Iulian Gherghel
Species and environments in time and space
My research seeks to understand the patterns and mechanisms underlying biological diversification and species distributions across different time and spatial scales.
Ongoing projects
Project number: GI-UAIC-2022-07
Effects of large herbivore introductions on aquatic ecological communities
Latest articles
Past projects
News
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September 2024: Our meta-analysis and review on the melanism in polymorphic terrestrial snakes was accepted for publication in the Journal of Biogeography.
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May 2024: Our paper on using biotic interactions in ecological niche models when projecting models throughout time was published in the Journal of Biogeography.
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March 2024: Our paper on the nocturnal activity in the European Grass Snakes (Natrix natrix) was published in PeerJ.
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January 2024: Our paper on the spatial and temporal patterns of road mortality in the Caspian whip snake was published in the Journal for Nature Conservation.
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January 2024: I attended the 11th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society, in Prague, Czechia.
Sahlean, T.C., Martin, R.A., Spaseni, P., Gherghel, I., Strugariu, A. (2024): Melanism in polymorphic terrestrial snakes: a meta-analysis and systematic review. Journal of Biogeography. (Online first). doi: 10.1111/jbi.15013.
Gherghel, I., & Martin, R. A. (2024). Biotic interactions vary across species' ranges and are likely conserved through geological time. Journal of Biogeography. 55(1): 894 - 908. doi: 10.1111/jbi.14794.