2017 - present Postdoctoral Researcher, Department Landscape Ecology and Environmental Systems Analysis, Technische Universität Braunschweig 2010 - 2016 Postdoctoral Researcher, Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 2009 - 2010 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Conservation Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ 2009 Substitute Assistant Professor (W1 Vertretungsprofessur), Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Education
2005 - 2009 PhD in Environmental Sciences, Centre for Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton, England, UK 2003 - 2004 Postgraduate studentship, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, U.K. 1999 - 2000 MSc in Environmental Remote Sensing, Department of Geography, University of Aberdeen, UK 1992 - 1997 Licenciate (Diplom) in Animal Resources Applied Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Leitão, P.J., Schwieder, M., Pötzschner, F., Pinto, J.R.R., Teixeira, A.M.C., Pedroni, F., Sanchez, M., Rogass, C., van der Linden, S., Bustamante, M.M., Hostert, P. 2018. From sample to pixel: multi-scale remote sensing data for upscaling aboveground carbon data in heterogeneous landscapes. Ecosphere. Accepted.
2018
Leitão, P.J., Schwieder, M., Pedroni, F., Sanchez, M., Pinto, J.R.R., Maracahipes, L., Bustamante, M.M., Hostert, P. 2018. Mapping woody plant community turnover with spaceborne hyperspectral data - a case study in the Cerrado. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, doi: 10.1002/rse2.91
Koivula, M.J., Chamberlain, D.E., Fuller, R.J., Palmer, S.C.F, Bankovics, A., Bracken, F., Bolger, T., de Juana, E., Montadert, M., Neves, R., Rufino, R., Sallent, A., da Silva, L.L., Leitão, P.J., Steffen, M., Watt, A.D. 2018. Breeding bird species diversity across gradients of land use from forest to agriculture in Europe. Ecography, 41: 1331-1344, doi: 10.1111/ecog.03295
Lausch, A., Bastian O., Herzog, F., Hostert, P., Jung, A., Klotz, S., Leitão, P.J., Rocchini, D., Schaepman, M.E., Skidmore, A.K., Tischendorf, L., Knapp, S. 2018. Understanding and assessing vegetation health by in-situ species and remote sensing approaches. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9: 1799-1809.
Pettorelli, N., Schulte to Buhne, H., Tulloch, A., Dubois, G., Macinnis-Ng, C., Queirós, A.M., Keith, D.A., Wegmann, M., Schrodt, F., Stellmes, M., Sonnenschein, R., Geller, G.N., Roy, S., Somers, B., Murray, N., Bland, L., Geijzendorffer, I., Kerr, J.T., Broszeit, S., Leitão, P.J., Duncan, C., El Serafy, G., He, K.S., Blanchard, J.L., Lucas, R., Mairota, P., Webb, T.J., Nicholson, E. (2018): Satellite remote sensing of ecosystem functions: opportunities, challenges and way forward. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 4: 71-93, doi: 10.1002/rse2.59
Rocchini, D., Luque, S., Pettorelli , N., Bastin, L., Doktor, D., Faedi, N., Feilhauer, H., Féret, J.-B., Foody, G.M., Gavish, Y., Godinho, S., Kunin, W.E., Lausch, A., Leitão, P.J., Marcantonio, M., Neteler, M., Ricotta, C., Schmidtlein, S., Vihervaara, P., Wegmann, M., Nagendra, H. (2018): Measuring β-diversity by remote sensing: a challenge for biodiversity monitoring. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9: 1787-1798, doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12941
Schwieder, M., Leitão, P.J., Pinto, J.R.R., Teixeira, A.M.C., Pedroni, F., Sanchez, M., Bustamante, M.M. and Hostert, P. (2018): Landsat phenological metrics and their relation to aboveground carbon in the Brazilian Savanna. Carbon Balance and Management, 13:7, doi: 10.1186/s13021-018-0097-1
Suess S, van der Linden S, Okujeni A, Griffiths, Leitão PJ, Schwieder M, Hostert P (2018): Characterizing 32 years of shrub cover dynamics in southern Portugal using annual Landsat composites and machine learning regression modeling. Remote Sensing of Environment (219): 353-364, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2018.10.004
2017
Leitão, P.J.; Schwieder, M.; Senf, C. (2017): sgdm: an R package for performing sparse generalized dissimilarity modelling with tools for gdm. International Journal of Geo-information, 6(1): 23
Mikoláš, M.; Tejkal, M.; Kuemmerle, T.; Griffiths, P.; Svoboda, M.; Hlásny, T.; Leitão, P.J.; Morrissey, R.C. (2017): Forest management impacts on capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) habitat distribution and connectivity in the Carpathians. Landscape Ecology, 32: 163-179
2016
Ribeiro, P.F.; Santos, J.L.; Santana, J.; Reino, L.; Leitão, P.J.; Beja, P.; Moreira, F. (2016): Landscape makers and landscape takers: links between farming systems and landscape patterns along an intensification gradient. Landscape Ecology, 31: 791-803
Schwieder, M.; Leitão, P.J.; Bustamante, M.M.C.; Guimarães Ferreira, L.; Rabe, A.; Hostert, P. (2016): Mapping Brazilian savanna vegetation gradients with Landsat time series, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 52: 361-370
2015
Leitão, P.J.; Schwieder, M.; Suess, S.; Catry, I.; Milton, E.J.; Moreira, F.; Osborne, P.E.; Pinto, M.J.; van der Linden, S.; Hostert, P. (2015): Mapping beta diversity from space: Sparse Generalised Dissimilarity Modelling (SGDM) for analysing high-dimensional data, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 6(7): 764-771
Leitão, P.J.; Schwieder, M.; Suess, S.; Okijeni, A.; Galvão, L.S.; van der Linden, S.; Hostert, P. (2015): Monitoring natural ecosystems and ecological gradients: Perspectives with EnMAP. Remote Sensing, 7(10): 13098-13119
Bleyhl, B.; Sipko, T.; Trepet, S.; Bragina, E.; Leitão, P.J.; Radeloff, V.C.; Kuemmerle, T. (2015): Mapping seasonal European bison habitat in the Caucasus Mountains to identify potential reintroduction sites. Biological Conservation, 191: 83-92
Guanter, L.; Kaufmann, H.; Segl, K.; Foerster, S.; Rogass, C.; Chabrillat, S.; Kuester, T.; Hollstein, A.; Rossner, G.; Chlebek, C.; Straif, C.; Fischer, S.; Schrader, S.; Storch, T.; Heiden, U.; Mueller, A.; Bachmann, M.; Mühle, H.; Müller, R.; Habermeyer, M.; Ohndorf, A.; Hill, J.; Buddenbaum, H.; Hostert, P.; van der Linden, S.; Leitão, P.J.; Rabe, A.; Doerffer, R.; Krasemann, H.; Xi, H.; Mauser, W.; Hank, T.; Locherer, M.; Rast, M.; Staenz, K.; Sang, B. (2015): The EnMAP Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy Mission for Earth Observation, Remote Sensing, 7(7), 8830-8857
van der Linden, S.; Rabe, A.; Held, M.; Jakimow, B.; Leitão, P.J.; Okujeni, A.; Schwieder, M.; Suess, S.; Hostert, P. (2015): The EnMAP-Box-A Toolbox and Application Programming Interface for EnMAP Data Processing, Remote Sensing, 7(9): 11249-11266
Mikoláš, M.; Svitok, M.; Tejkal, M.; Leitão, P.J.; Morrissey, R.C.; Svoboda, M.; Seedre, M.; Fontaine, J.B. (2015): Evaluating forest management intensity on an umbrella species: Capercaillie persistence in central Europe. Forest Ecology and Management, 354: 26-34
Senf, C.; Leitão, P.J.; Pflugmacher, D.; van der Linden, S.; Hostert, P. (2015): Mapping land cover in complex Mediterranean landscapes using Landsat: Improved classification accuracies from integrating multi-seasonal and synthetic imagery, Remote Sensing of Environment, 156: 527-536
Silva, P.M.; Berg, M.P.; Silva, A.A.; Dias, S.; Chamberlain, D.; Leitão, P.J.; Niemela, J.; Serrano, A.R.M.; Sousa, J.P. (2015): Soil fauna through the landscape window: factors shaping surface- and soil-dwelling communities across spatial scales in cork-oak mosaics. Landscape Ecology, 30(8): 1511-1526
Suess, S.; van der Linden, S.; Okujeni, A.; Leitão, P.J.; Schwieder, M.; Hostert, P. (2015): Using Class Probabilities to Map Gradual Transitions in Shrub Vegetation from Simulated EnMAP Data, Remote Sensing, 7(8): 10668-10688
2014
Cheong, Y.L.; Leitão, P.J.; Lakes, T. (2014): Assessment of land use factors associated with dengue cases in Malaysia using Boosted Regression Trees, Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 10: 75-84
Kuemmerle, T.; Baskin, L.M.; Leitão, P.J.; Prishchepov, A.V.; Thonicke, K.; Radeloff, V.C. (2014): Potential impacts of oil and gas development and climate change on migratory reindeer calving grounds across the Russian Arctic, Diversity and Distributions, 20: 416-429
Levers, C.; Verkerk, P.J.; Müller, D.; Verburg, P.; Butsic, V.; Leitão, P.J.; Lindner, M.; Kuemmerle, T. (2014): Drivers of forest harvesting intensity patterns in Europe, Forest Ecology and Management, 315: 160-172
Schwieder, M.; Leitão, P.J.; Suess, S.; Senf, C.; Hostert, P. (2014): Estimating Fractional Shrub Cover Using Simulated EnMAP Data: A Comparison of Three Machine Learning Regression Techniques, Remote Sensing, 6: 3427-3445
Suess, S.; van der Linden, S.; Leitão, P.J.; Okujeni, A.; Waske, B.; Hostert, P. (2014): Import vector machines for quantitative analysis of hyperspectral data. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 11: 449-453
2013
Cheong, Y.L.; Burkart, K.; Leitão, P.J.; Lakes, T. (2013): Assessing weather effects on dengue disease in Malaysia, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 10: 6319-6334
Cord, A.F.; Mentemeyer, R.K.; Leitão, P.J.; Vaclavik, T. (2013): Modelling species distributions with remote sensing data: bridging disciplinary perspectives, Journal of Biogeography, 40: 2226-2227
Dormann, C.F.; Elith, J.; Bacher, S.; Buchmann, C.; Carl, G.; Carre, G.; Marquez, J.R.G.; Gruber, B.; Lafourcade, B.; Leitão, P.J.; Muenkemüller, T.; McClean, C.; Osborne, P.E.; Reineking, B.; Schroeder, B.; Skidmore, A.K.; Zurell, D.; Lautenbach, S. (2013): Collinearity: a review of methods to deal with it and a simulation study evaluating their performance, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Ecography, 36: 27-46
Müller, D.; Leitão, P.J.; Sikor, T. (2013): Comparing the determinants of cropland abandonment in Albania and Romania using boosted regression trees, Agricultural Systems, 117: 66-77
2012
Moreira, F.; Leitão, P.J.; Synes, N.W.; Alcazar, R.; Catry, I.; Carrapato, C.; Delgado, A.; Estanque, B.; Ferreira, R.; Geraldes, P.; Gomes, M.; Guilherme, J.; Henriques, I.; Lecoq, M.; Leitão, D.; Marques, A.T.; Morgado, R.; Pedroso, R.; Prego, I.; Reino, L.; Rocha, P.; Tomé, P.; Zina, H.; Osborne, P.E. (2012): Population trends in the steppe birds of Castro Verde in the period 2006-2011: consequences of a drought event and land use changes?, Airo, 22: 79-89
2011
Leitão, P.J.; Moreira, F.; Osborne, P.E. (2011): Effects of geographical data sampling bias on habitat models of species distributions: a case-study with steppe birds in southern Portugal, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 25: 439-454
Osborne, P.E.; Leitão, P.J. (2011): Species approaches to conservation in biogeography, Sage Publications, The SAGE Handbook of Biogeography, pp.572-568, London, UK
2010
Leitão, P.J.; Moreira, F.; Osborne, P.E. (2010): Breeding habitat selection by steppe birds in Castro Verde: a remote sensing and advanced statistics approach, Ardeola, 57: 93-116
2009
Osborne, P.E.; Leitão, P.J. (2009): Effects of species and habitat positional errors on the performance and interpretation of species distribution models, Diversity and Distributions, 15: 671-681
2007
Moreira, F.; Leitão, P.J.; Morgado, R.; Alcazar, R.; Cardoso, A.; Carrapato, C.; Delgado, A.; Geraldes, P.; Gordinho, L.; Henriques, I.; Lecoq, M.; Leitão, D.; Marques, A.T.; Pedroso, R.; Prego, I.; Reino, L.; Rocha, P.; Tomé, R.; Osborne, P.E. (2007): Spatial distribution patterns, habitat correlates and population estimates of steppe birds in Castro Verde, Airo, 17: 5-30
2006
Leitão, P.J.; Osborne, P.E.; Moreira, F. (2006): The use of large-scale remote sensing and map data to determine steppeland bird distributions in Baixo Alentejo, Portugal, Journal of Ornithology, 147: 201-202
2004
Sousa, J.P.; Gama, M.M. da; Pinto, C.; Keating, A.; Calhôa, C.; Lemos, M.; Castro, C.; Luz, T.; Leitão; P.; Dias, S. (2004): Effects of land-use on Collembola diversity patterns in Mediterranean landscape. Pedobiologia, 48: 609-622.
2003
Melo, J.J.; Andrade, F.; Santana, P.; Leitão, P.; Afonso, J.R; Piedade, J. (2003): Surveillance technology and strategy for management of Portugal's EEZ. EEZ International, Summer 2003: 43-47.
2002
Leitão, P.J.; Morgado, R.; Delgado, A.; Moreira, F. (2002): Influence of landscape metrics on bird populations of arable farmland in southern Portugal, Iale(Uk) / Bto, Avian landscape ecology: Pure and applied issues in the large-scale ecology of birds, pp.318-321, Norwich.
2007 - 2010 BustardMap - Modelling the distribution of suitable habitat for Great Bustards in Europe, BirdLife International / CMS - Bonn Convention / Lebensministerium, Austria
2006 STEPPEBIRD - using multi-scale remote sensing to study habitat selection by cereal steppe birds in Portugal, EUFAR
2003 - 2004 FIREGUARD - Monitoring forests at the management unit level for fire prevention and control, EU FP5
