Qualifications
- BSc (Partner to be confirmed)
- MSc (Partner to be confirmed)
- PhD / DPhil
Summary
Catia is a researcher, ecologist, and data analyst.
Over the past 15 years, she dedicated her research and consultancy projects to studying movement ecology and amphibian behaviour.
The main subjects of her work are spatial ecology, habitat fragmentation, and connectivity restoration. She's interested in the timeless changes that habitat fragmentation has on species movement and uncovering the intricate relationship between species' behaviour and their environment (terrestrial and marine).
She actively participates in open data projects and likes to work with multidisciplinary groups by taking ecology to innovative communities, such as consulting companies and science labs.
Journal Article
Local segregation of realised niches in lizards
Sillero, N., Argaña, E., Matos, C., Franch, M., Kaliontzopoulou, A., & Carretero, M. A. (2020). Local segregation of realised niches in lizards. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 9(12), Article 764. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9120764
Uncovering environmental, land-use and fire effects on the distribution of a low-dispersal species, the Hermann's tortoise Testudo hermanni
Badiane, A., Matos, C., & Santos, X. (2017). Uncovering environmental, land-use and fire effects on the distribution of a low-dispersal species, the Hermann's tortoise Testudo hermanni. Amphibia-Reptilia, 38(1), 67-77. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685381-00003086