (n.s.) Supp.
- SANTOS S.M., MATHIAS M.L., MIRA A. & M.P. SIMÕES (2006). Road verges as habitat for the Cabrera vole: a vegetation analysis pp. 116. In C. PRIGIONI, L. NIEDER & L. COLLI (Eds.) Proceedings of the 10th Rodens & Spatium The International Conference on Rodent Biology. Hystrix Italian Journal of Mammalogy (n.s.) Supp.
- TAPISSO J., MATHIAS M.L. & M.G. RAMALHINHO (2006). Genotoxicity evaluation of three heavy metals, Cadmium, Lead and Zinc in bone marrow cells and male germ cells of Algerian mice (Mus spretus Lataste 1883) pp. 132. In C. PRIGIONI, L. NIEDER & L. COLLI (Eds.) Proceedings of the 10th Rodens & Spatium The International Conference on Rodent Biology. Hystrix Italian Journal of Mammalogy (n.s.) Supp.
Organization of Confetrences and Seminars
XII Congresso Internacional das Cidades Educadoras. Ambiente Verde, Educação Criativa, 25-29 Abril 2011. M.L. MATHIAS (Chairman)
Workshop Vole Ecology, Genetics and Conservation, Universidade de Évora, May 18, 2011-08-05 - Organizadores: Universidade Évora, CESAM, CIBIO
Workshop Biodiversidade: uma oportunidade para a qualidade de vida urbana, Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, June 7, 2011 - M.L. MATHIAS (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)
Seminário ‘Contaminantes químicos alimentares e ambientais. Duas realidades, uma só saúde'. Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Lisboa, October 2011. - M.L. MATHIAS (Chairman)
13th International Conference 'Rodens et Spatium'. Rovaniemi, Finland, July 16–20 - M.L. MATHIAS, Member of the Scientific & Steering Committee
14th International Conference 'Rodens et Spatium' Lisboa, July 28 - August 2, 2014 - M.L. MATHIAS, Member of the Scientific & Steering Committee, Member of the Local Organizing Committee
15th International Conference 'Rodens et Spatium'. Olomouc, Czeck Republic, July 25-29, 2016 - M.L. MATHIAS, Member of the Scientific & Steering Committee
International Colloquium Biology of the Soricidae IV, Poznan, Poland, September 11-14, 2016 - M.L. MATHIAS, Member of the Scientific Committee
16th International Conference 'Rodens et Spatium'. Postdam, Germany, September 3-7 2018, - M.L. MATHIAS, Member of the Scientific & Steering Committee
Publications International
As a CESAM member (since 2009):
- Oliveira F., Tapisso J., Rychlik L., von Merten S., FONSECA P. & Mathias M.L. (2021). Behavioral responses of rural and urban greater white-toothed shrews (Crocidura russula) to sound disturbance. Urban ecosystems, 24: 851-862. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-020-01079-y
- Almeida K.A., Garcia E.M., Penteado J.O., Tavella R.A., Fernandes C.L.F., Ramires P.F., Ramires Júnior O.V., Muccillo-Baisch A.L., Mathias M.L., Dias D. & Silva Júnior F.M.R. (2021). Multimarker approach to assess the exposure of the wild rodent Calomys laucha to a simulated crude oil spill. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28(2):2236-2244. doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-10673-8
- Ascensão F., D'Amico M., Rebelo R., Barbosa A.M., Bencatel J., Barrientos R., Abellán P., Tella J.L., Cardador L., Anadón J.D., Carrete M., Murgui E., Fernandes P., Santos S.M., Mira A., Mathias M.L., Tiago P., Casabella E., Reino L., Paulo O.S., Pereira H. & Capinha C. (2021). Distribution of alien tetrapods in the Iberian Peninsula. NeoBiota 64: 1–21. doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.64.55597
- QUINA A.S., DURÃO A.F. & MATHIAS M.L. (2021). Evidence for micro-evolution in Crocidura russula from two abandoned heavy metal mines: potential use of Cytb, CYP1A1 and p53 as gene biomarkers. Ecotoxicology 30: 1969-1982. DOI: 10.1007/s10646-021-02472-9
- OLIVEIRA F., MONARCA R., RYCHLIK L., MATHIAS M.L. & TAPISSO J. (2021). Social thermoregulation in Mediterranean greater white-toothed shrews (Crocidura russula). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75, Article number: 147
- Duarte M.A., Fernandes C., Heckel G., Mathias M.L. & Bastos-Silveira C. (2021). Variation and selection in the putative sperm-binding region of ZP3 in muroid rodents: a comparison between cricetids and murines. Genes, 12, 1450, 16pp. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/genes12091450
- von Merten S., Dingemanse N.J., Mathias M.D., Rychlik L. (2020) Individual behavior, behavioral stability, and pace of life within and among five shrew species. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 74 (2)
- TAPISSO J., GABRIEL S.I., CERVEIRA A.M., BRITTON-DAVIDIAN J., GANEM G., SEARLE J., RAMALHINHO M.G. & MATHIAS M.L. (2020). Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Contact Zones Between Chromosomal Races of House Mice, Mus musculus domesticus, on Madeira Island. Genes, 11: 748-763. doi:10.3390/genes11070748
- MONARCA R., SPEAKMAN J. & MATHIAS M.L. (2020). Effects of predation risk on the body mass regulation of growing wood mice. Journal of Zoology, 311(4):
- Almeida K.A., Garcia E.M., Penteado J.O., Tavella R.A., Fernandes C.L.F., Ramires P.F., Ramires Júnior O.V., Muccillo-Baisch A.L., Mathias M.L., Dias D. & Silva Júnior F.M.R. (2020). Multimarker approach to assess the exposure of the wild rodent Calomys laucha to a simulated crude oil spill. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (in press)
- Oliveira F., Mathias M.L., Rychlik L., Tapisso J. & von Merten S. (2020). Metabolic and behavioral adaptations of greater white-toothed shrews to urban conditions. Behavioral Ecology (in press)
- CERVEIRA A.M., SANTOS J., BASTOS-SILVEIRA & M.L. MATHIAS (2019). Reproductive isolation between sister species of Iberian pine voles, Microtus duodecimcostatus and M. lusitanicus. Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 31(2): 121-139, https://doi.org/ 10.1080/03949370.2018.1508075
- NEVES T., TAPISSO J., PORTO M., PEREIRA H., MATHIAS M.L. & L. BORDA-DE-ÁGUA (2019). The role of competition in driving species global distributions: soricid shrews as a case study. Journal of Biogeography, 46:134–144
- QUINA A., DURÃO A.F., Muñoz-MUÑOZ F., VENTURA J. & M.L. MATHIAS (2019). Population effects of heavy metal pollution in wild Algerian mice (Mus spretus). Environmental Pollution, 171: 414–424
- MONARCA R., SPEAKMAN J. & M.L. MATHIAS (2019). Energetics and thermal adaptation in semifossorial pine-voles Microtus lusitanicus and Microtus duodecimcostatus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 189: 309–318 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-019-01205-z
- Vara C., Capilla L., Ferretti L., Sánchez-Guillén R.A., Gabriel S., Albert-Lizandra G., Florit-Sabater B., Bello-Rodríguez J., Ventura J., Searle J., Mathias M.L., Ruiz-Herrera A. (2019). PRDM9 diversity at fine geographical scale reveals contrasting evolutionary patterns and functional constraints in natural populations of house mice. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36(8):1686-1700. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msz091
- Neves I. Q., Mathias M.L. & C. Bastos-Silveira (2019). Mapping the Impact of Digitisation for Poorly Documented Countries: Mozambique as a case study. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 3: e37025, 3pp. doi: 10.3897/biss.3.37025
- Neves I. Q., Mathias M.L. & C. Bastos-Silveira (2019). Sharing the Decision Process Framework to Identify Well-supported Records of Mammal Speciesoccurrence in Mozambique. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 3: e35265, 5pp. doi: 10.3897/biss.3.35265
- NEVES I.Q., MATHIAS M.L. & C. BASTOS-SILVEIRA (2018). The terrestrial mammals of Mozambique: Integrating dispersed biodiversity data. Bothalia- African Biodiversity and Conservation, Vol 48, No 1, a2330, 23pp.
- CERVEIRA A.M., SANTOS J., BASTOS-SILVEIRA & M.L. MATHIAS (2018). Reproductive isolation between sister species of Iberian pine voles, Microtus duodecimcostatus and M. lusitanicus. Ethology Ecology & Evolution (in press)
- NEVES T., TAPISSO J., PORTO M., PEREIRA H., MATHIAS M.L. & L. BORDA-DE-ÁGUA (2018). The role of competition in driving species global distributions: soricid shrews as a case study. Journal of Biogeography 46:134–144
- Silva Junior F., Martins S., Muccillo-Baisch A.L. & M.L. Mathias (2017). Mus spretus as an environmental sentinel: A review of 17 years (1998–2015) of research in Mediterranean Europe. Ecological Indicators 3: 61-67 DOI:10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.09.037
- MATHIAS M.L., HART E.B., RAMALHINHO M.G. & M. JAAROLA (2017). Microtus agrestis (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Mammalian Species, 49(944): 23-39. ISSN 0076-3519. DOI.org/10.1093/mspecies/sex003
- Didion J., Morgan A.P., Yadgary L., Bell T.A., McMullan R.C., Solorzano L.O., Britton-Davidian J., Bult C.J., Campbell K.J., Castiglia R., Ching Y-H., Chunco A.J., Crowley J.J., Chesler E.J., Forster D.W., French J.E., Gabriel S.I., Gatti D.M., Garland Jr T., Giagia-Athanasopoulou E.B., Gimenez M., Grize S.A., Gunduz I., Holmes A., Hauffe H., Herman J.S., Holt J.M., Hua K., Jolley W.J., Lindholm A.K., Lopez-Fuster M.J., Mitsainas G., Mathias M.L., McMillan L., Ramalhinho M.G., Rehermann B., Rosshart S.P., Searle J.B., Shiao M.-S., Solano E., Svenson K.L., Thomas-Laemont P., Threadgill D.W., Ventura J., Weinstock G.M., Pomp D., Churchill G.A. & F. Pardo-Manuel de Villena (2016). R2d2 Drives Selfish Sweeps in the House Mouse. Molecular Biology and Evolution 33(6): 1381-1395
- Duarte M.A., Heckel G., Mathias M.L. & C. Bastos-Silveira (2016). Olfactory receptors and behavioural isolation: a study on Microtus voles. Mammal Research 61:399–407
- LEDEVIN R., CHEVRET P., GANEM G., BRITTON-DAVIDIAN J., HARDOUIN E., CHAPUIS J.-L., PISANU B., MATHIAS M.L., SCHLAGER S., AUFFRAY J.-C. & S. RENAUD (2016). Phylogeny and adaptation shape the teeth of insular mice. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283: 20152820
- Oliveira F.G.*, Tapisso J.*, Monarca R.I., Cerveira A.M. & M.L. Mathias (2016). Phenotypic flexibility in the energetic strategy of the greater white-toothed shrew, Crocidura russula. Journal of Thermal Biology 56:10-17
- Duarte M.A., Mathias M.L. & C. Bastos-Silveira (2015). Pair-bonding behaviour of the sister species Microtus lusitanicus and M. duodecimcostatus. Journal of Ethology 33:213–223 DOI 10.1007/s10164-015-0434-8
- MONARCA R., MATHIAS M.L., WANG D. & J. SPEAKMAN (2015). Predation Risk Modulates Diet-induced Obesity in Male C57BL/6 mice. Obesity 23(10): 2059-2065
- MONARCA R., MATHIAS M.L., WANG D. & J. SPEAKMAN (2015). Behavioural and physiological responses of wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) to experimental manipulations of predation and starvation risk. Physiology & Behavior 149: 331– 339
- QUINA A.S., BASTOS-SILVEIRA C., MIÑARRO M., VENTURA J., JIMÉNEZ R., PAULO O. & M.L. MATHIAS (2015). p53 Gene Discriminates Two Ecologically Divergent Sister Species of Pine Voles. Heredity 115, 444 – 451.
- GABRIEL S.I., MATHIAS M.L. & J.B. SEARLE (2015). Of mice and the 'Age of Discovery': the complex history of colonization of the Azorean archipelago by the house mouse (Mus musculus) as revealed by mitochondrial DNA variation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28: 130-145
- ROCHA R.G., WAUTERS L.A., MATHIAS M.L. & C. FONSECA (2014). Will an ancient refuge become a modern one? A critical review on the conservation and research priorities for the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in the Iberian peninsula. Hystrix 25(1): 9-13
- Garrido-García J.A., Rosário I.T., Gisbert J. , García-Perea R., Cordero A.I., López-Alabau A., Mathias M.L., Mira A., Pita R., Santos S., Sendra-Pérez I., Vicente V. & Soriguer R. (2013). Revisión a nivel ibérico de la distribución del topillo de Cabrera o iberón, Iberomys cabrerae (Thomas, 1906). Galemys 25: 35-49
- FÖRSTER D.W., MATHIAS M.L., BRITTON-DAVIDIAN J. & J.B. SEARLE (2013). Origin of the chromosomal radiation of Madeiran House Mice: a microsatellite analysis of metacentric chromosomes. Heredity, 110: 380–388
- GABRIEL S., MATHIAS M.L. & J. SEARLE (2013). Genetic structure of house mouse (Mus musculus Linnaeus 1758) populations in the Atlantic archipelago of the Azores: colonisation and dispersal. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 108, 4: 929-940 ISSN: 0024-4066 DOI: 10.1111/bij.12015
- Rodrigues da Silva Jr. F., Monarca R.I., Dias D., Ramalhinho M.G., Mathias M.L. & L. Muccillo-Baisch (2013). Geno- and cyto-toxicity in free-living rodent Mus spretus exposed to simulated onshore oil spill. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol DOI 10.1007/s00128-013-1080-x
- TAPISSO J., RAMALHINHO M.G., MATHIAS M.L. & L. RYCHLIK (2013). Ecological release: swimming and diving behavior of an allopatric population of the Mediterranean water shrew. Journal of Mammalogy, 94(1):29–39, 2013
- BASTOS-SILVEIRA C.,SANTOS S.M., MONARCA R., MATHIAS M.L. & G. HECKEL (2012). Deep mitochondrial introgression and hybridization among ecologically divergent vole species. Molecular Ecology 21(21): 5309-5323, doi: 10.1111/mec.12018
- BOA-ALMA A.S., RAMALHINHO M.G., DIAS D., MATHIAS M.L., CARVALHO P.A. & A.P. ALVES DE MATOS (2012). Genotoxic effect of inhaled ambient particulate matter. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 18, S5: 25-26
- GABRIEL S.I., STEVENS M.I., MATHIAS M.L. & J. B. SEARLE (2011). Of mice and "convicts": colonisation of Australia by the house mouse, Mus musculus. PlosOne, 6(12) e28622, 6pp.
- NUNES A.C., CATALAN J., LOPEZ J., RAMALHINHO M.G., MATHIAS M.L. , BRITTON-DAVIDIAN J. (2011) Fertility assessment in hybrids between monobrachially homologous Rb races of the house mouse from the island of Madeira: implications for modes of chromosomal evolution. Heredity. 106, 348-356.
- SANTOS S., MATHIAS M.L & A. MIRA (2010). The influence of local, landscape and spatial factors on the distribution of the Lusitanian and the Mediterranean pine voles in a Mediterranean landscape. Mammalian Biology, 76(2): 133-142
- Rodrigues D., Wauters L., Romeo C., Mari V., Preatoni D., Mathias M.L., Tosi G. , Martinoli A. (2010) Living on the edge: can red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) persist in extreme high-elevation habitats?. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research. 42, 1, 106-112.
- SANTOS S., SANTOS S., LOURENÇO R., LOURENÇO R., MATHIAS M.L. , MATHIAS M.L. , MIRA A., MIRA A. (2010) Spatial ecology of the Lusitanian pine vole (Microtus lusitanicus) in a Mediterranean polyculture. Animal Biology. 60, 1-19.
- SANTOS S., MATHIAS M.L., MIRA A. (2010) Local coexistence and niche differences between the Lusitanian and Mediterranean pine voles (Microtus lusitanicus and M. duodecimcostatus). Ecological Research. 25, 1019-1031.
- TAPISSO J., MARQUES C.C., MATHIAS M.L. & M.G. RAMALHINHO (2009). Induction of micronuclei and sister chromatid exchange in bone-marrow cells and abnormalities in sperm of Algerian mice (Mus spretus) exposed to cadmium, lead and zinc. Mutation Research 678: 59-64
- FÖRSTER D. W., GÜNDÜZ Đ., NUNES A. C., GABRIEL S., RAMALHINHO M. G., MATHIAS M. L., BRITTON-DAVIDIAN J. & J.B. SEARLE (2009). Molecular insights into the colonization and chromosomal diversification of Madeiran House Mice. Molecular Ecology 18: 4477-4494
- NUNES A.C., MATHIAS M.L. & G. GANEM (2009). Odor preference in house mice: influences of habitat heterogeneity and chromosomal incompatibility. Behavioral Ecology 20(6): 1252-1261
- SANTOS A.S., AMARO F., SANTOS-SILVA M.M., SOUSA R., MATHIAS M.L., RAMALHINHO M.G., NÚNCIO M.S., ALVES M.J., BACELLAR F. & J.S. DUMLER (2009). Detection of Antibodies Against Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Algerian Mice (Mus spretus), Portugal. Vector-borne and zoonotic disease 9(6): 663-669
- SANTOS S., MIRA A. & M.L. MATHIAS (2009). Using presence signs to discriminate between similar species. Integrative Zoology 4: 258-264.
Publications 2005-2009
- Marques C.C., Gabriel S.I., Pinheiro T., Viegas Crespo A.M., Mathias M.L. & Bebiano M.J. (2008). Metallothionein levels in Algerian mice (Mus spretus) exposed to elemental pollution: An ecophysiological approach Chemosphere 71(7): 1340-1347
- Mira A., Marques C.C., Santos S.M., Rosário I.T. & M.L. Mathias (2008). Environmental determinants of the distribution of the Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae) in Portugal: implications for conservation. Mammalian Biology 73(2): 102-110
- Rosário I.T., CARDOSO P.E. & M.L. Mathias (2008). Is habitat selection by the Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae) related to food preferences? Mammalian Biology 73: 423-429
- SANCHEZ-CHARDI A., MARQUES C.C., GABRIEL S.I., CAPELA-SILVA F., CABRITA A.S., LOPEZ-FUSTER M.J., NADAL J. & M.L. MATHIAS (2008). Haematology, genotoxicity, enzymatic activity and histopathologyas biomarkers of metal pollution in the shrew Crocidura russula. Environmental Pollution 156:1332-1339
- BRITTON-DAVIDIAN J., CATALAN J., LOPEZ J., GANEM G., NUNES A.C., RAMALHINHO M.G., AUFFRAY J.-C., SEARLE J.B. & M.L. MATHIAS (2007). Patterns of genic diversity and structure in a species undergoing rapid chromosomal radiation: an allozyme analysis of house mice from the Madeira archipelago. Heredity 99: 432-442
- MARQUES C.C., SÁNCHEZ-CHARDI A., GABRIEL S.I., NADAL J., VIEGAS-CRESPO A.M. & M.L. MATHIAS (2007). How does the greater white-toothed shrew, Crocidura russula, responds to long term heavy metal contamination? - A case study. Science of the Total Environment 376(1-3): 128-133
- Mathias M.L., Graça C., Ferreira A.M. & P. Duarte-Rodrigues (2007). Residues of DDT and other organochlorines in selected mammals from Central Portugal. Mammalia 71(4): 83-85
- Rosário I.T. & M.L. Mathias (2007). Post-fire recolonisation of a montado area by the endangered Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae). International Journal of Wildland Fire 16(4): 450-457
- SANCHEZ-CHARDI A., MARQUES C., NADAL J. & M.L. MATHIAS (2007). Metal bioaccumulation in the greater white-toothed shrew, Crocidura russula, inhabiting an abandoned pyrite mine site. Chemosphere 67: 121-130
- Santos S.M., Mathias M.L., Mira A. & M.P. Simões (2007). Vegetation structure and composition of road verge and meadow sites colonized by Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae Thomas). Polish Journal of Ecology 55(3): 481-493
- GAZAVE E., CATALAN J., RAMALHINHO M.G., MATHIAS M.L., NUNES A.C., BRITTON-DAVIDIAN J. & J.-C. AUFFRAY (2006). Do chromosomal hybrids necessarily suffer from developmental instability? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 88: 33-43
- Marques C.C., Nunes A.C., Pinheiro T., Lopes P.A., SaNTOS M.C., Viegas-Crespo A.M., RAMALHINHO MG & M.L. Mathias (2006). An assessment of time-dependent effects of lead exposure in Algerian Mice (Mus spretus) using different methodological approaches. Biological Trace Element Research 109: 75-90
- Mathias M.L., Nunes A.C., Marques C.C., Auffray J.-C., Britton-Davidian J., Ganem G., GÜndÜz I., Ramalhinho M.G., Searle J.B. & J.R. Speakman (2006). Effects of climate on oxygen consumption and energy intake of chromosomally divergent populations of the House Mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) from the island of Madeira (North Atlantic, Portugal). Functional Ecology 20: 330-339
- SANTOS S., SIMÕES M.P., MATHIAS M.L. & A. MIRA (2006). Vegetation analysis in colonies of an endangered rodent, the Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae) in Southern Portugal. Ecological Research, 21:197-207
- BRITTON-DAVIDIAN J., CATALAN J., RAMALHINHO M.G., AUFFRAY J.C., NUNES A.C., GAZAVE E., SEARLE J. &M.L. MATHIAS (2005). Chromosomal phylogeny of Robertsonian races of the house mouse on the island of Madeira: testing between alternative mutational processes. Genetical Research 86: 171-183.
- Nunes A.C., Britton-Davidian J., Catalan J., Ramalhinho M.G., Capela R., Mathias M.L. & G. Ganem (2005). Influence of physical environmental characteristics and anthropogenic factors on the position and structure of a contact zone between two chromosomal races of the house mouse on the island of Madeira (North Atlantic, Portugal). Journal of Biogeography 32: 2123-2134.
- Ramalhinho M.L., Braz C., Catalan J., Mathias M.L. & J. Britton-Davidian (2005). AgNOR variability among Robertsonian races of the house mouse from the island of Madeira: implications for patterns of Rb fusion formation and genetic differentiation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 84: 585-591.
- Santos S., Rosário I. & M.L. Mathias (2005). Microhabitat preference of the Cabrera vole in a Mediterranean cork oak woodland of southern Portugal Vie et Milieu, 55(1): 53-59.
- SANTOS S., SIMÕES M.P., MATHIAS M.L. & A. MIRA (2005). Vegetation analysis in colonies of an endangered rodent, the Cabrera vole (Microtus cabrerae) in Southern Portugal. Ecological Research, 21:197-207
Supervision Activities
Since 2005 has supervised 29 master thesis, 15 PhD thesis and 6 post-docs and as well 11 undergraduated projects included in research grants
(on going):
- Ecophysiology and Ecology in small mammals (Rita Monarca - PD/UI88/7346/2016)
- Solitary twittering of shrews-The missing link between vocal communication and echolocation in mammals? (Sophie von Merten BPD)
- The Red Book of Mammals in Portugal (BPD) (Clara Grilo)
- The ecological effects of urbanization in wild communities (provisional title) (L. Borda-de -Água, P. Borges, M.L. Mathias (J.D. Barros BD)
- Effect of global changes in the distribution of small mammals (provisional title) (Luis Borda-de-Água, J. Tapisso, M.L. Mathias) (T. Matos BD)
- The role of daily torpor in the survival of the white-toothed shrew Crocidura russula. (J. Tapisso, M.L. Mathias & Leszek Rychlik, Adam Mickiewicz University Poland) (F. Oliveira BD)
- The burden of short-term captivity (provisional title) (J. Tapisso, S. von Merten, M.L. Mathias) (Maílis Carrilho)
- Small mammals as bioindicators of anthropogenic changes (provisional title) (S. Gabriel, R. Monarca, M.L. Mathias) (Elizandra Cardoso)
- Social structure of Lusitanian pine voles (provisional title) (A. Cerveira, S. Varela, M.L. Mathias) (Rita Andrade)
Meetings
Since 2005 has attended more than 35 international meetings with oral or poster presentations
As CESAM member (since 2009):
Evolutionary islands: 150 years after Darwin; Leiden, Holanda, Fevereiro 12-13, 2009 Colonisation of the Azorean archipelago by the house mouse (Mus musculus) - clues from mtDNA. GABRIEL S., MATHIAS M.L.Ø & SEARLE J. (P)
5TH Ecology & Behaviour Meeting; Lyon, França, Abril 6-10, 2009
Did the Mediterranean water shrew (Neomys anomalus) improve their diving skills and underwater foraging under absence of the Eurasian water Shrew (Neomys fodiens) in Portugal? TAPISSO J.T., RAMALHINHO M.G., MATHIAS M.L.Ø & RYCHLIK L. (CO)
IMC10 - 10th International Mammalogical Congress; Mendoza, Argentina, Agosto 9-14, 2009
Global Phylogeography of the Western European house mouse. GABRIEL S., MATHIAS M.L.Ø & SEARLE J. (CO)
31st International Ethological Conference, Rennes, França, Agosto 19-24, 2009
Did Neomys anomalus improve their diving skills and underwater foraging under absence of Neomys fodiens? TAPISSO J.T., RAMALHINHO M.G., MATHIAS M.L. & RYCHLIK L. (P)
XXXV Jornadas Portuguesas de Genética, Braga, May 31-June 2, 2010
Risk assessment of environmental contamination using the house mouse (Mus musculus) as a bioindicator LOPES A.M., MATHIAS M.L., BRANQUINHO C. & D. DIAS (P)
12th Rodens et Spatium - The International Conference on Rodent Biology,Zonguldak, Turkey, July 19-23, 2010
Tracking the evolutionary history of the pine voles Microtus lusitanicus and Microtus duodecimcostatus: a multidisciplinary approach. BASTOS-SILVEIRA C., SANTOS S.M., MONARCA R., CERVEIRA A., HECKEL G. & M.L. MATHIAS (CO) The complex colonisation history of the Azorean archipelago by the house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus): multiple origins revealed by mitochondrial DNA variation. GABRIEL S., MATHIAS, M.L. & J. SEARLE (CO) The cost of living in an island: energetics of two populations of house mice inhabiting Madeira. MONARCA R., NUNES A.C. & M.L. MATHIAS (P)
Third international conference "Advances in the biology of shrews III", Syktyvkar, KomiRepublic, Russia, September 14-17, 2010.
Behavioural ecology of Neomys anomalus in Portugal. TAPISSO J., RAMALHINHO M.G., MATHIAS M.L. & L. RYCHLIK (CO)
Workshop ‘Vole Ecology, Genetics and Conservation', Évora, Portugal, May 18, 2011
Updated data on Iberian Microtus MATHIAS M.L. (CO)
Workshop Biodiversidade: uma oportunidade para a qualidade de vida urbana, Lisboa, Portugal, June 7, 2011.
Ponto de partida para a implementação de medidas concretas (Sessão de encerramento). MATHIAS M.L. (CO)
VIth European Congress of Mammalogy. Paris, France, July 19-23, 2011
Testing the role of MHC class I as a premating reproductive barrier between two Microtus sister species DUARTE M., MATHIAS M.L. & C. BASTOS-SILVEIRA (CO)
Competitive release of the mediterranean water shrew (Neomys anomalus) living in Portugal TAPISSO J., RAMALHINHO M.G., MATHIAS M.L. & L. RYCHLIK (CO)
Colonization history of the Azores archipelago by the house mouse (Mus musculus): clues from mtDNA and microsatellites. GABRIEL S.I., MATHIAS M.L. & J.B. SEARLE (CO)
The starvation-predation risk trade-off: response of wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) to a scenario of predatory risk. MONARCAR.I. & M.L. MATHIAS (P)
Joint Congress of the Portuguese and Spanish Microscopy Societies. Aveiro, Portugal, October 18-21, 2011Genotoxic effect of inhaled ambient particulate matter. BOA-ALMA A.S., RAMALHINHO M.G., DIAS D., MATHIAS M.L., CARVALHO P.A. & A.P. ALVES DE MATOS (P)
SEB Congress,Salzburg, Austria, June 29-July 2, 2012The influence of high fat diets and predation risk on the growth of wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus). MONARCA R., SPEAKMAN J. & M.L. MATHIAS (P)
13th Conference Rodens et Spatium, Rovaniemi,Finland, July 16–20, 2012 Postnatal growth and development in two pine vole species Microtus duodecimcostatus and M. lusitanicus. CERVEIRA A.P., TAPISSO J., MATHIAS M.L. & C. BASTOS-SILVEIRA (P) Of mice and the ‘Age of discovery’: colonization history and genetic structure of the house mouse, Mus musculus domesticus, in the Azores archipelago. GABRIEL S.I., MATHIAS M.L. & J.B. SEARLE (P)
Spatial Ecology & Conservation 2International Conference, Birmingham, UK, June 17-20, 2014 TAPISSO J., NEVESI., RAMALHINHO M.G., RYCHLIK L. & M.L. MATHIAS. Competition effects on the distribution of water shrews (Neomys spp., Soricidae) in the Iberian Peninsula under present and future climate variability (P) MATHIAS M.L., TAPISSO J., NEVES T., GABRIEL S., CERVEIRA A., MONARCA R. & M.G. RAMALHINHO. Spatial distribution of Robertsonian races of house mice Mus musculus domesticusin the island of Madeira(North Atlantic, Portugal) (P)
14th Conference Rodens et Spatium, Lisbon, Portugal, July 28- August 2, 2014 MATHIAS M.L. The Madeiran house mice Rb System: origin, colonisation and chromosomal diversification (CO) DUARTE M., MATHIAS M.L. & C. BASTOS-SILVEIRA Pair bonding behaviour in sister species Microtus lusitanicus and M.duodecimcostatus. (CO) MONARCA R., SPEAKMAN J. & M.L. Mathias Physiological and behavioural responses to intermittent starvation on the Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) (P) CERVEIRA A., TAPISSO J., GABRIEL S., RAMALHINHO M.G. & M.L. MATHIAS. Male dominance in house mouse chromosomal races from Madeira Island (P) VALENTE A., GABRIEL S.I., GOMES L., CORREIA J., MATHIAS M.L. & L.M. MADEIRA CARVALHO. Helminthic infections in the liver of Mus musculus domesticus from Madeira archipelago: preliminary results (P)
VII th European Congress of Mammalogy. Stockholm, Sweden, July 17-21, 2015. Male quality assessment of two house mouse chromosomal races from Madeira Island. A. Cerveira, J. Tapisso, S. Gabriel, M.G. Ramalhinho, J. Barroso & M.L. Mathias (P) Dynamic of chromosomal evolution in two parapatric Rb races of house mouse in the island of Madeira. J. Tapisso et. al. (CO) Species patterns and trends from sparse occurrence data. The case of Mozambique’s mammals. I. Neves, C. Bastos-Silveira & M.L. Mathias (CO) Mate choice, hybridisation and hybrid fitness in two pine vole sister species, Microtus duodecimcostatus and M. lusitanicus. Ana M. Cerveira et al. (CO)
International Conference Island Biology, Azores, July 18-22, 2016. GABRIEL S., SEARLE J. & M.L. MATHIAS. Colonization and speciation of an invader: the western house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) in Madeira Island. (CO)
XIII Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia, Lisboa, October 13-14, 2016. Andrade R.S., Cerveira A.M., Mathias M.L. & S.A.M. Varela. To eat or not to eat: social transmission of food preferences in wild populations of Mus spretus (CO)
15th Rodens et Spatium - International Conference on Rodent Biology, Olomouc, Czeck Republic, July 25-29, 2016. Andrade R.S., Varela S.A.M., Mathias M.L. & A.M. Cerveira. Social transmission of food preferences in wild Mus spretus (P); Cerveira A.M., Tapisso J.T., Bastos-Silveira C. & M.L. Mathias. Reproduction, postnatal growth and development of two fossorial pine voles (CO)
Ecology and Behaviour, Chizé, France, 19-23 June. Oliveira F.G., Tapisso J.T., Fonseca P. & M.L. Mathias. Behavioral and Physiological Responses to Sound Signals in Greater White-Toothed Shrews from Natural and Urban Habitats (CO)
2017 Congress of the European Society of Evolutionary Biology (ESEB 2017). Groningen, The Netherlands, 20-25 August. Capilla L., Vara C., Gabriel S.I., Roca C., Searle J.B, Mathias M.L. & A. Ruiz-Herrera. Natural diversity in the reproductive isolation gene Prdm9: Lessons from the Madeiran Robertsonian house mice (CO)
Vara C, Capilla L, Ferretti L, Sanchéz-Guillén RA, Gabriel SI, Albert-Lizandra G, Florit-Sabater B, Bello-Rodríguez J, Ventura J, Searle JB, Mathias ML, Ruiz-Herrera A. (2018) Natural diversity at fine geographical scale of the recombination modifier Prdm9 reveals contrasting evolutionary patterns in wild Robertsonian house mice. II Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, 19 – 22 Agosto 2018, Montpellier, França.
Gabriel SI, Searle JB & Mathias ML (2018) Colonization and speedy speciation of an island invasive. 6th International Conference of Rodent Biology and Management and 16th Rodens et Spatium, 3 – 7 Setembro 2018, Potsdam, Alemanha.
Vara C., Capilla L., Ferretti L., Ledda A., Sanchéz-Guillén R.A., Gabriel S., Albert-Lizandra G., Florit-Sabater B., Ventura J., Searle J., Mathias M.L. & A.Ruiz-Herrera (2019). Drive against PRDM9 allelic combinations in natural populations suggest functional constraints on meiotic recombination. SMBE19 Genetic conflicts in molecular evolution. Symposium of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, 21-25 July Manchester, UK (CO)
Neves I., Mathias M.L. & C. Bastos-Silveira (2019). Sharing the decision process framework to identify well-supported records of mammal species occurrence in Mozambique Conference Biodiversity Next (2019), 22-25 October, Leiden, The Netherlands (P)
Neves I., Mathias M.L. & C. Bastos-Silveira (2019). Mapping the impact of digitisation for poorly documented countries: Mozambique as a case-study. Conference Biodiversity Next (2019), 22-25 October, Leiden, The Netherlands (CO)
Gabriel SI, Valente A, Tapisso JT, Cerveira AM, Mathias ML, Madeira de Carvalho LM (2019) Of mice and parasites: helminth communities in the Madeira house mouse. 5th International Mouse Meeting, 23 – 25 June 2019, Brno, Czech Republic (P).
Research projects
Since 2005 has been the PI of 6 R&D projects and a member in 4 others
On going projects:
TROJAN RATS - Travellers in Transit: seaports as gateways for the arrival and spread of rodent-borne pathogens (FCT project - PI: Sofia Gabriel; Co-PI: Maria da Luz Mathias)
Red Book of Mammals from Mainland Portugal (POSEUR project - PI: Maria da Luz Mathias)
Biodiversity in Lisbon (Vertebrate Fauna) - CML contract - Co-coordinator: Maria da Luz Mathias)
Technical-scientific activities and Representations
Since 2005 has participated in several evaluation panels of R&D projects and in the organizing and scientific committees of international projects or scientific exhibitions. In addition has been referee in several international journals from ISI-WEb of Science.
Is a member of the following committees:
- Partner in the 'Coligação para o Conhecimento Verde (CCV)'- Ministério do Ambiente, Ordenamento do Território e Energia
- Member of the Editorial Board and Handling Editor of the Journal 'Archives of Zoological Studies'
- Mission Group 'Biodiversidade Lisboa 2020' (Lisboa E-Nova / CML)
- Panel of consultants of the American Biographical Institute
- Member of the International Urban Forum
- Consultant IUCN Species Survival Commission
- Member of the European Mammal Foundation
- Member of the European Mammal Conservation Network
Academic Activities
Since 2005 was member in more than 100 juries (master, PhD, 'agregação', associate or full professors)
Activities
- 2018 - Membro do Conselho de Administração da Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências
- 2013-2015 - Coordenadora do Programa Doutoral da Biologia da FCUL
- 2009-2017 - Membro do Conselho de Administração da Fundação da FCUL
- 2009-2012 - Membro do Conselho Pedagógico de Biologia da FCUL
- Desde 2013 - Vice-diretora do Programa Doutoral em Biologia e Ecologia das Alterações Globais (FCUL)
- Desde 2012 - Diretora do Biotério da FCUL
- Desde 2010 - Membro da Comissão Científica do Mestrado em Biologia Humana e Ambiente (FCUL)
- Desde 2009 - Membro da Comissão Coordenadora do Departamento de Biologia Animal (FCUL)
- 2008-2013 - Membro do Conselho Geral da Fundação da FCUL
- 2008-2010, 2013-2014 - Membro do Painel de Avaliação da Biologia da Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)
- 2008 - Membro da Assembleia Estatutária da FCUL
- 2005-2009 - Membro do Conselho Fiscal da Fundação da FCUL
- 2005-2009- Coordenadora da área científico-pedagógica Biologia Ambiental do DBA/FCUL
- 2005-2007 / 2014-2017 - Presidente do Departamento de Biologia Animal da FCUL
- 2004-2008 - Coordenadora da Licenciatura Biologia Ambiental-Ramo Terrestre
- Desde 2003 - Membro da Comissão Científica do Institut Européen d'Etudes et de Conservation du Desman des Pyrénées
- Desde 2001 - Membro do American Biographical Institute - Research Board of Advisors (American Biographical Institute, Inc., North Carolina, USA)
- 2000-2009 - Coordenadora Científica do Centro de Biologia Ambiental da FCUL
- Desde 2010 - Responsável pelo grupo de Biologia da Adaptação e Processos Ecológicos do CESAM
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