Behavioural ecology of birds and reptiles

I’m interested in how species deal with challenging situations such as stressful conditions, for example due to temperature or humidity, exposure to new pathogens or colonization of new environments.

Investigating the evolutionary mechanisms that drive speciation, focusing on processes of local adaptation in populations of island birds

Grupo de Investigación en Ecología y Conservación de Aves cpalacin@mncn.csic.es

Evolutionary physiology of animal pigmentation

Actualmente estoy realizando mi tesis doctoral sobre la relación entre la variación individual y la posición social en el estornino negro (Sturnus unicolor).

Using field and molecular techniques to understand the evolutionary processes that generate and maintain biodiversity.

Population dynamics, ecotoxicology and conservation of birds

Investigating the role of song in speciation processes of island birds. Interested in evolution, speciation, adaptation and animal communication.

Luis M. Carrascal is a research professor whose scientific interests are focused on the causal explanations of habitat and elevational patterns in species, and the interspecific variation in position and breadth of organisms within thermal gradients.

Ecological impacts of artificial night lighting