Gerard Talavera, PhD Why some insects migrate? How migratory behaviour has evolved? How species disperse? What geographical ranges temporary inhabit? I combine population genetics, phylogeography, genomics, behavioral tests, ecological niche modelling and fieldwork to study insect migration and dispersal: the evolution of migration, the ecology of long-range movements, tracking migratory routes and mapping genetic diversity across space. I develop my research at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF) in Barcelona, as a Juan de la Cierva Researcher, and I am also a Research Associate to the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, USA, and a National Geographic Explorer.
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