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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 (10.1007/s10764-025-00496-0)
- 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 (10.1007/s10764-025-00494-2)
2024
- 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., 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)
Articles
- 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 (10.1007/s10764-025-00496-0)
- 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 (10.1007/s10764-025-00494-2)
- 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)
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)
Supervisors
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Primatology