Martin Stervander
I have a broad interest in ecology and evolution, which I have been
lucky to combine with my passion for birds. In my PhD project I aim at
better understanding the process of speciation in birds. In particular,
I want to analyze the impact of gene flow during speciation and evaluate
the occurrence of adaptive speciation, especially on isolated islands. I
am working with several different study systems: (1) the Serinus
seedeaters of São Tomé and Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea, (2) the
Nesospiza buntings of Tristan da Cunha (3) the Blue Tit complex
(Cyanistes teneriffae, C. caeruleus) of the Canary Islands, North Africa
and mainland Europe, and (4) the warblers of the genus Acrocephalus. To
answer my questions, I will use a variety of molecular tools, such as
Sanger sequenceing, high throughput sequencing of genomic (RAD
method) and transcriptomic data.
In addition to my PhD project, I
have been involved in projects on the effect of climate change on bird
migration phenology, migration ecology of waders, and surveillance of
avian influenza in waterfowl. I am presently member of the boards of Ottenby
Bird Observatory, where I served as warden in 2002–2003, and Kvismare
Bird Observatory (Sweden).
Recent publications
Selected publications
Stervander, M., Lindström, Å., Jonzén, N. & Andersson, A. 2005. Timing of spring migration in birds: long-term trends, North Atlantic Oscillation and the significance of different migration routes. J. Avian Biol. 36: 210–221.
Jonzén, N., Lindén, A., Ergon, T., Knudsen, E., Vik, J. O., Rubolini, D., Piacentini, D., Brinch, C., Spina, F., Karlsson, L., Stervander, M., Andersson, A, Waldenström, J., Lehikoinen, A., Edvardsen, E. Solvang, R. & Stenseth, N. C. 2006. Rapid advance of spring arrival dates in long-distance migratory birds. Science 312: 1959–1961.
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Martin Stervander
PhD student
MEMEG
Phone:
+46462223706
E-mail:
Martin.Stervander@biol.lu.se
Main supervisors: Bengt Hansson Staffan Bensch
Assistant supervisors:
Martim Melo, CIBIO Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Portugal
Peter Ryan, Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, South Africa
Photos: © Daniel Sheppard (portrait) and © Martim Melo (seedeaters/islands).