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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Evolutionary 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