José Carlos Brito, PhD - Publications

Affiliations: 
CIBIO, Research Center for Biodiversity and Genetic Resources Porto University 
Area:
Biodiversity, Arid Regions, distribution, evolutionary, landscape processes, conservation planning
Website:
http://cibio.up.pt/cibio.php?content=members&menu=members&member=jcbrito

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2023 Mochales-Riaño G, Burriel-Carranza B, Barros MI, Velo-Antón G, Talavera A, Spilani L, Tejero-Cicuéndez H, Crochet PA, Piris A, García-Cardenete L, Busais S, Els J, Shobrak M, Brito JC, Šmíd J, et al. Hidden in the sand: Phylogenomics unravel an unexpected evolutionary history for the desert-adapted vipers of the genus Cerastes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 191: 107979. PMID 38040070 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107979  0.36
2023 L Rocha J, Silva P, Santos N, Nakamura M, Afonso S, Qninba A, Boratynski Z, Sudmant PH, Brito JC, Nielsen R, Godinho R. North African fox genomes show signatures of repeated introgression and adaptation to life in deserts. Nature Ecology & Evolution. PMID 37308700 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02094-w  0.588
2022 Yusefi GH, Brito JC, Soofi M, Safi K. Hunting and persecution drive mammal declines in Iran. Scientific Reports. 12: 17743. PMID 36273079 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-22238-5  0.349
2022 Velo-Antón G, Henrique M, Liz AV, Martínez-Freiría F, Pleguezuelos JM, Geniez P, Crochet PA, Brito JC. DNA barcode reference library for the West Sahara-Sahel reptiles. Scientific Data. 9: 459. PMID 35915106 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01582-1  0.32
2022 Brito JC, Sow AS, Vale CG, Pizzigalli C, Hamidou D, Gonçalves DV, Martínez-Freiría F, Santarém F, Rebelo H, Campos JC, Pleguezuelos JM, Ferreira da Silva MJ, Naia M, Tarroso P, Godinho R, et al. Diversity, distribution and conservation of land mammals in Mauritania, North-West Africa. Plos One. 17: e0269870. PMID 35913972 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269870  0.738
2021 Naia M, Tarroso P, Sow AS, Liz AV, Gonçalves DV, Martínez-Freiría F, Santarém F, Yusefi GH, Velo-Antón G, Avella I, Hanson JO, Khalatbari L, Ferreira da Silva MJ, Camacho-Sanchez M, Boratyński Z, ... ... Brito JC, et al. Potential negative effects of the Green Wall on Sahel's biodiversity. Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society For Conservation Biology. PMID 33891705 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13755  0.661
2021 Rocha JL, Godinho R, Brito JC, Nielsen R. Life in Deserts: The Genetic Basis of Mammalian Desert Adaptation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. PMID 33863602 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.03.007  0.544
2020 Machado L, Salvi D, James Harris D, Brito JC, Crochet PA, Geniez P, Ahmadzadeh F, Carranza S. Systematics, biogeography and evolution of the Saharo-Arabian naked-toed geckos genus Tropiocolotes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 106969. PMID 33031930 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106969  0.335
2020 Miralles A, Geniez P, Beddek M, Aranda DM, Brito JC, Leblois R, Crochet PA. Morphology and multilocus phylogeny of the Spiny-footed Lizard (Acanthodactylus erythrurus) complex reveal two new mountain species from the Moroccan Atlas. Zootaxa. 4747: zootaxa.4747.2.4. PMID 32230110 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.2.4  0.33
2020 Moutinho AF, Serén N, Paupério J, Silva TL, Martínez-Freiría F, Sotelo G, Faria R, Mappes T, Alves PC, Brito JC, Boratyński Z. Evolutionary history of two cryptic species of northern African jerboas. Bmc Evolutionary Biology. 20: 26. PMID 32054437 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-020-1592-z  0.425
2020 Eddine A, Rocha RG, Mostefai N, Karssene Y, De Smet K, Brito JC, Klees D, Nowak C, Cocchiararo B, Lopes S, van der Leer P, Godinho R. Demographic expansion of an African opportunistic carnivore during the Neolithic revolution. Biology Letters. 16: 20190560. PMID 31964262 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2019.0560  0.58
2019 Lado S, Alves PC, Islam MZ, Brito JC, Melo-Ferreira J. The evolutionary history of the Cape hare (Lepus capensis sensu lato): insights for systematics and biogeography. Heredity. PMID 31073237 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-019-0229-8  0.447
2019 Ferreira D, Pinho C, Brito JC, Santos X. Increase of genetic diversity indicates ecological opportunities in recurrent-fire landscapes for wall lizards. Scientific Reports. 9: 5383. PMID 30926838 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-019-41729-6  0.315
2019 Yusefi GH, Faizolahi K, Darvish J, Safi K, Brito JC. The species diversity, distribution, and conservation status of the terrestrial mammals of Iran Journal of Mammalogy. 100: 55-71. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz002  0.362
2018 Campos JC, Mobaraki A, Abtin E, Godinho R, Brito JC. Preliminary assessment of genetic diversity and population connectivity of the Mugger Crocodile in Iran Amphibia-Reptilia. 39: 126-131. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-16000173  0.567
2018 Ferreira D, Brito JC, Santos X. Long–interval monitoring reveals opposing responses of Mediterranean versus Atlantic reptile species in a biogeographic transition zone Basic and Applied Herpetology. 32. DOI: 10.11160/bah.85  0.314
2018 Velo-Antón G, Martínez-Freiría F, Pereira P, Crochet P, Brito JC. Living on the edge: Ecological and genetic connectivity of the spiny-footed lizard,Acanthodactylus aureus, confirms the Atlantic Sahara desert as a biogeographic corridor and centre of lineage diversification Journal of Biogeography. 45: 1031-1042. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13176  0.301
2018 GonÇalves DV, Pereira P, Velo-AntÓn G, Harris DJ, Carranza S, Brito JC. Assessing the role of aridity-induced vicariance and ecological divergence in species diversification in North-West Africa using Agama lizards Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 124: 363-380. DOI: 10.1093/Biolinnean/Bly055  0.362
2017 Boratyński Z, Brito JC, Campos JC, Cunha JL, Granjon L, Mappes T, Ndiaye A, Rzebik-Kowalska B, Serén N. Repeated evolution of camouflage in speciose desert rodents. Scientific Reports. 7: 3522. PMID 28615685 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-03444-y  0.405
2017 TAMAR K, GENIEZ P, BRITO JC, CROCHET P. Systematic revision of Acanthodactylus busacki (Squamata: Lacertidae) with a description of a new species from Morocco Zootaxa. 4276: 357. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4276.3.3  0.398
2017 Silva TL, Vale CG, Godinho R, Fellous A, Hingrat Y, Alves PC, Abáigar T, Brito JC. Ecotypes and evolutionary significant units in endangered North African gazelles Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 122: 286-300. DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blx064  0.647
2016 Gonçalves DV, Pereira P, Godinho R, Lopes S, Velo-Antón G, Brito JC. Development of 23 microsatellite loci for Boulenger’s agama (Agama boulengeri) with partial cross-amplification in other Agama species Amphibia-Reptilia. 37: 246-252. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00003048  0.597
2016 Brito JC, Tarroso P, Vale CG, Martínez-Freiría F, Boratyński Z, Campos JC, Ferreira S, Godinho R, Gonçalves DV, Leite JV, Lima VO, Pereira P, Santos X, da Silva MJF, Silva TL, et al. Conservation Biogeography of the Sahara-Sahel: Additional protected areas are needed to secure unique biodiversity Diversity and Distributions. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12416  0.488
2015 Lopes SC, Velo-Antón G, Pereira P, Lopes S, Godinho R, Crochet PA, Brito JC. Development and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci for spiny-footed lizards, Acanthodactylus scutellatus group (Reptilia, Lacertidae) from arid regions. Bmc Research Notes. 8: 794. PMID 26681434 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1779-3  0.612
2015 Koepfli KP, Pollinger J, Godinho R, Robinson J, Lea A, Hendricks S, Schweizer RM, Thalmann O, Silva P, Fan Z, Yurchenko AA, Dobrynin P, Makunin A, Cahill JA, Shapiro B, ... ... Brito JC, et al. Genome-wide Evidence Reveals that African and Eurasian Golden Jackals Are Distinct Species. Current Biology : Cb. 25: 2158-65. PMID 26234211 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2015.06.060  0.599
2015 Metallinou M, ?ervenka J, Crochet PA, Kratochvíl L, Wilms T, Geniez P, Shobrak MY, Brito JC, Carranza S. Species on the rocks: Systematics and biogeography of the rock-dwelling Ptyodactylus geckos (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) in North Africa and Arabia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 85: 208-20. PMID 25724867 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2015.02.010  0.399
2015 Vale CG, Pimm SL, Brito JC. Overlooked mountain rock pools in deserts are critical local hotspots of biodiversity. Plos One. 10: e0118367. PMID 25714751 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0118367  0.355
2015 Silva TL, Godinho R, Castro D, Abáigar T, Brito JC, Alves PC. Genetic identification of endangered North African ungulates using noninvasive sampling. Molecular Ecology Resources. 15: 652-61. PMID 25256349 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12335  0.615
2015 Vale CG, Ferreira da Silva MJ, Campos JC, Torres J, Brito JC. Applying species distribution modelling to the conservation of an ecologically plastic species (Papio papio) across biogeographic regions in West Africa Journal For Nature Conservation. 27: 26-36. DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2015.06.004  0.72
2015 Leite JV, Álvares F, Velo-Antón G, Brito JC, Godinho R. Differentiation of North African foxes and population genetic dynamics in the desert—insights into the evolutionary history of two sister taxa, Vulpes rueppellii and Vulpes vulpes Organisms Diversity and Evolution. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-015-0232-8  0.548
2014 Ferreira S, Velo-Antón G, Brochard C, Vieira C, Alves PC, Thompson DJ, Watts PC, Brito JC. A Critically Endangered new dragonfly species from Morocco: Onychogomphus boudoti sp. nov. (Odonata: Gomphidae). Zootaxa. 3856: 349-65. PMID 25284663 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3856.3.3  0.393
2014 Velo-Antón G, Godinho R, Campos JC, Brito JC. Should I stay or should I go? Dispersal and population structure in small, isolated desert populations of West African crocodiles. Plos One. 9: e94626. PMID 24740183 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094626  0.599
2014 BoratyÅ„ski Z, Brito JC, Campos JC, Karala M, Mappes T. Large spatial scale of the phenotype-environment color matching in two cryptic species of african desert jerboas (dipodidae: jaculus). Plos One. 9: e94342. PMID 24714509 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094342  0.377
2014 Kopp GH, Ferreira da Silva MJ, Fischer J, Brito JC, Regnaut S, Roos C, Zinner D. The Influence of Social Systems on Patterns of Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Baboons. International Journal of Primatology. 35: 210-225. PMID 24523566 DOI: 10.1007/S10764-013-9725-5  0.709
2014 Tarroso P, Pereira RJ, Martínez-Freiría F, Godinho R, Brito JC. Hybridization at an ecotone: ecological and genetic barriers between three Iberian vipers. Molecular Ecology. 23: 1108-23. PMID 24447270 DOI: 10.1111/mec.12671  0.616
2014 Brito JC, Godinho R, Martínez-Freiría F, Pleguezuelos JM, Rebelo H, Santos X, Vale CG, Velo-Antón G, BoratyÅ„ski Z, Carvalho SB, Ferreira S, Gonçalves DV, Silva TL, Tarroso P, Campos JC, et al. Unravelling biodiversity, evolution and threats to conservation in the Sahara-Sahel. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 89: 215-31. PMID 23848599 DOI: 10.1111/Brv.12049  0.608
2014 Sow AS, Martínez-Freiría F, Dieng H, Fahd S, Brito JC. Biogeographical analysis of the Atlantic Sahara reptiles: Environmental correlates of species distribution and vulnerability toclimate change Journal of Arid Environments. 109: 65-73. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.05.023  0.324
2013 Martínez-Freiría F, Argaz H, Fahd S, Brito JC. Climate change is predicted to negatively influence Moroccan endemic reptile richness. Implications for conservation in protected areas. Die Naturwissenschaften. 100: 877-89. PMID 23942550 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1088-4  0.38
2012 Metallinou M, Arnold EN, Crochet PA, Geniez P, Brito JC, Lymberakis P, Baha El Din S, Sindaco R, Robinson M, Carranza S. Conquering the Sahara and Arabian deserts: systematics and biogeography of Stenodactylus geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Bmc Evolutionary Biology. 12: 258. PMID 23273581 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-258  0.427
2012 Velo-Antón G, Godinho R, Harris DJ, Santos X, Martínez-Freiria F, Fahd S, Larbes S, Pleguezuelos JM, Brito JC. Deep evolutionary lineages in a Western Mediterranean snake (Vipera latastei/monticola group) and high genetic structuring in Southern Iberian populations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 65: 965-73. PMID 22982758 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.08.016  0.605
2012 Gonçalves DV, Brito JC, Crochet PA, Geniez P, Padial JM, Harris DJ. Phylogeny of North African Agama lizards (Reptilia: Agamidae) and the role of the Sahara desert in vertebrate speciation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 64: 582-91. PMID 22634241 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.05.007  0.443
2012 Rebelo H, Froufe E, Brito JC, Russo D, Cistrone L, Ferrand N, Jones G. Postglacial colonization of Europe by the barbastelle bat: agreement between molecular data and past predictive modelling. Molecular Ecology. 21: 2761-74. PMID 22490279 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-294X.2012.05566.X  0.358
2012 Boratynski Z, Brito JC, Mappes T. The origin of two cryptic species of African desert jerboas (Dipodidae: Jaculus) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 105: 435-445. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01791.x  0.329
2012 Vasconcelos R, Brito JC, Carvalho SB, Carranza S, James Harris D. Identifying priority areas for island endemics using genetic versus specific diversity - The case of terrestrial reptiles of the Cape Verde Islands Biological Conservation. 153: 276-286. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2012.04.020  0.39
2011 Brito JC, Martínez-Freiría F, Sierra P, Sillero N, Tarroso P. Crocodiles in the Sahara desert: an update of distribution, habitats and population status for conservation planning in Mauritania. Plos One. 6: e14734. PMID 21364897 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014734  0.312
2011 Carvalho SB, Brito JC, Crespo EJ, Possingham HP. Incorporating evolutionary processes into conservation planning using species distribution data: A case study with the western Mediterranean herpetofauna Diversity and Distributions. 17: 408-421. DOI: 10.1111/J.1472-4642.2011.00752.X  0.389
2011 Carvalho SB, Brito JC, Crespo EG, Watts ME, Possingham HP. Conservation planning under climate change: Toward accounting for uncertainty in predicted species distributions to increase confidence in conservation investments in space and time Biological Conservation. 144: 2020-2030. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2011.04.024  0.328
2010 Vasconcelos R, Froufe E, Brito JC, Carranza S, Harris DJ. Phylogeography of the African common toad, amietophrynus regularis, based on mitochondrial DNA sequences: Inferences regarding the Cape Verde population and biogeographical patterns African Zoology. 45: 291-298. DOI: 10.3377/004.045.0207  0.351
2010 Lima A, Pinho C, Larbes S, Carretero MA, Brito JC, Harris DJ. Relationships of Podarcis wall lizards from Algeria based on mtDNA data Amphibia Reptilia. 30: 483-492. DOI: 10.1163/156853809789647103  0.379
2010 Carvalho SB, Brito JC, Crespo EJ, Possingham HP. From climate change predictions to actions - conserving vulnerable animal groups in hotspots at a regional scale Global Change Biology. 16: 3257-3270. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2486.2010.02212.X  0.349
2009 Stuart-Fox D, Godinho R, Goüy de Bellocq J, Irwin NR, Brito JC, Moussalli A, Siroký P, Hugall AF, Baird SJ. Variation in phenotype, parasite load and male competitive ability across a cryptic hybrid zone. Plos One. 4: e5677. PMID 19479073 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005677  0.559
2009 Fonseca MM, Brito JC, Paulo OS, Carretero MA, Harris DJ. Systematic and phylogeographical assessment of the Acanthodactylus erythrurus group (Reptilia: Lacertidae) based on phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 51: 131-42. PMID 19070671 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.021  0.303
2009 Stuart-Fox D, Godinho R, Irwin N, Goüy De Bellocq J, Brito JC, Moussalli A, Hugall AF, Baird SJE. Can scent-mediated female mate preference explain an abrupt mtDNA cline in Lacerta schreiberi? Behaviour. 146: 831-841. DOI: 10.1163/156853909X446235  0.446
2009 Monterroso P, Brito JC, Ferreras P, Alves PC. Spatial ecology of the European wildcat in a Mediterranean ecosystem: Dealing with small radio-tracking datasets in species conservation Journal of Zoology. 279: 27-35. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00585.x  0.31
2008 Martínez-Freiría F, Sillero N, Lizana M, Brito JC. GIS-based niche models identify environmental correlates sustaining a contact zone between three species of European vipers Diversity and Distributions. 14: 452-461. DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00446.x  0.307
2007 Pleguezuelos JM, Santos X, Brito JC, Parellada X, Llorente GA, Fahd S. Reproductive ecology of Vipera latastei, in the Iberian Peninsula: implications for the conservation of a Mediterranean viper. Zoology (Jena, Germany). 110: 9-19. PMID 17161594 DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2006.11.001  0.301
2007 Soares C, Brito JC. Environmental correlates for species richness among amphibians and reptiles in a climate transition area Biodiversity and Conservation. 16: 1087-1102. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9070-5  0.302
2004 Luís C, Rebelo R, Brito JC, Godinho R, Paulo OS, Crespo EG. Age structure in Lacerta schreiberi from Portugal Amphibia Reptilia. 25: 336-343.  0.418
1999 Brito JC, Godinho R, Luís C, Paulo OS, Crespo EG. Management strategies for conservation of the lizard Lacerta schreiberi in Portugal Biological Conservation. 89: 311-319. DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00002-6  0.45
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