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  1. Traditional ecological knowledge and symbolic perceptions of wildlife: implications for conservation in urban and rural areas of the Colombian Andes

    Article • Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, February 2026, Taylor & Francis

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  2. Amphibian Traits and Sociodemographic Factors Shape Local Community Perceptions and Conservation Attitudes in Colombia’s Tropical Dry Forests

    Article • Tropical Conservation Science, January 2026, SAGE Publications

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  3. Experiences in Conservation Planning for Amphibians in the Andean Region

    Article • November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  4. Functional Diversity of Amphibians and Reptiles in Tropical Dry Forest Remnants and Anthropogenic Cover Types in the Lower Bogotá River Sub-Basin (Department of Cundinamarca, Colombia)

    Article • November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  5. Herpetofauna of the Andes: A Critical Synthesis

    Article • November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  6. Canopy Openings Reduce Functional Volume in Amphibian Populations of a Neotropical Forest

    Article • Biotropica, November 2025, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  7. Environmental filtering and limiting similarity shape the taxonomic and functional diversity of amazonian floodplain frogs across pasture–edge–interior gradients

    Article • Global Ecology and Conservation, October 2025, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  8. Scale‐Dependent Effects of Landscape Heterogeneity on Butterfly Functional and Taxonomic Diversity in Andean Urban Parks

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, October 2025, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  9. Edge effects on amphibians in transformed tropical dry forest landscapes: The relationship between functional and taxonomic diversity

    Article • Global Ecology and Conservation, June 2025, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  10. Heterogeneity does matter: estimating relationships between anuran diversity and the environment at different spatial scales in a protected páramo of Colombia

    Article • Landscape Ecology, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  11. Influencia de los gradientes ambientales en la abundancia de tres especies de renacuajos asociados a charcas permanentes y temporales

    Article • Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, April 2025, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  12. How low-abundance amphibians shape functional diversity across tropical forest succession stages?

    Article • Ecological Indicators, February 2025, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  13. Enhancing Ecological Education: Utilizing Agent-Based Modeling to Simplify the Impacts of Deforestation on Amphibians

    Article • Biodiversity Informatics, November 2024, The University of Kansas

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  14. Software codesign between end users and developers to enhance utility for biodiversity conservation

    Article • BioScience, October 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  15. Knowledge shortfalls on amphibian diets in Colombia: Future trends and challenges

    Article • Austral Ecology, October 2024, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  16. Major knowledge shortfalls for Colombian Amazonian anurans: Implications for conservation

    Article • Austral Ecology, July 2024, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  17. Amphibian conservation action plan: A status review and roadmap for global amphibian conservation

    Article • July 2024, IUCN

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  18. PRIMER REGISTRO DE DEPREDACIÓN DE ARAÑAS (ARANEA: LYCOSIDAE) POR LA RANA DEL VOLCÁN SAN MARTÍN Craugastor loki (CRAUGASTORIDAE)

    Article • Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología, June 2024, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  19. EFECTO DE BORDE SOBRE ANUROS DEL BOSQUE SECO TROPICAL, POTREROS Y PLANTACIONES DE PALMA DEACEITE, Y SU RELACIÓN CON VARIABLES AMBIENTALES EN EL CARIBE COLOMBIANO

    Article • Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología, March 2024, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  20. Author Correction: Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats

    Article • Nature, December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcos Vaira, PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  21. Author Correction: A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona, alice hughes

  22. Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats

    Article • Nature, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John Measey, Dr Marcos Vaira, PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  23. A Global Biodiversity Observing System to unite monitoring and guide action

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona, Katie L Millette, alice hughes

  24. Functional traits in bees: the role of hairs in the pollination of a Passiflora crop

    Article • Neotropical Entomology, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  25. Uncovering thematic biases in ecosystem services mapping

    Article • Biological Conservation, July 2023, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  26. Snake functional diversity: Roadkill and landscape composition

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, July 2023, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  27. Perception and attitudes of local communities towards vertebrate fauna in the Andes of Colombia

    Article • Ethnobiology and Conservation, June 2023, Universidade Estadual da Paraiba/Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (Ethnobiology and Conservation)

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  28. Edge effects on small mammals within Atlantic Forest

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, January 2023, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  29. Global South leadership towards inclusive tropical ecology and conservation

    Article • Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, January 2023, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  30. Current State of Knowledge of Paramo Amphibians in Colombia

    Article • Tropical Conservation Science, January 2023, SAGE Publications

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  31. Impacts of pastures and forestry plantations on herpetofauna: A global meta- analysis

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, October 2022, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  32. Producción científica sobre la herpetología en Colombia: perspectivas desde los temas de investigación hacia la conservación biológica

    Article • Caldasia, October 2022, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  33. "Functional traits and Plant Invasions in the Orinoco Region"

    Article • Frontiers in Environmental Science, May 2022, Frontiers

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  34. Insights from a landscape ecological perspective for tropical biology and conservation

    Article • Biotropica, March 2022, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  35. Sensitivity of functional diversity indices of anurans transformed landscapes

    Article • Ecological Indicators, March 2022, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  36. Spatial conservation priorities for Neotropical biodiversity

    Article • Biological Conservation, January 2022, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  37. Amphibian species richness and endemism in tropical montane cloud forests across the Neotropics

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

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  38. The interplay of spatial scale and landscape transformation modulates the abundance and intraspecific variation in the ecomorphological traits of a phyllostomid bat

    Article • Journal of Tropical Ecology, November 2021, Cambridge University Press

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  39. Respuestas de la diversidad taxonómica y funcional a la transformación del paisaje: relación de los ensamblajes de anfibios con cambios en el uso y cobertura del suelo

    Article • Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, September 2021, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  40. Tadpoles Inhabiting Natural and Anthropogenic Temporary Water Bodies: Which Are the Environmental Factors that Affect the Diversity of the Assemblages?

    Article • Frontiers in Environmental Science, September 2021, Frontiers

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  41. Local community knowledge and perceptions in the Colombian Caribbean towards Amphibians in urban and rural settings: tools for biological conservation

    Article • Ethnobiology and Conservation, May 2021, Universidade Estadual da Paraiba/Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (Ethnobiology and Conservation)

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  42. The interplay of spatial scale and landscape transformation moderates the abundance and intraspecific variation in the ecomorphological traits of a phyllostomid bat

    Article • May 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  43. Cumulative effects of high intensity hurricanes on herpetofaunal assemblages along a tropical dry forest chronosequence

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, January 2021, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  44. Ensamblajes de anuros y heterogeneidad espacial en un ecosistema de páramo de Colombia

    Article • Caldasia, December 2020, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  45. Functional diversity of phyllostomid bats in an urban–rural landscape: A scale‐dependent analysis

    Article • Biotropica, July 2020, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  46. Land cover drives amphibian diversity across steep elevational gradients in an isolated neotropical mountain range: Implications for community conservation

    Article • Global Ecology and Conservation, June 2020, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  47. Amphibian communities in two contrasting ecosystems: functional diversity and environmental filters

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  48. Support for the habitat amount hypothesis from a global synthesis of species density studies

    Article • Ecology Letters, February 2020, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona, Dr DANILO Bandini RIBEIRO

  49. Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals

    Article • Science, December 2019, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona, Professor Carlos A. Peres, Dr DANILO Bandini RIBEIRO

  50. Critical shifts on spatial traits and the risk of extinction of Andean anurans: an assessment of the combined effects of climate and land-use change in Colombia

    Article • Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, October 2019, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona, Prof Dolors Armenteras

  51. Response of understory vegetation, tree regeneration, and soil quality to manipulated stand density in a Pinus massoniana plantation

    Article • Global Ecology and Conservation, October 2019, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  52. Species sorting and mass effect along forest succession: Evidence from taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of amphibian communities

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, April 2019, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  53. A morphological database for Colombian anuran species from conservation‐priority ecosystems

    Article • Ecology, March 2019, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  54. Empowering Latina scientists

    Article • Science, February 2019, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  55. Road Kill of Snakes on a Highway in an Orinoco Ecosystem: Landscape Factors and Species Traits Related to Their Mortality

    Article • Tropical Conservation Science, January 2019, SAGE Publications

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  56. Species Distribution Modeling in Latin America: A 25-Year Retrospective Review

    Article • Tropical Conservation Science, January 2019, SAGE Publications

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  57. Impact of a hurricane on the herpetofaunal assemblages of a successional chronosequence in a tropical dry forest

    Article • Biotropica, February 2018, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  58. Creation of forest edges has a global impact on forest vertebrates

    Article • Nature, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christoph Scherber, Professor Carlos A. Peres, PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona, Dr DANILO Bandini RIBEIRO

  59. The effect of fragment area on site-level biodiversity

    Article • Ecography, November 2017, Wiley

    Professor Andy Purvis, PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  60. Tools for spatially modeling ecosystem services: Publication trends, conceptual reflections and future challenges

    Article • Ecosystem Services, August 2017, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  61. Efecto de los estadios sucesionales del bosque tropical seco sobre el microhabitat usado por Agalychnis dacnicolor (Anura: Phyllomedusidae) y Smilisca fodiens (Anura: Hylidae)

    Article • Revista de Biología Tropical, March 2017, Universidad de Costa Rica

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  62. The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, December 2016, Wiley

    Dr Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Dr Paolo Giordani, Dr DANILO Bandini RIBEIRO, Professor Carlos A. Peres, Professor Andy Purvis, Dr. Jimmy Pincheira-Ulbrich, Dr Pedro R Beja, Dr Paul Eggleton, PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona, Eyal Shochat, Professor Matthieu Chauvat, Baoming Ge, Dr Matt W Hayward

  63. Abundance signals of amphibians and reptiles indicate strong edge effects in Neotropical fragmented forest landscapes

    Article • Biological Conservation, August 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Carlos A. Peres, PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  64. Amphibian conservation, land-use changes and protected areas: A global overview

    Article • Biological Conservation, November 2015, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  65. Recovery of Amphibian and Reptile Assemblages During Old-Field Succession of Tropical Rain Forests

    Article • Biotropica, March 2015, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  66. Ecological grouping and edge effects in tropical dry forest: reptile-microenvironment relationships

    Article • Biodiversity and Conservation, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  67. BIOFRAG - a new database for analyzing BIOdiversity responses to forest FRAGmentation

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, March 2014, Wiley

    Dr DANILO Bandini RIBEIRO, Professor Christoph Scherber, Professor Carlos A. Peres, PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  68. Small Changes in Vegetation Structure Create Great Changes in Amphibian Ensembles in the Colombian Pacific Rainforest

    Article • Tropical Conservation Science, December 2013, SAGE Publications

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  69. Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

    Article • Nature, July 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Julieta Benitez-Malvido, Dr. Richard T Corlett, PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona, Professor Corey J. A. Bradshaw

  70. Population Dynamics of the Andean LizardAnolis heterodermus: Fast-slow Demographic Strategies in Fragmented Scrubland Landscapes

    Article • Biotropica, July 2012, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  71. Climate Change and American Bullfrog Invasion: What Could We Expect in South America?

    Article • PLOS One, October 2011, PLOS

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  72. The role of the matrix-edge dynamics of amphibian conservation in tropical montane fragmented landscapes

    Article • Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, June 2011, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  73. Anthropogenic Disturbance and Edge Effects on Anuran Assemblages Inhabiting Cloud Forest Fragments in Colombia

    Article • Natureza & Conservação, January 2011, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  74. Ecological-Niche Modeling and Prioritization of Conservation-Area Networks for Mexican Herpetofauna

    Article • Conservation Biology, March 2010, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  75. The Effects of Governmental Protected Areas and Social Initiatives for Land Protection on the Conservation of Mexican Amphibians

    Article • PLOS One, September 2009, PLOS

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  76. 2007 Luis F. Bacardi Award for Advances in Tropical Conservation

    Article • Biotropica, November 2007, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  77. Herpetofauna diversity and microenvironment correlates across a pasture–edge–interior ecotone in tropical rainforest fragments in the Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve of Veracruz, Mexico

    Article • Biological Conservation, September 2006, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  78. Caldasia

    Article • Caldasia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona