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| Ana Cláudia do Souto Gonçalves Norte | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, Largo Marquês de Pombal, Faculty of Sciences and Technology University of Coimbra 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| acgnorte@ci.uc.pt | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3. area of scientific activity | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| domain of specialization | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Avian Ecology: Birds as bioindicators of habitat quality and environmental stressors, with emphasis on physiological and fitness effects of pollution exposure. Evaluation of avian condition through biochemical and haematological parameters. Conservation Biology: Habitat selection and conservation of bird species |
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| present investigation interests | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Evolutionary Biology: Ecology of avian infectious diseases, host-parasite interactions Ecology of emergent zoonotic diseases: the role of birds as reservoir hosts of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., the etiologic agent of Lyme borreliosis, and dispersers of vector ticks. |
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| 2011- present: Appointed Lecturer: -“Emerging infectious diseases” in the discipline of Conservation Biology, Biology MsC, Dep Life Sciences, FCT, University of Coimbra -“Physiological ecology“ in the advanced course “Conservation and management of biodiversity”, European MsC in Applied Ecology, Dep. Life Sciences, FCT, University of Coimbra. 2013: Laboratory Animal Sciences Course – Category C FELASA 2009-2010: Invited assistant professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences of Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisboa 2002-2003: Demonstrator of practical classes of General Botany at the Botanical Department of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra 2004: Research collaborator in the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology (University of Oxford, U.K.) 2003-2015: Frequency of the Advanced Courses of the Ecology Masters degree of the Dep. of Zoology, Univ. of Coimbra: - Data analysis tools in Ecology: Data Exploration, Regression, GLM & GAM - With Introduction to R. - Wildlife Ecotoxicology. - Data analysis tools in Ecology – Module 1: The use of Generalized Linear Models (GLM) and Generalized Additive Models (GAM) in Ecology - Ecological Modelling – a powerful tool for environmental management and sustainable development – applied perspective - Planning and executing studies of habitat selection – application in studies of environmental impact and monitoring - Metals as environmental stressors: ecotoxicology and risk assessment - Univariate and Multivariate data analysis in Ecology and Ecotoxicology - Development and implementation of bioindicators in impact assessment and biodiversity monitoring schemes - Litter breakdown in freshwaters - Ecology and Taxonomy of freshwater organisms (Coleoptera, Diptera, Odonata, Trichoptera) - Using GIS to evaluate environmental problems - Birds & habitats: from resource to conservation - Plant- Animal Interactions Technical competencies: Molecular detection of pathogens in biological samples: DNA extraction, amplification and purification; RLB; RT-PCR; DNA sequence and phylogenetic analysis. Laboratory work in medical microbiology: bacteria isolation; Blood biochemical, enzymatic and haematological analyses. Field sampling of birds and collection of biological samples (blood, cloacal swabs, biopsies); Collection and identification of ticks. |
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| 4. coordination/participation of research projects | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 With Portuguese national financial support |
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| As main researcher: "Ecology of Lyme Borreliosis: role of natural bird populations as reservoirs of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Western Europe" Funding: FCT (SFRH/BPD/62898/2009) "Physiological parameters and fitness in great tit Parus major populations as bioindicators of pulp mill pollution" Funding: FCT (SFRH/BD/13594/2003) |
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| With international financial support |
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| As a team member: "Rationalising biodiversity conservation in dynamic ecosystems (RUBICODE)” Funding: EU FP6 (Contract GOCE-CT-2006-036890) |
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| Member of BES (British Ecological Society), 2006. Member of SPEA (Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds), since 2002. Member of APAA (Sociedade Portuguesa de Anilhadores de Aves), since 2010. Member of the Scientific Commission of the Federação Colombófila Portuguesa |
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| 6. referee and editor of scientific journals | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Referee: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Journal of Field Ornithology Behavioral Ecology Science of the Total Environment Functional Ecology Parasitology Ardeola Archives of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
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| 7. publications | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| papers in international scientific periodicals with referee (ISI) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2015. Norte, A.C, Araújo, P.M., da Silva, L.P, Tenreiro, P.Q., Ramos, J.A., Nuncio, M.S., Zé-Zé, L., Lopes de Carvalho, I. Characterization of Borrelia turdi isolates from Portugal through Multilocus Sequence Analysis, Microbial Ecology - invited re-submission (minor reviews) 2015. Literak, I., Norte, A.C., Núncio M.S., Lopes de Carvalho, I., Ogrzewalska, M., Nováková, M., et al. Ticks on passerines from the Archipelago of the Azores as hosts of borreliae and rickettsiae. Ticks Tick-Borne Dis., in press. 2014 - Norte, A.C., Alves da Silva, A., Alves, J., da Silva, L.P., Núncio, M.S., Escudero, R. et al. The importance of lizards and small mammals as reservoirs for Borrelia lusitaniae in Portugal. Environmental Microbiology Reports 7:188-193 2014 - Møller, A.P., Adriaensen, F., Artemyev, A., Bańbura, J., Barba, E., Biard, C. et al. Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds. Ecology and Evolution 4: 3583-3595. 2014. Moller, A., Lambrechts, M., Nilsson, SG., Gregoire, A. et al. Clutch size variation in Western Palearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, in press 2013. Chelinho, S., Domene, X., Andrés, P., Natal-da-Luz, T., Norte, C., Rufino, C., Lopes, I., Cachada, A., Espindola, E., Ribeiro, R., Duarte, A.C. and Sousa, J.P. Soil microarthropod community testing: a new approach to increase the ecological relevance of effect data for pesticide risk assessment. Applied Soil Ecology (in press) 2013. Norte, A.C., Lopes de Carvalho, I., Núncio, M.S., Ramos, J.A. and Gern, L. Blackbirds Turdus merula as competent reservoirs for Borrelia turdi and B. valaisiana in Portugal: evidence from a xenodiagnostic experiment. Env Microbiol Rep, in press, doi:10.1111/1758-2229.12058 2013. Norte, A.C., Lobato, D. N.C., Braga, E., Antonini, Y., Lacorte, G., Gonçalves, M., Lopes de Carvalho, I., Gern, L., Núncio, M.S. and Ramos, J.A. “Do ticks and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. constitute a burden to birds?” Parasitology Research, in press, DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3343-1 2012. Norte, A.C., Ramos, J.A., Gern, L., Núncio, M.S. and Lopes de Carvalho, I. Birds as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Western Europe: circulation of B. turdi and other genospecies in bird-tick cycles in Portugal, Environmental Microbiology, doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02834.x. 2012. Norte, A.C, Lopes de Carvalho, I., Ramos, J.A., Gonçalves, M., Gern, L. and Núncio, M.S. 2012. Diversity and seasonal patterns of ticks parasitizing wild birds in western Portugal. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 58:327-39 2010. Norte, A.C., Sheldon, B.C., Sousa, J.P., Tavares, P.C., Pereira, M.E., Duarte, A.C., and Ramos, J. A. “Are great tits (Parus major) inhabiting the vicinity of a pulp mill healthy? Impacts on physiology and breeding performance”, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 59, 502-512 2010. The Design of Artificial Nestboxes for the Study of Secondary Hole-Nesting Birds: A Review of Methodological Inconsistencies and Potential Biases, Lambrechts, M.M., Adriaensen, F., Ardia, D.R., Artemyev, A.V., Atiénzar, F., Banbura, J., Barba, E., Bouvier, J.C., Camprodon, J., Cooper, C.B., Dawson, R.D., Eens, M., Eeva, T., Faivre, B., Garamszegi, L.Z., Goodenough, A.E., Gosler, A.G., Grégoire, A., Griffith, S.C., Gustafsson, L., Johnson, L.S., Kania, W., Keišs, O., Llambias, P.E., Mainwaring, M.C., Mänd, R., Massa, B., Mazgajski, T.D., Møller, A.P., Moreno, J., Naef-Daenzer, B., Nilsson, J.-Å., Norte, A.C., Orell, M., Otter, K.E., Park, C.R., Perrins, C.M., Pinowski, J., Porkert, J., Potti, J., Remes, V., Richner, H., Rytkönen, S., Shiao, M.-T., Silverin, B., Slagsvold, T., Smith, H.G., Sorace, A., Stenning, M.J., Stewart, I., Thompson, C.F., Tryjanowski, P., Török, J., van Noordwijk, A.J., Winkler, D.W., and Ziane, N. Acta Ornithologica 45:1-26 2010 - Norte, A.C., Ramos, J.A., Sampaio, H., Sousa, J.P., and Sheldon, B.C. Physiological condition and breeding performance in Great Tits. The Condor, 112: 79-86 2010 – Van den Steen, E., Pinxten, R., Covaci, A., Carere, C., Eeva, T., Heeb, P., Kempenaers, B., Lifjeld, J.T., Massa, B., Norte, A.C., Orell, M., Sanz, J.J., Senar, J.C., Sorace, A., and Eens, M. “The use of blue tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool for organohalogenated pollutants in the European environment” Science of the Total Environment, 408:1451-1457. 2009 - Norte, A.C., Araújo, P.M., Sampaio, H.L., Sousa, J.P., e Ramos, J.A. “Haematozoa infections in a Great Tit Parus major population from Central Portugal: relationship with breeding effort and health state variables”, Ibis, 151:677-688. 2009 - Norte, A.C., Ramos, J.A., Sousa, J.P., and Sheldon, B.C. “Variation of adult great tit Parus major body condition and blood parameters in relation to sex, age, year and season“, Journal of Ornithology, 150: 651-660. 2009 - Van den Steen, E., Pinxten, R., Jaspers, V.L.B., Covaci, A., Barba, E., Carere, C., Cichoń, M., Dubiec, A., Eeva, T., Heeb, P., Kempenaers, B., Lifjeld, J.T., Lubjuhn, T., Mänd, R., Massa, B., Nilsson, J.-Å., Norte, A.C., Orell, M., Podzemny, P., Sanz, J.J., Senar, J.C., Soler, J.J., Sorace, A., Török, J., Visser, M.E., Winkel W. e Eens, M. 2008. “Brominated flame retardants and organochlorines in the European environment using great tit eggs as a biomonitoring tool”, Environment International, 35:310-317. 2008 - Norte, A.C., Sheldon, B.C., Sousa, J.P. and Ramos, J.A. “Repeatability of blood parameters and methodological sources of variation in wild Great Tits Parus major”, Acta Ornithologica, 43:65-75 2008 - Norte, A.C., Ramos, J.A., Araújo, P.M., Sousa, J.P. and Sheldon, B.C. “Health state parameters and enzymatic biomarkers as survival predictors in nestling great tits Parus major: effects of environmental conditions”, Auk, 125:943-952 2008 - Norte, A.C., Sheldon, B.C., Sousa, J.P. and Ramos, J.A. “Environmental and genetic variation in body condition and blood profile of Great tit Parus major nestlings”, Journal of Avian Biology, 40:157-165. 2004 - Norte A.C. and Ramos J. A. “Nest-site selection and breeding biology of kentish plover Charadrius alexandrinus on sandy beaches of the Portuguese west coast”. Ardeola, 51: 255-268. |
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| proceedings of international meetings with referee | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| national journals, from portugal or from abroad, with peer review | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2014. “The key role of birds and lizards as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., the etiologic agent of Lyme borreliosis, in Portugal” XVII Congresso Português de Parasitologia, Coimbra, Portugal 2014. “Psammodromus algirus como reservatório de Borrelia lusitaniae, agente etiológico da borreliose de Lyme, em Portugal” at the XII Iberian Congresso f Herpetology, Aveiro, Portugal 2014. Seminar "The key role of birds and lizards as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l., the etiologic agent of Lyme borreliosis, in Portugal”, Zoonosis Seminar Series, Zoonosis laboratory, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden 2013. Seminar “The role of birds as reservoirs for B. burgdorferi s.l.” at National Health Institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge, IP 2012. Seminar “The role of birds as reservoirs for B. burgdorferi s.l.” at Centro de Estudo de Vectores e Doenças Infecciosas Dr. Francisco Cambournac/ INSA 2012. Seminar “Eco-fisiologia em aves – avaliação da qualidade do habitat através da sáude de populações selvagens” at Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, BH, Brasil 2010. "O papel das aves como reservatório de Borrelia burgdorferi, o agente da doença de Lyme", at the V Encontro Técnico de Anilhadores de Aves. 2009 "Haematozoa infections in a Great Tit Parus major population from Central Portugal: relationship with breeding effort and health state variables" at the "VI SPEA Ornithological Congress & IV Iberian Ornithological Congress", Elvas, Portugal. 2009 “Are great tits inhabiting the vicity of a pulpmill healthy? A case study” - oral comm. by invitation at the advanced course on Wildlife Ecotoxicology. 2008 "Poluição: Têm os chapins algo a dizer?" - oral comm. by invitation at the initiative Conversas com Cientistas at Museu da Ciência of Coimbra University 2006 “Physiological parameters and enzymatic biomarkers in a Great Tit (Parus major) population exposed to xenobiotics from pulp mill effluents” at the “British Ecological Society Annual Meeting”, Oxford, U.K. 2006 – “Physiological parameters and enzymatic biomarkers in a Great Tit (Parus major) population exposed to xenobiotics from pulp mill effluents” at the “V Portuguese Ornithology Congress”, Oeiras, Portugal 2006 – “Physiological parameters and enzymatic biomarkers in a Great Tit (Parus major) population exposed to xenobiotics from pulp mill effluents” at the “EGI International Student Conference 2006”, Groningen, Netherlands. |
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| 2014 - Norte et al. “The role of birds as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Western Europe: is there a burden of carrying ticks and Borrelia?” XVII Congresso Português de Parasitologia, Coimbra, Portugal 2014 - Santos AS et al. “Detection of Coxiella burnetii in rodents and wildbirds in Portugal”, International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance, IMED, Vienna, Austria 2014 - Lopes de Carvalho et al. “Borreliose de Lyme em Portugal”, IV Congresso Nacional de Saúde Publica, Lisboa 2014 – Norte et al. “As aves como reservatório de Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. na Europa Ocidental: avaliação dos custos associados ao parasitismo por carraças e Borrelia”, at the VIII Congresso de Ornitologia da SPEA, Almada, Portugal. 2013 - Norte et al. "Are blackbirds Turdus merula competent reservoirs for Borrelia turdi in Western Europe? A xenodiagnostic experiment" at the 13th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases, Boston, USA 2012 - Norte et al. “The role of birds as reservoirs for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Western Europe: is there a burden of carrying ticks and Borrelia?” at the 2012 WDA/EWDA conference, Lyon, France 2011 - Norte et al. "Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. genospecies in ticks feeding on birds in Portugal", at the Tick and Tick-borne Pathogens 7th Conference, Zaragoza, Spain 2007 – Norte et al. “Genetic and environmental components of variance of physiological parameters in the Great Tit Parus major” in the “Hole-breeding Passerines Meeting”, Bialowieza, Poland 2005 – Norte et al. “First Data on Physiological Parameters and Biomarkers In Great Tit (Parus major) Populations” in the “EGI Student Conference 2005”, Oxford, U.K., 2005 – Norte et al. “Genetic and Environmental Components of Variance of Physiological Parameters in the Great Tit (Parus major)” in the “EGI Student Conference 2005”, Oxford, U.K. 2003 - Norte et al. “Nest-site selection and breeding biology of the Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus in sandy beaches of the Portuguese West coast” in the “IV Portuguese Ornithology Congress and II Iberian Meeting of Ornithology”, Castelo Branco, Portugal. |
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| Co-supervision: - "Prevalência de Parasitismo por Carraças e Influência no Estado de Saúde de Passeriformes", Maria das Dores Pereira Gonçalves, MsC thesis in Biology, FCTUC, 2013 - "Avifauna florestal e influência de parâmetros hematológicos e ambientais no sucesso reprodutor de Chapim-real (Parus major): aplicações em Educação Ambiental", José Miguel Ramos de Mendonça, MsC thesis in Animal Biology, FCTUC, 2006. |
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| Award Caixa Geral de Depósitos – student with the best final classification of the Graduation in Biology in the Fac. Sci. Tech. of the Univ. of Coimbra, year 2001/2002 Merit Award of the University of Coimbra (2001/2002) Merit Award of the University of Coimbra (2000/2001) |
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