Submitted, in review or in revision:
Alencar L.R.V., Schwery, O., Gade, M.R., Domínguez-Guerrero, S.F., Tarimo, E., Bodensteiner, B.L., Uyeda, J.C., Muñoz, M. Opportunity begets opportunity to drive macroevolutionary dynamics of a diverse lizard radiation. Evolution Letters. Preprint here.
Domínguez-Guerrero, S.F., Esquerré, D., Burress, E.D., Maciel-Mata, C.A., Alencar, L.R.V., Muñoz, M.M. Viviparity imparts a macroevolutionary signature of ecological opportunity in Liolaemus lizards. Nature Communications. Preprint here.
Alencar L.R.V., Domínguez-Guerrero, S.F., Schwery, O., Uyeda, J.C., Muñoz, M. Evaluating the causes and consequences of physiological evolution. In: Physiology, Behavior, and Evolution: An Integration of Classic Ideas and New Perspectives. M.M. Muñoz and M. Fuxjager, Eds. MIT Press (Book Chapter).
Peer-reviewed articles
Published
2024
F. Serrano, M. Pontes-Nogueira, R. Sawaya, L.R.V. Alencar, C. Nogueira, F. Grazziotin. There and back again: when and how the world’s richest snake family (Dipsadidae) dispersed and speciated across the Neotropical region. Journal of Biogeography. Preprint here.
2023
Alencar, L.R.V. & T.B. Quental. 2023. Geographical and ecological drivers of coexistence dynamics in squamate reptiles. Global Ecology and Biogeography 32:1937-1951.
Esparza-Estrada, C.E., L.R.V. Alencar, L.C. Terribile, O. Rojas-Soto , C. Yáñez-Arenas, F. Villalobos. 2023. Vipers on the scene: assessing the relationship between speciation and climatic niche evolution in venomous snakes (Reptilia: Viperidae). Evolutionary Biology 50, 264-273.
2022
Oliveira, L.G., L.R.V. Alencar, T.R. Tambosi, P. Carrasco, R.M. Rautsaw, J. Sigala-Rodriguez, G. Scrocchi, M. Martins. 2022. Conservation gaps for Neotropical vipers: Mismatches between protected areas, species richness and evolutionary distinctiveness. Biological Conservation 275, 109750.
Rautsaw, R.M., G.J. Jimenez-Velázquez, E.P. Hofmann, L.R.V. Alencar, C.I. Grünwald, M. Martins, P. Carrasco, T. Doan, C.L. Parkinson. 2022. VenomMaps: Updated Distribution Maps and Niche Models for New World Pitvipers (Viperidae: Crotalinae). Scientific data. 232, 1-9.
Alencar, L.R.V., J. Hodge, S. Friedman, P. C. Wainwright, S.A. Price. 2022. Size as a complex trait and the scaling relationships of its components across teleosts. Evolutionary Ecology 36 471-487.
2021
Pontes-Nogueira, M., M. Martins, L.R.V. Alencar, R.J. Sawaya. 2021. The role of vicariance and dispersal on the temporal range dynamics of forest vipers in the Neotropical region. Plos One 16: e0257519.
Alencar, L.R.V., T.B. Quental. 2021. Linking population-level and microevolutionary processes to understand speciation dynamics at the macroevolutionary scale. Ecology and Evolution 11, 5828-5843.
2020
Larouche, O., J.R. Hodge, L.R.V. Alencar, B. Camper, D.S. Adams, K. Zapfe, S. Friedman, P.C. Wainwright, S.A. Price. 2020. Do key innovations unlock diversification? A case-study on the morphological and ecological impact of pharyngognathy in acanthomorph fishes. Current Zoology 66, 575-588.
2019
Alencar, L. R. V., T. B. Quental. 2019. News & Views: Exploring the drivers of population structure across desert snakes can help to link micro and macroevolution. Molecular Ecology 28, 4529-4532 (invited paper).
Birskis-Barros, I., L. R. V. Alencar, P. I. Prado, M. Böhm, and M. Martins. 2019. Ecological and conservation correlates of rarity in New World pitvipers. Diversity, 11, 147 - Special Issue: systematics and conservation of Neotropical amphibians and reptiles (open access).
Burin, G., L. R. V. Alencar, J. Chang, M. Alfaro and T. Quental. 2019. How well can we estimate diversity dynamics for clades in diversity decline? Systematic Biology, 68, 47-62.
2018
Alencar, L.R.V., M. Martins, and H. W. Greene. 2018. Evolutionary History of Vipers. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester (invited paper).
Alencar L.R.V., Schwery, O., Gade, M.R., Domínguez-Guerrero, S.F., Tarimo, E., Bodensteiner, B.L., Uyeda, J.C., Muñoz, M. Opportunity begets opportunity to drive macroevolutionary dynamics of a diverse lizard radiation. Evolution Letters. Preprint here.
Domínguez-Guerrero, S.F., Esquerré, D., Burress, E.D., Maciel-Mata, C.A., Alencar, L.R.V., Muñoz, M.M. Viviparity imparts a macroevolutionary signature of ecological opportunity in Liolaemus lizards. Nature Communications. Preprint here.
Alencar L.R.V., Domínguez-Guerrero, S.F., Schwery, O., Uyeda, J.C., Muñoz, M. Evaluating the causes and consequences of physiological evolution. In: Physiology, Behavior, and Evolution: An Integration of Classic Ideas and New Perspectives. M.M. Muñoz and M. Fuxjager, Eds. MIT Press (Book Chapter).
Peer-reviewed articles
Published
2024
F. Serrano, M. Pontes-Nogueira, R. Sawaya, L.R.V. Alencar, C. Nogueira, F. Grazziotin. There and back again: when and how the world’s richest snake family (Dipsadidae) dispersed and speciated across the Neotropical region. Journal of Biogeography. Preprint here.
2023
Alencar, L.R.V. & T.B. Quental. 2023. Geographical and ecological drivers of coexistence dynamics in squamate reptiles. Global Ecology and Biogeography 32:1937-1951.
Esparza-Estrada, C.E., L.R.V. Alencar, L.C. Terribile, O. Rojas-Soto , C. Yáñez-Arenas, F. Villalobos. 2023. Vipers on the scene: assessing the relationship between speciation and climatic niche evolution in venomous snakes (Reptilia: Viperidae). Evolutionary Biology 50, 264-273.
2022
Oliveira, L.G., L.R.V. Alencar, T.R. Tambosi, P. Carrasco, R.M. Rautsaw, J. Sigala-Rodriguez, G. Scrocchi, M. Martins. 2022. Conservation gaps for Neotropical vipers: Mismatches between protected areas, species richness and evolutionary distinctiveness. Biological Conservation 275, 109750.
Rautsaw, R.M., G.J. Jimenez-Velázquez, E.P. Hofmann, L.R.V. Alencar, C.I. Grünwald, M. Martins, P. Carrasco, T. Doan, C.L. Parkinson. 2022. VenomMaps: Updated Distribution Maps and Niche Models for New World Pitvipers (Viperidae: Crotalinae). Scientific data. 232, 1-9.
Alencar, L.R.V., J. Hodge, S. Friedman, P. C. Wainwright, S.A. Price. 2022. Size as a complex trait and the scaling relationships of its components across teleosts. Evolutionary Ecology 36 471-487.
2021
Pontes-Nogueira, M., M. Martins, L.R.V. Alencar, R.J. Sawaya. 2021. The role of vicariance and dispersal on the temporal range dynamics of forest vipers in the Neotropical region. Plos One 16: e0257519.
Alencar, L.R.V., T.B. Quental. 2021. Linking population-level and microevolutionary processes to understand speciation dynamics at the macroevolutionary scale. Ecology and Evolution 11, 5828-5843.
2020
Larouche, O., J.R. Hodge, L.R.V. Alencar, B. Camper, D.S. Adams, K. Zapfe, S. Friedman, P.C. Wainwright, S.A. Price. 2020. Do key innovations unlock diversification? A case-study on the morphological and ecological impact of pharyngognathy in acanthomorph fishes. Current Zoology 66, 575-588.
2019
Alencar, L. R. V., T. B. Quental. 2019. News & Views: Exploring the drivers of population structure across desert snakes can help to link micro and macroevolution. Molecular Ecology 28, 4529-4532 (invited paper).
Birskis-Barros, I., L. R. V. Alencar, P. I. Prado, M. Böhm, and M. Martins. 2019. Ecological and conservation correlates of rarity in New World pitvipers. Diversity, 11, 147 - Special Issue: systematics and conservation of Neotropical amphibians and reptiles (open access).
Burin, G., L. R. V. Alencar, J. Chang, M. Alfaro and T. Quental. 2019. How well can we estimate diversity dynamics for clades in diversity decline? Systematic Biology, 68, 47-62.
2018
Alencar, L.R.V., M. Martins, and H. W. Greene. 2018. Evolutionary History of Vipers. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester (invited paper).
2017 Alencar, L.R.V., M. Martins, G. Burin and T. Quental. 2017. Arboreality constrains morphological evolution but not species diversification in vipers. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 284, 1869. Featured on the cover with an image by M. Martins! |
2016
Maritz, B., J. Penner, M. Martins, J. Crnobrnja-Isailovic, S. Spear, L.R.V. Alencar, J. Sigala-Rodriguez, K. Messenger, R.W. Clark, P. Soorae, L. Luiselli, C. Jenkins, H.W. Greene. 2016. Identifying global priorities for the conservation of vipers. Biological Conservation, 204 Part A:94-102.
Alencar, L. R. V., T. Quental, F. Grazziotin, M. Alfaro, M. Martins, M. Venzon, and H. Zaher. 2016. Diversification in vipers: phylogenetic relationships, time of divergence, and shifts in speciation rates. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 105:50-62.
2015
Ruggeri, J., A. Longo, M. P. Gaiarsa, L. R. V. Alencar, C. Lambertini, D. S. Leite, S. P. Carvalho-e-Silva, K. R. Zamudio, L. F. Toledo, and M. Martins. 2015. Seasonal variation in population abundance and chytrid infection in stream-dwelling frogs of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Plos One, 10: e0130554.
Gaiarsa, M. P., L. R. V. Alencar, P. H. Valdujo, L. R. Tambosi, and M. Martins. 2015. Setting conservation priorities within monophyletic groups: an integrative approach. Journal for Nature Conservation, 24:49-55.
2014
Alencar, L. R. V., and L. B. Nascimento. 2014. Natural history data of a common snake suggest inter-populational variation and conservatism in life history traits: the case of Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus. Herpetological Journal, 24:79-85.
2013
Böhm, M., B. Collen, B., J. Baillie, E.M. Bowles, P. Chanson, J. Cox, N. Hammerson, G. Hoffmann, M. Livingstone, S. R. Ram, M. Rhodin, A. G .J. Stuart, S. N. Van Dijk, P. P. Young, B. E. Afuang, L. E. Aghasyan, A. García, A. Aguilar, C. Ajtic, R. Akarsu, L. R. V. Alencar, et al. 2013. The conservation status of the world s reptiles. Biological Conservation, 157:372-385.
Alencar, L R. V., M. P. Gaiarsa, and M. Martins. 2013. The evolution of diet and microhabitat use in Pseudoboine snakes. South American Journal of Herpetology, 8:60-66.
Gaiarsa, M., L. R. V. Alencar, and M. Martins. 2013. Natural history of Pseudoboine snakes. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 53:261-283.
2012
Alencar, L. R. V., C. A. B. Galdino, and L. B. Nascimento. 2012. Life history aspects of Oxyrhopus trigeminus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from two sites in southeastern Brazil. Journal of Herpetology, 46:9-13.
Book chapters
Martins, M., L.R.V. Alencar, C.A. Prado, D. C. Rossa-Feres. 2021. A importância da história natural para a herpetologia. Herpetologia Brasileira Contemporânea, Sociedade Brasileira de Herpetologia.
Natural History Notes (peer-reviewed)
Vieira-Alencar, J.P.S. and L.R.V. Alencar. 2020. Bothrops pauloensis (Marbled Lancehead). Defensive Behavior. Herpetological Review, 51:342-343.
Gaiarsa, M.P., L.R.V. Alencar, C.J. Dias, and M. Martins. 2012. Predator or prey? Predatory interactions between the frog Cycloramphus boraceiensis and the spider Trechaleoides biocellata in the Atlantic forest of Southeastern Brazil. Herpetology Notes, 5:67-68
Alencar, L.R.V., M.P. Gaiarsa, M. Martins, D. Gennari. 2012. Hylodes phyllodes (Amphibia: Anura: Hylodidae): nocturnal calling behavior. Herpetologia Brasileira, 1:82-83.
Alencar, L.R.V., A.F. Righi, L.B. Nascimento, and S.A.A. Morato. 2009. Siphlophis longicaudatus: habitat. Herpetological Bulletin, 108:37-38.
Alencar, L.R.V., C.A.B. Galdino, and L.B. Nascimento. 2009. Oxyrhopus guibei: diet. Herpetological Review, 3:357-358.
Maritz, B., J. Penner, M. Martins, J. Crnobrnja-Isailovic, S. Spear, L.R.V. Alencar, J. Sigala-Rodriguez, K. Messenger, R.W. Clark, P. Soorae, L. Luiselli, C. Jenkins, H.W. Greene. 2016. Identifying global priorities for the conservation of vipers. Biological Conservation, 204 Part A:94-102.
Alencar, L. R. V., T. Quental, F. Grazziotin, M. Alfaro, M. Martins, M. Venzon, and H. Zaher. 2016. Diversification in vipers: phylogenetic relationships, time of divergence, and shifts in speciation rates. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 105:50-62.
2015
Ruggeri, J., A. Longo, M. P. Gaiarsa, L. R. V. Alencar, C. Lambertini, D. S. Leite, S. P. Carvalho-e-Silva, K. R. Zamudio, L. F. Toledo, and M. Martins. 2015. Seasonal variation in population abundance and chytrid infection in stream-dwelling frogs of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Plos One, 10: e0130554.
Gaiarsa, M. P., L. R. V. Alencar, P. H. Valdujo, L. R. Tambosi, and M. Martins. 2015. Setting conservation priorities within monophyletic groups: an integrative approach. Journal for Nature Conservation, 24:49-55.
2014
Alencar, L. R. V., and L. B. Nascimento. 2014. Natural history data of a common snake suggest inter-populational variation and conservatism in life history traits: the case of Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus. Herpetological Journal, 24:79-85.
2013
Böhm, M., B. Collen, B., J. Baillie, E.M. Bowles, P. Chanson, J. Cox, N. Hammerson, G. Hoffmann, M. Livingstone, S. R. Ram, M. Rhodin, A. G .J. Stuart, S. N. Van Dijk, P. P. Young, B. E. Afuang, L. E. Aghasyan, A. García, A. Aguilar, C. Ajtic, R. Akarsu, L. R. V. Alencar, et al. 2013. The conservation status of the world s reptiles. Biological Conservation, 157:372-385.
Alencar, L R. V., M. P. Gaiarsa, and M. Martins. 2013. The evolution of diet and microhabitat use in Pseudoboine snakes. South American Journal of Herpetology, 8:60-66.
Gaiarsa, M., L. R. V. Alencar, and M. Martins. 2013. Natural history of Pseudoboine snakes. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 53:261-283.
2012
Alencar, L. R. V., C. A. B. Galdino, and L. B. Nascimento. 2012. Life history aspects of Oxyrhopus trigeminus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from two sites in southeastern Brazil. Journal of Herpetology, 46:9-13.
Book chapters
Martins, M., L.R.V. Alencar, C.A. Prado, D. C. Rossa-Feres. 2021. A importância da história natural para a herpetologia. Herpetologia Brasileira Contemporânea, Sociedade Brasileira de Herpetologia.
Natural History Notes (peer-reviewed)
Vieira-Alencar, J.P.S. and L.R.V. Alencar. 2020. Bothrops pauloensis (Marbled Lancehead). Defensive Behavior. Herpetological Review, 51:342-343.
Gaiarsa, M.P., L.R.V. Alencar, C.J. Dias, and M. Martins. 2012. Predator or prey? Predatory interactions between the frog Cycloramphus boraceiensis and the spider Trechaleoides biocellata in the Atlantic forest of Southeastern Brazil. Herpetology Notes, 5:67-68
Alencar, L.R.V., M.P. Gaiarsa, M. Martins, D. Gennari. 2012. Hylodes phyllodes (Amphibia: Anura: Hylodidae): nocturnal calling behavior. Herpetologia Brasileira, 1:82-83.
Alencar, L.R.V., A.F. Righi, L.B. Nascimento, and S.A.A. Morato. 2009. Siphlophis longicaudatus: habitat. Herpetological Bulletin, 108:37-38.
Alencar, L.R.V., C.A.B. Galdino, and L.B. Nascimento. 2009. Oxyrhopus guibei: diet. Herpetological Review, 3:357-358.