Master of Biology

HERPETOLOGY

The research of Raoul Van Damme covers a wide range of topics in organismal biology, featuring lizards as main study organisms. He has published over 100 papers on the ecology, morphology, physiological ecology, behavior and evolution of reptiles and amphibians in international journals. He is member of the editorial boards of Functional Ecology and Oecologia. He teaches courses in evolutionary biology, phylogeny, ecological morphology and herpetology at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.

Some selected publications

Herrel A., Huyghe K., Vanhooydonck B., Backeljau T., Breugelmans K., Grbac I., Van Damme R. & Irschick D.J. 2008. Rapid large scale evolutionary divergence in morphology and performance associated with exploitation of a different dietary resource. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105: 4792-4795.

Van Damme R., Entin P., Vanhooydonck B. & Herrel A. 2008. Causes of sexual dimorphism in performance traits: a comparative approach. Evolutionary Ecology Research 10: 229-250.

Vervust B., Grbac I & Van Damme R. 2007. Differences in morphology, performance and behaviour between recently diverged populations of Podarcis sicula mirror differences in predation pressure. Oikos 116: 1343-1352.

Course

Functional ecology of reptiles and amphibians

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