Ricardo Jorge Lopes

I am a scientist, trained as an evolutionary ecologist. Most of my work uses birds as models to study the importance of key traits on the evolution and long-term conservation of biodiversity. In recent years these range from coloration and trophic interactions to host-parasite systems. As Curator, I work on enhancing the value of avian specimens for research. 

I mainly work with isolated, insular, fragmented, migratory and domesticated model species, especially in Iberia, North Africa and Macaronesia (from Azores to Cabo Verde).