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Juan Carlos Illera

Juan Carlos Illera

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
3725
World Ranking
7710
National Ranking
282

Overview

Juan Carlos Illera is affiliated with the University of Oviedo in Spain. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, the scientist has notably published on various subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecological Modeling.

They have contributed to multiple main research topics such as Genetic diversity and population structure, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Avian ecology and behavior, Plant and animal studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock.

Juan Carlos Illera has authored several recent scientific papers, demonstrating a focus on evolutionary biology, island biogeography, and migration ecology. Key publications include:

  • A simple dynamic model explains the diversity of island birds worldwide (2020, Nature)
  • Island songbirds as windows into evolution in small populations (2021, Current Biology)
  • The evolutionary history and genomics of European blackcap migration (2020, eLife)
  • Macaronesia as a Fruitful Arena for Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • Limited potential for bird migration to disperse plants to cooler latitudes (2021, Nature)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several research peers, including Juan P. González-Varo, Miriam Liedvogel, Daniel Garcı́a, Javier Pérez-Tris, and Beatriz Rumeu.

Juan Carlos Illera's work has been published in notable venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Ecology, SSRN Electronic Journal, Nature, and Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. The distribution of their publications reflects ongoing contributions to scientific literature in evolutionary biology and ecology.

Best Publications

  • A roadmap for island biology: 50 fundamental questions after 50 years of The Theory of Island Biogeography

    Jairo Patiño;Jairo Patiño;Robert J. Whittaker;Robert J. Whittaker;Paulo A.V. Borges;José María Fernández-Palacios

  • Genetic and phenotypic divergence in an island bird: isolation by distance, by colonization or by adaptation?

    Lewis G. Spurgin;Lewis G. Spurgin;Lewis G. Spurgin;Juan Carlos Illera;Tove H. Jorgensen;Deborah A. Dawson

  • A simple dynamic model explains the diversity of island birds worldwide.

    Luis Valente;Albert B. Phillimore;Martim Melo;Martim Melo;Ben H. Warren

  • Stress physiological responses to tourist pressure in a wild population of European pine marten.

    Isabel Barja;Gema Silván;Stefano Rosellini;Ana Piñeiro

  • Gene conversion rapidly generates major histocompatibility complex diversity in recently founded bird populations.

    Lewis G. Spurgin;Cock Van Oosterhout;Juan Carlos Illera;Juan Carlos Illera;Stephen Bridgett

  • Correlated patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation across an avian family

    Benjamin M Van Doren;Leonardo Campagna;Barbara Helm;Juan Carlos Illera

  • Island songbirds as windows into evolution in small populations.

    Thibault Leroy;Thibault Leroy;Marjolaine Rousselle;Marjolaine Rousselle;Marie-Ka Tilak;Aude E. Caizergues

  • Macaronesia as a Fruitful Arena for Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology

    Margarita Florencio;Jairo Patiño;Jairo Patiño;Jairo Patiño;Sandra Nogué;Anna Traveset

  • Reproduction in an endemic bird of a semiarid island: a food‐mediated process

    Juan C. Illera;Mario Díaz

  • The evolutionary history and genomics of European blackcap migration

    Kira Delmore;Juan Carlos Illera;Javier Pérez-Tris;Gernot Segelbacher

  • Age, origins and extinctions of the avifauna of Macaronesia: a synthesis of phylogenetic and fossil information

    Juan Carlos Illera;Juan Carlos Rando;David S. Richardson;Brent C. Emerson;Brent C. Emerson

  • Colonisation and diversification of the blue tits (Parus caeruleus teneriffae-group) in the Canary Islands.

    L. Kvist;J. Broggi;J.C. Illera;K. Koivula

  • Effect of native and alien vertebrate frugivores on seed viability and germination patterns of Rubia fruticosa (Rubiaceae) in the eastern Canary Islands

    Manuel Nogales;Concepción Nieves;Juan Carlos Illera;David Pérez Padilla

  • Concentration of fecal cortisol metabolites in chamois in relation to tourist pressure in Tatra National Park (South Poland)

    Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica;Nuria Selva;Isabel Barja;Gema Silván

  • Phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and speciation in the avian genus Saxicola

    Juan Carlos Illera;Juan Carlos Illera;David S. Richardson;Barbara Helm;Juan Carlos Atienza

  • Limited potential for bird migration to disperse plants to cooler latitudes

    Juan P. González-Varo;Beatriz Rumeu;Jörg Albrecht;Juan M. Arroyo

  • Goats, birds, and emergent diseases: apparent and hidden effects of exotic species in an island environment.

    Martina Carrete;David Serrano;Juan C. Illera;Guillermo Lopez

  • Population history of Berthelot's pipit: colonization, gene flow and morphological divergence in Macaronesia.

    Juan Carlos Illera;Brent C. Emerson;David S. Richardson

  • Equilibrium Bird Species Diversity in Atlantic Islands

    Luis Valente;Luis Valente;Juan Carlos Illera;Katja Havenstein;Tamara Pallien

  • What are We Learning about Speciation and Extinction from the Canary Islands

    Juan Carlos Illera;Lewis G. Spurgin;Eduardo Rodriguez-Exposito;Manuel Nogales

  • Effects of tourist pressure and reproduction on physiological stress response in wildcats: Management implications for species conservation

    Ana Piñeiro;Isabel Barja;Gema Silván;Juan Carlos Illera

  • Relationships Between Sex and Stress Hormone Levels in Feces and Marking Behavior in a Wild Population of Iberian Wolves (Canis lupus signatus)

    Isabel Barja;Gema Silván;Juan Carlos Illera

  • Biogeographical patterns and co-occurrence of pathogenic infection across island populations of Berthelot’s pipit ( Anthus berthelotii )

    Lewis G. Spurgin;Juan Carlos Illera;David P. Padilla;David P. Padilla;David S. Richardson

  • Disentangling the complex evolutionary history of the Western Palearctic blue tits (Cyanistes spp.) – phylogenomic analyses suggest radiation by multiple colonization events and subsequent isolation

    Martin Stervander;Juan Carlos Illera;Laura Kvist;Pedro Barbosa

Frequent Co-Authors

David C. Richardson
David C. Richardson Duke University
Brent C. Emerson
Brent C. Emerson Spanish National Research Council
Paola Laiolo
Paola Laiolo Spanish National Research Council
Barbara Helm
Barbara Helm University of Glasgow
Manuel Nogales
Manuel Nogales Spanish National Research Council
Jairo Patiño
Jairo Patiño Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología
Mario Díaz
Mario Díaz Spanish National Research Council
Anna Traveset
Anna Traveset Spanish National Research Council
Christophe Thébaud
Christophe Thébaud Paul Sabatier University
Rampal S. Etienne
Rampal S. Etienne University of Groningen

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