Publications

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2024

Henry, EG; Santini, L; Butchart, SHM; González-Suárez, M; Lucas, PM; Benitez-López, A; Mancini, G; Jung, M; Cardoso, P; Zizka, A; Meyer, C; Akçakaya, HR; Berryman, A; Cazalis, V; Di Marco, M (2024) Modelling the probability of meeting IUCN Red List criteria to support reassessments. Global Change Biology 30: e1711. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17119

Howes, B; González-Suárez, M; Banks-Leite, C; Bellotto-Trigo, FC; Betts, M (2024) A global latitudinal gradient in the proportion of terrestrial vertebrate forest species. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13854

Malyan, J; Lloyd, AJ; González-Suárez, M (2024) Machine learning identification of microhabitat features associated with occupancy of artificial nestboxes by hazel dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius) in a UK woodland site. Wildlife Biology 2024: e01185. DOI: 10.1002/wlb3.01185

Powell, KE; Oliver, TH; González-Suárez, M; Botham, M; Harrower, CA; Comont, RF; Middlebrook, I; Roy, DB (2024) Asynchrony in terrestrial insect abundance corresponds with species' traits. Ecology and Evolution 14, e10910. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10910 

Rueda, M;  González-Suárez, M; Revilla, E (2024) Global biogeographical regions reveal a signal of past human impacts. Ecography 2024: e06762 . DOI: 10.1111/ecog.06762

Srinivasulu, A; Zeale, MRK; Srinivasulu, B; Srinivasulu, C; Jones, G; González-Suárez, M (2024) Future climatically suitable areas for bats in South Asia. Ecology and Evolution 14, e11420. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11420

2023

Cazalis, V; Santini, L; Lucas, PM; González-Suárez, M; Hoffman, M; Benitez-López, A; Pacifici, M; Schipper, AM; Böhm, M; Zizka, A; Clausnitzer, V; Meyer, C; Jung, M; Butchart, SHM; Cardoso, P; Mancini, G; Akçakaya, HR; Young, BE; Patoine, G; Di Marco, M (2023) Prioritizing the reassessment of Data Deficient species in the Red List. Conservation Biology 37: e14139. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14139

Coba-Males, MA; Medrano-Vizcaíno,P; Enríquez, S; Brito-Zapata, D; Martin-Solano, S; Ocaña-Mayorga, S; Carrillo-Bilbao, GA; Narváez, W; Salas, JA; Arrivillaga-Henríquez, J; González-Suárez, M; Poveda, A (2023) From roads to biobanks: roadkill animals as a valuable source of genetic data. PLoS ONE 18: e0290836. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290836

Fung, C; Asante, K; Fellowes, MDE; González-Suárez, M (2023) Ectoparasitoid Dinarmus basalis causes greater offspring loss to the winged morph of Callosobruchus maculatus. Journal of Stored Products Research 103: 102147. DOI: 10.1016/j.jspr.2023.102147

Howes, B; González-Suárez, M; Jensen, HJ, dos Anjos,L; Develey, PF, Hatfield, JH; Morante-Filho, JC; Uezu, A; Banks-Leite, C (2023). Deforestation alters species interactions. Natural Sciences 3: e20220027. DOI: 10.1002/ntls.20220027.

Johnson, TF; Isaac, N; Paviolo, A; González-Suárez, M (2023) Socioeconomic factors predict population changes of large carnivores better than climate change or habitat loss. Nature Communications 14: 74. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35665-9

Medrano-Vizcaíno, P; Brito-Zapata, D; Rueda, A; Jarrín-V., P; García-Carrasco, JM; Medina, D; Aguilar, J; Acosta, N; Grilo, C; González-Suárez, M (2023) First national assessment of wildlife mortality in Ecuador: an effort from citizens and academia to collect roadkill data at country scale. Ecology and Evolution 13: e9916. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9916

Medrano-Vizcaíno, P; Grilo, C; González-Suárez, M (2023) Research and conservation priorities to protect wildlife from collisions with vehicles. Biological Conservation 280: 109952. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.109952 

Medrano-Vizcaíno,P; Grilo, C; Brito-Zapata, D; González-Suárez, M (2023) Landscape and road features linked to wildlife mortality in the Amazon. Biodiversity and Conservation 32: 4337–4352. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-023-02699-4

Mulero-Pázmány, M; Rollan, L; D'Amico, M; González-Suárez, M (2023) Road orientation affects the impact of roads on wildlife. Wildlife Research 50: 39–46. DOI:10.1071/WR21149

Powell, KE; Oliver, TH; Johns, T; González-Suárez, M; England, J; Roy, DB (2023) Abundance trends for river macroinvertebrates vary across taxa, trophic group and river typology. Global Change Biology 29: 1282–1295. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16549

Stewart, K; Carmona, C; Clements, C; Venditti, C; Tobias, JA; González-Suárez, M (2023) Functional diversity metrics can perform well with highly incomplete datasets. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 14: 2856–2872. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.14202

2022


Bessesen, B; Garrido-Cayul, C; González-Suárez, M (2022) Habitat suitability and area of occupancy defined for rare New World sea snake. Conservation Science and Practice 5: e12865. DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12865

Bessesen, B; González-Suárez, M (2022) Safe from sunburn: the divergent diel pattern of a Hydrophis sea snake. Ecology and Evolution 12: e8436. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8436 

Bessesen, B; Oedekoven, CS; Galbreath, GJ; González-Suárez, M (2022) Population abundance and density estimates for Costa Rica’s endemic sea snake, Hydrophis platurus xanthos. Frontiers in Marine Science 9: 924966. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.924966

Cazalis, V; Di Marco, M: Butchart, SHM; Akçakaya, HR; González-Suárez, M; Meyer, C; Clausnitzer, V: Böhm, M; Zizka, A; Cardoso, P; Schipper, AM; Bachman, SP; Young, BE; Hoffman, M; Benitez-López, A; Lucas, PM; Pettorelli, N; Patoine, G; Pacifici, M; Jörger-Hickfang, T; Brooks, TM; Rondinini, C; Hill, SLL; Visconti, P; Santini, L (2022) Bridging the research-implementation gap in IUCN Red List assessments. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37: 359-370. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.002

Cornford, R; Millard, J; González-Suárez, M; Freeman, R; Johnson, TJ (2022) Automated synthesis of biodiversity knowledge requires better tools and standardised research output. Ecography  2022: e06068DOI: 10.1111/ecog.06068. EDITOR'S CHOICE

Johnson, T; Cruz, P; Isaac, NJB; Paviolo, A; González-Suárez, M (2022). CaPTrends: A database of large Carnivoran Population Trends from around the world. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31: 2475– 2482. DOI:10.1111/geb.13587 

Medrano-Vizcaíno, P; Grilo, C; Pinto, FAS; Carvalho, WD; Melinski, RD; Schultz, ED; González-Suárez, M (2022) Roadkill patterns in Latin American birds and mammals. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31: 1756– 1783. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13557

2021


Bessesen, B; González-Suárez, M (2021) The value and limitations of local ecological knowledge: longitudinal and retrospective assessment of flagship species in Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica. People and Nature 3: 627–638. DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10219

Bessesen, B; González-Suárez, M; Herramiranda, D; Oviedo, L (2021) Hydrophis platurus xanthos (Golfo Dulce Yellow Seasnake). Harassment by dolphins. Herpetological Review, Natural History Notes 52: 425-426

Broennimann, O; Petitpierre, B; Chevalier, M; González-Suárez, M; Jeschke, JM; Rolland, J; Gray, SM; Bacher, S; Guisan, A (2021) Distance to native climatic niche margins explains establishment success of alien mammals. Nature Communications 12: 2353. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22693-0. Editors' highlight

Carmona, CP; Tamme, R; Pärtel, M; de Bello, F; Brosse, S; Capdevila P; González-M, R; González-Suárez, M; Salguero-Gómez, R, Vásquez-Valderrama, M, Toussaint, A (2021) Erosion of global functional diversity across the tree of life. Science Advances 7: eabf2675. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf2675

Dawson, S; Carmona, CP; González-Suárez, M; Jönsson, M; Chichorro, F; Mallen-Cooper, M; Melero, Y; Moor, H; Simaika, JP, Duthie, AB (2021) The traits of 'trait ecologists': an analysis of the use of trait and functional trait terminology Ecology and Evolution 11: 16434–16445. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8321 

González-Suárez, M; Gonzalez-Voyer, A; von Hardenberg, A; Santini, L (2021) The role of brain size on mammalian population densities Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 653–661. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13397

Grilo, C; Borda-de-Água, L; Beja, P; Goolsby, E; Soanes, K; le Roux, A; Koroleva, E; Ferreira, FZ; Gagné, SA; Wang, Y; González-Suaréz, M (2021). Conservation threats from roadkill in the global road network. Global Ecology and Biogeography  30: 2200–2210. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13375

Johnson, T; Kent, H; Hill, BM; Francis, T; Dommett, L; Penwill, N; Dunn, G; González-Suárez, M (2021) classecol: classifiers to understand public opinions of nature. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12: 1329-1334. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13596 

Santini, L; Antão, L; Jung, M; Benítez-López, A; Rapacciuolo, G; Di Marco, M; Jones, F; Haghkerdar, JM; González-Suárez, M (2021) The interface between Macroecology and Conservation: existing links and untapped opportunities. Frontiers of Biogeography 13.4: e53025. DOI: 10.21425/F5FBG53025

Soto Saravia, R; Garrido-Cayul, C; Avaria-Llautureo, J; Benítez-Mora, A; Hernández, C; González-Suárez, M (2021) Threatened neotropical birds are big, ecologically specialized and found in less humanized refuge areas. Avian Conservation and Ecology 16: 18. DOI: 10.5751/ACE-01948-160218

2020


Duffett, D; D’Amico, M; Mulero-Pázmány, M; González-Suárez, M (2020) Species' traits as predictors of avoidance towards roads and traffic. Ecological Indicators 115: 10640. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106402 

Fung, C; González-Moreno, P; Pratt, C; Oliver, T; Bourchier, RS; González-Suárez, M (2020) Effect of humidity and temperature on performance of three strains of Aphalara itadori as a biocontrol for Japanese knotweed. Biological Control 146: 104269. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2020.104269

Grilo, C; Koroleva, E; Andrasik, R; Bil, M; González-Suárez, M (2020) Roadkill risk and population vulnerability in European birds and mammals. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 18: 323 – 328. DOI: 10.1002/fee.2216

Johnson, TF; Isaac, N; Paviolo, A; González-Suárez, M (2020) Handling missing values in trait data. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30: 51– 62. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13185 

Moleón, M; Sánchez-Zapata, JA; Donázar, JA; Revilla, E; Martín-López, B; Gutiérrez-Cánovas, C; Getz, WM; Morales-Reyes, Z; Campos-Arceiz, A; Crowder, LB; Galetti, M; González-Suárez, M; He, F; Jordano, P; Lewison, R; Naidoo, R; Owen-Smith, N; Selva, N; Svenning, J-C; Tella, JL; Zarfl, C; Jähnig, SC; Hayward, M; Faurby, S; García, N; Barnosky, AD; Tockner, K (2020) Rethinking megafauna. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287: 20192643 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2643

2019


Bernardo-Madrid, R; Calatayud, J; González-Suárez, M; Rosvall, M; Lucas, PM; Rueda, M; Antonelli, A; Revilla, E (2019). Human activity is altering the world’s zoogeographical regions. Ecology Letters 22: 1297-1305 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13321

Lucas, PM; González-Suárez, M; Revilla, E (2019) Range area matters, and so does spatial configuration: predicting conservation status in vertebrates. Ecography 42: 1103–1114. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.03865.

Polaina, E; González-Suárez, M; Revilla, E (2019). The legacy of past human land use in current patterns of mammal distribution. Ecography 42: 1623-1635. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.04406. EDITOR'S CHOICE

Santini, L; González-Suárez, M; Russo, D; Gonzalez-Voyer, A; von Hardenberg, A; Ancillotto, L (2019) One strategy doesn’t fit all: determinants of urban adaptation in mammals. Ecology Letters 22: 365–376. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13199

Verde Arregoitia, L; González-Suárez, M (2019) From conference abstract to publication in the conservation science literature. Conservation Biology 33: 164-113. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13296.

2018


González-Suárez, M; Zanchetta Ferreira, F; Grilo, C (2018) Spatial and species-level predictions of road mortality risk using trait data. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27:1093-1105. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12769

Polaina, E; González-Suárez, M; Kuemmerle, T; Kehoe, L; Revilla, E (2018) From tropical shelters to temperate defaunation: the relationship between agricultural transition stage and the distribution of threatened mammals Global Ecology and Biogeography 27: 647-657 DOI: 10.1111/geb.12725

Polaina, E; González-Suárez, M (2018) Extinction Risk in the Anthropocene In: Dominick A. DellaSala, and Michael I. Goldstein (eds.) The Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene 3: 379-384. Oxford. Elsevier.

2017


González-Suárez, M; D'Amico, M; Mulero-Pázmány, M (2017) Advancing road ecology in Africa with robust analyses and cautious inferences: a response to Jackson et al. (2017) Journal of Zoology 302: 224-227. DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12484

Olalla-Tárraga, MA*; González-Suárez, M*; Bernardo-Madrid, R; Revilla, E; Villalobos, F (2017) Contrasting evidence of phylogenetic trophic niche conservatism in mammals worldwide Journal of Biogeography 44: 99–110. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12823 [*Shared first authorship]

Santini, L; González-Suárez, M; Rondinini, C; Di Marco, M (2017) Shifting baseline in macroecology? Unraveling the influence of human impact on mammalian body mass Diversity and Distributions 23:640–649. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12555

2016


Gonzalez-Voyer, A*; González-Suárez, M*; Vilà, C; Revilla, E (2016) Large brain size indirectly increases vulnerability to extinction in mammals Evolution 70: 1364–1375. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12943 [*Shared first authorship]

Lucas, PM; González-Suárez, M; Revilla, E (2016) Toward multifactorial null models of range contraction in terrestrial vertebrates Ecography 39: 1100–1108. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.0181910.1111/jzo.12310

Mulero-Pázmány, M; D'Amico, M; González-Suárez, M (2016) Ungulate behavioral responses to the heterogeneous road-network of a touristic protected area in Africa Journal of Zoology 298: 233-240.DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12310

Polaina, E; Revilla, E; González-Suárez, M (2016) Putting susceptibility on the map to improve conservation planning, an example with terrestrial mammals Diversity and Distributions 22: 881–892. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12452

2015


González-Suárez, M; Bacher, S; Jeschke, J.M. (2015) Intraspecific trait variation is correlated with establishment success of alien mammals The American Naturalist 185:737-746. DOI: 10.1086/681105  

Polaina, E; González-Suárez, M; Revilla, E (2015) Socioeconomic correlates of global mammalian conservation status Ecosphere 6:art146. DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00505.1

2014


González-Suárez, M (2014) ¿Es relevante la ecología del comportamiento para entender y predecir la dinámica de las poblaciones? Ecosistemas 23: 93-97. DOI: 10.7818/ECOS.2014.23-3.12

González-Suárez, M; Cassini, MH (2014).Variance in male reproductive success and sexual size dimorphism in pinnipeds: testing an assumption of sexual selection theory Mammal Review 44:88-93. DOI: 10.1111/mam.12012

González-Suárez, M; Revilla, E (2014). Generalized drivers in the mammalian endangerment process PLoS ONE 9: e90292. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0090292

2013


González-Suárez, M; Gómez, A; Revilla, E (2013) Which intrinsic traits predict vulnerability to extinction depends on the actual threatening processes Ecosphere 4:art76. DOI: 10.1890/ES12-00380.1

González-Suárez, M; Revilla, E (2013) Variability in life-history and ecological traits is a buffer against extinction in mammals Ecology letters 16: 241-252. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12035

2012


Flatz, R; González-Suárez, M; Young, J; Immel, AJ; Gerber LR& (2012) Weak polygyny in California sea lions and the potential for alternative mating strategies PLoS ONE 7(3): e33654. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0033654

González-Suárez, M; Lucas, P.M; Revilla, E (2012) Biases in comparative analyses of extinction risk: mind the gap Journal of Animal Ecology 81: 1211–1222. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.01999.x

2011


French, S; González-Suárez, M; Young, J; Durham, S; Gerber, LR (2011) Human disturbance influences reproductive success and growth rate in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) PLoS ONE 6(3): e17686. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0017686

González-Suárez, M; Le Galliard, JF; Claessen, D (2011) Population and life-history consequences of within-cohort individual variation The American Naturalist 178: 525-537. DOI: 10.1086/661906

González-Suárez, M; Mugabo, M; Decencière, B; Perret,S; Claessen, D; Le Galliard, JF (2011) Disentangling the effects of predator body size and prey density on prey consumption in a lizard Functional Ecology 25: 158-165. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01776.x

2010


Gerber, LR; González-Suárez, M (2010) Population Viability Analysis: origins and contributions Nature Education Knowledge 3(10):15

Gerber, LR; González-Suárez, M; Hernández-Camacho, CJ; Young, J; Sabo, J (2010) The cost of male aggression and polygyny in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). PLoS ONE 5:e12230. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0012230

González-Suárez, M; Aurioles-Gamboa, D; Gerber LR (2010) Past exploitation of California sea lions did not lead to a genetic bottleneck in the Gulf of California Ciencias Marinas 36: 199-211

Ward, EJ; Chirakkal, H; González-Suárez, M; Aurioles-Gamboa, D; Holmes, EE; Gerber, LR (2010)Inferring spatial structure from time series data: using multivariate state-space models to detect metapopulation structure of California sea lions in the Gulf of California, Mexico Journal of Applied Ecology 47: 47-56. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01745.x

2009


González-Suárez, M; Flatz, R; Aurioles-Gamboa, D; Hedrick, P; Gerber LR(2009) Isolation by distance among California sea lion populations in Mexico:redefining management stocks Molecular Ecology 18:1088-1099. DOI: 111/j.1365-294X.2009.04093.x

2008


González-Suárez, M; Gerber LR (2008) Habitat preferences of California sea lions: implications for conservation Journal of Mammalogy 89:1521–1528. DOI:10.1644/08-MAMM-A-109.1

González-Suárez, M; Gerber LR (2008) A behaviorally explicit demographic model integrating habitat selection and population dynamics in California sea lions Conservation Biology 22: 1608-1618. DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00995.x

Young, J.; González-Suárez, M; Gerber, LR (2008) Determinants of agonistic interactions in California sea lions Behaviour 145: 1797-1810.

Wielgus, J; Gonzalez-Suarez, M; Aurioles-Gamboa, D; Gerber, LR (2008) A non-invasive demographic assessment of California sea lions based on stage-specific abundance estimates Ecological Applications 18: 1287-­1296. DOI: 10.1890/07-0892.1

2006


Gonzalez-Suarez, M; McCluney, KE; Aurioles-Gamboa, D; Gerber, LR (2006) Incorporating uncertainty in spatial structure for viability predictions: a case study of California sea lions Animal Conservation 9:219-227. DOI:10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00022.x