Rodrigo Medellín
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Rodrigo Medellín's Degrees
- Bachelors Biology National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Masters Ecology National Autonomous University of Mexico
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Rodrigo A. Medellín is a Mexican ecologist and Senior Professor of Ecology at the Institute of Ecology, University of Mexico . Known for his work in bat, jaguar, bighorn sheep and other species conservation, his research has always been designed and conducted to advice conservation policy and conservation decision-making processes in Mexico and 16 other countries for over 40 years.
Rodrigo Medellín's Published Works
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- The Status of the World's Land and Marine Mammals: Diversity, Threat, and Knowledge (2008) (1414)
- Limits to the use of threatened species lists (2002) (482)
- Bat Diversity and Abundance as Indicators of Disturbance in Neotropical Rainforests (2000) (471)
- Planning to Save a Species: the Jaguar as a Model (2002) (390)
- Economic value of the pest control service provided by Brazilian free-tailed bats in south-central Texas (2006) (353)
- Seed Dispersal by Bats and Birds in Forest and Disturbed Habitats of Chiapas, Mexico 1 (1999) (253)
- Coronaviruses in bats from Mexico (2013) (163)
- Fatalities at wind turbines may threaten population viability of a migratory bat (2017) (162)
- Genetic variation and migration in the Mexican free‐tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana) (2005) (147)
- ASSESSING CONSERVATION PRIORITIES IN MEGADIVERSE MEXICO: MAMMALIAN DIVERSITY, ENDEMICITY, AND ENDANGERMENT (1998) (142)
- Globalization of Conservation: A View from the South (2007) (123)
- Mammal Diversity and Conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico (1994) (108)
- Conserving small natural features with large ecological roles: a synthetic overview (2017) (101)
- Brazilian free-tailed bats as insect pest regulators in transgenic and conventional cotton crops. (2008) (96)
- Phyllostomid bat microbiome composition is associated to host phylogeny and feeding strategies (2015) (92)
- The jaguar's spots are darker than they appear: assessing the global conservation status of the jaguar Panthera onca (2017) (84)
- Resource Ephemerality Drives Social Foraging in Bats (2018) (84)
- Small Tent‐Roosting Bats Promote Dispersal of Large‐Seeded Plants in a Neotropical Forest (2009) (79)
- Mammal species richness and habitat use in rainforest and abandoned agricultural fields in Chiapas, Mexico (1998) (72)
- Comparing predictions of extinction risk using models and subjective judgement (2004) (68)
- Conservation relevance of bat caves for biodiversity and ecosystem services (2017) (67)
- ECOLOGICAL, TAXONOMIC, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF CAVE USE BY MEXICAN BATS (2004) (66)
- Diet and Trophic Structure in a Community of Fruit-Eating Bats in Lacandon Forest, México (2008) (62)
- Built to bite: cranial design and function in the wrinkle‐faced bat (2009) (61)
- THE SPECIES–AREA RELATIONSHIP IN BAT ASSEMBLAGES OF TROPICAL CAVES (2001) (59)
- Adult Vampire Bats Produce Contact Calls When Isolated: Acoustic Variation by Species, Population, Colony, and Individual (2012) (58)
- Assessing the impacts of international trade on CITES-listed species: Current practices and opportunities for scientific research (2011) (56)
- DNA methylation predicts age and provides insight into exceptional longevity of bats (2021) (52)
- Predictions of Mammal Diversity on Four Land Masses (1999) (51)
- Market Forces and Technological Substitutes Cause Fluctuations in the Value of Bat Pest-Control Services for Cotton (2014) (50)
- Evaluating Completeness of Species Lists for Conservation and Macroecology: a Case Study of Mexican Land Birds (2001) (45)
- POPULATION AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY OF SMALL RODENTS IN MONTANE FOREST OF WESTERN MEXICO (2000) (44)
- Prey of Chrotopterus auritus, with Notes on Feeding Behavior (1988) (44)
- Predicting population survival under future climate change: density dependence, drought and extraction in an insular bighorn sheep. (2009) (43)
- Moving across the border: modeling migratory bat populations (2013) (43)
- The mammals of Mexico : composition, distribution, and conservation status / (2002) (43)
- Save Our Bats, Save Our Tequila: Industry and Science Join Forces to Help Bats and Agaves (2016) (42)
- Spatial requirements of jaguars and pumas in Southern Mexico (2017) (41)
- Habitat availability and connectivity for jaguars (Panthera onca) in the Southern Mayan Forest: Conservation priorities for a fragmented landscape (2017) (41)
- Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations (2021) (38)
- The taxonomic status of the Yucatan brown brocket, Mazama pandora (Mammalia: Cervidae) (1998) (37)
- Operationalizing the telecoupling framework for migratory species using the spatial subsidies approach to examine ecosystem services provided by Mexican free-tailed bats (2017) (35)
- Seed dispersal of Cecropia obtusifolia by two species of opossums in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico. (1994) (33)
- Genetic structure and diversity of the nine-banded armadillo in Mexico (2012) (33)
- Bat conservation and zoonotic disease risk: a research agenda to prevent misguided persecution in the aftermath of COVID‐19 (2020) (33)
- Conservation Challenges for the Austral and Neotropical America Section (2009) (33)
- Diet and Cranial Morphology of Musonycteris harrisoni, a Highly Specialized Nectar-feeding Bat in Western Mexico (2008) (31)
- Roosting requirements of white tent-making bat Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) (2008) (31)
- Jaguars Panthera onca in the Greater Lacandona Ecosystem, Chiapas, Mexico: population estimates and future prospects (2011) (31)
- Diversity and conservation of bats in Mexico: research priorities, strategies, and ions (2003) (31)
- GENETIC ADMIXTURE IN MULTIDIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SPACE: ASYMMETRICAL NICHE SIMILARITY PROMOTES GENE FLOW IN ARMADILLOS (DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS) (2011) (30)
- Jaguar movement database: a GPS-based movement dataset of an apex predator in the Neotropics. (2018) (30)
- Morphological specialization influences nectar extraction efficiency of sympatric nectar-feeding bats (2012) (30)
- Food habits of the threatened bat Leptonycteris nivalis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in a mating roost in Mexico (2007) (27)
- Tent building by female Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Costa Rica (2006) (26)
- FEEDING HABITS OF ENDANGERED PYGMY RACCOONS (PROCYON PYGMAEUS) BASED ON STABLE ISOTOPE AND FECAL ANALYSES (2006) (26)
- Seasonal changes in species composition, resource use and reproductive patterns within a guild of nectar-feeding bats in a west Mexican dry forest (2011) (26)
- Distribution of mammal functional diversity in the Neotropical realm: Influence of land-use and extinction risk (2017) (25)
- Follow me: foraging distances of Leptonycteris yerbabuenae (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Sonora determined by fluorescent powder (2018) (25)
- Optimism and Challenge for Science‐Based Conservation of Migratory Species in and out of U.S. National Parks (2014) (24)
- Reinforcement Learning Enables Resource Partitioning in Foraging Bats (2020) (23)
- Environmental and anthropogenic factors synergistically affect space use of jaguars (2021) (18)
- ENDEMIC AND INTRODUCED VERTEBRATES IN THE DIET OF THE BARN OWL (TYTO ALBA) ON TWO ISLANDS IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, MEXICO (2007) (18)
- Are land bird assemblages functionally saturated? An empirical test in Mexico (2002) (18)
- Conservation Stories, Conservation Science, and the Role of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (2012) (17)
- Diet of pumas (Puma concolor) in Sonora, Mexico, as determined by GPS kill sites and molecular identified scat, with comments on jaguar (Panthera onca) diet (2016) (17)
- How Nectar-Feeding Bats Localize their Food: Echolocation Behavior of Leptonycteris yerbabuenae Approaching Cactus Flowers (2016) (16)
- Vegetation complexity and bat‐plant dispersal in Calakmul, Mexico (2009) (16)
- Ecological Aspects of the Tent Building Process by Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) (2011) (16)
- Plant Biotic Interactions in the Sonoran Desert: Current Knowledge and Future Research Perspectives (2016) (16)
- Willingness to Pay for Conservation of Transborder Migratory Species: A Case Study of the Mexican Free-Tailed Bat in the United States and Mexico (2018) (16)
- Vulnerable island carnivores: the endangered endemic dwarf procyonids from Cozumel Island (2010) (16)
- Optimizing conservation strategies for Mexican free-tailed bats: a population viability and ecosystem services approach (2014) (15)
- Socializing One Health: an innovative strategy to investigate social and behavioral risks of emerging viral threats (2020) (14)
- Setting the Terms for Zoonotic Diseases: Effective Communication for Research, Conservation, and Public Policy (2021) (14)
- A conservation roadmap for the subterranean biome (2021) (14)
- Availability of Formal Academic Programs in Conservation Biology in Latin America (2007) (14)
- Categorization Systems of Threatened Species (2007) (14)
- CHARACTERISTICS OF DIET OF PEROMYSCUS AZTECUS AND REITHRODONTOMYS FULVESCENS IN MONTANE WESTERN MEXICO (2004) (13)
- Community ecology and conservation of mammals in a Mayan tropical rainforest and abandoned agricultural fields (1994) (13)
- Small mammal assemblages in a disturbed tropical landscape at Pozuzo, Peru (2010) (13)
- Digestive capacities allow the Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) to live in cold environments. (2013) (13)
- Diet choice in frugivorous bats: gourmets or operational pragmatists? (2016) (13)
- Conservation units and historical matrilineal structure in the tequila bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) (2020) (13)
- Knowledge gaps about rabies transmission from vampire bats to humans (2020) (13)
- True International Collaboration: Now or Never (1998) (13)
- Natural History of the Caatinga Endemic Vieira's Flower Bat, Xeronycteris vieirai (2017) (12)
- Phylogeography of Musonycteris harrisoni Along the Pacific Coast of Mexico (2009) (12)
- DIVERSITY OF CAVE BATS IN THE BRAZILIAN TROPICAL DRY FOREST OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE STATE (2018) (12)
- Population genetic structure and habitat connectivity for jaguar (Panthera onca) conservation in Central Belize (2019) (12)
- Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in Aguascalientes, Mexico (2010) (12)
- Brazilian cave heritage under siege. (2022) (10)
- Unsubstantiated Claims Can Lead to Tragic Conservation Outcomes (2018) (10)
- MORTALITY DURING EPIZOOTICS IN BIGHORN SHEEP: EFFECTS OF INITIAL POPULATION SIZE AND CAUSE (2010) (10)
- NOTEWORTHY RECORDS OF THREE MAMMALS FROM MEXICO (1992) (10)
- Inside or out? Cave size and landscape effects on cave-roosting bat assemblages in Brazilian Caatinga caves (2020) (10)
- Genetic diversity distribution among seasonal colonies of a nectar-feeding bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) in the Baja California Peninsula (2018) (8)
- New records of mammals from Quintana Roo, México (1986) (8)
- Insectivorous bats as biomonitor of metal exposure in the megalopolis of Mexico and rural environments in Central Mexico. (2020) (8)
- Food sharing behavior in the hairy-legged vampire bat Diphylla ecaudata (2007) (8)
- Seasonal ecology of a migratory nectar-feeding bat at the edge of its range (2018) (8)
- Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) as insect pest regulators in transgenic and conventional cotton crops (2008) (7)
- A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico (2000) (7)
- Notes on the biology of micronycteris brachyotis (dobson) (chiroptera), in southern Veracruz, Mexico (1983) (7)
- New records and range extension of Promops centralis (Chiroptera: Molossidae) (2016) (7)
- Sexual dichromatism and condition-dependence in the skin of a bat (2019) (7)
- Plant Biotic Interactions in the Sonoran Desert: Conservation Challenges and Future Directions (2015) (7)
- Bat–flower interaction networks in Caatinga reveal generalized associations and temporal stability (2021) (6)
- Placement of the rediscovered Myotis planiceps (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) within the Myotis phylogeny (2016) (6)
- Environmental Drivers and Distribution Patterns of Carnivoran Assemblages (Mammalia: Carnivora) in the Americas: Past to Present (2020) (6)
- Habitat complexity and small mammal diversity along an elevational gradient in southern Mexico (2017) (6)
- Rediscovery of the Mexican flat-headed bat Myotis planiceps (Vespertilionidae) (2005) (6)
- Genome Methylation Predicts Age and Longevity of Bats (2020) (5)
- Landscape and cattle management attributes associated with the incidence of Desmodus rotundus attacks on cattle (2019) (5)
- Movement ecology of the carnivorous woolly false vampire bat (Chrotopterus auritus) in southern Mexico (2019) (5)
- Use of Tents by the Big Fruit-Eating Bat Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Chiapas, Mexico (2013) (5)
- Estimation of the Economic Value of the Pest Control Service Provided by the Brazilian Free-tailed Bat in the Winter Garden Region of South-Central Texas (2004) (5)
- Improving spatio-temporal benefit transfers for pest control by generalist predators in cotton in the southwestern US (2017) (5)
- Tonatia bidens and Mimon crenulatum in Chiapas, Mexico (1983) (4)
- Challenging hibernation limits of hoary bats: the southernmost record of Lasiurus cinereus hibernating in North America (2020) (4)
- Conservation Genetics, Demographic History, and Climatic Distribution of the Nine-Banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus): An Analysis of Its Mitochondrial Lineages (2020) (4)
- Discordance in maternal and paternal genetic markers in lesser long-nosed bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae, a migratory bat: recent expansion to the North and male phylopatry (2021) (3)
- Hanging out in tents: social structure, group stability, male behavior, and their implications for the mating system of Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) (2018) (3)
- Effective Population Size Dynamics of Myotis vivesi During the Pleistocene and Holocene Climatic Changes (2011) (3)
- Tracking the origin of the smearing behavior in long-nosed bats (Leptonycteris spp.) (2016) (3)
- Beyond words: From jaguar population trends to conservation and public policy in Mexico (2021) (3)
- Peromyscus aztecus (2022) (3)
- Does latitudinal migration represent an advantage in the decrease of ectoparasitic loads in Leptonycteris yerbabuenae (Chiroptera)? (2020) (3)
- Author Correction: DNA methylation predicts age and provides insight into exceptional longevity of bats (2021) (3)
- FIRST RECORD OF THE YUCATAN DEER MOUSE, PEROMYSCUS YUCATANICUS (RODENTIA: MURIDAE) FROM GUATEMALA (2003) (3)
- Range-Wide Factors Shaping Space Use and Movements by the Neotropic's Flagship Predator: The Jaguar (2020) (3)
- We eat meat: a review of carnivory in bats (2021) (3)
- First assessment of the conservation status of the jaguar Panthera onca in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Mexico (2018) (3)
- Misconceptions and misinformation about bats and viruses (2021) (2)
- Cueva del Diablo: a Bat cave in Tepoztlan (2006) (2)
- Analysis of Genetic Diversity of Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) from Mexican Populations (2015) (2)
- A Faithful Gut: Core Features of Gastrointestinal Microbiota of Long-Distance Migratory Bats Remain Stable despite Dietary Shifts Driving Differences in Specific Bacterial Taxa (2021) (1)
- Development of microsatellite loci for the Honduran white-bat (Ectophylla alba) by using Illumina paired-end sequences (2014) (1)
- Inter-Taxon and Seasonal Variations of Mineral Concentrations in Soft Tissues of Frugivorous Phyllostomid Bats in a Mineral-Limited Ecosystem (2022) (1)
- Traveler Mites: Population Genetic Structure of the Wing Mites Periglischrus paracaligus (Acari: Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) (2022) (1)
- Tapirs in trouble: estimating Baird's tapir densities in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Mexico (2021) (1)
- HABITAT USE AND DIET OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP (OVIS CANADENSIS MEXICANA) AND ENDEMIC MULE DEER (ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS NELSONII) ON TIBURÓN ISLAND, MEXICO (2019) (1)
- Morphological Variation in the Wing Mite Periglischrus paracaligus (Acari: Spinturnicidae) Associated With Different Moving Strategies of the Host Leptonycteris yerbabuenae (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) (2022) (1)
- CONSERVATION IMPLICATIONS OF EXOTIC GAME RANCHING IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY (1)
- Cranial Morphology of the Flat-Headed Bat Myotis planiceps (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in the Context of American Myotis (2021) (0)
- Author Correction: DNA methylation predicts age and provides insight into exceptional longevity of bats (2022) (0)
- Sometimes I see spots: patterns of abundance and distribution of the bobcat (Lynx rufus) in different regions of México (2021) (0)
- Reply to Flessa and Colleagues (2019) (0)
- Scientists warning on the ecological effects of radioactive leaks on ecosystems (2023) (0)
- Global and local conservation priorities - Response (2007) (0)
- Power law in nuclear fragmentation (2000) (0)
- Figure 1 from: Rivas-Camo NA, Sabido-Villanueva PA, Peralta-Muñoz CR, Medellin RA (2020) Cuba in Mexico: first record of Phyllops falcatus (Gray, 1839) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) for Mexico and other new records of bats from Cozumel, Quintana Roo. ZooKeys 973: 153-162. https://doi.org/10.3897/zook (2020) (0)
- Arachnids that feed on vertebrate carrion: necrophagy by the whip spider Paraphrynus raptator (Amblypygi: Phrynidae) and its relation to the feeding behavior of the woolly false vampire bat Chrotopterus auritus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). (2021) (0)
- Uses, Knowledge and Extinction Risk Faced by Agave Species in Mexico (2022) (0)
- AUGMENTATION OF NATURAL PREY REDUCES CATTLE PREDATION BY PUMA (PUMA CONCOLOR) AND JAGUAR (PANTHERA ONCA) ON A RANCH IN SONORA, MEXICO (2021) (0)
- Comments and News (2013) (0)
- Conservation genomics of Agave tequilana Weber var. azul: low genetic differentiation and heterozygote excess in the tequila agave from Jalisco, Mexico (2022) (0)
- Cuba in Mexico: first record of Phyllops falcatus (Gray, 1839) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) for Mexico and other new records of bats from Cozumel, Quintana Roo (2020) (0)
- Population genetic structure and habitat connectivity for jaguar (Panthera onca) conservation in Central Belize (2019) (0)
- Reviewers of Articles Submitted to Volume 12 (2010) (0)
- Hanging out in tents: social structure, group stability, male behavior, and their implications for the mating system of Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) (2018) (0)
- Knowledge gaps about rabies transmission from vampire bats to humans (2020) (0)
- Development of microsatellite loci for the Honduran white-bat (Ectophylla alba) by using Illumina paired-end sequences (2013) (0)
- Habitat use and activity patterns of ungulates in a tropical rainforest of southern México (2022) (0)
- Ornithodoros dyeri (Parasitiformes: Ixodida: Argasidae) parasitizing Leptonycteris yerbabuenae (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Mexico. (2020) (0)
- Current Biology Report Resource Ephemerality Drives Social Foraging in Bats (2018) (0)
- Range-wide factors shaping space use and movements by the Neotropic’s flagship predator: the jaguar (2020) (0)
- Assessment of pollinators and pollination services (2006) (0)
- Eat what you can, when you can: relatively high arthropod consumption by frugivorous bats in Amazonian Peru (2022) (0)
- Summer roosts of “The revenant” flat-headed myotis, Myotis planiceps (2020) (0)
- Using ecosystem services to identify inequitable outcomes in migratory species conservation (2022) (0)
- Of Lions, and Tigers, and Bears, Oh My! (2010) (0)
- An Ecosystem Level Approach for Developing a Monitoring Program for the U.S - Mexico Border Fence (2011) (0)
- Optimizing conservation strategies for Mexican free-tailed bats: a population viability and ecosystem services approach (2014) (0)
- Coming home: modelling the mating roost of the endangered bat Leptonycteris nivalis (2023) (0)
- Population genetic structure and habitat connectivity for jaguar (Panthera onca) conservation in Central Belize. Genetics (2019) (0)
- Editors’ acknowledgements (1998) (0)
- Environmental Drivers and Distribution Patterns of Carnivoran Assemblages (Mammalia: Carnivora) in the Americas: Past to Present (2020) (0)
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