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History of the research group Vertebrate Biology and Conservation
The group is
formed by different people from the former Vertebrate Unit. The most veteran
members (Eduardo de Juana, Tomás Santos and José Luis Tellería), are pupils
of
Professor Francisco Bernis (1916-2003), former Professor in our
University, founder of the Spanish Ornithological Society and one of the
fathers of modern Ornithology in Spain. In its origins, our research focused
in the study of biogeography, ecology and migration of birds, complemented
with various studies of different groups of terrestrial vertebrates.
More recently,
the research goals of the group have diversified with the incorporation of
José A. Díaz first, and Javier Pérez-Tris, Francisco Pulido, Álvaro
Ramírez and José Ignacio Aguirre later. Today, together with our PhD students and collaborators, our
group does research with less taxonomical bias (our main research models
include protozoans, arthropods, birds and reptiles) and wider methodological
spectrum, which is driven by questions of general interest in the areas of
evolutionary and conservation biology.
Our goal is
forming an appealing research group, with social projection and
international dimension. To achieve this, we promote an active collaboration
with other research institutions (both in Spain and abroad), hiring staff
according to excellence criteria (Ramón y Cajal and similar programmes), and
training competitive students in the fields of animal biology, evolution and
conservation.
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