LAPIEDRA LAB
BEHAVIOUR AND EVOLUTION
WELCOME TO OUR LAB
Unravelling adaptation in
a rapidly changing world
ABOUT THE LAB
Where evolution meets the pace of human change.
The Lapiedra Lab investigates how species respond and adapt to rapid environmental change. Integrating behavioural, ecological, genetic, and macroevolutionary perspectives, we aim to uncover how human-driven processes shape both the historical and contemporary trajectories of evolution.
RESEARCH LINES
From experimental evolution in lizards to macroevolutionary patterns in birds.
Our research connects micro- and macroevolutionary scales to understand how species respond to human-driven environmental change. We combine field experiments, behavioural studies, and genomic analyses to uncover the mechanisms of rapid adaptation in lizards, and use comparative phylogenetic approaches to explore broad evolutionary patterns in birds. Together, these lines of research reveal how evolution operates — from the individual to the clade level — in a world undergoing unprecedented change.
"Our work provides insight into the mechanisms of adaptation, informing conservation, management, and our understanding of rapid evolutionary change."
LATEST NEWS
New paper: Urban refugia enhance persistence of an endangered endemic keystone lizard threatened by the rapid spread of an invasive predator
Interview altert: Saving the Pityusic lizard from extinction — a race against time.
Our lab attended the ESEB 2025 meeting in Barcelona.
STAY CONNECTED
MAILING ADDRESS
AFFILATIONS
o.lapiedra@creaf.uab.cat
Lapiedra Lab, CREAF
C Faculty of Science and Biosciences Building
08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Ramón y Cajal Researcher in the Deperatment of Global Ecology at CREAF
STAY CONNECTED
MAILING ADDRESS
AFFILATIONS
o.lapiedra@creaf.uab.cat
Lapiedra Lab, CREAF
C Faculty of Sciences and Biosciences Building
08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona
Spain
Ramon y Cajal Researcher in the Department of Global Ecology at CREAF