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Guillermo D'Elía is affiliated with Austral University of Chile in Chile. Their work spans a range of topics within environmental science, with a strong focus on ecology, evolution, and paleontology. The scientist's research includes significant contributions to the study of animal ecology, behavior, and species diversity.

Their recent publications demonstrate engagement with various aspects of mammalogy and biodiversity. Notable recent papers include:

  • The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches (2021, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society)
  • Leveraging natural history biorepositories as a global, decentralized, pathogen surveillance network (2021, PLoS Pathogens)
  • Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World (2021, Journal of Mammalogy)
  • Uncovering the species diversity of subterranean rodents at the end of the World: three new species of Patagonian tuco-tucos (Rodentia, Hystricomorpha, Ctenomys) (2020, PeerJ)
  • Specimen collection is essential for modern science (2023, PLoS Biology)

D'Elía's frequent co-authors include:

  • Marcial Quiroga-Carmona
  • Pablo Teta
  • Jay F. Storz
  • Schuyler Liphardt
  • Jeffrey M. Good

The scientist has contributed extensively to journals and publication venues such as:

  • Journal of Mammalogy
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • PeerJ
  • Ecology and Evolution

D'Elía's main field of study is environmental science, with subfields including ecology, paleontology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, genetics, and ecological modeling. Their research topics cover:

  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Crustacean biology and ecology

Best Publications

  • The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches

    Michael S. Engel;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Gimo M. Daniel;Pablo M. Dellapé

  • 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

  • Phylogenetics of Sigmodontinae (Rodentia, Muroidea, Cricetidae), with special reference to the akodont group, and with additional comments on historical biogeography

    Guillermo D’Elı́a

  • Evolutionary and biogeographic history of weasel-like carnivorans (Musteloidea).

    Jun J. Sato;Mieczyslaw Wolsan;Francisco Juan Prevosti;Guillermo D'Elía

  • Genetic footprints of late Quaternary climate change in the diversity of Patagonian‐Fueguian rodents

    Enrique P. Lessa;Guillermo D'elía;Ulises Francisco J. Pardiñas

  • Sigmodontinos fósiles (Rodentia, Muroidea, Sigmodontinae) de América del Sur: estado actual de su conocimiento y prospectiva

    Ulises Francisco J. Pardiñas;Guillermo D'Elía;Pablo Edmundo Ortiz

  • Dating an impressive Neotropical radiation: Molecular time estimates for the Sigmodontinae (Rodentia) provide insights into its historical biogeography.

    Andrés Parada;Ulyses F.J. Pardiñas;Jorge Salazar-Bravo;Guillermo D’Elía

  • Species groups and the evolutionary diversification of tuco-tucos, genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae)

    Andrés Parada;Guillermo D'Elía;Claudio J. Bidau;Enrique P. Lessa

  • DEFINITION AND DIAGNOSIS OF A NEW TRIBE OF SIGMODONTINE RODENTS (CRICETIDAE: SIGMODONTINAE), AND A REVISED CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBFAMILY

    Guillermo D'Elía;Ulyses F. J Pardiñas;Pablo Teta;James L Patton

  • Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

    Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Alain Dubois;Cristian Simón Abdala

  • Rodent systematics in an age of discovery: recent advances and prospects

    Guillermo D’Elía;Pierre-Henri Fabre;Enrique P Lessa

  • A phylogenetic appraisal of Sigmodontinae (Rodentia, Cricetidae) with emphasis on phyllotine genera: systematics and biogeography

    Jorge Salazar-Bravo;Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas;Guillermo D'Elía

  • Phylogenetic analysis of sigmodontine rodents (Muroidea), with special reference to the akodont genus Deltamys

    G. D'Elía;E. M. González;Ulises Francisco J. Pardiñas

  • On the Sigmodontinae radiation (Rodentia, Cricetidae): an appraisal of the phylogenetic position of Rhagomys.

    Guillermo D’Elía;Lucia Luna;Enrique M. González;Bruce D. Patterson

  • The influence of ecological and geographical context in the radiation of Neotropical sigmodontine rodents

    Andrés Parada;Andrés Parada;Guillermo D’Elía;R. Eduardo Palma

  • Systematics of Necromys (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae): species limits and groups, with comments on historical biogeography

    Guillermo D'Elía;Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas;J. Pablo Jayat;Jorge Salazar-Bravo

  • SYSTEMATICS OF ARGENTINEAN, PARAGUAYAN, AND URUGUAYAN SWAMP RATS OF THE GENUS SCAPTEROMYS (RODENTIA, CRICETIDAE, SIGMODONTINAE)

    Guillermo D'Elía;Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas

  • The evolutionary history of sigmodontine rodents in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego

    Ulises Francisco J. Pardiñas;Pablo Vicente Teta;Guillermo D'Elía;Enrique P. Lessa

  • Molecular Phylogeny of Tuco-Tucos, Genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Octodontidae): Evaluation of the mendocinus Species Group and the Evolution of Asymmetric Sperm

    Guillermo D'Elía;Enrique P. Lessa;Joseph A. Cook

  • A NEW SPECIES OF AKODON (RODENTIA, CRICETIDAE) FROM THE NORTHERN CAMPOS GRASSLANDS OF ARGENTINA

    Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas;Guillermo D'Elía;Sebastián Cirignoli;Pablo Suarez

  • Mitogenomics of southern hemisphere blue mussels (Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia): Insights into the evolutionary characteristics of the Mytilus edulis complex.

    Juan Diego Gaitán-Espitia;Julian F. Quintero-Galvis;Andres Mesas;Guillermo D’Elía

  • The Akodon boliviensis species group (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in Argentina: species limits and distribution, with the description of a new entity

    J. Pablo Jayat;Pablo E. Ortiz;Jorge Salazar-Bravo;Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrique P. Lessa
Enrique P. Lessa University of the Republic
Bruce D. Patterson
Bruce D. Patterson Field Museum of Natural History
James L. Patton
James L. Patton University of Illinois at Chicago
Joseph A. Cook
Joseph A. Cook University of New Mexico
Pablo Sabat
Pablo Sabat University of Chile
Jack W. Sites
Jack W. Sites Brigham Young University
Robert M. Timm
Robert M. Timm University of Kansas
Adriano B. Kury
Adriano B. Kury Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Javier Millán
Javier Millán Universidad de Zaragoza
Christopher B. Boyko
Christopher B. Boyko American Museum of Natural History

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