Prof. Dr. Carlos David Santos
Main Focus
My research is focused on migration and
social navigation of birds. I’m particularly interested in
understanding flock dynamics with regards to decision making and
information transfer, and how that may affect foraging and migration
of individuals. In parallel, I would like to understand on how long
distance migrants manage to cross over landscape barriers such us sea
stretches, and mountain ranges, and what the consequences of doing so
are.
In previous research projects I studied
foraging ecology of shorebirds, with emphasis on the impacts of light
pollution and predator-prey interactions; and habitat use of tropical
birds and bats.
Curriculum Vitae
- Since 2017 Professor, Federal University of Pará (Brazil)
- Since 2014 Associated Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
- 2014 - 2017 Visiting Professor, Federal University of Maranhão (Brazil)
- 2010 - 2014 Post-Doc, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology and Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro (Portugal)
- 2004 - 2009 PhD student, Centre for Environmental Biology, University of Lisbon (Portugal)
- 2001 - 2004 Research fellow, Centre for Environmental Biology, University of Lisbon (Portugal)