Team
Principal Investigators
Fabricio Villalobos
Investigador Titular C, SNI III (Full Researcher)
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Macroecology · Biogeography · Macroevolution · Conservation Biology
Interested in all things “macroecological”, integrating ecology, biogeography and macroevolution to explain geographic biodiversity patterns.
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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia
Técnico Titular A, SNI I (Assistant Researcher)
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Mammals · Ecomorphology · Macroecology · R programming · Data Science
Mammalogist and conservation scientist specializing in the ecology and evolution of small mammals.
Researchers
Gabriel Massaine Moulatlet
Postdoctoral Researcher
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Numerical Ecology · Macroecology · Diversity gradients · Environmental Impact Assessments
Biologist with broad interest in tropical ecology, with experience in Amazonian forests and the Andes.
Carmen Galán Acedo
Visiting Researcher
UNAM-Morelia
Interests: Landscape ecology · Primatology · Spatial patterns
PhD in Biological Sciences from UNAM. Studies the effects of land-use change on biodiversity, particularly primates at regional and global scales.
Jessica Falcão
Postdoctoral Researcher
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Exotic plants · Invasion ecology · Insect-plant interaction
Studies the phylogenetic structure of exotic and native plant assemblages in Mexican montane cloud forests.
Graduate Students
Alejandro Sánchez Barradas
PhD Student
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Biotic interactions · Carnivores · Macroecology
Studies how the number of potential prey species and body size ranges influence carnivorous mammal species richness.
Carlos Marín
PhD Student
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Lizards · Herpetology · Macroevolution · Systematics of Amphibians and Reptiles
Evolutionary biologist and herpetologist studying biodiversity gradients, with a focus on Neotropical lizard diversification.
Daniel Valencia
PhD Student
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Freshwater fishes · Geographic ranges · Macroecology
Studies large-scale patterns of species distribution and richness, with a focus on Neotropical freshwater fishes.
Diana M. Ochoa-Sanz
PhD Student
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Bats · Trophic Ecology · Macroevolution
Her doctoral research focuses on dietary specialization and its relationship with rarity patterns in phyllostomid bats.
Gerardo Dirzo Uribe
PhD Student
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Bats · Mammals · Macroecology
Studies the relationship between Grinnellian and Eltonian niche breadth and richness patterns in phyllostomid bats.
Juliana Herrera Pérez
PhD Student
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Ichthyology · Macroecology · Macroevolution
Studies how morphological and ecological traits of freshwater fish species have influenced their diversification globally.
Kevin Lopez Reyes
PhD Student
Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM (Yucatán)
Interests: Herpetology · Ecological niche · Species richness gradients
Studies evolutionary, ecological and geographical drivers of species richness in Spiny Lizards (Sceloporus).
Martin Cabrera
PhD Student
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Mammals · Bats · Ecomorphology · Macroecology · Macroevolution
Studies the mode of evolution and rates of change of wing morphology and acoustic signals in bats at a global scale.
Roberto Ruiz
PhD Student
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Bats · Bioacoustics · Macroecology · Landscape Ecology · Science outreach
Studies knowledge gaps in bat functional traits and their effect on macroecological patterns and conservation.
Monserrat Juárez
MSc Student
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Carnivores · Anthropogenic impact · Macroecology
Evaluates spatial patterns of carnivore diversity dimensions and the environmental and anthropogenic factors shaping them.
Alumni
Egon Luis Vilela do Valle
PhD Alumni — Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil
Interests: Macroecology · Evolution · Bats · Bioacoustics
Studied the role of evolution in geographic range size, climatic niche, and dispersal ability in the order Chiroptera.
Juan D. Carvajal-Quintero
PhD 2020 — Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Freshwater systems · Fishes · Macroecology
Currently a postdoctoral researcher at iDiv (Germany). His dissertation addressed drivers of geographic range size in freshwater fishes.
Erick J. Corro
PhD 2022 — Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Biotic interactions · Statistics · Spatial patterns
Currently a professor at Universidad Veracruzana, Córdoba campus.
Axel Arango
PhD Alumni — Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Biogeography · Birds · Macroevolution
Studied the effects of dispersal capabilities of New World Emberizoidea families on their diversification rates and patterns.
Ana Berenice García Andrade
PhD Alumni — Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Ichthyology · Poecilids · Macroecology · Macroevolution
Studied diversity patterns of the family Poeciliidae under a macroecological and macroevolutionary approach.
Citlalli Edith Esparza Estrada
PhD Alumni — Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Herpetology · Snakes · Biogeography · Macroecology
Studied macroecological and macroevolutionary patterns of viper distribution.
Laura Saldívar Burrola
MSc Alumni — Instituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL)
Interests: Mammalogy · Landscape ecology · Macroecology
Investigated how two primate species (family Atelidae) respond to deforestation in tropical forests of southeastern Mexico.