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Ricardo Jorge Lopes
ResearcherI received a Ph.D. in Biology (Ecology) from the University of Coimbra in 2004. I am a professor of Ecology at the University of Lisbon. I am currently working in the Behavioural Ecology and Conservation group of CE3C. My research, centered in Avian model systems, is developed in the interface between Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, with the aim of studying the importance of key traits in the evolution and long-term conservation of biodiversity. Current topics are the evolution of coloration and parasite-host systems, and trophic interactions.
Aditionally, as Curator of the Ornithological Collection at the Museum of Natural History and Science of the Univeristy of Porto (MHNCUP), I promote the value of bird specimens for research, now and in the future. I am currently Working Group co-leader at the COST Action “Wildlife Malaria Network”. My current research is mainly driven by two overarching objectives: 1) unravelling the genetic and functional basis for phenotypes (e.g. coloration, use of carotenoids, migration, longevity); 2) promoting the application of genomics to obtain key ecological data (e.g., diet diversity using metabarcoding, diversity and prevalence of internal parasites). I am inI mainly work with isolated, insular, fragmented, migratory avian populations, especially in Iberia, North Africa and Macaronesia, and species that experienced significant artificial selection.
- Email: rjlopes@ciencias.ulisboa.pt
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- Research Group: Behavioural Ecology and Conservation