Elisa Lobato
Collaborator
Behavioural Ecology
CIBIO, Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos
Portugal
Biography
"The area of scientific activity were I develop my research is Evolutionary Ecology. In the last years I have been developing my work on immunoecology studies, combining field work on animal ecology and laboratory immunology to investigate the variability immune function among individuals, populations and species. As a study model, I have been working with wild bird populations and their natural parasites. My current research aims at understanding the particular adaptations and life history patterns associated with island life. In particular, I am studying how the life on islands, which are characterized by singular but consistent environmental changes, influences the evolution of host-parasite interactions. Together with my collaborators Rita Covas, Claire Doutrelant and Martim Melo, we are interested in the study of the cascading effects of the variation in host-parasite interactions on sexually selected traits on island birds."
Research Interest
Evolutionary Ecology
Publications
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Ponchon A, Chambert T, Lobato E, Tveraa T, Gremillet D, Boulinier T (2015) Breeding failure induces large scale prospecting movements in the black-legged kittiwake. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 473: 138-145.
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Lobato E, Geraldes M, Melo M, Doutrelant C, Covas R (2017) Diversity and composition of cultivable gut bacteria in an endemic island bird and its mainland sister species. Symbiosis, 71(2): 155-164
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Lobato E, Doutrelant C, Melo M, Reis S, Covas R (2017) Insularity effects on bird immune parameters: A comparison between island and mainland populations in West Africa. Ecology and Evolution, 7(11): 3645-3656.
