Graça Oliveira & Steve Houghton - Revision of Scientific Documents - Examples of our Work

These are some of the published scientific papers which have been revised by us. For copyright reasons the files on our site contain only the first page and the page with the acknowledgement of our contribution.

• Pinho P, Llop E, Ribeiro MC, Cruz C, Soares A, Pereira MJ, Branquinho C. Tools for determining critical levels of atmospheric ammonia under the influence of multiple disturbances. Environmental Pollution. 2014;188:88-93. DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2014.01.024.

• Oliveira SF, Bocayuva MF, Veloso TGR, Bazzolli DM, Silva CC, Pereira OL, Kasuya MCM. Endophytic and mycorrhizal fungi associated with roots of endangered native orchids from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Mycorrhiza. 2014; 24:55-64. DOI:10.1007/s00572-013-0512-0.

• Almeida M, Guerra C, Pinto-Correia T. Unfolding relations between land cover and farm management: high nature value assessment in complex silvo-pastoral systems. Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography. 2013; 113:97-108. DOI:10.1080/00167223.2013.848611.

  • Bazot S, Barthes L, Blanot D, Fresneau C. Distribution of non-structural nitrogen and carbohydrate compounds in mature oak trees in a temperate forest at four key phenological stages. Trees. 2013;27:1023-1034. DOI:10.1007/s00468-013-0853-5.

  • Matono P, Sousa D, Ilhéu M. Effects of Land Use Intensification on Fish Assemblages in Mediterranean Climate Streams. Environmental Management. 2013; 52:1213-1229. DOI:10.1007/s00267-013-0152-3.

• Oliveira G, Nunes A, Clemente A, Correia O. Limitations to recruitment of native species in hydroseeding mixtures. Ecological Engineering. 2013; 57:18-26. DOI:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.04.015.

  • Corrêa A, Gurevitch J, Martins-Loução MA, Cruz C. C allocation to the fungus is not a cost to the plant in ectomycorrhizae. OIKOS. 2012;121:449–463. DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19406.x.

  • Dias T, Martins-Loução MA, Sheppard L, Cruz C. The strength of the biotic compartment in retaining nitrogen additions prevents nitrogen losses from a Mediterranean maquis. Biogeosciences. 2012;9:193-201. DOI:10.5194/bg-9-193-2012.

• Josa R, Jorba M, Vallejo VR. Opencast mine restoration in a Mediterranean semi-arid environment: Failure of some common practices. Ecological Engineering. 2012;42:183–191. DOI:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.02.020.

  • Cruz C, Dominguez-Valdivia MD, Aparicio-Tejo PM, Lamsfus C, Bio AMF, Martins-Loução MA, Moran JF. Intra-specific variation in pea responses to ammonium nutrition leads to different degrees of tolerance. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 2011;70:233-243. DOI:10.1016/j.envexpbot.2010.09.014.

  • Dias T, Malveiro S, Martins-Loução MA, Sheppard L, Cruz C. Linking N-driven biodiversity changes with soil N availability in a Mediterranean ecosystem. Plant and Soil. 2011;341:125-136. DOI:10.1007/s11104-010-0628-3.

  • Dias T, Neto D, Martins-Loução MA, Sheppard L, Cruz C. Patterns of nitrate reductase activity vary according to the plant functional group in a Mediterranean maquis. Plant and Soil. 2011;347:363-376. DOI:10.1007/s11104-011-0856-1.

• Oliveira G, Nunes A, Clemente A, Correia O. Effect of substrate treatments on survival and growth of Mediterranean shrubs in a revegetated quarry: An eight-year study. Ecological Engineering. 2011;37:255–259. DOI:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.11.015.

  • Pinho P, Dias T, Cruz C, Tang YS, Sutton MA, Martins-Loução MA, Máguas C, Branquinho C. Using lichen functional diversity to assess the effects of atmospheric ammonia in Mediterranean woodlands. Journal of Applied Ecology. 2011;48:1107–1116. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02033.x.

  • Shvaleva A, Lobo-do-Vale R, Cruz C, Castaldi S, Rosa AP, Chaves MM, Pereira JS. Soil-atmosphere greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4 and N2O) exchange in evergreen oak woodland in southern Portugal. Plant Soil and Environment. 2011;57:471-477.

  • Hessini K, Cruz C, Gandour M, Soltani A, Abdelly C. Do reactive oxygen species (ROS) induced by NaCl contribute to ammonium accumulation in Spartina alterniflora? Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 2009;172:851-860. DOI:10.1002/jpln.200800315.

  • Dominguez-Valdivia M, Aparicio-Tejo P, Lamsfus C, Cruz C, Martins-Loução MA, Moran J. Nitrogen nutrition and antioxidant metabolism in ammonium-tolerant and -sensitive plants. Physiologia Plantarum. 2008;132:359-369. DOI:10.1111/j.1399-3054.2007.01022.x.

  • Clemente AS, Rego FC, Correia OA. Growth, water relations and photosynthesis of seedlings and resprouts after fire. Acta Oecologica. 2005;27:233–243. DOI:10.1016/j.actao.2005.01.005.

  • Cruz C, Lips H, Martins-Loução MA. Nitrogen use efficiency by a slow-growing species as affected by CO2 levels, root temperature, N source and availability. Journal of Plant Physiology. 2003;160:1421-1428. DOI:10.1078/0176-1617-00998.

  • Oliveira G, Peñuelas J. Comparative protective strategies of Cistus albidus and Quercus ilex facing photoinhibitory winter conditions. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 2002;47:281–289. DOI:10.1016/S0098-8472(02)00003-5.

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