Species distribution modeling in Latin America: a 25-year retrospective review

N Urbina-Cardona, ME Blair… - Tropical …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Species distribution modeling (SDM) is a booming area of research that has had an
exponential increase in use and development in recent years. We performed a search of …

Anthropogenic threats to the vulnerable andean condor in northern South America

JS Restrepo-Cardona, MA Parrado, FH Vargas… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Vultures comprise one of the most threatened groups of birds worldwide. With a total
population not exceeding 6700 mature individuals, and in rapid decline across its range, the …

Long-term Christmas Bird Counts describe neotropical urban bird diversity

MA Echeverry-Galvis, P Lozano Ramírez… - PLoS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
A significant gap in understanding the response of biodiversity to urban areas is the lack of
long-term studies. Most of the information on urban birds comes from studies carried out in …

Birds vs bricks: Patterns of species diversity in response to urbanization in a Neotropical Andean city

JD Carvajal-Castro, AM Ospina-L, Y Toro-Lopez… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Urbanization is currently one the most important causes of biodiversity loss. The Colombian
Andes is a well-known hotspot for biodiversity, however, it also exhibit high levels of …

[HTML][HTML] Vulnerability assessment of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia: World's most irreplaceable nature reserve

M Duran-Izquierdo, J Olivero-Verbel - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta (SNSM), Colombia, has been considered the world's
most irreplaceable nature reserve. However, little is known about how human activities are …

[HTML][HTML] Aves del departamento de Cundinamarca, Colombia: conocimiento, nuevos registros y vacíos de información

S Chaparro-Herrera, A Lopera-Salazar, FG Stiles - Biota colombiana, 2018 - scielo.org.co
Resumen El departamento de Cundinamarca, Colombia, constituye un territorio con
variedad de condiciones geográficas y ecosistémicas que hacen de este una de las …

BioModelos: A collaborative online system to map species distributions

J Velásquez-Tibatá, MH Olaya-Rodríguez… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Information on species distribution is recognized as a crucial input for biodiversity
conservation and management. To that end, considerable resources have been dedicated …

Changes over 26 years in the avifauna of the Bogotá region, Colombia: Has climate change become important?

FG Stiles, L Rosselli, S De La Zerda - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
High Neotropical mountains are among the most threatened ecosystems by climate change
and this problem could be accentuated in cities where temperatures are higher. However …

Tracking extinction risk trends and patterns in a mega-diverse country: A Red List Index for birds in Colombia

LM Renjifo, AM Amaya-Villarreal, SHM Butchart - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Monitoring trends in the extinction risk of species is important for tracking conservation
effectiveness. The Red List index (RLI) reflects changes in aggregate extinction risk for sets …

Effects of climate change and human influence in the distribution and range overlap between two widely distributed avian scavengers

F Sáenz-Jiménez, O Rojas-Soto… - Bird Conservation …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Climate change can cause geographic displacement of the ecological niche of a species, so
that similar species that previously did not coexist could begin to face new interactions. Such …