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José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho

José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho

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Ecology and Evolution
Brazil
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
79
Citations
27899
World Ranking
867
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Goiás in Brazil. Their research primarily falls within Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on subfields such as Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics of José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Genetic diversity and population structure, and Amphibian and Reptile Biology.

The scientist has contributed to multiple publications across various reputable venues. Frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), npj Biodiversity, Journal of Biogeography, Frontiers of Biogeography, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

They have coauthored several papers with researchers such as Mariana Pires de Campos Telles, Thiago F. Rangel, Lucas Jardim, Ricardo Dobrovolski, and Geiziane Tessarolo.

Among recent papers, notable publications include:

  • The geography of climate and the global patterns of species diversity, 2023, Nature
  • Large-scale Degradation of the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin, 2021, Environmental Management
  • Global expansion of COVID-19 pandemic is driven by population size and airport connections, 2020, PeerJ
  • Species out of sight: elucidating the determinants of research effort in global reptiles, 2023, Ecography
  • Past Extinctions of Homo Species Coincided with Increased Vulnerability to Climatic Change, 2020, One Earth

Best Publications

  • Seven Shortfalls that Beset Large-Scale Knowledge of Biodiversity

    Joaquín Hortal;Francesco de Bello;José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho;Thomas M. Lewinsohn

  • SAM: a comprehensive application for Spatial Analysis in Macroecology

    Thiago F. Rangel;Jose Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho;Luis Mauricio Bini

  • Spatial autocorrelation and red herrings in geographical ecology

    José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho;Luis Mauricio Bini;Bradford A. Hawkins

  • Camera trap, line transect census and track surveys: a comparative evaluation

    Leandro Silveira;Leandro Silveira;Anah T.A. Jácomo;Anah T.A. Jácomo;José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho;José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho

  • Towards an integrated computational tool for spatial analysis in macroecology and biogeography

    Thiago Fernando L. V. B. Rangel;José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho;Luis Mauricio Bini

  • Partitioning and mapping uncertainties in ensembles of forecasts of species turnover under climate change

    JoseAlexandre F. Diniz-Filho;J. A. F. Diniz-Filho;L. M. Bini;R. D. Loyola

  • PRODUCTIVITY AND HISTORY AS PREDICTORS OF THE LATITUDINAL DIVERSITY GRADIENT OF TERRESTRIAL BIRDS

    Bradford A. Hawkins;Eric E. Porter;José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho

  • AN EIGENVECTOR METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PHYLOGENETIC INERTIA.

    José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho;Carlos Eduardo Ramos de Sant'Ana;Luis Mauricio Bini

  • Mantel test in population genetics

    Jose Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho;Thannya Nascimento Soares;Jacqueline S Lima;Ricardo Dobrovolski

  • Quaternary climate changes explain diversity among reptiles and amphibians

    Miguel B. Araújo;David Nogués-Bravo;José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho;Alan M. Haywood

  • Understanding global patterns of mammalian functional and phylogenetic diversity

    Kamran Safi;Marcus V. Cianciaruso;Rafael D. Loyola;Daniel Brito

  • Challenging Wallacean and Linnean shortfalls: knowledge gradients and conservation planning in a biodiversity hotspot

    Luis Mauricio Bini;José Alexandre F. Diniz‐Filho;Thiago F. L. V. B. Rangel;Rogério Pereira Bastos

  • Modeling the ecology and evolution of biodiversity: Biogeographical cradles, museums, and graves

    Thiago F. Rangel;Neil R. Edwards;Philip B. Holden;José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho

  • Modelling geographical patterns in species richness using eigenvector-based spatial filters

    José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho;José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho;Luis Mauricio Bini

  • Climate, niche conservatism, and the global bird diversity gradient.

    Bradford A. Hawkins;José Alexandre Felizola Diniz‐Filho;Carlos A. Jaramillo;Stephen A. Soeller

  • Niche separation between the maned wolf ( Chrysocyon brachyurus ), the crab-eating fox ( Dusicyon thous ) and the hoary fox ( Dusicyon vetulus ) in central Brazil

    Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo;Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo;Leandro Silveira;Leandro Silveira;José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho;José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho

  • Climatic history and dispersal ability explain the relative importance of turnover and nestedness components of beta diversity

    Ricardo Dobrovolski;Adriano S. Melo;Fernanda A. S. Cassemiro;José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho

  • Post-Eocene climate change, niche conservatism, and the latitudinal diversity gradient of New World birds

    Bradford A. Hawkins;José Alexandre Felizola Diniz‐Filho;Carlos A. Jaramillo;Stephen A. Soeller

  • Is there a correlation between abundance and environmental suitability derived from ecological niche modelling? A meta-analysis

    Marcelo M. Weber;Richard D. Stevens;José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho;Carlos Eduardo V. Grelle

  • ‘Latitude’ and geographic patterns in species richness

    Bradford A. Hawkins;José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho

  • Environmental drivers of beta‐diversity patterns in New‐World birds and mammals

    Adriano S. Melo;Thiago Fernando L. V. B. Rangel;José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis Mauricio Bini
Luis Mauricio Bini Universidade Federal de Goiás
Thiago F. Rangel
Thiago F. Rangel Universidade Federal de Goiás
Rafael Loyola
Rafael Loyola Universidade Federal de Goiás
Joaquín Hortal
Joaquín Hortal Spanish National Research Council
Bradford A. Hawkins
Bradford A. Hawkins University of California, Irvine
Miguel B. Araújo
Miguel B. Araújo University of Évora
Pasquale Raia
Pasquale Raia University of Naples Federico II
Miguel Á. Olalla-Tárraga
Miguel Á. Olalla-Tárraga King Juan Carlos University
Carsten Rahbek
Carsten Rahbek University of Copenhagen
Leandro Silveira
Leandro Silveira University of Brasília

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