Roger Vila, Group Leader | CSIC Research Scientist
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We study butterfly biodiversity and evolution by integrating molecular, cytogenetic and morphological data. Our final goal is to answer general questions regarding chromosome evolution, limits between species, and the link between phylogeography and paleoecology.
Plan Nacional I+D+I, MICINN; Principal investigator: Roger Vila.
Fundación BBVA. Principal investigator: Roger Vila.
Proyecto de Investigación de Excelencia. Junta de Andalucía. Principal investigator: Alberto Tinaut.
2012
Dapporto, L., Bruschini, C., Dinca, V., Vila, R. & Dennis, R.L.H. (2012). Identifying zones of phenetic compression in West Mediterranean butterflies (Satyrinae): refugia, invasion and hybridization. Diversity and Distributions (published online before print).
Carnicer, J., Stefanescu, C., Vila, R., Dinca, V., Font, X. & Peñuelas, J. (2012). A unified framework for diversity gradients: the adaptive trait continuum. Global Ecology and Biogeography, in press.
2011
Dapporto, L., Schmitt, T., Vila, R., Scalercio, S., Biermann, H., Dinca, V., Gayubo, S.F., González, J.A., Lo Cascio, P. & Dennis, R.L.H. 2011. Phylogenetic island disequilibrium: evidence for ongoing long-term population dynamics in two Mediterranean butterflies. Journal of Biogeography 38(5): 854-867.
Dinca, V., .Cuvelier, S., Zakharov, E.V., Hebert, P D.N., Vila, R. 2011. Biogeography, ecology and conservation of Erebia oeme (Hübner) in the Carpathians (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 46: 486-498.
Dinca, V., Zakharov, E. V., Hebert, P. D. N., Vila, R. 2011. Complete DNA barcode reference library for a country's butterfly fauna reveals high performance for temperate Europe. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 278: 347-355.
Dinca, V., Lukhtanov, V.A., Talavera, G. & Vila, R. 2011. Unexpected layers of cryptic diversity in wood white Leptidea butterflies. Nature Communications 2: 324.
Dinca, V., Dapporto, L., Vila R. 2011. A combined genetic-morphometric analysis unravels the complex biogeographical history of Polyommatus icarus and Polyommatus celina Common Blue butterflies. Molecular Ecology 20: 3921-3935.
Hernandez-Roldan, J. L., Murria C., Romo H., Talavera G., Zakharov E., Hebert P.D.N., Vila R. 2011. Tracing the origin of disjunct distributions: a case of biogeographical convergence in Pyrgus butterflies. Journal of Biogeography 38: 2006-2020.
Lukhtanov, V.A., Dinca, V., Talavera, G. & Vila, R. 2011. Unprecedented within-species chromosome number cline in the Wood White butterfly Leptidea sinapis and its significance for karyotype evolution and speciation. BMC Evol. Biol. 11: 109.
Ugelvig, L. V., Vila,R., Pierce, N.E., Nash, D.R. 2011. A phylogenetic revision of the Glaucopsyche section (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with special focus on the Phengaris-Maculinea clade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61: 237-243.
Vila, R., Bell, C. D., Macniven, R., Goldman-Huertas, B., Ree, R. H., Marshall, C. R., Balint, Z., Johnson, K., Benyamini, D., Pierce, N. E. 2011. Phylogeny and palaeoecology of Polyommatus blue butterflies show Beringia was a climate-regulated gateway to the New World. Procceedings of the Royal Society B-biological Sciences, 278. ITS2 DATASET
Talavera, G., Vila, R. 2011. What is the phylogenetic signal limit from mitogenomes? The reconciliation between mitochondrial and nuclear data in the Insecta Class phylogeny. BMC Evol Biol 11: 315. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-315
Other publications 2011
Dinca, V. & Vila, R. 2011. La blaveta comuna africana Polyommatus celina, una nova espècie a Europa. Cynthia 10: 16-17
Dinca, V. & Vila, R. 2011. Biodiversitat críptica i espècies falses: papallones que enganyen els científics. Omnis Cellula 27: 22-27
Dinca, V., Cuvelier, S. & Mølgaard, M. S. 2011. Distribution and conservation status of Pseudophilotes bavius(Eversmann, 1832) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Dobrogea (south-eastern Romania). Phegea 39(2): 59-67.
Székely, L., Dinca, V., Juhász, I. 2011. Macrolepidoptera from the steppes of Dobrogea (south-eastern Romania). Phegea 39(3): 85-106.
2010
Dinca, V., Cuvelier, S., Zakharov, E.V., Hebert, P.D.N. & Vila, R. 2010. Biogeography, ecology and conservation of Erebia oeme (Hübner) in the Carpathians (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 46: 486-498.
Fiz-Palacios, O., Vargas, P., Vila, R., Papadopulos, A.S.T. & Aldasoro, J.J. 2010. The uneven phylogeny and biogeography of Erodium (Geraniaceae): Radiations in the Mediterranean and recent recurrent intercontinental colonization. Annals of Botany 106: 871-884.
- Vila, R., Lukhtanov, V.A., Talavera, G., Gil-T., F. & Pierce, N.E. 2010. How common are dot-like distribution ranges? Taxonomical oversplitting in Western European Agrodiaetus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) revealed by chromosomal and molecular markers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 101: 130154.