Will seed dispersers keep pace? Vulnerability of seed‐dispersing mammals to climate change in the Mesoamerican seasonally dry forest
Regional Envirnomental Change
Coral E. Rangel‐Rivera, Octavio R. Rojas‐Soto, Roger Guevara, Fabiola López‐Barrera, Andrés Arias‐Alzate, David A. Prieto‐Torres
In press
Integration and modular patterns shaping the morphological evolution in Neotropical hognose pitvipers Porthidium
Current zoology
Carlos Patron-Rivero, Carlos Yañez-Arenas, Xavier Chiappa-Carrara, Octavio Rojas-Soto, Sara Ruane
https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoag016
A comprehensive morphological database of hognose Porthidium pitvipers (Viperidae: Crotalinae)
Database
Carlos Patron-Rivero, Carlos Yañez-Arenas, Sara Ruane, Xavier Chiappa-Carrara, Octavio Rojas-Soto
https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baaf085
Geographical and seasonal distribution of the Short-crested Coquette hummingbird: a microendemic and endangered species
PeerJ
Diana M. Girón-Juárez, Rusby G. Contreras-Díaz, Rodrigo A. Medellín, Octavio Rojas-Soto, Sergio Díaz-Martínez, Javier Nori, Gerardo Martín, Luis Osorio-Olvera
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20312
Beyond climate: Anthropogenic pressures reshape vampire bat distributions across the neotropics
Biological Conservation
Diana M. Girón-Juárez, Rusby G. Contreras-Díaz, Rodrigo A. Medellín, Octavio Rojas-Soto, Sergio Díaz-Martínez, Javier Nori, Gerardo Martín, Luis Osorio-Olvera
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111443
Ecological and biogeographic drivers of speciation in neotropical hognose pit vipers, Porthidium (Squamata, Viperidae)
Zoologischer Anzeiger
Carlos Patron-Rivero, Carlos Yañez-Arenas, Xavier Chiappa-Carrara, Octavio Rojas-Soto, Sara Ruane, Lázaro Guevara
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2025.07.007
The relationship between the terrain slope and biodiversity conservation: a perspective from the specialist avifauna of Mexico
Biological Conservation
Mauricio Díaz-Vallejo, Felipe A. Toro-Cardona, Martha Bonilla-Moheno, Juan L. Parra, Octavio Rojas-Soto
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111219
Do ecological interactions promote the coevolution of ecological niches in the acacias (Fabaceae: Vachellia spp.) and their mutualistic ants (Formicidae: Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus group)?
Biological Journal of Linnean Society
Juan David Sánchez-Rodríguez, Citalli Edith Esparza-Estrada, Alejandro Espinosa de los Monteros A., Luis Osorio-Olvera, Octavio Rojas-Soto
https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaf030
Comparing Methods for Estimating Geographic Ranges in Freshwater Fishes: Several Mirrors of the Same Reality
Freshwater Biology
Daniel Valencia-Rodríguez, Fabricio Villalobos, Pablo A. Tedesco, Norman Mercado-Silva, Miguel Rubio-Godoy, Octavio Rojas-Soto
https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.70014
Climate Change threatens Pupping Sites of the Critically Endangered Mustelus schmitti: Insights from Ecological Niche Models for Ocean Conservation
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Pablo E. Santana, Javier Nori, Octavio Rojas-Soto, Federico Cortés, Jorge H. Colonello, Mariano Elisio
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109132
Broad geographic dispersal is not a diversification driver for Emberizoidea
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Axel Arango, Jesús Pinto-Ledezma, Octavio Rojas-Soto, Fabricio Villalobos
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1965
Chorotypes, zones for the conservation of Scarabaeoidea, and representativity in protected areas of El Salvador
Insect Conservation and Diversity
José D. Pablo-Cea, Andrés Ramírez-Ponce, Claudia E. Moreno, Ronald D. Cave, Victor Moctezuma, Octavio Rojas-Soto
https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12807
The Human Footprint and Climate Change Shape Current and Future Scenarios of Visceral Leishmaniasis Distribution in Doce River Basin in Brazil
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Josefa Clara Lafuente Monteiro, Sérvio Pontes Ribeiro, Rafael Vieira Duarte, Andrés Lira-Noriega, Octavio Rojas-Soto, Mariângela Carneiro, Alexandre Barbosa Reis, Wendel Coura-Vital
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.24-0442
Global analysis of the influence of environmental variables to explain ecological niches and realized thermal niche boundaries of sea snakes
PLOS One
Carlos Patrón-Rivero, Luis Osorio-Olvera, Octavio Rojas-Soto, Xavier Chiappa-Carrara, Fabricio Villalobos, Brooke Bessesen, Kevin López-Reyes, Carlos Yañez-Arenas
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310456
The effect of climate change on spatio-temporal activity in burrowing frogs of the Smilisca group
Acta Herpetologica
Alondra Encarnación-Luévano,J. Jesús Sigala-Rodríguez, Gustavo E. Quintero-Díaz, Marcelo Silva Briano, Octavio Rojas-Soto
https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-15232
Geographical and ecological distribution analysis of Dalbergia Calderonii Standl. (Fabaceae): implications for the conservation of this critically endangered rosewood
Plant Ecology
Manuel Medina-Amaya, Clara Luz Miceli-Méndez, Miguel A. Pérez-Farrera, Sergio López, Octavio Rojas-Soto
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-024-01473-y
Software codesign between end users and developers to enhance utility for biodiversity conservation
BioScience
Mary E Blair, Elkin A Noguera-Urbano, Jose Manuel Ochoa-Quintero, Andrea Paz, Cristina Lopez-Gallego, María Ángela Echeverry-Galvis, Juan Zuloaga, Pilar Rodríguez, Leonardo Lemus-Mejia, Peter Ersts, Daniel F López-Lozano, Matthew E Aiello-Lammens, Hector M Arango, Leonardo Buitrago, Samuel Chang Triguero, Cristian A Cruz-Rodríguez, Juan F Díaz-Nieto, Dairo Escobar, Valentina Grisales-Betancur, Bethany A Johnson, Jamie M Kass, María C Londoño-Murcia, Cory Merow, Carlos J Muñoz-Rodríguez, María Helena Olaya-Rodríguez, Juan L Parra, Gonzalo E Pinilla-Buitrago, Nicolette S Roach, Octavio Rojas-Soto, Néstor Roncancio-Duque, Erika Suárez-Valencia, J Nicolás Urbina-Cardona, Jorge Velásquez-Tibatá, Camilo A Zapata-Martinez, Robert P Anderson
https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae097
Critical habitats: climate change and habitat loss as drivers of change in the geographic ranges of Neotropical woodcreepers (Aves: Furnariidae) in Mexico
Regional Environmental Change
Rosa I. Salazar-Miranda, Felipe A. Toro-Cardona, Octavio Rojas-Soto, Pablo Sierra-Morales, César A. Ríos-Muñoz, Roberto Carlos Almazán-Núñez
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-024-02303-7
Analyses of the variable selection using correlation methods: An approach to the importance of statistical inferences in the modelling process
Ecological Modelling
Mauricio Díaz-Vallejo, Alexander Peña-Peniche, Claudio Mota-Vargas, Javier Piña-Torres, Daniel Valencia-Rodríguez, Coral E. Rangel-Rivera, Juliana Gaviria-Hernández, Octavio Rojas-Soto
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2024.110893
Western Atlantic regionalization based on distributional congruence patterns of Scleractinian corals
Ocean & Coastal Management
Aileen Aja-ArteagaA, Ana L. Gutiérrez-Velázquez. L. Ortiz-Lozano, Octavio Rojas-Soto
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107213
Recent changes in tropical-dry-forest connectivity within the Balsas Basin Biogeographic Province: potential effects on endemic-bird distributions
Nature Conservation
Alejandra Galindo-Cruz, Francisco Javier Sahagún-Sánchez, Fabiola López-Barrera, Octavio Rojas-Soto
https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.55.120594
Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) fruit consumption and preference by cloud forest birds: Implications for woody native species regeneration
Forest Ecology and Management
Angel J. Carpinteiro-Díaz, Claudio Mota-Vargas, Octavio R. Rojas-Soto, Fabiola López-Barrera
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121896
Geographic variation in morphology and plumage within the Long-tailed Wood-Partridge (Dendrortyx macroura)
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
Claudio Mota-Vargas, John McCormack, Octavio Rojas-Soto
https://doi.org/10.1676/22-00041
Calibration areas in ecological niche and species distribution modelling: Unravelling approaches and concepts
Journal of Biogeography
Octavio Rojas-Soto, Juan S. Forero-Rodríguez, Alejandra Galindo-Cruz, Claudio Mota-Vargas, Keisy D. Parra-Henao, Alexander Peña-Peniche, Javier Piña-Torres, Karen Rojas-Herrera, Juan D. Sánchez-Rodríguez, Felipe A. Toro-Cardona, Carlos D. Trinidad-Domínguez
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14834
At home in the tropics: seasonal niche-tracking by the Yellow-green Vireo, Vireo flavoviridis, an intratropical migrant
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad
Alejandra Ochoa-González, Octavio Rojas-Soto, David A. Prieto-Torres, María del Coro Arizmendi, Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza
https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2023.94.5233
Seasonal distribution analysis of five lasiurine bat species: clues to migration patterns and behavior
Mammalia
Karen Rojas-Herrera, Fabricio Villalobos, Antonio Guillén-Servent, Sergio Solari, Octavio Rojas-Soto
https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2022-0129
Vipers on the Scene: Assessing the Relationship Between Speciation and Climatic Niche Evolution in Venomous Snakes (Reptilia: Viperidae)
Evolutionary Biology
Citlalli Edith Esparza-Estrada, Laura R.V. Alencar, Levi Carina Terribile, Octavio Rojas-Soto, Carlos Yáñez-Arenas & Fabricio Villalobos
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11692-023-09604-5
The effect of topographic complexity on species range size estimation and its conservation implications: a subtle oversight
Biodiversity and Conservation
Alejandra Galindo-Cruz, Octavio Rojas-Soto
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02580-4
Predicting daily activity time through ecological niche modelling and microclimatic data
Journal of Animal Ecology
Felipe A. Toro-Cardona, Juan L. Parra, Octavio R. Rojas-Soto
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13895
An exhaustive evaluation of modeling ecological niches above species level to predict marine biological invasions
Marine Environmental Research
Kevin López-Reyes, Luis Osorio-Olvera, Octavio Rojas-Soto, Xavier Chiappa-Carrara, Carlos Patrón-Rivero, Carlos Yáñez-Arenas
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.105926
Contrasting biogeographical patterns of threatened vertebrates on islands emerge from disparities between expert-derived maps and Global Biodiversity Information Facility data
Journal of Biogeography
Javier Nori, David A. Prieto-Torres, Fabricio Villalobos, Rafael Loyola, Octavio Rojas-Soto, Juan L. Parra, Andrés Lira-Noriega, H. Mauricio Ortega-Andrade, Adrián Monjeau, Sebastián Hernández-De La Fuente, Enrique Martínez-Meyer, Luis Osorio-Olvera
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14545