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  • 2014 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Santiago R. Ron is affiliated with the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador in Ecuador. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on the subfields of Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Animal and Plant Science Education
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography

They have contributed to several recent papers with details as follows:

  • "Phylogenomics Reveals Ancient Gene Tree Discordance in the Amphibian Tree of Life" (2020), published in Systematic Biology
  • "Global Protected Areas as refuges for amphibians and reptiles under climate change" (2023), published in Nature Communications
  • "Evolution in the Genus Rhinella: A Total Evidence Phylogenetic Analysis of Neotropical True Toads (Anura: Bufonidae)" (2021), published in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
  • "A set of principles and practical suggestions for equitable fieldwork in biology" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Specimen collection is essential for modern science" (2023), published in PLoS Biology

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Rebecca D. Tarvin, David C. Cannatella, Juan C. Santos, Pedro L. V. Peloso, and Miguel Tréfaut Rodrigues. This suggests active engagement in joint research initiatives within their fields.

Regarding publication venues, Santiago R. Ron has a notable presence in various outlets, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Zootaxa
  • Systematics and Biodiversity

The scientist has authored a book published by New York, NY: American Museum of Natural History eBooks, titled "Evolution in the genus Rhinella: a total evidence phylogenetic analysis of neotropical true toads (Anura: Bufonidae). (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 447)" in 2021.

In recognition of their work, Santiago R. Ron was named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming

    J. Alan Pounds;Martín R. Bustamante;Luis A. Coloma;Jamie A. Consuegra

  • The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates

    Michael Hoffmann;Craig Hilton-Taylor;Ariadne Angulo;Monika Böhm

  • Integrating phylogenetics and environmental niche models to explore speciation mechanisms in dendrobatid frogs.

    Catherine H. Graham;Santiago R. Ron;Santiago R. Ron;Juan C. Santos;Juan C. Santos;Christopher J. Schneider

  • Population Declines and Priorities for Amphibian Conservation in Latin America

    Bruce E. Young;Karen R. Lips;Jamie K. Reaser;Roberto Ibanez

  • High levels of cryptic species diversity uncovered in Amazonian frogs

    W. Chris Funk;Marcel Caminer;Santiago R. Ron

  • Predicting the Distribution of the Amphibian Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the New World

    Santiago R. Ron

  • Population Decline of the Jambato Toad Atelopus ignescens (Anura: Bufonidae) in the Andes of Ecuador

    Santiago R. Ron;William E. Duellman;Luis A. Coloma;Martín R. Bustamante

  • Biogeographic area relationships of lowland Neotropical rainforest based on raw distributions of vertebrate groups

    Santiago R. Ron

  • Phylogenomics Reveals Ancient Gene Tree Discordance in the Amphibian Tree of Life.

    Paul M Hime;Paul M Hime;Alan R Lemmon;Emily C Moriarty Lemmon;Elizabeth Prendini

  • Cambios en la Diversidad en Siete Comunidades de Anuros en los Andes de Ecuador1

    Martín R. Bustamante;Santiago R. Ron;Luis A. Coloma

  • Systematics of treefrogs of the Hypsiboas calcaratus and Hypsiboas fasciatus species complex (Anura, Hylidae) with the description of four new species.

    Marcel A. Caminer;Santiago R. Ron

  • Phylogeny of the túngara frog genus Engystomops (=Physalaemus pustulosus species group; Anura: Leptodactylidae)

    Santiago R. Ron;Juan C. Santos;David C. Cannatella

  • ANCIENT TEPUI SUMMITS HARBOR YOUNG RATHER THAN OLD LINEAGES OF ENDEMIC FROGS

    Patricia E. Salerno;Santiago R. Ron;J. Celsa Señaris;Fernando J. M. Rojas-Runjaic

  • Elevational and microclimatic drivers of thermal tolerance in Andean Pristimantis frogs

    Pol Pintanel;Pol Pintanel;Miguel Tejedo;Santiago R. Ron;Gustavo A. Llorente

  • Evolution in the Genus Rhinella: A Total Evidence Phylogenetic Analysis of Neotropical True Toads (Anura: Bufonidae)

    Martín O. Pereyra;Boris L. Blotto;Diego Baldo;Juan C. Chaparro

  • Five new (extinct?) species of Atelopus (Anura: Bufonidae) from Andean Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru

    Luis A. Coloma;William E. Duellman;C Ana Almendáriz;Santiago R. Ron

  • HUMAN INFLUENCE ON THE WARINESS OF MELANOSUCHUS NIGER AND CAIMAN CROCODILUS IN CUYABENO, ECUADOR

    Santiago R. Ron;Andres Vallejo;Eduardo Asanza

  • Insights from Integrative Systematics Reveal Cryptic Diversity in Pristimantis Frogs (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the Upper Amazon Basin

    H. Mauricio Ortega-Andrade;Octavio R. Rojas-Soto;Jorge H. Valencia;Alejandro Espinosa de los Monteros

  • Description of a new minute frog of the genus Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) from Cordillera del Condor, Ecuador

    David Brito-Zapata;Carolina Reyes-Puig;Diego Cisneros-Heredia;Daniel Zumel

  • Resolving the taxonomic puzzle of Boana cinerascens (Spix, 1824), with resurrection of Hyla granosa gracilis Melin, 1941 (Anura: Hylidae).

    Marcelo José Sturaro;João Carlos Lopes Costa;Adriano O. Maciel;Geraldo R. Lima-Filho

  • Historical biogeography identifies a possible role of Miocene wetlands in the diversification of the Amazonian rocket frogs (Aromobatidae: Allobates)

    Alexandre Réjaud;Miguel T. Rodrigues;Andrew J. Crawford;Santiago Castroviejo‐Fisher

  • Systematics of Huicundomantis, a new subgenus of Pristimantis (Anura, Strabomantidae) with extraordinary cryptic diversity and eleven new species.

    Nadia B. Páez;Santiago R. Ron

Frequent Co-Authors

Julián Faivovich
Julián Faivovich National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Antoine Fouquet
Antoine Fouquet École Nationale Supérieure de Formation de l’Enseignement Agricole
David C. Cannatella
David C. Cannatella The University of Texas at Austin
Juan M. Guayasamin
Juan M. Guayasamin Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Célio F. B. Haddad
Célio F. B. Haddad Sao Paulo State University
Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues
Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues Universidade de São Paulo
Tomas Hrbek
Tomas Hrbek Federal University of Amazonas
Ward C. Wheeler
Ward C. Wheeler American Museum of Natural History
William E. Duellman
William E. Duellman University of Kansas
Karen L. Masters
Karen L. Masters Haverford College

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