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11847
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15

Overview

Rodrigo A. Medellín is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Infectious Diseases, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Viral Infections and Vectors, Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health, as well as Evolution and Paleontology Studies.

Recent publications of Rodrigo A. Medellín include:

  • "DNA methylation predicts age and provides insight into exceptional longevity of bats" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations" (2021, Science)
  • "Bat conservation and zoonotic disease risk: a research agenda to prevent misguided persecution in the aftermath of COVID-19" (2020, Animal Conservation)
  • "A conservation roadmap for the subterranean biome" (2021, Conservation Letters)
  • "Environmental and anthropogenic factors synergistically affect space use of jaguars" (2021, Current Biology)

Frequent coauthors working alongside Medellín include Daniel Zamora-Mejías, J. Antonio de la Torre, Winifred F. Frick, Luis E. Eguiarte, and Dina K. N. Dechmann.

The scientist's work appears regularly in well-known publication venues, reflecting a broad engagement across multiple journals. Key venues include:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Science
  • Therya
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Mammalogy

Best Publications

  • The status of the world's land and marine mammals: diversity, threat, and knowledge

    Jan Schipper;Jan Schipper;Janice S. Chanson;Janice S. Chanson;Federica Chiozza;Neil A. Cox;Neil A. Cox

  • Bat Diversity and Abundance as Indicators of Disturbance in Neotropical Rainforests

    Rodrigo A. Medellín;Miguel Equihua;Miguel A. Amin

  • Limits to the use of threatened species lists

    Hugh P Possingham;Sandy J Andelman;Mark A Burgman;Rodrigo A Medellı́n

  • Planning to Save a Species: the Jaguar as a Model

    Eric W. Sanderson;Kent H. Redford;Cheryl-Lesley B. Chetkiewicz;Rodrigo A. Medellin

  • Economic value of the pest control service provided by Brazilian free-tailed bats in south-central Texas

    Cutler J. Cleveland;Margrit Betke;Paula Federico;Jeff D. Frank

  • Seed Dispersal by Bats and Birds in Forest and Disturbed Habitats of Chiapas, Mexico1

    Rodrigo A. Medellin;Osiris Gaona

  • Fatalities at wind turbines may threaten population viability of a migratory bat

    W.F. Frick;W.F. Frick;E.F. Baerwald;J.F. Pollock;R.M.R. Barclay

  • Genetic variation and migration in the Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana)

    Amy L. Russell;R. A. Medellín;G. F. McCracken

  • Coronaviruses in bats from Mexico.

    S. J. Anthony;S. J. Anthony;R. Ojeda-Flores;O. Rico-Chávez;I. Navarrete-Macias

  • Mammal Diversity and Conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico

    Rodrigo A. Medellín

  • LISTA ACTUALIZADA DE LOS MAMÍFEROS DE MÉXICO

    Gerardo Ceballos;Joaquín Arroyo-Cabrales;Rodrigo A. Medellín;Y Yolanda Domínguez-Castellanos

  • ASSESSING CONSERVATION PRIORITIES IN MEGADIVERSE MEXICO: MAMMALIAN DIVERSITY, ENDEMICITY, AND ENDANGERMENT

    Gerardo Ceballos;Pilar Rodríguez;Rodrigo A. Medellín

  • Globalization of Conservation: A View from the South

    J. P. Rodríguez;A. B. Taber;P. Daszak;R. Sukumar;R. Sukumar

  • DNA methylation predicts age and provides insight into exceptional longevity of bats.

    Gerald S. Wilkinson;Danielle M. Adams;Amin Haghani;Ake T. Lu

  • Conserving small natural features with large ecological roles: a synthetic overview

    Malcolm L. Hunter;Vicenç Acuña;Dana Marie Bauer;Kathleen P. Bell

  • The jaguar's spots are darker than they appear: assessing the global conservation status of the jaguar Panthera onca

    J. Antonio de la Torre;José F. González-Maya;Heliot Zarza;Gerardo Ceballos

  • Ecological, Taxonomic, and Physiological Correlates of Cave Use by Mexican Bats

    Rafael Avila-Flores;Rodrigo A. Medellín

  • Mammal species richness and habitat use in rainforest and abandoned agricultural fields in Chiapas, Mexico

    Rodrigo A. MedellÍN;Miguel Equihua

  • BRAZILIAN FREE-TAILED BATS AS INSECT PEST REGULATORS IN TRANSGENIC AND CONVENTIONAL COTTON CROPS

    Paula Federico;Thomas G. Hallam;Gary F. McCracken;S. Thomas Purucker

  • Phyllostomid bat microbiome composition is associated to host phylogeny and feeding strategies.

    Mario Carrillo-Araujo;Neslihan Taş;Rocio J. Alcántara-Hernández;Osiris Gaona

  • Resource Ephemerality Drives Social Foraging in Bats

    Katya Egert-Berg;Edward R. Hurme;Stefan Greif;Stefan Greif;Aya Goldstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerardo Ceballos
Gerardo Ceballos National Autonomous University of Mexico
Gary F. McCracken
Gary F. McCracken University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Dina K. N. Dechmann
Dina K. N. Dechmann Max Planck Society
Winifred F. Frick
Winifred F. Frick Bat Conservation International
Luis E. Eguiarte
Luis E. Eguiarte National Autonomous University of Mexico
Gerald S. Wilkinson
Gerald S. Wilkinson University of Maryland, College Park
Gareth Jones
Gareth Jones University of Bristol
Emma C. Teeling
Emma C. Teeling University College Dublin
Steve Horvath
Steve Horvath University of California, Los Angeles
Kenneth J. Bagstad
Kenneth J. Bagstad United States Geological Survey

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