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André V. L. Freitas

André V. L. Freitas

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
51
Citations
10112
World Ranking
3639
National Ranking
60

Overview

André V. L. Freitas is affiliated with the State University of Campinas in Brazil and has contributed extensively to scientific research in ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and genetics. Their work spans a variety of topics, with a focus on biodiversity patterns, species distribution, and ecological interactions.

Their recent publications include:

  • Hybrid speciation driven by multilocus introgression of ecological traits, 2024, Nature
  • Conserved ancestral tropical niche but different continental histories explain the latitudinal diversity gradient in brush-footed butterflies, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Insect decline in Brazil: an appraisal of current evidence, 2022, Biology Letters
  • Seeing the forest through many trees: Multi-taxon patterns of phylogenetic diversity in the Atlantic Forest hotspot, 2020, Diversity and Distributions
  • Environmental correlates of taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity in the Atlantic Forest, 2021, Journal of Biogeography

Freitas frequently collaborates with several researchers contributing significantly to their field. These co-authors include Augusto Henrique Batista Rosa, Márcio Uehara-Prado, Arthur Brant, Fernando Maia Silva Dias, and Thamara Zacca Bispo Taumaturgo.

Their work has been published predominantly in venues such as:

  • Datasets - Sistema SALVE - ICMBio
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Neotropical Entomology
  • Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Freitas's research interests cover multiple subfields including:

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

The principal topics addressed in their publications focus on:

  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Fern and Epiphyte Biology
  • Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
  • Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography

Best Publications

  • Nymphalid butterflies diversify following near demise at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary

    Niklas Wahlberg;Julien Leneveu;Ullasa Kodandaramaiah;Carlos Peña

  • Atlantic Forest Butterflies: Indicators for Landscape Conservation1

    Keith S. Brown;André Victor L. Freitas

  • Phylogeny of the Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera).

    André Victor Lucci Freitas;Keith S. Brown

  • Higher level phylogeny of Satyrinae butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on DNA sequence data.

    Carlos Peña;Niklas Wahlberg;Elisabet Weingartner;Ullasa Kodandaramaiah

  • Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation

    Scott A. Thomson;Richard L. Pyle;Shane T Ahyong;Shane T Ahyong;Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga

  • Ant-plant-herbivore interactions in the neotropical cerrado savanna.

    Paulo S. Oliveira;André V. L. Freitas

  • Species richness, composition and abundance of fruit‐feeding butterflies in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: comparison between a fragmented and a continuous landscape

    Marcio Uehara-Prado;Keith Spalding Brown;André Victor Lucci Freitas

  • Butterfly communities of urban forest fragments in Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil: Structure, instability, environmental correlates, and conservation

    Keith S. Brown;Andre Victor L. Freitas

  • Atlantic Forest Butterflies: Indicators for Landscape Conservation<sup>1</sup>

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  • Selecting terrestrial arthropods as indicators of small-scale disturbance: A first approach in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

    Marcio Uehara-Prado;Juliana de Oliveira Fernandes;Ayr de Moura Bello;Glauco Machado

  • Out of the Andes: patterns of diversification in clearwing butterflies

    M Elias;M Elias;M Elias;Mathieu Joron;Mathieu Joron;K Willmott;K L Silva-Brandão;K L Silva-Brandão

  • Ants as selective agents on herbivore biology : effects on the behaviour of a non-myrmecophilous butterfly

    Andre V. L. Freitas;Paulo S. Oliveira

  • Conservation of Terrestrial Invertebrates and Their Habitats in Brazil

    Thomas M. Lewinsohn;André Victor Lucci Freitas;Paulo Inácio Prado

  • Diversidade de Lepidoptera em Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo

    K.S. Brown;A. V. L. Freitas

  • Egg-Laying Butterflies Distinguish Predaceous Ants by Sight

    Sebastián F. Sendoya;André V. L. Freitas;Paulo S. Oliveira

  • Studies with butterfly bait traps: an overview

    André Victor Lucci Freitas;Cristiano Agra Iserhard;Jessie Pereira Santos;Junia Yasmin Oliveira CarreiraI

  • Priors and Posteriors in Bayesian Timing of Divergence Analyses: The Age of Butterflies Revisited.

    Nicolas Chazot;Nicolas Chazot;Niklas Wahlberg;André Victor Lucci Freitas;Charles Mitter

  • Higher‐level phylogeny of the Ithomiinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): classification, patterns of larval hostplant colonization and diversification

    Keith R. Willmott;André V. L. Freitas

  • Additive partitioning of butterfly diversity in a fragmented landscape: importance of scale and implications for conservation

    Danilo Bandini Ribeiro;Paulo I. Prado;Keith S. Brown;André V. L. Freitas

  • Biogeographic history of the butterfly subtribe Euptychiina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae).

    Carlos Pena;Soeren Nylin;Andre V. L. Freitas;Niklas Wahlberg;Niklas Wahlberg

  • The effect of reduced-impact logging on fruit-feeding butterflies in Central Amazon, Brazil

    Danilo B. Ribeiro;André V. L. Freitas

Frequent Co-Authors

Niklas Wahlberg
Niklas Wahlberg Lund University
Gerardo Lamas
Gerardo Lamas National University of San Marcos
Paulo S. Oliveira
Paulo S. Oliveira State University of Campinas
Marianne Elias
Marianne Elias Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
James Mallet
James Mallet Harvard University
Inara R. Leal
Inara R. Leal Federal University of Pernambuco
Mathieu Joron
Mathieu Joron University of Montpellier
Paulo Inácio Prado
Paulo Inácio Prado Universidade de São Paulo
Chris D. Jiggins
Chris D. Jiggins University of Cambridge
Alexandre Antonelli
Alexandre Antonelli University of Gothenburg

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