Research Lines

The most important aspect we are currently dedicated to is elucidating questions in the fields of mammal ecology and population genetics, with an emphasis on subterranean rodents of the genus Ctenomys. Thus, our group seeks to integrate these themes across a gradient of scales ranging from recent genetic differentiation and its relationship with the environment, to phylogenetic relationships among species and the history of the formation of different taxonomic groups within their current geographic distributions. The research lines can be summarized as:

A) Landscape genetics and phylogeographic aspects of subterranean rodents of the genus Ctenomys, especially the entities/species that make up the so-called "mendocinus" group.

B) Generation of past and future potential species distribution models based on information from climatic, topographic, and landscape aspects of sites where species are currently distributed.

C) Issues related to phylogenetic aspects of mammal species groups, addressed using different molecular markers.