Past and on-going research projects
Carlos Nicco (Mysterious Island)
MACDIV - Macaronesian Islands as a testing ground to assess biodiversity drivers at multiple scales (2016 - 2019) See details
Photography: Paulo Borges - Pico Island (Azores)
Leaders Paulo A.V. Borges (CE3C - Azorean Biodiversity Group), Pedro Cardoso (Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki) & François Rigal (UPPA - CE3C - Azorean Biodiversity Group).
Funding Institution Science and Technology Foundation (FCT-PTDC/BIABIC/0054/2014)
Partners Brent Emerson (Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología, Canary Islands, Spain); Miquel Arnedo (Departament de Biologia Animal, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain); Octávio S. Paulo (CE3C - Cobig2 Computational Biology and Population Genomics); Isabel R. Amorim (CE3C - Azorean Biodiversity Group); Mario R.C. Boieiro (CE3C - Entomology: biodiversity and conservation Island Arthropod Macroecology). Project’s consultants Robert Whittaker (Biodiversity Research Group, Oxford University Centre for the Environment); Kostas Triantis (Department of Ecology and Taxonomy, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens); Rosemary Gillespie (University of California, Berkeley); José María FernándezPalacios (University of La Laguna).
Funding Institution Science and Technology Foundation (FCT-PTDC/BIABIC/0054/2014)
Partners Brent Emerson (Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología, Canary Islands, Spain); Miquel Arnedo (Departament de Biologia Animal, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain); Octávio S. Paulo (CE3C - Cobig2 Computational Biology and Population Genomics); Isabel R. Amorim (CE3C - Azorean Biodiversity Group); Mario R.C. Boieiro (CE3C - Entomology: biodiversity and conservation Island Arthropod Macroecology). Project’s consultants Robert Whittaker (Biodiversity Research Group, Oxford University Centre for the Environment); Kostas Triantis (Department of Ecology and Taxonomy, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens); Rosemary Gillespie (University of California, Berkeley); José María FernándezPalacios (University of La Laguna).
Biodiversity on oceanic islands: towards a unified theory (2012-2015) See details
Photography: G. Erno Endre - Terceira island
Leaders Paulo A.V. Borges (CE3C - Azorean Biodiversity Group) , Kostas A. Triantis (Department of Ecology and Taxonomy, Faculty of Biology, National & Kapdistrian University of Athens) & Robert J. Whittaker (Biodiversity Research Group, Oxford University Centre for the Environment). Post-doc: François Rigal
Funding Institution Science and Technology Foundation (FCT - PTDC/BIA-BIC/119255/2010).
Partners Pedro Cardoso (Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki); Robert Whittaker (Biodiversity Research Group, Oxford University Centre for the Environment); Kostas Triantis & Aris Parmakelis (Department of Ecology and Taxonomy, Faculty of Biology, National & Kapdistrian University of Athens); Isabel R. Amorim (CE3C - Azorean Biodiversity Group). Project’s consultants Brent Emerson (Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología, Canary Islands, Spain), John Halley (University of Ioannina, Greece), Joaquin Hortal (Department of Biogeography and Global Change- Natural History Museum in Madrid, Spain), Richard Ladle (Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil), Luis António Borda Água (CIBIO-InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
Funding Institution Science and Technology Foundation (FCT - PTDC/BIA-BIC/119255/2010).
Partners Pedro Cardoso (Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki); Robert Whittaker (Biodiversity Research Group, Oxford University Centre for the Environment); Kostas Triantis & Aris Parmakelis (Department of Ecology and Taxonomy, Faculty of Biology, National & Kapdistrian University of Athens); Isabel R. Amorim (CE3C - Azorean Biodiversity Group). Project’s consultants Brent Emerson (Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología, Canary Islands, Spain), John Halley (University of Ioannina, Greece), Joaquin Hortal (Department of Biogeography and Global Change- Natural History Museum in Madrid, Spain), Richard Ladle (Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil), Luis António Borda Água (CIBIO-InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Portugal)
Predicting extinctions on islands: a multi-scale assessment (2010-2012) See detail
Photography: Javier Torrent - Drouetus borgesi (Azores)
Leaders Paulo A.V. Borges (CE3C - Azorean Biodiversity Group) , Kostas A. Triantis, Aris Parmakelis (Department of Ecology and Taxonomy, Faculty of Biology, National & Kapdistrian University of Athens) & Robert J. Whittaker (Biodiversity Research Group, Oxford University Centre for the Environment). Post-doc François Rigal
Funding Institution Science and Technology Foundation (FCT - PTDC/BIA-BIC/119255/2010).
Partners Pedro Cardoso (Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki); Isabel R. Amorim (CE3C - Azorean Biodiversity Group); Carla J.A. Rego (CE3C - Entomology: biodiversity and conservation Island Arthropod Macroecology); Joaquin Hortal (Department of Biogeography and Global Change- Natural History Museum in Madrid, Spain).
Funding Institution Science and Technology Foundation (FCT - PTDC/BIA-BIC/119255/2010).
Partners Pedro Cardoso (Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki); Isabel R. Amorim (CE3C - Azorean Biodiversity Group); Carla J.A. Rego (CE3C - Entomology: biodiversity and conservation Island Arthropod Macroecology); Joaquin Hortal (Department of Biogeography and Global Change- Natural History Museum in Madrid, Spain).
