Biogeography and community ecology
Research
My main research aim is to determine why is biodiversity – and in particular community structure – geographically distributed in the way it is, and to identify the processes that domain the spatial and temporal dynamics of ecological assemblages.
I am particularly interested in the origin of the geographic patterns of biodiversity.
A closely related area of research is the organization of biological communities in time and space.
A less theoretical line of research – though quite important to study biodiversity in the real world – is the measurement of biological diversity and the biases associated with biodiversity data.
Finally, as biodiversity research is currently a ‘science of crisis’, I also work on practical applications for conservation and management of biodiversity.
Publications
Último
Why species geographic ranges can’t be used to study the evolution of the conservatism in the ecophysiological constraints
The last paper from Sidney Gouveia’s PhD just came out as early view in Global Ecology and...
News
- #globalchange
- Ciencia Crítica
- Teaching
- Species Distribution Models
El dinero comprometido con los JJOO sería suficiente para salvar nuestro tejido científico y tecnológico
Nuevo post en Ciencia Crítica: El dinero comprometido con los JJOO sería suficiente para salvar...
Lab meeting
We are meeting today at MNCN for a lab meeting, and after that Sergio will present the current...
Cristina Araújo got her PhD!
Last Tuesday, 30th September, Cristina Araújo successfully passed her viva at Fundão, and now...
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I am a biogeographer and community ecologist, working as scientific researcher at the Department of Biogeography and Global Change of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC).
I am also external professor of the Postgraduate Course on Ecology and Evolution of the Universidade Federal de Goiás, scientific collaborator of cE3c – Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes of the Universidade de Lisboa, and member of eBryo – Research Group on Experimental Bryology.
