Science Faculty

Mata Estacio, Cristina

Profesora Permanente Laboral

Office:

C-118

Email:

cristina.mata@uam.es

Telephone:

91 497 8011

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Cristina Mata Estacio, Doctora en Ciencias Biológicas por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), pertenece al Grupo de Investigación de Ecología y Conservación de Ecosistemas Terrestres del Departamento de Ecología de la UAM. Cuenta con una amplia experiencia en el área de la Ecología Aplicada, siendo su principal temática de investigación la fragmentación de hábitats por las grandes infraestructuras viarias y su efecto sobre la fauna.

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Cristina Mata Estacio, professor and researcher at the Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology and Conservation Research Group of Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)

Since I started my research career in 2000, after getting a degree in Biology (degree of five years), my scientific trajectory until 2009 was focused on monitoring and assessment of mitigation measures aimed at the reduction of habitat fragmentation by roads and railways. In the course of my postdoctoral stage I expanded my research interests to a wider scale aiming to understand how roads affect interactions within animal communities in the 'road effect zone'. Besides, I have also widened my research interests including other effects of human activities on wildlife populations, as exemplified by my work in the Chilean Patagonia. The most recent focus of my research deals with landscape connectivity using analytical tools in landscape networks.