Research Fellow
- About
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- Email Address
- leonel.herreraalsina@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
- Research
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Research Overview
During my PhD I worked on how diversification rates change according the evolution of a trait. I also looked into the dynamic of species range expansion and contraction driven by ecological and geographic constraints and how this affects diversification rates. I finished my PhD (November 2019) with the thesis: "Species selection and the spatial distribution of diversity". Besides my interest in evolutionary biology, I have some work on how the morphology of species informs on ecological processes like community assembly and character displacement. Now, I am a research fellow at the University of Aberdeen where I am studying spatial patterns of richness and macroevolution in the Wallacea region.
- Publications
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Niche breadth specialisation impacts ecological and evolutionary adaptation following environmental change
The ISME Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, wrae183Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAccounting for extinction dynamics unifies the geological and biological histories of Indo-Australian Archipelago
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 291, no. 2031, 20240966Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDisentangling evolutionary, geometric and ecological components of the elevational gradient of diversity
Evolution Letters, qrae04Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrae048
The habitat breadth of phyllostomid bats is partially determined by their diet and could be used as a predictor of extinction risk
Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 3129–3144Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-024-02905-x
Citizen science data reveal altitudinal movement and seasonal ecosystem use by hummingbirds in the Andes Mountains
Ecography, vol. 2024, no. 3, e06735Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReconstructing ancient dispersal through Antarctica: A case study of stream-inhabiting beetles
Journal of Biogeography, vol. 50, no. 11, pp. 1939-1954Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14702
Apparent effect of range size and fruit colour on palm diversification may be spurious
Journal of Biogeography, vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 1724-1736Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14683
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21190/1/Hill_etal_JB_Apparent_effect_of_VOR.pdf
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Thermal niche breadth and its relationship with sturnira bat species diversification
Journal of Thermal Biology, vol. 117, 103697Contributions to Journals: ArticlesImpact of Phylogenetic Tree Completeness and Misspecification of Sampling Fractions on Trait Dependent Diversification Models
Systematic Biology, vol. 72, no. 1, pp. 106-119Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSafeguarding imperiled biodiversity and evolutionary processes in the Wallacea center of endemism
BioScience, vol. 72, no. 11, pp. 1118-1130Contributions to Journals: Articles
