Publications

Lab publications list. Team members’ names are highlighted in bold.

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2026

• Species range shifts often speed ahead of their modeled climatic niches. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  Oliveira, B. F., Bertrand, R., Pinsky, M. L., Casajus, N., Wolfe, B. W., Scheffers, B. R., Villalobos, F. … & Comte, L. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2026)

• Genetic Diversity Impacts Climate‐Induced Species Range Shifts
  Oliveira, B. F., Bertrand, R., Comte, L., Lenoir, J., Grenouillet, G., Lancaster, L. T., … Villalobos, F… & Rolland, J. Ecology Letters (2026)

• The latitudinal speciation gradient in freshwater fishes: Higher speciation across assemblages at higher latitudes in the northern hemisphere
  Juliana Herrera-Pérez, Juan D. Carvajal-Quintero, Axel Arango, Daniel Valencia-Rodríguez, Ana Berenice García-Andrade, P. Tedesco, Fabricio Villalobos
  PLoS One (2026)

• Payment-based open access is biasing scientific participation from the Global South in ecology
  P. Y. Huais, S. Díaz, R. Aguilar, Fabricio Villalobos, J. M. Cordier, A. N. Tomba, A. T. Peterson, J. Nori
  Oikos (2026)

• Advances in the Biogeography of Neotropical Mammals
  Luis D. Verde Arregoitia, Fabricio Villalobos
  In: Mammals of Middle and South America. Springer (2026)

• Evolutionary Responses to Climate Change
  Fabricio Villalobos, S. F. Gouveia, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho
  Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology, 2nd Edition (2026)

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2025

• Prevalence and patterns of convergent ecomorphological evolution in rodents
  Luis D. Verde Arregoitia, Fabricio Villalobos, N. Cooper, G. D’Elía
  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2025)

• General laws of biodiversity: Climatic niches predict plant range size and ecological dominance globally
  G. M. Moulatlet, C. Merow, B. Maitner, B. Boyle, X. Feng, A. E. Frazier, C. Hinojo-Hinojo, E. A. Newman, P. R. Roehrdanz, L. Song, Fabricio Villalobos, P. A. Marquet, J. Svenning, B. J. Enquist
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025)

• Unravelling the conservation status of the genus Puya (Bromeliaceae) across the Neotropics
  P. Velásquez-Noriega, J. A. Gómez-Díaz, C. T. Hornung-Leoni, W. Dáttilo, Fabricio Villalobos, T. Krömer
  Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2025)

• The effects of the dispersal ability in the diversification dynamics of Emberizoidea (Aves: Passeriformes)
  Axel Arango, J. Pinto-Ledezma, O. Rojas-Soto, Fabricio Villalobos
  Evolution (2025)

• Historical biogeography and climatic niche dynamics in spiny lizards of the genus Sceloporus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)
  Kevin López-Reyes, J. M. Kass, C. Yáñez-Arenas, Fabricio Villalobos
  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2025)

• Negative impact of deforestation and mammal defaunation on dung beetle diversity and biomass: a landscape–scale approach
  J. L. Cómbita, V. Arroyo-Rodríguez, Fabricio Villalobos et al.
  Biodiversity and Conservation (2025)

• One omnivory does not rule them all: the importance of dietary differentiation in the diversification of phyllostomid bats
  Diana M. Ochoa-Sanz, D. Rojas, L. Herrera-Alsina, Juliana Herrera-Pérez, W. Dáttilo, L. R. Yohe, Fabricio Villalobos
  Evolution (2025)

• SBEARS—a site-based method to estimate ancestral ranges of species
  L. Duarte, G. Nakamura, Fabricio Villalobos, C. Prauchner, J. Lopes Costa, M. Schwade, R. Maestri
  Evolution (2025)

• Ecological Niche Structure and the Interactive Role of Leaf-Nosed Bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) Within Frugivory Networks
  A. R. Villa, Diana M. Ochoa-Sanz, Fabricio Villalobos, M. C. MacSwiney, O. Rojas-Soto, W. Dáttilo
  Ecology Letters (2025)

• Threatened and non-threatened bats play equivalent roles in bat-flower meta-networks at global and biogeographic realm scales
  K. González-Gutiérrez, Fabricio Villalobos, L. T. Hernández-Salazar, D. Rodríguez-Morales, W. Dáttilo
  Biodiversity and Conservation (2025)

• Current and future applications of species distribution and ecological niche modelling for the study of ticks and tick-borne pathogens
  U. M. Valdez-Espinoza, D. Santiago-Alarcon, Fabricio Villalobos, R. Marques, R. Lagunes-Quintanilla, A. Lira-Noriega
  Medical and Veterinary Entomology (2025)

• Bird Species’ Network Centrality Varies Differentially across Species within Their Climatic Niches
  G. M. Moulatlet, W. Dáttilo, D. Kissling, Fabricio Villalobos
  The American Naturalist (2025)

• The latitudinal variation in amphibian speciation rates revisited
  A. García-Rodríguez, Fabricio Villalobos, J. A. Velasco, F. Essl, G. C. Costa
  Communications Biology (2025)

• Environmental heterogeneity as a determinant of bee diversity patterns in the Atlantic Forest
  A. I. Antonio, A. C. de Oliveira-Junior, Fabricio Villalobos, S. J. E. Velazco
  Frontiers of Biogeography (2025)

• The scaling of seed-dispersal specialization in interaction networks across levels of organization
  G. M. Moulatlet, P. Luna, W. Dáttilo, Fabricio Villalobos
  Ecography (2025)

• Comparing methods for estimating geographic ranges in freshwater fishes: several mirrors of the same reality
  Daniel Valencia-Rodríguez, Fabricio Villalobos, P. A. Tedesco, N. Mercado-Silva, M. Rubio-Godoy, O. Rojas-Soto
  Freshwater Biology (2025)

• Areas of endemism of the orchids of Megamexico: Hotspots of biotic interactions with pollinators
  B. E. Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, W. Dáttilo, Fabricio Villalobos, V. Sosa
  Journal of Systematics and Evolution (2025)

• Broad geographic dispersal is not a diversification driver for Emberizoidea
  Axel Arango, J. Pinto-Ledezma, O. Rojas-Soto, Fabricio Villalobos
  Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2025)

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2024

• Limited drought tolerance in the neotropical seasonally dry forest plants impairs future species richness
  A. Manrique-Ascencio, D. A. Prieto-Torres, Fabricio Villalobos, J. Mercado Gómez, R. Guevara
  Plant Biology (2024)

• The central importance of the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) within plant-bee interaction networks decreases along a Neotropical elevational gradient
  C. P. Cruz, P. Luna, Fabricio Villalobos, R. Guevara, I. Hinojoza-Díaz, W. Dáttilo
  Ecological Complexity (2024)

• Global analysis of the influence of environmental variables to explain ecological niches and realized thermal niche boundaries of sea snakes
  C. Patrón-Rivero, L. Osorio-Olvera, O. Rojas-Soto, X. Chiappa-Carrara, Fabricio Villalobos, B. Bessesen et al., C. Yañez-Arenas
  PLoS One (2024)

• Exploring the causes underlying the latitudinal variation in range sizes: Evidence for Rapoport’s rule in spiny lizards (genus Sceloporus)
  Kevin López-Reyes, C. Yáñez-Arenas, Fabricio Villalobos
  PLoS One (2024)

• Endemism Centres of the Five Richest Vascular Epiphyte Families in the Neotropics
  M. J. Carmona-Higuita, G. Mendieta-Leiva, J. A. Gómez-Díaz, Fabricio Villalobos, F. N. Ramos, J. P. C. Elias et al., T. Krömer
  Journal of Biogeography (2024)

• Global primary predictors of extinction risk in primates
  Carmen Galán-Acedo, Luis D. Verde Arregoitia, R. Arasa-Gisbert, D. Auliz-Ortiz, Laura Saldívar-Burrola, S. F. Gouveia et al., Fabricio Villalobos
  Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2024)

• Capability of big data to capture threatened vertebrate diversity in protected areas
  J. M. Cordier, L. Osorio-Olvera, P. Y. Huais, A. N. Tomba, Fabricio Villalobos, J. Nori
  Conservation Biology (2024)

• The decolonization dilemma at different stages of the academic career
  T. Rivera-Núñez et al., Fabricio Villalobos et al., W. Dáttilo
  Nature Ecology & Evolution (2024)

• Mechanisms, detection and impacts of species redistributions under climate change
  J. A. Lawlor et al., Fabricio Villalobos et al., J. Sunday
  Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (2024)

• Climate-driven shifts in the diversity of plants in the Neotropical seasonally dry forest: Evaluating the effectiveness of protected areas
  A. Manrique-Ascencio, D. A. Prieto-Torres, Fabricio Villalobos, R. Guevara
  Global Change Biology (2024)

• Bringing traits back into the equation: A roadmap to understand species redistribution
  L. Comte et al., Fabricio Villalobos et al., J. Lenoir
  Global Change Biology (2024)

• Energy input, habitat heterogeneity and host specificity drive avian haemosporidian diversity at continental scales
  O. Hernandes-Córdoba, E. J. Torres-Romero, Fabricio Villalobos, L. Chapa-Vargas, D. Santiago-Alarcon
  Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2024)

• The Clade Replacement Theory: a framework to study age-dependent extinction
  C. Calderón del Cid, Fabricio Villalobos, R. Dobrovolski, J. D. Carrillo, D. Silvestro, B. Vilela
  Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2024)

• Drivers of flower visit and resource sharing between the honeybee and native bees in Neotropical coastal sand dunes
  C. P. Cruz, B. Ratoni, Fabricio Villalobos, R. Ayala, I. Hinojoza-Díaz, W. Dáttilo
  The Science of Nature (2024)

• Conservation status of vascular epiphytes in the neotropics
  M. J. Carmona-Higuita, G. Mendieta-Leiva, J. A. Gómez-Díaz, Fabricio Villalobos, F. N. Ramos, J. P. C. Elias et al., T. Krömer
  Biodiversity and Conservation (2024)

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2023

• Temperate species underfill their tropical thermal potentials on land
  N. A. Moore, I. Morales-Castilla, A. L. Hargreaves, M. Á. Olalla-Tárraga, Fabricio Villalobos, P. Calosi et al., J. M. Sunday
  Nature Ecology & Evolution (2023)

• Macroecotoxicology: challenges and opportunities to study broad-scale biodiversity patterns under the effect of microplastics contamination
  G. M. Moulatlet, D. M. Truchet, M. V. Capparelli, Fabricio Villalobos, N. S. Buzzi
  Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health (2023)

• Species-level drivers of avian centrality within seed-dispersal networks across different levels of organisation
  G. M. Moulatlet, W. Dáttilo, Fabricio Villalobos
  Journal of Animal Ecology (2023)

• Addressing Knowledge Shortfalls in Conservation Science: A long way to go, as quickly as possible
  J. Nori, B. Maas, F. Brum, Fabricio Villalobos
  Biological Conservation (2023)

• Temperature dissimilarity drives flower–visitor interaction turnover across elevation in the Mexican Transition Zone
  P. Luna, Fabricio Villalobos, F. Escobar, F. Neves, G. Castillo-Campos, I. Hinojosa-Díaz et al., W. Dáttilo
  Journal of Biogeography (2023)

• Same process, different patterns: pervasive effect of evolutionary time on species richness in freshwater fishes
  Ana Berenice García-Andrade, P. A. Tedesco, Juan D. Carvajal-Quintero, Axel Arango, Fabricio Villalobos
  Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2023)

• Reshaping biogeography: Perspectives on the past, present and future
  M. N. Dawson, K. Mainali, R. Meyer, M. Noonan, M. Papes, L. R. Parenti, Fabricio Villalobos
  Journal of Biogeography (2023)

• Global patterns of phylogenetic beta-diversity components in angiosperms
  G. M. Moulatlet, B. Kusumoto, J. Pinto-Ledezma, T. Shiono, Y. Kubota, Fabricio Villalobos
  Journal of Vegetation Science (2023)

• Seasonal distribution analysis of five lasiurine bat species: clues to migration patterns and behavior
  K. Rojas-Herrera, Fabricio Villalobos, A. Guillén-Servent, S. Solari, O. Rojas-Soto
  Mammalia (2023)

• Transboundary conservation opportunities for Cerrado’s plant species
  S. J. E. Velazco, Fabricio Villalobos, F. Galvão, P. de Marco Jr.
  Biological Conservation (2023)

• Knowledge shortfalls’ interactions shadow our perception of species’ exposure to human threats
  M. C. Baranzelli, Fabricio Villalobos, J. M. Cordier, J. Nori
  Biological Conservation (2023)

• Vipers on the Scene: Assessing the Relationship Between Speciation and Climatic Niche Evolution in Venomous Snakes (Reptilia: Viperidae)
  Citlalli Edith Esparza-Estrada, L. R. Alencar, L. C. Terribile, O. Rojas-Soto, C. Yáñez-Arenas, Fabricio Villalobos
  Evolutionary Biology (2023)

• Climate drives global functional trait variation in lizards
  J. G. Rubalcaba, S. F. Gouveia, Fabricio Villalobos, M. Á. Olalla-Tárraga, J. Sunday
  Nature Ecology & Evolution (2023)

• Effects of habitat loss on Brazilian primates: assessing extinction thresholds in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest
  Carmen Galán-Acedo, R. Arasa-Gisbert, V. Arroyo-Rodríguez, M. Martínez-Ruiz, F. A. Rosete-Vergés, Fabricio Villalobos
  Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation (2023)

• Evolutionary rescue and geographic range shifts under climate change for global amphibians
  K. S. Souza, D. S. Fortunato, L. Jardim, L. C. Terribile, M. S. Lima-Ribeiro, C. Á. Mariano et al., Fabricio Villalobos et al.
  Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2023)

• Combining Geographic Distribution and Trait Information to Infer Predator-Prey Species-Level Interaction Properties
  Alejandro Sánchez-Barradas, W. Dattilo, D. Santiago-Alarcon, W. D. Kissling, Fabricio Villalobos
  Diversity (2023)

• Lessons from comparative primatology for understanding trait covariation and diversity in evolutionary ecology
  I. Correia, B. de Franca Gomes, Fabricio Villalobos, S. F. Ferrari, S. F. Gouveia
  Mammal Review (2023)

• Contrasting biogeographical patterns of threatened vertebrates on islands emerge from disparities between expert-derived maps and Global Biodiversity Information Facility data
  J. Nori, D. A. Prieto-Torres, Fabricio Villalobos, R. Loyola, O. Rojas-Soto, J. L. Parra, A. Lira-Noriega, H. M. Ortega-Andrade, A. Monjeau, S. Hernandez-De La Fuente, E. Martinez-Meyer, L. Osorio-Olvera
  Journal of Biogeography (2023)

• Robustness of Bergmann’s and Rapoport’s rules to different geographical range estimates in New World pit vipers
  C. Ten Caten, M. S. Lima-Ribeiro, C. Yanez-Arenas, Fabricio Villalobos, L. Diaz-Gamboa, L. C. Terribile
  Journal of Biogeography (2023)

• Scale of population synchrony confirms macroecological estimates of minimum viable range size
  Juan D. Carvajal-Quintero, L. Comte, X. Giam, J. D. Olden, U. Brose, T. Eros, A. F. Filipe, M. J. Fortin, K. Irving, C. Jacquet, S. Larsen, A. Ruhi, S. Sharma, Fabricio Villalobos, P. A. Tedesco
  Ecology Letters (2023)

• Humboldt’s legacy: explaining the influence of environmental factors on the taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of angiosperms along a Neotropical elevational gradient
  J. A. Gomez-Diaz, C. I. Carvajal-Hernandez, A. P. Bautista-Bello, M. L. Monge-Gonzalez, V. Guzman-Jacob, H. Kreft, T. Kromer, Fabricio Villalobos
  AOB Plants (2023)

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2022

• Amphibian species richness and endemism in tropical montane cloud forests across the Neotropics
  C. Tobar-Suarez, N. Urbina-Cardona, Fabricio Villalobos, E. Pineda
  Biodiversity and Conservation (2022)

• Global trends in the trophic specialisation of flower-visitor networks are explained by current and historical climate
  P. Luna, Fabricio Villalobos, F. Escobar, F. S. Neves, W. Dattilo
  Ecology Letters (2022)

• Evolutionary dynamics of climatic niche influenced the current geographical distribution of Viperidae worldwide
  Citlalli Edith Esparza-Estrada, L. C. Terribile, O. Rojas-Soto, C. Yanez-Arenas, Fabricio Villalobos
  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2022)

• Physical constraints on thermoregulation and flight drive morphological evolution in bats
  J. G. Rubalcaba, S. F. Gouveia, Fabricio Villalobos et al.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2022)

• Alpha and beta phylogenetic diversities jointly reveal ant community assembly mechanisms along a tropical elevational gradient
  G. R. Perez-Toledo, Fabricio Villalobos, R. R. Silva, C. E. Moreno, M. R. Pie, J. E. Valenzuela-Gonzalez
  Scientific Reports (2022)

• Insufficient protection and intense human pressure threaten islands worldwide
  J. Nori, Fabricio Villalobos, L. Osorio-Olvera, R. Loyola
  Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation (2022)

• Current climate and latitude shape the structure of bat-fruit interaction networks throughout the Neotropical region
  Erick J. Corro, Fabricio Villalobos, A. Lira-Noriega, R. Guevara, W. Dattilo
  Ecoscience (2022)

• Hand-Wing Index as a surrogate for dispersal ability: the case of the Emberizoidea radiation
  Axel Arango, J. Pinto-Ledezma, O. Rojas-Soto, A. M. Lindsay, C. D. Mendenhall, Fabricio Villalobos
  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2022)

• Climate and human influence shape the interactive role of the honeybee in pollination networks beyond its native range
  C. Pinilla Cruz, P. Luna, R. Guevara, I. A. Hinojosa-Diaz, Fabricio Villalobos, W. Dattilo
  Basic and Applied Ecology (2022)

• Amphibian Diversity of the Yucatan Peninsula: Representation in Protected Areas and Climate Change Impacts
  S. M. Castano-Quintero, J. Escobar-Lujan, Fabricio Villalobos, L. M. Ochoa-Ochoa, C. Yanez-Arenas
  Diversity (2022)

• The agony of choice: Species richness and range size in the determination of hotspots for the conservation of phyllostomid bats
  J. D. Cu-Vizcarra, Fabricio Villalobos, M. C. MacSwiney G, V. J. Sosa, B. Bolivar-Cime
  Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation (2022)

• The Impact of the Honeybee Apis mellifera on the Organization of Pollination Networks Is Positively Related with Its Interactive Role throughout Its Geographic Range
  W. Dattilo, C. Pinilla Cruz, P. Luna et al., Fabricio Villalobos
  Diversity (2022)

• Can secondary forests mitigate the negative effect of old-growth forest loss on biodiversity?
  Laura L. Saldívar-Burrola, M. Martinez-Ruiz, V. Arroyo-Rodriguez, Fabricio Villalobos et al.
  Landscape Ecology (2022)

• Current and future geographic patterns of bird diversity dimensions of the Yucatan Peninsula
  J. Escobar-Lujan, S. M. Castano-Quintero, Fabricio Villalobos et al.
  Neotropical Biodiversity (2022)

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2021

• The phylogenetic diversity and structure of the seasonally dry forests in the Neotropics
  Axel Arango, Fabricio Villalobos, D. A. Prieto-Torres, R. Guevara
  Journal of Biogeography (2021)

• The evolution of critical thermal limits of life on Earth
  J. M. Bennett, J. Sunday, P. Calosi, Fabricio Villalobos et al.
  Nature Communications (2021)

• Effects of evolutionary time, speciation rates and local abiotic conditions on the origin and maintenance of amphibian montane diversity
  A. Garcia-Rodriguez, J. A. Velasco, Fabricio Villalobos, G. Parra-Olea
  Global Ecology and Biogeography (2021)

• A Cautionary Note on Phylogenetic Signal Estimation from Imputed Databases
  L. Jardim, L. M. Bini, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, Fabricio Villalobos
  Evolutionary Biology (2021)

• Evolutionary and environmental drivers of species richness in poeciliid fishes across the Americas
  Ana Berenice García-Andrade, Juan D. Carvajal-Quintero, P. A. Tedesco, Fabricio Villalobos
  Global Ecology and Biogeography (2021)

• Different elevational environments dictate contrasting patterns of niche evolution in Neotropical Pithecopus treefrog species
  L. N. Bandeira, Fabricio Villalobos, F. P. Werneck, A. T. Peterson, M. Anciaes
  Biotropica (2021)

• Biogeographical origin effects on exotic plants colonization in the insular flora of Japan
  B. Kusumoto, Y. Kubota, T. Shiono, Fabricio Villalobos
  Biological Invasions (2021)

• Patterns and drivers of leaf-litter ant diversity along a tropical elevational gradient in Mexico
  G. R. Perez-Toledo, J. E. Valenzuela-Gonzalez, C. E. Moreno, Fabricio Villalobos, R. R. Silva
  Journal of Biogeography (2021)

• Metacommunity structure reveals that temperature affects the landscape compositional patterns of avian malaria and haemosporidian parasites across elevations
  P. Alvarez-Mendizabal, Fabricio Villalobos et al.
  Acta Oecologica (2021)

• Regional deforestation drives the impact of forest cover and matrix quality on primate species richness
  Carmen Galán-Acedo, D. Spaan, J. C. Bicca-Marques, R. B. de Azevedo, Fabricio Villalobos et al.
  Biological Conservation (2021)

• Annual precipitation predicts the phylogenetic signal in bat-fruit interaction networks across the Neotropics
  Erick J. Corro, Fabricio Villalobos, A. Lira-Noriega, R. Guevara, P. R. Guimaraes Jr, W. Dattilo
  Biology Letters (2021)

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2020

• Species geographical co-occurrence and the effect of Grinnellian and Eltonian niche partitioning: The case of a Neotropical felid assemblage
  Alejandro Sánchez-Barradas, Fabricio Villalobos
  Ecological Research (2020)

• Mexico ants: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface
  W. Dattilo, M. Vasquez-Bolanos et al., Fabricio Villalobos
  Ecology (2020)

• Unveiling geographical gradients of species richness from scant occurrence data
  D. M. C. C. Alves et al., Fabricio Villalobos
  Global Ecology and Biogeography (2020)

• Insect responses to heat: physiological mechanisms, evolution and ecological implications in a warming world
  D. Gonzalez-Tokman, A. Cordoba-Aguilar, W. Dattilo, A. Lira-Noriega, R. A. Sanchez-Guillen, Fabricio Villalobos
  Biological Reviews (2020)

• Macroecology and macroevolution of body size in Anolis lizards
  J. A. Velasco, Fabricio Villalobos, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, S. Poe, O. Flores-Villela
  Ecography (2020)

• Phylogenetic structure of geographical co-occurrence among New World Triatominae species, vectors of Chagas disease
  S. Ceccarelli et al., Fabricio Villalobos
  Journal of Biogeography (2020)

• Mountains: how they are defined and their importance for biodiversity and humanity
  J. A. Gomez Diaz, Fabricio Villalobos
  Ciencia Ergo-Sum (2020)

• Species-level drivers of mammalian ectoparasite faunas
  W. Dattilo, N. Barrozo-Chavez, A. Lira-Noriega, R. Guevara, Fabricio Villalobos et al.
  Journal of Animal Ecology (2020)

• Priority areas for conservation of and research focused on terrestrial vertebrates
  J. Nori, R. Loyola, Fabricio Villalobos
  Conservation Biology (2020)

• The evolutionary history of colour polymorphism in Ischnura damselflies
  R. A. Sanchez-Guillen, S. Ceccarelli, Fabricio Villalobos et al.
  Odonatologica (2020)

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2019

• Climatic niche evolution in turtles is characterized by phylogenetic conservatism for both aquatic and terrestrial species
  J. F. M. Rodrigues, Fabricio Villalobos, J. B. Iverson, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho
  Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2019)

• Drivers of Phylogenetic Assemblage Structure of the Furnariides, a Widespread Clade of Lowland Neotropical Birds
  J. N. Pinto-Ledezma, A. E. Jahn, V. R. Cueto, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, Fabricio Villalobos
  American Naturalist (2019)

• A dark scenario for Cerrado plant species: Effects of future climate, land use and protected areas ineffectiveness
  S. J. E. Velazco, Fabricio Villalobos, F. Galvao, P. De Marco Junior
  Diversity and Distributions (2019)

• A macroecological approach to evolutionary rescue and adaptation to climate change
  J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, K. S. Souza, L. M. Bini, R. Loyola, Fabricio Villalobos et al.
  Ecography (2019)

• Drainage network position and historical connectivity explain global patterns in freshwater fishes’ range size
  Juan D. Carvajal-Quintero, Fabricio Villalobos, T. Oberdorff et al.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)

• Biological traits, phylogeny and human footprint signatures on the geographical range size of passerines worldwide
  M. A. Olalla-Tarraga, T. F. Amado, L. M. Bini, P. A. Martinez, I. Morales-Castilla, E. J. Torres-Romero, Fabricio Villalobos
  Global Ecology and Biogeography (2019)

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2018

• Climatic and evolutionary factors shaping geographical gradients of species richness in Anolis lizards
  J. A. Velasco, Fabricio Villalobos, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho et al.
  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2018)

• Geographic variation in the relationship between large-scale environmental determinants and bat species richness
  D. M. C. C. Alves, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, K. da Silva e Souza, S. F. Gouveia, Fabricio Villalobos
  Basic and Applied Ecology (2018)

• GlobTherm, a global database on thermal tolerances for aquatic and terrestrial organisms
  J. M. Bennett, P. Calosi, S. Clusella-Trullas, B. Martinez et al., Fabricio Villalobos
  Scientific Data (2018)

• Global priority areas for amphibian research
  J. Nori, Fabricio Villalobos, R. Loyola
  Journal of Biogeography (2018)

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2017

• Contrasting evidence of phylogenetic trophic niche conservatism in mammals worldwide
  M. A. Olalla-Tarraga, M. Gonzalez-Suarez, R. Bernardo-Madrid, E. Revilla, Fabricio Villalobos
  Journal of Biogeography (2017)

• Global patterns of mammalian co-occurrence: phylogenetic and body size structure within species ranges
  Fabricio Villalobos, M. A. Olalla-Tarraga, M. V. Cianciaruso, T. F. Rangel, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho
  Journal of Biogeography (2017)

• Integrating selection, niche, and diversification into a hierarchical conceptual framework
  D. M. C. C. Alves, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, Fabricio Villalobos
  Organisms Diversity & Evolution (2017)

• Geographical patterns of phylogenetic beta-diversity components in terrestrial mammals
  F. P. Peixoto, Fabricio Villalobos, A. S. Melo, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, R. Loyola, T. F. Rangel, M. V. Cianciaruso
  Global Ecology and Biogeography (2017)

• Structural bias in aggregated species-level variables driven by repeated species co-occurrences
  B. A. Hawkins, B. Leroy, M. A. Rodriguez et al., Fabricio Villalobos
  Journal of Biogeography (2017)

• Geographical diversification and the effect of model and data inadequacies: the bat diversity gradient as a case study
  D. M. C. C. Alves, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, Fabricio Villalobos
  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2017)

• The geographical diversification of Furnariides: the role of forest versus open habitats
  J. N. Pinto-Ledezma, L. M. Simon, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, Fabricio Villalobos
  Journal of Biogeography (2017)

• Changes in the realized niche of the invasive succulent CAM plant Furcraea foetida
  C. Barbosa, J. M. Otalora, E. L. H. Giehl, Fabricio Villalobos et al.
  Austral Ecology (2017)

• Phylogenetic conservatism of climatic niche in bats
  F. P. Peixoto, Fabricio Villalobos, M. V. Cianciaruso
  Global Ecology and Biogeography (2017)

• Using worldwide edaphic data to model plant species niches: An assessment at a continental extent
  S. J. E. Velazco, F. Galvao, Fabricio Villalobos, P. De Marco Junior
  PLoS One (2017)

• Evolution of the anuran foam nest: trait conservatism and lineage diversification
  E. B. Pereira, J. N. Pinto-Ledezma, C. G. De Freitas, Fabricio Villalobos et al.
  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2017)

• Macroecology in Mexico: history, progress and perspectives
  P. Rodriguez, Fabricio Villalobos, Alejandro Sánchez-Barradas, M. E. Correa-Cano
  Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad (2017)

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2016

• Disentangling the Role of Climate, Topography and Vegetation in Species Richness Gradients
  M. R. Moura, Fabricio Villalobos, G. C. Costa, P. C. A. Garcia
  PLoS One (2016)

• Phylogenetic fields through time: temporal dynamics of geographical co-occurrence and phylogenetic structure within species ranges
  Fabricio Villalobos, F. Carotenuto, P. Raia, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho
  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (2016)

• Environmental niche drives genetic and morphometric structure in a widespread bat
  A. Morales, Fabricio Villalobos, P. M. Velazco, N. B. Simmons, D. Pinero
  Journal of Biogeography (2016)

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2015

• The best of both worlds: Phylogenetic eigenvector regression and mapping
  J. A. F. Diniz Filho, Fabricio Villalobos, L. M. Bini
  Genetics and Molecular Biology (2015)

• Phylogenetic eigenvectors and nonstationarity in the evolution of theropod dinosaur skulls
  J. A. F. Diniz-Filho, D. M. C. C. Alves, Fabricio Villalobos, M. Sakamoto, S. L. Brusatte, L. M. Bini
  Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2015)

• The Effect of Host-Plant Phylogenetic Isolation on Species Richness, Composition and Specialization of Insect Herbivores
  J. M. Grandez-Rios, L. L. Bergamini, W. S. de Araujo, Fabricio Villalobos, M. Almeida-Neto
  PLoS One (2015)

• letsR: a new R package for data handling and analysis in macroecology
  B. Vilela, Fabricio Villalobos
  Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2015)

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2014

• Co-diversity and co-distribution in phyllostomid bats: Evaluating the relative roles of climate and niche conservatism
  Fabricio Villalobos, A. Lira-Noriega, J. Soberon, H. T. Arita
  Basic and Applied Ecology (2014)

• Morphological diversity at different spatial scales in a Neotropical bat assemblage
  Fabricio Villalobos, H. T. Arita
  Oecologia (2014)

• Forest structure drives global diversity of primates
  S. F. Gouveia, Fabricio Villalobos, R. Dobrovolski, R. Beltrao-Mendes, S. F. Ferrari
  Journal of Animal Ecology (2014)

• Latitudinal gradients of genus richness and endemism and the diversification of New World bats
  H. T. Arita, J. Vargas-Baron, Fabricio Villalobos
  Ecography (2014)

• Body Size, Extinction Risk and Knowledge Bias in New World Snakes
  B. Vilela, Fabricio Villalobos, M. A. Rodriguez, L. C. Terribile
  PLoS One (2014)

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2013

• Range-diversity plots for conservation assessments: Using richness and rarity in priority setting
  Fabricio Villalobos, A. Lira-Noriega, J. Soberon, H. T. Arita
  Biological Conservation (2013)

• Is Rich and Rare the Common Share? Describing Biodiversity Patterns to Inform Conservation Practices for South American Anurans
  Fabricio Villalobos, R. Dobrovolski, D. B. Provete, S. F. Gouveia
  PLoS One (2013)

• Phylogenetic fields of species: cross-species patterns of phylogenetic structure and geographical coexistence
  Fabricio Villalobos, T. F. Rangel, J. A. F. Diniz-Filho
  Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2013)

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2011

• The crucial role of the accessible area in ecological niche modeling and species distribution modeling
  N. Barve, V. Barve, A. Jimenez-Valverde, A. Lira-Noriega, S. P. Maher, A. T. Peterson, J. Soberon, Fabricio Villalobos
  Ecological Modelling (2011)

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2010

• The diversity field of New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae)
  Fabricio Villalobos, H. T. Arita
  Global Ecology and Biogeography (2010)