Research Interests
I am interested in investigating the role of divergent selection that promotes intraspecific differentiation among frogs populations. My Ph.D project will examine the processes responsible for possible intraspecific differentiation in frogs along the Amazon rainforest-Cerrado gradient and will provide important information on speciation mechanisms. I will combine molecular genetic, phenotypic (morphometry and vocalization) and ecological data to explore the intraspecific variation in Dendropsophus minutus and Hypsiboas raniceps species. Furthermore, I will conduct mate choice experiments to investigate the possible mechanisms that might promote reproductive isolation between savanna and rainforest populations.