Arthur V. Rodrigues
Hello!
I’m Arthur Rodrigues. My main research interest is in understanding factors and processes that drive and maintain biodiversity patterns, from small to large spatial and temporal scales. I have been doing research in the fields of community ecology, functional ecology, evolutionary macroecology, and biogeography.
Some of my research interest includes:
- How evolutionary history and biogeography influence current biodiversity patterns;
- Ecological strategy of species (functional traits) and its relationship with community assembly;
- How anthropogenic factors, such as climate change and land-use, affects biodiversity patterns and community structure;
- Species distribution modeling;
- Predicting future scenarios for biodiversity.
Beside that, I have great interest in programming using R language. I have used R for several ends, such as data analysis, creating web pages (like this one), web apps using {shiny}, maps and data visualization using {ggplot2}, as well as creating R packages, for example the {naturaList} package.
I’m commited to promote open, reliable and transparent research in ecology and evolution. As part of SORTEE and as a Data Editor for Ecology Letters, I contribute to efforts that strengthen the credibility and accessibility of ecological research.
Currently I am a Postoctoral Researcher at the Research Centre for Ecological Change, University of Helsinki.
Contact: rodrigues.arthur.v[at]gmail.com