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Eco-evolutionary dynamics of partial migration
Eco-evolutionary dynamics of partial migration
My ongoing work explores the interaction between ecological processes, population dynamics and rapid evolutionary changes.
Using quantitative genetic and multi-state capture-mark-recapture Bayesian methods, my research has contributed to our understanding of the genetic basis of early-life migration and survival effects of early-life plasticity in migration.
This work was developed during my Post-Doc (2022-2025) at NTNU (Norway) with Prof. Jane Reid, in collaboration with Prof. Francis Daunt and colleagues at UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
We study a Scottish population of European shags (Gulosus aristotelis) that is only partially migratory: some individuals stay resident at their breeding colony and others migrate along the coast of Scotland. These seabirds are highly vulnerable to extreme climatic events in the form of winter storms.
I now work as a Research Associate on the team, on a new ERC-funded project on spatio-seasonal eco-evolutionary dynamics, where I am investigating how adult strategies of residence versus migration affect reproductive success.
The benefits of sociality in a harsh environment
The benefits of sociality in a harsh environment
Since my MSc thesis and then during my PhD, I have been investigating the social and ecological drivers of reproductive investment and early-life survival in cooperatively breeding sociable weaver birds (Philetairus socius).
This southern-African endemic species inhabits an increasingly warm and dry savanna environment, and these weavers build amazing communal nests where hundreds of birds can live and reproduce. This research involved a series of behavioral experiments, long-term data analyses, capture-mark-recapture modelling, and several field work seasons in South Africa (Field work station).
I earned my PhD in 2022 at the University of Porto (Portugal), with research stays at CIBIO (Portugal) and CEFE-CNRS (France), supervised by Dr Rita Covas, Dr Claire Doutreland and Dr Matthieu Paquet.
Photos above by me and Matthieu Paquet
If you have questions about my work, or would like to collaborate, please contact me at:
If you have questions about my work, or would like to collaborate, please contact me at:
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