| Location within campus: | Biotechnology and Prototypes Unit (UBIPRO) |
| Phone: | 55 56231228 |
| Head of Laboratory: | Dr. Héctor Octavio Godínez Álvarez Full Professor C hgodinez@unam.mx |
| Researchers affiliated to the laboratory: | Dr. María del Coro Arizmendi Arriaga coro@unam.mx Dr. Leticia Ríos Casanova leticiarc@unam.mx Dr. Óscar Salomón Sanabria Urbán sanabria_os@comunidad.unam.mx Dr. Julio Alberto Lemos Espinal lemos@unam.mx Dr. Raúl Cueva del Castillo Mendoza rcueva@ecologia.unam.mx |
| Technicians affiliated to the laboratory: | Dr. Ana María Contreras González acontrerasgonzalez@gmail.com |
| Research lines per researcher: | Bird ecology (Dr. Contreras, Dr. Arizmendi), Insect ecology (Dr. Ríos), Systematics and evolution of orthopterans (Dr. Sanabria), Ecology of amphibians and reptiles (Dr. Lemos), Sexual selection, mating systems and evolution of sexual dimorphism in animals (Dr. Cueva del Castillo), Plant ecology (Dr. Godínez). |
In the laboratory we study ecological and evolutionary aspects of some groups of invertebrates, vertebrates and plants. These studies can range from individuals to communities and are carried out in ecosystems such as humid forests, dry forests and semi-deserts in different regions of the country.
1. Contreras-González, A. M., Rivera-Ortíz, F. A., Soberanes-González, C. A., Valiente-Banuet, A., & Arizmendi, A. M. del C. (2009). Feeding Ecology of the Military Macaw (Ara militaris) in a semi-arid region of central México. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 121(2), 384-391. DOI: 10.1676/08-034.1
2.Ramírez-Delgado, V. H., & Cueva del Castillo, R. (2020). Background matching, disruptive coloration, and differential use of microhabitats in two neotropical grasshoppers with sexual dichromatism. Ecology and Evolution,10(3), 1401-1412. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5995
3.Ríos-Casanova, L., Baltazar, K., Cano-Santana, Z., González, L., García, P., Jiménez, C., Trejo, R., Valentín, J., & Vásquez-Bolaños, M. (2017). Ant Species Richness (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Pedregal de San Ángel, an Ecological Reserve in Mexico City. Southwestern Entomologist, 42, 923-926. DOI: 10.3958/059.042.0333
4. Sanabria-Urbán, S., Song, H., Oyama, K., González-Rodríguez, A., & Cueva del Castillo, R. (2017). Integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic diversity in neotropical grasshoppers: Taxonomy, phylogenetics, and evolution of the genus Sphenarium Charpentier, 1842 (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae). Zootaxa, 4274(1), 1-86. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4274.1.1
5. Villarreal-Hernández, V., Smith, G. R., Montoya-Ayala, R., & Lemos-Espinal, J. A. (2020). Abundance, distribution, population structure, and substrate use of Ambystoma altimirani along the Arroyo los Axolotes, State of Mexico, Mexico. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 15(1), 188-197.
| Entry profile of potential thesis students: | Students interested in joining the laboratory must be regular and have time to work in the field and / or laboratory. In addition, they must meet with the professor of their interest to define the possibility of being accepted in the laboratory. |
| Service Social Data: | 1. Systematics and biogeography of Mexican Orthoptera, 2020-12 / 63-22, Collection, assembly, cure and taxonomic determination of biological material. Database preparation and curation. 2. Study of the Formicidae of Mexico: Ecology and biotic interactions, 2020-12 / 63-89.1, Collection and preservation of ants. Organization of collections. 3. Ecology, behavior, evolution and conservation of insects in tropical areas, 2020-2020-12 / 6330, Collection and cultivation of insects. |