Vanessa Mata

MSc student (co-supervised)

Vanessa has a BSc in Biology from the University of Porto. In 2012 she finished her MSc in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution, University of Porto, jointly supervised with Sergei Drovetski. Her MSc focused on the comparison of hemosporidian parasite and their avian host communities across the strait of Gibraltar.

Papers

Table for two: Diet composition differences of allopatric and sympatric populations of island geckos

DNA metabarcoding uncovers prey diversity overlap among tunas and seabirds of Eastern Tropical Atlantic, implications for an ecosystem-based management

DNA sequencing shows that tropical tuna species misidentification can be an underestimated issue in fish landings

High-throughput sequencing reveals prey diversity overlap between sympatric Sulids in the tropical Atlantic

Diet study of geckos reveals the first records of pseudoscorpions on Desertas Islands (Cabo Verde)

Low MSP-1 haplotype diversity in the West Palearctic population of the avian malaria parasite Plasmodium relictum

High-resolution multi-marker DNA metabarcoding reveals sexual dietary differentiation in a bird with minor dimorphism