JOURNAL ARTICLES
Anna L Hargreaves, John Ensing, Olivia Rahn, Fernanda MP Oliveira, Jérôme Burkiewicz, Joëlle Lafond, Sybille Haeussler, M Brooke Byerley-Best, Kira Lazda, Heather L Slinn, Ella Martin, Matthew L Carlson, Todd L Sformo, Emma Dawson-Glass, Mariana C Chiuffo, Yalma L. Vargas-Rodriguez, Carlos I García-Jiménez, Inácio JMT Gomes, Sandra Klemet-N’Guessan, Lucas Paolucci, Simon Joly, Klaus Mehltreter, Jenny Muñoz, Carmela Buono, Jedediah F Brodie, Antonio Rodriguez-Campbell, Thor Veen, Benjamin G Freeman, Julie A Lee-Yaw, Juan Camilo Muñoz, Alexandra Paquette, Jennifer Butler, Esteban Suaréz. 2024. Latitudinal gradients in seed predation persist in urbanized environments. Nature Ecology & Evolution 8: 1897–1906. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02504-7
García-Jiménez, C.I.,Y.L. Vargas-Rodriguez, B.Y. Quiroz-Caro, K. García-Valadez. 2022. An Assessment of Environmental Knowledge in a Highly Biodiverse Mountainous Region of Mexico. Forests 13: 165. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13020165
García-Jiménez, C.I.,Y.L. Vargas-Rodriguez. 2021. Passive government, organized crime, and massive deforestation: The case of western Mexico. Conservation Science and Practice 3: e562. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/csp2.562.
Cannon, C.H. C. Borchetta, D. Anderson, G. Arellano, M. Barker, G. Charron, J. LaMontagne, J. Richards, E. Abercrombie, L. Banin, X. Tagle, X. Chen, P. Degtjarenk, J. Dell, D. Durden, J. Guevara, R. Hernandez, A. Hirons, C. Kua, H. LaVigne, M. Leponce, J. Lim, M. Lowman, A. Marshall, S. Michalets, B. Normark, D. Penneys, G. Schneider, J. Strijk, B. Tiamiyu, T. Trammell, Y.L. Vargas-Rodriguez, S. Weintraub, A. Desbiens, M. Spenko. 2021. Extending our scientific reach in arboreal ecosystems for research and management. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 160. DOI: doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.712165.
Szubryt, M.B., L.E. Urbatsch, Y.L. Vargas-Rodriguez, D. Barfknecht, K.M. Neubig. 2020. Morphological, Molecular, and Biogeographic Evidence for Specific Recognition of Euthamia hirtipes and Euthamia scabra (Asteraceae, Astereae). Systematic Botany 45: 658-667. DOI: doi.org/10.1600/036364420X15935294613446.
Vargas-Rodriguez, Y.L., L.E. Urbatsch, V. Karaman-Castro. 2020. Taxonomy and phylogenetic insights for Mexican and Central American species of Acer (Sapindaceae). Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 147(1): 49-86. DOI:
doi.org/10.3159/TORREY-D-19-00011.1.
García-Jiménez, C.I., Y.L. Vargas-Rodriguez, B.Y. Quiroz-Caro. 2019. Environmental conflicts and their effects on quality of life in a western region of Mexico. Economía, Sociedad Y Territorio 60: 273-304. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.22136/est20191316.
Hargreaves A.L., E. Suarez, K. Mehltreter, I. Myers-Smith, S.E. Vanderplank, H.L. Slinn, Y.L. Vargas-Rodriguez, S. Haeussler, S. David, J. Munoz, R.C. Almazan Nunez, D. Loughnan, J.W. Benning, D.A. Moeller, J.F. Brodie, H.JD. Thomas, P.A. Morales M. 2019. Seed predation increases from the Arctic to the Equator and from high to low elevations. Science Advances 5(2): eaau4403. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau4403.
Reid C.S., V.P. Doyle, J.R. Carter, Y.L. Vargas-Rodriguez, L.E. Urbatsch. 2017. Molecular systematics of targeted flat sedges (Cyperus, Cyperaceae) of the Americas. Plant Ecology and Evolution 50:343-357.
Vargas-Rodriguez, Y.L., L.E. Urbatsch, V. Karaman-Castro, B.L. Figueroa-Rangel. 2017. Acer binzayedii (Sapindaceae), a new maple species from Mexico. Brittonia 69:246-252. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-017-9465-5
Vargas-Rodriguez, Y.L., W. Platt, L.E. Urbatsch and D.W. Foltz. 2015. Large scale patterns of genetic variation and differentiation in sugar maple from tropical Central America to Temperate North America. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15:257. DOI 10.1186/s12862-015-0518-7
Vargas-Rodriguez, Y.L. and W. Platt. 2012. Remnant sugar maple (Acer saccharum subsp. skutchii) populations at their range edge: characteristics, environmental constraints and conservation implications in tropical America. Biological Conservation 150: 111-120. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.03.006
Vargas-Rodriguez, Y.L. 2011. Una población relicta de Acer saccharum subsp. skutchii (Aceroideae) en el estado de Guerrero, México. Acta Botanica Mexicana 95: 11-28.
Vargas-Rodriguez, Y.L., W. Platt, J.A. Vázquez-García, and G. Boquin. 2010. Selecting relict montane cloud forests for conservation priorities: the case of western Mexico. Natural Areas Journal 30: 156-173.
Cházaro-Basáñez, M., O. Valencia-Pelayo, J.A. Lomelí-Sención, and Y.L. Vargas-Rodriguez. 2006. Agave vazquezgarciae (Agavaceae), a new species from Jalisco, México. Novon 16: 458-461.
Vargas-Rodriguez, Y.L., M. Cházaro Basánez, and J.A. Vázquez-García. 2006. Juanulloa mexicana (Solanaceae), nuevo registro en el occidente de México. Boletín de la Sociedad Botánica de México 79: 89-91.
Vargas-Rodriguez, Y.L., J.A. Vázquez-García, and B. Williamson. 2005. Environmental correlates of tree and seedling-sapling distributions in a Mexican tropical dry forest. Plant Ecology 180: 117-134.
Vargas-Rodriguez, Y.L. and J.A. Vázquez-García. 2005. Blumenavia toribiotalpaensis: a new species of Clathraceae from Jalisco, Mexico. Mycotaxon 94: 7-14.
Cházaro-Basánez, M., J.A. Vázquez-García, and Y.L. Vargas-Rodriguez. 2005. Agave valenciana (Agavaceae) a gigantic new species from Jalisco, Mexico. Novon 15: 525-530.
Mora-Navarro, M.R., J.A. Vázquez-García, and Y.L. Vargas-Rodriguez. 2004. Ordenación de comunidades de fitoplancton en el lago de Chapala, Jalisco-Michoacán, México. Hidrobiológica 14: 91-103.
BOOKS
Vázquez-García, J.A., M. Cházaro B., G. Hernández, E. Flores, and Y.L. Vargas-Rodriguez. 2007. Agaves del Occidente de México. University of Guadalajara, Consejo Regulador del Tequila, A.C., and Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, A.C., Mexico. ISBN 978-970-27-1293-0.
Mora-Navarro, M.R., J.A. Vázquez-García, Y.L. Vargas-Rodriguez, and R.M. Hernández-Herrera. 2006. Algas del occidente de México: florística y ecología. University of Guadalajara, Fundación Gonzalo Río Arronte, and Phycological Society of Mexico, Mexico. 261 pp. ISBN 970-27-0896-6.
Vázquez-García, J.A., M. Cházaro B., G. Nieves H., Y.L. Vargas-Rodriguez, M. Vázquez G., and A. Flores M. 2004. Flora del norte de Jalisco y etnobotánica Huichola. University of Guadalajara, Mexico. 181 pp. ISBN 970-27-0592-4.
Vázquez-García, J.A., J.J. Reynoso D., Y.L. Vargas-Rodriguez, and H. Frias U. 2000. Jalisco-Costa Norte: Patrimonio ecológico, cultural y productivo de México. University of Guadalajara, Mexico. 260 pp. ISBN 968-895-942-1.
CONSERVATION ASSESSMENTS
Vargas Rodríguez, Y.L. 2017. Acer binzayedii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T112788439A112788448. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T112788439A112788448.en.
Vargas Rodríguez, Y.L., Crowley, D., Barstow, M. & Rivers, M.C. 2017. Acer skutchii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103451945A103451954. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103451945A103451954.en.