Basic information

Full name: Ana Paula Soares Marques de Carvalho    

Place of birth: Lisbon; April 3, 1967    Email: paulasoares@isa.ulisboa.pt

Telephone: ++351 21 365 3353

Institutional address: Edifício Florestal, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349 017 Lisboa, Portugal

Paula Soares conducts her research activity as an integrated member of the CEF (Centro de Estudos Florestais) through the Forchange Group (Forest Ecosystems Management Under Global Change). She is also a collaborator of the SmartForest Research Group - Gestión Inteligente de Bosques at the University of Oviedo in Spain.

Specialization Area, Specific Domains, and Research Interests

Forestry and Forest Management

- Definition of silviculture models for maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) considering stands obtained through natural regeneration and resin tapping.

- Spacing effect on tree and stand development for maritime pine.

- Compatibility of production in stone pine (Pinus pinea L.): resin and pine cone/pine nut.

- Principles of forest management aiming at non-wood forest products (pine cones/pine nuts, resin).

- Analysis of the impact of management practices on carbon stock in various components of the forest system.

- Quantification of carbon stock and estimation of carbon sequestration/emission in forest systems over long time horizons.

- New challenges (products and land uses) and their impact at the landscape level.

- Conservation of genetic resources – location and characterization of high-altitude pine populations (P. sylvestris L. and P. nigra J.F.Arnold). 

Growth and Yield Modeling in Forest Areas

- Empirical models and process-based models for eucalyptus, maritime pine, and stone pine. 

Forest Inventory

- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and sensors in the characterization and monitoring of forest systems.

- Urban trees and peri-urban forests.