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I am a biologist with experience in biodiversity, ecology and conservation. My main interests encompass numerical ecology and behavioral ecology, but I can't resist a compelling question from any field. Broadly, I am drawn by ecological and evolutionary questions that test and link several ecological theories and models. After years of working with different types of data on R, I feel very confident exploring larga databases and with statistical testing of hypotheses. I have experience in frog taxonomy working in the Museum of Zoology of the USFQ, with whom I described a new species of Pristimantis. Also I have been part of several studies in primate conservation and behavioural ecology, having worked on censuses, literature reviews and experimental studies. For my master's thesis I analyzed a metabarcoding dietary base for inferring intraspecific ecological niche patterns in birds from Portugal. Recently I started working on a project that aims to estimate the predation impact of invasive mammals and the risk of zoonosis in São Tomé island. In addition, I continue collaborating as researcher at the Institute of Tropical Biological Diversity iBIOTROP, USFQ, in Ecuador.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
DANIEL ANTONIO VELARDE GARCÉZ

Citation names

  • Velarde-Garcéz, Daniel A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
CC1B-69C0-5C9C
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0522-0718

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 962201184 (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/02/21 - 2026/06/30
Ongoing
Doctor's Degree in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (Doutoramento)
Major in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
"Diet and distribution of invasive mammals in São Tomé: Impact of predation on local fauna" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2019 - 2021
Concluded
Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (Mestrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Trophic ecology of Sylviid Warblers using DNA metabarcoding: implications for Optimal Foraging Theory and individual specialization" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
19
2014 - 2018
Concluded
Biology (Bachelor)
Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
3.38/4
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2017/07/01 - 2020/07/01 Research Trainee (Research) Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Universidad San Francisco de Quito Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Ecuador
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/03/01 - Current Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (InBIO)
LA/P/0048/2020
PhD Student Fellow
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
UIDP/50027/2020
PhD Student Fellow
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
UIDB/50027/2020
PhD Student Fellow
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2021/11/02 - 2023/08/31 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF INVASIVE MAMMAL SPECIES AND ASSOCIATED RISKS OF ZOONOSIS
(EuropeAid/168944/DD/ACT/ST)
NORTE-01-0246-FEDER-000063
Research Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Birdlife International
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Velarde-Garcéz, Daniel A.; Mata, Vanessa A.; Beja, Pedro; da Silva, Luis P.. "DNA metabarcoding, diversity partitioning and null models reveal mechanisms of seasonal trophic specialization in a Mediterranean warbler". Molecular Ecology 33 4 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.17245.
    10.1111/mec.17245
  2. de la Torre, Amalia; Coyohua Fuentes, Alejandro; Rangel Negrín, Ariadna; Velarde Garcéz, Daniel A.; Canales Espinosa, Domingo; Cervantes Acosta, Patricia; Dias, Pedro Américo D.. "Maternal care according to offspring sex and maternal physical condition in mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata)". Primates 62 2 (2021): 379-388. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10329-020-00883-6.
    10.1007/s10329-020-00883-6
  3. Reyes-Puig, Carolina; Reyes-Puig, Juan Pablo; Velarde-Garcéz, Daniel A.; Dávalos, Nicolás; Mancero, Emilio; Navarrete, María José; Yánez-Muñoz, Mario H.; Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.; Ron, Santiago R.. "A new species of terrestrial frog Pristimantis (Strabomantidae) from the upper basin of the Pastaza River, Ecuador". ZooKeys 832 (2019): 113-133. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.832.30874.
    10.3897/zookeys.832.30874
  4. Laura Cervera; Stella de la Torre; Galo Zapata-Ríos; Felipe Alfonso-Cortés; Sara Álvarez-Solas; Olivia Crowe; Rubén Cueva; et al. Corresponding author: Laura Cervera. "Working Together Towards One Goal: Results of the First Primate Census in Western Ecuador". Primate Conservation 32 (2018): 49-57. http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/1200343/28429083/1619191487407/PC32_Front_back_contents.pdf?token=EdLdzp1vAXbfXyhCPG2bhecspMk%3D.
    Open access • Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Trophic ecology of Sylviid Warblers using DNA metabarcoding: implications for Optimal Foraging Theory and individual specialization". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, 2021. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/139376.
  2. "Effect of land-use change on the community assemblage of the landbirds of San Cristobal, Galapagos". Degree, Universidad San Francisco de Quito Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, 2018. https://repositorio.usfq.edu.ec/bitstream/23000/7354/1/Daniel%20Velarde_trabajo%20de%20titulaci%C3%B3n.pdf.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/02/13 Unveiling Rat Predation Dynamics in São Tomé and Its Implications for Conservation European Coference of Tropical Ecology
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/06/28 Effects of the land-use changes on the community assemblage of the land birds of San Cristóbal, Galápagos 3rd Galápagos Conservation & Research Symposium GSC-DPNG
Galapagos National Park Directorate (GNPD) and the Galápagos Science Center (GSC) (San Cristobal, Ecuador)
Distinctions

Other distinction

2014 Beca USFQ-Claro
Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador