DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA GENERAL
DRA. ALEJANDRA MORALES
Publicaciones Recientes
(2023). Olive ridley sea turtle incubation in natural conditions is possible on Guatemalan beaches. Sustainability 15(19), 14196.
(2023). Validating trends in olive ridley sea turtle nesting track counts in Guatemala in light of a national hatchery protection strategy. Oryx 57(1),48-54
(2022). Lepidochelys olivacea status and its relationship with nest management on the eastern coast in the Pacifico of Guatemala. Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica.
(2021). Hatching Success Rather Than Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination as the Main Driver of Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) Nesting Activity in the Pacific Coast of Central America. Animals 11(11), 3168.
DRA. ROSA ALICIA JIMÉNEZ
Publicaciones Recientes
(2023). Specimen collection is essential for modern science. PLoS Biology 21(11): e3002318. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002318
(2023). Sixty-fourth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukad023
(2022). A set of principles and practical suggestions for equitable fieldwork in biology. PNAS, 119 (34) e2122667119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122667119
(2021). Integrative taxonomy and geographic sampling underlie successful species delimitation. The Auk, 138(2), ukab009. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukab009
(2021). Biogeografía y evolución de la biodiversidad en Guatemala, ¿Qué nos ha contado el ADN? Revista Científica, 30(1), 37-47. https://doi.org/10.54495/Rev.Cientifica.v30i1.19
DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
M.SC. PEDRO PARDO
Publicaciones Recientes
(2022). Phytosociological analysis of the mesophilic forest of the San Pedro volcano (Guatemala). An Acad Bras a Cienc 94: e20210445. DOI 10.1590/0001-3765202220210445
(2021). Impacts of land management and climate change in a developing and socioenvironmental challenging transboundary region. Journal of Environmental Management. Vol. 300, 113748, ISSN 0301-4797, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113748.
(2021). Catalogue of edible and medicinal plants of Monterrico´s Nature Reserve –RNUMM. CECON, USAC.
(2020). Homegarden Structure Dynamics in Communities of a Wetland Conservation Area in the Pacific Coast of Guatemala. Virtual presentation and organized in Witzenhausen, Germany.
(2017). Master thesis report: Identification of vegetation-based indicators for assessing the ecosystem services of the cocoa agroforestry systems in the buffer zone of the National Park "Rio Abiseo", Peru. Faculty of Environmental Sciences of Technische Universität Dresden, Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products.
(2017). Publication in the book of abstracts Tropentag of the study: "Identification of vegetation-based indicators for assessing the ecosystem services of the cocoa agroforestry systems in the buffer zone of the National Park "Rio Abiseo", Peru".
DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA, GENÉTICA Y VIDA SILVESTRE
LIC. CARLOS VÁSQUEZ ALMAZÁN
Publicaciones Recientes
(2023). Ongoing declines for the world's amphibians in the face of emerging threats. DOI:10.1038/s41586-023-06578-4
(2021). A new species of Bolitoglossa (Caudata: Plethodontidae) of the Bolitoglossa franklini group from an isolated cloud forest in northern Guatemala. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.2.7
(2018). The Influence of Habitat and Phylogeny on the Skin Microbiome of Amphibians in Guatemala and Mexico. DOI: 10.1007/s00248-018-1288-8
(2018). On the Monophyly and Relationships of Several Genera of Hylini (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae), with Comments on Recent Taxonomic Changes in Hylids. DOI:10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00115.1
(2015). Biogeography and evolution of Central American cloud forest salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Cryptotriton), with the description of a new species. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12268
DR. PAVEL GARCÍA
Publicaciones Recientes
(2023). Hurricane disturbance drives trophic changes in neotropical mountain stream food webs. Ecology, e4202.
(2023). Stream food webs in tropical mountains rely on allochthonous carbon regardless of land use. PloS one, 18(12), e0295738.
(2022). Global patterns and controls of nutrient immobilization on decomposing cellulose in riverine ecosystems. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 36(3), e2021GB007163.
(2021). Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics. Nature Communications, 12(1), 3700.
(2021). Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition. Science Advances, 7(13), eabe7860.
(2019). Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones. Science Advances, 5(1), eaav0486.
(2016). Allochthonous vs. autochthonous energy resources for aquatic insects in cloud forest streams, Veracruz, Mexico. Hidrobiológica, 26(3), 483-496.
DR. SERGIO MELGAR
Publicaciones Recientes
(2022). Molecular identification and genetic diversity of the species of nematodes Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida in potato growing regions of Guatemala. 9, 166–181.
(2021). Diseño, estandarización e implementación de una nueva técnica en Guatemala, para el diagnóstico rápido de hemocultivos positivos, utilizando la tecnología Maldi-tof. Ciencia, Tecnología y Salud, 8(1), 93.
(2020). Common pattern of distribution for Mesoamerican Triatoma dimidiata suggest geological and ecological association. Acta tropica, 204, 105329.
(2019). Reducción del tiempo de respuesta en el diagnóstico microbiológico rutinario de hemocultivos, utilizando la tecnología Maldi-tof. Revista médica, 158(2), 111–114.
DEPARTAMENTO DE BOTÁNICA RECURSOS NATURALES RENOVABLES Y CONSERVACIÓN
LICDA. MARÍA RENÉE ÁLVAREZ
Publicaciones Recientes
(2023). Biofilm of epiphytic algae and fungi in forest plantations of pinabete (Abies guatemalensis) in Guatemala. Mexican Journal of Phytopathology 41(3). DOI: https://doi.org/10.18781/R.MEX.FIT.2301-2
(2021). Caracterización Botánica y Genética de árboles élite de cacao (Theobroma cacao L.- MALVACEAE) cultivadas en Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Revista de la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala 43: 19-30.
(2020). Magnolia poqomchi, a new species of subsection Magnolia (Magnoliaceae) from San Cristóbal Verapaz, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Phytotaxa 454 (4): 231–24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.454.4.1
(2020). The elusive Sobralia amabilis (Orchidaceae): A range extension of its distribution to Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, with notes on its habitat. LANKESTERIANA 20(1): 1–6. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/lank.v20i1.40754
(2019). Contribución al conocimiento de plantas medicinales de uso tradicional en el área de influencia de la Asociación de Investigación y Desarrollo Integral ASINDI Rex We, en el departamento de Quetzaltenango (Xelajuj No'j), Guatemala. Revista de la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. 37: 63-74.
ING. AGR. MARIO VÉLIZ
Publicaciones Recientes
(2023). High vascular plant species richness in the Usumacinta River Basin: a comprehensive floristic checklist for a natural region in the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot. DOI: 10.17129/botsci.3253
LIC. JERRY JAVIER GONZÁLEZ CANTORAL
Publicaciones Recientes
(2022). Relación entre las propiedades fisicoquímicas del suelo y el contenido de compuestos fenólicos en hojas y flores de Chiranthodendron pentadactylon Larreat.