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My main research interest is in using complex species-interactions networks to frame important conservation problems at the community level. Such trophic or mutualistic networks offer an holistic view-point to evaluate the causes and consequences of disturbances, such as the impact of biological invasions or biodiversity-loss, on important ecosystem functions, particularly seed-dispersal and pollination. A second passion is uncovering the rules guiding island colonisation and community assembling. I'm an Assistant Professor at the University of Coimbra and PI of the Community Ecology Lab (CFE-UC) since 2016. I’ve supervised 3 postdocs, 8 PhD students and 9 MSc students, and authored 66 SCI papers (11 as leading author, 19 as senior author, including contributions in Nature Communic., TREE, Ecol. Lett., Funct. Ecol., Ecology, Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr., J Biogeogr., Conserv. Biol., Divers. & Distrib., New Phytologist… (last 2 years only). I've participated in 13 funded projects (2 as PI) in Galapagos, Mozambique, São Tomé, Spain, Seychelles, and Portugal, which attracted >2.6M€ in national, Spanish, German and European funding. I’ve been invited as keynote speaker in 7 large international meetings (BES, EEF, SPEA/SEO, BOU, AEET/SPECO, EMAPI), acted as evaluator for French, Spanish, Dutch, Hungarian and European funding agencies, integrated 11 PhD juries, 12 MSc juries, reviewed for 40 ISI journals and became Associate Editor of Functional Ecology (British Ecological Society). I’m an elected member of the Scientific Councils of my department and my faculty, member of the direction board of the Portuguese Ecological Society (SPECO), and member of the IUCN Red List Authority for Birds and Species Survival Commission. I’m deeply committed with science outreach, having participated in 5 TV and 3 radio shows, 6 online communication videos, several popular media articles, and demonstrating in dozens of science engaging activities with school groups. I have participated in the organization of 5 large international congresses, with a particular emphasis for the 1st International Symposium on Ecological Networks organized by me in Coimbra in 2013. I’ve been regularly teaching on several 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle courses since 2012, by imparting lectures on Community ecology, Island biogeography, Ecological network analysis, Functional ecology, Scientific writing and Bioinformatics. I’m currently the coordinator of the Masters in Ecology of the University of Coimbra.
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12017Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities from tropical Africa reveal strong ecological structureRodríguez-Echeverría, Susana ; Teixeira, Helena ; Correia, Marta ; Timóteo, Sérgio ; Heleno, Ruben ; Öpik, Maarja ; Moora, Mari articleopenAccess
22-Oct-2018Author Correction: Multilayer networks reveal the spatial structure of seed-dispersal interactions across the Great Rift landscapesTimóteo, Sérgio ; Correia, Marta ; Rodríguez-Echeverría, Susana ; Freitas, Helena ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
310-Mar-2015Bird-flower visitation networks in the Galápagos unveil a widespread interaction releaseTraveset, Anna ; Olesen, Jens M ; Nogales, Manuel ; Vargas, Pablo ; Jaramillo, Patricia ; Antolín, Elena ; Trigo, María Mar ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
42017Birds Make the World Go RoundHeleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
5Jul-2023Changing with the times: Seasonal environmental gradients unveil dynamic bat assemblages and vulnerabilityRaposeira, Helena ; Horta, Pedro; Heleno, Ruben ; Rebelo, HugoarticleopenAccess
62012Colonization of the Galápagos Islands by plants with no specific syndromes for long-distance dispersal: a new perspectiveVargas, Pablo ; Heleno, Ruben ; Traveset, A. ; Nogales, M. articleopenAccess
72012Connectance of species interaction networks and conservation value: Is it any good to be well connected?Heleno, Ruben ; Devoto, Mariano ; Pocock, Michael articleopenAccess
82017Contribution by vertebrates to seed dispersal effectiveness in the Galápagos Islands: a community-wide approachNogales, M. ; González-Castro, A. ; Rumeu, B. ; Traveset, A. ; Vargas, P. ; Jaramillo, P. ; Olesen, J. M. ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
92018Disclosing the double mutualist role of birds on GalápagosOlesen, Jens M. ; Damgaard, Christian F; Fuster, Francisco; Heleno, Ruben H ; Nogales, Manuel ; Rumeu, Beatriz ; Trøjelsgaard, Kristian ; Vargas, Pablo ; Traveset, Anna articleopenAccess
102019Dispersal of fern spores by Galápagos finchesHervías-Parejo, Sandra ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Nogales, Manuel ; Traveset, Anna ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
112016Dispersal of fungi spores by non-specialized flower-visiting birdsSilva, Luís P. da ; Pereira Coutinho, António ; Heleno, Ruben ; Tenreiro, Paulo Q. ; Ramos, Jaime A. articleopenAccess
122019Divergence in floral trait preferences between nonflower-specialized birds and insects on the GalápagosHervías-Parejo, Sandra ; Heleno, Ruben ; Nogales, Manuel ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Traveset, Anna articleopenAccess
132014Ecological networks: delving into the architecture of biodiversityHeleno, Ruben ; Garcia, Cristina ; Jordano, Pedro ; Traveset, Anna ; Gómez, José Maria ; Bluthgen, Nico ; Memmott, Jane ; Moora, Mari ; Cerdeira, Jorge ; Rodríguez-Echeverría, Susana ; Freitas, Helena ; Olesen, Jens M. articleopenAccess
142009Effects of Alien Plants on Insect Abundance and Biomass: a Food-Web ApproachHeleno, Ruben ; Ceia, Ricardo S. ; RAMOS, JAIME A. ; Memmott, Jane articleopenAccess
152018Effects of native biodiversity on grape loss of four castes: testing the biotic resistance hypothesisNereu, Mauro Guilherme Pereira ; Heleno, Ruben H. ; López-Núñez, Francisco A. ; Agostinho, Mário; Ramos, Jaime articleopenAccess
162014Endozoochory largely outweighs epizoochory in migrating passerinesCosta, José M. ; Ramos, Jaime A. ; Silva, Luís P. da ; Timóteo, Sérgio ; Araújo, Pedro M. ; Felgueiras, Marcial S. ; Rosa, António ; Matos, Cláudia ; Encarnação, Paulo ; Tenreiro, Paulo Q. ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
1721-Apr-2021Establishment, spread and early impacts of the first biocontrol agent against an invasive plant in continental EuropeLópez-Núñez, Francisco Alejandro ; Marchante, Elizabete ; Heleno, Ruben ; Duarte, Liliana Neto ; Palhas, Jael; Impson, Fiona; Freitas, Helena ; Marchante, Hélia articleembargoedAccess
182023EuDiS - A comprehensive database of the seed dispersal syndromes of the European floraVargas, Pablo ; Heleno, Ruben ; Costa, Jose M. articleopenAccess
192010Evaluation of restoration effectiveness: community response to the removal of alien plantsHeleno, Ruben ; Lacerda, Inês ; Ramos, Jaime A. ; Memmott, Jane articleopenAccess
202012Evidence for overlooked mechanisms of long-distance seed dispersal to and between oceanic islandsNogales, Manuel ; Heleno, Ruben ; Traveset, Anna ; Vargas, Pablo articleopenAccess
212017Evolutionary history of the endangered shrub snapdragon (Galvezia leucantha) of the Galápagos IslandsGuzmán, Beatriz ; Heleno, Ruben ; Nogales, Manuel ; Simbaña, Walter ; Traveset, Anna ; Vargas, Pablo articleopenAccess
222019Fine‐tuning the nested structure of pollination networks by adaptive interaction switching, biogeography and sampling effect in the Galápagos IslandsNnakenyi, Chinenye A.; Traveset, Anna ; Heleno, Ruben ; Minoarivelo, Henintsoa O.; Hui, CangarticleopenAccess
232019First evidence for the joint dispersal of mycorrhizal fungi and plant diaspores by birdsCorreia, Marta ; Heleno, Ruben ; Silva, Luís Pascoal da; Costa, José Miguel ; Rodríguez-Echeverría, Susana articleopenAccess
242014Flower visitation by birds in EuropeSilva, Luís P. da ; Ramos, Jaime A. ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Traveset, Anna ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
252017Flower visitation by European birds offers the first evidence of interaction release in continentsSilva, Luís P. da ; Ramos, Jaime A. ; Coutinho, António Pereira ; Tenreiro, Paulo Q. ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
26Mar-2017Four-trophic level food webs reveal the cascading impacts of an invasive plant targeted for biocontrolLópez-Núñez, Francisco A. ; Heleno, Ruben ; Ribeiro, Sérgio ; Marchante, Hélia ; Marchante, Elizabete articleopenAccess
272011Frugivory and seed dispersal in the Galápagos: what is the state of the art?Heleno, Ruben ; Blake, Stephen ; Jaramillo, Patricia ; Traveset, Anna ; Vargas, Pablo ; Nogales, Manuel articleopenAccess
282023Fruiting phenology mattersMendes, Sara Beatriz ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Timóteo, Sérgio ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
292016Galápagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) as a seed disperserTraveset, Anna ; Nogales, Manuel ; Vargas, Pablo ; Rumeu, Beatriz ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Jaramillo, Patricia ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
302016Global patterns of mainland and insular pollination networksTraveset, Anna ; Tur, Cristina ; Trøjelsgaard, Kristian ; Heleno, Ruben ; Castro-Urgal, Rocío ; Olesen, Jens M. articleopenAccess
312010High survival rate of a critically endangered species, the Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina, as a contribution to population recoveryMonticelli, David ; Ceia, Ricardo ; Heleno, Ruben ; Laborda, Hugo ; Timóteo, Sérgio ; Jareño, Daniel ; Hilton, Geoff M. ; Ramos, Jaime A. articleopenAccess
322015Historical isolation of the Galápagos carpenter bee (Xylocopa darwini) despite strong flight capability and ecological amplitudeVargas, Pablo ; Rumeu, Beatriz ; Heleno, Ruben ; Traveset, Anna ; Nogales, Manuel articleopenAccess
332015How do islands become green?Heleno, Ruben ; Vargas, Pablo articleopenAccess
342023Impacts of invasive ants on pollination of native plants are similar in invaded and restored plant communitiesCosta, Alba; Heleno, Ruben ; Freide, Edward Font; Dufrene, Yanick; Huckle, Eleanor; Kaiser-Bunbury, Christopher N. articleopenAccess
352019Integrating plant species contribution to mycorrhizal and seed dispersal mutualistic networksCorreia, Marta ; Rodríguez-Echeverría, Susana ; Timóteo, Sérgio ; Freitas, Helena ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
362012Integration of exotic seeds into an Azorean seed dispersal networkHeleno, Ruben ; Ramos, Jaime A. ; Memmott, Jane articleopenAccess
372013Invaders of pollination networks in the Galapagos Islands: emergence of novel communitiesTraveset, A. ; Heleno, Ruben ; Chamorro, S. ; Vargas, P. ; McMullen, C. K. ; Castro-Urgal, R. ; Nogales, M. ; Herrera, H. W. ; Olesen, J. M. articleopenAccess
382018Life inside a gall: diversity, phenology and structure of Portuguese gall communities, their hosts, parasitoids and inquilinesLópez-Núñez, Francisco A. ; Ribeiro, Sérgio; Marchante, Hélia ; Ruben H. Heleno ; Marchante, Elizabete M. articleopenAccess
392021Limited potential for bird migration to disperse plants to cooler latitudesGonzález-Varo, Juan P.; Rumeu, Beatriz ; Albrecht, Jörg; Arroyo, Juan M.; Bueno, Rafael S.; Burgos, Tamara; Silva, Luís P. da ; Escribano-Ávila, Gema; Farwig, Nina; García, Daniel; Heleno, Ruben H. ; Illera, Juan C.; Jordano, Pedro ; Kurek, Przemysław; Simmons, Benno I.; Virgós, Emilio; Sutherland, William J.; Traveset, Anna articleembargoedAccess
402018Long-distance dispersal syndromes matter: diaspore-trait effect on shaping plant distribution across the Canary IslandsArjona, Yurena ; Nogales, Manuel ; Heleno, Ruben ; Vargas, Pablo articleopenAccess
412015Long-distance dispersal to oceanic islands: success of plants with multiple diaspore specializationsVargas, Pablo ; Arjona, Yurena ; Nogales, Manuel ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
422014Meta-analyses and the "editorial love of controversy"Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
432018Multilayer networks reveal the spatial structure of seed-dispersal interactions across the Great Rift landscapesTimóteo, Sérgio ; Correia, Marta ; Rodríguez-Echeverría, Susana ; Freitas, Helena ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
44Aug-2019Native and alien flower visitors differ in partner fidelity and network integrationTrøjelsgaard, Kristian ; Heleno, Ruben ; Traveset, Anna articleopenAccess
452019Natural woodlands hold more diverse, abundant, and unique biota than novel anthropogenic forests: a multi-group assessmentSilva, Luís P. da ; Heleno, Ruben H. ; Costa, Jose M. ; Valente, Mariana Morais ; Mata, Vanessa A.; Gonçalves, Susana C. ; Silva, António Alves da; Alves, Joana ; Ramos, Jaime articleopenAccess
462015On the Limited Potential of Azorean Fleshy Fruits for Oceanic DispersalEsteves, Carolina Franco ; Costa, José Miguel ; Vargas, Pablo ; Freitas, Helena ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
47Jan-2018Phylogenetic evidence for a Miocene origin of Mediterranean lineages: species diversity, reproductive traits and geographical isolationVargas, P. ; Fernández-Mazuecos, M; Heleno, R articleopenAccess
482014Plant colonization across the Galápagos Islands: success of the sea dispersal syndromeVargas, Pablo ; Nogales, Manuel ; Jaramillo, Patricia ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Traveset, Anna ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
49Dec-2018Pollination networks from natural and anthropogenic-novel communities show high structural similarityTimóteo, Sérgio ; O'Connor, Catherine J; López-Núñez, Francisco A. ; Costa, Jose M. ; Gouveia, António C; Heleno, Ruben H articleopenAccess
502012Pollination patterns and plant breeding systems in the Galápagos: a reviewChamorro, Susana ; Heleno, Ruben ; Olesen, Jens M. ; McMullen, Conley K. ; Traveset, Anna articleopenAccess
51Mar-2020Potential role of lava lizards as pollinators across the Galápagos IslandsHervías-Parejo, Sandra ; Nogales, Manuel ; Guzmán, Beatriz ; Trigo, María Del Mar ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Vargas, Pablo ; Heleno, Ruben ; Traveset, Anna articleopenAccess
522017Predicting the consequences of disperser extinction: richness matters the most when abundance is lowRumeu, Beatriz ; Devoto, Mariano ; Traveset, Anna ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Vargas, Pablo ; Nogales, Manuel ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
532017Refaunation and the reinstatement of the seed-dispersal function in Gorongosa National ParkCorreia, Marta ; Timóteo, Sérgio ; Rodríguez-Echeverría, Susana ; Mazars-Simon, Alban ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
542018Rewiring of experimentally disturbed seed dispersal networks might lead to unexpected network configurationsCosta, Jose M. ; Ramos, Jaime ; Silva, Luís P. da ; Timóteo, Sérgio ; Andrade, Pedro; Araújo, Pedro M. ; Carneiro, Camilo; Correia, Edna; Cortez, Paulo ; Felgueiras, Marcial S. ; Godinho, Carlos Alberto da Graça ; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge ; Matos, Cláudia ; Norte, Ana Cláudia ; Pereira, Pedro F.; Rosa, António; Heleno, Ruben H. articleopenAccess
552017A roadmap for island biology: 50 fundamental questions after 50 years of The Theory of Island BiogeographyPatiño, Jairo ; Whittaker, Robert J. ; Borges, Paulo A. V. ; Fernández-Palacios, José María ; Ah-Peng, Claudine ; Araújo, Miguel B. ; Ávila, Sergio P. ; Cardoso, Pedro ; Cornuault, Josselin ; de Boer, Erik J. ; de Nascimento, Lea ; Gil, Artur ; González-Castro, Aarón ; Gruner, Daniel S. ; Heleno, Ruben ; Hortal, Joaquín ; Illera, Juan Carlos ; Kaiser-Bunbury, Christopher N. ; Matthews, Thomas J. ; Papadopoulou, Anna ; Pettorelli, Nathalie ; Price, Jonathan P. ; Santos, Ana M. C. ; Steinbauer, Manuel J. ; Triantis, Kostas A. ; Valente, Luis ; Vargas, Pablo ; Weigelt, Patrick ; Emerson, Brent C. articleopenAccess
562016Sampling completeness in seed dispersal networks: When enough is enoughCosta, José M. ; Silva, Luís P. da ; Ramos, Jaime A. ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
572020Scientists' warning on endangered food websHeleno, Ruben H. ; Ripple, William J.; Traveset, Anna articleopenAccess
582013Seed dispersal networks in an urban novel ecosystemCruz, Joana Costa ; Ramos, J. A. ; Silva, Luís P. ; Tenreiro, Paulo Q. ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
592012Seed dispersal networks in the Galapagos and the consequences of alien plant invasionsHeleno, Ruben ; Olesen, J. M. ; Nogales, M. ; Vargas, P. ; Traveset, A. articleopenAccess
602019Seed-dispersal networks are more specialized in the Neotropics than in the AfrotropicsDugger, Phillip J.; Blendinger, Pedro G.; Böhning-Gaese, Katrin; Chama, Lackson; Correia, Marta ; Dehling, D. Matthias; Emer, Carine; Farwig, Nina; Fricke, Evan C.; Galetti, Mauro; García, Daniel; Grass, Ingo; Heleno, Ruben ; Jacomassa, Fábio A. F.; Moraes, Suelen; Moran, Catherine; Muñoz, Marcia C.; Neuschulz, Eike Lena; Nowak, Larissa; Piratelli, Augusto; Pizo, Marco A.; Quitián, Marta; Rogers, Haldre S.; Ruggera, Román A.; Saavedra, Francisco; Sánchez, Mariano S.; Sánchez, Rocío; Santillán, Vinicio; Schabo, Dana G.; Silva, Fernanda Ribeiro da; Timóteo, Sérgio ; Traveset, Anna ; Vollstädt, Maximilian G. R.; Schleuning, MatthiasarticleopenAccess
612016Seed-dispersal networks on the Canaries and the Galápagos archipelagos: interaction modules as biogeographical entitiesNogales, M. ; Heleno, Ruben ; Rumeu, B. ; González-Castro, A. ; Traveset, A. ; Vargas, P. ; Olesen, J. M. articleopenAccess
622018Should I stay or should I go? Mycorrhizal plants are more likely to invest in long-distance seed dispersal than non-mycorrhizal plantsCorreia, Marta ; Heleno, Ruben ; Vargas, Pablo ; Rodríguez-Echeverría, Susana articleopenAccess
63Aug-2019Small size does not restrain frugivory and seed dispersal across the evolutionary radiation of Galápagos lava lizardsHervías-Parejo, Sandra ; Heleno, Ruben ; Rumeu, Beatriz ; Guzmán, Beatriz ; Vargas, Pablo ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Traveset, Anna ; Vera, Carlos; Benavides, Edgar; Nogales, Manuel articleopenAccess
642015Space, time and aliens: charting the dynamic structure of Galápagos pollination networksTraveset, Anna ; Chamorro, Susana ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
6523-Jun-2015Space, time and aliens: charting the dynamic structure of Galápagos pollination networksTraveset, Anna ; Chamorro, Susana ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
6625-Nov-2020Species functional traits and abundance as drivers of multiplex ecological networks: first empirical quantification of inter-layer edge weightsHervías-Parejo, S. ; Tur, C.; Heleno, R. ; Nogales, M. ; Timóteo, S. ; Traveset, A. articleopenAccess
672020Species temporal persistence promotes the stability of fruit–frugivore interactions across a 5‐year multilayer networkCosta, Jose M. ; Ramos, Jaime ; Timóteo, Sérgio ; Silva, Luís P.; Ceia, Ricardo S. ; Heleno, Ruben H. articleopenAccess
682011Status assessment of the Critically Endangered Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murinaCeia, Ricardo S. ; Ramos, Jaime A. ; Heleno, Ruben ; Hilton, Geoff M. ; Marques, Tiago A. articleopenAccess
692016The Priolo Atlas: A citizen science-based census initiative for supporting Pyrrhula murina habitat conservation and restoration policies in São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal)Gil, Artur ; Ceia, Ricardo ; Coelho, Rúben ; Teodósio, Joaquim ; Sampaio, Hugo ; Veríssimo, Carla ; Heleno, Ruben ; Ramos, Jaime ; Timóteo, Sérgio articleopenAccess
702011The role of avian ‘seed predators’ as seed dispersersHeleno, Ruben ; Ross, Georgina ; Everard, Amy ; Memmott, Jane ; Ramos, Jaime A. articleopenAccess
712010Throwing the baby out with the bathwater: does laurel forest restoration remove a critical winter food supply for the critically endangered Azores bullfinch?Ceia, Ricardo S. ; Sampaio, Hugo L. ; Parejo, Sandra H. ; Heleno, Ruben ; Arosa, Maria L. ; Ramos, Jaime A. ; Hilton, Geoff M. articleopenAccess
7228-Apr-2023Time-calibrated phylogenies reveal mediterranean and pre-mediterranean origin of the thermophilous vegetation of the Canary IslandsMartín-Hernanz, Sara; Nogales, Manuel ; Valente, Luis; Fernández-Mazuecos, Mario; Pomeda-Gutiérrez, Fernando; Cano, Emilio; Marrero, Patricia; Olesen, Jens M. ; Heleno, Ruben ; Vargas, Pablo articleopenAccess
732013Tiptoeing between restoration and invasion: seed rain into natural gaps within a highly invaded relic forest in the AzoresParejo, Sandra Hervías ; Ceia, Ricardo S. ; Ramos, Jaime A. ; Sampaio, Hugo L. ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess
742022Tripartite networks show that keystone species can multitaskTimóteo, Sérgio ; Albrecht, Jörg; Rumeu, Beatriz ; Norte, Ana C. ; Traveset, Anna ; Frost, Carol M.; Marchante, Elizabete ; López-Núñez, Francisco A. ; Peralta, Guadalupe; Memmott, Jane ; Olesen, Jens M. ; Costa, Jose M. ; da Silva, Luís P. ; Carvalheiro, Luísa G.; Correia, Marta ; Staab, Michael; Bluthgen, Nico ; Farwig, Nina; Hervías-Parejo, Sandra ; Mironov, Sergei; Echeverría, Susana Rodríguez ; Heleno, Ruben articleopenAccess