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- Design of urban forestsPublication . Bell, Simon; Blom, Dominique; Rautamaki, Maija; Castel-Branco, Cristina; Simson, Alan; Olsen, Ib AsgerThis chapter explores the design of the urban forest. Whether the various elements are new to the urban green-space structure, or whether they are existing components which require changes in layout or management due to evolving demands, design has an important part to play. The spatial layout of trees, their composition and structure, interact with the ways people perceive or make use of them and also affect physical and ecological functioning such as shelter, shade and habitat provision
- Historic Gardens as cultural and ecological sustainable modelsPublication . Carvalho, Raquel; Matos Silva, Maria; Castel-Branco, Cristina; Fontes, Inês; Soares, Ana Luísa; Chambel, Teresa
- Richard Thomas Lowe (1802–1874) and his correspondence networks: botanical exchanges from MadeiraPublication . Mesquita, Sandra; Sequeira, Miguel Menezes de; Castel-Branco, CristinaThe growth of scientific knowledge in the natural sciences in the nineteenth century to a large extent depended on networking and communication between naturalists. Our case-study illustrates such forms of scientific communication using a social network analysis (SNA) approach for studying the relationships of the Reverend Richard Thomas Lowe, an English naturalist who lived in Madeira from 1826 to 1852, and continued to visit until his death in a shipwreck in 1874. During his lifetime, he established a network of contacts mainly in the United Kingdom and in Madeira, which enabled him to develop and publish his pioneering work on the local flora, including A manual flora of Madeira and the adjacent islands of Porto Santo and the Desertas.
- Heading for a post-modern landscape - Portuguese trends in the recomciliation of environmental quality and landscape planning with economic developmentPublication . Andresen, M.Teresa; Castel-Branco, Cristina
- Cinquenta anos de ensino de arquitectura paisagista no Instituto Superior de AgronomiaPublication . Telles, Gonçalo Ribeiro; Castel-Branco, Cristina; Fontes, Edgar; Ribeiro, Luís Paulo; Magalhães, Manuela Raposo; Saraiva, Maria da Graça
- Madeira giant bellflower (Musschia aurea), an endemic species from Madeira, in the botanical literature of the 18th and 19th centuriesPublication . Mesquita, Sandra; Castel-Branco, Cristina; Sequeira, Miguel Menezes deMusschia aurea (Linnaeus f.) Dumortier, Madeira giant bellflower, is a plant species endemic to the Madeira Archipelago, first discovered and described in the late 18th century. As part of a broader investigation on the evolution of the knowledge of Madeira’s plants up to the 19th century, research was conducted to locate references and illustrations of Musschia aurea produced or published during the 18th and 19th centuries. We were able to retrieve 15 illustrations depicting the whole plant or details of it, comprising 3 original paintings and 12 printed illustrations, as well as several references in books about botany and gardening and catalogues of several of Europe’s leading botanic gardens. The presence of Musschia aurea in historical records touches critical moments in the history of botany and taxonomy; in the history of botanical illustration, having been depicted by famous illustrators, such as Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Sydenham Edwards and James de Carle Sowerby; and in the history of gardening and horticulture. Although the plant rapidly spread through the gardens of the European aristocracy and ruling families at the turn of the 18th century, its presence in nurseries was scarce, and there is no evidence that the Madeira giant bellflower became popular as an ornamental plant. Nevertheless, it is still present in the collections of most botanic gardens in Europe.
- BiographicaI notes on Mary Young and Caroline Norton, illustrators of Madeiran plants for curtis's botanical magazine in the 19th centuryPublication . Mesquita, Sandra; Castel-Branco, Cristina; Sequeira, Miguel Menezes de
- Método das preferências visuaisPublication . Castel-Branco, Cristina; Soares, Ana Luísa; Arsénio, Pedro; Mesquita, Sandra; Mendes, Ana; Doria, Carolina; Silva, Joana Santos; Santiago, Raquel
- Tracing the Azorean Jasmine (Jasminum Azoricum L.), an endemic species from Madeira, through three centuries of illustration and gardeningPublication . Mesquita, Sandra; Castel-Branco, Cristina; Sequeira, Miguel Menezes de
- The epoch of Philip II: botanical and horticultural impactPublication . Castel-Branco, Cristina; Tito Rojo, José