Ferran Sayol (0000-0003-3540-7487)

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My research aims to understand how biodiversity has been originated, how it is organised and how it can be lost by anthropogenic impacts. I often use a macroevolutionary approach, mainly using birds as a study model and combining existing datasets with additional measurements from natural history collections. I defended my Ph.D. at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB, 2018) where I focused on the evolution of brain size in birds. After my PhD, I have been leading various projects as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Gothenburg (2018-2020), as a Marie-Curie Postdoc fellow at University College London (2020-2022), and as a Beatriu de Pinós Postdoc fellow at CREAF (2022-2023). Currently, I am a "La Caixa Junior Leader" researcher at CREAF, leading a project on the ecological consequences of bird extinctions.

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Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals: Bellaterra, Catalunya, ES

2022-04 to 2026-05

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Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals: Bellaterra, Catalunya, ES

University College London: London, GB

University of Gothenburg: Gothenburg, SE

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Facultat de Biociències: Bellaterra, Catalunya, ES

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Bellaterra, Catalunya, ES

Universitat de Barcelona: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

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International Biogeography Society (IBS): Charleston, US

Institución Catalana de Historia Natural: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

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Ecophysical constraints on avian adaptation and diversification

Does brain size matter? Linking cognitive and ecological traits to climate change vulnerability in seabirds

AVOTREX: A Global Dataset of Extinct Birds and Their Traits

Niche filling predicts evolutionary trajectories in insular bird communities

Extinction selectivity obscures patterns of trait‐dependent endangerment in Columbiformes

The importance of migratory drop-off for island colonization in birds

The origin of excavator nesting behavior and its impact on the evolution of Neotropical parrots

Brain size predicts bees' tolerance to urban environments

Biophysical constraints on avian adaptation and diversification

Relative brain size is associated with natal dispersal rate and species' vulnerability to climate change in seabirds

A global analysis of avian island diversity–area relationships in the Anthropocene

Evolutionary transitions in diet influence the exceptional diversification of a lizard adaptive radiation

Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use

Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities

Threatened and extinct island endemic birds of the world: Distribution, threats and functional diversity

Neuron numbers link innovativeness with both absolute and relative brain size in birds

Niche expansion and adaptive divergence in the global radiation of crows and ravens

AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds

Cover Image: Volume 25 Number 3, March 2022

Validation of a globally-applicable method to measure urban tolerance of birds using citizen science data

Loss of functional diversity through anthropogenic extinctions of island birds is not offset by biotic invasions

Niche shifts after island colonization spurred adaptive diversification and speciation in a cosmopolitan bird clade

Brain Size and Life History Interact to Predict Urban Tolerance in Birds

Host Cognition and Parasitism in Birds: A Review of the Main Mechanisms

Reply to: Nutrient scarcity cannot cause mast seeding

Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds

Coexistence of predators in time: Effects of season and prey availability on species activity within a Mediterranean carnivore guild

Feeding specialization and longer generation time are associated with relatively larger brains in bees

Behavioural plasticity is associated with reduced extinction risk in birds

Nitrate pollution reduces bryophyte diversity in Mediterranean springs

Towards a moss sclerophylly continuum: Evolutionary history, water chemistry and climate control traits of hygrophytic mosses

Nutrient scarcity as a selective pressure for mast seeding

Larger brains spur species diversification in birds

Sea spray influences water chemical composition of Mediterranean semi-natural springs

Are Urban Vertebrates City Specialists, Artificial Habitat Exploiters, or Environmental Generalists?

Predictable evolution towards larger brains in birds colonizing oceanic islands

On the influence of water conductivity, pH and climate on bryophyte assemblages in Catalan semi-natural springs

Nitrate in natural springs in Lluçanès region: Effects on the communities of bryophytes (mosses and liverworts),El nitrat de les fonts del lluçanès: Efectes sobre les comunitats de briòfits (molses i hepàtiques)

Relative brain size and its relation with the associative pallium in birds

The life-history basis of behavioural innovations

Environmental variation and the evolution of large brains in birds

Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)