On-going
PhD Thesis
- Avella I: Studying snakebite risk and venom composition to reduce human-snake conflict under climate change scenarios for the Mediterranean region
- Baptista N: Patterns of amphibian diversification in Angola
- Bastos BN: Daily heterothermy in arid adapted rodents, its genetic background and climatic relevance
- Benhiba Y: Atlas of the Bats of Northern Morocco
- Freitas I: Dynamics of heterogeneous hybrid zones in a changing world: integrating gene flow, phenotypic variation and mechanistic modelling in Iberian vipers
- Lakušić M: Neglected venom variability in one of the most venomous vipers in Europe: a case study of Vipera ammodytes in Balkan Peninsula–evolutionary, ecological and applied aspects
- Lucchini N: Integrating biogeography, morphology and eco-physiology to unveil patterns of diversification in European vipers and predict species persistence under future climate change
- Paul M: A cross-system framework for understanding how intraspecific diversity is structured across space
- Pizzigalli C: Investigating ecological networks in extreme climate environments: Landscape genomics and adaptive genetic variation in desert populations of crocodiles and baboons
- Simone Y: The effects of an evolutionary trade-off on scorpion diversity and feeding ecology
- Vicente A: Comparative phylogeography of the Sahara-Sahel: integrating spatial and temporal approaches to understand biodiversity dynamics in deserts and arid regions
MSc Thesis
Concluded
2021
PhD Thesis
- Khalatbari L: Lasts of their kind? Biogeography, ecology and action plan for the conservation of the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah
- Mulder K: Identifying local adaptation in large amphibian genomes
- Rocha J: Life in deserts: a genomic history of adaptation and introgression in North African foxes
- Santarém F: Ecotourism development for biodiversity conservation and local economic development in remote regions: a multi-scale approach in the Sahara-Sahel
MSc Thesis
2020
MSc Thesis
- Alonso-Alonso P: Genomic differences between desert specialist rodents
- Salgado X: Behavioural optimization of camouflage in two cryptic species of North African jerboas (Jaculus: Dipodidae)
2019
PhD Thesis
- Chergui B: Analysis of the resilience to fire of the reptile community and the forest in the western Rif Mountains (northern Morocco)
- Lourenço A: Eco-evolutionary implications underlying the emergence of a derived reproductive mode in fire salamanders
- Silva TL: Biodiversity, evolution and conservation of threatened desert ungulates
- Yusefi GH: Conservation Biogeography of terrestrial mammals in Iran: diversity, distribution, and vulnerability to extinction
MSc Thesis
- Barros M: Reconstructing the evolutionary history of desert-adapted Cerastes vipers in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
- Costeira I: Insights into insular primates: conservation genetics of Cercopithecus petaurista buettikoferi, Cercopithecus campbelli and Chlorocebus sabaeus in the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau
- Guedes P: Spatial patterns of genetic diversity in Hyla molleri
- Naia MC: Addressing landscape connectivity in biodiversity conservation strategies in the African Sahel
- Pizzigalli C: Phylogeography and systematics of the Mesalina olivieri species complex (Squamata: Lacertidae) from North-West Africa
- Silveira L: Validating the transferability of ecological models under global change scenarios with Holocene rock-art
2018
PhD Thesis
- Campos JC: Landscape connectivity and Remote Sensing applications for assessing biodiversity patterns in desert environments
- Gonçalves DV: Integrative inference of evolutionary patterns of desert biodiversity: a spatial and temporal multiscale approach using herpetofauna from North-Africa
MSc Thesis
- Gerini F: Structure and connectivity of sympatric primate species across a human-dominated landscape: population genetics of Western Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) and Guinea Baboon (Papio papio) in Guinea Bissau, West Africa
- Paul MJ: Drivers of amphibian phylogenetic and phylogeographic diversity in the Iberian Peninsula
- Peixoto S: Improving eDNA methodologies to detect amphibians in turbid waters
- Pissarra J: Phylogenetic and ecological characterization of Monitor lizards in Northern Africa
2017
MSc Thesis
- Borges F: A country-level genetic survey of the IUCN critically endangered Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) in Guinea-Bissau
- Guerreiro R: Biogeography in Northwestern Africa: distributions and ecological niches of Gerbillus rodents
- Henrique M: Diversity, distribution and conservation of reptiles in the West Sahara-Sahel
- Sampaio M: Conservation biogeography of amphibians in Mauritania: integrating DNA Barcoding and spatial analyses for the identification of cryptic diversity and phylogenetic units
- Santos D: Patterns of habitat use by an insular endemic bird, the Azores woodpigeon (Columba palumbus azorica)
2016
PhD Thesis
- Ferreira S: Evolutionary history, biogeography and conservation of endangered Odonates in the Mediterranean Basin
- Vale CG: Biodiversity conservation in arid environments under climate change
MSc Thesis
- Antunes B: Evaluating gene flow and habitat connectivity between Salamandra salamandra lineages across heterogeneous landscapes
- Dinis M: Gene flow and environmental differentiation between viviparous and ovoviviparous populations of Salamandra algira tingitana
- Freitas I: Integrating genetic, morphological and ecological data to investigate reproductive isolation between Iberian lineages of the Lataste’s viper Vipera latastei
- Melo JP: Combining ecological niche modeling and phylogeographic analyses to address climatic stability and persistence in four Tarentola species across the West Sahara
- Teixeira H: Landscape genetics of Guinea baboon: assessing population structure, gene flow dynamics, and functional connectivity with molecular and spatial tools
- Xipell-Lopez M: Atlas of the terrestrial reptiles of Oman: a geospatial and statistical analysis of their distribution and conservation
Internship Reports
- Barros M: Predictability of population density by past weather conditions on Sahara desert
- Ferreira C: Contrast on ecophisiological performace of reptiles according to their responses to fire
- Pissarra J: Phylogenetic relationships and genetic variability in Monitor lizards (Reptilia, Varanidae, Varanus) from West Africa
2015
PhD Thesis
MSc Thesis
- Ferreira DS: Genetic and morphological impacts of a repeated fire regime on Podarcis guadarramae
- Lado S: Population history and taxonomy of African hares (genus Lepus) inferred from genetic variation
- Lino S: The impact of fire on mammal species: a meta-analysis and the particular case of the Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) in Portugal
- Moutinho AF: Evolutionary history of the Lesser Egyptian Jerboa, Jaculus jaculus, in Northern Africa using a multi-locus approach
- Nogueira J: Historical biogeography and climate change: application of ecological niche-based models and GIS to the conservation of African elephants and giraffes
- Osete CC: Uncovering the phylogeography of the habitat-specialist land snail Xerocrassa montserratensis
- Pinto T: The response of reptile communities to wildfires in the Serra da Estrela Natural Park
- Sousa F: Biogeography and phylogenetic position of a Sahara-Sahel mountain endemic, Felovia vae (Ctenodactylidae)
Internship Reports
- Cunha JL: Habitat variation and its relation to distribution of Saharan rodents
- Pinto A: Using Geometric Morphometrics and Geographic Information Systems to assess head shape variation and its geographic structure in Vipera seoanei
- Rodrigues M: Testing niche divergence between Saharan rodents (Jaculus jaculus and J. deserti)
2014
PhD Thesis
- Argaz H: Herpétofaune endémique du Maroc: biogéographie, modèles écologiques et influence du changement climatique
- Sow AS: Les reptiles du Parc National du Banc d’Arguin (Nord-Ouest Mauritanie): chorologie, biogéographie et vulnérabilité au changement climatique
MSc Thesis
- Azor TS: Response of the reptile community to thinning management in confer plantations at Sierra Nevada
- Dilyte J: Population structure and gene flow in desert environment: an application of molecular tools to isolated fish populations in West Africa
- Lopes S: Phylogenetics and hybridization assessment of Acanthodactylus scutellatus species group in North Africa
- Martín CN: The mechanisms that produce speciation: diet description of Socotra reptiles
- Martínez S: Mechanisms that produce speciation: description of stable isotopes of Socotran Reptiles
- Navarro S: Diet of Mauritanian population of the west African crocodile (Crocodylus suchus) examined with stable isotopes
- Pereira P: Biogeographical history and range expansion dynamics of the European pond turtle
- Said AN: Biogeographical analyses of the distribution of large endangered mammals in the Sahara-Sahel ecosystem in the 20th century
- Veríssimo J: Phylogeography and current patterns of genetic diversity and structure of the Mediterranean pond turtle
Internship Reports
- Dias JM: Diversity patterns in West Africa: the case of specious Gerbillus rodents
- Guerreiro R: Biodiversity distribution in the western Sahara-Sahel: the role of environmental variation
- Mateus CP: The effect of multiple fires on the reptile community at Peneda-Gerês NP
2013
PhD Thesis
MSc Thesis
Internship Reports
- Ferreira DS: The response of reptiles to fire at the Mediterranean basin
- Lado S: Taxonomy and systematics of North African hares
- Moutinho AF: Mountain vicariance in gerboas, Jaculus spp., from North Africa
- Rocha A: Modelling the distribution of three dorsal patterns to test its mimicry/aposematic functions in Vipera seoanei
- Sousa F: Biogeography and conservation of an endemic rodent, Felovia vae, from the mountains of Mauritania
- Viana LMM: Testing the mimicry/aposematic functions of the dorsal pattern in Vipera seoanei
2012
PhD Thesis
- Lima VM: Modelação da distribuição geográfica de anfíbios à escala local: implicações na conservação
MSc Thesis
- Badiane A: Effects of repeated-fire regimes on the Hermann’s tortoise Testudo hermanni and on the reptile communities at the Albera Range (Girona, North-eastern Catalonia)
- Cortés S: Antipredatory strategies in the viperine snakes (Natrix maura). Escape behavior, disruptive coloration and Batesian mimicry
- Leite JV: Evolution and biogeography of Canids (Canis and Vulpes) in North-West Africa: combining genetic and ecogeographical information
2011
MSc Thesis
- Campos JC: Water detection in desert environments: Evaluating the performance of Normalized Difference Water Indexes to identify potential dispersal corridors for Nile crocodiles in Mauritania
- Cavadas JMS: Population structure and gene flow in desert environments: an application of molecular tools to isolated populations of crocodiles and monitor lizards in the mountains of Mauritania