A5066495293- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Botanical Research and Applications
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
2015-2025
Instituto de Ecología
2016-2023
The genus Agave is one of the most diverse and rich groups plants Mexico. Mexican people have developed several technologies to extract products from Agave, for many years they consumed five different alcoholic beverages derived Agave: Tequila, Mezcal, Bacanora, Raicilla, Pulque. Additionally, has coevolved with nectar-feeding bats, in cases, bats play main role as functional pollinators this ecological relationship. But growth demand agave products, management practices reduced dependence...
Se describen los patrones de actividad visitantes a las inflorescencias 3 especies Agave: Agave difformis, A. garciae-mendozae y striata en distintas localidades la Barranca Metztitlán, Hidalgo, México. define el posible papel estos proceso polinización, ya sea como ladrones polen o néctar, polinizadores primarios secundarios, últimos visitan menos flores y/o lo hacen manera ineficiente. filmó durante 24 h continuas 5 inflorescencias. encontraron siguientes grupos visitantes: esfíngidos,...
Background Genetic diversity is fundamental for the survival of species. In particular, in a climate change scenario, it crucial that populations maintain genetic so they can adapt to novel environmental conditions. wild agaves usually high, with low differentiation among populations, part maintained by agave pollinators such as nectarivorous bats. cultivated agaves, patterns vary according intensity use, management, and domestication stage. A gave tequilana Weber var. azul ( A. thereafter),...
Tequila bats (genus Leptonycteris ) have gained attention for their critical role in pollinating different plant species, especially Agave spp. and columnar cacti. nivalis is the largest nectar-feeding bat Americas, females exhibit migratory behavior during breeding season. Due to its relatively small seemingly declining population sizes, this species protected by government agencies United States Mexico. We conducted genetics phylogeographic analyses elucidate genetic structure demographic...
The interaction between ecological and evolutionary processes has been recognized as an important factor shaping the history of species. Some authors have proposed different hypotheses concerning relationships plants their pollinators; a special case is suspected coevolution among Agave spp. main pollinators, Leptonycteris bats. have, in general, pollination syndrome compatible with chiropterophily including floral shape size, nocturnal nectar production, quality sugar concentration. Our...
Leptonycteris yerbabuenae , the lesser long-nosed bat is an abundant migratory nectar-feeding found in most of Mexico, and some areas northern Central America small sections southwestern USA. We analyzed distribution maternal paternal lineages this species with phylogeographic methods based on two mitochondrial markers, Cyt-b D-loop a marker located Y chromosome, DBY . obtained tissue samples from 220 individuals 23 localities. Levels genetic diversity (haplotype diversity, H d ) were high (...
Abstract Wing mites of the genus Periglischrus are ectoparasites exclusively associated with phyllostomid bats. These show high host specificity and have been studied to understand evolutionary history their bat hosts mainly by using a morphological variation. Through phylogeographic approach, we analyzed genetic diversity population structure ectoparasite paracaligus Herrin Tipton which parasitizes Leptonycteris yerbabuenae Martínez Villa (lesser long-nosed bat) in Mexico. By implementation...