Current Research
My current area of research uses a phylogeny-based approach to determine the role of dispersal in the formation of trans-Atlantic distributions, with a particular focus on angiosperms. This work is carried out under the auspices of the European Union funded project ‘HOTSPOTS : Understanding and Conserving the Earth’s Biodiversity Hotspots’
Research Interests
Having started out with a keen interest in the evolution of biodiversity in the tropical biodiversity hotspots my research interests have been in constant evolution and due to the close contact I have had with local communities within these areas would now like to employ modern ecological methodology to help local communities address those issues pertaining to the guardianship of their rich natural patrimony. I have also discovered my closeted love for all things botanic. I hope to kick-start this off after my PhD by answering questions on the role of animal-dispersal of angiosperms between protected areas in the Albertine Rift region of East Africa and the development of wildlife corridors between these areas. So, expect to find me somewhere in the Rwenzoris, Swahili dictionary in one hand
and some leaves in the other. If not there, then at my vegetable patch!
Publications
FABRE P.-H., RODRIGUES A. and E.J.P. DOUZERY. Patterns of macroevolution among Primates inferred from a supermatrix of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution (in review).
FABRE P.-H., HAUTIER L., RODRIGUES A. and E.J.P. DOUZERY. Diversification history and world vagrancy within rodents: understanding the largest mammalian radiation with a phylogenetic approach. Systematic Biology (in preparation).
JIGGINS CD, ESTRADA C, RODRIGUES A. (2004) Mimicry and the evolution of premating isolation in Heliconius melpomene Linnaeus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17(3) 680-691.
Curriculum Vitae
Ph.D. Evolutionary Biology and Ecology (Present). University of Montpellier 2, France.
2005. Ecotourism development officer, Borneo Adventures, Sarawak, Malaysia. Work with the community of Nanga Sumpa.
2004. Researcher, Frontier, Ream National Park, Cambodia. Inventory of flora and fauna in Ream National Park, Cambodia.
M.Sc. Advanced Techniques in Biodiversity and Taxonomy (2004). Imperial College, London, UK. Dissertation on the evolution of insular species of Draceana, Ruscaceae at the Natural History Museum, London.
2003. Naturalist, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru. Monitoring of parrot clay licks and giant otter Pteronura brasiliensis populations.
B.Sc. Ecology (2002) University College London, UK. Dissertation project on the reinforcement of mating choice preferences in the butterfly genus, Heliconius at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Insitute, Panama.
Languages
English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Iban
Contact details
E-mail : Andrew.Rodrigues@univ-montp2.fr
Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Phylogénie & Paléobiologie,
Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution (UMR 5554 CNRS),
Universite Montpellier II, Place Eugène Bataillon,
34095 Montpellier Cedex 5 – France