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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Uncovering thematic biases in ecosystem services mapping

    Article • Biological Conservation, July 2023, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  4. Snake functional diversity: Roadkill and landscape composition

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, July 2023, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  5. 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

  6. Edge effects on small mammals within Atlantic Forest

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, January 2023, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  7. Global South leadership towards inclusive tropical ecology and conservation

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

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  8. Current State of Knowledge of Paramo Amphibians in Colombia

    Article • Tropical Conservation Science, January 2023, SAGE Publications

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

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

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, October 2022, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

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

    Article • Frontiers in Environmental Science, May 2022, Frontiers

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

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

    Article • Biotropica, March 2022, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  12. Sensitivity of functional diversity indices of anurans transformed landscapes

    Article • Ecological Indicators, March 2022, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  13. Spatial conservation priorities for Neotropical biodiversity

    Article • Biological Conservation, January 2022, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

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

    Article • Ecology Letters, February 2020, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

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

    Article • Ecology, March 2019, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  30. Empowering Latina scientists

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

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  31. 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

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

    Article • Tropical Conservation Science, January 2019, SAGE Publications

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  33. 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

  34. 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

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

    Article • Ecography, November 2017, Wiley

    Professor Andy Purvis, PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

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

    Article • Ecosystem Services, August 2017, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

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

    Article • Biological Conservation, November 2015, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

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

    Article • Biotropica, March 2015, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

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

    Article • Biotropica, July 2012, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

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

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2011, PLOS

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

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

    Article • Natureza & Conservação, January 2011, Elsevier

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

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

    Article • Conservation Biology, March 2010, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  49. 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

  50. 2007 Luis F. Bacardi Award for Advances in Tropical Conservation

    Article • Biotropica, November 2007, Wiley

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona

  51. 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

  52. Caldasia

    Article • Caldasia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    PhD Nicolas Urbina-Cardona