Luís Royer Oliveira da Cruz

With my current project, I aim to shed light on how competitive interactions are shaped by ecological specialization, reproductive isolation and reproductive interference, as well as by individual variation for these traits. In turn, I aim to also test how competition and coexistence between species can shape the evolution of reproductive interactions. To address these issues, I will study different populations and species of Tetranychid spider mites under the supervision of Sara Magalhães, Flore Zélé and Vítor Sousa.