EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY OF MEDITERRANEAN FAUNA

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Dr. Gregorio Moreno-Rueda

I have worked at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology (Vienna) and at the Experimental Station of Arid Zones (EEZA-CSIC, Almeria). During my research career, I have studied the adaptations of snails to arid environments and life-history evolution in house sparrows (Passer domesticus). Currently, I continue studying life-history evolution in different vertebrates, and also work on the evolution of animal communication, mainly begging behaviour in nestlings, but also processes under sexual selection. Lastly, I am interested in the processes of local adaptation in Mediterranean environments.

 

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Mar Comas

My research interest lies in understanding the ecological gradients and local adaptation through altitude. Ecology, evolution, and genomics are some of the topics that interest me the most. I am especially interested in the evolution of life-history trade-offs, the immune system, and the host-parasite interactions. I have worked on amphibians and reptiles, in the Iberian Peninsula and in Morocco, studying different elevational gradients. I have worked with the Atlas day gecko in Morocco and with the large Psammodromus in Spain. Moreover, I love amphibians: I worked with salamanders, rediscovering a new subspecies (Salamandra algira spelaea) in a Mediterranean mountain range (Beni Snassen, Morocco).

 

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PhD. Students
 

David Ochoa

I have worked in the Saarland region, Germany, in a reintroduction project of the European mink (Mustela lutreola). Also, I have studied the Iberian deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) in Sierra Morena. Currently I study the animal communication, focusing on the cost and the evolution of the begging signals in nestlings, mainly in pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca), but also in magpies (Pica pica), great spotted cuckoos (Clamator glandarius) and blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus). My PhD thesis is entitled "Study of the costs and evolution of begging behaviour in pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) nestlings".

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Jorge Garrido-Bautista

I started in scientific research at the University of Granada, studying the antagonistic relationships and their relationship with the plumage in the common magpie (Pica pica). Later, I studied the cytogenetics of several crustaceans and the relative expression of some of the genes involved in the moulting process of the shrimp Palaemon serratus. My current research focuses on local adaptation to heterogeneous environments in mountain systems such as Sierra Nevada, Granada, in the PhD thesis entitled: Habitat-dependent variation in clutch size of blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus): analysis of causes and consequences.

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Dr. Gregorio Moreno-Rueda (Lab Head)

gmr (at) ugr.es