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Ivo Colmonero Marques Costeira
PhD Candidate
School of Biosciences
Overview
I am interested in how humans have been shaping the genetic dynamics of non-human primate populations. Particularly, I have been investigating how the socio-cultural importance of non-primate species changed throughout history and it's link to current population structure, genetic diversity and past fluctuations of effective population size. My work requires the combined use of of genetic/genomic and ethnographic tools, and is mostly focused on West African guenons (tribe Cercopithecini).
Examples of the research questions I am focusing on:
- What the main conservation threats to guenons?
- What is the socio-cultural importance of guenons and how are they perceived in shared landscapes?
- Are historical human events the best predictors for the colonisation timing of insular populations of West African guenons?
- Can population genetics/genomics inform non-human primate conservation policies?
Publication
2024
- Le Roux, R., Colmonero-Costeira, I., Deikumah, J. P., Thompson, L. J., Russo, I. M., Jansen van Vuuren, B. and Willows-Munro, S. 2024. High conservation importance of range-edge populations of Hooded Vultures (Necrosyrtes monachus). Scientific Reports 14(1), article number: 18040. (10.1038/s41598-024-68756-2)
- Almeida, L., Colmonero Marques Costeira, I., Ferreira Da Silva, M. J., Veracini, C. and Vasconcelos, R. 2024. Insights into the geographical origins of the Cabo Verde green monkey. Genes 15(4), article number: 504. (10.3390/genes15040504)
2023
- Colmonero Costeira, I. et al. 2023. Notes on the conservation threats to the western lesser spot-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus petaurista buettikoferi) in the Bijagós Archipelago (Guinea-Bissau, West Africa). Primates 64, pp. 581-587. (10.1007/s10329-023-01090-9)
Erthyglau
- Le Roux, R., Colmonero-Costeira, I., Deikumah, J. P., Thompson, L. J., Russo, I. M., Jansen van Vuuren, B. and Willows-Munro, S. 2024. High conservation importance of range-edge populations of Hooded Vultures (Necrosyrtes monachus). Scientific Reports 14(1), article number: 18040. (10.1038/s41598-024-68756-2)
- Almeida, L., Colmonero Marques Costeira, I., Ferreira Da Silva, M. J., Veracini, C. and Vasconcelos, R. 2024. Insights into the geographical origins of the Cabo Verde green monkey. Genes 15(4), article number: 504. (10.3390/genes15040504)
- Colmonero Costeira, I. et al. 2023. Notes on the conservation threats to the western lesser spot-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus petaurista buettikoferi) in the Bijagós Archipelago (Guinea-Bissau, West Africa). Primates 64, pp. 581-587. (10.1007/s10329-023-01090-9)
Biography
I am a PhD student based at the School of Biosciences, OnE Division, and a collaborator with the Centre for Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Portugal, and Researh Centre for Antrhopology and Health, Portugal, and more recently the IEG, Uppsala University, Sweden.
I hold a MSc in Ecology and a BSc in Applied Biology from Minho University, Braga, Portugal.
Professional memberships
- Portuguese Primatological Association (treasurer)
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Primatology