Education

Ph.D in Biology, Research Group Landscape Architecture, Biodiversity and Conservation, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, University of Lisbon, 2014

Current position

Professor in Biology, School of Psychology and Life Sciences, Lusófona University, Lisbon
Member of the Research Group Landscape Architecture, Biodiversity and Conservation, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, University of Lisbon, Lisbon

Publications (since 2005)

1. Rois, A. S., Sadio, F., Paulo, O. S., Teixeira, G., Paes, A. P., Espirito-Santo, D., Sharbel, T. F. and Caperta, A. D. (2016). Phylogeography and modes of reproduction in diploid and tetraploid halophytes of Limonium species (Plumbaginaceae): evidence for a pattern of geographical parthenogenesis. Ann Bot 117(1): 37-50.

2. Caperta, A. C., Espírito-Santo, M. D., Silva, V., Ferreira, A., Paes, A. P., Róis, A. S., Costa, J. C. and Arsénio, P. (2014). Habitat specificity assessment of the rare and endemic cliff-dwelling halophyte Limonium multiflorum Erben in the Atlantic coast. AoB Plants 6: plu032.

3. Rois, A. S., Rodriguez Lopez, C. M., Cortinhas, A., Erben, M., Espirito-Santo, D., Wilkinson, M. J. and Caperta, A. D. (2013). Epigenetic rather than genetic factors may explain phenotypic divergence between coastal populations of diploid and tetraploid Limonium spp. (Plumbaginaceae) in Portugal. BMC Plant Biol 13: 205.

4. Rois, A. S., Teixeira, G., Sharbel, T. F., Fuchs, J., Martins, S., Espirito-Santo, D. and Caperta, A. D. (2012). Male fertility versus sterility, cytotype, and DNA quantitative variation in seed production in diploid and tetraploid sea lavenders (Limonium sp., Plumbaginaceae) reveal diversity in reproduction modes. Sex Plant Reprod 25(4): 305-318.

5. Vandewoestijne, S., Rois, A. S., Caperta, A., Baguette, M. and Tyteca, D. (2009). Effects of individual and population parameters on reproductive success in three sexually deceptive orchid species. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 11(3): 454-463.

6. Tyteca, D., Róis, A. S. and Vereecken, N. (2006). Observations on the pollination of Ophrys fuciflora by pseudo-copulating males of Phyllopertha horticola in northern France. Jour. Eur. Orch. 38(1): 203-214.