Université Laval
Postdoctoral fellow candidate
Supervisor: Monique Poulin
Start: 2019-09-02
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Project

Conservation and restoration in an urban context
My aim is to improve the selection of areas for potential restoration based in the demand and supply of ecosystem services. Considering the protection and restoration of vacant lots may improve the efficiency in urban conservation planning. In this study, we aim to evaluate the cost-benefits of including vacant lots in systematic conservation planning focusing in the conservation of ecosystem services, as well as the restoration of bundles of demanded ecosystem services in vacant lots. We will use Marxan with Zones to identify conservation and restoration priorities based on the flow of six ecosystem services provided by urban forests and vacant lots in the agglomeration of Quebec (temperature regulation, carbon storage, water flow regulation, vegetable gardens pollination, recreation and aesthetical appreciation). We expect to create a guideline for vacant lots management in urban environments aiming to maximize the delivery of ecosystem services and biodiversity in urban contexts.

Keywords

ecosystem services, Systematic conservation planning , urban ecology, landscape ecology, population ecology, Species Distribution Model, environmental conservation, Mammalogie

Publications

1- Ranking habitat importance for small wildcats in the Brazilian savanna: landscape connectivity as a conservation tool
Lima, Filipe Guimarães, Milena Fiuza Diniz, Poliana Mendes
2021 Biologia

2- Mammalia, Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae, Phyllostomus hastatus and Pygoderma bilabiatum: first occurrence in the Brazilian coastal shrubland ecosystem
Oprea, Monik, Poliana Mendes, Thiago B. Vieira, Vinícius T. Pimenta, Daniel Brito, Albert D. Ditchfield
2007 Check List

3- A note on the diet and foraging behavior of Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in an urban park in southeastern Brazil
Oprea, Monik, Daniel Brito, Thiago Bernardi Vieira, Poliana Mendes, Sílvia Ramira Lopes, Ricardo Milanez Fonseca, Rafael Zerbini Coutinho, Albert David Ditchfield
2007 Biota Neotropica

4- New record of Lasiurus blossevillii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) for the restinga ecosystem, and second occurrence for the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil
Vieira, Thiago B., Poliana Mendes, Monik Oprea, Albert D. Ditchfield
2009 mammalia

5- Do wooded streets provide connectivity for bats in an urban landscape?
Oprea, Monik, Poliana Mendes, Thiago B. Vieira, Albert D. Ditchfield
2009 Biodiversity and Conservation

6- Bat community species richness and composition in a restinga protected area in Southeastern Brazil
Oprea, M., CEL. Esbérard, TB. Vieira, P. Mendes, VT. Pimenta, D. Brito, AD. Ditchfield
2009 Brazilian Journal of Biology

7- Family Planning: Does Variation in Reproductive Strategies Affect Vulnerability to Extinction in the Greater Spear-Nosed BatPhyllostomus Hastatus?
Mendes, Poliana, Monik Oprea, Daniel Brito
2013 Acta Chiropterologica

8- The relative importance of local versus landscape variables on site occupancy in bats of the Brazilian Cerrado
Mendes, Poliana, Kimberly A. With, Luciana Signorelli, Paulo De Marco
2016 Landscape Ecology

9- Vulnerability of Cerrado threatened mammals: an integrative landscape and climate modeling approach
De Marco, Paulo, Sara Villén, Poliana Mendes, Caroline Nóbrega, Lara Cortes, Tiago Castro, Rodrigo Souza
2018 Biodiversity and Conservation

10- ATLANTIC MAMMAL TRAITS: a data set of morphological traits of mammals in the Atlantic Forest of South America
Gonçalves, Fernando, Ricardo S. Bovendorp, Gabrielle Beca, Carolina Bello, Raul Costa-Pereira, Renata L. Muylaert, Raisa R. Rodarte, Nacho Villar, Rafael Souza, Maurício E. Graipel, Jorge J. Cherem, Deborah Faria, Julio Baumgarten, Martín R. Alvarez, Emerson M. Vieira, Nilton Cáceres, Renata Pardini, Yuri L. R. Leite, Leonora P. Costa, Marco A. R. Mello, Erich Fischer, Fernando C. Passos, Luiz H. Varzinczak, Jayme A. Prevedello, Ariovaldo P. Cruz-Neto, Fernando Carvalho, Alexandre R. Percequillo, Agustin Paviolo, Alessandra Nava, José M. B. Duarte, Noé U. de la Sancha, Enrico Bernard, Ronaldo G. Morato, Juliana F. Ribeiro, Rafael G. Becker, Gabriela Paise, Paulo S. Tomasi, Felipe Vélez-Garcia, Geruza L. Melo, Jonas Sponchiado, Felipe Cerezer, Marília A. S. Barros, Albérico Q. S. de Souza, Cinthya C. dos Santos, Gastón A. F. Giné, Patricia Kerches-Rogeri, Marcelo M. Weber, Guilherme Ambar, Lucía V. Cabrera-Martinez, Alan Eriksson, Maurício Silveira, Carolina F. Santos, Lucas Alves, Eder Barbier, Gabriela C. Rezende, Guilherme S. T. Garbino, Élson O. Rios, Adna Silva, Alexandre Túlio A. Nascimento, Rodrigo S. de Carvalho, Anderson Feijó, Juan Arrabal, Ilaria Agostini, Daniela Lamattina, Sebastian Costa, Ezequiel Vanderhoeven, Fabiano R. de Melo, Plautino de Oliveira Laroque, Leandro Jerusalinsky, Mônica M. Valença-Montenegro, Amely B. Martins, Gabriela Ludwig, Renata B. de Azevedo, Agustin Anzóategui, Marina X. da Silva, Marcela Figuerêdo Duarte Moraes, Alexandre Vogliotti, Andressa Gatti, Thomas Püttker, Camila S. Barros, Thais K. Martins, Alexine Keuroghlian, Donald P. Eaton, Carolina L. Neves, Marcelo S. Nardi, Caryne Braga, Pablo R. Gonçalves, Ana Carolina Srbek-Araujo, Poliana Mendes, João A. de Oliveira, Fábio A. M. Soares, Patrício A. Rocha, Peter Crawshaw, Milton C. Ribeiro, Mauro Galetti
2018 Ecology

11- Mining code changes undermine biodiversity conservation in Brazil
VILLÉN-PÉREZ, SARA, POLIANA MENDES, CAROLINE NÓBREGA, LARA GOMES CÓRTES, PAULO DE MARCO
2017 Environmental Conservation

12- Bat species vulnerability in Cerrado: integrating climatic suitability with sensitivity to land-use changes
MENDES, POLIANA, PAULO DE MARCO
2017 Environmental Conservation

13- A synthesis of ecological and evolutionary determinants of bat diversity across spatial scales
Peixoto, Franciele Parreira, Pedro Henrique Pereira Braga, Poliana Mendes
2018 BMC Ecology

14- Dealing with overprediction in species distribution models: How adding distance constraints can improve model accuracy
Mendes, Poliana, Santiago José Elías Velazco, André Felipe Alves de Andrade, Paulo De Marco
2020 Ecological Modelling

15- Effects of land‐use changes on Brazilian bats: a review of current knowledge
Mendes, Poliana, Ana Carolina Srbek‐Araujo
2020 Mammal Review