Publications

2024

160) Campos, J.C.; Alírio, J.; Arenas-Castro, S.; Duarte, L.; Garcia, N.; Regos, A.; Pôças, I.; Teodoro, A.C.; Sillero, N. (2024) Dynamic shifts of functional diversity through climate-Resilient strategies and farmland restoration in a mountain protected area. Journal of Environmental Management, 366, 121622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121622

159) Diogo, I.; Sillero, N.; Capinha, C. (2024) Predicting the risk of invasion by broadleaf watermilfoil (Myriophyllum heterophyllum) in mainland Portugal. Heliyon, 10 (13), e34201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34201

158) Sillero, N.; Campos, J. C.; Arenas-Castro, S.; Alírio, J. (2024). Species habitat suitability increased during COVID-19 lockdowns. Global Ecology and Conservation, 52, e02977.

157) Pôças, I.; Almeida, C. R.; Campos, J. C.; Garcia, N.; Alírio, J.; Sillero, N.; Teodoro, A. C. (2024). Spectral Library of Plant Species from Montesinho Natural Park in Portugal. Data, 9(5), 65. https://doi.org/10.3390/data9050065

156) Pinto, T.; Sillero, N.; Santos, S.M.; Mira, A. (2024): Using the dead to infer about the living: amphibian roadkill spatiotemporal dynamics suggest local populations’ reduction. Science of the Total Environment, 927: 172356.

155) Garcia, N.; Campos, J.C.; Silva, D.; Alírio. J.; Duarte, L.B.; Arenas-Castro, S.; Pôças, I.; Loureiro, A.; Teodoro, A.C.; Sillero, N. (2024) Biodiversity dataset and atlas of the special area of conservation Montesinho/Nogueira, Portugal. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e118854.

154) Rato, C.; Silva-Rocha, I.; Sillero, N. (2024) What does the future hold for a thermophilus and widely introduced gecko, Tarentola mauritanica (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae)? Biological Invasions 26: 1061–1074.

153) Sousa-Guedes, D.; Bessa, F.; Queiruga, A.; Teixeira, L.; Reis, V.; Gonçalves, J.A.; Marco, A.; Sillero, N. (2024) Lost and found: Patterns of marine litter accumulation on the remote island of Santa Luzia, Cabo Verde. Environmental Pollution 344: 123338.

2023

152) Garcia, N.; Alírio, J.; Silva, D.; Campos, J.; Duarte, L.; Arenas-Castro, S.; Pôças, I.; Sillero, N.; Teodoro, A.C. (2023): MontObEO, Montesinho biodiversity observatory: an Earth observation tool for biodiversity conservation. Proc. SPIE 12734, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications XIV, 1273411. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2678524

151) Sousa-Guedes, D.; Cunha, SC.; Fernandes, JO.; Semedo, D.; Sillero, N.; Marco, A.; Bessa, F. (2023): Can plastic pollution contaminate loggerhead turtle nests? Evaluation of flame retardants (PBDEs) levels in the sand. Marine Pollution Bulletin 195, 115550.

150) Rodrigues de Almeida, C.; Garcia, N.; Campos, J.C.; Alírio, J.; Arenas-Castro, S.; Gonçalves, A.; Sillero, N.; Teodoro, A.C. (2023) Time-series analyses of land surface temperature changes with Google Earth Engine in a mountainous region. Helyon 9 (8).

149) Norberto, M.; Sillero, N.; Coimbra, J.; Cunha, M. (2023) Filling the maize yield gap based on Precision Agriculture – A MaxEnt approach. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4374834.

148) Campos, J.C.; Garcia, N.; Alírio, J.; Arenas-Castro, S.; Teodoro, A.C.; Sillero, N. (2023) Ecological Niche Models using MaxEnt in Google Earth Engine: evaluation, guidelines and recommendations. Ecological Informatics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102147

147) Scaramuzzi, A.; Freitas, I.; Sillero, N.; Martínez-Freiría, F. (2023), Meso-habitat distribution patterns and ecological requirements of two Mediterranean vipers depict weak competition in a contact zone. Journal of  Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.13087

146) Pinto, T.; Santos, S.M.; Mira, A.; Sillero, N. (2023) Importance of water availability for amphibian roadkill in a mediterranean landscape. Biodiversity and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02616-9

145) Denoël, M.; Schmidt, B.R.; Fonters, R.; Hansbauer, G.; Johanet, A.; Kühnis, J.; Poboljsaj, K.; Schweiger, S.; Sillero, N. (2023): Quantifying rarity of intraspecific diversity at multiple spatial scales by combining fine-grain citizen-based data across national boundaries. Biological Conservation 280, p.109937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.109937

144) Băncilă, R.I.; Lattuada, M.; Sillero, N. (2023): Distribution of amphibians and reptiles in agricultural landscape across Europe. Landscape Ecology.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-022-01583-w

143) Sousa-Guedes, D.; Sillero, N.; Bessa, F.; Marco, A. (2023): Plastic pollution can affect the emergence patterns of the loggerhead turtle hatchlings. Animal Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12837

142) Žagar, A.; Gomes, V.; Sillero, N. (2023): Selected microhabitat and surface temperatures of two sympatric lizard species. Acta Oecologica 118, 103887.

141) Sillero, N.; Campos, J.C.; Arenas-Castro, S.; Barbosa, A.M. (2023): A curated list of R packages for ecological niche modelling. Ecological Modelling 476, 110242.

2022

140) Fernandez, M.; Sillero, N.; Yesson, C. (2022) To be or not to be: the role of absences in niche modelling for highly motile species in dynamic marine environments. Ecological Modelling, 471, 110040.

139) Sillero, N.; Arenas-Castro, S.; Ribeiro-Silva, J. (2022) Shifts in climatic realised niches of Iberian species. Oikos, 2022 (4), e08505.

138) Natoli, A.; Moura, A. E.; Sillero, N. (2022) Citizen science data of cetaceans in the Arabian/Persian Gulf: Occurrence and habitat preferences of the three most reported species. Marine Mammal Science, 38 (1), 235-255.

2021

137) Jablonski, D.; Sillero, N.; Oskyrko, O.; Bellati, A.; Čeirāns, A.; Cheylan, M.; Cogălniceanu, D.; Crnobrnja-Isailović, J.; Crochet, P.; Crottini, A.; Doronin, I.; Džukić, G.; Geniez, P.; Ilgaz, Ç.; Iosif, R.; Jandzik, D.; Jelić, D.; Litvinchuk, S.; Ljubisavljević, K.; Lymberakis, P.; Mikulíček, P.; Mizsei, E.; Moravec, J.; Najbar, B.; Pabijan, M.; Pupins, M.; Sourrouille, P.; Strachinis, I.; Szabolcs, M.; Thanou, E.; Tzoras, E.; Vergilov, V.; Vörös, J.; & Gvoždík, V. (2021) The distribution and biogeography of slow worms (Anguis, Squamata) across the Western Palearctic, with an emphasis on secondary contact zones. Amphibia-Reptilia, 42: 519-530.

136) Sillero, N. (2021) Climate change in action: local elevational shifts on Iberian amphibians and reptiles. Regional Environmental Change 21, 101.

135) Vega-Agavo, M. I.; Suazo-Ortuño, I.; Lopez-Toledo, L.; Gómez-Tagle, A.; Sillero, N.; Pineda-López, R.; Alvarado-Díaz, J. (2021) Influence of avocado orchard landscapes on amphibians and reptiles in the trans-Mexican volcanic belt. Biotropica, 53(6), 1631-1645..

134) Sillero, N. (2021). A Simple Spatial Method for Identifying Point Clusters by Neighbourhood Relationships. Ecologies, 2 (3), 305-312. pdf

133) Sillero, N.; Arenas-Castro, S.; Enriquez‐Urzelai, U.; Gomes Vale, C.; Sousa-Guedes, D.; Martínez-Freiría, F.; Real, R.; Barbosa, A.M. (2021). Want to model a species niche? A step-by-step guideline on correlative ecological niche modelling. Ecological Modelling, 456: 109671. pdf

132) Rato, C.; Sillero, N.; Ceacero, F.; García-Muñoz, E.; Carretero, M. A. (2021). A survival story: evolutionary history of the Iberian Algyroides (Squamata: Lacertidae), an endemic lizard relict. Biodiversity and Conservation, 30: 2707–2729. pdf

131) Sousa-Guedes, D.; Franch, M.; Sillero, N. (2021) A spatial approach for modelling amphibian road-kills: comparison of regression techniques. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf., 10 (5), 343. pdf

130) Correia, A.M.; Sousa-Guedes, D.; Gil, A.; Valente, R.; Rosso, M.; Sousa-Pinto, I.; Sillero, N.; Pierce, G.J. (2021) Predicting cetacean distributions in the eastern North Atlantic to support marine management. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 518. pdf

129) Arenas-Castro, S.; Sillero, N. (2021) Cross-scale monitoring of habitat suitability changes using satellite time series and ecological niche models. Science of The Total Environment, 784, 147172. pdf

128) Cocca, W.; Žagar, A.; Sillero, N.; Jowers, M.J.; Krofel, M.; Lužnik, M.; Podnar, M.; Tvrtković, N.; Carretero, M.A.; Crottini, A. (2021) Genetic diversity of Horvath’s Rock Lizard meets current environmental restrictions. Conservation Genetics, 22 (3), 483-498. pdf

127) Rato, C., Stratakis, M.; Sousa-Guedes, D.; Sillero, N.; Corti, C.; Freitas, S.; Harris, D.J.; Carretero, M.A. (2021): The more you search the more you find: Cryptic diversity and admixture within the rock-lizard Darevskia rudis group. Zoologica Scripta, 50 (2), 193-209. pdf

126)  Sillero, N.; Barbosa, A.M. (2021) Common mistakes in ecological niche models. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 35 (2), 213-226. pdf

125) Sillero, N.; dos Santos, R.; Teodoro, A.C.; Carretero, M.A. (2021): Ecological niche models improve home ranges estimations. Journal of Zoology, 313 (2), 145-157. pdf

124) Lourenço, P; Teodoro, A.C; Gonçalves, J.A.; Honrado, J.P.; Cunha, M.; Sillero, N. (2021): Assessing the performance of different OBIA software approaches for mapping invasive alien plants along roads with remote sensing data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 95, 102263. pdf

2020

123) Ribeiro, J.; Sillero, N.; Lopes, R.J.; Sullivan, M.J.; Santana, J.; Capinha, C.; Reino, L. (2020): Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild Linnaeus, 1758). In: Downs, C.T.; Lorinda A.H., eds. (2020) Invasive birds: Global trends and impacts. CABI, 155-158.

122) Duarte, L.; Santos, X.; Teodoro, A.C.; Sillero, N. (2020): Modelling Terrestrial Tortoises Response to Fire Events. IGARSS 2020 – IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, pp. 4255-4258.

121) Sillero, N.; Argaña, E.; Matos, C.; Franch, M.; Kaliontzopoulou, A.; Carretero, M.A. (2020): Local Segregation of Realised Niches in Lizards. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 9, 764.

120) Ribeiro, V.A.R.M.; Batel Anjo, A.; Barbosa, D.; Barraca, J.P; Gomes, D.; Bergano, M.; Maia, D.; Bastos, M.L.; Sillero, N.; Teodoro, A.C.; Cunha, M.; Gonçalves, J.A.; Anton, S.; Correia, A.; Cuambe, V.; Machaieie, D.; Paulo, C.M.; Fernandes, J.; Peixinho, N.; Barata, T.; Lagarto, V. (2020): DOPPLER: Development of PALOP Knowledge in Radio Astronomy. In: Barbosa, D., et al. (eds.), 2020. Portuguese SKA White Book, Universidade de Aveiro.

119) Duarte, L.; Teodoro, A.C.; Maia, D.; Barbosa, D.; Sillero, N.; Gonçalves, J.A.; Fonte, J.; Gonçalves-Seco, L.; Pinheiro da Luz, L.M.; Santos Beja, N. (2020): A Portuguese SKA “test site” as a case study for an Integrated Environmental Management System: synergies with Space and Earth Observation Sciences. In: Barbosa, D., et al. (eds.), 2020. Portuguese SKA White Book, Universidade de Aveiro. pdf

118) Sillero, N.; Huey, R.B.; Gilchrist, G.; Rissler, L.; Pascual, M. (2020): Distribution modelling of an introduced species: do adaptive genetic markers affect potential range? Proceedings of the Royal Society B — Biological Sciences 287 (1935), 20201791. pdf

117) Petrovan, S.; Gomes, C.; Sillero, N. (2020): Using citizen science in road surveys for large-scale amphibian monitoring: are biased data representative for species distribution? Biodiversity and Conservation 29: 1767–1781. pdf

116) Sousa Guedes, D.; Ribeiro, H.; Vaz-Freire, M.T.; Mira, A.; Sillero, N. (2020): Ultrasonic device effectiveness in keeping rodents off the road. European Journal of Wildlife Research 66 (1): 23. pdf

115) Sousa-Guedes, D.; Arenas-Castro, S.; Sillero, N. (2020): Ecological niche models reveal climate change effect on biogeographical regions: the Iberian Peninsula as case study. Climate 8(3), 42. pdf

114) Malkmus, R.; Loureiro; A.; Sillero, N. (2020): Die Herpetofauna der Serra de Montemuro (Nord-Portugal) mit einem Rückblick auf über 40 Jahre Kartierungstätigkeit in Portugal. Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie 27: 14–50. pdf

113) Paumier, A.; Drouineau, H; Boutry, S.; Sillero, N.; Lambert, P. (2020): Assessing the relative importance of temperature, discharge and photoperiod on diadromous fish reproduction. Freshwater Biology. 65(2): 253-263. pdf

2019

112)  Baamonde, S.; Cabana, M.; Sillero, N.; Penedo, M.G.; Naveira, H.; Novo, J. (2019): Fully automatic multi-temporal land cover classification using Sentinel-2 image data. Procedia Computer Science 159 (2019) 650–657. pdf

111) Sousa Guedes, D.; Ribeiro, H.; Sillero, N. (2019): An improved mobile mapping system to detect road-killed amphibians and small birds. International Journal of Geo-Information 8, 565. pdf

110) Moura, A.E.; Silva, S.E.; SPEA; Correia, A.M.; Sousa–Pinto, I.; Gil, A.; Freitas, L.; Ribeiro, C.; Carvalho, A.; Dinis, A.; Alves, F.; Ferreira, R.; Azevedo, J.M.V.; Fernández, M.; Cecchetti, A.; Medeiros, R.; Machete, M.; Silva, H.; González, L.; Faustino, C.; Carvalho, I: Brito, C.; Martinho, F.; IFAW/MCR, Sillero, N. (2019): Mamíferos marinhos. In: Bencatel J., Álvares F., Moura A.E. & Barbosa A.M. (eds.), 2019. Atlas de Mamíferos de Portugal, 2ª edição. Universidade de Évora, Portugal: 274 pp.

109) Fagoaga, A.; Blain, H.A.; Marquina-Blasco, R.; Laplana, C.; Sillero, N.; Hernandez Gomez, C.M.; Mallol, C.; Galván, B.; Ruiz, J. (2019): Improving the accuracy of small vertebrate-based palaeoclimatic reconstructions derived from the Mutual Ecogeographic Range. A case study using Geographic Information Systems and UDA-ODA discrimination methodology. Quaternary Science Reviews 223, 105969. pdf

108) Santos, P.; Sillero, N.; Boratyński, Z., Teodoro, A.C. (2019): Landscape changes at Chernobyl. SPIE Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XXI 11149: 111491X. pdf

107) Freitas, S.; Harris, J.D; Sillero, N.; Arakelyan, M.; Butlin, R.; Carretero, M.A. (2019) The role of hybridisation in the origin and evolutionary persistence of vertebrate parthenogens: a case study of Darevskia lizards. Heredity 123: 795–808.  pdf

106) Denoël, M.; Ficetola, G.F.; Sillero, N.; Džukić, G.; Kalezić, M.L.; Vukov, T.; Muhovic, I.; Ikovic, V.; Lejeune, B. (2019). Traditionally managed landscapes do not prevent amphibian decline and the extinction of paedomorphosis. Ecological Monographs 89(2), e01347. pdf

105) Santos, X.; Sillero, N.; Poitevin, F.; Cheylan, M. (2019): Habitat suitability modeling uncovers contrasting responses to fire according to species–specific biogeographical affinities of amphibian and reptile species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 126 (1): 55-67. pdf

104) Sillero, N.; Poboljšaj, K.; Lešnik, A.; Šalamun, A. (2019): Influence of Landscape Factors on Amphibian Roadkills at the National Level. Diversity 11, 13. pdf

103) Lino, S; Sillero, N.; Torres, J.; Santos, X.; Álvares, F. (2019): The role of fire on wolf distribution and breeding–site selection: Insights from a generalist carnivore occurring in a fire–prone landscape. Landscape and Urban Planning 183: 111–121. pdf

2018

102) Silva–Rocha, I.; Montes, E.; Salvi, D.; Sillero, N.; Mateo, J.A.; Ayllón, E.; Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Carretero, M.A. (2018): Balearic Islands herpetological history: when aliens conquered these islands and what to do next. pdf

101) Sillero, N.; Argaña, E.; Freitas, S.; García–Muñoz, E.; Arakelyan, M.; Corti, C.; Carretero, M.A. (2018): Short term spatial structure of a lizard (Darevskia sp.) community in Armenia. Acta Herpetologica 13 (2): 155-163. pdf

100) Sillero, N.; Ribeiro, H.; Franch, M.; Silva, C.; Lopes, G. (2018): A road mobile mapping device for supervised classification of amphibians on roads. European Journal of Wildlife Research 64 (6): 77. pdf

99) Pérez i de Lanuza, G.; Sillero, N.; Carretero, M.A. (2018): Climate suggests environment‐dependent selection on lizard colour morphs. Journal of Biogeography 45 (12): 2791–2802. pdf

98) Sillero, N.; Campos, J.; Bonardi, A.; Corti, C.; Creemers, R.; Crochet, P.A.; Crnobrnja-Isailović, J.; Denoël, M.; Ficetola, G.F.; Gonçalves, J.; Kuzmin, S.; Lymberakis, P.; de Pous, P.; Rodríguez, A.; Sindaco, R.; Speybroeck, J.; Toxopeus, B.; Vieites, D.R.; Vences, M. (2018): NA2RE is reliable but aims for improvement: an answer to Vamberger and Fritz (2018). Biologia 73 (11): 1131-1135. pdf

97) Caeiro-Dias, G.; Luís, C.; Pinho, C.; Crochet, P.A.; Sillero, N.; Kaliontzopoulou, A. (2018): Lack of congruence of genetic and niche divergence in Podarcis hispanicus complex: allopatric speciation as the main driving factor. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56 (4): 479-492. pdf

96) Sillero, N.; Biaggini, M.; Corti, C. (2018): Analysing the importance of stepping-stone islands in maintaining structural connectivity and endemicity. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 124 (1), 113-125. pdf

95) Carretero, M.; García-Muñoz, E.; Argaña, E.; Freitas, S.; Corti, C.; Arakelyan, M.; Sillero, N. (2018): Parthenogenetic Darevskia Lizards Mate Frequently if they have the Chance. A Quantitative Analysis of Copulation Marks in a Sympatric Zone. Journal of Natural History 52 (7–8): 405–413. pdf

94) Wielstra, B.; Canestrelli, D.; Cvijanović, M.; Denoel, M.; Fijarczyk, A.; Jablonski, D.; Liana, M.; Naumov, B.; Olgun, K.B.; Pabijan, M.; Pezzarossa, A.; Popgeorgiev, G.; Salvi, D.; Si, Y.; Sillero, N.; Sotiropoulos, K.; Zieliński, P.; Babik, W. (2018): The distributions of the six species constituting the smooth newt species complex (Lissotriton vulgaris sensu lato and L. montandoni) – an addition to the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe. Amphibia-Reptilia 39 (2): 252-259. pdf

93) Mizsei, E.; Zinenko, O.; Sillero, N.; Ferri, V.; Roussos, S.A.; Szabolcs, M. (2018): The distribution of meadow and steppe vipers (Vipera graeca, V. renardi and V. ursinii): a revision of the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe. Basic and Applied Herpetology 32: 77-83. pdf

92) Sillero, N.; Vale, C.G.; Beukema, W. (2018): GIS for Spatial Biology: the geographical component of life. In: Teodoro, A.C. (Ed.): GIS - An overview of Application. Frontiers in Information System, 201(1): 149-183. eBook Series. Bentham Science. pdf

2017

91) Moura, A.E.; Silva, S.E.; SPEA; Correia, A.M.; Sousa-Pinto, I.; Gil, A.; Freitas, L.; Ribeiro, C.; Carvalho, A.; Dinis, A.; Alves, F.; Ferreira, R.; Azevedo, J.M.V.; Fernández, M.; Cecchetti, A.; Medeiros, R.; Machete, M.; Silva, H.; González, L.; Faustino, C.; Carvalho, I: Brito, C.; Martinho, F.; IFAW/MCR, Sillero, N. (2017): Mamíferos marinhos. In: Bencatel J., Álvares F., Moura A.E. & Barbosa A.M. (eds.), 2017. Atlas de Mamíferos de Portugal, 1ª edição. Universidade de Évora, Portugal: 256 pp. pdf

2016

90) Brown, J.; Sillero, N.; Glaw, F.; Bora, P.; Vieites, D.; Vences, M. (2016): Spatial biodiversity patterns of Madagascar's amphibians and reptiles. PlosONE 11(1): e0144076. pdf

89) Lopes, G.; Ribeiro, A.; Sillero, N.; Gonçalves-Seco, L.; Silva, C.; Franch, M.; Trigueiros, P. (2016): High Resolution Trichromatic Road Surface Scanning with a Line Scan Camera and Light Emitting Diode Lighting for Road-Kill Detection. Sensors 16(4): 558. pdf

88) Freitas, S.; Rocha, S.; Campos, J.; Ahmadzadeh, F.; Corti, C.; Sillero, N.; Ilgaz, Ç.; Kumlutaş, Y.; Arakelyan, M.; James Harris, D.; Carretero, M.A. (2016): Parthenogenesis through the Ice Ages: a biogeographic analysis of Caucasian rock lizards (genus Darevskia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 102, 117–127. pdf

87) Dos Santos, R.; Teodoro, A.C.; Carretero, M.A.; Sillero, N. (2016): Remote sensing as a tool to analyse lizard's behaviour. Proc. SPIE 9998, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XVIII, 99981Z. pdf

86) Carretero, M.A.; Sillero, N. (2016): Evaluating how species niche modelling is affected by partial distributions with an empirical case. Acta Oecologica 77, 207-216. pdf

85) Sillero, N.; Corti, N.; Carretero, M.A. (2016): Home ranges of parthenogenetic and bisexual species in a community of Darevskia lizards. Zoology of the Middle East 62(4): 306-318. pdf

84) Sillero, N.; Gomes, V. (2016): Living in clusters: the local spatial segregation of a lizard community. Basic and Applied Herpetology 30, 61-75. pdf

2015

83) Silva-Rocha, I.; Salvi, D.; Sillero, N.; Mateo, J.A.; Carretero, M.A. (2015): Snakes on the Balearic Islands: an invasion tale with implications for native biodiversity conservation. PlosONE 10 (4): e0121026. pdf

82) Žagar, A.; Carretero, M.A.; Osojnik, N.; Sillero, N.; Vrezec, A. (2015): A place in the sun: does interspecific interference affects thermoregulation in coexisting lizards? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69 (7): 1127-1137. pdf

81) Franch, M.; Montori, A.; Sillero, N.; Llorente, G.A. (2015): Temporal analysis of Mauremys leprosa distribution in northeastern Iberia: unusual increase in autochthonous species distribution. Hydrology 757 (1): 129-142. pdf

80) Teodoro, A.; Duarte, L.; Sillero, N.; Gonçalves, J.A.; Fonte, J.; Gonçalves-Seco, L.; Pinheiro da Luz, M.; dos Santos Beja, N.M.R. (2015): An integrated and open source GIS environmental management system for a protected area in the south of Portugal. Proc. SPIE 9644, 96440U-1. pdf

79) Franch, M.; Silva, C.; Lopes, G.; Ribeiro, F.; Trigueiros, P.; Seco, L.; Sillero, N. (2015): Where to look when identifying roadkilled amphibians? Acta Herpetologica 10(2): 103-110. pdf

78) Corti, C.; Barbagli, F.; Bassu, L.; Di Cerbo, A.R.; Cascio, P.L.; Sillero, N.; Nulchis, V.; Ceccolini, F.; Paggetti, E.; Romano, A.; Bazzoffi, P. (2015): Monitoraggio della biodiversità in relazione all’applicazione degli standard di condizionalità: 4.2 c, 4.6, 4.3 (olivo). Italian Journal of Agronomy 10(1): 135 pp. pdf

77) Malkmus, R.; Loureiro, A.; Sillero, N. (2015): Die Herpetofauna des Parque Natural do Douro Internacional (Nordost-Portugal). Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie 22 (2), 223-252. pdf

76) Sillero, N. (2015): Using remote sensing data in ecological niche models to forecast species' extinction risks. The Journal of Brief Ideas. pdf

2014

75) Brito, J.C.; Godinho, R.; Martínez-Freiría, F.; Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Rebelo, H.; Santos, X.; Gomes Vale, C.; Velo-Antón, G.; Boratyński, Z.; Carvalho, S.; Ferreira, S.; Vasconcelos Gonçalves, D.; Silva, T.; Tarroso, P.; Campos, J.C.; Vasco Leite, J.; Nogueira, J.; Álvares, F.; Sillero, N.; Saad Sow, A.; Fahd, S.; Crochet, P.A.; Carranza, S. (2014): Unravelling biodiversity, evolution and threats to conservation in the Sahara-Sahel. Biological Reviews 89 (1): 215–231. pdf

74) Ayres-Sampaio, D.; Teodoro, A.C.; Sillero, N.; Santos, C.; Fonseca, J.; Freitas, A. (2014): An investigation of the environmental determinants of asthma hospitalizations: An applied spatial approach. Applied Geography 47: 10-19. pdf

73) Sillero, N.; Campos, J.; Bonardi, A.; Corti, C.; Creemers, R.; Crochet, P.A.; Crnobrnja-Isailović, J.; Denoël, M.; Ficetola, G.F.; Gonçalves, J.; Kuzmin, S.; Lymberakis, P.; de Pous, P.; Rodríguez, A.; Sindaco, R.; Speybroeck, J.; Toxopeus, B.; Vieites, D.R.; Vences, M. (2014): Updated distribution and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles of Europe based on a compilation of countrywide mapping studies. Amphibia-Reptilia 35 (1): 1-31. pdf

72) Sillero, N.; Oliveira, M.A.; Sousa, P.; Sousa, F.; Gonçalves-Seco, L. (2014): Distributed database system of the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles in Europe: the NA2RE project. Amphibia-Reptilia 35 (1): 33-39. pdf

71) Sillero, N.; Gonçalves-Seco, L. (2014): Spatial Structure Analysis of a Reptile Community with Airborne LiDAR Data. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 28 (8): 1709-1722. pdf

70) Santos, X.; Vidal-García, M.; Brito, J.C.; Fahd, S.; Llorente, G.A.; Martínez-Freiria, F.; Parellada, X.; Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Sillero, N. (2014): Phylogeographic and environmental correlates support the cryptic function of the zigzag pattern in a European viper. Evolutionary Ecology 28: 611–626. pdf

69) Sillero, N.; Reis, M.; Vieira, C.P.; Vieira, J.; Morales-Hojas, R. (2014): Niche evolution and thermal adaptation in the temperate species Drosophila americana. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27 (8): 1549-1561. pdf

68) Wielstra, B.; Sillero, N.; Vörös, J.; Arntzen, J.W. (2014) The distribution of the crested and marbled newt species (Amphibia: Salamandridae: Triturus) – an addition to the New Atlas of Amphibians and Reptiles of Europe. Amphibia-Reptilia 35 (3): 376-381. pdf

67) Sillero, N.; Leerschool, T.; Hollanders, M.; Beukema, W. (2014): Decline of Podarcis carbonelli in its type locality, Laguna de San Marcos, Spain? Herpetology Notes 7: 751-754. pdf

2013

66) Sillero, N.; Carretero, M.A. (2013): Modelling the past and future distribution of contracting species. The Iberian lizard Podarcis carbonelli (Squamata: Lacertidae) as a case study. Zoologischer Anzeiger 252: 289–298. pdf

65) Monterroso, P.; Sillero, N.; Rosalino, L.M.; Loureiro, F.; Célio Alves, P. (2013): Estimating home-range size: when to include a third dimension?. Ecology and Evolution 3 (7), 2285-2295. pdf

64) Teodoro, A.C.; Sillero, N.; Alves, S.; Duarte, L. (2013): Correlation between the habitats productivity and species richness (amphibians and reptiles) in Portugal, through remote sensed data . Proc. SPIE 8887, 88870D, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XV. pdf

63) Matos, C.; Sillero, N.; Argaña, E. (2013): Spatial analysis of amphibian road mortality levels in northern Portugal country roads. FrogLog 106: 74. pdf

62) Argaña, E.; Freitas, S.; Sillero, N.; Corti, C.; Drovetski, S.V.; Garcia-Muñoz, E.; Ferreira, D.; Ferreira, S.; Carretero, M.A. (2013): An apparent case of bilateral gynandromorphy in the femoral pores of the Caucasian rock lizard Darevskia raddei. Herpetology Notes 6: 77-80. pdf

2012

61) Moura, A.E.; Sillero, N.; Rodrigues, A. (2012): Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) habitat preferences using data from two platforms of opportunity. Acta Oecologica 38(1): 24-32. pdf

60) Carretero, M.A.; Sillero, N.; M. Lazić, M.; Crnobrnja-Isailović, J. (2012): Nocturnal activity in a population of Podarcis muralis from Serbia. Herpetozoa 25 (1/2): 87-89. pdf

59) Campos, J.C.; Sillero, N.; Brito, J.C. (2012): Normalized Difference Water Indexes have dissimilar performances in detecting seasonal and permanent water in the Sahara-Sahel transition zone. Journal of Hydrology 464–465, 438-446 . pdf

58) Matos, C.; Sillero, N.; Argaña, E. (2012): Spatial analysis of amphibian road mortality levels in northern Portugal country roads. Amphibia-Reptilia 33: 469-483. pdf

57) Teodoro, A.C.; Ferreira, D.; Sillero, N. (2012): Performance of commercial and open source remote sensing/image processing software for land cover/use purposes. Proc. SPIE 8538, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications III, 85381K. pdf

56) Ayres-Sampaio, D.; Teodoro, A.C.; Freitas, A.; Sillero, N. (2012): The use of remotely sensed environmental data in the study of asthma disease. Proc. SPIE 8538, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications III, 85381K. pdf

55) Sillero, N.; Brito, J.C.; Martín-Alfageme, S.; García-Meléndez, E.; Toxopeus, A.G.; Skidmore, A. (2012): The significance of using satellite imagery data only in Ecological Niche Modelling of Iberian herps. Acta Herpetologica 7(2): 221-237. pdf

54) Sillero, N.; Argaña, E.; Matos, C.; Correia, E; Carneiro, C.; Gomes, V. (2012): Unexpected low population levels of Podarcis carbonelli in Southern Salamanca (Spain). Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 23. pdf

53) Barbosa, A.M.; Sillero, N.; Martínez-Freiría, F.; Real, R. (2012): Ecological Niche Models in Mediterranean Herpetology: Past, Present and Future. In: Wen-Jun Zhang (Ed.): Ecological Niche Models in Mediterranean Herpetology. pdf

52) Carretero, M.A.; Sillero, N.; Loureiro, A. (2012): Actualización de la categoría de conservación. In: Bosch, J.; González-Miras, E. (Eds.): Seguimiento de Alytes dickhilleni. Informe final. Monografías SARE. Asociación Herpetológica Española-Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Medio Marino. Madrid. pdf

2011

51) Sillero, N. (2011): What does ecological modelling model and how should we treat it? Ecological Modelling 222: 1343-1346. pdf

50) Ribeiro, R.; Sillero, N.; Carretero, M.A.; Alarcos, G.; Ortiz-Santaliestra, M.; Lizana, M.; Llorente, G.A. (2011): The pond network: Can structural connectivity reflect on (amphibian) biodiversity patterns? Landscape Ecology 26: 673-682. pdf

49) Carretero, M.A.; Sillero, N.; Corti, C.; Jorge, F.; Freitas, S.; Arakelyan, M. (2011): Unkenreflex in Rana macrocnemis from Armenia. Herpetology Notes 4: 67-69. pdf

48) Sillero, N.; Argaña, E.; Gomes, V. (2011): Malformation on a subadult Podarcis bocagei. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 22: 89-91. pdf

47) Brito, J.C.; Campos, J.C.; Gonçalves, D.; Martínez-Freiría, F.; Sillero, N.; Boratyński, Z.; Sow, A.S. (2011). Status of Nile crocodiles in the lower Senegal river basin. CSG Newsletter 30(1): 7-10. pdf

46) Ribeiro, R.; Sillero, N.; Carretero, M.A.; Alarcos, G.; Ortiz-Santaliestra, M.; Lizana, M.; Llorente, G.A. (2011): The pond network: Can structural connectivity reflect on (amphibian) biodiversity patterns? FrogLog 96: 48. pdf

45) Brito, J.C.; Martínez-Freiría, F.; Sierra, P.; Sillero, N.; Tarroso, P. (2011): Crocodiles in the Sahara desert: an update of distribution, habitats and population status for conservation planning in Mauritania. PlosONE 6(2): e14734. pdf

2010

44) Sillero, N. (2010): Modelling suitable areas for Hyla meridionalis under current and future expansion scenarios. Amphibia-Reptilia 31: 37-50. pdf

43) Kaliontzopoulou, A.; Carretero, M.A.; Sillero, N. (2010): Geographic patterns of morphological variation in the lizard Podarcis carbonelli, a species with fragmented distribution. Hepetological Journal 20 (1): 41-50. pdf

42) Sillero, N.; Tarroso, P. (2010): Free GIS for herpetologists: free data sources on Internet and comparison analysis of proprietary and free/open source software. Acta Herpetologica 5 (1): 63-85. pdf

41) Brito, J.C.; Álvares, F.; Martínez-Freiría, F.; Sierra, P.; Sillero, N.; Tarroso, P. (2010): Data on the distribution of mammals from Mauritania, West Africa. Mammalia 74: 449-455. pdf

40) García-Muñoz, E.; Sillero , N. (2010): Two new types of noose for capturing herps. Acta Herpetologica 5 (2) : 259-263. pdf

39) Sillero, N. (2010): The herpetofauna of Pessegueiro Island, including the first Portuguese insular population of Blanus cinereus. Herpetology Notes 3: 27-31. pdf

38) Ribeiro, R.; Torres, J.; Gomes, V.; Carretero, M.A.; Sillero, N.; Llorente, G.A. (2010): Unsuspected richness near home. New herpetological records in Porto Metropolitan Area (NW Portugal). Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 21: 27-30. pdf

37) Matos, C.; Sillero, N.; Soares, A. (2010): New records of Pelodytes spp. and Pleurodeles waltl outside their distribution range in northern Portugal. Herpetology Notes 3: 293-294. pdf

36) Sillero, N.; Barbosa, M.A.; Martínez-Freiría, F.; Real, R. (2010) Los modelos de nicho ecológico en la herpetología ibérica: pasado, presente y futuro. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 21: 2-24. pdf

35) Sillero, N.; Ribeiro, R. (2010): Reproduction of Pelophylax perezi in brackish water in Porto (Portugal). Herpetology Notes 3: 337-340. pdf

34) Carretero, M.A.; Ceacero, F.; García-Muñoz, E.; Sillero, N.; Olmedo, M.I.; Hernández-Sastre, P.L.; Rubio, J.L. (2010): Seguimiento de Algyroides marchi. Informe final. Monografías SARE. Asociación Herpetológica Española-Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Medio Marino. Madrid. pdf

33) Sillero, N. (2010): Aplicación de la teledetección y los sistemas de información geográfica en el análisis de la biogeografía de anfibios y reptiles ibéricos. Universidad de León, Área de Publicaciones, León. pdf

32) Loureiro, A.; Sillero, N. (2010): Metodología. In: Loureiro, A.; Ferrand, N.; Carretero, M.A.; Paulo, O. (Coords.): Atlas dos Anfíbios e Répteis de Portugal. Esfera do Caos, Lisboa. 256 pp.

31) Sillero, N. (2010): Chalcides bedriagai. In: Loureiro, A.; Ferrand, N.; Carretero, M.A.; Paulo, O. (Coords.): Atlas dos Anfíbios e Répteis de Portugal. Esfera do Caos, Lisboa. 256 pp.

30) Sillero, N. (2010): Chalcides striatus. In: Loureiro, A.; Ferrand, N.; Carretero, M.A.; Paulo, O. (Coords.): Atlas dos Anfíbios e Répteis de Portugal. Esfera do Caos, Lisboa. 256 pp.

2009

29) Santos, X.; Caro, J.; Abril, A.J.; Lorenzo, M.; Brito, J.C.; Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Sillero, N. (2009): Habitat suitability, threats and conservation of isolated populations of the smooth snake (Coronella austriaca) in the southern Iberian Peninsula. Biological Conservation 142: 344-352. pdf

28) Sillero, N.; Brito, J.C.; Skidmore, A.; Toxopeus, A.G. (2009): Biogeographical Patterns Derived from Remote Sensing Variables: the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Iberian Peninsula. Amphibia-Reptilia 30: 185-206. pdf

27) Ribeiro, R.; Santos, X.; Sillero, N.; Carretero, M.A.; Llorente, G.A. (2009): Biodiversity and Land Uses: Is Agriculture the Biggest Threat for reptiles’ assemblages? Acta Oecologica 35: 327-334. pdf

26) Sillero, N. (2009): Modelling a species in expansion at local scale: is Hyla meridionalis colonising new areas in Salamanca, Spain? Acta Herpetologica. 4(1): 83-98. pdf

25) Kaliontzopoulou, A.; Sillero, N.; Martínez-Freiría, F.; Carretero, M.A., and Brito, J.C. (2009): Podarcis hispanica complex (North African Wall Lizard). Arboreal Behavior. Herpetological Review 40(2): 224-225. pdf

2008

24) Sillero, N.; Ribeiro, R.; Brito, J.C.; García-Meléndez, E. (2008): Estimating altitude in distribution records of amphibians and reptiles: a comparison study between topographic maps and SRTM DEM. Amphibia-Reptilia 29: 121-126. pdf

23) Martínez-Freiría, F.; Sillero, N.; Lizana, M.; Brito, J.C. (2008): GIS-based niche models identify environmental mechanisms sustaining the location of a contact zone between European vipers (Vipera aspis, V. latastei and V. seoanei). Diversity and Distributions 14 (3): 452-461. pdf

22) Sillero, N. (2008): Mortality Levels of Amphibians on Spanish Country Roads: Descriptive and Spatial Analysis. Amphibia-Reptilia 29: 337-347. pdf

21) Brito, J.C.; Santos, X.; Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Sillero, N. (2008): Inferring Evolutionary Scenarios with Geostatistics and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for the viperid snakes Vipera latastei and V. monticola. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95: 790–806. pdf

20) Carretero, M.A.; Sillero, N.; Ayllón, E.; Kaliontzopoulou, A.; Lima, A.; Hernández-Sastre, P.L.; Godinho, R.; Harris, D.J. (2008): Multidisciplinary approaches for conserving Southern isolates of Atlantic lizards in the Iberian Peninsula. Herpetologia Sardiniae 251-255. pdf

19) Sillero, N. (2008). Ranita meridional - Hyla meridionalis. Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Carrascal, L. M., Salvador, A. (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/. pdf

18) Sillero, N. (2008): On the correct form to refer the authorship of Hyla meridionalis. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 19: 129. pdf

17) Brito, J.C.; Feriche, M.; Herrera, T.; Kaliontzopoulou, A.; Martínez-Freiria, F.; Nesbitt, D.; Omolo, D.; Ontiveros, D.; Quiñoz, L.; Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Santos, X.; Sillero, N. (2008): En los límites de su distribución: anfibios y reptiles paleárticos en el noroeste de Túnez. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 19: 75-82. pdf

16) Ribeiro, R.; Torres, J.; Carretero, M.A.; Sillero, N.; Llorente, G.A. (2008): New observations of the Iberian Worm Lizard (Blanus cinereus) and the Bedriaga’s Skink (Chalcides bedriagai) bring reliability to the historical records from Porto region (NW Portugal). Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 19: 49-50. pdf

15) Loureiro, A.; Sillero, N. (2008): Metodología. In: Loureiro, A.; Ferrand, N.; Carretero, M.A.; Paulo, O.: Atlas dos Anfíbios e Répteis de Portugal. Instituto de Conservação da Natureza e Biodiversidade, Lisboa. 257 pp. pdf

14) Sillero, N. (2008): Chalcides bedriagai. In: Loureiro, A.; Ferrand, N.; Carretero, M.A.; Paulo, O.: Atlas dos Anfíbios e Répteis de Portugal. Instituto de Conservação da Natureza e Biodiversidade, Lisboa. 257 pp. pdf

13) Sillero, N. (2008): Chalcides striatus. In: Loureiro, A.; Ferrand, N.; Carretero, M.A.; Paulo, O.: Atlas dos Anfíbios e Répteis de Portugal. Instituto de Conservação da Natureza e Biodiversidade, Lisboa. 257 pp. pdf

2007

12) Sillero, N. (2007): New records of amphibians and reptiles for Salamanca, Ávila and Cáceres provinces. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 18: 70-72. pdf

11) Sillero, N.; Carretero, M.A. (2007): A systematic survey on the extralimital populations of Hyla meridionalis in Salamanca (Spain). Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 18: 59-64. pdf

2006

10) Santos, X.; Brito, J.C.; Sillero, N.; Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Llorente, G.A.; Fahd, S.; Parellada, X. (2006): Inferring habitat-suitability areas with ecological modelling techniques and GIS: a contribution to assess the conservation status of Vipera latastei. Biological Conservation 130: 416-425. pdf

9) Carretero, M.A.; Sequeira, F.; Gonçalves, H.; Soares, C.; Teixeira, J.; Sillero, N.; Ferrand, N. (in press): Anfíbios e Répteis do Sítio ‘Natura 2000' Alvão-Marão. Distribuição e conservação. Instituto de Conservaçao da Natureza.

2005

8) Soares, C.; Brito, J.C.; Loureiro, A.; Alves, F.; Sillero, N.; Artzen, J.W. (2005): Atlas of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Peneda-Gerês National Park, Portugal. Herpetozoa 18 (3/4): 155-170. pdf

7) Sillero, N.; Celaya, L.; Martín-Alfageme, S. (2005): GIS for atlas: an example for collecting, storing, mapping and analysing corological data for herpetofauna in Salamanca province (Spain). Revista Española de Herpetología 19: 87-101. pdf

6) Sillero, N. (2005): Recensión bibliográfica de Sindaco et al. (2006). Revista Española de Herpetología 19:133.

5) Merchán, T.; Sillero, N.; Nascimento, F.; Lizana, M. (2004): Nuevos hallazgos de la ranita meridional (Hyla meridionalis Boettger, 1874) en la provincia de Salamanca. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 15(2): 81-85. pdf

2002

4) Cooper, W.E., Jr; Pérez-Mellado, V.; Sillero, N. (2002): Responses to food chemicals by the insectivorous lacertid lizard Podarcis muralis. Amphibia-Reptilia 23 (1): 238-245. pdf

3) Sillero, N.; Martín-Alfageme, S.; Celaya, L. (2002): La metodología cartográfica y el empleo de los sistemas de información geográfica en la distribución y análisis de la herpetofauna. In: Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Márquez, R.; Lizana, M. (Eds.). Atlas y Libro Rojo de los Anfibios y Reptiles de España. pdf

2000

2) Pérez-Mellado, V.; Cortázar, G.; López-Vicente, M.L.; Perera, A.; Sillero, N. (2000): Interaction of the Balearic lizard, Podarcis lilfordi and the plant Dracunculus muscivorus. Amphibia-Reptilia 21: 233-226. pdf

1) Pérez-Mellado, V.; Cortázar, G.; López-Vicente, M.L.; Perera, A.; Sillero, N. (2000): Una nueva población de Lagartija italiana, Podarcis sicula (Rafinisque, 1810) en Menorca (Islas Baleares). Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 11(1): 16-18. pdf

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