PROFESSORS
Elisa Bonaccorso
PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
Office: Darwin, DW-004
Phone: (+593 2) 297-1700, ext. 1341
E-mail: ebonaccorso@usfq.edu.ec
Interests
My researching interests are mainly focused on the areas of evolutive biology, ecology, and conservation. The three lines of research in which I am currently working together with a large number of colleagues are the biogeography and phylogeography of Andean birds, both regionally and locally; the ecology of the avian malaria infections; and the use of geographic information, together with other tools, for the delimitation of conservation areas and the evaluation of the effect of the climate change on the natural population.
Projects
- Evolution of the Ecuadorian Hillstar, Oreotrochilus Chimborazo, from a genomics perspective (with Carlos A. Rodríguez-Saltos, Fernanda Duque, Juan Freile, Patricia Salerno, and Juan M. Guayasamin).
- Ecology, demography, and conservation of the Blue-throated Hillstar, Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus: a tool for the conservation of a paramo ecosystem in southwestern Ecuador (with Boris Tinoco and Juan Freile).
- Geographic variation and systematics of the Chlorospingus flavopectus-semifuscus complex (with Manuel Sánchez-Nivicela, Jorge Avendaño, Juan Carlos Sánchez-Nivicela, Ana Torres, and Jérôme Fuchs).
- Phylogeography of Ixothraupis guttata (with Juan Freile, Leovigildo Cabrera, Michaël Moens, Jefferson García-Loor, Laura Rosado-Llerena, and Miguel Lentino).
- Phylogeography of Eutoxeres aquila (with Laura Rosado-Llerena and David Ocampo). • Phylogenetics and systematics of the New World crakes (Aves: Rallidae) (doctoral thesis of Emiliano Depino, with Nacho Areta and Jorge Pérez-Emán).
- Ecology of parasitic infections in Bosque Protector Jerusalem (with Héctor Cadena, Daniela Bahamonde, Xavier Chavarría, Martín Quiroga, and Nubia Matta).
- Trade and conservation of sharks in the Eastern Tropical Pacific (with Juan M. Guayasamin and many others).
- Site Fidelity and connectivity on humpback whales in the coasts of Esmeraldas, Ecuador (with Judith Denkinger, Patricia Chanabá, and Nathalia Valencia).
- Efficiency of protected area expansions to represent species under climate change scenarios (with Javier Fajardo, Janeth Lessmann, Jesús Muñoz, and other collaborators).
Publications
| Year | Title | Authors | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Recent diversification in the high Andes: unveiling the evolutionary history of the Ecuadorian hillstar, Oreotrochilus chimborazo (Apodiformes: Trochilidae) | Bonaccorso E, Rodríguez-Saltos CA, Freile JF, Peñafiel N, Rosado-Llerena L, Oleas NH | Download |
| 2021 | Extensive hybridization between two Andean warbler species with shallow divergence in mtDNA | Céspedes-Arias LN, Cuervo AM, Bonaccorso E, Castro-Farias M, Mendoza-Santacruz A, Pérez-Emán JL, Witt C, Cadena CD | Download |
| 2020 | Dialects in the high-frequency song of a hummingbird | Duque FG, Monteros M, Nasir I, Uma S, Rodriguez-Saltos CA, CarrutH L, Bonaccorso E, Wilczynski W | Download |
| 2019 | Population genetics of the Plumbeous Sierra-finch (Geospizopsis unicolor) across the Ecuadorian paramos: uncovering the footprints of the last ice age | Bonaccorso E, Rodríguez-Saltos C, Vélez-Márquez A, Muñoz J | Download |
| 2019 | Avian haemosporidian infections in rufous-collared sparrows in an Andean dry forest: diversity and factors related to prevalence and parasitaemia. Parasitology, 146(6), 765–773. | Cadena-Ortiz, H., Mantilla, J. S., de Aguilar, J. R., Flores, D., Bahamonde, D., Matta, N. E., & Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2019 | The Expectations and Challenges of Wildlife Disease Research in the Era of Genomics: Forecasting with a Horizon Scan-like Exercise. Journal of Heredity, 110(3), 261–274. | Fitak, R. R., Antonides, J. D., Baitchman, E. J., Bonaccorso, E., Braun, J., Kubiski, S., Chiu, E., Fagre, A. C., Gagne, R. B., Lee, J. S., Malmberg, J. L., Stenglein, M. D., Dusek, R. J., Forgacs, D., Fountain-Jones, N. M., Gilbertson, M. L. J., Worsley-Tonks, K. E. L., Funk, W. C., Trumbo, D. R., . . .Pecon-Slattery, J. | Download |
| 2019 | Cost-effective protection of biodiversity in the western Amazon. Biological Conservation, 235, 250–259. | Lessmann, J., Fajardo, J., Bonaccorso, E., & Bruner, A. | Download |
| 2019 | Birds. In BIODIVERSITY OF PANTEPUI: the pristine "lost world of the neotropical guiana. ELSEVIER ACADEMIC Press. | Pérez-Emán, J. L., Lentino, M., & Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2019 | Diversity, Endemism, Species Turnover and Relationships among Avifauna of Neotropical Seasonally Dry Forests. Ardeola, 66(2), 257. | Prieto-Torres, D. A., Rojas-Soto, O. R., Santiago-Alarcon, D., Bonaccorso, E., & Navarro-SigüEnza, A. G. | Download |
| 2018 | Complex coevolution of wing, tail, and vocal sounds of courting male bee hummingbirds. Evolution, 72(3), 630–646. | Clark, C. J., McGuire, J. A., Bonaccorso, E., Berv, J. S., & Prum, R. O. | Download |
| 2018 | Taxonomic Status of the Streaked Saltator, Saltator striatipectus (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), from Puná Island, Ecuador. Zootaxa, 4420(3), 445. | Freile, J., Bonaccorso, E., Amigo, X., Cadena-Ortiz, H., Navarrete, R., Amigo, Z., Piedrahita, P., & Chaves, J. A. | Download |
| 2018 | On geographic barriers and Pleistocene glaciations: Tracing the diversification of the Russet-crowned Warbler (Myiothlypis coronata) along the Andes. PLOS ONE, 13(3), e0191598. | Prieto-Torres, D. A., Cuervo, A. M., & Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2018 | Patterns of avian haemosporidian infections vary with time, but not habitat, in a fragmented Neotropical landscape. PLOS ONE, 13(10), e0206493. | Rivero de Aguilar, J., Castillo, F., Moreno, A., Peñafiel, N., Browne, L., Walter, S. T., Karubian, J., & Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2018 | A striking, critically endangered, new species of hillstar (Trochilidae: Oreotrochilus ) from the southwestern Andes of Ecuador. The Auk, 135(4), 1146–1171. | Sornoza-Molina, F., Freile, J. F., Nilsson, J., Krabbe, N., & Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2017 | Isolation and Characterisation of 11 Microsatellite Loci in the Ecuadorian Hillstar Oreotrochilus chimborazo. Ardeola, 64(1), 5–9. | Oleas, N. H., Harvey, N., Rodríguez-Saltos, C. A., & Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2016 | Testosterone and Haemosporidian Parasites Along a Tropical Elevational Gradient in Rufous-Collared Sparrows ( Zonotrichia capensis ): TESTOSTERONE AND PARASITISM IN A TROPICAL BIRD. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 325(8), 501–510. | Escallón, C., Weinstein, N. M., Tallant, J. A., Wojtenek, W., Rodríguez-Saltos, C. A., Bonaccorso, E., & Moore, I. T. | Download |
| 2016 | Large expansion of oil industry in the Ecuadorian Amazon: biodiversity vulnerability and conservation alternatives. Ecology and Evolution, 6(14), 4997–5012. | Lessmann, J., Fajardo, J., Muñoz, J., & Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2016 | Parasite specialization in a unique habitat: hummingbirds as reservoirs of generalist blood parasites of Andean birds. Journal of Animal Ecology, 85(5), 1234–1245. | Moens, M. A. J., Valki?nas, G., Paca, A., Bonaccorso, E., Aguirre, N., & Pérez-Tris, J. | Download |
| 2016 | Understanding the evolutionary history of a high Andean endemic: the Ecuadorian hillstar ( Oreotrochilus chimborazo ). Neotropical Biodiversity, 2(1), 37–50. | Rodríguez Saltos, C. A., & Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2016 | Friend or foe? Social system influences the allocation of signals across functional categories in the repertoires of the New World jays. Behaviour, 153(4), 467–524. | Rosa, G. L. M., Ellis, J. M., Bonaccorso, E., & dos Anjos, L. | Download |
| 2016 | Diurnal variation in corticosterone release among wild tropical forest birds. Frontiers in Zoology, 13(1). | Schwabl, P., Bonaccorso, E., & Goymann, W. | Download |
| 2015 | Birds of Bosque Protector Jerusalem, Guayllabamba Valley, Ecuador. Check List, 11(5), 1770. | Cadena-Ortiz, H., Varela, S., Bahamonde-Vinueza, D., Freile, J. F., & Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2015 | Applications of geographic information systems and remote sensing techniques to conservation of amphibians in northwestern Ecuador. Global Ecology and Conservation, 3, 562–574. | González, M. P., Bonaccorso, E., & Pape?, M. | Download |
| 2015 | Multi-scale habitat use analysis and interspecific Ecology of the Critically Endangered Black-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis nigrivestis. Bird Conservation International, 25(4), 479–488. | Guevara, E. A., Bonaccorso, E., & Duivenvoorden, J. F. | Download |
| 2014 | Combined Use of Systematic Conservation Planning, Species Distribution Modelling, and Connectivity Analysis Reveals Severe Conservation Gaps in a Megadiverse Country (Peru). PLoS ONE, 9(12), e114367. | Fajardo, J., Lessmann, J., Bonaccorso, E., Devenish, C., & Muñoz, J. | Download |
| 2014 | Unusual records of Cochlearius cochlearius (Linnaeus, 1766) (Aves: Ardeidae) in the Andes of Ecuador. Check List, 10(3), 687–688. | Bahamonde-Vinueza, D., Cadena-Ortiz, H., Cajas-Bermeo, C., & Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2014 | Current Neotropical ornithology: Research progress 1996–2011. The Condor, 116(1), 84–96 | Freile, J. F., Greeney, H. F., & Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2014 | Birds, Nangaritza River Valley, Zamora Chinchipe Province, southeast Ecuador: update and revision. Check List, 10(1), 54. | Freile, J. F., Krabbe, N., Piedrahita, P., Buitrón-Jurado, G., Rodríguez-Saltos, C. A., Ahlman, F., Brinkhuizen, D. M., & Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2014 | High prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in an Andean frog community (Reserva Las Gralarias, Ecuador). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, 8(1), 33–44. | Guayasamin, J. M., Mendoza, A. M., Longo, A. V., Zamudio, K. R., & Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2014 | Maximizing species conservation in continental Ecuador: a case of systematic conservation planning for biodiverse regions. Ecology and Evolution, 4(12), 2410–2422. | Lessmann, J., Muñoz, J., & Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2013 | On the Origin of Pantepui montane biotas: A Perspective Based on the Phylogeny of Aulacorhynchus toucanets. PLoS ONE, 8(6), e67321. | Bonaccorso, E., & Guayasamin, J. M. | Download |
| 2013 | Área de hogar y notas sobre la historia natural de la Gralaria Jocotoco (Grallaria ridgelyi). Ornitologia Neotropical, 24(1), 27–34. | Juiña, M., & Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2011 | Range extensions and other noteworthy bird records from the Andes of Ecuador. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 131, 261–265. | Bonaccorso, E., Arzuza, D., Buitrón-Jurado, G., Charpentier, A. L., Juiña, M., Piedrahíta, P., & Freile, J. F. | Download |
| 2011 | Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Neotropical toucanets in the genus Aulacorhynchus (Aves, Ramphastidae): Phylogenetics of Aulacorhynchus. Zoologica Scripta, 40(4), 336–349. | Bonaccorso, E., Guayasamin, J. M., Peterson, A. T., & Navarro-Sigüenza, A. G. | Download |
| 2011 | Notas sobre la anidación del Búho Ventribandeado (Pulsatrix melanota) en Ecuador. Ornitologia Neotropical, 22(3), 471–475. | Cadena-Ortiz, H., Bahamonde-Vinueza, D., & Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2011 | Observations on the Natural History of the Royal Sunangel (Heliangelus regalis) in the Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 123(1), 85–92. | Freile, J. F., Piedrahita, P., Buitrón-Jurado, G., Rodríguez, C. A., Jadán, O., & Bonaccorso, E. | Descargar |
| 2011 | Ampliación de la distribución conocida y descripción del plumaje juvenil del Azulejo de Wetmore (Buthraupis wetmorei, Thraupidae). Ornitología Colombiana, 11, 91–97. | Leal, C. A., Meneses, H. S., Gereda, O., Cuervo, A. M., & Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2011 | Desarrollo de los polluelos y cuidado parental en el Quilico (Falco sparverius) en el suroeste de Ecuador. Boletín SAO, 20(5). | Salazar, M. V., Cadena, H., & Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2010 | Molecular systematics and evolution of the Cyanocorax jays. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 54(3), 897–909. | Bonaccorso, E., Peterson, A. T., Navarro-Sigüenza, A. G., & Fleischer, R. C. | Download |
| 2010 | Genetic differentiation in the nearly extinct harlequin frogs (Bufonidae: Atelopus), with emphasis on the Andean Atelopus ignescens and A. bomolochos species complexes. Zootaxa, 2574(1), 55. | Guayasamin, J. M., Bonaccorso, E., Duellman, W. E., & Coloma, L. A. | Download |
| 2010 | Morphology, Ultrastructure, and Small Subunit rDNA Phylogeny of the Marine Heterotrophic Flagellate Goniomonas aff. amphinema. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 57(2), 159–170. | Martin-Cereceda, M., Roberts, E. C., Wootton, E. C., Bonaccorso, E., Dyal, P., Guinea, A., Rogers, D., Wright, C. J., & Novarino, G. | Download |
| 2009 | Historical biogeography and speciation in the Neotropical highlands: Molecular phylogenetics of the jay genus Cyanolyca. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 50(3), 618–632. | Bonaccorso, E. | Download |
| 2008 | Genetic differentiation of the Chlorospingus ophthalmicus complex in Mexico and Central America. Journal of Avian Biology, 39(3), 311–321. | Bonaccorso, E., Navarro-Sigüenza, A. G., Sánchez-González, L. A., Townsend Peterson, A., & García-Moreno, J. | Download |
| 2008 | SPECIATION IN THE EMERALD TOUCANET ( AULACORHYNCHUS PRASINUS ) COMPLEX. The Auk, 125(1), 39–50. | McCORMACK, J. E., Peterson, A. T., Bonaccorso, E., & Smith, T. B. Speciation in the highlands of Mexico: genetic and phenotypic divergence in the Mexican jay (Aphelocoma ultramarina): DEEP DIVERGENCE IN A MEXICAN HIGHLANDS BIRD. Molecular Ecology, 17(10), 2505–2521. | Download |
| 2007 | SPECIATION IN THE EMERALD TOUCANET ( AULACORHYNCHUS PRASINUS ) COMPLEX. The Auk, 125(1), 39–50. | Puebla-Olivares, F., Bonaccorso, E., De Los Monteros, A. E., Omland, K. E., Llorente-Bousquets, J. E., Peterson, A. T., & Navarro-SigüEnza, A. G. | Download |
| 2007 | Avifauna and conservation of the Cerro Negro-Cazaderos area, Tumbesian Ecuador. Cotinga, 27, 61–67. | Bonaccorso, E., Santander, T., Freile, J. F., Tinoco, B., & Rodas, F. | Download |
| 2007 | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 42(2), 467–476. | Bonaccorso, E., & Townsend Peterson, A. A multilocus phylogeny of New World jay genera. | Download |
| 2007 | Classification of the peritrich ciliate Opisthonecta matiensis (Martín-Cereceda et al. 1999) as Telotrochidium matiense nov. comb., based on new observations and SSU rDNA phylogeny. European Journal of Protistology, 43(4), 265–279. | Martín-Cereceda, M., Guinea, A., Bonaccorso, E., Dyal, P., Novarino, G., & Foissner, W. | Download |
| 2007 | Phylogeny of finescale shiners of the genus Lythrurus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) inferred from four mitochondrial genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 42(2), 287–297. | Pramuk, J. B., Grose, M. J., Clarke, A. L., Greenbaum, E., Bonaccorso, E., Guayasamin, J. M., Smith-Pardo, A. H., Benz, B. W., Harris, B. R., Siegfreid, E., Reid, Y. R., Holcroft-Benson, N., & Wiley, E. O. | Download |
