Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive

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Post-doctoral Researcher

MONGE Otto

CEFE/CNRS

1919, route de Mende

34090 Montpellier

Bureau 211

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SHORT BIO

I completed my MSc from the National University of Costa Rica, in my home country, in 2013 with a focus on wildlife management and conservation. My thesis project concerned the population genetics of wild and released populations of the native scarlet macaw (Ara macao). Making use of non-invasive sample collection of feathers and feces, my thesis led to the first published study that assessed the genetic diversity and structure of scarlet macaw populations and was the first work to involve captive-bred and released individuals of this species in the wild. After finishing my MSc, I coordinated the Conservation Genetics Laboratory at the University of Costa Rica where I collaborated in projects involving populations genetics and disease ecology of birds, seaturtles, New World primates, and wild felids.

Later, in 2017, I enrolled in the PhD Program in Biology at the Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Vienna. My disseration, defended in January 2023, addressed the topic of the effects of climate and land-use change on avian communities in human-dominated landscapes. I modelled community-level taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity and quantified thermoregulation in selected species, according to varying degrees of agricultural intensification.

CURRENT PROJECT

Starting from August 2023, I am working in the Department of Evolutive and Behavioral Ecology alongside Anne Charmantier and Samuel Caro to understand mechanisms of physiological adaptation to hot urban environments in great tits (Parus major). If city-dwelling great tits adjust their heat tolerance in response to the urban heat island effect, they should display differences in water and energy expenditure, heat dissipation and body temperature when compared to great tits coming from forest environments. Making use of a common garden experiment, I aim to understand whether differences in thermoregulatory parameters between city and forest great tits have a genetic basis or if these birds show phenotypic plasticity in their thermal physiology traits.

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After a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, I joined the CEFE to work with Julien Renoult whilst collaborating with Tamra Mendelson (UMBC).

The idea of my postdoc is to use artificial neural networks to create novel stimuli that mimic natural statistics. We will conduct experiments in the rainbow darter fish (Etheostoma caeruleum) to investigate the evolution of pattern preferences and signal design (efficient coding framework).

I am also interested in scientific practices and making our research more reliable, and I am always happy to talk about those questions. Feel free to reach out!

DAVID LÓPEZ IDIÁQUEZ

I am a behavioural and evolutionary ecologist interested in understanding why individuals behave in the way they do and the ultimate fitness consequences and proximate mechanisms of those behaviours. I am keen on exploring the causes that generate individual variation in behavioural traits in the animal kingdom, regardless of the target species. Further, I also have a deep interest in exploring how individuals adapt to the fluctuating environmental conditions and the fitness consequences of the different life-history strategies present under those variable conditions.

Currently, I am working in the team of Claire Doutrelant studying the role and the evolution of the multiple signaling systems in birds. We aim to that by doing experiments in the wild and by analyzing long-term datasets using the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) as a model species. Further, we will also explore this topic in a broader fashion by conducting a comparative analysis.

For further information about myself and my research -> davididiaquez.wixsite.com/zurrimicle

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SCI-indexed papers:

López-Idiáquez, D., Canal, D., Calleja, I., Frade, A., Sarasola, J.H. First record of shrimp consumption by the Chimango caracara (Milvago chimango). Journal of Raptor Research. 53:436-437 (Link)

López-Idiáquez, D., Fargallo, J.A., López-Rull, I., Martínez-Padilla, J. Plumage colouration and personality in early-life: sexual differences in signalling. IBIS. 161:216-221 (Link)

López-Idiáquez, D., Vergara, P., Fargallo, J.A., Martínez-Padilla, J. Providing longer Post-fledgling dependence periods increases offspring survival at the expense of future fecundity. PLoS One. 13(9) e0203152. (Link)

López-Arrabé, J., López-Idiáquez, D., Serrano-Davies, E., Payo, A., Badás, E.P., Espinosa, A.R., Mellado, A., Ruiz-Castellano, C., Ruiz-Raya, F., Meseguer, A., Bastianelli, G., Donoso, I., Ferraguti, M., Weisshaupt, N., Ceresa, F. PhD Dissertations Reviews in Ornithology (2017-2018 Academic Year). Ardeola. 65:69-90 (Link)

Martínez-Padilla, J*.,López-Idiáquez, D*., López-Perea, J.J., Mateo, R., Paz, A., Viñuela, J. A Negative association between bromadiolone exposure and nestling body condition in common kestrels: management implications for vole outbreaks. Pest Management Science. 73:364-370 (* Joint first authorship) (Link)

López-Idiáquez, D., Vergara, P., Fargallo, J.A., Martínez-Padilla, J. Female plumage colouration signals status to conspecifics. Animal Behaviour.121:101-106 (Link)

López-Idiáquez, D., Vergara, P., Fargallo, J.A., Martínez-Padilla, J. Old males reduce melanin-pigmented traits and increase reproductive outcome under worse environmental conditions in common kestrels. Ecology and Evolution. 6:1224-1235 (Link)

Non-peer reviewed publications

López-Idiáquez, D.The Post-fledgling dependence period. Naturalmente 21: 46-51 (Journal of the National Natural History Museum). (*In Spanish). (Link)

López-Idiáquez, D.The Dark Side of the Nestling: Darker nestlings display bolder personalities, but only if they are female. BOU Blog. (Link)

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