Filipe Alves

Integrating dedicated and opportunistic surveys to estimate seasonal common dolphin density off mainland Portugal

This paper develops a spatiotemporal model to integrate dedicated and opportunistic surveys for estimating seasonal common dolphin density off Portugal, providing animal-level density estimates with uncertainty.

Time to Potential Collision: A Dynamic Approach To Study Vessel-Whale Close Encounters

This study redefines and quantifies close encounters (CEs) between vessels and whales in the Eastern North Atlantic using Time to Potential Collision (TPC) as a dynamic metric, finding that TPC is influenced by species, vessel type, weather, and observer experience.

Parallel erosion of a testis-specific Na+/K+ ATPase in three mammalian lineages sheds light into the evolution of spermatozoa energetics

The paper investigates the evolution of sperm energetics in mammals by analyzing gene duplication and loss of Atp1a4, revealing its role in sodium-dependent glucose uptake and subsequent pseudogenization in three lineages.

Data integration with uneven spatiotemporal coverage: A point-process approach for dynamic species distribution models

This paper integrates structured and opportunistic species distribution data using a spatiotemporal model to improve predictions for mobile species.

Alterations of Pleiotropic Neuropeptide-Receptor gene couples in Cetacea

The paper examines neuropeptide-receptor gene alterations in cetaceans, finding species-specific mutations and gene loss linked to their unique physiological adaptations.

Functional or vestigial? The genomics of the pineal gland in Xenarthra

The paper uses genomic analysis to determine whether the pineal gland in Xenarthra is functional or vestigial, finding that melatonin synthesis and signaling genes are independently eroded and lost.