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Ecology and Evolution
Mexico
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
60
Citations
27229
World Ranking
2249
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2005 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Gerardo Ceballos is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with an emphasis on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and studies related to Small Animals.

Their main areas of study include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management.

Gerardo Ceballos has contributed to various scientific journals with several notable publications. Among their recent papers are the following:

  • Vertebrates on the brink as indicators of biological annihilation and the sixth mass extinction, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Mutilation of the tree of life via mass extinction of animal genera, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent coauthors in their body of work include:

  • Heliot Zarza
  • Erik Joaquín Torres-Romero
  • Rodolfo Dirzo
  • Cuauhtémoc Chávez
  • Carlos Cruz

The scientist has published multiple papers in the following venues:

  • Revista Mexicana de Mastozoología (Nueva Epoca)
  • PLoS ONE
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Frontiers in Conservation Science
  • Revista de Biología Tropical

Gerardo Ceballos was recognized with a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Accelerated modern human-induced species losses: Entering the sixth mass extinction

    Gerardo Ceballos;Paul R. Ehrlich;Anthony D. Barnosky;Andrés García

  • Defaunation in the Anthropocene

    Rodolfo Dirzo;Hillary S. Young;Mauro Galetti;Gerardo Ceballos

  • Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines

    Gerardo Ceballos;Paul R. Ehrlich;Rodolfo Dirzo

  • Mammal Population Losses and the Extinction Crisis

    Gerardo Ceballos;Paul R. Ehrlich

  • Vertebrates on the brink as indicators of biological annihilation and the sixth mass extinction.

    Gerardo Ceballos;Paul R. Ehrlich;Peter H. Raven

  • Countryside Biogeography of Neotropical Mammals: Conservation Opportunities in Agricultural Landscapes of Costa Rica

    Gretchen C. Daily;Gerardo Ceballos;Jesús Pacheco;Gerardo Suzán

  • Global mammal distributions, biodiversity hotspots, and conservation

    Gerardo Ceballos;Paul R. Ehrlich

  • Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future

    Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Paul R. Ehrlich;Andrew Beattie;Gerardo Ceballos

  • Multiple ecological pathways to extinction in mammals

    Ana D. Davidson;Marcus J. Hamilton;Alison G. Boyer;James H. Brown

  • Ecosystem Services of Tropical Dry Forests: Insights from Long-term Ecological and Social Research on the Pacific Coast of Mexico

    J. Manuel Maass;Patricia Balvanera;Alicia Castillo;Gretchen C. Daily

  • Global Mammal Conservation: What Must We Manage?

    Gerardo Ceballos;Gerardo Ceballos;Paul R. Ehrlich;Paul R. Ehrlich;Jorge Soberón;Jorge Soberón;Irma Salazar;Irma Salazar

  • The Prairie Dog and Biotic Diversity

    Brian Miller;Gerardo Ceballos;Richard Reading

  • Merging paleobiology with conservation biology to guide the future of terrestrial ecosystems

    Anthony D. Barnosky;Anthony D. Barnosky;Elizabeth A. Hadly;Patrick Gonzalez;Patrick Gonzalez;Jason Head

  • Global Patterns of Mammalian Diversity, Endemism, and Endangerment

    Gerardo Ceballos;James H. Brown

  • Drivers and hotspots of extinction risk in marine mammals

    Ana D. Davidson;Alison G. Boyer;Hwahwan Kim;Sandra Pompa-Mansilla

  • Managed Relocation: Integrating the Scientific, Regulatory, and Ethical Challenges

    Mark W. Schwartz;Jessica J. Hellmann;Jason M. McLachlan;Dov F. Sax

  • Conserving Neotropical Biodiversity: The Role of Dry Forests in Western Mexico

    Gerardo Ceballos;Andres García

  • Experimental evidence for reduced rodent diversity causing increased hantavirus prevalence.

    Gerardo Suzán;Erika Marcé;J. Tomasz Giermakowski;James N. Mills

  • Globally threatened vertebrates on islands with invasive species

    Dena R. Spatz;Kelly M. Zilliacus;Nick D. Holmes;Stuart H. M. Butchart;Stuart H. M. Butchart

  • Mammals of Mexico

    Gerardo Ceballos

  • Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests: Ecology and Conservation

    R. Dirzo;H. S. Young;H. A. Mooney;G. Ceballos

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul R. Ehrlich Stanford University
Rodrigo A. Medellín
Rodrigo A. Medellín National Autonomous University of Mexico
Ana D. Davidson
Ana D. Davidson Colorado State University
Rodolfo Dirzo
Rodolfo Dirzo Stanford University
Gretchen C. Daily
Gretchen C. Daily Stanford University
James N. Mills
James N. Mills Emory University
James H. Brown
James H. Brown University of New Mexico
Peter H. Raven
Peter H. Raven Missouri Botanical Garden
Patricia Balvanera
Patricia Balvanera National Autonomous University of Mexico
Anthony D. Barnosky
Anthony D. Barnosky University of California, Berkeley

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