Publications
PUBLICATIONS
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Peer-reviewed papers: 56 in total
2024
Castaño Quintero, S., Velasco, J.A, Gonzalez-Voyer, A., Martínez-Meyer, E., Yañez-Arenas, C. Niche Position and Niche Breadth Effects on Population Abundances: A Case Study of New World Warblers (Parulidae). 2024. Ecology and Evolution. 14 (3) e11108. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11108
Basanta, M. Delia; Velasco, J.A; González-Salazar, C. 2024. Epidemiological landscape of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and its impact on amphibian diversity at a global scale. Wildlife Biology. 204281. https://doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01166
2023
Hidaldo-Licona, L. F., Flores-Villela, O. & Velasco, J.A 2023. Climatic niche differentiation and paleodistribution of the longtail alpine garter snake complex Thamnophis scalaris (Squamata: Colubridae): Holocene refugia in the Mexican highlands. Frontiers in Biogeography. 2023, 15.3, e59233. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/78h3k1z4
Cruz J.A., Velasco, J.A., Arroyo-Cabrales., Eileen Johnson, E. Paleoclimatic Reconstruction Based on the Late Pleistocene San Josecito Cave Stratum 720 Fauna Using Fossil Mammals, Reptiles, and Birds. 2023. Diversity 2023, 15(7), 881 https://doi.org/10.3390/d15070881
Garcia Rodriguez, Adrian; Lenzner, Bernd; Marino, Clara; Liu, Chunlong; Velasco, J.A; Bellard, Celine; Jeschke, Jonathan; Seebens, Hanno; Essl, Franz. 2023. Patterns and drivers of climatic niche dynamics during biological invasions of island-endemic tetrapods. Global Change Biology 29 (7): 4924-4938 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16849
Estrada, F., Mendoza-Ponce, A., Murray, G., Calderón-Bustamante, O., Botzen, W., de León, T. & Velasco, J.A 2023. Model emulators for the assessment of regional impacts and risks of climate change: a case study of rainfed maize production in Mexico. Frontiers Environmental Science vol 11 2023 https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1027545
Vásquez-Restrepo, J.D., Ochoa-Ochoa, L., Flores-Villela, O., Velasco, J.A*. 2023. A deconstructive approach to evaluate dimensions of alpha diversity in squamates (Reptilia: Squamata) across the Americas. Global Ecology and Biogeography 32: 250-266 *corresponding author https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13617
2022
Estrada, F., Calderón-Bustamante, O., Botzen, W., Velasco, J.A., Tol, R.S.J. 2022. AIRCC-Clim: a user-friendly tool for generating regional probabilistic climate change scenarios and risk measures. Environmental Modelling and Software 157(2022): 105528 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105528
Velasco, J.A & Pinto-Ledezma, J. 2022. Mapping diversification metrics in macroecological studies: Prospects and challenges. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 28 September 2022: 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.951271
González-Salazar, C., Meneses-Mosquera, A.K., Aguirre-Peña, A., Fernández-Castel, K.P.J., Stephens, C.R., Mendoza-Ponce, A., Velasco, J.A., Calderón-Bustamante, O., Estrada, F. 2022. Toward New Epidemiological Landscapes of Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida, Trypanosomatidae) Transmission under Future Human-Modified Land Cover and Climatic Change in Mexico. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 2022, 7, 221. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7090221
Ramírez-Reyes, T., Velasco, J.A., Flores-Villela, O. & Piñero, D. 2022. Decoupling in diversification and body size rates during the radiation of Phyllodactylus: evidence suggests scarce role of ecology shaping phenotypes. Evolutionary Biology 49: 373-387. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11692-022-09575-z
Cisneros-Bernal, A. Y., Rodríguez-Gómez, F., Flores-Villela, O., Fujita, M.K., Velasco, J.A., & Fernández, J.A. 2022. Phylogeography supports lineages divergence for an endemic rattlesnake (Crotalus ravus) of the Neotropical Montane Forest on the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 137: 496–512. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blac066
Cruz-Elizalde, R., Ochoa-Ochoa, L. M., Flores-Villela, O., Velasco, J.A. 2022. Taxonomic distinctiveness and phylogenetic variability of amphibians and reptiles in the cloud forest of Mexico. Community Ecology. 23: 87–102. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42974-022-00075-w
Mercado-Gómez, J.D., Morales-Puentes, M.E., Gonzalez, M.A., Velasco, J.A. 2022. Seasonal droughts during the Miocene drove the evolution of Capparaceae towards Neotropical seasonally dry forests. Revista de Biología Tropical 70: 132-148. https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v70i1.47504
Cruz-Elizalde, R., Ramírez-Bautista, A., Lozano, A., Velasco, J. A., Octavio-Aguilar, P., Berriozabal-Islas, C. 2022. Variation in size and shape sexual dimorphism in the Sceloporus scalaris species group (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from the Transvolcanic Belt of Mexico. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 135: 499-517 https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-abstract/135/3/499/6494413
2021
Campillo, G., Flores-Villela, O., Butler, B., Velasco, J.A., Ramírez-Corona, F. 2021. Hidden diversity within a polytypic species: The enigmatic Sceloporus torquatus Wiegmann, 1828 (Reptilia, Squamata, Phrynosomatidae). Vertebrate Zoology. 71: 781-798. https://vertebratezoology.arphahub.com/article/71995/
García-Rodríguez, A., Martínez, P.A., Oliveira, B.F., Velasco, J.A., Pyron, A & Costa, G.C. 2021. Amphibian speciation rates support a general role of mountains as biodiversity pumps. The American Naturalist. 198: E68-E79. https://doi.org/10.1086/715500
Tepos-Ramírez, M., Flores-Villela, O., Velasco, J.A., Pedraza-Lara, C., García-Rubi, O.R & Jadin, R.C. 2021. Molecular Phylogenetics and Morphometrics Reveal a New Endemic Jumping Pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Metlapilcoatlus) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 55: 181–191.
Haro, A., Mendoza-Ponce, A., Calderón, O., Velasco, J.A., Estrada, F. 2021. Evaluating risk and possible adaptations to climate change under a socio-ecological system approach. Frontiers in Climate, 10 June 2021 https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2021.674693
Velasco, J.A., Estrada, F., Calderón-Bustamante, O., Swingedouw, D., Ureta, C., Gay, C., Defrance, D. 2021. Synergistic impacts of global warming and thermohaline circulation collapse on amphibians. Communications Biology 4:141. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01665-6
Martínez-Meyer, E., González-Bernal, A., Velasco, J.A., Swetnam, T.L., González-Saucedo, Z.Y., Servín, J., López-González, C.A, Oakleaf, J.K, Liley, S, Heffelfinger, J.R. 2021. Rangewide habitat suitability analysis for the Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) to identify recovery areas in its historical distribution. Diversity and Distributions 27: 642-654 https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13222
García-Rodriguez, A., Velasco, J.A., Villalobos, F & Parra, G. 2021. Effects of evolutionary time, speciation rates and local abiotic conditions on the origin and maintenance of amphibian montane diversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30: 674-684. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13249
Castelblanco-Martínez, D. M., Moreno-Arias, R., Velasco, J.A., Moreno-Bernal, J., Restrepo, S., Noguera-Urbano, E., Baptiste, M. P., García-Loaiza, L. M., Jímenez, G. L. 2021. A hippo in the room: Predicting the persistence and dispersion of an invasive mega-vertebrate in Colombia, South America. Biological Conservation 253: 108923.
2020
Ochoa-Ochoa, L.,Mejía-Domínguez, N.R., Velasco, J.A., Dimitrov, D & Marske, K.A. 2020. Dimensions of Amphibian alpha diversity in the New World. Journal of Biogeography 47: 2293-2302. corresponding author
Donihue, C.M, Kowaleski, C., Algar, A., Baeckens, S., Buchkowski, R.W., Fabre, A.C., Frank, H.K., Geneva, A.J., Mahler, D.L., Reynolds, R.G., Stroud, J.T., Velasco, J.A, Kolbe, J.J, Losos, J.B & Herrel, A. 2020. Hurricane Effects on Neotropical Lizards Span Geographic and Phylogenetic Scales. PNAS. 117(19): 10429-10434.
Estrada, F., Velasco, J.A., Martínez-Arroyo, A & Calderón-Bustamante, O. 2020. An analysis of current sustainability of Mexican cities and their exposure to climate change. Frontiers in Environmental Science. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.00025
Velasco J.A., Villalobos, F., Diniz-Filho, JAF., Poe, S., Flores-Villela, O. 2020. Macroecology and macroevolution of body size in Anolis lizards. Ecography 43: 812-822. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04583.
2019
Ramírez-Barrera S.M, Velasco J.A., Orozco-Téllez T., Vázquez-López, A. M. & Hernández-Baños, B. 2019. What drives genetic and phenotypic divergence in the red-crowned ant-tanager (Habia rubica: Aves: Cardinalidae), a polytypic species. Ecology and Evolution 9: 12339-12352.
Velasco, J.A., Poe, S., González-Salazar, C. & Flores-Villela. 2019. Solitary ecology as a phenomenon extending beyond insular systems: Exaptive evolution in Anolis lizards. Biology Letters 15: 20190056.
Pazos-Nava FN, RI Álvaro-Montejo, FG Cupul-Magaña, R García de Quevedo-Machain, US Flores-Guerrero, Velasco J.A & Escobedo-Galván, AH. 2019. First verified record of Anolis sagrei Cocteau in Duméril & Bibron, 1837 in the central Pacific coast of Mexico. BioInvasions Records 8(3): 568-574.
Ochoa-Ochoa, L. M., Mejía-Domínguez, N.R., Velasco, J.A, Marskea, K.A. & Rahbek, C. 2019. Amphibian functional diversity is related to precipitation stability in the New World. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 28: 1219-1229.
Velasco, J.A & González-Salazar, C. 2019. Akaike information criterion should not be a “test” of geographical prediction accuracy in ecological niche modelling. Ecological Informatics 51: 25-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2019.02.005
2018
Yanez-Muñoz, M., Reyes-Puig, C., Reyes-Puig, J.P., Velasco, J.A., Ayala-Varela, F & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2018. A new cryptic species of Anolis lizard from northwesten South America (Iguanidae, Dactyloinae). Zookeys 794: 135-163. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.794.26936
Odell, E., Heffelfinger, J., Rosenstock, S., Bishop, C., Liley, S., Gonzales-Bernal, A., Velasco J.A., Martínez-Meyer, E. 2018. Reply to Hedrick et al.: The role of genetic rescue in Mexican Wolf recovery. Biological Conservation 206: 212-213.
Velasco, J.A., Martínez-Myer, E., Flores-Villela, O. 2018. Climatic niche dynamics and its role in the insular endemism of Anolis lizards. Evolutionary Biology. 45(3), 345-357. DOI: 10.1007/s11692-018-9455-x.
Gómez-Hoyos, D., Cardona, W., Gonzalez-Duran, G., Flechas, S.V., Kattan, G. H., & Velasco, J.A. 2018. The population decline of Atelopus quimbaya (Anura: Bufonidae) in the Andes of Colombia. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología. 1(1): 34-42.
Odell, E., Heffelfinger, J., Rosenstock, S., Bishop, C., Liley, S., Gonzales-Bernal, A., Velasco J.A., Martínez-Meyer, E. 2018. Perils of Recovering the Mexican Wolf Outside of Its Historical Range. Biological Conservation 220: 290-298.
Poe, S., Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., Torres-Carvajal, O., Tuett, B., Kohler, G., Ayala, F., Velasco, J.A., and Latella, I. 2018. Comparative evolution of an archetypal adaptive radiation: Innovation and opportunity in Anolis lizards. The American Naturalist. 191: E185-E194.
Velasco, J.A., Villalobos, F., Diniz-Filho, JAF., Algar, A.C., Flores-Villela, O., Kohler, G., Poe, S., Martínez-Meyer, E. 2018. Climatic and evolutionary factors shaping geographical gradients of species richness in Anolis lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 123: 615-627.
2017
Gómez-Hoyos, D.A., Rios-Franco, C.A., Vanegas-Guerrero, J., Velasco, J.A., and Gonzales-Maya, J. 2017. Estado y prioridades de conservación de los anfibios del departamento del Quindío, Colombia. Arxius of Miscellania Zoologica 15: 207-223.
Grisales-Martínez, F., Velasco, J.A., Bolivar-García, W & Daza, J. M. 2017. The taxonomic and phylogenetic status of some poorly known Anolis species from the Andes of Colombia with the description of a nomen nudum taxa. Zootaxa 4303: 213-230.
Restrepo, A., Velasco, J.A & Daza, J.M. 2017. Extinction risk or lack of sampling in an endangered species: Genetic structure and environmental suitability of the neotropical frog Pristimantis penelopus (Anura: Craugastoridae). Papeis Avulsos of Zoology 57: 1-15
Poe, S., Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., Torres-Carvajal, O., de Queiroz, K., Velasco, J.A., Truett, Gray, L., B., Ryan M.J., Kohler, G., Ayala-Varela & Latella, I. A Phylogenetic, Biogeographic, and Taxonomic study of all Extant Species of Anolis (Squamata; Iguanidae). 2017. Systematic Biology 66: 663-697.
2016
- Velasco, J.A., E. Martínez-Meyer., O. Flores-Villela., A. García-Aguayo., A. C. Algar and G. Kohler. 2016. Climatic niche attributes and diversification in Anolis lizards. Journal of Biogeography. 43: 134–144.
2015
Escobedo-Galván AH, Velasco, J.A., JF Gonzalez-Maya & A Resetar. 2015. Morphological analysis of the Rio Apaporis Caiman (Reptilia, Crocodylia, Alligatoridae). Zootaxa 2015 (3): 541-554
Gómez-Hoyos, D. A., Escobar-Lasso, S., Suarez-Joaqui, T., & Velasco, J.A., 2015. Predation on the bush anole Polychrus gutturosus by the parrot snake Leptophis ahaetulla, with a new record of the bush anole for the Gorgona Island National Natural Park, Colombia. Herpetology Notes, 8, 297-301.
Ayala-Varela, F., Velasco, J.A., Calderon-Espinosa, M., Arteaga, A.F., Sagredo, Y., Valverde, S. 2015. First records of Anolis ventrimaculatus Boulenger 1911 (Squamata: Iguanidae) in Ecuador. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 8 (1): 136-140.
2014-2007
Gómez-Hoyos, D., Lopez-Garcia, M. M., Soto-Garzon, C. A., Mendez-Rojas, D. M., Kahn, T. R & Velasco, J.A. 2014. Geographic variation in the diet of the Cauca Poison Frog Andinobates bombetes (Anura: Dendrobatidae) in the Andes of Colombia. Herpetology Notes 7: 559-564.
Velasco, J.A. and Hurtado-Gomez, J. P. 2014. A new green anole lizard of the “Dactyloa” clade (Squamata: Dactyloidae) from the Magdalena river valley of Colombia. Zootaxa 3785 (2): 201-216.
Díaz-Gutiérrez, N., Vargas-Salinas, F., Rivera-Correa, M. Rojas-Morales, J. A. Escobar-Lasso, S. Velasco, J.A. Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P.D.A & Amezquita, A. 2013. Description of the previously unknown advertisement call and tadpole of the Colombian endemic glassfrog Centrolene savagei (Anura, Cen- trolenidae). Zootaxa 3686 (2): 289-296.
Escobedo-Galvan, A. H., Cupul-Magana, F. G. & Velasco, J.A. 2011. Misconceptions about distri- bution of Caiman crocodilus chiapasius and C. crocodilus fuscus (Reptilia: Crocodylia: Alligatoridae). Zootaxa 3015: 66-68.
Velasco, J.A., P. Gutierrez, A. Quintero. 2010. A new species of Anolis of the aequatorialis group (Squamata: Iguania) from the central Andes of Colombia. Herpetological Journal. 20: 231-236.
Ayala, F & Velasco, J.A. 2010. A new species of dactyloid anole (SQUAMATA: IGUANIDAE) from the western Andes of Ecuador. Zootaxa 2577: 46-56.
Poe, S., Velasco, J.A., K. Miyata & E. E. Williams. 2009. New or problematic Anolis from Colombia VIII: Descriptions of two nomen nudem species. Breviora Number 516: 1-16.
Velasco, J.A. & A. Herrel. 2007. Ecomorphology of the Anolis lizards of the Choco region in Colombia and comparisons with Greater Antillean ecomorphs. Biological Journal of Linnean Society 92: 29-39.
Book chapters: 8
Grupo de Investigación e Incidencia en la Biología del Cambio Climático (InBioCC): Aguirre-Liguori, Jonas A.; Álvarez-Filip, Lorenzo; Búrquez-Montijo, Alberto; Correa-Metrio, Alex; Cuervo-Robayo, Ángela P.; Domínguez, Omar; Escobedo-Galván, Armando H.; Garrido-Garduño, Tania; Gómez-Ruiz, Pilar Angélica; Jiménez-García, Daniel; Lara-Resendiz, Rafael; Luna-Aranguré, Carlos; Martínez-Meyer, Enrique; Mendoza-González, Gabriela; Nava-Bolaños, Angela; Ochoa-Ochoa, Leticia M.; Prieto-Torres, David A.; Ramírez-Barahona, Santiago; Sáenz-Romero, Cuauhtémoc; Velasco, Julián A. 2023. Estado del cambio climático en México: Biodiversidad. En: Estado y perspectivas del cambio climático en México. Un punto de partida. Reporte técnico, Programa de Investigación en Cambio Climático, UNAM.
Martínez-Meyer, E and Velasco, J.A. 2023. Contemporary climate change impacts on Mexican fauna. Chapter 4.1. In Book: Mexican Fauna in the Anthropocene. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17277-9_20
Bermúdez-Rivas, C., Aguirre-Tapiero, M. P., Velasco, J.A. 2020. Capítulo VII. Tendencias en la biogeoquímica del océano Pacífico Oriental Tropical y Sureste bajo diferentes escenarios de cambio climático. En: Compilación oceanográfica de la Cuenca Pacífica Colombiana II. Pp 198-231. Dirección General Marítima. Bogotá, D.C. Editorial Dimar.
Velasco, J.A., 2018. Are historical biogeographical events able to promote biological diversification. In: Pure and Applied Biogeography. InTechOpen. pp. 2-17.
Velasco, J.A. 2015. Anolis calimae Ayala, Harris and Williams 1983. Pp. 52-54. En: Morales- Betancourt, M. A., C. A. Lasso, V. P. Paez y B. C. Bock. 2015. Libro rojo de reptiles de Colombia (2015). Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH), Universidad de Antioquia. Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.
Bolivar-García, W., Gómez, A., Velasco, J.A. 2015. Enyalioides oshaughnessyi Boulanger 1881. Pp. 80- 81. En: Morales-Betancourt, M. A., C. A. Lasso, V. P. Páez y B. C. Bock. 2015. Libro rojo de reptiles de Colombia (2015). Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH), Universidad de Antioquia. Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.
Bolivar-García, W., Gomez, A., Velasco, J.A. 2015. Saphenophis sneiderni Myers 1973. Pp. 104-105. En: Morales-Betancourt, M. A., C. A. Lasso, V. P. Paez y B. C. Bock. 2015. Libro rojo de reptiles de Colombia (2015). Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH), Universidad de Antioquia. Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.
Urbina-Cardona J N, Burrowes P. A, Osorno M, Crawford A. J, Velasco, J.A., Flechas S. A, Vargas- Salinas F, Luna-Mora V. F, Navas C. A, Guayara-Barragán M, Castro-Herrera F, Bolivar-G W, y Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P.D.A. 2011. Prioridades en la conservación de anfibios ante su crisis global: Hacia la construcción del Plan de Accion para la Conservación de los anfibios de Colombia. Capítulo Z6. Pp 10-19. En: Asociacion Colombiana de Zoología (Ed.). 2011. Creando un clima para el cambio: La biodiversidad, servicios para la humanidad. III Congreso Colombiano de Zoología, Libro de memorias. Asociación Colombiana de Zoología. Medellín-Antioquia. 57 pgs. www.aczcolombia.org. ISBN – 978-958-57015-1-9.
Books: 8
Moreno Arias, R.A., Velasco, J.A., Urbina Cardona, J.N., Cárdenas-Arevalo, G., Medina Rangel, G.F., Gutiérrez Cárdenas, P.D.A., Olaya-Rodríguez, M.H., Cruz-Rodríguez, C. & Noguera-Urbano, E. 2021. Atlas de la biodiversidad de Colombia: Anolis. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt., Bogotá D. C., Colombia. 71 pp.
Ayerbe-Quiñones, F; M. F. Garcés; V. Rojas-Díaz; C. A. Saavedra-Rodríguez; C. Gutiérrez-Chacón; N. Roncancio-Duque; C. A. Ríos-Franco; C. Gómez-Posada, P. A. Giraldo-Ramírez; Julián A. Velasco; and P. Franco. 2012. Plan de conservación y manejo del tucán pechigrís (Andigena hypoglauca) [Libro]. - Pereira (Colombia) : Sistema de Información Regionel de Áreas Protegidas del Eje Cafetero SIRAP-EC, 2012. - Primera : pag. 46. - ISBN: 978-958-8370-30-9.
Garcés, M. F; F. Ayerbe-Quiñones; V. Rojas-Díaz; C. Gutiérrez-Chacón; C. A. Saavedra-Rodríguez; N. Roncancio-Duque; C. A. Ríos-Franco, C. Gómez-Posada, P. A. Giraldo-Ramírez; Julián A. Velasco; and P. Franco. 2012. Plan de conservación y manejo del tucán piquinegro (Andigena ningrirostris) [Libro]. - Pereira (Colombia) : Sistema de Información Regionel de Áreas Protegidas del Eje Cafetero SIRAP-EC, 2012. - Primera : pag. 49. - ISBN: 978-958-8370-31-6.
Gutiérrez-Chacón, C; V. Rojas-Díaz; N. Roncancio-Duque; C. A. Saavedra-Rodríguez, F. Ayerbe- Quiñones; C. A. Ríos-Franco; M. F. Garcés; C. Gómez-Posada; P. A. Giraldo-Ramírez; Julián A. Velasco; P. Franco. 2012. Plan de conservación y manejo de la cotorra montañera (Hapalopsittaca amazonina) [Libro]. - Pereira (Colombia) : Sistema de Información Regionel de Áreas Protegidas del Eje Cafetero SIRAP-EC, 2012. - Primera : pag. 48. - ISBN: 978-958-8370-35-4.
Rojas-Díaz, V; F. Ayerbe-Quiñones; M. F. Garcés; C. Gutiérrez-Chacón; N. Roncancio-Duque; C. A. Saavedra-Rodríguez; C. A. Ríos-Franco; C. Gómez-Posada; P. A. Giraldo-Ramírez; Julián A. Velasco; P. Franco. 2012. Plan de conservación y manejo del perico paramuno (Leptosittaca branickii) [Libro]. - Pereira (Colombia) : Sistema de Información Regionel de Áreas Protegidas del Eje Cafetero SIRAP-EC, 2012. - Primera : pag. 51. - ISBN: 978-958-8370-33-0.
Roncancio-Duque, N; V. Rojas-Díaz; C. A. Ríos-Franco; C. Gómez-Posada; C. Gutiérrez-Chacón; P. A. Giraldo-Ramírez; Julián A. Velasco; P. Franco. 2012. Plan de conservación y manejo del tití gris (Saguinus leocopus) [Libro]. - Pereira (Colombia) : Sistema de Información Regionel de Áreas Protegidas del Eje Cafetero SIRAP-EC, 2012. - Primera : pág. 62. - ISBN: 978-958-8370-32-3
Saavedra-Rodríguez, C; A. Karin Oshbar; V. Rojas-Díaz; N. Roncancio-Duque; C. A. Ríos-Franco; C. Gutiérrez-Chacón; C. Gómez-Posada; P. A. Giraldo-Ramírez; Julián A. Velasco; P. Franco. 2012. Plan de conservación y manejo de la guagua loba (Dinomys branickii) [Libro]. - Pereira (Colombia) : Sistema de Información Regionel de Áreas Protegidas del Eje Cafetero SIRAP-EC, 2012. - Primera : pag. 70. - ISBN: 978-958-8370-34-7.
Corredor, G., Velasquez, B., Velasco, J.A., Castro, F., Bolivar, W., Salazar, ML (eds.). 2010. Plan de Acción para la Conservación de los Anfibios del Departamento del Valle del Cauca. Corporación Autónoma Regional del Valle del Cauca –CVC. Santiago de Cali. 41 p. ISBN: 978-958-9187-96-8.
Scientific divulgation: 5
Velasco, J.A. 2023. El colapso de la corriente AMOC y los impactos sobre la diversidad de anfibios a nivel global. Pag. 83-90. En: Primer Compendio Sobre las Investigaciones en Cambio Climático de la UNAM 2021. Editor Rubén Darío Martínez Ramírez. PINCC-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. ISBN: 978-607-30-7730-9.
Castelblanco-Martínez, D.N., Arévalo-González, G.K., Aguilar-Rodríguez, B., Velasco, J.A., Moreno-Bernal, J.W., Restrepo, S., Moreno-Arias, R. 2021. Uncontrolled invasive hippos in the Magdalena River basin: An emergent threat to Antillean manatees in Colombia? Sirenews 73: 17-21. https://mission.cmaquarium.org/app/uploads/2021/05/Sirenews-73-April2021-update.pdf
Velasco, J.A, Estrada, F and Calderón-Bustamante. 2021. Climate catastrophes, tipping points, and biodiversity. https://ecoevocommunity.nature.com/posts/climate-catastrophes-tipping-points-and-biodiversity
Mejía-Domínguez, N.R., Ochoa-Ochoa, L.M., Velasco, J.A. 2020. Dinámica de metacomunidades en ecosistemas fragmentados. Ciencia. Oct-Dic. 2020. 71(4): 11-17. https://www.revistaciencia.amc.edu.mx/online/X3_71_4_1301_Metacomunidades.pdf
Velasco, J.A. 2020. When macroecology meets atmospheric sciences…Atmósfera. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20937/ATM.52896.
Non-indexed papers: 4
Martínez-Meyer, E., A. González-Bernal, J. A. Velasco, T. L. Swetnam, Z. Y. GonzálezSaucedo, J. Servín, C. A. López González, N. E. Lara Díaz, C. Aguilar Miguel, C. Chávez García, and J. K. Oakleaf. 2017. Mexican wolf habitat suitability analysis in historical range in the Southwestern US and Mexico. Final Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. April 2017. 86 pp
Guevara-Molina, S. C. & Velasco, J.A. 2017. Strabomantiz ruizi (Lynch 1981) Cátalogo de Anfibios y Reptiles de Colombia. 3 (2): 50-55.
Velasco, J.A & Hoyos, J. M. 2010. Phylogenetics of the Anolis latifrons series with morphological data. Anolis Newsletter VI. Pp. 203-211.
Velasco, J.A., Quintero-Angel, A. & Gárces, M. F. 2008. Diversidad específica de Anfibios y Reptiles en zonas bajas del Pacífico del Valle del Cauca. Cespedesia 31 (86-87): 81-93.
Pre-prints: 4
Alzate, A., Rozzi, R., Velasco, J.A., Robertson, D.R., Zizka, A., Tobias, J.A., Hill, A., Bacon, C.D., Janzen, T., Pellisier, L., van der Plas, F., Rosindell, J., Orstein, R. E. 2023. The evolutionary age-range size relationship is modulated by insularity and dispersal in plants and animals. BioRxiv. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.11.566377v1
Velasco, J.A., Campillo-García, G., Pinto-Ledezma J., Flores-Villela, O. 2020. Spatiotemporal dimensions of a reproductive life history trait in a spiny lizard radiation (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae). BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.17.157891
Velasco, J.A & Gonzalez-Salazar, C. 2018. Akaike information criteria and predictive geographical accuracy are not related in ecological niche modeling. BioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/315101
Velasco, J.A & Pinto-Ledezma, J. 2018. Mapping diversification metrics in macroecological studies: Prospects and challenges. BioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/261867
Under review / In preparation
García-Rodríguez, A., Villalobos, F.,Velasco, Julian A., Essl, F., Costa, G.C. The latitudinal variation in amphibian speciation rates revisited. Submitted to PNAS.
Velasco, Julian A*; Luna-Aranguré, C.; Vásquez-Restrepo, J.D.; Ibarra-Reyes, A. A.; González-Salazar, C.; Calderón-Bustamante, O.; Estrada, F.; Ochoa-Ochoa, L.M.; García-Rodríguez, A. Integrating paleoclimatic and evolutionary dynamics to improve future projections of biodiversity. *Corresponding author. Submitted to Global Ecology and Biogeography.
Torres-Romero, E., Velasco, J.A., Woolrich-Piña, G.A., Lemos-Espinal, J.A., Smith, G., Nijman, V., Godley, B., Ceballos, G. The World’s Marine Turtles on the Brink: Unraveling the Impact of Human Stressors and Marine Sanctuary Dynamics. Submitted to Global Change Biology.
Ochoa-Ochoa, L.M., Mejía-Dominguez N.R., Velasco, J.A., Munguía-Carrara, M. Testing historical and climatic hypotheses across different dimensions of amphibian beta diversity in the continental Americas. Submitted to Ecology Letters.
Luna-Aranguré, C., Estrada, F., Velasco, J.A., Calderón-Bustamante, O., González-Salazar, C. Environmental exposure of terrestrial biomes to global climate change: a niche-based approach. Under review in Ecosphere.
Smith, C., Ochoa-Ochoa, L.M & Velasco, J.A*. Using bioclimatic indicators to analyse the presence of climatic lag amongst local amphibian assemblages of America: Effects of climatic lag on amphibian assemblages across America. Under review in Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología. *Corresponding author.
Ochoa-Ochoa, L.M & Velasco, J.A*. Long-term stability in Protected-Areas? A vision from the New World Amphibians. Under review in Geography and Sustainability. *Corresponding author.
Velasco, J.A*; Gustavo Campillo; Oscar Flores-Villela. Trait-environment relationships in tropical lizard lineages. Under review in Ecography. *Corresponding author.
García-Rodríguez, Adrián, Bernd Lenzner, Velasco, J.A, Anna Schertler, Ali Omer, Hanno Seebens, César Capinha, Belinda Gallardo, Stefan Dullinger, & Franz Essl. The global status of alien vertebrates in mountains. Submitted to Nature Communications.
Alzate, A., Rozzi, R., Velasco, J.A., Robertson, D.R., Zizka, A., Tobias, J.A., Hill, A., Bacon, C.D., Janzen, T., Pellisier, L., van der Plas, F., Rosindell, J., Orstein, R. E. 2023. The evolutionary age-range size relationship is modulated by insularity and dispersal in plants and animals. Submitted to Nature Communications.
Muñoz-Sánchez, R., Velasco, J.A, Estrada, F. & Calderón-Bustamante. Impacts of climate change on electrical subsidies’ public policies: the case of Mexico. Submitted to Regional Environmental Change.