INVITED PRESENTATIONS 2011 International Meeting "Experiences and Successes in Protected Areas Management", Madalena, Pico, Portugal Cardoso, P. & Borges, P.A.V. “Optimizing reserve selection using evolutionary computing methods” 2010 To know and protect nature: 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal Cardoso, P. “The seven sins of invertebrate conservation” 2009 Symposium “Darwin's mistake and what we are doing to correct it”, Ponta Delgada, Portugal Cardoso, P., Arnedo, M.A., Triantis, K.A. & Borges, P.A.V. “Diversity drivers of Macaronesian spiders and the role of species extinctions” 2008 1st Bionatura Workshop - management and conservation of biodiversity in Macaronesia, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal Cardoso, P., Borges, P.A.V, Costa, A.C., Cunha, R.T., Gabriel, R., Martins, A.M.F., Silva, L., Homem, N., Martins, M., Rodrigues, P., Martins, B. & Mendonça, E. “The Top 100 priority species for conservation in the Azores”. 2nd Bionatura Workshop - management and conservation of biodiversity in Macaronesia, Ponta Delgada, Portugal Cardoso, P., Borges, P.A.V, Costa, A.C., Cunha, R.T., Gabriel, R., Martins, A.M.F., Silva, L., Homem, N., Martins, M., Rodrigues, P., Martins, B. & Mendonça, E. “The Top 100 priority species for conservation in the Azores”. Sustainability of Milk Production in the Azores Workshop, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal Cardoso, P. & Borges, P.A.V. “Consequences of land-use change in the arthropod communities of an oceanic island”. 1st Portuguese Federation of Speleology Scientific Meeting, Leiria, Portugal Cardoso, P., Henriques, S.S. & Rasteiro, F.L. “Protection of troglobiont species – a case study”. 2007 Conference “Biodiversidad a la Valenciana”, Valencia, Spain Cardoso, P. “Biodiversity and conservation of Iberian spiders: past, present and future”. 2006 23rd European Colloquium of Arachnology, Barcelona, Spain Cardoso, P. “Spiders, labels, bits and maps: an overview on the process of producing, validating and sharing biogeographic data” (also member of the scientific committee of the colloquium). GBIF Portugal Workshop, Braga, Portugal Cardoso, P. “Arthropods, labels, bits and maps: an overview on the process of producing, validating and sharing biogeographic data”. 2005 Landscape scale biodiversity assessment, the problem of scaling - European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS), Electronic conference Cardoso, P. “Biodiversity surrogates and the challenges of scale”. 2004 Methods for selection of protected areas: their management and nature conservation Workshop, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal Cardoso, P., Silva, I., Oliveira, N.G., Scharff, N. & Serrano, A.R.M. “The importance of testing and standardizing biodiversity assessment protocols". OTHER PRESENTATIONS 2011 Prevention and control of invasive species workshop, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal Borges, P.A.V., Rigal, F., Cardoso, P. & Gaspar, C. “Invasive animals in the Azores archipelago”. 5th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society, Heraklion, Crete, Greece Boieiro, M., Barrinha, C., Aguiar, C., Amorim, I., Borges, P.A.V., Cardoso, P., Faria e Silva, I., Pereira, F., Rego, C. & Serrano, A.R.M. “Biodiversity and endemicity patterns of beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Staphylinidae and Curculionidae) associated to Madeiran laurisilva habitats”. (poster) 5th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society, Heraklion, Crete, Greece Borges, P.A.V., Gaspar, C., Santos, A.M.C., Ribeiro, S.P., Cardoso, P., Triantis, K.A. & Amorim, I.R. “Patterns of colonization and species distribution for Azorean arthropods: evolution, diversity, rarity and extinction”. (poster) 5th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society, Heraklion, Crete, Greece Gaspar, C., Borges, P.A.V., Cardoso, P. & Lobo, J. “Heaven or Hell: a portrait of the conservation of the Azorean arthropod’s diversity”. (poster) 5th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society, Heraklion, Crete, Greece Opatova, V., Jiménez-Valverde, A., Cardoso, P., Ferrández, M.A. & Arnedo, M. “Alien visitors or long time residents? Population history and phylogeographic patterns of the European funnel-web spiders (Araneae, Hexathelidae)”. (poster) 5th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society, Heraklion, Crete, Greece Serrano, A.R.M., Boieiro, M., Aguiar, C.A.S., Borges, P.A.V., Cardoso, P., Franquinho Aguiar, A.F., Gaspar, C., Hortal, J., Jiménez-Valverde, A., Martins da Silva, P., Menezes, D., Pereira, F., Rego, C., Santos, A.M. & Sousa, J.P. “Conflict between human activities and the conservation of island endemics in a global biodiversity hotspot”. (poster) 12th Meeting of the Iberian Group of Arachnology, Gorliz, Spain Arnedo, M.A. & Cardoso, P. “Mediterranean species of the genus Macrothele: old inhabitants or recent colonizers?“ IOBC/wprs Working Group Meeting "Integrated Protection of Olive Crops", Jerusalem, Israel Rei, F., Crespo, L., Cardoso, P. & Torres, L. “Spiders (Araneae) community associated with the olive tree canopy in Alentejo (Southern Portugal).” 2010 18th International Congress of Arachnology, Siedlce, Poland Opatova V., Cardoso P., Ferrández, M.A. & Arnedo M. “Origins and phylogeography of the European protected funnel-web Macrothele spiders (Araneae, Hexathelidae)”. 2009 International Liquid Crystal Elastomer Conference 2009, Ohio, USA Almeida, P.L., Kundu, S., Cardoso, P., Henriques, S.S., Godinho, H.M. & Figueirinhas, J.L. “Bio Networks for Electro-optical Liquid Crystal light shutters”. European Materials Research Society 2009 Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France Almeida, P.L., Kundu, S., Cardoso, P., Henriques, S.S., Godinho, H.M. & Figueirinhas, J.L. “Electro-optical light shutters using biological systems”. 2009 Biennial Meeting of the International Biogeography Society, Merida, Mexico Borges, P.A.V., Boieiro, M., Serrano, A.R.M., Cardoso, P., Aguiar, C., Rego, C., Gaspar, C., Amorim, I.R., Ribeiro, S. & Pereira, F. “Patterns of diversity and abundance (rarity) of ground-beetles in the Laurisilva of Azores and Madeira archipelagos”. 2008 93rd Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Wisconsin, USA Cardoso, P., Lobo, J.M., Aranda, S.C., Dinis, F., Gaspar, C. & Borges, P.A.V. “Land-use and spatial scale effects on the arthropod communities of Azores” (poster). 9th Meeting of the Iberian Group of Arachnology, Cordoba, Spain Arnedo, M.A & Cardoso, P. “The Mediterranean species of Macrothele: old inhabitants or recent additions?”. 2006 23rd European Colloquium of Arachnology, Barcelona, Spain Cardoso, P., Henriques, S.S & Rasteiro, F.L. “Conservation of European troglobiont species: a case study of a new symphytognathid in Portugal” (also member of the scientific committee of the colloquium). 2005 22nd European Colloquium of Arachnology, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria Cardoso, P., Silva, I., Oliveira, N.G. & Serrano, A.R.M. “When to capture spiders in Mediterranean ecosystems?”. 2004 5th Meeting of the Iberian Group of Arachnology, Murcia, Spain Cardoso, P. “A future proposal for a spider biodiversity assessment protocol in the Iberian Peninsula”. 16th International Congress of Arachnology, Ghent, Belgium Cardoso, P. “A future proposal for a spider biodiversity assessment protocol in Mediterranean habitats”. Methods for selection of protected areas: their management and nature conservation Workshop, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal Oliveira, N.G., Cardoso, P., Silva, I., Gayubo, S.F. & Serrano, A.R.M. “Surrogate groups in theory and practice: the case of spheciform wasps (Apoidea: Sphecidae, Ampucilidae and Crabronidae) vs. several families, tribes and genera of Hymenoptera”. 11th Iberian Congress of Entomology, Funchal, Portugal Oliveira, N.G.; Silva, I., Cardoso, P., Gayubo, S.F. & Serrano, A.R.M “Spheciforms (Apoidea: Spheciformes) as diversity indicators of other Hymenoptera: what’s their real efficiency?”. 11th Iberian Congress of Entomology, Funchal, Portugal Silva, I., Oliveira, N.G., Cardoso, P. & Serrano, A.R.M. “Preliminary study on the epigean Coleoptera of the Serras de Aire e Candeeiros Nature Park, with special emphasis on Carabidae (Coleoptera: Carabidae)” (poster). 11th Iberian Congress of Entomology, Funchal, Portugal Oliveira, N.G., Silva, I., Santos, A.M., Cardoso, P., Gayubo, S.F. & Serrano, A.R.M “Efficiency of combining Malaise and flight interception traps for Hymenoptera” (poster). 11th Iberian Congress of Entomology, Funchal, Portugal Santos, A.M.C; Oliveira, N.G.; Silva, I.; Cardoso, P. & Serrano, A.R.M. “Trophic guilds of Hymenoptera and their utility in habitat ranking”. 5th Meeting of the Iberian Group of Arachnology, Murcia, Spain Gouveia, A.F., Cardoso, P., Oliveira, N.G. & Serrano, A.R.M. “Temporal variation of the spider communities of São Mamede Nature Park”. 5th Meeting of the Iberian Group of Arachnology, Murcia, Spain Gouveia, A.F., Cardoso, P. & Serrano, A.R.M. “Spiders of the São Mamede Nature Park” (poster). 2003 4th Meeting of the Iberian Group of Arachnology, San Sebastian, Spain Cardoso, P. “Measures and methods for prioritization of areas for conservation”. 2002 20th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Szombathely, Hungary Cardoso, P., Silva, I., Oliveira, N.G. & Serrano, A.R.M. “Higher taxa surrogates vs. surrogate groups of biodiversity. What approach to use with spiders in a Portuguese natural area?”. 10th Iberian Congress of Entomology, Zamora, Spain Silva, I., Oliveira, N.G., Cardoso, P. & Serrano, A.R.M. “Preliminary study on the diversity of Coleoptera of the Douro Internacional Nature Park, with special emphasis on Carabidae (Coleoptera: Carabidae)”. 2001 2nd Meeting of the Iberian Group of Arachnology, Barcelona, Spain Cardoso, P. “Towards a spider biodiversity assessment protocol”. 1999 18th European Colloquium of Arachnology, High Tatras, Slovakia Cardoso, P. “Portuguese spiders (Araneae) - checklist and distribution”. 18th European Colloquium of Arachnology, High Tatras, Slovakia Cardoso, P. “Description of the male Nemesia hispanica Ausserer 1871 (Araneae, Nemesiidae)” (poster). Ad-hoc conference, Évora, Portugal Cardoso, P., Meierrose, C. & Quartau, J.A. “Arachnofauna of Arrábida mountain chain”. 1998 8th Iberian Congress of Entomology, Évora, Portugal Cardoso, P., Meierrose, C. & Quartau, J.A. “Arachnofauna of Arrábida mountain chain” (poster).