MIGUEL GERALDES
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Geographer. Major in Geography from the University of Lisbon in 2009, began the Ph.D. work in Physical Geography the same very year (FCT Grant SFRH / BD / 65221 / 2009).  BA in Law, University of Coimbra.
Teaching Assistant at IGOT-UL in Climatology and Biogeography. Member of the International Biogeography Society, the Portuguese Association of Geographers and the Geographical Society of Lisbon.
Ph.D. student at the Research Group on Climate and Environmental Change (CliMA) within the Center for Geographical Studies (CEG) of the Institute of Geography and Regional Planning - University of Lisbon (IGOT-UL).
Collaboration with: Center for Applied Botany to Agriculture (CBAA) Higher Institute of Agronomy, Technical University of Lisbon (UTL-ISA); Research Unit in Eco-ethology (UIE), Center of Biosciences of the Higher Institute of Applied Psychology (ISPA), and the Department of Biogeography, Faculty VI 'Geography and Earth Sciences', University of Trier (Germany).

Main research interests: Palaeoclimatology, Phylogeography, Phytosociology, Genetics, Ecology of peatlands (biomarkers) and Land Use Planning & Management.

Paper in peer-reviewed journal:

Geraldes M (2011) GIS analysis on the location of peat bogs in the continental Portugal, as ancillary tool to phylogeographic research in Europe. The European Geographer. EGEA, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands [submitted in August 2010, accepted  in September 2010].

Geraldes M, Almeida P, Gutierres F, Neto C, Vieira G, Schmitt T (2011) A análise da distribuição das turfeiras de Portugal continental, em SIG, como método ancilar em estudo filogeográfico na Europa. Quercetea, Alfa, Lisboa [submitted]

Proceedings from conferences:

Martins M, Neto C, Geraldes M, Gutierres F, Carlos-Costa J (2010) Resilientes ou vulneráveis? Como avaliar as comunidades de praias e dunas em cenários de alteração climática? Proceedings from II Iberian Seminar  IGBP –  Global Change in Iberian Peninsula. An integrated approach integrada, November 4-5^th. Lisbon: 65-66. ISBN: 978‐989‐97010‐0‐7.

Rodrigues ML, Geraldes M (2010) Crionival limestone deposits in the Candeeiros mountain (Estremadura Limestone Massif, Portugal) : A geomorphologic heritage to conserve and promote. Proceedings of the  International Conference on Geoheritage and Geotourism, October 14-17^th, 2010. Lisbon.

Neto C, Geraldes M; Portela-Pereira E, Alcoforado MJ (2010) O microclima das dunas de Tróia e Costa da Galé. Livro de resumos do XII Colóquio Ibérico de Geografia, Tema 3 – Saúde, Clima e Território, 6-9 de Outubro de 2010. Oporto and Guimarães.


Geraldes M (2010) Filogeografia e sustentabilidade – novas paragens para a Geografia na pré comemoração do centenário do nascimento de Orlando Ribeiro. Livro de resumos da Conferência CIDDADS - Sustentabilidade: Politicas, Investigação e Práticas, Painel VI – Geografias da sustentabilidade, 1-3 de Outubro de 2010. Lisbon.


Geraldes M, Almeida P, Gutierres F, Neto C, Vieira G, Schmitt T (2010) A análise da distribuição das turfeiras de Portugal continental, em SIG, como método ancilar em estudo filogeográfico na Europa. In Espírito-Santo D (coord) Livro de resumos do VIII Encontro Internacional da Associação Lusitana de Fitossociologia “Novas Perspectivas da Fitossociologia”, September 13-16^th. Lisbon: 133-134. ISSN: 978-989-96902-0-2.


Rodrigues ML, Jorge M, Geraldes M (2009) Depósitos crioclásticos da Serra de Candeeeiros. Um património geomorfológico a conservar e promover. Livro de resumos do VII Congresso da Geografia Portuguesa, Tema 6 – Para uma geografia física presente. O compromisso da sustentabilidade, November 26-28^th, 2009. Coimbra: 77.


Geraldes M, Jorge M, Rodrigues ML (2009) Geomorphosites: inventory and valorization for geotourism purposes. A case study in the Serra de Candeeiros (Estremadura Limestone Massif, Portugal). In Neto-Carvalho C, Rodrigues J (eds) Proceedings of the VIII European Geoparks Conference 'New Challenges with Geotourism', theme “Geoparks and Science”, September 15^th 2009. Idanha-a-Nova: 181-183. ISBN: 978-972-8285-52-4.