Authors:
Most of the content on this site (text, photographs and other images) is the work of the authors or are the results of their research (see references). For additional material, we’d like to acknowledge the following collaborators and their contributions:
Photos:
António Pestana (Designer) – Ageratina adenophora
Albano Figueiredo (Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra) – Clethra arborea
Cristina Medeiros (Parque Natural da Madeira, Divisão de Conservação da Natureza) – Ageratina adenophora
Direção Regional dos Recursos Florestais (Açores) – Gunnera tinctoria, Hedychium gardnerianum
Francisco Carrapiço (Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Universidade de Lisboa) – Azolla filiculoides
João Neves – Spartina densiflora
Lísia Lopes (Universidade de Aveiro, Departamento de Biologia) – Azolla filiculoides, Eichhornia crassipes, Myriophyllum aquaticum, Cotula coronopifolia
Pedro Arsénio (Instituto Superior de Agronomia) – Cotula coronopifolia
Manuel José Jesus (Parque Natural da Madeira) – Ageratina adenophora
Ruben Heleno (Centre of Funcional Ecology, University of Coimbra) – Hedychium gardnerianum
Silvia Castro (Centre of Funcional Ecology, University of Coimbra) – Oxalis pes-caprae
Information sharing:
Francisco Caetano (Teacher of Forestry Engineering) – he is the author of parts of the information regarding the control of invasive plants (Menu “How to Control”).
The information provided in the menu “News> invasives in the media” was compiled from other sources (see references)
Graphic design and diagrams:
The illustrations and diagrams in illustrated glossary were designed by Espectro Publicidade e Comunicação.
Smartphone Apps design and sightings map:
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Financing:
The project “Plantas Invasoras: uma ameaça vinda de fora” (Invasive Plants: a threat from the outside) is co-financed by UE/FEDER, through QREN (Programa Factores de Competitividade— COMPETE) and by national funding through Ciência Viva — Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica e Tecnológica (National agency for Science and Technology) [Ref: n.º 16905].
