Vicente
García-Navas
I am an ecologist with broad interests in the evolutionary and ecological processes that shape patterns of life-history and phenotypic variation in the wild. My ongoing research lies at the interface between evolution and ecology. My work addresses how historical, phylogenetic and spatial patterns of eco-morphological and lineage diversity are influenced by biotic and abiotic factors and the interaction between them. Hence, some of the questions I try to address with my work include why do some groups have such tremendous ecological and morphological diversity, why many others ("morphostatic" radiations) does not show remarkable disparity, why do some biogeographic regions harbor greater diversity than others, which is the role of niche conservatism in shaping distribution patterns and how does ecological opportunity influence rates of speciation-extinction, and morphological diversification in vertebrates?