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Dr Leonel Herrera Alsina

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

Honorary Research Fellow

51cg
School/Department
School of Biological Sciences



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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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Prizes and Awards

Outstanding Research Award: Early-career researcher in STEM. 51cg

Research

Supervision

I am currently co-supervising two PhD students at the 51cg and one more at the Sichuan University (China).

Publications

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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • One omnivory does not rule them all: the importance of dietary differentiation in the diversification of phyllostomid bats

    Ochoa-Sanz, D. M., Rojas, D., Herrera-Alsina, L., Herrera-Pérez, J., Dáttilo, W., Yohe, L. R., Villalobos, F.
    Evolution, vol. 79, no. 11, pp. 2516–2529
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  • Different traits dominate evolution at early and late stages of adaptive radiation

    Herrera Alsina, L., Di Batista Borko, ?., Premate, E., Seehausen, O., Altermatt, F., Fišer, C.
    Evolution, vol. 79, no. 6, pp. 1044–1055
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  • Disentangling evolutionary, geometric and ecological components of the elevational gradient of diversity

    Herrera Alsina, L., Parvanova, R., Guirguis, J., Bocedi, G., Trethowan, L., Lancaster, L., Travis, J.
    Evolution Letters, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 51-64
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  • Niche breadth specialisation impacts ecological and evolutionary adaptation following environmental change

    Gubry-Rangin, C., Aigle, A., Herrera Alsina, L., Lancaster, L., Prosser, J.
    The ISME Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, wrae183
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  • Accounting for extinction dynamics unifies the geological and biological histories of Indo-Australian Archipelago

    Herrera Alsina, L., Lancaster, L., Algar, A., Papadopulos, A., Iskandar, D. T., Bocedi, G., Creer, S., Villegas-Patraca, R., Fahri, F., Gubry-Rangin, C., Lupiyaningdyah, P., Mynard, P., Nangoy, M., Osborne, O. G., Sudiana, I. M., Juliandi, B., Burslem, D., Travis, J.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 291, no. 2031, 20240966
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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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Miocene Climate and Habitat Change Drove Diversification in Bicyclus, Africa’s Largest Radiation of Satyrine Butterflies

    Aduse-Poku, K., van Bergen, E., Safian, S., Collins, S. C., Etienne, R. S., Herrera Alsina, L., Brakefield, P. M., Brattstrom, O., Lohman, D. J., Wahlberg, N.
    Systematic Biology, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 570–588
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  • Evolutionary dynamics of the elevational diversity gradient in passerine birds

    van Els, P., Herrera Alsina, L., Pigot, A. L., Etienne, R. S.
    Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol. 5, pp. 1259-1265
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  • Ancient geological dynamics impact neutral biodiversity accumulation and are detectable in phylogenetic reconstructions

    Herrera Alsina, L., Algar, A. C., Bocedi, G., Gubry-Rangin, C., Lancaster, L., Mynard, P., Osborne, O., Papadopulos, A. S., Creer, S., Nangoy, M., Fahri, F., Lupiyaningdyah, P., Sudiana, I. M., Juliandi, B., Travis, J.
    Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 38, no. 8, pp. 1633–1642
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  • The spatial analysis of biological interactions: morphological variation responding to the co‐occurrence of competitors and resources

    Tovilla-Sierra, R. D., Herrera Alsina, L., Bribiesca, R., Arita, H. T.
    Journal of Avian Biology, vol. 50, no. 12, e02223
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  • Detecting the Dependence of Diversification on Multiple Traits from Phylogenetic Trees and Trait Data

    Herrera-Alsina, L., Els, P. v., Etienne, R. S.
    Systematic Biology, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 317-328
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  • Body mass as a supertrait linked to abundance and behavioral dominance in hummingbirds: A phylogenetic approach

    Bribiesca, R., Herrera-Alsina, L., Ruiz-Sanchez, E., Sánchez-González, L. A., Schondube, J. E.
    Ecology and Evolution, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 1623-1637
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  • The influence of ecological and geographic limits on the evolution of species distributions and diversity

    Herrera-Alsina, L., Pigot, A. L., Hildenbrandt, H., Etienne, R. S.
    Evolution, vol. 72, no. 10, pp. 1978-1991
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  • To adapt or go extinct? The fate of megafaunal palm fruits under past global change

    Onstein, R. E., Baker, W. J., Couvreur, T. L. P., Faurby, S., Herrera-Alsina, L., Svenning, J., Kissling, W. D.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 285, no. 1880, 20180882
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  • Ecomorphological structure of avian communities changes upon arrival of wintering species

    Malpica, A., Covarrubias, S., Villegas-Patraca, R., Herrera-Alsina, L.
    Basic and Applied Ecology, vol. 24, pp. 60-67
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  • Digestive capacity predicts diet diversity in Neotropical frugivorous bats

    Saldaña-Vázquez, R. A., Ruiz-Sanchez, E., Herrera-Alsina, L., Schondube, J. E.
    Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 84, no. 5, pp. 1396-1404
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  • Migration of Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) and its variable annual risk from wind power facilities across the Tehuantepec Isthmus

    Villegas-Patraca, R., Herrera-Alsina, L.
    Journal for Nature Conservation , vol. 25, pp. 72-76
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  • Biologic interactions determining geographic range size: a one species response to phylogenetic community structure

    Herrera-Alsina, L., Villegas-Patraca, R.
    Ecology and Evolution, vol. 4, no. 7, pp. 968-976
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  • Soaring Migratory Birds Avoid Wind Farm in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Southern Mexico

    Villegas-Patraca, R., Cabrera-Cruz, S. A., Herrera-Alsina, L.
    PloS ONE, vol. 9, no. 3, 0092462
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  • Bird communities and wind farms: a phylogenetic and morphological approach

    Herrera-Alsina, L., Villegas-Patraca, R., Eguiarte, L. E., Arita, H. T.
    Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 2821-2836
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  • Bird-Community Shifts in Relation to Wind Farms: A Case Study Comparing a Wind Farm, Croplands, and Secondary Forests in Southern Mexico

    Villegas-Patraca, R., MacGregor-Fors, I., Ortiz-Martínez, T., Pérez-Sánchez, C. E., Herrera-Alsina, L., Muñoz-Robles, C.
    Condor, vol. 114, no. 4, pp. 711-719
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