Leonor Rodrigues

I’m an evolutionary ecologist and I’m currently interested in how agricultural systems are shaped by evolutionary forces. I have been tackling this issue from different perspectives, from the adaptive potential of herbivores to respond to multiple stressors (e.g. pesticides and high temperatures) to how interactions between organisms (e.g., plant-herbivore) are shaped by such stressors. I also keep a line of research focused on sexual interactions, particularly exploring what are the environmental stresses that influence mating system evolution. I work with spider mites and their host plants (e.g., bean and tomato) mainly in the laboratory, with some occasional visits to agricultural fields.