Alex started following the work of Dani Villero.
Alex started following the work of Raquel Ribeiro, Universidade do Porto, CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos.
Alex started following the work of Blanca Figuerola, Universitat de Barcelona, Animal Biology (Invertebrates).
Post-Doc, Department of Ecology and Evolution
Thesis Title: Structure of an amphibian community in a mediterranean area
About
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
During my PhD. I was particularly interested in how animals resolve the trade-offs they are faced with and the role of phenotypic plasticity and population structure. I consider this at both ecological and evolutionary scales, combining field studies with laboratory experiments.
Currently I'm working on description of genetic structure in wild populations and the influences of different evolutionary forces (gene flow, mutations, natural selection and phenotypic plasticity). In natural populations, isolation factors such as dispersal ability, habitat patchiness and temporal segregation can counteract the homogenizing effects of gene flow and produce genetic structure at fine spatial scales, allowing the maintenance of local adaptation at those fine spatial scales. For that we are combining field studies, molecular analyses and lab experiments, at a fine-grained scale on heterogeneous patchiness habitats. Which can avoid the spatial covariance between divergent selection and gene flow detected in studies developed at large-geographical scales, and allow us to understand better the interplay of natural local selection and gene flow.
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