Search Results - "Gavilanez, María Mercedes"

Stronger tests of mechanisms underlying geographic gradients of biodiversity: insights from the dimensionality of biodiversity by Stevens, Richard D, Tello, J Sebastián, Gavilanez, María Mercedes

“…Inference involving diversity gradients typically is gathered by mechanistic tests involving single dimensions of biodiversity such as species richness…”
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Dimensionality of community structure: phylogenetic, morphological and functional perspectives along biodiversity and environmental gradients by Stevens, Richard D., Gavilanez, Maria Mercedes

“…Biodiversity is a complex and multidimensional concept that characterizes variation of life on Earth. Nonetheless, most studies have examined only a few, if…”
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New altitudinal record for white-lipped peccary Tayassu pecari (Link, 1795) in Ecuador, with notes about activity patterns and herd size by Torres, Javier, Gavilánez, María Mercedes

“…White-lipped peccaries ( ) represent a key element of trophic networks in tropical rainforest ecosystems by playing the dual role of consumer and prey. Despite…”
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Remarkable records of jaguars and Andean bears in northwestern Ecuador: Implications for human-wildlife conflicts by Torres-Jiménez, Javier, Seger, Sylvia M., Acosta-López, Camila, Gavilánez, María Mercedes, Kohn, Sebastián, Narváez, Fabricio, Laguna, Andrés, Monteros, Marco, Ramírez-Piedra, Hugo, Lucero-Toapanta, Denis, Armas, Christian

“…Jaguar populations ( Panthera onca ) on the Ecuadorian coast are critically endangered, with only a few dozen individuals remaining in the region. In some…”
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EFFECTS OF HUMAN DISTURBANCES ON THE SEED DISPERSAL BY BATS COMMUNITIES ON THE ANDEAN CHOCÓ by Rodríguez Segovia, Marco Antonio, Gavilánez Endara, María Mercedes

“…In the northwest of Pichincha (Ecuador), the last tropical forests of the Chocó located in the Mashpi mountains have been fragmented due to deforestation and…”
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Role of environmental, historical and spatial processes in the structure of N eotropical primate communities: contrasting taxonomic and phylogenetic perspectives by Gavilanez, Maria Mercedes, Stevens, Richard D.

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Role of environmental, historical and spatial processes in the structure of Neotropical primate communities: contrasting taxonomic and phylogenetic perspectives by Gavilanez, Maria Mercedes, Stevens, Richard D.

“…Aim: To evaluate relative importance of niche, historical and spatial processes on the taxonomic and phylogenetic structure of primate communities. Location:…”
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Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of primate communities in Ecuador by Orellana-Vásquez, Hernán, Gavilánez-E., María Mercedes

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Examining Neotropical Primate Community Structure at Regional and Local Scales : Insights from Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Approaches by Gavilanez, Maria Mercedes

“…Understanding mechanisms underlying distribution of biodiversity remains a central issue in ecology. I integrate ecological and phylogenetic information at…”
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