Josep Antoni Alcover

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Evolution and Paleontology Studies(59), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies(29), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies(24), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology(21), Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna(17)

Publications148 total

A new species of extinct scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus) from São Miguel Island (Azores Archipelago, North Atlantic Ocean)
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Rallus nanus nomen novum: a replacement name for Rallus minutus Alcover et al. 2015
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
A new species of extinct fossil scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus) from the Archipelago of Madeira (North Atlantic Ocean)
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Rallus nanus nomen novum: a replacement name for Rallus minutus Alcover et al. 2015
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
A new species of extinct scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus) from São Miguel Island (Azores Archipelago, North Atlantic Ocean)
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Five new extinct species of rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Macaronesian Islands (North Atlantic Ocean)
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Lights and shadows in the postcranial evolution of the insular lineage of Nesiotites Bate 1954 (Eulipotyphla, Nectogalini): from Asoriculus to extinction
2025Open Access
A synthesis of terrestrial species extinctions in the Macaronesian Islands and their correspondence with human occupancy
PNAS Nexus·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Petrel extinction in Macaronesia (North-East Atlantic Ocean): the case of the genus <i>Pterodroma</i> (Aves: Procellariiformes: Procellariidae)
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Dwarfism and gigantism drive human-mediated extinctions on islands
Science·2023· 51 citedOpen Access
Asynchronous ecological upheavals on the Western Mediterranean islands: New insights on the extinction of their autochthonous small mammals
The Holocene·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
New insights into the historical translocation of the Algerian hedgehog and pine marten throughout the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean): refining the radiocarbon‐based chronology
Journal of Zoology·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
A revision of vulture feeding classification
Zoology·2021· 11 citedOpen Access
Morphological divergence in giant fossil dormice
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2020· 9 citedOpen Access
Origin, extinction and ancient DNA of a new fossil insular viper: molecular clues of overseas immigration
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society·2020· 14 cited
Revisión taxonómica de “Testudo” gymnesica Bate, 1914 (Testudines, Testudinidae) a partir de la descripción del material tipo de Menorca (Islas Baleares)
Spanish Journal of Palaeontology·2020· 8 citedOpen Access
La col·lecció osteològica d’ocells de l’Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB, Esporles, Mallorca)
Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica·2020Open Access
Table S1 from Morphological divergence in giant fossil dormice
Figshare·2020Open Access
Ancient DNA from an extinct Mediterranean micromammal—<i>Hypnomys morpheus</i>(Rodentia: Gliridae)—Provides insight into the biogeographic history of insular dormice
Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research·2019· 10 cited
A palaeornithological assemblage from the early Pliocene of the Mediterranean island of Mallorca: Raptorial birds as bioaccumulators at Na Burguesa-1
Comptes Rendus Palevol·2019
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Frequent Co-authors

Pere Rosselló Bover(22), Juan Carlos Rando(14), Carles Lalueza‐Fox(5), Jacques Michaux(5), Josep Quintana(4), H. Pieper(4), Jaume Bertranpetit(3), Enric Torres‐Roig(3), Salvador Bailón(3), Rainer Hutterer(3), Rainer Hutterer(3), Miquel Palmer(2), José Castresana(2), Fernando Pereira(2), Damià Ramis(2), Miquel Trias(2), Alejandro Valenzuela(2), Alan Cooper(2), Joan Pons(2), Juan Rofes(2)