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Our team is committed to advancing knowledge in ecology and evolution and contributing to the global scientific community. This page showcases a selection of some of our published articles to exemplify research lines, from groundbreaking studies to in-depth reviews. We are proud to share our discoveries and insights with colleagues, students, and anyone interested in our research. We hope that these publications will inspire dialogue, spark ideas, and contribute to the ongoing conversation in our field. Your feedback and inquiries about our work are always welcome.
Genetic diversity under global change
Genetic diversity loss in the Anthropocene
Exposito -Alonso, M. et al. (2022). Genetic diversity loss in the Anthropocene. Science 377, 1431-1435.
Evolutionary history and past climate change shape the distribution of genetic diversity in terrestrial mammals
Theodoridis , S., Fordham, D. A., Brown, S. C., Li, S., Rahbek, C. & Nogues-Bravo, D. (2020). Evolutionary history and past climate change shape the distribution of genetic diversity in terrestrial mammals. Nature Communications 11:2557.
An Anthropocene map of genetic diversity
Miraldo A, Li S. Borregaard M.K., Florez-Rodriguez A., Gopalakrishan S., Rizvanoci M., Wang Z., Rahbek C., Marske K.A & Nogués-Bravo, D. (2016). An Anthropocene map of genetic diversity. Science 353 (6307), 1432-1535.
Demography and functional diversity over time
Changes in the functional diversity of modern bird species over the last million years
Germain RR, Feng S, Buffan L, Carmona CP, Chen G, Graves GR, Tobias JA, Rahbek C, Lei F, Fjeldså J, Hosner PA, Gilbert MTP, Zhang G, Nogués-Bravo D. (2023). Changes in the functional diversity of modern bird species over the last million years. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2023 Feb 14;120(7):e220194511.
Species-specific traits mediate avian demographic responses under past climate change
Germain RR et al. (2023). Species-specific traits mediate avian demographic responses under past climate change. Nature Ecology and Evolution.
Past extinctions and biodiversity dynamics
Process-explicit models reveal pathway to extinction for woolly mammoth using pattern-oriented validation
Fordham , D.A., Brown, S.C., Akçakaya, H.R., Brook, B.W., Haythorne, S., Manica, A., et al.& Nogues-Bravo. (2022). Process-explicit models reveal pathway to extinction for woolly mammoth using pattern-oriented validation. Ecology Letters, 25, 125– 137.
Using paleo-archives to safeguard biodiversity under climate change
Fordham, D.A., Jackson, S.T., Brown, S.C., Huntley, B., Brooks, B.W., Dahl-Jensen , D., Gilbert, M.T.P., Otto-Bliesner, B.L., Svensson, A., Theodoridis, S., Wilmshurst, J.M., Buettel, J.C., Canteri, E., McDowell, M., Orlando, L., Pilowsky, J., Rahbek, C. & Nogues-Bravo, D. (2020). Using paleo-archives to safeguard biodiversity under climate change. Science 369: eabc5654.
Cracking the code of biodiversity responses to past climate change
Nogués-Bravo, D., Rodríguez-Sánchez, F., Orsini, L., de Boer, E., Jansson, R., Morlon, H., Fordham, D.A. & Jackson, S.T. (2018). Cracking the code of biodiversity responses to past climate change. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 33, 765-776.
Abrupt change in climate and biotic systems
Botta, F., Rahbek, C., Dahl-Jensen, D., Svensson, A. & Nogués-Bravo. (2019). Abrupt change in climate and biotic systems. Current Biology 29, 19, R1045-R1054.
Planetary boundaries
Changes in the functional diversity of modern bird species over the last million years
Richarson, K., Steffen, W., Lucht, W., Bendsten, J., Cornell, S. E., Donges, J. F., Drüke, M., Fetzer, I., Bala, G., Von Bloh, W., Feulner, G., Fiedler, S., Gerten, D., Gleeson, Hofmann, M., Huiskamp, W., Kummu, M., Mohan, C., Nogués-Bravo, D., Petri, S., Porkka, M., Rahmstorf, S., Schaphoff, S., Thonicke, K., Tobian, A., Virkki, V., Wang-Erlandsson, L., Weber, L., and Rockström, J. 2023. Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries. Science Advances, 9, eadh2458.