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Alex Córdoba-Aguilar publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex Córdoba-Aguilar sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 231 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Alex Córdoba-Aguilar D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex Córdoba-Aguilar sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 40 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Alex Córdoba-Aguilar is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Within these broader domains, their work focuses on several subfields, including Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Ecology, and Ecological Modeling.

The main research topics covered by Córdoba-Aguilar include Species Distribution and Climate Change, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, Trypanosoma Species Research and Implications, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect and Pesticide Research, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated extensively with Córdoba-Aguilar. These include Maya Rocha-Ortega, Ana E. Gutiérrez-Cabrera, Leopoldo Cruz-López, Daniel González-Tokman, and David Alavez-Rosas.

Alex Córdoba-Aguilar has published multiple papers, with notable recent ones being:

  • "Insect responses to heat: physiological mechanisms, evolution and ecological implications in a warming world" (2020), Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Geographical, temporal and taxonomic biases in insect GBIF data on biodiversity and extinction" (2021), Ecological Entomology
  • "Why do bugs perish? Range size and local vulnerability traits as surrogates of Odonata extinction risk" (2020), Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Towards Global Volunteer Monitoring of Odonate Abundance" (2020), BioScience
  • "Tackling zoonoses in a crowded world: Lessons to be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020), Acta Tropica

Frequent publication venues for Córdoba-Aguilar's work include Acta Tropica, SSRN Electronic Journal, Research Square, Ecological Entomology, and Journal of Thermal Biology.

Best Publications

  • Phenoloxidase: a key component of the insect immune system

    Isaac González-Santoyo;Alex Córdoba-Aguilar

  • Insect responses to heat: physiological mechanisms, evolution and ecological implications in a warming world.

    Daniel González-Tokman;Alex Córdoba-Aguilar;Wesley Dáttilo;Andrés Lira-Noriega

  • Evolutionary ecology of Odonata: a complex life cycle perspective.

    Robby Stoks;Alex Córdoba-Aguilar

  • Dragonflies And Damselflies: Model Organisms for Ecological and Evolutionary Research

    Alex Córdoba-Aguilar

  • Wing pigmentation, immune ability, fat reserves and territorial status in males of the rubyspot damselfly, Hetaerina americana

    Jorge Contreras-Garduño;Jorge Canales-Lazcano;Alex Córdoba-Aguilar

  • Male copulatory sensory stimulation induces female ejection of rival sperm in a damselfly

    Alex Córdoba-Aguilar

  • Sexual size dimorphism in the American rubyspot: male body size predicts male competition and mating success

    M.A. Serrano-Meneses;A. Córdoba-Aguilar;V. Méndez;S.J. Layen

  • Sperm competition in Odonata (Insecta): the evolution of female sperm storage and rivals' sperm displacement

    A. Córdoba-Aguilar;E. Uhía;A. Cordero Rivera

  • Wing pigmentation in territorial male damselflies, Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis: a possible relation to sexual selection

    A. Córdoba-Aguilar

  • Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) as a bridge between ecology and evolutionary genomics.

    Seth Bybee;Alex Córdoba-Aguilar;M. Catherine Duryea;Ryo Futahashi

  • The evolution of primary sexual characters in animals

    Janet L. Leonard;Alex Córdoba-Aguilar

  • What makes an effective Chagas disease vector? Factors underlying Trypanosoma cruzi-triatomine interactions.

    José A. de Fuentes-Vicente;Ana E. Gutiérrez-Cabrera;A. Laura Flores-Villegas;Carl Lowenberger

  • The size of the red wing spot of the American rubyspot as a heightened condition-dependent ornament

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  • Immune investment impairs growth, female reproduction and survival in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus

    Ana Priscila Bascuñán-García;Carlos Lara;Alex Córdoba-Aguilar

  • Sexual selection, sexual size dimorphism and Rensch's rule in Odonata.

    M. A. Serrano-Meneses;A. Córdoba-Aguilar;M. Azpilicueta-Amorín;E. González-Soriano

  • Evolutionary consequences of climate-induced range shifts in insects

    Rosa A. Sánchez-Guillén;Rosa A. Sánchez-Guillén;Alex Córdoba-Aguilar;Bengt Hansson;Jürgen Ott

  • The expression of a sexually selected trait correlates with different immune defense components and survival in males of the American rubyspot.

    J. Contreras-Garduño;H. Lanz-Mendoza;A. Córdoba-Aguilar

  • Geographical, temporal and taxonomic biases in insect GBIF data on biodiversity and extinction

    Maya Rocha‐Ortega;Pilar Rodriguez;Alex Córdoba‐Aguilar

  • Sensory Trap as the Mechanism of Sexual Selection in a Damselfly Genitalic Trait (Insecta: Calopterygidae)

    A. Córdoba‐Aguilar

  • Current immunity markers in insect ecological immunology: assumed trade-offs and methodological issues.

    M. Moreno-García;A. Córdoba-Aguilar;R. Condé;H. Lanz-Mendoza

  • Female reproductive decisions and parasite burden in a calopterygid damselfly (Insecta: Odonata)

    Alex Córdoba-Aguilar;Juan César Salamanca-Ocaña;Martha Lopezaraiza

  • Insect Behavior : From Mechanisms to Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences

    Alex Córdoba-Aguilar;Daniel González-Tokman;Isaac González-Santoyo

  • Sexual selection and animal genitalia

    Vivian Méndez;Alex Córdoba-Aguilar

Frequent Co-Authors

Maren Wellenreuther
Maren Wellenreuther Plant & Food Research
David C. Schneider
David C. Schneider Memorial University of Newfoundland
Giovanni Benelli
Giovanni Benelli University of Pisa
Tamás Székely
Tamás Székely University of Bath
Bernard D. Roitberg
Bernard D. Roitberg Simon Fraser University
Bengt Hansson
Bengt Hansson Lund University
Robby Stoks
Robby Stoks KU Leuven
Gregory F. Grether
Gregory F. Grether University of California, Los Angeles
Mark R. Forbes
Mark R. Forbes Carleton University
Michael J. Samways
Michael J. Samways Stellenbosch University

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