Paulo Jorge Gama Mota
Researcher
Behavioural Ecology
CIBIO, Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos
Portugal
Biography
" I use a combination of field studies and laboratory mate choice experiments in order to understand the functional significance of mate choice and of the preferred phenotypes. I also investigate variation in human behaviour in relation to societal or life-history differences, to test hypotheses on the adaptiveness of human behaviour. I am currently director of the Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra, and Associate Professor at the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra."
Research Interest
My principal research interests are in animal communication and mate choice behaviour, and also the behavioural ecology of human altruism and cooperation.
Publications
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Trigo S, Mota PG (2016) Carotenoid-based plumage colouration is predicted by age and parasites in the male European serin. Journal of Avian Biology, 47(3): 409-416.
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Toomey MB, Lopes RJ, Araujo PM, Johnson JD, Gazda MA, Afonso S, Mota PG, Koch RE, Hill GE, Corbo JC, Carneiro M (2017) High-density lipoprotein receptor SCARB1 is required for carotenoid coloration in birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(20): 5219-5224.
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Pereira PF, Godinho C, Vila-Vicosa MJ, Mota PG, Lourenco R (2017) Competitive advantages of the red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) invading a passerine community in Europe. Biological Invasions, 19(5): 1421-1430.
