Behavioural Ecology Lab UVIGO

Research Projects

In DEVELIFE project, we provide a theoretical and experimental framework to study intergenerational processes of phenotypic programming by integrating maternal and offspring perspectives.

Research Interests

Our current research interests include the study of early developmental plasticity and life-history evolution and social evolution and family coadaptation. We are also interested in the mechanisms governing the life-history trade-offs ans in the Interplay between genes and environment

Wildlife Conservation

We are also interested in wildlife conservation and the consequences of human actions for the diversity (see our past research on the conservation of European shag, and also see our past studies on the long-term effects of the Prestige oil spill)

Species We Study

Sticklebacks and gulls: Studying life-history evolution in wild populations

In our research, we use two wild vertebrates, the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis), to address how early development influences robustness and flexibility of life-history strategies from the maternal and offspring perspectives, respectively. The two species have long been among the most important and interesting vertebrate models for ecological and evolutionary studies in natural populations.

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yellow-legged gull

three-spined stickleback

Where we are

CIM - Torre CACTI

Grupo Ecoloxía Animal (Lab 97CA), Torre CACTI

Fonte das Abelleiras, s/n
Campus Universitario de Vigo. 36310 - Vigo (Pontevedra) Spain

Phone +34 986 81 25 93 Fax:+34 986 81 25 50

Behavioural Ecology Lab at Universidade de Vigo