email: enrico.rezende
uab.catEvolutionary Physiology
Physiological Ecology
Comparative Physiology
Community Ecology
Education
2001 - 2005: Ph. D., University of California Riverside
1995 - 1998: B. Sc. Biology, Universidad de Chile
Appointments
2008 - : Ramón y Cajal Fellow, Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona
2006 - 2007: Postdocoral Researcher, Estación Biologica de Doñana, CSIC
1999 - 2000: Research Technician, P. Universidad Católica de Chile
Research
My research lies in the interface between physiology, ecology and evolution. Lineages differ in a variety of attributes that ultimately shape the range of environmental conditions that they can tolerate and how they interact with other organisms. In this context, I am broadly interested in understanding, from a mechanistic perspective, how evolutionary history contributes to and partly explains observed ecological patterns, and employ a variety of empirical, comparative and theoretical approaches to study this subject. Current research topics include (1) the evolution of physiological performance and integrated phenotypes, (2) the association between tolerance limits and geographic distribution and (3) the fingerprint of evolutionary history on ecological networks of species interactions.
Representative publications
All publications and PDF files can be found here.
CV Lattes can be found here.
Rezende E.L., M. Tejedo & M. Santos (2011) Estimating the adaptive potential of critical thermal limits: methodological problems and evolutionary implications. Functional Ecology 25:111-121. Faculty of 1000 selection
Rezende E.L., E.M. Albert, M.A. Fortuna & J. Bascompte (2009) Compartments in a marine food web are associated with phylogeny, body mass, and habitat structure. Ecology Letters 12: 779-788.
Rezende E.L., J.E. Lavabre, P.R. Guimaraes, P. Jordano & J. Bascompte (2007) Non-random coextinctions in phylogenetically structured mutualistic networks. Nature 448: 925-928.
Rezende E.L., F. Bozinovic & T. Garland, Jr. (2004) Climatic adaptation and the evolution of maximum and basal rates of metabolism in rodents. Evolution 58: 1361-1374.