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Dr Leonel Herrera Alsina

Dr Leonel Herrera Alsina
Dr Leonel Herrera Alsina
Dr Leonel Herrera Alsina

Honorary Research Fellow

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School of Biological Sciences
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Biography

I am mostly interested in exploring the processes driving the changes in accumulation and spatial distribution of species over time. In particular I look at how phylogenetic trees inform us about those processes. To answer some of my research questions, I develop the necessary computing tools. These approaches are based either on likelihood calculations or forward simulations. All realms of life are fascinating to me: my research interests includes birds, bats, palm trees, archeobacteria, butterflies, damselflies, amphipods, cichlids, and water beetles. I have a growing interest in building and programming electronics to collect data or tackle problems in our communities.

External Memberships

Lecturer/Assistant professor in Bioinformatics. School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences. University of Galway, Ireland.

Editorial Board Member at BMC Ecology and Evolution (formerly known as BMC Evolutionary Biology)

Editorial Board Member at Scientific Reports

Latest Publications

  • Body elongation, lateral shape, and body size do not show a consistent effect on diversification rates of ray-finned fishes at broad phylogenetic scale

    Herrera-Pérez, J., Carvajal-Quintero, J. D., Tedesco, P. A., Herrera-Alsina, L., Ochoa-Sanz, D. M., Espinosa de los Monteros, A., Villalobos, F.
    Evolutionary Ecology, vol. 40, 31
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Evolutionary and environmental drivers of dry-season deciduousness in a legume genus

    Cássia-Silva, C., Cavender-Bares, J., Simon, M. F., Herrera-Alsina, L., Marcilio-Silva, V., Gagnon, E., Oliveira, R. S., Pinto-Ledezma, J. N.
    New Phytologist
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • High-quality genome assembly and linkage map for a rapidly evolving plant species: Silene uniflora is potentially suitable

    Osborne, O. G., Wood, D. P., Dobreva, M. P., Dunning, L. T., Tucker, R., Coates, S. E. R., Pellicer, J., Holmberg, J., Algar, A. C., Bocedi, G., Gubry-Rangin, C., Herrera Alsina, L., Juliandi, B., Lancaster, L., Touzet, P., Travis, J., Papadopulos, A.
    G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics Mission, vol. 16, no. 3, jkag002
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Why Are Magnoliaceae So Diverse in the Tropics? Disentangling the Roles of Diversification and Time-for-Speciation Effects

    Xie, H., Wang, Y., Zhang, L., Li, Y., Cheng, R., Liang, X., Shrestha, N., Herrera Alsina, L., Chang, H., Wong, K. M., Yang, K., Chen, X., Jorge Trad, R., Neves, D., Dimitrov, D., Zhao, P., Xu, X., Lu, J.
    Journal of Systematics and Evolution
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Novel phylogenomic and biogeographic insights into Palaquium and tribe Isonandreae (Sapotaceae)

    Phang, A. S. L., Niissalo, M., Herrera Alsina, L., Pezzini, F., Hollands, R., Burslem, D., Ruhsam, M. .., Middleton, D., Wilkie, P., Khew, G.
    Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 212, 108403
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

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Prizes and Awards

Outstanding Research Award: Early-career researcher in STEM. University of Aberdeen

Research

Supervision

I am currently co-supervising two PhD students at the University of Aberdeen and one more at the Sichuan University (China).

Publications

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  • The habitat breadth of phyllostomid bats is partially determined by their diet and could be used as a predictor of extinction risk

    Carballo-Morales, J. D., Villalobos, F., Saldaña-Vázquez, R. A., Herrera-Alsina, L.
    Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 3129–3144
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Citizen science data reveal altitudinal movement and seasonal ecosystem use by hummingbirds in the Andes Mountains

    Rueda Uribe, C., Herrera Alsina, L., Lancaster, L., Capellini, I., Layton, K., Travis, J.
    Ecography, vol. 2024, no. 3, e06735
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Reconstructing ancient dispersal through Antarctica: A case study of stream-inhabiting beetles

    Sýkora, V., Herrera Alsina, L., Maier, C., Martínez-Román, N. R., Archangelsky, M., Bilton, D. T., Seidel, M., Leschen, R. A. B., Fikáček, M.
    Journal of Biogeography, vol. 50, no. 11, pp. 1939-1954
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Apparent effect of range size and fruit colour on palm diversification may be spurious

    Hill, A., Torres Jimenez, M. F., Chazot, N., Cássia-Silva, C., Faurby, S., Herrera Alsina, L., D. Bacon, C.
    Journal of Biogeography, vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 1724-1736
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Thermal niche breadth and its relationship with sturnira bat species diversification

    Carballo-Morales, J., Saldaña-Vázquez, R. A., Villalobos, F., Herrera Alsina, L.
    Journal of Thermal Biology, vol. 117, 103697
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Impact of Phylogenetic Tree Completeness and Misspecification of Sampling Fractions on Trait Dependent Diversification Models

    Mynard, P., Algar, A. C., Lancaster, L., Bocedi, G., Fahri, F., Gubry-Rangin, C., Lupiyaningdyah, P., Nangoy, M., Osborne, O. G., Papadopulos, A., Sudiana, I. M., Juliandi, B., Travis, J., Herrera Alsina, L.
    Systematic Biology, vol. 72, no. 1, pp. 106-119
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Safeguarding imperiled biodiversity and evolutionary processes in the Wallacea center of endemism

    Struebig, M. J., Aninta, S. G., Voigt, M., Bani, A., Barus, H., Brace, S., Davies, Z. G., Diele, K., Djakiman, C., Djamaluddin, R., Drinkwater, R., Dumbrell, A., Evans, D. M., Fusi, M., Herrera Alsina, L., Iskandar, D., Jompa, J., Juliandi, B., Lancaster, L., Limmon, G., Lo, M., Lupiyaningdyah, P., McCannon, M., Meijaard, E., Mitchell, S., Mumbunan, S., O'Connell, D., Osborne, O., Papadopulos, A., Rahajoe, J. S., Rossiter, S. J., Rustiami, H., Salzmann, U., Sukara, E., Tasirin, J. S., Tjoa, A., Travis, J., Trethowan, L., Trianto, A., Utteridge, T., Voigt, M., Winarni, N., Zakaria, Z., Edwards, D., Frantz, L. A. F., Supriatna, J., Beger, M., De Brauwer, M., Lindawati, , Rugaya, , Sheherazade, , Sudiana, I. M., Rosaria,
    BioScience, vol. 72, no. 11, pp. 1118-1130
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The missing link in biogeographic reconstruction: Accounting for lineage extinction rewrites history

    Herrera Alsina, L., Algar, A. C., Lancaster, L., Ornelas, J. F., Bocedi, G., Papadopulos, A. S., Gubry-Rangin, C., Osborne, O. G., Mynard, P., Sudiana, I. M., Lupiyaningdyah, P., Juliandi, B., Travis, J.
    Journal of Biogeography, vol. 49, no. 11, pp. 1941-1951
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Reconstruction of State-Dependent Diversification: Integrating Phenotypic Traits into Molecular Phylogenies

    Herrera Alsina, L., Mynard, P., Sudiana, I. M., Juliandi, B., Travis, J., Gubry-Rangin, C.
    Environmental Microbial Evolution: Methods and Protocols. Luo, H. (ed.). 1 edition. Springer, pp. 305-326, 22 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Fauxcurrence: simulating multi-species occurrences for null models in species distribution modelling and biogeography

    Osborne, O., Fell, H., Atkins, H., Vantol, J., Phillips, D., Herrera Alsina, L., Mynard, P., Bocedi, G., Gubry-Rangin, C., Lancaster, L., Creer, S., Nangoy, M., Travis, J., Papadopulos, A., Algar, A. C., Fahri, F., Lupiyaningdyah, P., Sudiana, I. M., Juliandi, B.
    Ecography, vol. 2022, no. 7, e05880
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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