Publications
Panama says no to more mining—a win for environmentalists. 2024. Villarreal J.C.A. Villarreal, N.B. and De León L.F. Nature 625 7993. [Letter to the editor]. www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-04165-1
De León L.F., Arias C.S. Sharpe D.M.T., Bravo V. González R., Krahe R. and Aguilar C.** 2023. Unraveling the complex phylogeographic history of freshwater fishes in Lower Central America: a study of the electric fish Brachyhypopomus occidentalis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 89: 107941 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107941
**Graduate student
Beausoleil MO, Lorena Carrión-Avilés P, Podos J, Camacho C, Rabadán-González J, Richard R, Lalla K, Raeymaekers JAM, Knutie SA, De León LF, Chaves JA, Clayton DH, Koop JAH, Sharpe DMT, Gotanda KM, Huber SK, Barrett RDH, Hendry AP. 2023. The fitness landscape of a community of Darwin's finches. Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpad160
Sharpe DMT, Valverde MP, De León LF, Hendry AP, Torchin ME. Biological invasions alter the structure of a tropical freshwater food web. 2023. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4173
Johnston M.M.**, Feldman R. and De León L.F. 2023. Range-wide siteo-ccupancy modeling of Red-Winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus). Journal of Urban Ecology 9. https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juad015
**Graduate student
Michaud R., Hagey T., De León L.F., Revell L. and Aviles-Rodriguez K. 2023. Geometric morphometric assessment of toe shape in forest and urban lizards following hurricane disturbances. Integrative Organismal Biology. 5: obad025
https://academic.oup.com/iob/article/5/1/obad025/7223466?login=true
McLaughlin, J. F., Aguilar, C., Bernstein, J. M., Navia-Gine, W. G., Cueto-Aparicio, L. E., Alarcon, A. C., Alarcon, B. D., Collier, R., Takyar, A., Vong, S. J., López-Chong, O. G., Driver, R., Loaiza, J. R., De León, L. F., Saltonstall, K., Lipshutz, S. E., Arcila, D., Brock, K. M., & Miller, M. J. 2023. Comparative phylogeography reveals widespread cryptic diversity driven by ecology in Panamanian birds. BioRxiv, 2023.03.15.530646. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.15.530646
Editorial overview: Novel approaches to gauge the human footprint on the biosphere. 2023. De León, L.F. and Martinez-Urtaza J. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 84, 103018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2023.103018
Loaiza, J. R., Bennett K. Miller M.J. and De León L.F. 2023. Unravelling the genomic complexity of Sylvatic New World mosquitoes in changing Neotropical environments. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 81: 102944 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2023.102944
De León L.F., Silva B.**, Aviles-Rodriguez, K. J.**, and Buitrago-Rosas D.** 2023. Harnessing the omics revolution to address the global biodiversity crisis. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 80: 102901 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2023.102901.
**Graduate student
Mahamat M., De León L.F. and Martínez M. 2023. Exploring potential drivers of brain size variation in the electric fish Brachyhypopomus occidentalis. Zoology. 156:, 126058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2022.126058
**Graduate student (co-supervised with M. Martínez)
Castillo, A. M.** and De León L.F.. 2023. The life cycle of the Neotropical water strider Telmatometra withei in different salinity environments. Neotropical Biodiversity. 9:45-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/23766808.2023.2170065
**Graduate student
Palma-Cancino D.Y.**, Feldman E. R. De León L.F. and Canto A. 2022. Relación especie-hábitat del tordo sargento (Agelaius phoeniceus) en la península de Yucatán. Ecosist. Recur. Agropec. 9: e3413, 2022. https://era.ujat.mx/index.php/rera/article/view/3413
**Graduate student (co-supervised with R. Feldman)
Winchell K.M., Aviles-Rodriguez, K. J.**, Carlen E.J., Miles L.S., Charmantier A., De León L.F., Gotanda K., Rivkin R.L., Szulkin M., and Verrelli B.C. 2022. Moving past the challenges and misconceptions in urban adaptation research. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9552
Carrión, P. L., Raeymaekers, J. A. M., De León, L. F., Chaves, J. A., Sharpe, D. M. T., Huber, S. K., Herrel, A., Vanhooydonck, B., Gotanda, K. M., Koop, J. A. H., Knutie, S. A., Clayton, D. H., Podos, J., Hendry, A. P. 2022. The terroir of the finch: how spatial and temporal variation shapes phenotypic traits in Darwin’s finches. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9399
**Aviles-Rodriguez K.**, De León L.F., and Revell L. 2022. Population density of the tropical lizard Anolis cristatellus in urban and forested habitats after a major hurricane. Tropical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42965-022-00251-z
**Graduate student (co-supervised with L. Revell)
Basset Y., Donoso D.A., Hajibabaei M., Wright M.T.G., Castillo A.M.**, Donoso D., Segar S.T., Souto-Vilarós D., Soliman D.Y., Roslin T., Smith M.A., Lamarre G.P.A., De León L.F., Palacios-Vargas J.G., Castaño-Meneses G., Scheffrahn R.H., Rivera M., Perez F., Bobadilla R., Lopez Y., Lopez Y., Ramirez J.A., Cruz M. M., Arango Galván A.A., and Barrios H. 2022. Comparison of traditional and DNA metabarcoding samples for monitoring tropical soil arthropods (Formicidae, Collembola and Isoptera). Scientific Reports 12: 10762. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-14915-2
**Graduate student
Castillo, A. M.**, Chavarria, K.A., Saltonstall, K., Arias, C.F.***, Mejía, L.C., and De León L.F. 2021. Salinity effects on the microbiome of a Neotropical water strider. Hydrobiologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-021-04732-5
**Graduate student
Arias C.S.,*** Dikow R., McMillan 0.W. and De León L.F. 2021. De novo genome assembly of the electric fish Brachyhypopomus occidentalis (Hypopomidae, Gymnotiformes). Genome Biology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab223.
*** Postdoc
**Elizondo-Lara L., Young J., Schliep K. and De León L.F. 2021. Brain allometry across macroevolutionary scales in squamates suggests a conserved pattern in snakes. Zoology. 146:125926.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2021.125926
**Graduate student
**Castillo A.M. and De León L. F. 2021 . Evolutionary mismatch along salinity gradients in a Neotropical water strider. Ecology and Evolution. 11:5121–5134. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7405
**Graduate student
**Aviles-Rodriguez K.**, Winchell K., De León L.F., and Revell L. 2021. Phenotypic response to a major hurricane in Anolis lizards in urban and forest habitats. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 133: 880–895. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab011
**Graduate student (co-supervised with L. Revell)
Basset Y., Donoso, D.A., Hajibabaei, M., Wright, M.T.G., Perez, K.H.J., Lamarre, G.P.A., De León, L.F., Palacios-Vargas, J.G., Castaño-Meneses, G., Rivera, R., Perez, F., Bobadilla, R., Lopez, Y., Ramirez, J.A. & Barrios, H. 2020. Methodological considerations for monitoring soil/litter arthropods in tropical rainforests using DNA metabarcoding, with a special emphasis on ants, springtails and termites. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, 4, 151-163. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.4.58572
**Castillo, A. M., K. Saltonstall, C. F. Arias, K. A. Chavarria, L. A. Ramírez-Camejo, L. C. Mejía, and L. F. De León. 2020. The Microbiome of Neotropical Water Striders and Its Potential Role in Codiversification. Insects: 578 11:578. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11090578
**Graduate student
Gittens R.A., Almanza A., Bennett K.L., Mejía L.C., Sanchez-Galan J.E., Merchan F. Kern L., Miller M.J., Esser H.J., Hwang R., Dong M., De León L.F., Álvarez E., and Loaiza J.R. 2020. Proteomic fingerprinting of Neotropical hard tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) using a self-curated mass spectra reference library. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis., 14: e0008849. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008849
De León, L.F., Cornejo A., Gavilán R. and **Aguilar C. 2020. Hidden biodiversity in Neotropical streams: DNA barcoding uncovers high endemicity of freshwater macroinvertebrates at small spatial scales. PLoS ONE 15(8): e0231683. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231683
**Graduate student
Aguilar-Samaniego K., De León L.F., **Aguilar C. 2020. New record of the Gray-capped Cuckoo, Coccyzus lansbergi (Bonaparte, 1850) (Cuculiformes, Cuculidae), on the southwest coast of Panama. Check List 16 (4): 883–888. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.4.883
**Graduate student
Basset Y., Palacios-Varga J.G., Donoso D.A., Castaño-Meneses G., Decaëns T., Lamarre G.P., De León L.F., Rivera M., García-Gómez A., Perez F., Bobadilla R., Lopez Y., Ramirez J. A., et al., Cruz M.M., Galván A.A., Mejía-Recamier B.E., Barrios H. 2020. Enemy-free space and the distribution of ants, springtails and termites in the soil of one tropical rainforest. Eur. J. Soil Biol., 99: 103193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2020.103193
Correa R., Caballero Z., De León L.F. and Espadafora C. 2020. Extracellular vesicles could carry an evolutionary footprint in interkingdom communication. Frontiers Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 10:76. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2020.00076
**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. Scientific Reports 9, 18828. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-55336-y.
**Graduate student
Beausoleil M.O., Frishko L.O., Raeymaekers J.A.M., M'Gonigle, L.K.M., Knutie S.A, De León L.F., Chaves J.A., Clayton, D.H., Koop, J.A.H., Podos J., Hendry A.P., Barrett R.D.H. 2019. Temporally varying disruptive selection in the medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences 286: 20192290. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2290
Bennett K.L., Almanza A., McMillan O.M., Saltonstall K., Lopez E., VindaJ., Mejia L., Driesse K., De León, L. F., and Loaiza J. R. 2019. Habitat disturbance and the organization of bacterial communities in Neotropical hematophagous arthropods. PLoS ONE 14(9): e0222145. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222145.
Loaiza, J. R., Almanza A., Rojas J. C., Mejía 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 12:1385–1401 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. GENE 686: 164-170. 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 12:1329–1343 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. doi: 10.1007/s10750-017-3403-0
**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 Leó, 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. and 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.
De León L.F., Arias C.S. Sharpe D.M.T., Bravo V. González R., Krahe R. and Aguilar C.** 2023. Unraveling the complex phylogeographic history of freshwater fishes in Lower Central America: a study of the electric fish Brachyhypopomus occidentalis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 89: 107941 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107941
**Graduate student
Beausoleil MO, Lorena Carrión-Avilés P, Podos J, Camacho C, Rabadán-González J, Richard R, Lalla K, Raeymaekers JAM, Knutie SA, De León LF, Chaves JA, Clayton DH, Koop JAH, Sharpe DMT, Gotanda KM, Huber SK, Barrett RDH, Hendry AP. 2023. The fitness landscape of a community of Darwin's finches. Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpad160
Sharpe DMT, Valverde MP, De León LF, Hendry AP, Torchin ME. Biological invasions alter the structure of a tropical freshwater food web. 2023. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4173
Johnston M.M.**, Feldman R. and De León L.F. 2023. Range-wide siteo-ccupancy modeling of Red-Winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus). Journal of Urban Ecology 9. https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juad015
**Graduate student
Michaud R., Hagey T., De León L.F., Revell L. and Aviles-Rodriguez K. 2023. Geometric morphometric assessment of toe shape in forest and urban lizards following hurricane disturbances. Integrative Organismal Biology. 5: obad025
https://academic.oup.com/iob/article/5/1/obad025/7223466?login=true
McLaughlin, J. F., Aguilar, C., Bernstein, J. M., Navia-Gine, W. G., Cueto-Aparicio, L. E., Alarcon, A. C., Alarcon, B. D., Collier, R., Takyar, A., Vong, S. J., López-Chong, O. G., Driver, R., Loaiza, J. R., De León, L. F., Saltonstall, K., Lipshutz, S. E., Arcila, D., Brock, K. M., & Miller, M. J. 2023. Comparative phylogeography reveals widespread cryptic diversity driven by ecology in Panamanian birds. BioRxiv, 2023.03.15.530646. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.15.530646
Editorial overview: Novel approaches to gauge the human footprint on the biosphere. 2023. De León, L.F. and Martinez-Urtaza J. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 84, 103018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2023.103018
Loaiza, J. R., Bennett K. Miller M.J. and De León L.F. 2023. Unravelling the genomic complexity of Sylvatic New World mosquitoes in changing Neotropical environments. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 81: 102944 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2023.102944
De León L.F., Silva B.**, Aviles-Rodriguez, K. J.**, and Buitrago-Rosas D.** 2023. Harnessing the omics revolution to address the global biodiversity crisis. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 80: 102901 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2023.102901.
**Graduate student
Mahamat M., De León L.F. and Martínez M. 2023. Exploring potential drivers of brain size variation in the electric fish Brachyhypopomus occidentalis. Zoology. 156:, 126058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2022.126058
**Graduate student (co-supervised with M. Martínez)
Castillo, A. M.** and De León L.F.. 2023. The life cycle of the Neotropical water strider Telmatometra withei in different salinity environments. Neotropical Biodiversity. 9:45-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/23766808.2023.2170065
**Graduate student
Palma-Cancino D.Y.**, Feldman E. R. De León L.F. and Canto A. 2022. Relación especie-hábitat del tordo sargento (Agelaius phoeniceus) en la península de Yucatán. Ecosist. Recur. Agropec. 9: e3413, 2022. https://era.ujat.mx/index.php/rera/article/view/3413
**Graduate student (co-supervised with R. Feldman)
Winchell K.M., Aviles-Rodriguez, K. J.**, Carlen E.J., Miles L.S., Charmantier A., De León L.F., Gotanda K., Rivkin R.L., Szulkin M., and Verrelli B.C. 2022. Moving past the challenges and misconceptions in urban adaptation research. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9552
Carrión, P. L., Raeymaekers, J. A. M., De León, L. F., Chaves, J. A., Sharpe, D. M. T., Huber, S. K., Herrel, A., Vanhooydonck, B., Gotanda, K. M., Koop, J. A. H., Knutie, S. A., Clayton, D. H., Podos, J., Hendry, A. P. 2022. The terroir of the finch: how spatial and temporal variation shapes phenotypic traits in Darwin’s finches. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9399
**Aviles-Rodriguez K.**, De León L.F., and Revell L. 2022. Population density of the tropical lizard Anolis cristatellus in urban and forested habitats after a major hurricane. Tropical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42965-022-00251-z
**Graduate student (co-supervised with L. Revell)
Basset Y., Donoso D.A., Hajibabaei M., Wright M.T.G., Castillo A.M.**, Donoso D., Segar S.T., Souto-Vilarós D., Soliman D.Y., Roslin T., Smith M.A., Lamarre G.P.A., De León L.F., Palacios-Vargas J.G., Castaño-Meneses G., Scheffrahn R.H., Rivera M., Perez F., Bobadilla R., Lopez Y., Lopez Y., Ramirez J.A., Cruz M. M., Arango Galván A.A., and Barrios H. 2022. Comparison of traditional and DNA metabarcoding samples for monitoring tropical soil arthropods (Formicidae, Collembola and Isoptera). Scientific Reports 12: 10762. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-14915-2
**Graduate student
Castillo, A. M.**, Chavarria, K.A., Saltonstall, K., Arias, C.F.***, Mejía, L.C., and De León L.F. 2021. Salinity effects on the microbiome of a Neotropical water strider. Hydrobiologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-021-04732-5
**Graduate student
Arias C.S.,*** Dikow R., McMillan 0.W. and De León L.F. 2021. De novo genome assembly of the electric fish Brachyhypopomus occidentalis (Hypopomidae, Gymnotiformes). Genome Biology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab223.
*** Postdoc
**Elizondo-Lara L., Young J., Schliep K. and De León L.F. 2021. Brain allometry across macroevolutionary scales in squamates suggests a conserved pattern in snakes. Zoology. 146:125926.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2021.125926
**Graduate student
**Castillo A.M. and De León L. F. 2021 . Evolutionary mismatch along salinity gradients in a Neotropical water strider. Ecology and Evolution. 11:5121–5134. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7405
**Graduate student
**Aviles-Rodriguez K.**, Winchell K., De León L.F., and Revell L. 2021. Phenotypic response to a major hurricane in Anolis lizards in urban and forest habitats. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 133: 880–895. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab011
**Graduate student (co-supervised with L. Revell)
Basset Y., Donoso, D.A., Hajibabaei, M., Wright, M.T.G., Perez, K.H.J., Lamarre, G.P.A., De León, L.F., Palacios-Vargas, J.G., Castaño-Meneses, G., Rivera, R., Perez, F., Bobadilla, R., Lopez, Y., Ramirez, J.A. & Barrios, H. 2020. Methodological considerations for monitoring soil/litter arthropods in tropical rainforests using DNA metabarcoding, with a special emphasis on ants, springtails and termites. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, 4, 151-163. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.4.58572
**Castillo, A. M., K. Saltonstall, C. F. Arias, K. A. Chavarria, L. A. Ramírez-Camejo, L. C. Mejía, and L. F. De León. 2020. The Microbiome of Neotropical Water Striders and Its Potential Role in Codiversification. Insects: 578 11:578. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11090578
**Graduate student
Gittens R.A., Almanza A., Bennett K.L., Mejía L.C., Sanchez-Galan J.E., Merchan F. Kern L., Miller M.J., Esser H.J., Hwang R., Dong M., De León L.F., Álvarez E., and Loaiza J.R. 2020. Proteomic fingerprinting of Neotropical hard tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) using a self-curated mass spectra reference library. PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis., 14: e0008849. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008849
De León, L.F., Cornejo A., Gavilán R. and **Aguilar C. 2020. Hidden biodiversity in Neotropical streams: DNA barcoding uncovers high endemicity of freshwater macroinvertebrates at small spatial scales. PLoS ONE 15(8): e0231683. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231683
**Graduate student
Aguilar-Samaniego K., De León L.F., **Aguilar C. 2020. New record of the Gray-capped Cuckoo, Coccyzus lansbergi (Bonaparte, 1850) (Cuculiformes, Cuculidae), on the southwest coast of Panama. Check List 16 (4): 883–888. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.4.883
**Graduate student
Basset Y., Palacios-Varga J.G., Donoso D.A., Castaño-Meneses G., Decaëns T., Lamarre G.P., De León L.F., Rivera M., García-Gómez A., Perez F., Bobadilla R., Lopez Y., Ramirez J. A., et al., Cruz M.M., Galván A.A., Mejía-Recamier B.E., Barrios H. 2020. Enemy-free space and the distribution of ants, springtails and termites in the soil of one tropical rainforest. Eur. J. Soil Biol., 99: 103193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2020.103193
Correa R., Caballero Z., De León L.F. and Espadafora C. 2020. Extracellular vesicles could carry an evolutionary footprint in interkingdom communication. Frontiers Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 10:76. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2020.00076
**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. Scientific Reports 9, 18828. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-55336-y.
**Graduate student
Beausoleil M.O., Frishko L.O., Raeymaekers J.A.M., M'Gonigle, L.K.M., Knutie S.A, De León L.F., Chaves J.A., Clayton, D.H., Koop, J.A.H., Podos J., Hendry A.P., Barrett R.D.H. 2019. Temporally varying disruptive selection in the medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences 286: 20192290. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2290
Bennett K.L., Almanza A., McMillan O.M., Saltonstall K., Lopez E., VindaJ., Mejia L., Driesse K., De León, L. F., and Loaiza J. R. 2019. Habitat disturbance and the organization of bacterial communities in Neotropical hematophagous arthropods. PLoS ONE 14(9): e0222145. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222145.
Loaiza, J. R., Almanza A., Rojas J. C., Mejía 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 12:1385–1401 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. GENE 686: 164-170. 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 12:1329–1343 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. doi: 10.1007/s10750-017-3403-0
**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 Leó, 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. and 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.
Other publications
- 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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