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A central goal of my research is to understand the patterns and mechanisms underlying biological diversification and species distributions across scales. A significant part of my research also includes conservation, remote sensing and rewilding. A few of the questions that keep me busy are 1) how the biotic interactions and abiotic factors drive adaptation and diversification; 2) what is the role of biotic interactions and abiotic factors in shaping intraspecific trait variation in space and time; 3) investigating the factors that determine species distributions under global change; 4) refining and developing the existing methodologies used in biogeography and macroecology; and 5) how do organisms cope with the rapidly changing environment during Anthropocene. I explore these questions using a variety of tools, including geospatial analysis, remote sensing, species distributions modeling, landscape connectivity modeling, field observations, and experiments. For my research, I often use a combination of field observations, literature data, herbarium and/or museum data, as well as online databases and citizen data to gather species distribution and phenotypic data.
News
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October 2020: Our paper on estimating ecological corridors for amphibian and reptile species from Romania was accepted for publication in Scientific Reports
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June 2020: Our paper on integrating niche and corridor modeling to study species’ range was accepted for publication in Ecography
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April 2020: Our new paper on estimating species distribution estimates for organisms with complex life histories was accepted for publication in Coral Reefs
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October 2019: Our paper on using geostatistics to infer dispersal of Podarcis muralis into new territories was published in Acta Oecologica
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September 2019: Our paper on how amphibian and reptiles communities structure and what abiotic factors influence their assemblages was accepted in Regional Environmental Change
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July 2019: Our paper on the importance of accessible areas when modeling species distributions was accepted in Progress in Physical Geography
Latest article
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Gherghel, I., Martin, R.A. (2020) Postglacial recolonization of North America by spadefoot toads: integrating niche and corridor modeling to study species’ range dynamics over geologic time. Ecography 43(10): 1499 - 1509.