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Alexandre Antonelli

Alexandre Antonelli

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
78
Citations
26552
World Ranking
901
National Ranking
12

Overview

Alexandre Antonelli is affiliated with the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to various subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Plant Science, and Ecology.

The main topics covered in their work consist of:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

Alexandre Antonelli has published frequently in several venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Plants People Planet
  • Science
  • Journal of Biogeography

Some of the recent published papers featuring their involvement include:

  • "raxmlGUI 2.0: A graphical interface and toolkit for phylogenetic analyses using RAxML" (2020) in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Ten golden rules for reforestation to optimize carbon sequestration, biodiversity recovery and livelihood benefits" (2021) in Global Change Biology
  • "Extinction risk and threats to plants and fungi" (2020) in Plants People Planet
  • "Unlocking plant resources to support food security and promote sustainable agriculture" (2020) in Plants People Planet
  • "The Global Museum: natural history collections and the future of evolutionary science and public education" (2020) in PeerJ

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Antonelli include:

  • Daniele Silvestro
  • Søren Faurby
  • Christine D. Bacon
  • Alexander Zizka
  • Tobias Andermann

Best Publications

  • Amazonia Through Time: Andean Uplift, Climate Change, Landscape Evolution, and Biodiversity

    C. Hoorn;F. P. Wesselingh;H. ter Steege;M. A. Bermudez

  • raxmlGUI 2.0: A graphical interface and toolkit for phylogenetic analyses using RAxML

    Daniel Edler;Daniel Edler;Johannes Klein;Alexandre Antonelli;Daniele Silvestro

  • CoordinateCleaner: Standardized cleaning of occurrence records from biological collection databases

    Alexander Zizka;Alexander Zizka;Daniele Silvestro;Daniele Silvestro;Tobias Andermann;Josué Azevedo

  • Tracing the impact of the Andean uplift on Neotropical plant evolution

    Alexandre Antonelli;Johan A. A. Nylander;Claes Persson;Isabel Sanmartín

  • Building mountain biodiversity: Geological and evolutionary processes

    Carsten Rahbek;Carsten Rahbek;Carsten Rahbek;Michael K. Borregaard;Alexandre Antonelli;Robert K. Colwell;Robert K. Colwell;Robert K. Colwell

  • Why are there so many plant species in the Neotropics

    Alexandre Antonelli;Isabel Sanmartín

  • Geological and climatic influences on mountain biodiversity

    A. Antonelli;W.D. Kissling;S.G.A. Flantua;S.G.A. Flantua;Bermúdez

  • Biological evidence supports an early and complex emergence of the Isthmus of Panama

    Christine D. Bacon;Christine D. Bacon;Daniele Silvestro;Carlos A. Jaramillo;Brian Tilston Smith

  • Ten golden rules for reforestation to optimize carbon sequestration, biodiversity recovery and livelihood benefits

    Alice Di Sacco;Kate A. Hardwick;David Blakesley;Pedro H. S. Brancalion

  • Amazonia is the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity.

    Alexandre Antonelli;Alexander Zizka;Fernanda Antunes Carvalho;Ruud Scharn

  • Extinction risk and threats to plants and fungi

    Eimear Nic Lughadha;Steven P. Bachman;Tarciso C.C. Leão;Félix Forest

  • Estimating species diversity and distribution in the era of Big Data: to what extent can we trust public databases?

    Carla Maldonado;Carla Maldonado;Carlos I. Molina;Carlos I. Molina;Alexander Zizka;Claes Persson

  • Evolution of multicellularity coincided with increased diversification of cyanobacteria and the Great Oxidation Event

    Bettina E. Schirrmeister;Jurriaan M. de Vos;Alexandre Antonelli;Homayoun C. Bagheri

  • The abiotic and biotic drivers of rapid diversification in Andean bellflowers (Campanulaceae).

    Laura P. Lagomarsino;Fabien L. Condamine;Alexandre Antonelli;Andreas Mulch

  • Why mountains matter for biodiversity

    Allison Perrigo;Carina Hoorn;Alexandre Antonelli;Alexandre Antonelli

  • The origin of multicellularity in cyanobacteria

    Bettina E Schirrmeister;Alexandre Antonelli;Homayoun C Bagheri

  • Neotropical Plant Evolution: Assembling the Big Picture

    Colin E. Hughes;R. Toby Pennington;Alexandre Antonelli

  • PHYLACINE 1.2: The Phylogenetic Atlas of Mammal Macroecology

    Søren Faurby;Matt Davis;Rasmus Ø. Pedersen;Simon D. Schowanek

  • Mountains, climate and biodiversity

    C. Hoorn;A. Perrigo;A. Antonelli

  • Unlocking plant resources to support food security and promote sustainable agriculture

    Tiziana Ulian;Mauricio Diazgranados;Samuel Pironon;Stefano Padulosi

  • Ten Golden Rules for Reforestation to Optimise Carbon Sequestration, Biodiversity Recovery and Livelihood Benefits

    Alice Di Sacco;Kate Hardwick;David Blakesley;Pedro H. S. Brancalion

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Zizka
Alexander Zizka Philipp University of Marburg
Søren Faurby
Søren Faurby University of Gothenburg
Carlos Jaramillo
Carlos Jaramillo Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Fabien L. Condamine
Fabien L. Condamine University of Montpellier
R. Henrik Nilsson
R. Henrik Nilsson University of Gothenburg
Carina Hoorn
Carina Hoorn University of Amsterdam
Nicolas Salamin
Nicolas Salamin University of Lausanne
Niklas Wahlberg
Niklas Wahlberg Lund University
Bengt Oxelman
Bengt Oxelman University of Gothenburg

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