Daniele Salvi
Researcher
Applied Phylogenetics
CIBIO, Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos
Portugal
Biography
"I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at CIBIO-InBIO, working on biogeographic and evolutionary patterns in endemic reptiles and amphibians from the Mediterranean islands Corsica and Sardinia. During my PhD I studied the biogeographical and environmental correlates to morphological and genetic variation of Archaeolacerta bedriagae (photo), integrating in a multidisciplinary framework allozymes, nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences, linear and geometric morphometrics, as well as geostatistical analysis."
Research Interest
My main research interests are in phylogeography and phylogenetics, but in general my interest extends to any evolutionary biology question which integrates different fields such as morphology, ecology, molecular biology, and, recently, also phylogenomics. I mostly used reptiles as a model organism, but so far I have worked also on amphibians, fishes, mammals, insects, and molluscs.
Publications
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Vignoli L, Cinquegranelli A, Lucidi G, Luiselli L, Salvi D (2017) The distribution and diversity of reptiles in a species-rich protected area of Central Italy. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 12: 279-291.
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Rosado D, Rato C, Salvi D, Harris DJ (2017) Evolutionary History of the Morocco lizard-Fingered Geckos of the Saurodactylus brosseti Complex. Evolutionary Biology, 44(3): 386-400.
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Riccieri A, Maura M, Salvi D, Bologna MA, Mancini E (2017) Messinian Salinity Crisis and Quaternary glacial events shaped genetic diversification in Siculo-Maghrebian blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 122(2): 455-468.
