Mário Gabriel Santiago dos Santos defended his PhD in Environmental Sciences in the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) in 2009. He is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Biology and Environment, UTAD, and Integrated Member of the Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences (CITAB) and Institute for Innovation, Training and Sustainability in Agri-Food Production (INOV4AGRO). His main research interests are Conservation Biology, Applied Entomology, Landscape Ecology, Ornithology, Ecological Indicators, Ecological Modelling, Applied Ecology, Agroecology, and Agroforestry.

José Manuel Martinho Lourenço is currently an Assistant Professor in the Geology department of the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal (https://www.utad.pt). Academic degrees: degree in Geological Engineering from the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra; PhD in Geology, specialising in Applied Geophysics at UTAD. Areas of expertise: applied geophysics, geographic information systems, surveys using classical methods, GNSS and aerophotogrammetry, 3D modelling, and surveys using remotely piloted aircraft systems. Research centre: Integrated Member of the Geosciences Centre (University of Coimbra) (https://www.uc.pt/cgeo/). Projects: Member of nine international research projects (INTERREG Atlantic Area and INTERREG POCTEP). Authorship: around thirty indexed articles and book chapters. Supervision: twelve master's theses. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8134-5259.