Dr Leonel Herrera Alsina
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, 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, pp. 1-14Contributions 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: ArticlesThe missing link in biogeographic reconstruction: Accounting for lineage extinction rewrites history
Journal of Biogeography, vol. 49, no. 11, pp. 1941-1951Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReconstruction of State-Dependent Diversification: Integrating Phenotypic Traits into Molecular Phylogenies
Environmental Microbial Evolution: Methods and Protocols. Luo, H. (ed.). 1 edition. Springer, pp. 305-326, 22 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2691-7_15
Fauxcurrence: simulating multi-species occurrences for null models in species distribution modelling and biogeography
Ecography, vol. 2022, no. 7, e05880Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMiocene Climate and Habitat Change Drove Diversification in Bicyclus, Africa’s Largest Radiation of Satyrine Butterflies
Systematic Biology, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 570–588Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEvolutionary dynamics of the elevational diversity gradient in passerine birds
Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol. 5, pp. 1259-1265Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAncient geological dynamics impact neutral biodiversity accumulation and are detectable in phylogenetic reconstructions
Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 38, no. 8, pp. 1633–1642Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe spatial analysis of biological interactions: morphological variation responding to the co‐occurrence of competitors and resources
Journal of Avian Biology, vol. 50, no. 12, e02223Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDetecting the Dependence of Diversification on Multiple Traits from Phylogenetic Trees and Trait Data
Systematic Biology, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 317-328Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syy057
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Body mass as a supertrait linked to abundance and behavioral dominance in hummingbirds: A phylogenetic approach
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 1623-1637Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe influence of ecological and geographic limits on the evolution of species distributions and diversity
Evolution, vol. 72, no. 10, pp. 1978-1991Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTo adapt or go extinct? The fate of megafaunal palm fruits under past global change
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 285, no. 1880, 20180882Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://apps.kew.org/wcsp
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0882
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12829/1/Onstein_rspb_to_adapt_VOR.pdf
Ecomorphological structure of avian communities changes upon arrival of wintering species
Basic and Applied Ecology, vol. 24, pp. 60-67Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2017.08.008
Digestive capacity predicts diet diversity in Neotropical frugivorous bats
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 84, no. 5, pp. 1396-1404Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12383
Migration of Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) and its variable annual risk from wind power facilities across the Tehuantepec Isthmus
Journal for Nature Conservation , vol. 25, pp. 72-76Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2015.03.006
Biologic interactions determining geographic range size: a one species response to phylogenetic community structure
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 4, no. 7, pp. 968-976Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.959
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12934/1/ece3.959_VOR.pdf
Soaring Migratory Birds Avoid Wind Farm in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Southern Mexico
PloS ONE, vol. 9, no. 3, 0092462Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092462
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12935/1/pone_0092462_VOR.PDF
Bird communities and wind farms: a phylogenetic and morphological approach
Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 2821-2836Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-013-0557-6
Bird-Community Shifts in Relation to Wind Farms: A Case Study Comparing a Wind Farm, Croplands, and Secondary Forests in Southern Mexico
Condor, vol. 114, no. 4, pp. 711-719Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2012.110130
