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  1. Functional safeguards for conservation: Identifying climate change refugia for frugivorous and nectarivorous birds in a degraded area of Colombia

    Article • PLOS One, May 2025, PLOS

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  2. Spotting what’s important: Priority areas, connectivity, and conservation of the Northern Tiger Cat (Leopardus tigrinus) in Colombia

    Article • PLOS One, September 2022, PLOS

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  3. Functional niche constraints on carnivore assemblages (Mammalia: Carnivora) in the Americas: What facilitates coexistence through space and time?

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, February 2022, Wiley

    Rafael Hurtado, Dr. José F. González-Maya

  4. An ecoregion‐based approach to restoring the world's intact large mammal assemblages

    Article • Ecography, January 2022, Wiley

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  5. Confirmation of the current occurrence of Nasua narica (Procyonidae) in the Caribbean region of Colombia

    Article • January 2022, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  6. Connectivity conservation at the crossroads: protected areas versus payments for ecosystem services in conserving connectivity for Colombian carnivores

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, January 2022, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  7. Roaming among humans: noteworthy records of jaguar (Panthera onca) close to human settlements in the Paraguayan Humid Chaco

    Article • Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, October 2021, Consorci del Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Barcelona

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  8. Beyond words: From jaguar population trends to conservation and public policy in Mexico

    Article • PLOS One, October 2021, PLOS

    Dr. José F. González-Maya, Professor Gerardo Ceballos

  9. Vacíos de información espacial sobre la riqueza de mamíferos terrestres continentales de Colombia

    Article • Caldasia, August 2021, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    Dr. José F. González-Maya, Mr Héctor E. Ramírez Chaves

  10. Valores de uso y amenazas sobre los mamíferos medianos y grandes del Distrito de Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

    Article • Caldasia, August 2021, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  11. Tremarctos ornatus (Carnivora: Ursidae)

    Article • Mammalian Species, July 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  12. Biodiverse river basins: assessing coverage of protected areas for terrestrial vertebrates

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  13. Climate refugia for two Colombian endemic tamarin primates are critically under-protected

    Article • Mammalian Biology, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  14. Not all gone: the rediscovery of Jaguar (Carnivora: Felidae: Panthera onca) and records of threatened monkeys (Primates: Mammalia) in the Magdalena River Valley of Caldas Department in Colombia, a call for their conservation

    Article • Journal of Threatened Taxa, March 2021, Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  15. Viviendo en los Andes: registros notables de la distribución altitudinal del oso andino, Tremarctos ornatus (Ursidae) en Boyacá, Colombia

    Article • Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, December 2020, Consorci del Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Barcelona

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  16. Diet of Andean bears in Tamá National Natural Park, Colombia

    Article • Ursus, August 2020, Ursus

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  17. Coyote ( Canis latrans ) in South America: potential routes of colonization

    Article • Integrative Zoology, June 2020, Wiley

    Dr. José F. González-Maya, Dr octavio monroy-vilchis

  18. Environmental Drivers and Distribution Patterns of Carnivoran Assemblages (Mammalia: Carnivora) in the Americas: Past to Present

    Article • Journal of Mammalian Evolution, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  19. Precipitous decline of white-lipped peccary populations in Mesoamerica

    Article • Biological Conservation, February 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  20. Potential effect of habitat disturbance on reproduction of the critically endangered harlequin frog Atelopus varius in Las Tablas, Costa Rica

    Article • Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, January 2020, Consorci del Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Barcelona

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  21. Anteaters on the edge: giant and lesser anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla and Tamandua tetradactyla) at their geographic distributional limits in Paraguay

    Article • Iheringia Série Zoologia, January 2020, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  22. A Sensitivity Analysis of the Application of Integrated Species Distribution Models to Mobile Species: A Case Study with the Endangered Baird’s Tapir

    Article • Environmental Conservation, June 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  23. Water-bug (<i>Abedus</i> SP.; Belostomatidae) Predation on the Critically Endangered <i>Atelopus varius</i> (Bufonidae) at Las Tablas Protected Zone, Costa Rica

    Article • Acta Biológica Colombiana, May 2019, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  24. Not eating alone: Andean bear time patterns and potential social scavenging behaviors

    Article • Therya, January 2019, Asociacion Mexicana de Mastozoologia

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  25. Food habits of puma (Puma concolor) in the Andean areas and the buffer zone of the Tamá National Natural Park, Colombia

    Article • Therya, September 2018, Asociacion Mexicana de Mastozoologia

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  26. Multi-criteria spatial identification of carnivore conservation areas under data scarcity and conflict: a jaguar case study in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  27. From hope to alert: demography of a remnant population of the Critically Endangered Atelopus varius from Costa Rica

    Article • Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, April 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  28. Comportamento de interação e vocalização do tapir centro-americano Tapirus bairdii de Talamanca, Costa Rica

    Article • April 2018, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  29. Margay also hide their spots: first records of melanistic Leopardus wiedii from Colombia and Costa Rica

    Article • Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, April 2018, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  30. Mineral-Lick Use ByCholoepus hoffmanni(Pilosa: Megalonychidae) At Las Cruces Biological Station, Coto Brus, Costa Rica

    Article • The Southwestern Naturalist, December 2017, Southwestern Association of Naturalists

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  31. Using a novel model approach to assess the distribution and conservation status of the endangered Baird's tapir

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr. José F. González-Maya, Joel Saenz

  32. First confirmed records of the bush dog (Carnivora: Canidae) for Costa Rica

    Article • August 2017, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  33. Kinosternon scorpioides scorpioides (Testudines: Kinosternidae): nuevo reporte en el nororiente de Colombia

    Article • Acta Biológica Colombiana, May 2017, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  34. Distribution of mammal functional diversity in the Neotropical realm: Influence of land-use and extinction risk

    Article • PLOS One, April 2017, PLOS

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  35. The jaguar's spots are darker than they appear: assessing the global conservation status of the jaguar Panthera onca

    Article • Oryx, January 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  36. Wild Felid Range Shift Due to Climatic Constraints in the Americas: a Bottleneck Explanation for Extinct Felids?

    Article • Journal of Mammalian Evolution, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  37. Terrestrial medium and large-sized mammal’s diversity and activity patterns from Tamá National Natural Park and buffer zone, Colombia

    Article • Therya, May 2016, Asociacion Mexicana de Mastozoologia

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  38. Analysis of the distribution of the Grison (Galictis vittata) (Carnivora: Mustelidae) in the Colombian Caribbean

    Article • Therya, January 2016, Asociacion Mexicana de Mastozoologia

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  39. Morphometric analysis of the Rio Apaporis Caiman (Reptilia, Crocodylia, Alligatoridae)

    Article • Zootaxa, December 2015, Magnolia Press

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  40. Spatial patterns of species richness and functional diversity in Costa Rican terrestrial mammals: implications for conservation

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, October 2015, Wiley

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  41. Patrones de actividad de poblaciones de la Tayra Eira barbara en Costa Rica y Colombia: evidencia de efectos estacionales

    Article • Revista Biodiversidad Neotropical, July 2015, Universidad Tecnologica del Choco Diego Luis Cordoba

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  42. Effectiveness of Protected Areas for Representing Species and Populations of Terrestrial Mammals in Costa Rica

    Article • PLOS One, May 2015, PLOS

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  43. Recent confirmed records of the Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus) in the department of Antioquia, Colombia

    Article • Mammalogy Notes, December 2014, Sociedad Colombiana de Mastozoologia

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  44. Registros recientes de cacería de felinos silvestres y confirmación de la presencia de puma (Puma concolor) en la zona de amortiguamiento del Santuario de Fauna y Flora El Corchal “El Mono Hernández”, Colombia

    Article • Mammalogy Notes, December 2014, Sociedad Colombiana de Mastozoologia

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  45. Prioridades de Investigación del Superorden Xenarthra en Colombia II Simposio Colombiano de Perezosos, Armadillos y Hormigueros IV Congreso Colombiano de Zoología, Cartagena, 1–5 de Diciembre de 2014

    Article • Edentata, December 2014, Edentata

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  46. Una estrategia de conservación a escala regional para el jaguar (Panthera onca) en el distrito biogeográfico de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

    Article • Revista Biodiversidad Neotropical, July 2014, Universidad Tecnologica del Choco Diego Luis Cordoba

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  47. Condición corporal de machos de Oophaga pumilio (Anura: Dendrobatidae) en relación con elementos del hábitat en la Estación Biológica La Selva, Sarapiquí, Costa Rica

    Article • Revista Biodiversidad Neotropical, June 2014, Universidad Tecnologica del Choco Diego Luis Cordoba

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  48. Carnivores in Silvopastoral Systems

    Article • Mammalia, January 2014, De Gruyter

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  49. Método de valoración de la viabilidad de corredores biológicos para mamíferos: análisis preliminar del corredor biológico San Juan-La Selva en Costa Rica

    Article • Revista Biodiversidad Neotropical, June 2013, Universidad Tecnologica del Choco Diego Luis Cordoba

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  50. Renewing hope: the rediscovery of Atelopus varius in Costa Rica

    Article • Amphibia-Reptilia, January 2013, Brill

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  51. Conservación de mamíferos del Chocó: distribución, riqueza y representatividad de las áreas protegidas

    Article • Revista Biodiversidad Neotropical, December 2012, Universidad Tecnologica del Choco Diego Luis Cordoba

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  52. Efecto de los claros de bosque en la composición de murciélagos insectívoros en la Reserva Biológica la Tirimbina, Sarapiquí, Costa Rica

    Article • Revista Biodiversidad Neotropical, December 2012, Universidad Tecnologica del Choco Diego Luis Cordoba

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  53. Efecto potencial del cambio climático en la proporción de sexos del caimán en Costa Rica

    Article • Revista de Ciencias Ambientales, December 2012, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  54. Baird's tapir density in high elevation forests of the Talamanca region of Costa Rica

    Article • Integrative Zoology, December 2012, Wiley

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  55. Conectando dos continentes: riqueza de especies, caracteres funcionales y el riesgo de extinción en el continuo del Istmo de Panamá-Chocó

    Article • Revista Biodiversidad Neotropical, June 2012, Universidad Tecnologica del Choco Diego Luis Cordoba

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  56. Análisis de tablas de vida de dos poblaciones aisladas de Dendrobates auratus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) en Costa Rica

    Article • Revista Biodiversidad Neotropical, July 2011, Universidad Tecnologica del Choco Diego Luis Cordoba

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  57. A new population record and conservation assessment of the Santa Marta Poison Arrow Frog Colostethus ruthveni Kaplan, 1997 (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

    Article • Journal of Threatened Taxa, March 2011, Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  58. Estructura poblacional, abundancia, distribución y uso de hábitat de Caiman crocodilus fuscus (Cope, 1868) en la Vía Parque Isla de Salamanca, Caribe colombiano

    Article • Revista de biología marina y oceanografía, April 2009, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  59. Dung-beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabeidae) from the Zona Protectora Las Tablas, Talamanca, Costa Rica

    Article • Check List, November 2008, Check List Journal

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  60. The Status of the World's Land and Marine Mammals: Diversity, Threat, and Knowledge

    Article • Science, October 2008, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  61. Leopardus tigrinus ssp. oncilla: de Oliveira, T., Schipper, J. & Gonzalez-Maya, J.F.

    Article • IUCN

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  62. Eira barbara: Cuarón, A.D., Reid, F., Helgen, K. & González-Maya, J.F.

    Article • IUCN

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  63. Bassariscus sumichrasti: Pino, J., Samudio Jr, R., González-Maya, J.F. & Schipper, J.

    Article • IUCN

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  64. Galictis vittata: Cuarón, A.D., Reid, F., González-Maya, J.F. & Helgen, K.

    Article • IUCN

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  65. Nasuella olivacea: González-Maya, J.F., Reid, F. & Helgen, K.

    Article • IUCN

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  66. Procyon cancrivorus: Reid, F., Helgen, K. & González-Maya, J.F.

    Article • IUCN

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  67. Spilogale pygmaea: Helgen, K., Cuarón, A.D., Schipper, J. & González-Maya, J.F.

    Article • IUCN

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  68. Nasuella meridensis: González-Maya, J.F. & Arias-Alzate, AAA

    Article • IUCN

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  69. Lyncodon patagonicus: Kelt, D., Pardiñas, U., Schiaffini, M. & González-Maya, J.F.

    Article • IUCN

    Dr. José F. González-Maya

  70. Mustela felipei: González-Maya, J.F., Emmons, L., Helgen, K. & Arias-Alzate, AAA

    Article • IUCN

    Dr. José F. González-Maya