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Alexandre Aleixo is affiliated with the Instituto Tecnológico Vale in Brazil, contributing to multiple fields within ecology and evolutionary biology. Their research spans significant ecological and genetic studies, with a focus on biodiversity, species behavior, and environmental impacts.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • "Annotated checklist of the birds of Brazil by the Brazilian Ornithological Records Committee-second edition," 2021, Ornithology Research
  • "The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot," 2020, Science
  • "Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research," 2023, Current Biology
  • "Quaternary climate changes as speciation drivers in the Amazon floodplains," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Phylogenomics and biogeography of the world's thrushes (Aves, Turdus): new evidence for a more parsimonious evolutionary history," 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Alexandre Aleixo include:

  • Pablo Vieira Cerqueira
  • Diego Mendes Lima
  • Edson Varga Lopes
  • Luís Fábio Silveira
  • Alexander Charles Lees

The primary venues for their publications highlight diverse platforms for ecological and biological research:

  • Datasets - Sistema SALVE - ICMBio
  • Birds of the World
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Biogeography
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Main fields and subfields of study associated with their work include:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Genetics
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Key research topics covered in their work are:

  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology

Best Publications

  • AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds.

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  • Annotated checklist of the birds of Brazil by the Brazilian Ornithological Records Committee / Lista comentada das aves do Brasil pelo Comitê Brasileiro de Registros Ornitológicos

    Vítor de Q. Piacentini;Alexandre Aleixo;Carlos Eduardo Agne;Giovanni Nachtigall Maurício;Giovanni Nachtigall Maurício

  • The drivers of tropical speciation

    Brian Tilston Smith;John E. McCormack;Andrés M. Cuervo;Michael. J. Hickerson

  • A palaeobiogeographic model for biotic diversification within Amazonia over the past three million years

    Camila C. Ribas;Camila C. Ribas;Alexandre Aleixo;Afonso C. R. Nogueira;Cristina Yumi Miyaki

  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics.

    Shaohong Feng;Josefin Stiller;Yuan Deng;Joel Armstrong;Joel Armstrong

  • Lineage diversification and morphological evolution in a large-scale continental radiation: the neotropical ovenbirds and woodcreepers (aves: Furnariidae).

    Elizabeth P. Derryberry;Santiago Claramunt;Graham Derryberry;R. Terry Chesser

  • Earth history and the passerine superradiation

    Carl H Oliveros;Daniel Jared Field;Daniel Jared Field;Daniel T Ksepka;F Keith Barker

  • Annotated checklist of the birds of Brazil by the Brazilian Ornithological Records Committee—second edition

    José Fernando Pacheco;Luís Fábio Silveira;Alexandre Aleixo;Carlos Eduardo Agne

  • The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot

    Michael G. Harvey;Michael G. Harvey;Gustavo A. Bravo;Gustavo A. Bravo;Santiago Claramunt;Santiago Claramunt;Santiago Claramunt;Andrés M. Cuervo;Andrés M. Cuervo

  • Specimen collection: An essential tool

    L. A. Rocha;A. Aleixo;G. Allen;F. Almeda

  • Effects of selective logging on a bird community in the Brazilian Atlantic forest

    Alexandre Aleixo

  • HISTORICAL DIVERSIFICATION OF A TERRA‐FIRME FOREST BIRD SUPERSPECIES: A PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE ROLE OF DIFFERENT HYPOTHESES OF AMAZONIAN DIVERSIFICATION

    Alexandre Aleixo

  • Effects of palm heart harvesting on avian frugivores in the Atlantic rain forest of Brazil

    Mauro Galetti;Alexandre Aleixo

  • A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: the Sustainable Amazon Network

    Toby A. Gardner;Toby A. Gardner;Joice Ferreira;Jos Barlow;Alexander C. Lees

  • Using avian functional traits to assess the impact of land-cover change on ecosystem processes linked to resilience in tropical forests

    Tom P. Bregman;Alexander C. Lees;Alexander C. Lees;Alexander C. Lees;Hannah E. A. MacGregor;Hannah E. A. MacGregor;Bianca Darski;Bianca Darski

  • A dynamic continental moisture gradient drove Amazonian bird diversification.

    Sofia Marques Silva;Sofia Marques Silva;A. Townsend Peterson;Lincoln Carneiro;Lincoln Carneiro;Tibério César Tortola Burlamaqui;Tibério César Tortola Burlamaqui

  • Composition and dynamics of the bird community of mata de Santa Genebra, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

    Alexandre Aleixo;Jacques M.E. Vielliard

  • Hybridization in headwater regions, and the role of rivers as drivers of speciation in Amazonian birds

    Jason T. Weir;Maya S. Faccio;Paola Pulido-Santacruz;Alfredo O. Barrera-Guzmán

  • Correlated evolution of beak morphology and song in the neotropical woodcreeper radiation.

    Elizabeth Perrault Derryberry;Elizabeth Perrault Derryberry;Nathalie Seddon;Santiago Claramunt;Joseph Andrew Tobias

  • Habitat Association Predicts Genetic Diversity and Population Divergence in Amazonian Birds.

    Michael G. Harvey;Alexandre Aleixo;Camila C. Ribas;Robb T. Brumfield

  • Ecology and conservation of the jacutinga Pipile jacutinga in the Atlantic forest of Brazil

    Mauro Galetti;Paulo Martuscelli;Ffibio Olmos;Alexandre Aleixo

  • Avian gene trees, landscape evolution, and geology: towards a modern synthesis of Amazonian historical biogeography?

    Alexandre Aleixo;Dilce de Fátima Rossetti

  • Annotated checklist of the birds of Brazil by the Brazilian ornithological records committee

    Vitor de Q. Piacentini;Alexandre Aleixo;Carlos Eduardo Agne;Giovanni Nachtigall Mauricio

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael A. Patten
Michael A. Patten Nord University
Camila C. Ribas
Camila C. Ribas National Institute of Amazonian Research
Robb T. Brumfield
Robb T. Brumfield Louisiana State University
Alexander C. Lees
Alexander C. Lees Manchester Metropolitan University
Joel Cracraft
Joel Cracraft American Museum of Natural History
Jason T. Weir
Jason T. Weir University of Toronto
Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University
Elizabeth P. Derryberry
Elizabeth P. Derryberry University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Toby A. Gardner
Toby A. Gardner Stockholm Environment Institute
John M. Bates
John M. Bates Field Museum of Natural History

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