Category Archives: Featured Researchers

Yago Barros-Souza is a PhD candidate at the the Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. He is a evolutionary biologist with special focus on biogeography and diversification of neotropical plants. Here, Yago shares his recent work on spatial and evolutionary processes that drive plant community assembly. The PhD candidate Yago Barros-Souza Personal links. Twitter Institute. UniversidadeContinue reading “ECR feature: Yago Barros-Souza”

Marco is a PhD student at the Monash University, Australia. He is a evolutionary biologist with special focus on biogeography and ecomorphological evolution of lizards. Here, Marco shares his recent work on biogeographic patterns of limb reduction in skinks. The evolutionary biologist Marco Camaiti Personal links. Twitter Institute. Monash University Academic life stage. PhD studentContinue reading “ECR feature: Marco Camaiti”

Kyle is a PhD candidate at the Arizona State University, U.S.A. He is a evolutionary biologist with special focus on natural history, biogeography and evolution of ants. Here, Kyle shares his recent work on global biogeography of ant social parasites. Kyle enjoys collecting ants in beautiful places such as Bishop, California, U.S.A. Personal links. WebsiteContinue reading “ECR feature: Kyle William Gray”

André is a PhD student at the Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Portugal. He is an ecologist with special focus on biogeography, for which he combines historical and conservation perspectives. Here, André shares his recent work on the evolution of lizards inhabiting the most arid habitats of the Sahara Desert. André during hisContinue reading “ECR feature: André Vicente Liz on lizard diversity across the hyper-arid Sahara Desert.”

Jeff Stallman is a PhD candidate at the Purdue University. He is particularly interested in the taxonomy, systematics, and biogeography of macro-fungi, with an emphasis on the Hawaiian Islands. Here, Jeff shares his recent work on mushrooms endemic to oceanic islands and how they fit in with the theory of island biogeography. On a collectingContinue reading “ECR feature: Jeff Stallman on mushrooms and the theory of island biogeography”

Julian Schrader is a postdoc at the Macquarie University, Sydney. He is an ecologist with special interest in plant functional ecology, biogeography and conservation biology. Here, Julian shares his recent work on functional traits in relation to the Equilibrium Theory of Island Biogeography. Fieldwork: Julian is fascinated by life on small islands even though fieldContinue reading “ECR feature: Julian Schrader on plant functional traits and the Equilibrium Theory of Island Biogeography”

Robert Weigel is a postdoc at the University of Göttingen. He is a geoecologist with special interest in forest ecosystems. Here, Robert shares his recent work on climate sensitivity and within-stand synchrony of growth in a European beech–oak ecotone. Robert Weigel (Photo Credits: Banzragch Bat-Enerel). Personal links. Twitter. Institute. University of Göttingen, Plant Ecology andContinue reading “ECR feature: Robert Weigel on growth synchrony and climate change-sensitivity in European forests”

Patricia H. Wepfer is a postdoc at the Institute of Spatial and Landscape Development, ETH Zurich. She is broadly interested in biogeographic processes shaping species distribution patterns. Here, Patricia shares her recent work on the evolution and population dynamics of reef-building corals from the North-Western Pacific. Patricia Wepfer collecting coral polyps at site Oku, Okinawa Island Institute.Continue reading “ECR feature: Patricia Wepfer on the evolution and population dynamics of reef-building corals”

Georgia is a PhD student at the University of Nevada, Reno, in the USA. She is a plant ecologist with a special interest in conservation and biogeography. Here, Georgia shares her recent work on how the trait variation of a dryland pine species responds to regional climatic gradients. Georgia enjoying the beautiful petroglyphs at oneContinue reading “ECR feature: Georgia Vasey”

Pablo is a PhD student at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany. He is an ecologist with a special interest in community and functional ecology. Here, Pablo shares his recent work on how the gradient of aridity drives the loss of taxonomic and functional diversity in dung beetle communities in three different deserts. TheContinue reading “ECR feature: Pablo Castro Sánchez-Bermejo”