José Carlos Brito

8.6k total citations
182 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

José Carlos Brito is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, José Carlos Brito has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Ecological Modeling, 93 papers in Ecology and 80 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in José Carlos Brito's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (97 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (73 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (71 papers). José Carlos Brito is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (97 papers), Amphibian and Reptile Biology (73 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (71 papers). José Carlos Brito collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Spain and France. José Carlos Brito's co-authors include Fernando Martínez‐Freiría, Neftalí Sillero, Sílvia B. Carvalho, Cândida Gomes Vale, Hugh P. Possingham, D. James Harris, Pedro Tarroso, Juan M. Pleguezuelos, João C. Campos and Xavier Santos and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Immunology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

José Carlos Brito

181 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
José Carlos Brito Portugal 36 2.2k 2.2k 1.6k 1.3k 907 182 4.4k
Dennis Rödder Germany 39 3.3k 1.5× 2.5k 1.2× 2.0k 1.2× 1.5k 1.1× 1.7k 1.8× 197 5.6k
Gabriel C. Costa Brazil 34 1.7k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 1.5k 0.9× 875 0.7× 1.5k 1.7× 89 4.1k
John Measey South Africa 33 1.2k 0.5× 1.7k 0.8× 2.4k 1.5× 737 0.6× 943 1.0× 209 4.2k
Damien A. Fordham Australia 37 1.9k 0.9× 2.6k 1.2× 1.2k 0.7× 538 0.4× 1.7k 1.8× 117 4.6k
Brett R. Scheffers United States 32 2.0k 0.9× 2.2k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 748 0.6× 1.5k 1.7× 83 4.7k
Santiago R. Ron Ecuador 27 2.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.5× 2.9k 1.8× 831 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 114 4.4k
Andrés Lira‐Noriega Mexico 26 2.7k 1.2× 2.1k 1.0× 737 0.5× 977 0.8× 1.5k 1.6× 110 4.7k
Arvin C. Diesmos Philippines 34 1.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 2.6k 1.6× 1.1k 0.8× 802 0.9× 116 4.0k
Fabricio Villalobos Mexico 26 2.2k 1.0× 1.8k 0.8× 684 0.4× 774 0.6× 1.4k 1.5× 127 4.1k
Leslie J. Rissler United States 26 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 920 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 1.0k 1.1× 45 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by José Carlos Brito

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Fields of papers citing papers by José Carlos Brito

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of José Carlos Brito

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gonçãlves, Duarte V., et al.. (2025). Biogeographic Implications of Biodiversity Shortfalls in a Mid‐Altitude Desert Ecotone of the Arabian Peninsula. Diversity and Distributions. 31(3).
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Šmı́d, Jiři, et al.. (2024). The missing piece of the puzzle: A new and widespread species of the genus Rhynchocalamus Günther, 1864 (Squamata, Colubridae) from the Arabian Peninsula. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 100(2). 691–704. 1 indexed citations
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Rancilhac, Loïs, Aurélien Miralles, Philippe Geniez, et al.. (2023). Phylogeographic breaks and how to find them: An empirical attempt at separating vicariance from isolation by distance in a lizard with restricted dispersal. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 4 indexed citations
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Godinho, Raquel, et al.. (2023). The persistence of the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah relies upon urgent connectivity protection: a landscape genetics perspective. Conservation Genetics. 24(4). 461–472. 1 indexed citations
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Rancilhac, Loïs, José Carlos Brito, Aurélien Miralles, et al.. (2023). Combining RADseq and contact zone analysis to decipher cryptic diversification in reptiles: Insights from the Spiny‐footed Lizard (Reptilia, Lacertidae). Zoologica Scripta. 53(1). 1–15. 1 indexed citations
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Velo‐Antón, Guillermo, Pierre‐André Crochet, Johannes Els, et al.. (2023). Hidden in the sand: Phylogenomics unravel an unexpected evolutionary history for the desert-adapted vipers of the genus Cerastes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 191. 107979–107979. 8 indexed citations
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Rocha, Joana L., Pedro Silva, Nuno Santos, et al.. (2023). North African fox genomes show signatures of repeated introgression and adaptation to life in deserts. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(8). 1267–1286. 12 indexed citations
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Rocha, Joana L., José Carlos Brito, Rasmus Nielsen, & Raquel Godinho. (2021). Convergent evolution of increased urine‐concentrating ability in desert mammals. Mammal Review. 51(4). 482–491. 10 indexed citations
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Hemami, Mahmoud‐Reza, et al.. (2018). Using ecological models to explore niche partitioning within a guild of desert felids. Hystrix. 29(2). 216–222. 21 indexed citations
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Tarroso, Pedro, José S. Carrión, Luisa Santos, et al.. (2016). Spatial climate dynamics in the Iberian Peninsula since 15 000 yr BP. Climate of the past. 12(5). 1137–1149. 24 indexed citations
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Rosado, Daniela, D. James Harris, & José Carlos Brito. (2015). Molecular screening of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) infections in Python sebae from West Africa using 18S rRNA gene sequences. Herpetology notes. 8. 461–463. 3 indexed citations
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Ferreira, Sónia, Fernando Martínez‐Freiría, Jean‐Pierre Boudot, et al.. (2015). Local extinctions and range contraction of the endangeredCoenagrion mercurialein North Africa. International Journal of Odonatology. 18(2). 137–152. 9 indexed citations
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Metallinou, Margarita, Pierre‐André Crochet, Lukáš Kratochvíl, et al.. (2015). 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. 208–220. 67 indexed citations
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Brito, José Carlos, Mónica Feriche, Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou, et al.. (2008). En los límites de su distribución: anfibios y reptiles paleárticos en el noroeste de Túnez. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española. 75–82. 4 indexed citations
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Brito, José Carlos, et al.. (2008). 04. Data on the distribution of amphibians and reptiles from North andWestAfrica, with emphasis on Acanthodactylus lizards and the Sahara Desert. Herpetological Bulletin. 19–27. 6 indexed citations
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Fahd, Soumía, José Carlos Brito, Jesús Caro, et al.. (2007). Presencia de la víbora hocicuda Vipera latastei en el Atlas Medio (Marruecos) y otras citas herpetológicas para la región. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española. 26–34. 5 indexed citations
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Martínez, Fernando, et al.. (2006). Intermediate forms and syntopy among vipers (Vipera aspis and V. latastei) in Northern Iberian Peninsula. Herpetological Bulletin. 14–18. 8 indexed citations
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Brito, José Carlos. (2004). Feeding ecology of Vipera la tastei in northern Portugal: Ontogenetic shifts, prey size and seasonal variations. Herpetological Journal. 14(1). 13–19. 28 indexed citations
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Brito, José Carlos, et al.. (1996). 02. Distribution of Schreiber's green lizard ( Lacerta schreiberi ) in Portugal a predictive model. Herpetological Journal. 6(2). 43–47. 14 indexed citations

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