Catarina Rato

Universidade do Porto — Portugal

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

15h-index711citations71works1.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Amphibian and Reptile Biology(37), Species Distribution and Climate Change(30), Genetic diversity and population structure(16), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies(10), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(9)

Publications71 total

Vertebrate host or tick vector? Which is to blame for Borrelia lusitaniae population structure?
Anaerobe·2026Open Access
Shaped by Fire: Unravelling the Impact of Fire on Lizard Gut Microbiome
Molecular Ecology·2026Open Access
Islands as biodiversity arks: the role of insular populations in preserving bat DNA-barcoding diversity
Mammal Research·2025Open Access
The impact of wildfires on the diet of Podarcis lusitanicus revealed by DNA metabarcoding
PLoS ONE·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Metabarcoding assessment of the diet of an introduced continental lizard to an oceanic island reveals dietary niche conservatism
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Short-term effects of wildfire on Canary Islands’ endemic lizards
Basic and Applied Herpetology·2025Open Access
When pets go wild: Integrating DNA metabarcoding and morphological analyses to investigate the impacts of free-ranging cats (Felis catus) on oceanic islands
Biological Conservation·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
New phylogeographic insights for the Saurodactylus brosseti species complex: range extensions and additional contact zones among evolutionary lineages
Amphibia-Reptilia·2025· 1 cited
From ashes to adaptation: the impact of wildfires on the diet of <i>Podarcis lusitanicus</i> revealed by DNA metabarcoding
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Trophic Ecology of Lizards in Vineyards: Diet Composition and Implications for Pest Control
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Novel method to investigate thermal exchange rates in small, terrestrial ectotherms: A proof-of-concept on the gecko Tarentola mauritanica
PLoS ONE·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Unsuspected pollinator potential? First DNA dietary analysis in Euleptes europaea (Gené, 1839) and confirmation of an omnivorous diet using video surveillance
Amphibia-Reptilia·2024· 2 cited
A Pleistocene Biogeography in Miniature: The Small‐Scale Evolutionary History of <i>Podarcis lusitanicus</i> (Squamata, Lacertidae)
Journal of Biogeography·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Mitochondrial data unravels the human-mediated introduction of Mediodactylus kotschyi (Squamata: Gekkonidae) to the Central Balkan Peninsula
Amphibia-Reptilia·2024Open Access
The relevance of Evolutionary Significant Units for the conservation of island-restricted reptiles: Tarentola boettgeri bischoffi as a case study
Amphibia-Reptilia·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
When Pets Go Wild: Integrating DNA Metabarcoding and Morphological Analyses to Investigate the Impacts of Free-Ranging Cats (Felis Catus) on Oceanic Islands
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024Open Access
What does the future hold for a thermophilic and widely introduced gecko, Tarentola mauritanica (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae)?
Biological Invasions·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Multilocus phylogeography of Italian Moorish geckos adds insights into the evolutionary history of European populations
Zoologica Scripta·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Colonization routes uncovered in a widely introduced Mediterranean gecko, Tarentola mauritanica
Scientific Reports·2023· 10 citedOpen Access
Insights into the habitat associations, phylogeny, and diet of <i>Pipistrellus maderensis</i> in Porto Santo, northeastern Macaronesia
Web Ecology·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Miguel Á. Carretero(20), D. James Harris(20), Salvador Carranza(7), Ana Perera(7), Ricardo Rocha(7), Gabriel Mochales‐Riaño(6), Iolanda Silva‐Rocha(5), Valéria Marques(5), Xavier Santos(4), Daniele Salvi(3), Verónica Gomes(3), Grégory Deso(3), Neftalí Sillero(3), Diana S. Vasconcelos(3), Dennis Rödder(2), Claudia Corti(2), Juan M. Pleguezuelos(2), José Carlos Brito(2), Saïd Larbes(2), Boaz Shacham(2)