Jorge García Campa
Personal Journey
Post-doctoral research associate (2023). Project: Maternal programming of social behaviour lead by Judith Morales (MNCN-CSIC).
PhD Biology (2017 – 2023) at Spanish Research Council (CSIC). Project: Signals in social conflict: plasticity and negotiation of behavioural response rules. Supervisors: Judith Morales (National Museum of Natural Sciences-CSIC) and Wendt Müller (University of Antwerp).
MSc, Animal Behaviour (2014 – 2015) Pablo de Olavide University, Seville.
BSc, Biological Sciences (2009 – 2014) Complutense University of Madrid.
Research Interests
I am an evolutionary ecologist interested in animal social behaviour and the mechanisms underlying its plasticity and diversity. My main research focusses on the study of social interactions between family members. I am deeply interested in animal communication, the evolution of animal signals, and the evolutionary processes that hape their adaptation to the environment. At CIBIO, I will investigate the role of cooperation in sexual mate choice in Sociable Weavers (Philetairus socius), in the Sociality group working with Rita Covas and Claire Doutrelant.
Since I started as a biologist, my interests have been related to animal behaviour and evolutionary ecology, mostly focused on birds. I obtained my degree in Biology from the Complutense University of Madrid. After finishing my degree, I studied a Master’s in Animal Behaviour at the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville, and I did my final master’s project at the Doñana Biological Station (EBD/CSIC). Finally, I obtained my PhD under the supervision of Judith Morales from the National Museum of Natural Sciences-CSIC (Madrid, Spain) and Wendt Müller from the University of Antwerp (Belgium).
Müller from the University of Antwerp (Belgium).
E-mail: jorge.campa@cibio.up.pt
Selected Publications
García-Campa, J., Müller, W., Rodríguez-Juncá, A., Morales, J. (2023). When parents play favourites: Experimental brood size manipulation shapes parental favouritism in blue tits. Behavioral Ecology, arad040, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arad040 .
García-Antón, A., García-Campa, J., Müller, W., & Morales, J. (2023). Social behaviour at the beginning of life: The role of quality signals and family size. Animal Behaviour, 200, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.03.009 (First author with equal contribution).
García-Campa, J., Müller, W., Morales, J. (2023). Offspring plumage colouration as a condition-dependent signal in the blue tit. Ecology and Evolution, 13, 9787. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9787
García-Campa, J., Müller, W., Morales, J. (2022). Experimental evidence that UV/yellow colouration functions as a signal of parental quality in the blue tit families- but only for parents. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology. 76, 30.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03145-1
García-Campa, J., Müller, W., Hernández-Correas, E., & Morales, J. (2021). The early maternal environment shapes the parental response to offspring UV ornamentation. Scientific Reports, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00251-4
García-Campa, J., Müller, W., González-Braojos, S., García-Juárez, E., & Morales, J. J. (2020).Dietary carotenoid supplementation facilitates egg laying in a wild passerine. Ecology and Evolution, 10(11), 4968–4978. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6250
