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Miguel B. Araújo Lab

Predicting the effects of environmental change on biodiversity

  • Species climate adaptations on land and sea

    Species climate adaptations on land and sea
  • Multidimensional extreme weather events and their impacts on biodiversity

    Multidimensional extreme weather events and their impacts on biodiversity
  • Marine heatwaves last longer in deeper water

    Marine heatwaves last longer in deeper water
  • Human disturbances affect the topology of food webs

    Human disturbances affect the topology of food webs
  • Improvements in reports of species redistribution under climate change required

    Improvements in reports of species redistribution under climate change required

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The lab is part of an international network with nodes at the National Museum of Natural Sciences (CSIC) in Madrid and at the Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair, University of Évora, that brings together researchers and students who seek to further understanding in the fields of biogeography, conservation biology, global change biology, and macroecology. Research is driven by three overarching questions: 1) how did past climate changes affect biodiversity? 2) how might current and future environmental changes affect biodiversity? 3) how can biodiversity be conserved given current and future challenges?

To address these questions, we integrate large climate and species distributions databases with descriptions of behavioural and physiological traits of species, molecular phylogenies, and the fossil record. Most research in the lab involves statistical analyses of ecological data, including data mining, bioclimatic modeling, and mathematical simulations, but large-scale experiments, including microcosm and mesocosm experiments, are also being used for testing models and theory on species distributions and species coexistence.

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Miguel Bastos Araújo

Belgium-born, British-trained, Portuguese researcher with additional work experiences in Denmark, France, and Spain. He classifies himself as a biogeographer seeking to understand how different facets of life distribute in space and time, and why. While asking fundamental questions about the geography of Life, Miguel Bastos Araújo is also interested in the application of biogeographical principals, theories and models to management, planning and policies for biodiversity conservation in a changing world.

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Joining the lab?

We are open to discuss proposals for hosting post-doctoral research fellows in the lab. Postgraduate students interested in joining the lab should write a very brief outline of their research interests. We encourage students to develop their own projects, though we sometimes offer studentships on specific topics of interest. We receive a vast number of applicants and places are very limited – we take on at most one or two students each year. When inquiring about opportunities make sure your project falls clearly within the scope of our research and, please, avoid common pitfalls.
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News

  • Novel approach to deciphering ecological interactions
  • Position available: PhD candidate in Community Ecology and Biogeography of Aquatic Ecosystems
  • Inaugural session of Natura Connect PT Think Thank
  • Report "Biodiversidade 2030" published on paper
  • Highly cited researcher 2023

Outreach

  • Novel approach to deciphering ecological interactions
  • Report "Biodiversidade 2030" published on paper
  • Species climate adaptations on land and sea
  • Multidimensional extreme weather events and their impacts on biodiversity
  • New Research Reveals Vacant Niches as Key Predictor of Bird Invasion Risk

Opportunities

  • Position available: PhD candidate in Community Ecology and Biogeography of Aquatic Ecosystems
  • Position available: Researcher in NaturaConnect
  • Position available: PhD candidate in Community Ecology and Systematic Conservation Planning
  • La Caixa PhD studentship
  • Position available: Technician

Research Highlights

Temperate species underfill their tropical thermal potentials on land

Multiple dimensions of extreme weather events and their impacts on biodiversity

Marine biodiversity exposed to prolonged and intense subsurface heatwaves

Human disturbances affect the topology of food webs

Biogeography of bird and mammal trophic structures

Books

Biodiversidade 2030

Biodiversidade 2030

Ecological Niches and Geographic Distributions

Ecological Niches and Geographic Distributions

Spatial Conservation Prioritization

Spatial Conservation Prioritization

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