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Victor Rico-Gray

Victor Rico-Gray

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
45
Citations
7651
World Ranking
4859
National Ranking
17

Overview

Victor Rico-Gray was affiliated with Universidad Veracruzana in Mexico and specialized in fields related to Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research work contributed mainly to subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science, and Plant Science.

The main topics explored in their research included Plant and animal studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Insect Utilization and Effects, and Insect and Pesticide Research.

Among their recent publications were the following papers:

  • Relative contribution of ecological and biological attributes in the fine-grain structure of ant-plant networks, 2020, PeerJ
  • Short-Term Temporal Patterns in Herbivore Beetle Assemblages in Polyculture Neotropical Forest Plantations, 2022, Neotropical Entomology
  • Temporal and spatial variation in extrafloral nectar and associated ants in Canavalia rosea (Fabaceae) on coastal dunes along the Gulf of Mexico, 2023, Ecoscience

Victor Rico-Gray frequently collaborated with several coauthors throughout their career. These included:

  • Cecilia Díaz-Castelazo
  • Cristian Adrian Martínez-Adriano
  • Wesley Dáttilo
  • Javier Quinto
  • Ana Paola Martínez-Falcón

Their research was published in journals such as PeerJ, Neotropical Entomology, and Ecoscience. The body of work spanned multiple years, reflecting steady contributions to the scientific community in their focus areas.

Best Publications

  • The ecology and evolution of ant-plant interactions

    Victor Rico-Gray;Paulo S. Oliveira

  • Molecular phylogeny of the Magnoliaceae: the biogeography of tropical and temperate disjunctions.

    Hiroshi Azuma;José G. García-Franco;Victor Rico-Gray;Leonard B. Thien

  • Interaction intimacy affects structure and coevolutionary dynamics in mutualistic networks.

    Paulo R. Guimarães;Paulo R. Guimarães;Victor Rico-Gray;Paulo S. Oliveira;Thiago J. Izzo

  • Asymmetries in specialization in ant-plant mutualistic networks

    Paulo R Guimarães;Victor Rico-Gray;Sérgio Furtado dos Reis;John N Thompson

  • Interaction between ants, extrafloral nectaries and insect herbivores in Neotropical coastal sand dunes: herbivore deterrence by visiting ants increases fruit set in Opuntia stricta (Cactaceae)

    P. S. Oliveira;V. Rico-Gray;C. Díaz-Castelazo†;C. Castillo-Guevara

  • Species composition, similarity, and structure of mayan homegardens in tixpeual and tixcacaltuyub, yucatan, Mexico

    Victor Rico-Gray;Jose G. Garcia-Franco;Alexandra Chemas;Armando Puch

  • Loss and gains in ant–plant interactions mediated by extrafloral nectar: fidelity, cheats, and lies

    K. Del-Claro;V. Rico-Gray;H. M. Torezan-Silingardi;E. Alves-Silva

  • Vegetation and soil seed bank of successional stages in tropical lowland deciduous forest

    Victor Rico-Gray;José G. García-Franco

  • Use of plant-derived food resources by ants in the dry tropical lowlands of coastal Veracruz, Mexico.

    Victor Rico-Gray

  • The effect of wasps and ants on the reproductive success of the extrafloral nectaried plant Turnera ulmifolia (Turneraceae)

    M. Cuautle;V. Rico-Gray

  • Uses of tropical deciduous forest species by the Yucatecan Maya.

    V. Rico-Gray;A. Chemás;S. Mandujano

  • Changes of a mutualistic network over time: reanalysis over a 10-year period

    Cecilia Diaz-Castelazo;Paulo Roberto Guimarães Jr.;Paulo Roberto Guimarães Jr.;Paulo Roberto Guimarães Jr.;Pedro Jordano;John N Thompson

  • Morphological and Secretory Characterization of Extrafloral Nectaries in Plants of Coastal Veracruz, Mexico

    Cecilia Díaz-Castelazo;Victor Rico-Gray;Fernando Ortega;Guillermo Ángeles

  • Ecological Networks in the Tropics

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  • Geographical and Seasonal Variation in the Richness of Ant‐Plant Interactions in México1

    Victor Rico‐Gray;José G. García‐Franco;Mónica Palacios‐Rios;Cecilia íz‐Castelazo

  • Resilience of tropical dry forests – a meta‐analysis of changes in species diversity and composition during secondary succession

    Géraldine Derroire;Géraldine Derroire;Patricia Balvanera;Carolina Castellanos-Castro;Guillaume Decocq

  • Effect of different ant species on reproductive fitness of Schomburgkia tibicinis (Orchidaceae).

    V. Rico-Gray;L. B. Thien

  • HUNTING, USE, AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIOLOGY OF THE WHITE-TAILED DEER (Odocoileus virginianus Hays) BY THE MAYA OF CENTRAL YUCATAN, MEXICO

    Salvador Mandujano;Proyecto Ecologfa;Victor Rico-Gray

  • Unravelling Darwin's entangled bank: architecture and robustness of mutualistic networks with multiple interaction types

    Wesley Dáttilo;Nubia Lara-Rodríguez;Pedro Jordano;Paulo R. Guimarães

  • Extrafloral nectary-mediated ant-plant interactions in the coastal vegetation of Veracruz, Mexico: Richness, occurrence, seasonality, and ant foraging patterns

    Cecilia Díaz-Castelazo;Victor Rico-Gray;Paulo S. Oliveira;Mariana Cuautle

  • Distribution of Plant Life Forms along an Altitudinal Gradient in the Semi-Arid Valley of Zapotitlán, Mexico

    Numa P. Pavón;Humberto Hernández-Trejo;Víctor Rico-Gray

  • Ant protection of the nectaried fern Polypodium plebeium in central Mexico.

    Suzanne Koptur;Victor Rico-Gray;Mónica Palacios-Rios

Frequent Co-Authors

Wesley Dáttilo
Wesley Dáttilo Instituto de Ecología
Paulo R. Guimarães
Paulo R. Guimarães Universidade de São Paulo
Paulo S. Oliveira
Paulo S. Oliveira State University of Campinas
Kleber Del-Claro
Kleber Del-Claro Federal University of Uberlândia
Pedro Jordano
Pedro Jordano Spanish National Research Council
John N. Thompson
John N. Thompson University of California, Santa Cruz
Víctor Parra-Tabla
Víctor Parra-Tabla Autonomous University of Yucatán
Robert J. Marquis
Robert J. Marquis University of Missouri–St. Louis
Theodora Petanidou
Theodora Petanidou University of the Aegean
Suzanne Koptur
Suzanne Koptur Florida International University

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