HOTSPOTS
HOTSPOTS Research Projects
Biotic interactions and species diversification
in southern Africa
Jan Schnitzler supervised by Dr Vincent Savolainen and Dr Timothy Barraclough
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Jodrell Laboratory
The causes of insect endemicity with the example
of Madagascar
Benjamin Isambert supervised by Dr Alfried Vogler
The Natural History Museum
London, Department of Entomology
Vicariance and trans-oceanic dispersal in mammals
and plants
Andrew Rodrigues supervised by Prof. Emmanuel Douzery and Prof. Doyle
McKey
University Montpellier II, IFR119 Continental, Mediterranean, and Tropical
Biodiversity
Global assessment of mammal, bird and amphibian
extinction risk
Susanne Fritz supervised by Prof. Andy Purvis, Prof. Ian Owens and Dr
Timothy Barraclough
Imperial College, University of London, Department of Biology and NERC
Centre for Population Biology
Species diversification and differentiation in
Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands
Joeri Strijk supervised by Prof. Christophe Thébaud and Dr Jérome
Chave
University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III), Evolution and Biological Diversity
Laboratory
Contrasting evolutionary patterns between Mediterranean floristic regions
Samantha Wilkinson supervised by Dr Pablo Vargas
Royal Botanic Garden Madrid (CSIC), Department of Biodiversity and Conservation
Spatial distribution modelling for biodiversity hotspots
Dorothea Pio supervised by Prof. Antoine Guisan & Dr Nicolas Salamin
University of Lausanne, Department of Ecology and Evolution
Disjunction, dispersal and temporal patterns of insect distribution
Lena Brüstle supervised by Prof. Juha Merila, Dr Jyrki Muona and
Dr José Canoarias
University of Helsinki, Department of Biological & Environment Sciences
Hotspots status assessment in marine Mediterranean fauna
Catherine Vogler supervised by Prof. Gert Wörheide
University of Göttingen, Department of Geobiology and Centre for
Biodiversity and Ecology
