Dr. Nicolas Urbina-Cardona
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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View All Publications25 July 2012 in Nature
Journal Article
WLWilliam Laurance
William LauranceDUD. Carolina Useche
D. Carolina Useche
JRJulio Rendeiro
Julio Rendeiro
MKMargareta Kalka
Margareta Kalka
Corey BradshawFZFranky Zamzani
Franky Zamzani
+210
4 October 2023 in Nature
Journal Article
JLJennifer A. Luedtke
Jennifer A. LuedtkeJCJanice Chanson
Janice ChansonKNKelsey Neam
Kelsey NeamLHLouise Hobin
Louise HobinAMAdriano O. Maciel
Adriano O. Maciel
SSSimon N. Stuart
Simon N. Stuart
+117
Systematic assessments of species extinction risk at regular intervals are necessary for informing conservation action1,2. Ongoing developments in taxonomy, threatening processes and research further underscore the need for reassessment3,4. Here we report the findings of the second Global Amphibian Assessment, evaluating 8,011 species for the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species. We find that amphibians are the most threatened vertebrate class (40.7% of species are globally threatened). The updated Red List Index shows that the status of amphibians is deteriorating globally, particularly for salamanders and in the Neotropics. Disease and habitat loss drove 91% of status deteriorations between 1980 and 2004. Ongoing and projected climate change effects are now of increasing concern, driving 39% of status deteriorations since 2004, followed by habitat loss (37%). Although signs of species recoveries incentivize immediate conservation action, scaled-up investment is urgently needed to reverse the current trends.
1 November 2017 in Nature
Journal Article
MPMarion Pfeifer
Marion PfeiferVLV. Lefebvre
V. Lefebvre
CPCarlos Peres
Carlos PeresCBC. Banks-Leite
C. Banks-LeiteOWO. R. Wearn
O. R. WearnRER. M. Ewers
R. M. Ewers
+26
Forest edges influence more than half of the world’s forests and contribute to worldwide declines in biodiversity and ecosystem functions. However, predicting these declines is challenging in heterogeneous fragmented landscapes. Here we assembled a global dataset on species responses to fragmentation and developed a statistical approach for quantifying edge impacts in heterogeneous landscapes to quantify edge-determined changes in abundance of 1,673 vertebrate species. We show that the abundances of 85% of species are affected, either positively or negatively, by forest edges. Species that live in the centre of the forest (forest core), that were more likely to be listed as threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), reached peak abundances only at sites farther than 200–400 m from sharp high-contrast forest edges. Smaller-bodied amphibians, larger reptiles and medium-sized non-volant mammals experienced a larger reduction in suitable habitat than other forest-core species. Our results highlight the pervasive ability of forest edges to restructure ecological communities on a global scale.
16 December 2016 in Ecology and Evolution
Journal Article
LHLawrence N. Hudson
Lawrence N. HudsonTNTim Newbold
Tim NewboldSCSara Contu
Sara Contu
SHSamantha L. L. Hill
Samantha L. L. Hill
ILIgor Lysenko
Igor Lysenko
APAndy Purvis
Andy Purvis +509
The PREDICTS project—Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems (https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts.html)—has collated from published studies a large, reasonably representative database of comparable samples of biodiversity from multiple sites that differ in the nature or intensity of human impacts relating to land use. We have used this evidence base to develop global and regional statistical models of how local biodiversity responds to these measures. We describe and make freely available this 2016 release of the database, containing more than 3.2 million records sampled at over 26,000 locations and representing over 47,000 species. We outline how the database can help in answering a range of questions in ecology and conservation biology. To our knowledge, this is the largest and most geographically and taxonomically representative database of spatial comparisons of biodiversity that has been collated to date; it will be useful to researchers and international efforts wishing to model and understand the global status of biodiversity.
6 December 2019 in Science
Journal Article
MBMatthew G. Betts
Matthew G. BettsCWChristopher Wolf
Christopher WolfMPMarion Pfeifer
Marion PfeiferCBCristina Banks-Leite
Cristina Banks-LeiteVAVíctor Arroyo-Rodríguez
Víctor Arroyo-RodríguezRERobert M. Ewers
Robert M. Ewers +33
Vulnerability to habitat fragmentation: Habitat fragmentation caused by human activities has consequences for the distribution and movement of organisms. Betts et al. present a global analysis of how exposure to habitat fragmentation affects the composition of ecological communities (see the Perspective by Hargreaves). In a dataset consisting of 4489 animal species, regions that historically experienced little disturbance tended to harbor a higher proportion of species vulnerable to fragmentation. Species in more frequently disturbed regions were more resilient. High-latitude areas historically experienced more disturbance and harbor more resilient species, which suggests that extinction has removed fragmentation-sensitive species. Thus, conservation efforts to limit fragmentation are particularly important in the tropics. Science , this issue p. 1236 ; see also p. 1196
11 February 2020 in Ecology Letters
Journal Article
JWJames I Watling
James I WatlingVAVictor Arroyo-Rodríguez
Victor Arroyo-Rodríguez
MPMarion Pfeifer
Marion Pfeifer
LBLander Baeten
Lander Baeten
CBCristina Banks-Leite
Cristina Banks-Leite
LFLenore Fahrig
Lenore Fahrig
+12
About Me
He completed his undergraduate degree in Ecology at the Faculty of Environmental and Rural Studies of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá- Colombia) between 1997 and 2002. He did his PhD in Biological Sciences in Mexico at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) on "Edge and matrix effects in tropical rainforest herpetofauna and their relationship with environmental and structural gradients of the microhabitat" (2002-2007). He has postdoctoral experience in the Museum of Zoology of the Department of Evolutionary Biology - Faculty of Sciences (UNAM) in the use of species distribution models to evaluate the efficiency of natural protected areas and prioritize area networks for biodiversity conservation.
He was a staff member of the NGO Conservation International - Colombia in the position of Coordinator of Ecosystem Services (2009-2011). Since May 2011 he has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology and Territory, Faculty of Environmental and Rural Studies at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Bogotá, Colombia. During the period March 2012 to May 2015 he was the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Ecology at the same university.
He is the chair for Colombia of the IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group and is part of the Group on Earth Observations (GEOBON) in working groups on community composition, functional traits and ecosystem services. He was a member of the board of directors of the Colombian Association of Herpetology.