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Daniele Silvestro

Daniele Silvestro

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
53
Citations
14605
World Ranking
3232
National Ranking
78

Overview

Daniele Silvestro is affiliated with the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on various subfields including Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology.

The scientist's body of work covers multiple topics such as:

  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution

Daniele Silvestro has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Alexandre Antonelli, Tobias Andermann, Søren Faurby, Alexander Zizka, and Christine D. Bacon. These collaborations reflect engagement with a broad network in the fields of ecology and evolutionary biology.

Their recent publication record includes contributions to leading scientific journals and venues. Notable papers include:

  • "raxmlGUI 2.0: A graphical interface and toolkit for phylogenetic analyses using RAxML," 2020, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Functional diversity of marine megafauna in the Anthropocene," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Extinction at the end-Cretaceous and the origin of modern Neotropical rainforests," 2021, Science
  • "The rise of angiosperms pushed conifers to decline during global cooling," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Improving biodiversity protection through artificial intelligence," 2022, Nature Sustainability

Daniele Silvestro has published extensively in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Science Advances

Best Publications

  • raxmlGUI: a graphical front-end for RAxML

    Daniele Silvestro;Ingo Michalak

  • 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

  • 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

  • Amazonia is the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity.

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

  • Recent origin and rapid speciation of Neotropical orchids in the world's richest plant biodiversity hotspot.

    Oscar Alejandro Pérez‐Escobar;Guillaume Chomicki;Fabien L. Condamine;Adam P. Karremans;Adam P. Karremans

  • Functional diversity of marine megafauna in the Anthropocene.

    Catalina Pimiento;Catalina Pimiento;F. Leprieur;F. Leprieur;D. Silvestro;D. Silvestro;J. S. Lefcheck

  • Extinction at the end-Cretaceous and the origin of modern Neotropical rainforests.

    Mónica R. Carvalho;Mónica R. Carvalho;Carlos Jaramillo;Carlos Jaramillo;Carlos Jaramillo;Felipe de la Parra;Dayenari Caballero-Rodríguez

  • Bayesian Estimation of Speciation and Extinction from Incomplete Fossil Occurrence Data

    Daniele Silvestro;Jan Schnitzler;Lee Hsiang Liow;Alexandre Antonelli

  • Improving biodiversity protection through artificial intelligence

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  • The role of clade competition in the diversification of North American canids

    Daniele Silvestro;Daniele Silvestro;Daniele Silvestro;Alexandre Antonelli;Nicolas Salamin;Nicolas Salamin;Tiago B. Quental

  • PyRate: a new program to estimate speciation and extinction rates from incomplete fossil data

    Daniele Silvestro;Nicolas Salamin;Nicolas Salamin;Jan Schnitzler

  • The Pliocene marine megafauna extinction and its impact on functional diversity

    Catalina Pimiento;John N. Griffin;Christopher F. Clements;Daniele Silvestro;Daniele Silvestro

  • DISENTANGLING THE EFFECTS OF KEY INNOVATIONS ON THE DIVERSIFICATION OF BROMELIOIDEAE (BROMELIACEAE)

    Daniele Silvestro;Georg Zizka;Katharina Schulte

  • Revisiting the origin and diversification of vascular plants through a comprehensive Bayesian analysis of the fossil record

    Daniele Silvestro;Borja Cascales‐Miñana;Christine D. Bacon;Christine D. Bacon;Alexandre Antonelli

  • Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities

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  • Conceptual and empirical advances in Neotropical biodiversity research.

    Alexandre Antonelli;María Ariza;María Ariza;James Albert;Tobias Andermann

  • The rise of angiosperms pushed conifers to decline during global cooling.

    Fabien L. Condamine;Daniele Silvestro;Eva B. Koppelhus;Alexandre Antonelli

  • The past and future human impact on mammalian diversity

    Tobias Andermann;Søren Faurby;Samuel T. Turvey;Alexandre Antonelli;Alexandre Antonelli

  • Cenozoic evolution of the steppe-desert biome in Central Asia.

    N. Barbolini;N. Barbolini;A. Woutersen;G. Dupont-Nivet;G. Dupont-Nivet;G. Dupont-Nivet;Daniele Silvestro

  • Environmentally driven extinction and opportunistic origination explain fern diversification patterns

    Samuli Lehtonen;Daniele Silvestro;Dirk Nikolaus Karger;Dirk Nikolaus Karger;Christopher Scotese

  • Comment (1) on "Formation of the Isthmus of Panama" by O'Dea et al.

    Carlos Jaramillo;Camilo Montes;Agustín Cardona;Daniele Silvestro

  • Improved estimation of macroevolutionary rates from fossil data using a Bayesian framework

    Daniele Silvestro;Nicolas Salamin;Alexandre Antonelli;Xavier Meyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandre Antonelli
Alexandre Antonelli University of Gothenburg
Nicolas Salamin
Nicolas Salamin University of Lausanne
Alexander Zizka
Alexander Zizka Philipp University of Marburg
Carlos Jaramillo
Carlos Jaramillo Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Søren Faurby
Søren Faurby University of Gothenburg
Fabien L. Condamine
Fabien L. Condamine University of Montpellier
Tiffany M. Knight
Tiffany M. Knight Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet
Guillaume Dupont-Nivet University of Rennes
Peter B. Pearman
Peter B. Pearman University of the Basque Country
Carina Hoorn
Carina Hoorn University of Amsterdam

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