Xim Cerda

PeerJ Author

Summary

I am a community ecologist and evolutionary ecologist working with ants as model system. My main research interests are: 1) the evolution of heat resistance in Cataglyphis desert ants, with a multi-focus approach that combines behavioural ecology, chemical ecology, morphology, phylogeography and physiology; 2) the importance of abiotic and biotic factors (e.g. temperature vs. competition) in the ant communities.

Animal Behavior Biodiversity Biogeography Ecology Entomology

Past or current institution affiliations

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Work details

Associate Professor of Research

Estacion Biologica de Doñana (C.S.I.C.)

May 2007

Department of Ethology and Biodiversity Conservation

The Doñana Biological Station is a public Research Institute belonging to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in the area of Natural Resources. Our fundamental mission is to carry out multidisciplinary research of the highest standard directed to understanding, from an evolutionary viewpoint, the way in which biodiversity is generated, maintained and how it deteriorates, as well as the consequences of its loss and the possibilities of its conservation and restoration. An inseparable derivative is also to promote the transfer of this knowledge to society.

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PeerJ Contributions

Articles 2

December 14, 2016

Anthropogenic impacts in protected areas: assessing the efficiency of conservation efforts using Mediterranean ant communities

Elena Angulo, Raphaël Boulay, Francisca Ruano, Alberto Tinaut, Xim Cerdá

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2773 PubMed 27994978

September 29, 2015

Partitioning the impact of environment and spatial structure on alpha and beta components of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in European ants

Xavier Arnan, Xim Cerdá, Javier Retana

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1241 PubMed 26468433