Curriculum vitae. Manuela Rodrigues Branco Simões

Curriculum vitae Manuela Rodrigues Branco Simões Institutional address Departamento de Recursos Naturais, Ambiente e Território Instituto Superior de Agronomia Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017 Lisboa PORTUGAL Telephone: +351. 213653382; Fax: +351.213645000 Email: mrbranco@isa.ulisboa.pt Academic degrees 2006 Habilitation. Instituto Superior de Agronomia. 1997 PhD University of Wales, UK 1993 Master Sciences. Faculdade de Ciências. University of Lisbon 1984 Graduation. Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Technical University of Lisbon Current professional position Assistant Professor, University of Lisbon Areas of scientific activity Entomology, Forest Protection, Population Ecology Other Scientific areas of interest: Population dynamics, Biological Control Main research activities The main scientific areas of research are in the domain of entomology, population ecology and forest protection. In particular, the researcher aims at studying the interactions between trees and pest insects and their natural enemies. The use of semiochemicals for pest control and monitoring and the conservation and use of natural enemies as biocontrol strategies are particular areas of interest. Participation in projects 2012-2014 FORRISK Réseau pour l'innovation dans les sylvicultures et les systèmes de gestion intégrée des risques en forêt. SUDOE. (Coordenadora no ISA) 2011-2014 - PTDC/AGR-CFL/111877/2009. Pragas exóticas de citrinos e eucaliptos: optimizar estratégias de gestão para lidar com as invasões biológicas. (Coordenadora) 2011-2013 - Étude de l'architecture génétique de la phénologie chez la Processionaire du Pin. ANR-2010-JCJC-1705-01, funded by ANR (Agence Nationale pour la Recherche). Coordinator: Carole Kerdelhué, INRA- Centre Biologie et Géstion des Populations. CBGP. Montpellier. Coordinator at ISA (sub-contrator) Manuela Branco. 2010-2012 Projeto QREN SI I&D - Projecto nº 5477 PT-LYPTUS. (Member) 2009-2013 REINFORCE - Resource Infrastructures for monitoring, adapting and protecting European Atlantic Forests under Changing climate (INTERREG- Atlantic).

2009-2013 - TRANZFOR - EU International Research Science Exchange Scheme TRANZFOR Forests and Climate Change. 2008-2011 - PTDC/AGR-CFL/73107/2006. Análise da especiação em curso de um insecto com impacte na saúde pública /Analysis of the ongoing evolutionary process of an insect species causing public health concern. (Coordinator) 2005-2010 - project EFORWOOD: Tools for Sustainability Impact Assessment of the Forestry- Wood Chain. EU funded Priority 6.3, Global change and Ecosystem, 518128-2. (Member) 2005-2008 -POCTI, AGR/57580/2004 - Mate location by mealybug males and host finding by parasitoids: its potential use to manage two noxious mealybug species in citrus orchards and vineyards. (Member) 2004-2008 - Projecto nº2/2003.550 do Programa AGRO, Medida 8.1 - DE&D, Gestão de pragas em pinhal e eucaliptal, minimização de impactes ambientais e conservação da biodiversidade. / Pest management on pine and eucalyptus stands minimizing environmental impacts and conserving biodiversity. (Coordinator) 2003-2006 - POCTI/AGG/47275/2002. Adaptation of pine shoot beetle to host pines physiology under the influence of global climate change. (Coordinator) 2004 - Programa Pessoa GRICES/EGIDE - Spécificité génétique et comportemental d une population portugaise de l a processionnaire du pin. (Coordinator at ISA) 2002-2005 AGRO- Medida 8.1 nº 29 - DE&D. Management of ground cover and hedgerous in citrus orchards for biological control of pests. (Member) 2002-2005 project EU- QLRT-2001-00852, Global change and pine processionary moth: a new challenge for integrated pest management. (Coordinator at ISA) 2001-2002 Programa de Cooperação Científica e Tecnológica Luso Francês. nº 546 C1, Structuration des populations Portugaises et Françaises de Tomicus piniperda en relation avec les espèces de Pins hôtes: aspects moléculaires, comportementaux et démographiques. (Coordinator at ISA) 1998-2001 project EU FAIR5 CT97 3480, Optimisation of cork-oak seed management in support of Community policies for reforestation and cork production. (Member of team) 1998-2001 project FAIR CT97 3440, New ecological pest management of pernicious scale insects in Mediterranean forest and groves. (Member) 1997-2001 project JNICT/PRAXIS XXI. 2/2.1/BIA/221/94. Pine ecosystems: biodiversity conservation and resource management. (Member) Supervising experience The researcher has supervised more than 20 final year graduation thesis, 14 master s theses and four doctoral theses. Publications Books Branco M, Franco JC, Hodgson C (eds) (2008) Proceedings of the XI International Symposium on Scale Insect Studies, ISA Press, Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Lisbon. Branco M, Valente C, Paiva M. R. (eds) 2008. Pragas e doenças em Pinhal e Eucaliptal: desafios para a sua gestão integrada. ISA Press, Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Lisboa. Jactel H., Lung B., Fernández M., Lombardero M.J., Diez J., Branco M., Duclos J. (Editors). 2002. Guide of Pest Insects and Diseases in the South-Western European Forests. IEFC.88 pp.

Teixeira, G., Branco, M. 2006. Pólen. Série Didáctica Botânica. Coordenadores I. Moreira. A. Monteiro. ISAPress. Lisboa. 66 pp. ISBN: 972-8669-22-4. Carvalho, J.P, Branco, M. 1995. A Abelha. Morfologia externa e comportamento. Universitária Editora. Lisboa. 317 pp. Book Chapters Branco, M., Bragança, H., Sousa, E., & Phillips, A. J. 2014. Pests and Diseases in Portuguese Forestry: Current and New Threats. In Forest Context and Policies in Portugal (pp. 117-154). Springer International Publishing. Branco M, Santos, Rocha S, Paiva M-R, Mateus E, Burban C, Kerdelhué C. 2014. Allochronic differentiation and ecological divergence in a phenologically shifted population of the pine processionary moth in Portugal. In: Roques A. et al. (Eds), Processionary Moths and Global Change: an update. Elsevier, Branco M, Santos H, Paiva MR. 2014. Pine processionary moth in Portugal. In: Roques A. et al. (Eds), Processionary Moths and Global Change: an update. Elsevier. Pinto-Correia T., Ribeiro N., Potes J., et al. 2013. Livro Verde dos Montados. ICAAM Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas (Ed.). Universidade de Évora, 65 p. Kenis M, Branco M 2010. Impact of alien terrestrial arthropods in Europe. In Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe. Chapter 5.. BioRisk 4(1): 51-71. Pensoft Sauvard D, Branco M, Lakatos F, Faccoli M, Kirkendall L 2010. Weevils and Bark Beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). In Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe. Chapter 8.2. BioRisk 4(1): 219-266. Pensoft Branco M, Ramos A P. 2009. Coping with Pests and Diseases. In Aronson J, Pereira J S, Pausas J G. (eds). Cork Oak Woodlands: Ecology, Adaptive Management, and Restoration of an Ancient Mediterranean Ecosystem. Island Press. 103-111pp. Barrento M J, Santos H, Branco M, Paiva M R 2008. Monitorização da processionária do pinheiro, Thaumetopoea pityocampa. In: Pragas e doenças em Pinhal e Eucaliptal. Desafios para a sua gestão integrada, M. Branco, C. Valente e M. R. Paiva (Eds.), ISA Press, Lisboa. pp. 55-64 Branco M, Sousa C, Franco J C. 2008. Cochonilha do pinheiro bravo, Matsucoccus feytaudi, estudo de caso: predadores. In: Pragas e doenças em Pinhal e Eucaliptal. Desafios para a sua gestão integrada, M. Branco, C. Valente e M. R. Paiva (Eds.), ISA Press, Lisboa. pp. 135-146 Branco, M. Calvão, T., Manta, C. e Valente, C. 2008. Efeito da diversidade da vegetação e da paisagem nas pragas estudo de caso. In: Pragas e doenças em Pinhal e Eucaliptal. Desafios para a sua gestão integrada, M. Branco, C. Valente e M. R. Paiva (Eds.), ISA Press, Lisboa. pp. 173-186 Calvão, T., Branco, M. e Pimentel, C. 2008. Vegetação e paisagem: relação entre diversidade e fitófagos. In: Pragas e doenças em Pinhal e Eucaliptal. Desafios para a sua gestão integrada, M. Branco, C. Valente e M. R. Paiva (Eds.), ISA Press, Lisboa. pp. 161-172 Reis A, Araújo C, Branco M 2008. Monitorização e impacte do gorgulho do eucalipto, Gonipterus scutellatus, em povoamentos. In: Pragas e doenças em Pinhal e Eucaliptal. Desafios para a sua gestão integrada, M. Branco, C. Valente e M. R. Paiva (Eds.), ISA Press, Lisboa. pp. 65-74 Santos H, Ferreira C, Paiva M R, Branco M 2008. Processionária do pinheiro, Thaumetopoea pityocampa, estudo de caso: parasitóides oófagos. In: Pragas e doenças em Pinhal e Eucaliptal. Desafios para a sua gestão integrada, M. Branco, C. Valente e M. R. Paiva (Eds.), ISA Press, Lisboa. pp. 121-134 Valente C, Branco M, 2008. A importância dos pica-paus como inimigos naturais das brocas do eucalipto. In: Pragas e doenças em Pinhal e Eucaliptal. Desafios para a sua gestão integrada, M. Branco, C. Valente e M. R. Paiva (Eds.), ISA Press, Lisboa. pp. 147-158

Vasconcelos T, Franco JC, Branco M. 2008. Os inimigos naturais nos ecossistemas florestais. In: Pragas e doenças em Pinhal e Eucaliptal: desafios para a sua gestão integrada. ISA Press, Lisboa. pp. 107-120 Vasconcelos, T., Branco, M., 2007. A apicultura nos montados de azinho. In Árvores e Florestas de Portugal, vol. 3 J.S. Silva (Coord.). Colecção Árvores e Florestas de Portugal, FLAD / Público / LPN. Lisboa. pp. 211-230 Vasconcelos, T., Machado, H., Bonifácio, L., Bragança, H., Inácio, L., Branco, M., 2007. Doenças e pragas das florestas portuguesas. In Árvores e Florestas de Portugal, vol. 8, Proteger a Floresta, J.S. Silva (Coord.). Colecção Árvores e Florestas de Portugal, FLAD / Público / LPN. Lisboa. pp 129-152. Branco M., 2007. Agentes bióticos do Eucalipto em Portugal. In: O Eucalipto em Portugal. Impactes ambientais e investigação cientifica. Eds. A.M. Alves, J.S. Pereira, J.M.N. Silva pp: 255-282. ISAPress. Lisboa Branco M., Silva E.B., Franco J.C. 2006. Inimigos naturais das pragas dos citrinos. Parasitóides. In: Infra-estruturas ecológicas e protecção biológica - caso dos citrino. Eds. J.C. Franco, Ramos, A.P., Moreira, I. pp 97-107 ISAPress. Lisboa Vasconcelos, T., Branco M., Gonçalves, M., Cabral, M.T. 2005. Periods of flying activity of Tomicus spp. in Portugal. In Entomological Research in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems (ed. by F. Lieutier & D. Ghaioule), pp177-184. INRA Editions, Versailles Pereira, J.S., Correia, A. V, Correia, A. P, Branco, M., Bugalho, M. Cruz, C.S., Freitas, H., Oliveira, A.C., Pereira, J.M.C., Reis, R.M., Vasconcelos, M.J. Forests and Biodiversity. 2002. In Climate Change in Portugal. Scenarios, Impacts, and Adaptation Measures. Eds. F.D. Santos, K. Forbes and R. Moita. Gradiva, Lisboa. Portugal, pp. 363-413. Branco M., Cabral, M.S 1998 Modelling the Population Dynamics of Honeybee Colonies. In Estatística: a diversidade na unidade pp 465-475. Edições Salamandra, Lisboa. Papers ISI Tavares, C., Roques, A., Courtial, B., Branco, M., Jactel, H., & Lopez-Vaamonde, C. 2015. Phylogeography of the ladybird Iberorhyzobius rondensis, a potential biological control agent of the invasive alien pine bast scale Matsucoccus feytaudi. BioControl, (in press). Bugila, A. A., Franco, J. C., da Silva, E. B., & Branco, M. 2015. Suitability of five mealybug species (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae) as hosts for the solitary parasitoid Anagyrus sp. nr. pseudococci (Girault)(Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Biocontrol Science and Technology, 25 (1), 108 120. Tavares, C., Jactel, H., van Halder, I., Mendel, Z., & Branco, M. 2014. A case of ecological specialization in ladybirds: Iberorhyzobius rondensis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), potential biocontrol agent of Matsucoccus feytaudi (Hemiptera: Matsucoccidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 104(3), 367-375. Ezzine, O., Hausmann, A., Branco, M., Mannai, Y., Dhahri, S., Nouira, S., & Jamâa, M. L. B. (2014). Genetic patterns, host use and larval morphology in Tunisian populations of Orgyia trigotephras. Bulletin of Insectology, 67(1), 73-79. Bugila A.A.A., Franco J. C., Silva E. B., Branco M., 2014. Defense Response of Native and Alien Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Against the Solitary Parasitoid Anagyrus sp. nr. pseudococci (Girault)(Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Journal of Insect Behavior, 27(4), 439-453. Branco M., Dhahri S., Santos M., Lahbib Ben Jamaa M. 2014. Biological control reduces herbivore s host range. Biological Control. 69: 59 64. Pereira, P., Godinho, C., Roque I., Marques A., Branco M., Rabaça J. E. 2014. Time to rethink the management intensity in a Mediterranean oak woodland: the response of insectivorous birds and leaf-chewing defoliators as key groups in the forest ecosystem. Annals of Forest Science. 71(1), 25-32.

Garcia A., Figueiredo E., Valente C., Monserrat V., Branco M. 2013. First record of Thaumastocoris peregrinus in Portugal and of the neotropical predator Hemerobius bolivari in Europe. Bulletin of Insectology 66 (2): 251-256. Bugila A.A.A., Branco M., Silva E. B., Franco J. C. 2013. Host selection behavior and specificity of the solitary parasitoid of mealybugs Anagyrus sp. nr. pseudococci (Girault) (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae). Biocontrol Science and Technology. 24(1), 22-38. Rocha, S., Branco, Vilas Boas, L., Almeida, MH, Mendel Z. 2013. Gall inducing may benefit host plant: a case of a gall wasp and Eucalyptus tree. Tree Physiology. 33(4), 388-397. Brockerhoff EG, Suckling DM, Roques A, Jactel H, Branco M, Twidle AM, Mastro VC, Kimberley MO. 2013. Improving the efficiency of lepidopteran pest detection and surveillance: Constraints and opportunities for multiple-species trapping. Journal of Chemical Ecology 39:50 58. Silva EB, Branco M, Mendel Z & Franco JC 2013. Mating behavior and performance in the two cosmopolitan mealybug species Planococcus citri and Pseudococcus calceolariae (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Journal of insect behavior, 26(3), 304-320. Jactel, H., M. Branco, P. Duncker, B. Gardiner, W. Grodzki, B. Langstrom, F. Moreira, S. Netherer, B.Nicoll, C. Orazio, D. Piou, M. Schelhaas, and K. Tojic. 2012. A multicriteria risk analysis to evaluate impacts of forest management alternatives on forest health in Europe. Ecology and Society 17(4): 52. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/es-04897-170452 Jactel, H., M. Branco, P. Duncker, B. Gardiner, W. Grodzki, B. Langstrom, F. Moreira, S. Netherer, B.Nicoll, C. Orazio, D. Piou, M. Schelhaas, and K. Tojic. 2012. A multicriteria risk analysis to evaluate impacts of forest management alternatives on forest health in Europe. Ecology and Society 17(4): 52. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/es- 04897-170452 Reis A R, Ferreira L, Tomé M, Araujo C, Branco M 2012. Efficiency of biological control of Gonipterus platensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Anaphes nitens (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in cold areas of the Iberian Peninsula: implications for defoliation and wood production in Eucalyptus globulus. Forest Ecology and Management 270: 216-222. Branco M, Halder I van, Franco JC, Constantin R, Jactel H 2011. Prey sex pheromone as kairomone for a new group of predators (Coleoptera: Dasytidae, Aplocnemus spp.) of pine bast scales. Bulletin of Entomological Research: 101: 667-674. Bugalho MN, Lecomte X, Gonçalves M, Caldeira MC, M Branco 2011. Establishing grazing and grazing-excluded patches increases plant and invertebrate diversity in a Mediterranean oak woodland. Forest Ecology and Management: 261: 2133-2139. Franco JC, Silva EB, Fortuna T, Cortegano E, Branco M, Suma P, Russo A, Zada A, Mendel Z 2011. Vine mealybug sex pheromone increases citrus mealybug parasitism by Anagyrus sp. near pseudococci (Girault). Biological Control 58: 230-238 Santos H, Burban C, Rousselet J, Rossi JP, Branco M, Kerdelhué C 2011. Incipient allochronic speciation in the pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24(1): 146-158. Santos H, Paiva MR, Kerdelhué C, Branco M 2011.Temperature niche shift observed in a Lepidoptera population under allochronic divergence. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 1897-1905. Branco M, Pereira JS, Mateus E, Tavares C, Paiva MR 2010. Water stress affects Tomicus destruens host pine preference and performance during the shoot feeding phase. Annales of Forest Science 67: 608-615. Paiva MR, Mateus E, Santos MH, Branco MR 2010. Pine volatiles mediate host selection for oviposition by Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lep., Notodontidae). Journal Applied Entomology 135: 195-203

Silva E.B., Franco J.C., Vasconcelos T., Branco M. 2010. Effect of ground cover vegetation on the abundance and diversity of beneficial arthropods in citrus orchards. Bulletin of Entomological Research 100: 489-499. Jactel H., Nicoll B.C., Branco M., Gonzalez-Olabarria J. R., Grodzki W., Långström B., Moreira F., Netherer S., Orazio C., Piou D., Santos H., Schelhaas M.J., Tojic K., Vodde F. 2009. The influences of forest stand management on biotic and abiotic risks of damage. Annales of Forest Science 66: 701. Branco M, Boavida C, Durand N, Franco JC & Mendel Z. 2009. Presence of the Eucalyptus gall wasp, Ophelimus maskelli and its parasitoid Closterocerus chamaeleon in Portugal: First record, geographic distribution and host preference. Phytoparasitica.37:51-54. Gatto P., Zocca A., Battisti A., Barrento M. J., M.Branco, M.R. Paiva. 2009. Economic assessment of managing processionary moth in pine forests: A case-study in Portugal. Journal of Environmental Management. 90: 683-691. Branco, M., Santos, M., Calvão, T., Telfer, G. & Paiva, M.-R. 2008. Arthropod diversity sheltered in Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) larval nests. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 1: 215-221. Franco J.C., Silva E.B., Cortegano E., Campos L., Branco M., Zada A., Mendel Z. 2008. Kairomonal response of the parasitoid Anagyrus spec. nov. near pseudococci to the sex pheromone of the vine mealybug. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata.126: 122 130. Santos H., Rousselet J., Magnoux, E., Paiva, M.R., Branco, M., Kerdelhue C. 2007 Genetic isolation through time: allochronic differentiation of a phenologically atypical population of the pine processionary moth. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 274: 935-941. Jactel, H., Menassieu, P., Vétillard, F., Barthélémy, B., Piou, D., Frérot, B., Rousselet, J., Goussard, F., Branco, M., Battisti, A. 2006. Monitoring Pine Processionary Moth (Lepidoptera: Thaumetopoeidae) Populations with Pheromone-baited Traps. Forest Ecology and Management 235: 96-106. Raimundo A., Canepari C., Mendel Z., Branco M., Franco J. C. 2006. Iberorhyzobius Raimundo & Canepari gen. nov., for Coccidula rondensis Eizaguirre (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Zootaxa. 1312: 49-58. Branco, M., Jactel H., Franco J. C., Mendel Z. 2006. Modelling response of insect trap captures to pheromone dose. Ecological Modelling. 197: 247-257. Vasconcelos, T., Horn, A., Lieutier, F., Branco, M., Kerdelhué, C. 2006. Distribution and population genetic structure of the Mediterranean pine shoot beetle Tomicus destruens in the Iberian Peninsula and Southern France. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 8: 103 111 Branco M.R., Kidd N. A. C.; Pickard, R.S. 2006. A comparative evaluation of sampling methods for Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) population estimation. Apidologie.37: 452-461. Branco M., Franco J.C., Dunlkelblum E., Assael F., Protasov A., Ofer D., Mendel Z. 2006. A common mode of kairomonal attraction of larvae and adults of insect predators to the sex pheromone of their prey (Hemiptera: Matsucoccidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research. 96: 179-185. Branco M., Lettere M., Franco J. C., Binazzi, A., Jactel, H. 2006. Kairomonal response of predators to three pine bast scale sex pheromones. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 32: 1577 1586. Santos, A.M., Vasconcelos, T., Mateus, E. Farrall, M.H. Gomes da Silva, M.D.R. Paiva, M.R. Branco, M. 2006. Characterization of the volatile fraction emitted by phloem of four Pinus species by HS-SPME and GC-MS. Journal of Chromatography A. 1105:191-198. Branco M., Jactel, H., Silva, E.B., Binazzi, A., Mendel, Z. 2004. Effect of trap design, trap size and pheromone dose on male capture of two pine bast scales species (Hemiptera: Matsucoccidae): implications for monitoring and mass-trapping Agricultural and Forest Entomology 6:233-239.

Mendel Z., Dunkelblum E., Branco M., Franco J. C., Kurosawa S. e Mori K., 2003. Synthesis and structure-activity relationship of diene modified analogs of Matsucoccus sex pheromones. Naturwissenschaften. 90: 313-317. Branco M., Branco C., Hachemi M, Almeida H. 2002. Germination success, survival and seedling vigour of Quercus suber acorns in relation to insect damage. Forest Ecology and Management. 166: 159-164. Branco, M; Kidd, N; Pickard, R S, 1999. Development of Varroa jacobsoni in colonies of Apis mellifera iberica in a Mediterranean climate. Apidologie. 30: 491-503 Other publications Dhari S, Ben Jamaa ML, Garcia A, Boavida C, Branco M. 2014. Presence of Glycaspis brimblecombei and its parasitoid Psyllaephagus bliteus in Tunisia and Portugal. Silva Lusitana 22(1):99 115 Paiva MR, Santos H, Branco M. 2012. Processionária do pinheiro na Mata Nacional de Leiria documenta caso muito raro de especiação simpátrica. Revista online Ecologi@ http://speco.fc.ul.pt/revistaecologia_4_art_3_1.html Durand N., Rodrigues J. C., Mateus E., Boavida C., Branco M. 2011. Susceptibility variation in Eucalyptus spp. in relation to Leptocybe invasa and Ophelimus maskelli (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), two invasive gall wasps occurring in Portugal. Silva Lusitana, 2011, 19, Especial, pp 19-31, 13 ref. Paiva MR, Mateus E, Santos MH, Branco MR 2011. Semiochemicals-mediated host location in pine processionary moth. IOBC/wprs Bulletin 72: 159-164. Silva EB, Franco JC, Vasconcelos T, Branco M 2010. Effect of ground cover vegetation on the abundance and diversity of beneficial arthropods in citrus orchards. Bulletin of Entomological Research 100: 489-499 Branco M., Franco J.C., Valente C., Mendel Z. 2006. Survey of Eucalyptus gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Portugal. Boletín de Sanidad Vegetal, Plagas. 32: 199-202. Branco M., Branco C., Hachemi M, Almeida H., 2002. Effect of insect predation on the quality of acorns of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) IOBC/WPRS Bulletin. 25(5): 163-167. Branco, M., Brito, O., Mendel, Z., Franco, J.C., 2001. Seasonal history of Matsucoccus spp (Hemiptera: Matsucoccidae) with an emphasis on the maritime pine bast scale. Boll. Zool..agr. Bachic. Ser. II 33: 319-329. Branco, M., Franco, J.C., Mendel, Z., 2001. Occurrence of Hemerobius stigma in pine bast scale (Matsucoccus spp.) populations: opportunistic predation or obligatory association Boll. Zool..agr. Bachic. Ser. II 33: 397-407. Branco, M., Moura, E. B., Santos, H. M.; Paiva, M.R., 2001. Seasonal distribution of insects in a stand of Pinus pinaster. Revista de Biologia. 19: 87-98. Santos, H. M; Branco, M., Moura, E. B., Paiva, M.R., 2001. Comparação da biodiversidade de himenópteros em dois povoamentos de Pinus pinaster. Revista de Biologia. 19: 71-86. Branco M, 2000. A apicultura nos ecossistemas florestais mediterrânicos. Silva Lusitana. 8(1): 75-89. Vieira, G.M.; Branco, M 1996. Caracterização e Potencialidades da Produção Apícola na Região. Silva lusitana. Número especial: Áreas Degradadas 117-142. Branco M.R., Vieira, G.M. 1993. Estudo da variabilidade sazonal de características morfológicas da Apis mellifera L. iberica Goetze. Silva lusitana. 1(1):123-130.