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Ivo Colmonero Costeira Colmonero Marques Costeira
Teams and roles for Ivo Colmonero Costeira 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
2025
- Colmonero Marques Costeira, I. et al. 2025. Improving information on over-looked generalists: Occurrence and mitochondrial DNA diversity of Campbell’s (Cercopithecus campbelli) and Green monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus) in Guinea–Bissau, West Africa. International Journal of Primatology 46 , pp.785-810. (10.1007/s10764-025-00496-0)
- Ferreira da Silva, M. J. et al. 2025. Estimating the effective population size across space and time in the critically endangered western chimpanzee in Guinea-Bissau: Challenges and implications for conservation management. Evolutionary Applications 18 (10) e70162. (10.1111/eva.70162)
- Ferreira da Silva, M. J. et al. 2025. Using miniaturized laboratory equipment and DNA barcoding to improve conservation genetics training and identify illegally traded species. Conservation Biology e70165. (10.1111/cobi.70165)
- Ferreira da Silva, M. J. et al. 2025. Sex-mediated gene flow in grayfoot chacma baboons (Papio ursinus griseipes) in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. International Journal of Primatology 46 , pp.705-736. (10.1007/s10764-025-00494-2)
2024
- Almeida, L. et al., 2024. Insights into the geographical origins of the Cabo Verde green monkey. Genes 15 (4) 504. (10.3390/genes15040504)
- Colmonero Marques Costeira, I. 2024. Genetics, genomics, and social perceptions: A multidisciplinary approach to guenon conservation in the Bijagós Archipelago. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
- Le Roux, R. et al., 2024. High conservation importance of range-edge populations of Hooded Vultures (Necrosyrtes monachus). Scientific Reports 14 (1) 18040. (10.1038/s41598-024-68756-2)
2023
Articles
- Almeida, L. et al., 2024. Insights into the geographical origins of the Cabo Verde green monkey. Genes 15 (4) 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)
- Colmonero Marques Costeira, I. et al. 2025. Improving information on over-looked generalists: Occurrence and mitochondrial DNA diversity of Campbell’s (Cercopithecus campbelli) and Green monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus) in Guinea–Bissau, West Africa. International Journal of Primatology 46 , pp.785-810. (10.1007/s10764-025-00496-0)
- Ferreira da Silva, M. J. et al. 2025. Estimating the effective population size across space and time in the critically endangered western chimpanzee in Guinea-Bissau: Challenges and implications for conservation management. Evolutionary Applications 18 (10) e70162. (10.1111/eva.70162)
- Ferreira da Silva, M. J. et al. 2025. Using miniaturized laboratory equipment and DNA barcoding to improve conservation genetics training and identify illegally traded species. Conservation Biology e70165. (10.1111/cobi.70165)
- Ferreira da Silva, M. J. et al. 2025. Sex-mediated gene flow in grayfoot chacma baboons (Papio ursinus griseipes) in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. International Journal of Primatology 46 , pp.705-736. (10.1007/s10764-025-00494-2)
- Le Roux, R. et al., 2024. High conservation importance of range-edge populations of Hooded Vultures (Necrosyrtes monachus). Scientific Reports 14 (1) 18040. (10.1038/s41598-024-68756-2)
Thesis
- Colmonero Marques Costeira, I. 2024. Genetics, genomics, and social perceptions: A multidisciplinary approach to guenon conservation in the Bijagós Archipelago. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
Research
Thesis
Ethnobiological and genomic insights on traditional management practices of insular mammals by the bijagó ethnic group in Guinea-Bissau and its applications to non-human primate conservation
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)
