Publications
2026
Alves, M. T., Sampaio dos Santos, S., Zanetti, T. N., Lemos, M. S., de Araujo, H. F. P., & Batalha-Filho, H. (2026). Climate drove taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic bird diversity in an elevational gradient in eastern Brazil. Biodiversity and Conservation, 35, 130.
Batalha-Filho, H., Burlamaqui, T. C. T., Irestedt, M., Ericson, P. G. P., Fjeldså, J., Miyaki, C. Y., & Aleixo, A. (2026). Interplay between river formation and historical climatic changes drove diversification of the Thamnomanes caesius and T. schistogynus (Passeriformes, Thamnophilidae) species complex across Amazonian and Atlantic forests. Zoologica Scripta, 55, 555–567.
Costa, C. C. O. S., & Batalha-Filho, H. (2026). Synchronous range dynamics of Caatinga birds during the Late Quaternary. Journal of Ornithology, 167, 1–11.
Fazolato, C., Barreto, S. B., Marques, R., Landim Dominguez, J. M., Afonso, S., Sequeira, F., & Batalha-Filho, H. (2026). Coastal dynamics and Quaternary sea-level changes shaped genomic divergence and synchronous demographic variation in endemic restinga lizards from northeastern Brazil. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 223, 108667.
2025
Fazolato, C., Barreto, S., Felgueiras Napoli, M., Sequeira, F., & Batalha-Filho, H. (2025). Untangling the morphological and genetic variation of two endemic lizards from the coastal sand dunes of northeastern Brazil. Amphibia-Reptilia, 46, 13–32.
2024
Argolo, L. A., Campos, I. P. A., Lopez-Fernandez, H., Batalha-Filho, H., & Afonso, P. R. A. M. (2024). Effects of past riverine connectivity on the population structure and species distribution of Geophagus brasiliensis (Cichlidae) complex in a Neotropical hotspot. Freshwater Biology, 69, 907–916.
Batalha-Filho, H., Barreto, S. B., Silveira, M. H. B., Miyaki, C. Y., Afonso, S., Ferrand, N., Carneiro, M., & Sequeira, F. (2024). Disentangling the contemporary and historical effects of landscape on the population genomic variation of two bird species restricted to the highland forest enclaves of northeastern Brazil. Heredity, 132, 77–88.
Oliveira-Silva, L., Batalha-Filho, H., Camelier, P., & Zanata, A. M. (2024). Underestimated diversity in Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from Neotropical rivers revealed by an integrative approach. Systematics and Biodiversity, 22, 2346510.
Pontes, A. I., Loeb, M. V., Mai, A. C. G., Mott, T., Batalha-Filho, H., & Jacobina, U. P. (2024). Pleistocene sea level variation and changes in the São Francisco River drove the evolution of Atlantic sabretooth anchovy. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 298, 108628.
2023
Fecchio, A., Batalha-Filho, H., Dispoto, J. H., Bell, J. A., & Weckstein, J. D. (2023). Distinct biogeographic processes and areas of endemism contributed differentially to Plasmodium and Parahaemoproteus community assembly on Marajó Island. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 186, 107828.
Mascarenhas, R., Meirelles, P. M., & Batalha-Filho, H. (2023). Urbanization drives adaptive evolution in a Neotropical bird. Current Zoology, 69, 607–619.
Oliveira-Silva, L., Batalha-Filho, H., Camelier, P., & Zanata, A. M. (2023). Past riverine connectivity effects in population structure and distribution of an endemic freshwater fish from northeastern Brazilian rivers: Phylogeographic, taxonomic, and conservation implications. Freshwater Biology, 68, 1685–1702.
Santos, A. S., Almeida, E. M., Aecyo, P., Costa, L., Wanderley, A., Batalha-Filho, H., Vaio, M., Chase, M. W., Christenhusz, M. J. M., Felix, L. P., & Souza, G. (2023). Macroevolutionary trends of the Neotropical genus Ameroglossum (Linderniaceae) in rocky outcrop environments. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 189, 107929.
2022
Barreto, S. B., Knowles, L. L., Mascarenhas, R., Affonso, P. R. A. M., & Batalha-Filho, H. (2022). Drainage rearrangements and in situ diversification of an endemic freshwater fish genus from north-eastern Brazilian rivers. Freshwater Biology, 67, 759–773.
Porto, C. R., Fazolato, C., Marques, R., Batalha-Filho, H., Napoli, M. F., Garda, A. A., Carvalho, M. L. S., & Fernandes, F. M. C. (2022).
Unravelling the cryptic diversity and evolution of the dwarf swamp frog Pseudopaludicola mystacalis (Anura, Leptodactylidae) in open habitats of South America. Amphibia-Reptilia, 43, 315–329.
2021
Anjos, M. S., Jardim de Queiroz, L., Penido, I. S., Bitencourt, J. A., Barreto, S. B., Sarmento-Soares, L. M., Batalha-Filho, H., & Affonso, P. R. A. M. (2021). A taxonomically complex catfish group from an underrepresented geographic area: Systematics and species limits in Hypostomus Lacépède, 1803 (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from eastern South America. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59, 1994–2009.
Do Nascimento, N. F. F., Agne, C. E. Q., Batalha-Filho, H., & de Araujo, H. F. P. (2021). Population history of the Blue-backed Manakin (Chiroxiphia pareola) supports Plio-Pleistocene diversification in the Amazon and shows a recent connection with the Atlantic Forest. Journal of Ornithology, 162, 549–563.
Schodde, R., Christidis, L., Batalha-Filho, H., Ericson, P. G. P., & Irestedt, M. (2021). Why neotypification of Lophorina superba (Pennant, 1781) (Aves: Paradisaeidae) is justified—and necessary. Zootaxa, 4951, 304–320.
Winandy, G. S. M., Félix, R. P., Sacramento, R. A., Mascarenhas, R., Batalha-Filho, H., Japyassú, H. F., Izar, P., & Slabbekoorn, H. (2021). Urban noise restricts song frequency bandwidth and syllable diversity in bananaquits: Increasing audibility at the expense of signal quality. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 570420.
2020
Capelli, D., Batalha-Filho, H., & Japyassu, H. F. (2020). Song variation in the Caatinga suboscine Silvery-cheeked Antshrike (Sakesphorus cristatus) suggests latitude and São Francisco River as drivers of geographic variation. Journal of Ornithology, 161, 873–884.
Costa Trevisan, C., Batalha-Filho, H., Antonio Garda, A., Menezes, L., Ribeiro Dias, I., Solé, M., Canedo, C., Acuña Juncá, F., & Felgueiras Napoli, M. (2020). Cryptic diversity and ancient diversification in the northern Atlantic Forest Pristimantis (Amphibia, Anura, Craugastoridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 148, 106811.
Mendes, S. S., Affonso, P. R. A. M., Alves, R. M. O., Batalha-Filho, H., & Waldschmidt, A. M. (2020). Integrative approach untangles the misconceptions about the range and identity of two stingless bees from the Brazilian semiarid region. Journal of Apicultural Research, 59, 592–598.
Ohlson, J. I., Irestedt, M., Batalha-Filho, H., Ericson, P. G. P., & Fjeldså, J. (2020). A revised classification of the fluvicoline tyrant flycatchers (Passeriformes, Tyrannidae, Fluvicolinae). Zootaxa, 4747, 167–176.
Silva, L. M., Batalha-Filho, H., Japyassu, H. F., & El-Hani, C. N. (2020). Population history of a social spider reveals connection between South American tropical forests. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 285, 139–146.
Silva Ribeiro, T., Batalha-Filho, H., Silveira, L. F., Miyaki, C. Y., & Maldonado-Coelho, M. (2020). Life history and ecology might explain incongruent population structure in two co-distributed montane bird species of the Atlantic Forest. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 153, 106925.
Argolo, L. A., López-Fernández, H., Batalha-Filho, H., & Affonso, P. R. A. M. (2020). Unraveling the systematics and evolution of the Geophagus brasiliensis (Cichliformes: Cichlidae) species complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 150, 106855.
Barreto, S. B., Knowles, L. L., Affonso, P. R. A. M., & Batalha-Filho, H. (2020). Riverscape properties contribute to the origin and structure of a hybrid zone in a Neotropical freshwater fish. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33, 1530–1542.
2019
Barres, L., Batalha-Filho, H., Schnadelbach, A. S., & Roque, N. (2019). Pleistocene climatic changes drove dispersal and isolation of Richterago discoidea (Asteraceae), an endemic plant of campos rupestres in the central and eastern Brazilian sky islands. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 189, 132–152.
Batalha-Filho, H., Maldonado-Coelho, M., & Miyaki, C. Y. (2019). Historical climate changes and hybridization shaped the evolution of Atlantic Forest spinetails (Aves: Furnariidae). Heredity, 123, 675–693.
Fecchio, A., Bell, J. A., Pinheiro, R. B. P., Cueto, V. R., Gorosito, C. A., Lutz, H. L., Gaiotti, M. G., Paiva, L. V., França, L. F., Toledo-Lima, G., Tolentino, M., Pinho, J. B., Tkach, V. V., Fontana, C. S., Grande, J. M., Santillán, M. A., Caparroz, R., Roos, A. L., Bessa, R., Batalha-Filho, H., et al. (2019). Avian host composition, local speciation, and dispersal drive the regional assembly of avian malaria parasites in South American birds. Molecular Ecology, 28, 2681–2693.
Mascarenhas, R., Miyaki, C. Y., Dobrovolski, R., & Batalha-Filho, H. (2019). Late Pleistocene climate change shapes population divergence of an Atlantic Forest passerine: A model-based phylogeographic hypothesis test. Journal of Ornithology, 160, 733–748.
Silveira, M. H. B., Mascarenhas, R., Cardoso, D., & Batalha-Filho, H. (2019). Pleistocene climatic instability drove the historical distribution of forest islands in the northeastern Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 527, 67–76.
2018
Barreto, S. B., Silva, A. T., Batalha-Filho, H., Afonso, P. R. A. M., & Zanata, A. M. (2018). Integrative approach reveals a new species of Nematocharax (Teleostei: Characidae). Journal of Fish Biology, 93, 1151–1162.
Fecchio, A., Bell, J. A., Collins, M. D., Farias, I. P., Trisos, C. H., Tobias, J. A., Tkach, V. V., Weckstein, J. D., Ricklefs, R. E., & Batalha-Filho, H. (2018). Diversification by host switching and dispersal shaped the diversity and distribution of avian malaria parasites in Amazonia. Oikos, 127, 1233–1242.
Fjeldså, J., Ohlson, J. I., Batalha-Filho, H., Ericson, P. G. P., & Irestedt, M. (2018). Rapid expansion and diversification into new niche space by fluvicoline flycatchers. Journal of Avian Biology, 49, e01661.
Jacobina, U. P., Lima, S. M. Q., Gama-Maia, D., Souza, L. G. R., Batalha-Filho, H., & Torres, R. A. (2018). DNA barcode sheds light on systematics and evolution of neotropical freshwater trahiras. Genetica, 146, 505–515.
2017
Cardoso, D., Harris, D. J., Wieringa, J. J., São-Mateus, W. M. B., Batalha-Filho, H., Torke, B. M., Prenner, G., & Queiroz, L. P. de. (2017). A molecular-dated phylogeny and biogeography of the monotypic legume genus Haplormosia, a missing African branch of the otherwise American-Australian Brongniartieae clade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107, 431–442.
Fazolato, C., Fernandes, F., & Batalha-Filho, H. (2017). The effects of Quaternary sea-level fluctuations on the evolutionary history of an endemic ground lizard (Tropidurus hygomi). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 270, 1–8.
Irestedt, M., Batalha-Filho, H., Ericson, P. G. P., Christidis, L., & Schodde, R. (2017). Phylogeny, biogeography and taxonomic consequences in a bird-of-paradise species complex, Lophorina–Ptiloris (Aves: Paradisaeidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 181, 439–470.
2016
Batalha-Filho, H., & Miyaki, C. Y. (2016). Late Pleistocene divergence and postglacial expansion in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Multilocus phylogeography of Rhopias gularis (Aves: Passeriformes). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 54, 137–147.
Irestedt, M., Batalha-Filho, H., Roselaar, C. S., Christidis, L., & Ericson, P. G. P. (2016). Contrasting phylogeographic signatures in two Australo-Papuan bowerbird species complexes (Aves: Ailuroedus). Zoologica Scripta, 45, 365–379.
Leite, Y. L. R., Costa, L. P., Loss, A. C., Rocha, R. G., Batalha-Filho, H., Bastos, A. C., Quaresma, V. S., Fagundes, V., Paresque, R., Passamani, M., & Pardini, R. (2016). Neotropical forest expansion during the last glacial period challenges refuge hypothesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113, 201513062–1013.
Leite, Y. L. R., Costa, L. P., Loss, A. C., Rocha, R. G., Batalha-Filho, H., Bastos, A. C., Quaresma, V. S., Fagundes, V., Paresque, R., Passamani, M., & Pardini, R. (2016). Reply to Raposo do Amaral et al.: The “Atlantis Forest hypothesis” adds a new dimension to Atlantic Forest biogeography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113, 201602391–E2100.
Menezes, L., Canedo, C., Batalha-Filho, H., Garda, A. A., Gehara, M., & Napoli, M. F. (2016). Multilocus phylogeography of the treefrog Scinax eurydice (Anura, Hylidae) reveals a Plio-Pleistocene diversification in the Atlantic Forest. PLoS ONE, 11, e0154626.
Miranda, E. A., Batalha-Filho, H., Congrains, C., Carvalho, A. F., Ferreira, K. M., & Del Lama, M. A. (2016). Phylogeography of Partamona rustica (Hymenoptera, Apidae), an endemic stingless bee from the Neotropical Dry Forest Diagonal. PLoS ONE, 11, e0164441.
2015
Dantas, L. G., Esposito, T., de Sousa, A. C. B., Félix, L., Amorim, L. L. B., Benko-Iseppon, A. M., Batalha-Filho, H., & Pedrosa-Harand, A. (2015). Low genetic diversity and high differentiation among relict populations of the Neotropical gymnosperm Podocarpus sellowii (Klotz.) in the Atlantic Forest. Genetica, 143, 21–30.
2014
Batalha-Filho, H., Pessoa, R. O., Fabre, P.-H., Fjeldså, J., Irestedt, M., Ericson, P. G. P., Silveira, L. F., & Miyaki, C. Y. (2014). Phylogeny and historical biogeography of gnateaters (Passeriformes, Conopophagidae) in the South America forests. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 79, 422–432.
Batalha-Filho, H., & Miyaki, C. Y. (2014). Processos evolutivos na Amazônia e na Mata Atlântica. Fronteiras: Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science, 3, 34–44.
2013
Batalha-Filho, H., Irestedt, M., Fjeldså, J., Ericson, P. G. P., Silveira, L. F., & Miyaki, C. Y. (2013). Molecular systematics and evolution of the Synallaxis ruficapilla complex (Aves: Furnariidae) in the Atlantic Forest. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 67, 86–94.
Batalha-Filho, H., Fjeldså, J., Fabre, P.-H., & Miyaki, C. Y. (2013). Connections between the Atlantic and the Amazonian forest avifaunas represent distinct historical events. Journal of Ornithology, 154, 41–50.
Irestedt, M., Fabre, P.-H., Batalha-Filho, H., Jonsson, K. A., Roselaar, C. S., Sangster, G., & Ericson, P. G. P. (2013). The spatio-temporal colonization and diversification across the Indo-Pacific by a “great speciator” (Aves, Erythropitta erythrogaster). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280, 20130309.
Maldonado-Coelho, M., Blake, J. G., Silveira, L. F., Batalha-Filho, H., & Ricklefs, R. E. (2013). Rivers, refuges and population divergence of fire-eye antbirds (Pyriglena) in the Amazon Basin. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
2012
Batalha-Filho, H., Cabanne, G. S., & Miyaki, C. Y. (2012). Phylogeography of an Atlantic Forest passerine reveals demographic stability through the last glacial maximum. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 65, 892–902.
Miranda, E. A., Batalha-Filho, H., Oliveira, P. S., Alves, R. M. O., Campos, L. A. O., & Waldschmidt, A. M. (2012). Genetic diversity of Melipona mandacaia Smith 1863 (Hymenoptera, Apidae), an endemic bee species from Brazilian Caatinga, using ISSR. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012, 1–6.
2011
Batalha-Filho, H., Amaral, F. R., & Firme, D. H. (2011). New specimens extend the range of Serra Antwren Formicivora serrana. Cotinga, 33, 96–97.
Batalha-Filho, H., Waldschmidt, A. M., & Alves, R. M. O. (2011). Distribuição potencial da abelha sem ferrão endêmica da Caatinga, Melipona mandacaia (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Magistra, 23, 129–133.
Batalha-Filho, H., & Miyaki, C. Y. (2011). Filogeografia da Mata Atlântica. Revista da Biologia, 7, 31–34.
2010
Batalha-Filho, H., Waldschmidt, A. M., Campos, L. A. O., Tavares, M. G., & Salomão, T. M. F. (2010). Phylogeography and historical demography of the Neotropical stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata (Hymenoptera, Apidae): Incongruence between morphology and mitochondrial DNA. Apidologie, 41, 534–547.
Nascimento, M. A., Batalha-Filho, H., Waldschmidt, A. M., Tavares, M. G., Campos, L. A. O., & Salomão, T. M. F. (2010). Variation and genetic structure of Melipona quadrifasciata Lepeletier (Hymenoptera, Apidae) populations based on ISSR pattern. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 33, 394–397.
2009
Batalha-Filho, H., Melo, G. A. R., Waldschmidt, A. M., Campos, L. A. O., & Fernandes-Salomão, T. M. (2009). Geographic distribution and spatial differentiation in the color pattern of abdominal stripes of the Neotropical stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Zoologia, 26, 213–219.
2007
Batalha-Filho, H., Nunes, L. A., Pereira, D. G., & Waldschmidt, A. M. (2007). Inventário da fauna de abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) em uma área de Caatinga da região de Jequié, BA. Bioscience Journal, 23, 24–29.