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Mr David Rivas Sanchez

Mr David Rivas Sanchez

Current positions

  • Research Associate

    School of Biological Sciences

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  • gb20421@bristol.ac.uk
  • Bristol Life Sciences Building
    24 Tyndall Avenue
    Bristol
    BS8 1TQ

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Publications

Recent publications

01/08/2025
  • Repeated evolution of reduced visual investment at the onset of ecological speciation in high-altitude Heliconius butterflies

    • David F. Rivas-Sánchez, 
    • et al.

    Evolution Letters

    • Article
    • Published
  • 01/01/2024
  • Parallel shifts in flight-height associated with altitude across incipient Heliconius species

    • David F Rivas Sanchez, 
    • et al.

    Journal of Evolutionary Biology

    • Article
    • Published
  • 19/04/2023
  • Parallel evolution of behavior, physiology, and life history associated with altitudinal shifts in forest type in Heliconius butterflies

    • David F Rivas Sanchez, 
    • et al.

    Evolution

    • Article
    • Published
  • 05/12/2023
  • The sensory ecology of speciation

    • Denise Dalbosco Dell'Aglio, 
    • et al.

    CSHL Perspectives in Biology

    • Article
    • E-pub ahead of print
  • Thesis

    • Behavioural, physiological and neural adaptations to high-altitude environments in Heliconius butterflies

      • David Rivas Sanchez

      Supervisors

      • Sinead English, 
      • Stephen Montgomery

      Award date

      17/06/2025

    Related people

    • Professor Stephen Montgomery

      Professor Stephen Montgomery

      Professor of Evolutionary Neurobiology and Behaviour

      School of Biological Sciences

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