Publicaciones en revistas indexadas
**Aguilar, C., Miller M.J., Loaiza J.R., Gonzalez R., Krahe R., and De León, L.F., 2019. Tempo and mode of allopatric divergence in the weakly-electric fish Sternopygus dariensis in the Isthmus of Panama. In revision.
**Graduate student
Loaiza, J. R., Almanza A., Rojas J. C., Mejí L., Cervantes N. D., Sanchez-Galan J. E., . Merchán F., Grillet A, Miller M. J., De León, L.F., and R. A. Gittens. 2019. Application of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry to identify species of Neotropical Anopheles vectors of malaria. Malar. J. 18:95. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2723-0
Geladi, I., De León, L. F., Torchin, M., Hendry, A., Gonzalez, R., and Sharpe, D.M.T. 2018. 100-year time-series reveal little morphological change following impoundment and predator invasion in two Neotropical characids. Evolutionary Applications 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12763
**Aguilar, C., Miller M.J., Loaiza J.R., Krahe R., and De León, L.F., 2018. Mitogenomics of Central American weakly-electric fishes. In press: GENE. doi.org/10.1101/353565
**Graduate student
De León, L.F., Sharpe D.M.T., Gotanda K., Raeymaekers J.A.M., Chaves J., Hendry A.P., and Podos J. 2018. Urbanization erodes niche segregation in Darwin's finches. Evolutionary Applications. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12721
**Castillo A.M., Sharpe D.M.T., Ghalambor C. and De León, L.F. 2017. Exploring the effects of salinization on trophic diversity in freshwater ecosystems: a quantitative review. Hydrobiologia 807:1-17. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10750-017-3403-0
**Graduate student
Sharpe DMT., De León L.F., Gonzalez R. and Torchin M. 2017. Tropical fish community does not recover 45 years after predator introduction. Ecology 98:412-424.
De León, L.F. and Lopez O.R. 2016. Biodiversity beyond trees: Panama’s Canal provides limited conservation lessons for Nicaragua. Biodiversity and Conservation. 25: 2821–2825. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-016-1197-4
Chaves, J.A., Cooper E.A., Hendry, A.P., Podos J., De León L.F., Raeymaekers J.A.M., McMillan O.W. and Uy, J.A.C. 2016. Genomic variation at the tips of the adaptive radiation of Darwin’s finches. Molecular Ecology 25:5282–5295.
*Martínez C., *Chavaría C., Sharpe D.M.T. and De León, L.F. 2016. Low predictability in colour polymorphism in introduced guppy (Poecilia reticulata) populations in Panama. PLoS ONE 11(2): e0148040. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148040
*Undergraduate student
López, K., Cody A., Aguilar, C., Loaiza. J., De León, L.F., McMillan O. and Miller M. 2015. Extreme mitogenomic divergence between two syntopic specimens of Arremon aurantiirostris (Aves: Emberizidae) in Central Panama suggests possible cryptic species. Mitochondrial DNA 14:1-3.
De León, L.F. and Castillo A.M. 2015. Rhinella marina (Cane Toad). Salinity tolerance. Herpetological Review 46:237-238.
Bolaños, J., De León L. F., Ochoa E., Darias J., Raja H., Shearer C., Miller A., Vanderheyden P., Porras-Alfaro A. and Caballero-George, C. 2015. Phylogenetic diversity of sponge-associated fungi from the Caribbean and the Pacific of Panama and their in vitro effect on angiotensin and endothelin receptors. Marine Biotechnology. 1:533-64.
Kotanda, G., Sharpe, D.M.T. and De León, L.F. 2014. Galapagos Mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) preys on an Invasive Mammal. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 12:138-141.
**Aguilar, C., De León, L.F., Loaiza, J.R., McMillan 0., and Miller M.J. 2014. Extreme sequence divergence between mitochondrial genomes of two subspecies of White-Breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucosticta, Cabanis, 1847) from Western and Central Panama. Mitochondrial DNA, 1736:1-2.
**Graduate student
Loaiza, J.R., Aguilar C., De León, L.F., McMillan 0., and Miller M.J. 2014. Mitochondrial genome organization of the Ochre-Bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes Oleagineus. Mitochondrial DNA, 1736:1-2.
Miller, M.J., Aguilar C., De León, L.F., Loaiza J.R., and McMillan 0. 2014. Complete mitochondrial genomes of the New World Jacanas: Jacana spinosa and Jacana jacana. Mitochondrial DNA, 1736:1-2.
De León, L.F., Podos J., Tariq G., Herrerl A., and Hendry A.P. 2014. Darwin’s finches and their diet niches: the sympatric co-existence of imperfect generalists. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27:1093-104.
Alda, F., Picq S., De León L. F., González R., Walz H., Bermingham E. and Krahe R. 2013. First record of Gymnotus henni Albert, Crampton and Maldonado, 2003 in Panama: phylogenetic position and electric signal characterization. Checklist, 9:655–659.
De León, L.F.,, Rolshausen G., Bermingham E., Podos J., and Hendry A. P. 2012. Individual specialization and the seeds of adaptive radiation in Darwin’s finches. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 14:365–380.
Haller, B.C., De León L. F., Rolshausen G., Gotanda K., and Hendry A.P. 2012. Magic traits: distinguishing the important from the trivial. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 27:4–5.
De León, L.F., Raeymaekers J., Bermingham E., Podos J., Herrel A, and Hendry A. P. 2011. Exploring possible human influences on the evolution of Darwin’s finches. Evolution, 65: 2258–2272.
De León, L.F., Bermingham E., Podos J., and Hendry A. P. 2010. Divergence with gene flow as facilitated by ecological differences: within-island variation in Darwin’s finches. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. B. Biological Sciences, 365: 1041–1052.
Crispo, E., J.D. DiBattista, C. Correa, X. Thibert-Plante, A.E. McKellar, A.K. Schwartz, D. Berner, L.F. De León, and A.P. Hendry. 2010. The evolution of phenotypic plasticity in response to anthropogenic disturbance. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 12: 47-66.
Hendry, A.P., Huber S.K., De León L.F., Herrel A., Podos J. 2009 Disruptive selection in a bimodal population of Darwin's finches. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences, 276: 753–759.
Huber, S. K., De León L.F., Hendry A. P., Bermingham E. and Podos, J. 2007 Reproductive isolation of sympatric morphs in a population of Darwin’s finches. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences, 274: 1709–1714.
**Graduate student
Loaiza, J. R., Almanza A., Rojas J. C., Mejí L., Cervantes N. D., Sanchez-Galan J. E., . Merchán F., Grillet A, Miller M. J., De León, L.F., and R. A. Gittens. 2019. Application of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry to identify species of Neotropical Anopheles vectors of malaria. Malar. J. 18:95. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2723-0
Geladi, I., De León, L. F., Torchin, M., Hendry, A., Gonzalez, R., and Sharpe, D.M.T. 2018. 100-year time-series reveal little morphological change following impoundment and predator invasion in two Neotropical characids. Evolutionary Applications 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12763
**Aguilar, C., Miller M.J., Loaiza J.R., Krahe R., and De León, L.F., 2018. Mitogenomics of Central American weakly-electric fishes. In press: GENE. doi.org/10.1101/353565
**Graduate student
De León, L.F., Sharpe D.M.T., Gotanda K., Raeymaekers J.A.M., Chaves J., Hendry A.P., and Podos J. 2018. Urbanization erodes niche segregation in Darwin's finches. Evolutionary Applications. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12721
**Castillo A.M., Sharpe D.M.T., Ghalambor C. and De León, L.F. 2017. Exploring the effects of salinization on trophic diversity in freshwater ecosystems: a quantitative review. Hydrobiologia 807:1-17. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10750-017-3403-0
**Graduate student
Sharpe DMT., De León L.F., Gonzalez R. and Torchin M. 2017. Tropical fish community does not recover 45 years after predator introduction. Ecology 98:412-424.
De León, L.F. and Lopez O.R. 2016. Biodiversity beyond trees: Panama’s Canal provides limited conservation lessons for Nicaragua. Biodiversity and Conservation. 25: 2821–2825. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-016-1197-4
Chaves, J.A., Cooper E.A., Hendry, A.P., Podos J., De León L.F., Raeymaekers J.A.M., McMillan O.W. and Uy, J.A.C. 2016. Genomic variation at the tips of the adaptive radiation of Darwin’s finches. Molecular Ecology 25:5282–5295.
*Martínez C., *Chavaría C., Sharpe D.M.T. and De León, L.F. 2016. Low predictability in colour polymorphism in introduced guppy (Poecilia reticulata) populations in Panama. PLoS ONE 11(2): e0148040. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148040
*Undergraduate student
López, K., Cody A., Aguilar, C., Loaiza. J., De León, L.F., McMillan O. and Miller M. 2015. Extreme mitogenomic divergence between two syntopic specimens of Arremon aurantiirostris (Aves: Emberizidae) in Central Panama suggests possible cryptic species. Mitochondrial DNA 14:1-3.
De León, L.F. and Castillo A.M. 2015. Rhinella marina (Cane Toad). Salinity tolerance. Herpetological Review 46:237-238.
Bolaños, J., De León L. F., Ochoa E., Darias J., Raja H., Shearer C., Miller A., Vanderheyden P., Porras-Alfaro A. and Caballero-George, C. 2015. Phylogenetic diversity of sponge-associated fungi from the Caribbean and the Pacific of Panama and their in vitro effect on angiotensin and endothelin receptors. Marine Biotechnology. 1:533-64.
Kotanda, G., Sharpe, D.M.T. and De León, L.F. 2014. Galapagos Mockingbird (Mimus parvulus) preys on an Invasive Mammal. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 12:138-141.
**Aguilar, C., De León, L.F., Loaiza, J.R., McMillan 0., and Miller M.J. 2014. Extreme sequence divergence between mitochondrial genomes of two subspecies of White-Breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucosticta, Cabanis, 1847) from Western and Central Panama. Mitochondrial DNA, 1736:1-2.
**Graduate student
Loaiza, J.R., Aguilar C., De León, L.F., McMillan 0., and Miller M.J. 2014. Mitochondrial genome organization of the Ochre-Bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes Oleagineus. Mitochondrial DNA, 1736:1-2.
Miller, M.J., Aguilar C., De León, L.F., Loaiza J.R., and McMillan 0. 2014. Complete mitochondrial genomes of the New World Jacanas: Jacana spinosa and Jacana jacana. Mitochondrial DNA, 1736:1-2.
De León, L.F., Podos J., Tariq G., Herrerl A., and Hendry A.P. 2014. Darwin’s finches and their diet niches: the sympatric co-existence of imperfect generalists. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27:1093-104.
Alda, F., Picq S., De León L. F., González R., Walz H., Bermingham E. and Krahe R. 2013. First record of Gymnotus henni Albert, Crampton and Maldonado, 2003 in Panama: phylogenetic position and electric signal characterization. Checklist, 9:655–659.
De León, L.F.,, Rolshausen G., Bermingham E., Podos J., and Hendry A. P. 2012. Individual specialization and the seeds of adaptive radiation in Darwin’s finches. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 14:365–380.
Haller, B.C., De León L. F., Rolshausen G., Gotanda K., and Hendry A.P. 2012. Magic traits: distinguishing the important from the trivial. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 27:4–5.
De León, L.F., Raeymaekers J., Bermingham E., Podos J., Herrel A, and Hendry A. P. 2011. Exploring possible human influences on the evolution of Darwin’s finches. Evolution, 65: 2258–2272.
De León, L.F., Bermingham E., Podos J., and Hendry A. P. 2010. Divergence with gene flow as facilitated by ecological differences: within-island variation in Darwin’s finches. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. B. Biological Sciences, 365: 1041–1052.
Crispo, E., J.D. DiBattista, C. Correa, X. Thibert-Plante, A.E. McKellar, A.K. Schwartz, D. Berner, L.F. De León, and A.P. Hendry. 2010. The evolution of phenotypic plasticity in response to anthropogenic disturbance. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 12: 47-66.
Hendry, A.P., Huber S.K., De León L.F., Herrel A., Podos J. 2009 Disruptive selection in a bimodal population of Darwin's finches. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences, 276: 753–759.
Huber, S. K., De León L.F., Hendry A. P., Bermingham E. and Podos, J. 2007 Reproductive isolation of sympatric morphs in a population of Darwin’s finches. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences, 274: 1709–1714.
Otras publicaciones
- Imperfect generalism in Darwin's finches. Eco-evo blog.
- La evolución no es un mito. Diario La Prensa. Panamá.
- Homo sapiens influences micro-evolutionary processes in Darwin's finches. Eco-evo blog.
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