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  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Gonzalo Halffter was affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Their research primarily focused on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, along with significant contributions to Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work extended across several subfields including Paleontology, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's research themes included Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography, Plant and Soil Sciences, Mediterranean and Iberian Flora and Fauna, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Botany and Geology in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as studies on Coleoptera: Cerambycidae and Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution.

Gonzalo Halffter published in various academic journals. Frequent publication venues were:

  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N S )
  • European Journal of Taxonomy
  • The Coleopterists Bulletin
  • Biologia

Some of the recent papers associated with Halffter included:

  • Gamma diversity: derived from and a determinant of alpha diversity and beta diversity. An analysis of three tropical landscapes, 2022, ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N S )
  • Toward a standardized methodology for sampling dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in the Neotropics: A critical review, 2023, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Taxonomic revision of the Phanaeus endymion species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), with the descriptions of five new species, 2021, European Journal of Taxonomy
  • Variations in genetic structure and male genitalia suggest recent lineage diversification in the Neotropical dung beetle complexCanthon cyanellus(Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), 2020, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Two New Species of the Onthophagus clypeatus Species Group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), 2020, Florida Entomologist

Gonzalo Halffter frequently collaborated with the following coauthors:

  • Víctor Moctezuma
  • Alejandro Espinosa de los Monteros
  • Alfonsina Arriaga-Jiménez
  • Janet Nolasco-Soto
  • Mario E. Favila

During their career, Halffter was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2001.

Best Publications

  • The natural history of dung beetles of the subfamily Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

    E. G. Matthews;Gonzalo Halffter

  • The nesting behavior of dung beetles (Scarabaeinae) : an ecological and evolutive approach

    Gonzalo Halffter;W. D. Edmonds

  • Assessing the completeness of bat biodiversity inventories using species accumulation curves

    Claudia E. Moreno;Gonzalo Halffter

  • Biogeography of the Montane Entomofauna of Mexico and Central America

    Gonzalo Halffter

  • THE USE OF INDICATOR GROUPS FOR MEASURING BIODIVERSITY AS RELATED TO COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

    Mario E. Favila;Gonzalo Halffter

  • Frog, bat, and dung beetle diversity in the cloud forest and coffee agroecosystems of Veracruz, Mexico

    Eduardo Pineda;Claudia Moreno;Frederico Escobar;Gonzalo Halffter

  • Historical and ecological factors determining the geographical distribution of beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

    Gonzalo Halffter

  • Response of Dung Beetle Diversity to Human-induced Changes in a Tropical Landscape1

    Gonzalo Halffter;Lucrecia Arellano

  • A comparative study of the structure of the scarab guild in Mexican tropical rain forests and derived ecosystems

    Gonzalo Halffter;Mario E Favila;Violeta Halffter

  • Species diversity and habitat fragmentation: frogs in a tropical montane landscape in Mexico

    Eduardo Pineda;Gonzalo Halffter

  • Negative Impacts of Human Land Use on Dung Beetle Functional Diversity

    Felipe Barragán;Claudia E. Moreno;Federico Escobar;Gonzalo Halffter

  • Spatial and temporal analysis of α, β and γ diversities of bats in a fragmented landscape

    Claudia E. Moreno;Gonzalo Halffter

  • Biogeographical and Ecological Factors Affecting the Altitudinal Variation of Mountainous Communities of Coprophagous Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea): a Comparative Study

    Jorge M. Lobo;Gonzalo Halffter

  • Dung beetles attracted to mammalian herbivore (Alouatta palliata) and omnivore (Nasua narica) dung in the tropical rain forest of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

    Alejandro Estrada;Gonzalo Halffter;Rosamond Coates-Estrada;Dennis A. Meritt

  • A strategy for measuring landscape biodiversity

    Gonzalo Halffter

  • An analytical review of Halffter's Mexican transition zone, and its relevance for evolutionary biogeography, ecology and biogeographical regionalization.

    Gonzalo Halffter;Juan J. Morrone

  • On the measure of sampling effort used in species accumulation curves

    Claudia E. Moreno;Gonzalo Halffter

  • Altitudinal variation of dung beetle (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) assemblages in the Colombian Andes

    Federico Escobar;Jorge M. Lobo;Gonzalo Halffter

  • Manual para evaluación de la biodiversidad en reservas de la biosfera

    Gonzalo Halffter;Claudia E. Moreno;Eduardo O. Pineda

  • Grazing promotes dung beetle diversity in the xeric landscape of a Mexican Biosphere Reserve

    José R. Verdú;Claudia E. Moreno;Gerardo Sánchez-Rojas;Catherine Numa

  • Gamma diversity: derived from and a determinant of Alpha diversity and Beta diversity. An analysis of three tropical landscapes

    Lucrecia Arellano;Gonzalo Halffter

  • Response of Dung Beetle Diversity to Human–induced Changes in a Tropical Landscape 1

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Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge Soberón
Jorge Soberón University of Kansas
Jorge M. Lobo
Jorge M. Lobo Spanish National Research Council
José Sarukhán
José Sarukhán National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity
Rodolfo Dirzo
Rodolfo Dirzo Stanford University
Juan J. Morrone
Juan J. Morrone National Autonomous University of Mexico
Héctor T. Arita
Héctor T. Arita National Autonomous University of Mexico
Exequiel Ezcurra
Exequiel Ezcurra University of California, Riverside

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