Peer reviewed papers

2026. Saldanha LL, Bigler L, Nyffeler R, Olivares I, Cámara-Leret R. Plant chemistry for biodiversity conservation. npj biodiversity.

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2026. Assassa Y, Loiseau O, Weigand A, Olivares I, Sanín MJ, Marin NA, Paris M, de La Harpe M, Thébaud C, Kessler M, Salamin, N. and Rolland J. Geology, climate, and competition as drivers of diversification in the neotropical palm genus Geonoma. New Phytologist.

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2025. Olivares I, Faurby S, Cámara-Leret R & Pigot AL. The likelihood of sympatric speciation and morphological divergence in plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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2025. Webster CP, Paris M, Olivares I, Wojciechowski MF, Kessler M & Sanín MJ. Divergence and selection in a cryptic species complex (Geonoma undata: Arecaceae) in the Northern Andes of Colombia. Genome Biology and Evolution. 

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2023. Olivares I, Tusso S, Sanín MJ, de La Harpe M, Loiseau O, Rolland J, Salamin N, Kessler M, Shimizu KK & Paris M. Hyper-cryptic radiation of a tropical montane plant lineage. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 

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2022. Sanín MJ, Mejía-Franco FG, Paris M, Valencia-Montoya WA, Salamin N, Kessler M, Olivares I, Jaramillo JS & Cardona A. Geogenomics of montane palms points to Miocene-Pliocene Andean segmentation related to strike-slip tectonics. Journal of Biogeography.

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2020. Olivares I & M. Kessler. Regional species richness determines local species turnover in ferns. Frontiers of Biogeography. 

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2019. Weigand A, et al. Global fern and lycophyte richness explained: How regional and local factors shape plot richness. Journal of Biogeography.

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2019. Loiseau O, Olivares I, et al. Targeted Capture of Hundreds of Nuclear Genes Unravels Phylogenetic Relationships of the Diverse Neotropical Palm Tribe Geonomateae. Frontiers in Plant Science.

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2018. Olivares I, DN Karger & M Kessler. Assessing Species Saturation: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges. Biological Reviews.

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2018. Sundue M, I Olivares & M Kessler. Ascogrammitis lehnertii (Polypodiaceae): A New and Dominant Understory-Species from a Diverse Community of Grammitid Ferns in the Andes of Ecuador. Systematic Botany.

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2018. Pérez-Escobar, O.A., Cámara-Leret, R..., Olivares, I., et al. & Bernal, R. Mining threatens Colombian ecosystems. Science.

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2017. Olivares I, JC Svenning, PM van Bodegom, R Valencia & H Balslev. Stability in a changing world – palm community dynamics in the hyperdiverse western Amazon over 17 years. Global Change Biology. 

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2015. Olivares I, JC Svenning, PM van Bodegom & H Balslev. Effects of Warming and Drought on the Vegetation and Plant Diversity in the Amazon Basin. The Botanical Review. 

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2013. Olivares I & G Galeano. Leaf and inflorescence production of the wine palm (Attalea butyracea) in the dry Magdalena River Valley, Colombia. Caldasia.

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2010. Bernal R, G Galeano, N García, I Olivares & C Cocomá. Uses and Commercial Prospects for the Wine Palm, Attalea butyracea, in Colombia. Ethnobotany Research and Applications.

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Commentaries & congress proceedings

2019. Pithy burnout prevention. Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.aay2936

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2018. Pérez-Escobar OA, et al. Mining threatens Colombian ecosystems. Science. DOI: science.aat4849

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2018. Cleef A, et al. Monitoreo de los efectos del calentamiento global en la Sierra Nevada del Cocuy. Ciencia en Desarrollo. 

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2016. Olivares I & H Balslev. Gloria Galeano (22. 04. 1958–23. 03. 2016). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 

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Book chapters

2016. Ledezma-Renteria E, JC Copete, LA Núñez, I Olivares & G Galeano. Biología poblacional y reproductiva, usos y manejo de la palma cabecinegro (Manicaria saccifera) en los bosques inundables del Chocó, Colombia. En: Lasso, C. A., G. Colonnello y M. Moraes R. (Editores), XIV. Morichales, cananguchales y otros palmares inundables de Suramérica. Parte II. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH). Bogotá, Colombia.

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2013. Galeano G & I Olivares. Palma de vino (Attalea butyracea). En: Bernal, R. y G. Galeano (Eds.) Cosechar sin destruir - Aprovechamiento sostenible de palmas colombianas. Facultad de Ciencias-Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.

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