Publications in peer-review journals

Machado R (2026) Types of forest dynamics in Europe (2000–2018). Journal of Maps, 22 (1), 2622821. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2026.2622821

Machado R, Santos P, Sousa-Neves N, Pirnat J (2024) The Recent Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Grasslands in Slovenia: Contribution to Their Preservation and Management. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 98, 204-2013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2024.07.010

Bicho C, Machado R, Alpizar-Jara R, Santos P (2024) Planning for Deer-Hunting Management at the Local and Regional Scales: Reconciling Economic, Social and Ecological Functions. Land 13, 1–23. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040525

Paixão L, Machado R (2023) LDT4QGIS: An open-source tool to enhance landscape analysis. Ecological Informatics. 75 (2023) 102073.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102073

Machado R, Neto Duarte L, Gil A, Sousa-Neves N, Pirnat J, Santos P. (2021) Supporting the spatial management of invasive alien plants through assessment of landscape dynamics and connectivity. Restoration Ecology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13592

Guiomar N, Godinho S, Rivera M, Pinto-Correia T, Machado R, Czekaj M, Tyran E, Puchała J (2021) Assessing food availability: A novel approach for the quantitative estimation of the contribution of small farms in regional food systems in Europe. Global Food Security 30:100555.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100555

Machado R, Bayot R, Godinho S, Pirnat J, Santos P, Sousa-Neves N (2020) LDTtool: a toolbox to assess landscape dynamics. Environmental Modelling and Software, 133.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104847

Machado R, Godinho S, Guiomar N, Gil A, Pirnat J (2020) Using graph-theory to analyse and assess changes in Mediterranean woodland connectivity. Landscape Ecology, 35, 1291–1308. DOI:10.1007/s10980-020-01014-8

Machado R, Santos P (2019) Does wild rabbit population size affect connectivity? World Rabbit Science, 27:207-216. DOI:10.4995/wrs.2019.12068

Machado R, Godinho S, Pirnat J, Sousa-Neves N, Santos P (2018) Assessment of landscape composition and configuration via spatial metrics combination: conceptual framework proposal and method improvement. Landscape Research, 43:5, 652-664
https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2017.1336757

Machado R, Magalhães P, Godinho S, Santos P (2017) Wild rabbit restocking: suitable acclimation conditions foster adaptive behaviour and improve survival of captive reared rabbits. World Rabbit Science, 25:407-414. DOI: 10.4995/wrs.2017.4107
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Germano D, Machado R, Godinho S & Santos P (2016) The impact of abandoned/disused marble quarries on avifauna in the anticline of Estremoz, Portugal: does quarrying add to landscape biodiversity? Landscape Research, 41:8, 880-891. DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2016.1174772

Godinho S, Guiomar N, Machado R, Santos P, Sá-Sousa P, Fernandes JP, Neves N & Pinto-Correia T (2016) Assessment of environment, land management, and spatial variables on recent changes in montado land cover in southern Portugal. Agroforestry Systems 90:177-192. DOI: 10.1007/s10457-014-9757-7

Guiomar N, Godinho S, Fernandes PM, Machado R, Neves N & Fernandes JP (2015) Wildfires patterns and landscape changes in Mediterranean oak woodlands. Science of the Total Environment 536:338-352. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.087

Godinho S, Mestre F, Ferreira JP, Machado R & Santos P (2013) Effectiveness of habitat management in the recovery of low-density populations of wild rabbit. European Journal of Wildlife Research 58:847. DOI: 10.1007/s10344-013-0738-3

Works or abstracts presented in events with peer-review

Machado R (2025) Landscape Dynamic Typology – A method to assess landscape dynamics. In: J.Lieskovský, Z.Baránková, V.Miklósová, H.Hilbert, Z.Ponecová, (Eds.), IALE 2025 European Landscape Ecology Congress. Book of Abstracts (pp. 393), ILE SAS, Bratislava.

Ramalho H, Machado R, Anjos O & Santos P (2011) The effect of livestock, altitude and slope on a red-legged partridge population in Alentejo, Portugal. Abstract book of the 30th International Union of Game Biologist Congress and Perdix XIII. Barcelona, Spain, 5-9 September 2011. pp 227.

Books or Chapters

Guiomar, N., Faria, S., Godinho, S., Machado, R., Boscolo, D., 2021. Dinâmicas e evolução da paisagem. In: Carvalho-Ribeiro, S., Boscolo, D., Ciochetti, G., Firmino, A., Guiomar, N. (Org.) Ecologia da paisagem no contexto Luso-Brasileiro – Volume I, Editora Appris, Curitiba, pp. 113-150.

Santos P & Machado R. 2013. Chapter 5. “Os produtos e a multifuncionalidade do Montado”. Subchapter 5.7. “Caça” In Pinto-Correia T, Ribeiro N & Potes J (Eds) Livro Verde dos Montados. pp 61. ICAAM - Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal.

Technical reports and Policy briefs

Guimarães MH, de Oliveira IF, Pinto-Correia T, Costa Freitas MB, Medinas D, Jacinto G, Coelho M, Oliveira A, Santiago M, Abreu J, Machado R, Guerreiro R. 2026. “Environmental Outcomes in Public Policy” Policy Brief. Resultados ambientais nas políticas públicas – S4P-23. Planapp – Centro de Planeamento e de Avaliação de Políticas Públicas. https://www.planapp.gov.pt/resultados-ambientais-politicas-publicas/

Guimarães MH, de Oliveira IF, Pinto-Correia T, Costa Freitas MB, Medinas D, Jacinto G, Coelho M, Oliveira A, Santiago M, Abreu J, Machado R, Guerreiro R. 2025. Relatório Final de Execução. “IMPACTWATCH – Quantifying results-based policy effectiveness for biodiversity.” Planapp – Centro de Planeamento e de Avaliação de Políticas Públicas.

Nóvoa T, Filipe S, Machado R, Pinto-Correia T. 2025. Deliverable 3: Relatório complementar ao Policy Brief “Regeneração do solo em Portugal”: objetivos e instrumentos aplicados ao Alentejo Central. Policy Brief. Projeto Solo e Água 2030. Planapp – Centro de Planeamento e de Avaliação de Políticas Públicas.

Nóvoa T, Filipe S, Machado R, Pinto-Correia T. 2024. Regeneração do solo em Portugal: objetivos e instrumentos aplicados ao Alentejo Central. Policy Brief. Projeto Solo e Água 2030. Planapp – Centro de Planeamento e de Avaliação de Políticas Públicas. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18303224

Godinho S, Guiomar N, Machado R, Pinto-Correia T, Tsiligiridis T, Ainali K. 2017. Map of the estimated distribution of small farms in each reference region. Deliverable 2.2 - WP2 Estimation of the distribution and production capacity of small farms. Project: SALSA - Small Farms, Small Food Businesses and Sustainable Food Security. Project number: 677363. Collaborative project Horizon2020.

Godinho S, Guiomar N, Machado R, Pinto-Correia T, Tsiligiridis T, Ainali K. 2019. Methodological report and guidance for the use of SENTINEL 2 data in assessing and monitoring of small farms and crop production. Deliverable 2.3 - WP2 Estimation of the distribution and production capacity of small farms. Project: SALSA - Small Farms, Small Food Businesses and Sustainable Food Security. Project number: 677363. Collaborative project Horizon2020.

Godinho S, Guiomar N, Machado R, Lourenço P, Tsiligiridis T, Ainali K, Pinto-Correia T. 2019. Report on the assessment and characterization of small farms distribution and spatial characteristics obtained from SENTINEL 2 data. Deliverable 2.4 - WP2 Estimation of the distribution and production capacity of small farms. Project: SALSA - Small Farms, Small Food Businesses and Sustainable Food Security. Project number: 677363. Collaborative project Horizon2020.

Sousa-Neves N, Joaquina Ramos I, Guiomar N, Freire M, Godinho S, Machado R, Vila-Viçosa C, Mendes P, Faria S (2014). Caracterização do Risco de Erosão nos Municípios do Distrito de Évora. Relatório projecto SMIGA-AC, Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alentejo Central e Universidade de Évora. Évora