Has been part of 13 CREAF projects Projects involved in SURVIVE_CHANGES Life history variation and the non-random loss of biological diversity in human-altered habitats Research groups this member belongs to BEEMed Biodiversitat i Evolució en Ecosistemes Mediterranis Related linksSol Lab | Ecology of opportunities Dept. Louis Lefebvre Dept. Simon Reader d.sol@creaf.uab.es935814678Office: C5/1128orcid profile Ph.D. (Biology), Universitat de Barcelona (2000) Post-doc, McGill University, Quebec, Canada (Louis Lefebvre lab, 2001-2003) Senior Research Scientist of CSIC (National Spanish Research Council) The main objective of my research is to understand how animals respond to environmental changes. The main lines of research are twofold. The first attempts to understand the role of behavior in the response of animals to environmental changes and the implications that this response can have for their ecology and evolution. The second line of research seeks to resolve the 'paradox of invasions': how is it possible that invasive species are able to invade environments to which they have not had time to adapt and even become more abundant than native species? To address these issues, integral studies of behavior, morphology, ecology and phylogeny are required. Interests La paradoxa de les invasions, El comportament animal en front dels canvis ambientals i les seves implicacions ecològiques i evolutives, El paper de les oportunitats ecològiques en els processos de diversificació sobretot en l'evolució del nínxolInvasion biology , Behavioural ecology, Evolutionary ecologyRecent publications under CREAF affiliation Predictable evolution towards larger brains in birds colonizing oceanic islandsSayol F., Downing P.A., Iwaniuk A.N., Maspons J., Sol D.2018Nature Communications900Doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05280-8 Risk-taking behavior, urbanization and the pace of life in birdsSol D., Maspons J., Gonzalez-Voyer A., Morales-Castilla I., Garamszegi L.Z., Møller A.P.2018Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology7200Doi: 10.1007/s00265-018-2463-0 Tropical insect diversity: Evidence of greater host specialization in seed-feeding weevilsPeguero, G., Bonal, R., Sol, D., Muñoz, A., Sork, V.L., Espelta, J.M.2017Ecology00Doi: 10.1002/ecy.1910 View more publications