Conservation Education & Science Department

Rodrigo Antonio Medellín Legorreta
Curriculum Vitae

January 20th, 2011

  1. General data

    1.1. Place and date of birth:
    México, D. F., Dec. 23, 1957
    1.2. Nationality:
    Mexican
    1.3. Gender:
    Male
    1.4. Federal taxpayers record:
    MELR-571223
    1.5. Home address:
    Av. Toluca 815-17
    Col. Olivar de los Padres
    México, D. F., 01780
    Ph: 595-87-60
    1.6. Current job:
    Full Professor "C"
    Instituto de Ecología, UNAM
    Ap. Postal 70-275
    C.P. 04510
    México, D. F.
    1.7. Membership in National System of Researchers
    Researcher level 2 since 2004:
    Area:Natural sciences
    Discipline: Ecology
    1.8 email and web page:
    [email protected]
    www.ecologia.unam.mx/rmedellin/bats/
    1.9. Publications:
    141; see point # 5 below.

  2. Academic training

    2.1 Career studies:
    Licenciatura
    Place: Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México, D.F.
    Period: 1980-1986
    Degree obtained: Biólogo
    2.2 Graduate studies:
    Doctorate
    Place: School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
    Period: 1987-1992
    Degree obtained: Doctor of Philosophy

  3. Professional Experience

    1. Job description: Senior Professor "C" Instituto de Ecología, UNAM 2005-
    2. Sabbatical from January 2011- at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
    3. Sabbatical from August 2002-September 2003 in Columbia University (Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology (E3B) and Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, CERC), as Adjunct Senior Research Scientist.
    4. Job description: Full time Associate Professor "C" Instituto de Ecología, UNAM, 1993- 1997
    5. Job description: Full time Professor "A", Instituto de Ecología, UNAM, 1998-2001.
    6. Job description: Full time Professor "B", Instituto de Ecología, UNAM, 2001-2005
    7. Academic Director, Estación de Biología Tropical Chajul, UNAM/Conservation International México, 1989 to 2003.
    8. Director General of Wildlife, National Institute of Ecology (INE), Secretariat of the Environment, National Resources and Fisheries (SEMARNAP), January 1995 - December 1996
    9. Science Advisor to the Director General of Wildlife, INE, SEMARNAP, December 1996 to 2001, and 2004 to present.
    10. Technician responsible for wildlife management of the following Wildlife Production Units (UMAs):
      1. Rancho El Sacrificio, Sonora (1997-1998)
      2. Isla Tiburón, Comunidad Indígena Seri, Sonora (1997-2002)
      3. Ejido El Desemboque, Comunidad Indígena Seri, Sonora (1997-2000)
    11. Job description: Field and curator assistant, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, 1977-1980.
    12. Job description: Mammal collector, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, and CONACyT, 1981 through 1986.
    13. Job description: Assistant Curator of Mammals (temporary job), Florida Museum of Natural History, May-August, 1987.
    14. Teaching:
      1. Professor, module entitled Gestion, Acceso y Conservación de la Biodiversidad: El Marco Internacional for the Andalusia International University in Baeza, Spain, in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.
      2. Coordinating Profesor, course "Diversity, Conservation, and Management of Mexican Wildlife". This is a 4-semester-long undergraduate course, open to students at the School of Biology, Nacional University of Mexico. The first semester was 1999-2 and the last semestre was 2001-2. Then the course was reopened at the direct request of students on the 2004-1 (August of 2003) semester and with duration of four semesters. The course has been opened at the request of students in the semester 2006-2, 2008-2, and 2010-2.
      3. Professor, course "Conservation Biology", Graduate Program in Ecology, Instituto de Ecología, UNAM, since 1996, and open each year in the following semestres: 1997-1, 1998-1, 1999-1, 2000-1, 2001-1, 2002-1, 2005-1, 2006-1, 2007-1, 2008-1, 2009-1, 2010-1, and 2011-1.
      4. Professor and coordinating instructor, First course to decision makers of the states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo León and Coahuila, for the decentralization of the responsibilities of the Dirección General de Vida Silvestre (Direction of Wildlife). October 2005.
      5. Professor, course "Topics in Conservation Biology", Graduate Program in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology of Columbia University, from January to May, 2003. Co-taught with Dr. Eleanor Sterling of the American Museum of Natural History
      6. Professor, course "Conservation Biology", at the Undergraduate level of the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology of Columbia University, from January to May, 2003. Co-taught with Drs. Rosemary Gnam and Sacha Spector of the American Museum of Natural History.
      7. Coordinating Instructor, course: "Ecology and Conservation of Bats". Universidad de Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, May-June 2001.
      8. Professor, course "Community Ecology, Patterns and Processes", at the graduate level in the Institute of Ecology, UNAM, January to June, 1994.
      9. Professor, field course "Applied Ecology" graduate program of the Institute of Ecology, UNAM, summer 1994.
      10. Professor in Charge, course "Tropical Ecology and Conservation Biology", organized by Smithsonian Institution. Reserva de la Biosfera "Estación Biológica Beni", Depto. de Beni, Bolivia, July 1989.
      11. Teaching assistant, course "Conservation Biology", University of Florida, Gainesville, 1988. Instructor: Dr. John G. Robinson.

  4. Leadership, academic groups, honorary appointments, society services, awards, and distinctions.

    4.1 Leadership and formation of academic groups

    1. Founder and Director of the Programa para la Conservación de los Murciélagos de México, formed by more than 20 researchers and professors of Mexico and the United States. The objectives of this program are to understand and analyze the ecology of migration, its origins and implications for conservation of bats. As director of this program, Dr. Medellín has been invited to Guatemala, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile, where this program is being adopted and adapted. This team continues to expand at a continental scale.
    2. Founding member of the Steering Committee of the Mexican Long Term Ecological Research Network (MexLTER) with other eight researchers from the Instituto de Ecología, UNAM, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Instituto de Ecología, A. C., Colegio de Postgraduados, y Universidad de Guadalajara.
    3. Founding member of the North American Bat Conservation Partnership, a group including over 200 researchers specialized in the study of bats from Canada, the U. S., and Mexico. Since October 2000 he is the Mexico Working Group leader.
    4. Serves since 2003 as Country Director for the Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners, coordinated by the Center for Biodiversity Conservation of the American Museum of Natural History. This Network involves conservation professionals in over five countries in three continents and in Mexico it includes conservationists in four of the most relevant conservation institutions in Mexico.

    4. 2 Honorary appointments and society services:

    1. Appointed Chair of the Awards Committee of the Society for Conservation Biology in July 2008. As such, he is a member of the Board of Governors of the same Society.
    2. Reelected for a third term as Representative of North America and ViceChair of the Animals Committee of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) in June of 2007 and until 2010.
    3. Elected President of the Austral and Neotropical America Section of the Society for Conservation Biology in April, 2005. As such, he was a member of the Board of Governors of the same Society.
    4. Member (by invitation) of the Scientific Advisory Commitee of the La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica, Organization for Tropical Studies since August 2005.
    5. Member (by invitation) of the Committee on Status of Pollinators of North America, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D. C., since February 2005.
    6. Head of the Department of Ecology of Biodiversity, Instituto de Ecología, UNAM, 2004-2007.
    7. Elected Councilor Representative of the Faculty members of the Institute of Ecology, UNAM, before the Academic Council of Biological and Health Sciences (CAABYS) of the National University of Mexico in May, 2004
    8. Appointed Mexico Representative before the Animals Committee, CITES (Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species) in August 2000 to 2007.
    9. Appointed Representative of the México group before the North American Bat Conservation Partnership (NABCP) in november 2000.
    10. Elected ViceChair and Representative of North America for the CITES Animals Committee in 2001 and re-elected to the same positions in 2004.
    11. Member of the United Nations' Millenium Project Task Force (Environmental Sustainability), coordinated by Don J. Melnick, Yolanda Kakabadse, and Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia University), 2002 to 2005.
    12. Director General of the Program for Conservation of Mexican Bats (PCMM), Instituto de Ecología, UNAM since 1994
    13. Elected member of the Board of Directors, American Society of Mammalogists, 1998-2001, reelected for the period 2001-2004, and reelected for the period 2005-2008.
    14. Member (by invitation) of the Awards Comité of the Society for Conservation Biology since 2003.
    15. Appointed Research Associate of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in May, 2002.
    16. Chair of the International Relations Committee, American Society of Mammalogists, for the period 1997-2000 and reappointed for the period 2001-2003.
    17. Chair of the Latin American Awards Committee, American Society of Mammalogists, for the period 1997-2000, reappointed for the period 2001-2003, and reappointed for the period 2004-2007.
    18. President, Mexican Society of Mammalogists, for the period 1997-1999.
    19. Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Seventh International Theriological Congress, Acapulco, Mexico, September, 1997.
    20. Member (by invitation) to the Scientific Advisory Board of Bat Conservation International since 1996.
    21. Member (by invitation) of the Education and Graduate Students Committee, American Society of Mammalogists, 1986 to 1989.
    22. Member of the Organizing Committee, International Symposium on Latin American Mammalogy, Cancún, Quintana Roo, june 28 to 30, 1987.
    23. Member (by invitation) of the Chiroptera Specialists Group, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), since March, 1988.
    24. Field coordinator, Program for Studies in Tropical Conservation, University of Florida, appointed by John Robinson in July, 1987 to 1991.
    25. Member (by invitation) of the Rodent Specialists Group, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), since March, 1988.
    26. Member (by invitation) of the Steering Commitee, International Theriological Congress, 1993 to present.
    27. Member (by invitation) of the International Relations Committee, American Society of Mammalogists, 1994-1997
    28. Member (by invitation) of the Latin American Student Award, American Society of Mammalogists since 1994-1997.
    29. Member of the first Board of Directors, as Executive Secretary, of the Mexican Mammal Society, 1983 to 1986.
    30. Technician responsible of wildlife management units (UMAs):
      1. Rancho El Sacrificio, Sonora (1997 to1998).
      2. Isla Tiburón, Comunidad Indígena Seri (since 1997).
      3. Ejido El Desemboque, Comunidad Indígena Seri, Sonora (1997-2000).
    31. Member of the Technical Advisory Council to the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve since its formation in april, 1994.
    32. Member of the Technical Advisory Council to the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve since its formation in april, 1994.
    33. Academic Coordinator of the Chajul Tropical BiologyStation, UNAM SEMARNAT, 1989-1993 and 1994-2002.

    4.3 Awards and Distinctions:

    2008 Rolex Associate Award for Enterprise. Given by Rolex after a world-wide selection. Rodrigo is only the third Mexican in over 30 years that the award has been given. In 2008, over 400 people participated and only 10 were selected. Rodrigo was chosen because of his 14-year-old on going bat conservation and research project. The award includes a Rolex watch and $ 50,000 U.S. dlls.
    http://rolexawards.com/en/the-laureates/rodrigomedellin-home.jsp

    2008 Volkswagen "For the Love of the Planet". This award is given once a year by Volkswagen Mexico to a researcher or group of researchers whose primary work is on protected areas of Mexico. I was selected for my work on bighorn sheep, pronghorn antelope, jaguar, and certainly bat research for conservation in over 12 major protected areas of Mexico, plus the work I am currently doing for the creation of new protected areas to benefit large bat populations. The award comes with a $ 50,000 U.S. dlls. cash prize towards the projects.
    http://www.poramoralplaneta.com.mx/noticias/noticias_2008/noticias_2008.htm

    2007 Outstanding Alumnus Award. Given by the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation of the University of Florida. Rodrigo is the first recipient of this award, "in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of wildlife ecology and to the conservation of wildlife in Mexico".

    2007 Conservation Scientist of the Year. Given by Wildlife Trust in New York City. Wildlife Trust selects one scientist every year to recognize him/her in a gala in New York. Rodrigo was chosen for his life-term career working on conservation in Mexico and Latin America.
    http://www.wildlifetrust.org/enter.cgi?p=news/2007/1001_2_Gala.shtml

    2007 Aldo Leopold Award from The American Society of Mammalogists. This award honors individuals who have made outstanding and lasting contributions to the conservation of mammals and their habitats. Only three individuals have received this award before Rodrigo: Edward O. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, and George B. Schaller.

    2004 National Nature Conservation Award from Mexican President Vicente Fox, given by the Federal Government of Mexico:
    http://www.cybertechnics.com.mx/conanp/noticia.php?NotiLeer=1&TitBack=2&IdNotic=139

    2004 Gerrit S. Miller Award, the North American Society for the Study of Bats' highest honor, given "In recognition of outstanding service and contribution to the field of chiropteran biology.":
    http://www.nasbr.org/NASBR_Miller.html
    http://www.universia.net.mx/index.php/news_user/content/view/full/11015/

    2004 Whitley Award for International Nature Conservation, given by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, on behalf of the Whitley Foundation:
    http://www.whitley-award.org/Articles/ projects/friends/RodrigoMedellin.html

    1996 Forgotten Pollinators Award, given by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and Bat Conservation International:
    http://www.batcon.org/batsmag/v14n3-6.html

  5. Research Experience

    Scientific Production

    Summary:

    Scientific articles in indexed (ISI) journals 54
    Scientific articles in other journals 19
    International books and chapters 11
    National books and chapters 28
    Essays and book reviews 6
    Popular publications 23
    Total publications 141

    5.1. Scientific articles in indexed (ISI) journals (total: 54):

    2010

    1. Cassaigne, I., R. A. Medellin, and José A. Guasco. 2010. Mortality During Epizootics in Bighorn Sheep: Effects of Initial Population Size and Cause. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46:763-771
    2. McFadden KW, Garcia-Vasco D, Cuaron AD, Valenzuela-Galvan D, R. A. Medellin, and M. E. Gompper.2010. Vulnerable island carnivores: the endangered endemic dwarf procyonids from Cozumel Island. BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION 19: 491-502.
    3. de la Torre J.A., L.J. Lopez-Damian, H.V. Barcenas, E. Nájera-Solis, and R.A. Medellin. 2010. New record of sheep frog (Hypopachus variolosus) in the Tres Marias Islands archipelago, Nayarit, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 81: 581-582
    4. Mena JL, and R.A. Medellin. RA 3. 2010. Small mammal assemblages in a disturbed tropical landscape at Pozuzo, Peru. MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY: 75: 83-91.

    2009

    1. Ortega J, Tschapka M, Gonzalez-Terrazas TP, G. Suzan, and R. A. Medellin. 2009. et al.Phylogeography of Musonycteris harrisoni along the Pacific coast of Mexico. Acta Chiropterologica 11: 259-269.
    2. Dumont, E. R., Herrel, A., Medellin, R. A., Vargas, J. and Santana, S.E. 2009. Built to bite: cranialdesign and function in the wrinkle faced bat (Centurio senex). Journal of Zoology 279: 329-337.
    3. Melo, F.P.L., B. Rodriguez-Herrera, R. L. Chazdon, R. A. Medellin, G. Ceballos. 2009. Small Tent-Roosting Bats Promote Dispersal of Large-Seeded Plants in a Neotropical Forest. BIOTROPICA 41: 737-743 .
    4. Colchero, F., R. A. Medellin, J. S. Clark, R. Lee, and G. G. Katul. Predicting population survival under future climate change: density dependence, drought and extraction in an insular bighorn sheep. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 666-673.
    5. Ceballos G, Vale MM, Bonacic C, Calvo-Alvarado J, List R, Bynum N, Medellin RA, Simonetti JA, Rodriguez JP 2009. Conservation Challenges for the Austral and Neotropical America Section. Conservation Biology 23: 811-817
    6. Vargas-Contreras JA, Medellin RA, Escalona-Segura G, et al. 2009. Vegetation complexity and bat-plant dispersal in Calakmul, Mexico. Journal of Natural History 43: 219-243. Tschapka, M., E. Sperr, L.A. Caballero, and R. A. Medellín. 2008. Diet and cranial morphology of Musonycteris harrisoni, a highly specialized nectar-feeding bat in western Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 89:924-932

    2008

    1. Tschapka, M., E. Sperr, L.A. Caballero, and R. A. Medellín. 2008. Diet and cranial morphology of Musonycteris harrisoni, a highly specialized nectar-feeding bat in western Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 89:924-932
    2. Schipper et al. (R. A. Medellín is author 80 of a total of 130). 2008. The status of the world's land and marine mammals: Diversity, threat, and knowledge. SCIENCE 322: 225-230
    3. Rodriguez-Herrera, B; Medellin, RA; Gamba-Rios, M. 2008. Roosting requirements of white tent-making bat Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera : Phyllostomidae). Acta Chiropterologica 10:89-95.
    4. da Silva AG, Gaona O, Medellin R.A. 2008. Diet and trophic structure in a community of fruit-eating bats in Lacandon Forest, Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 89:43-49
    5. Federico, P., T. G. Hallam, G. F. McCracken, S. Purucker, W. Grant, A. N. Sandoval, J. Westbrook, R. A. Medellin, C. Cleveland, C. G. Sansone, J. D. López Jr., M. Betke, A. Moreno-Valdez, T. H. Kunz. 2008. Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) as insect pest regulators in transgenic and conventional cotton crops. Ecological Applications. 18: 826-837.

    2007

    1. Soberon, J. and R.A. Medellin. 2007. Categorization Systems of Threatened Species. Conservation Biology 21:1366'1367.
    2. Sanchez R, and R.A. Medellin. 2007. Food habits of the threatened bat Leptonycteris nivalis (Chiroptera : Phyllostomidae) in a mating roost in Mexico. Journal of Natural History 41: 1753-1764.
    3. Elizalde-Arellano C, J.C. Lopez-Vidal, J. Arroyo-Cabrales, R.A. Medellin, and J.W. Laundre. 2007. Food sharing behavior in the hairy-legged vampire bat Diphylla ecaudata. Acta Chiropterologica 9: 314-319.
    4. Velarde, E., R. Avila-Flores R, and R.A. Medellin. 2007. Endemic and introduced vertebrates in the diet of the barn owl (Tyto alba) on two islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 52: 284-290.
    5. Rodriguez, J.P., A.B. Taber, P. Daszak, R. Sukumar, C. Valladares-Padua, S. Padua S, L.F. Aguirre, R.A. Medellin, M. Acosta, A.A. Aguirre, C. Bonacic, P. Bordino, J. Bruschini, D. Buchori, S. Gonzalez, T. Mathew, M. Mendez, L. Mugica, L.F. Pacheco, A. P. Dobson, and M. Pearl. 2007. Environment - Globalization of conservation: a view from the south. Science 317 (5839): 755-756 Aug. 10.
    6. Rodriguez, J.P., A.B. Taber, P. Daszak, R. Sukumar, C. Valladares-Padua, S. Padua S, L.F. Aguirre, R.A. Medellin, M. Acosta, A.A. Aguirre, C. Bonacic, P. Bordino, J. Bruschini, D. Buchori, S. Gonzalez, T. Mathew, M. Mendez, L. Mugica, A. P. Dobson, and M. Pearl. 2007. Global and local conservation priorities ' Response. SCIENCE 318 (5855): 1380-1382. Nov. 30.
    7. Mendez, M., A. Gomez, N. Bynum, R. A. Medellin, A. L. Porzecanski, and E. Sterling. 2007. Availability of Formal Academic Programs in Conservation Biology in Latin America. Conservation Biology 21:1399-1403.

    2006

    1. Rodríguez-Herrera, B., R.A. Medellín, and M. Gamba-Ríos. 2006. Tent building by female Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Costa Rica. Acta Chiropterologica 8:557-560
    2. McFadden, K.W., R. N. Sambrotto, R. A. Medellin, M. E. Gompper. 2006. Feeding habits of endangered pygmy raccoons (Procyon pygmaeus) based on stable isotope and fecal analyses. Journal of Mammalogy 87 (3): 501-509
    3. Cleveland, C.J., M. Betke, P. Federico, J. D. Frank, T. G. Hallam, J. Horn, J. D. Lopez, G. F. McCracken, R. A. Medellin, A. Moreno-Valdez, C. G. Sansone, J. K. Westbrook, and T. H. Kunz. 2006. Economic value of the pest control service provided by Brazilian free-tailed bats in south-central Texas. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5: 238-243

    2005

    1. Arroyo-Cabrales J., E.K.V. Kalko, R. K. LaVal, J. E. Maldonado, R. A. Medellin, O.J. Polaco, and B. Rodriguez-Herrera. 2005. Rediscovery of the Mexican flat-headed bat Myotis planiceps (Vespertilionidae). Acta Chiropterologica 7: 309-314.
    2. Russell A.L., Medellin R.A., McCracken G.F. 2005. Genetic variation and migration in the Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana). Molecular Ecology 14: 2207-2222

    2004

    1. McCarthy M. A., Keith D. A., Tietjen J., Burgman M. A., Maunder M., Master L. L., Brook B. W., Mace G. M., Possingham H. P., Medellin R. A., Andelman S. J., Regan H. M., Regan T. J. and Ruckelshaus M. 2004. Comparing predictions of extinction risk using models and subjective judgement. Acta Oecologica 26:67-74
    2. Vazquez, L. B., G. N. Cameron, and R.A. Medellín. 2004. Characteristics of diet of Peromyscus aztecus and Reithrodontomys fulvescens in Montane Western Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 85: 196-205.
    3. Avila-Flores, R. y R. A. Medellin.2004. Ecological, taxonomic, and physiological correlates of cave use by mexican bats. Journal of Mammalogy, 85 (4): 675-687.

    2003

    1. Zarza H., Medellín R. A., Perez S. 2003. First record of the yucatan deer mouse, Peromyscus yucatanicus (Rodentia : Muridae) from Guatemala. Southwestern Naturalist, 48: 310-312
    2. Medellín, R. A. 2003. Diversity and conservation of bats in México: research priorities, strategies, and actions. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31: 87-97.

    2002

    1. Gómez de Silva, H., and R. A. Medellín. 2002. Are land bird assemblages functionally saturated? An empirical test in Mexico. Oikos 96:169-181
    2. Sanderson E. W., Redford K. H., Chetkiewicz C. L. B., Medellin R. A., Rabinowitz AR, Robinson JG, Taber AB. 2002. Planning to save a species: the jaguar as a model. Conservation Biology 16: 58-72.
    3. Possingham HP, Andelman SJ, Burgman MA, Medellin RA, Master LL, Keith DA. 2002. Limits to the use of threatened species lists. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 17 (11): 503-507.

    2001

    1. Gómez de Silva, H., and R. A. Medellín. 2001. Evaluating completeness of species lists for conservation and macroecology: a case study of Mexican land birds. Conservation Biology 15:1384 1395
    2. Brunet, A. K., and R. A. Medellín. 2001. The species area relationship in bat assemblages of tropical caves. Journal of Mammalogy 82:1114 1122.

    2000

    1. Vázquez, L. B., R. A. Medellín, and G. N. Cameron. 2000. Population and community ecology of small rodents in montane forest of western Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy, 81:77 85.
    2. Medellín, R. A., M. Equihua, and M. Amin. 2000. Bat diversity and abundance as indicators of disturbance in Neotropical rainforests. Conservation Biology l4:1666 1675

    1999

    1. Medellín, R. A., and J. Soberón. 1999. Predictions of mammal diversity on four land masses. Conservation Biology, 13:143-149.
    2. Medellín, R. A. and O. Gaona. 1999. Seed dispersal by bats and birds in forest and disturbed habitats in Chiapas, Mexico. Biotropica, 31:432-441.

    1998

    1. Ceballos, G., P. Rodríguez and R. A. Medellín. 1998. Assessing conservation priorities in Megadiverse Mexico: patterns of mammalian diversity, endemicity, and endangerment. Ecological Applications, 8:8-17.
    2. Medellín, R. A., and M. Equihua. 1998. Mammal species richness and habitat use in rainforest and abandoned agricultural fields in Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Applied Ecology, 35:13-23.
    3. Medellín, R. A., A. L. Gardner and M. Aranda. 1998. The taxonomic status of the Yucatan brown brocket deer (Mammalia: Cervidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington., 11:1-14.
    4. Allen-Wardell, G., P. Bernhardt, R. Bitner, A. Burquez, S. Buchmann, J. Cane, P. A. Cox, V. Dalton, P. Feinsinger, D. Inouye, M. Ingram, C. E. Jones, K. Kennedy, P. Kevan, H. Koopowitz, R. A. Medellín, S. Medellín-Morales, G. P. Nabhan, B. Pavlik, V. Tepedino, P. Torchio, and S. Walker. 1998. The potential consequences of pollinator declines on the conservation of biodiversity and stability of food crop yields. Conservation Biology 12:8-17.
    5. Medellín, R. A. 1998. True international collaboration: now or never. Conservation Biology, 12:939-940.

    1983-1995

    1. Medellín, R. A. 1994. Mammal diversity and conservation in the Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico. Conservation Biology, 8:780-799.
    2. Medellín, R. A. 1994. Seed dispersal of Cecropia obtusifolia by two species of opossums. Biotropica, 26:400-407.
    3. Medellín, R. A., G. Cancino. A. Clemente, and R. Guerrero. 1992. Noteworthy records of three mammals from México. Southwestern Naturalist, 37:427-429.
    4. Medellín, R. A. 1988. Prey of Chrotopterus auritus, with notes on feeding behavior. Journal of Mammalogy, 69:841-844.
    5. Urbano-V., G., O. Sánchez-H., G. Téllez-G., and R. A. Medellín. 1987. Additional records of Mexican mammals. Southwestern Naturalist, 32:134-137.
    6. Sánchez-Herrera, O., G. Téllez-Girón, R. A. Medellín, and G. Urbano-Vidales. 1986. New records of mammals from Quintana Roo, México. Mammalia, 50: 275-278.
    7. Medellín, R. A., G. Urbano-V., O. Sánchez-H., G. Téllez-G., y H. Arita. 1986. Notas sobre murciélagos del este de Chiapas. Southwestern Naturalist, 31:532-534.
    8. Medellín, R. A. 1983. Tonatia bidens and Mimon crenulatum in Chiapas, México. Journal of Mammalogy, 64: 150.

    5.2 Scientific articles in other journals (total: 19):

    1. Soler-Frost, A., R. A. Medellín, and G. N. Cameron. 2003. Pappogeomys bulleri. Mammalian Species, American Society of Mammalogists, 717:1-3.
    2. Ceballos, G., J. Arroyo-Cabrales, and R. A. Medellín. 2002. The mammals of México: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Occasional Papers of the Museum, Texas Tech University, 218:1-27.
    3. R. A. Medellin. 2001. Los murciélagos, factor esencial para la recuperación natural de las selvas. Boletín UNAM. No. 463.
    4. Vázquez, L. B., R. A. Medellín, and G. N. Cameron. 2001. Peromyscus aztecus. Mammalian Species No. 649, Amer. Soc. of Mammalogists: 1-6.
    5. Castro-Arellano, I., H. Zarza y R. A. Medellín. 2000. Philander opossum. Mammalian Species # 638, Amer. Soc. of Mammalogists: 1-8.
    6. Vázquez, L. B., G. N. Cameron y R. A. Medellín. 1999. Hábitos alimentarios y biología poblacional de dos especies de roedores en el occidente de México. Revista Mexicana de Mastozoología. 4: 5-21
    7. López T., M. C. y R. A. Medellín. 1999. Vampyrum spectrum en Chiapas, México. Revista Mexicana de Mastozoología, 3:135-136.
    8. Medellín, R. A., G. Ceballos y H. Zarza. 1998. Spilogale pygmaea. Mammalian Species. No. 600, Amer. Soc. of Mammalogists: 1-3.
    9. Gómez de Silva G., H., R. A. Medellín L., M. A. Amín & S. Aguilar. 1996. A concentration of mountain plovers Charadrius montanus in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Cotinga, 5:33-34.
    10. Alonso-M., A., y R. A. Medellín. 1992. Marmosa mexicana. Mammalian Species # 421, Amer. Soc. Mammalogists:1-4.
    11. Alonso-M., A., y R. A. Medellín. 1991. Micronycteris megalotis. Mammalian Species # 376, Amer. Soc. of Mammalogists: 1-6.
    12. Medellín, R. A. 1991. Ecomorfología del cráneo de cinco didélfidos: tendencias, divergencias e implicaciones. Anales del Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Ser. Zool., 62:269-286.
    13. Medellín, R. A. y H. T. Arita. 1989. Tonatia evotis and T. silvicola. Mammalian Species. No. 334, Amer. Soc. of Mammalogists: 1-5.
    14. Medellín, R. A. 1989. Chrotopterus auritus. Mammalian Species. No. 343, Amer. Soc. of Mammalogists: 1-5.
    15. Ceballos, G. and R. A. Medellín. 1988. Diclidurus albus. Mammalian Species. No. 316, American Society of Mammalogists: 1-4.
    16. Medellín, R. A., y W. López-Forment. 1986. Las cuevas: un recurso compartido. Anales del Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Ser. Zool., 56: 1027-1034.
    17. Wilson, D. E., R. A. Medellín, D. V. Lanning, y H. T. Arita. 1985. Los murciélagos del noreste de México, con una lista de especies. Acta Zoológica Mexicana, nueva serie, No. 8:1-26.
    18. Medellín, R. A., D. E. Wilson, y D. Navarro. 1985. Micronycteris brachyotis. Mammalian species # 251, American Society of Mammalogists: 1-4.
    19. Medellín, R. A., D. Navarro, W. B. Davis, and V. J. Romero. 1983. Notes on the biology of Micronycteris brachyotis (Dobson) (Chiroptera), in southern Veracruz, México. Brenesia 21: 7-11.

    5.3 International books and chapters (total: 11):

    1. Rodríguez-Herrera, B., R. A. Medellín, and R.M. Timm. 2007. Neotropical Tent-roosting Bats / Murciélagos neotropicales que acampan en hojas. Editorial INBio. Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica, 184 p.
    2. National Research Council of the National Academies. 2007. Status of Pollinators in North America. National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. (Medellin is member of the 15-people Committee on Status of Pollinators, created by the National Academy of Sciences).
    3. Eardley, C., D. Roth, J. Clarke, S. Buchmann, and B. Gemmill, editors (R. Medellin is one of the authors of this book). 2006. Pollinators and pollination: a resource book for policy and practice. African Pollinator Initiative and U.S. Department of State, Washington, D. C.
    4. Melnick, D. J., J. A. McNeely, Y. Kakabadse, G. Schmidt-Traub, and R. R. Sears, lead authors (R. Medellín is one of the authors of this book as a member of this Task Force). 2005. Environment and human well-being: a practical strategy. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals. United Nations Millennium Project, Task Force on Environmental Sustainability Final Report. United Nations Development Programme, EARTHSCAN, London.
    5. Medellín, R. A., C. Manterola, M. Valdez, D. G. Hewitt, D. Doan-Crider, and T. E. Fulbright. 2005. History, ecology, and conservation of the pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, and black bear in Mexico. In: J.-L. Cartron, G. Ceballos, and R. S. Felger (eds.) Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Conservation in Northern Mexico. Oxford University. Press.
    6. Medellín, R.A. 2005. Author of various chapters on different mammal species in the book: ANIMAL, the definitive visual guide to the World's wildlife (Editors in Chief: D. Burnie and D. E. Wilson). Dorling Kindersley, London.
    7. Medellín, R. A., J. Guillermo Téllez, and J. Arroyo. 2004. Conservation through research and education: an example of collaborative integral actions for migratory bats. In G. Nabhan, R. C. Brusca, and L. Holter (eds.), Conservation of Migratory Pollinators and Their Nectar Corridors in North America. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Natural History of the Sonoran Desert Region, No. 2. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona.
    8. Medellín, R. A. 2003. Didelphimorphia: New World opossums. Pp. 249-265 In: Mammals I. Vol 12 of Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, edited by Devra G. Kleiman, Valerius Geist, Michael Hutchins, and Melissa C. McDade. Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Mich.
    9. Medellín, R. A., and K. H. Redford. 1992. The role of mammals in Neotropical forest-savanna boundaries. Pp. 519-548, In Nature and dynamics of forest-savanna boundaries (P. Furley, J. Ratter, and J. Proctor, eds.). Chapman and Hall, London, 616 p.
    10. Herrera-MacBryde, O. y Rodrigo A. Medellín. 1997, Lacandon rainforest region. Pp. 125-127, in Centres of Plant Diversity, Vol. 3, The Americas (S. D. Davis, V. H. Heywood, O. Herrera-MacBryde, J. Villa-Lobos, and A. C. Hamilton, eds.). World Wildlife Fund, IUCN, The World Conservation Union, U. S. National Museum of Natural History, the European Commission, and the U. K. Overseas Development Administration. Information Press, Oxford, U.K., 525 pp.
    11. Ceballos, G., J. M. Maass, R. A. Medellín, M. Equihua, R. Dirzo, A. García, M. Lazcano, L. Hernández and F. Noguera. 1998. The Mexican Long-Term Ecological Research Network. Pp. 52-57, in The International Long Term Ecological Research Network 1998 (R. Waide, C. French, P. Sprott, L. Williams, compilers). U.S. LTER, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 109 pp.

    5.4 National books and chapters (total: 28):

    1. Álvarez-Romero, J., R. A. Medellín, A. Oliveras de Ita, H. Gómez de Silva, y O. Sánchez. 2008. Animales exóticos en México. Una amenaza para la biodiversidad. CONABIO-UNAM-SEMARNAT, 502 pp.
    2. Ceballos, G., R. List, R. A. Medellín y X. de la Macorra. 2008. Naturaleza Mexicana Legado de Conservación. Telmex. 503 pp.
    3. Medellín, R. A., H. T. Arita y O. Sánchez. 2008. Identificación de los murciélagos de México, clave de campo, Segunda Edición. Instituto de Ecología, UNAM-CONABIO, 89 pp.
    4. Sánchez, O., R. A. Medellín, A. Aldama, B. Goettsch, J. Soberón y M. Tambutti. 2007. Método de evaluación del riesgo de extinción de las especies silvestres en México (MER). SEMARNAT, INE, Instituto de Ecología, UNAM, CONABIO.
    5. Azuara, D. y R. A. Medellín. 2007. Fototrampeo como herramienta para el estudio del jaguar y otros mamíferos en la Selva Lacandona, Chiapas. Pp. 143-153 en Conservación y manejo del jaguar en México, estudios de caso y perspectivas (G. Ceballos, C. Chávez, R. List y H. Zarza, editores). CONABIO, WWF, TELCEL Y UNAM.
    6. Chávez, C., G. Ceballos, R.A. Medellin y H. Zarza. 2007. Primer Censo Nacional del Jaguar. Pp. 133-141 en Conservación y manejo del jaguar en México, estudios de caso y perspectivas (G. Ceballos, C. Chávez, R. List y H. Zarza, editores). CONABIO, WWF, TELCEL Y UNAM.
    7. Medellín, R. A. 2007. Prólogo. Pp. IX-X en Historia natural, distribución y Conservación de los Murciélagos de Bolivia (L. F. Aguirre, Editor). Fundación Simón Patiño, La Paz, Bolivia.
    8. Medellín, R.A., D. Azuara, L. Maffei, H. Zarza, H. Bárcenas, E. Cruz, R. Legaria, I. Lira, G. Ramos, O. Gaona, y S. Avila. 2006. Censos y Monitoreos. Pp. 25-35 in El Jaguar Mexicano en el Siglo XXI: Situación Actual y Manejo. C. Chávez y G. Ceballos, Editores. CONABIO, WWF-TELCEL, UNAM. México, D. F., 83 pp.
    9. Porzecanski, A. L., N. Bynum, J.L. Mena, y R. A. Medellín. 2006. La Red de Educadores y Profesionales de la conservación: La implementación de un proyecto internacional de educación superior en México. Pp. 389-401, en Educación para la Conservación (A. Barahona y L. Almeida, Editoras). Programa Universitario de Medio Ambiente, UNAM.
    10. Sánchez-Cordero, V., and R. A. Medellín (editors). 2005. Contribuciones Mastozoológicas en homenaje a Bernardo Villa. Instituto de Biología e Instituto de Ecología, UNAM, CONABIO. México
    11. Huerta-Patricio, E., K. D. Cameron, G. N. Cameron, and R. A. Medellín. 2005. Conservation implications of exotic game ranching in the Texas hill country. Pp. 237-252 in Contribuciones Mastozoológicas en homenaje a Bernardo Villa (V. Sánchez-Cordero y R. A. Medellín, editores). Instituto de Biología e Instituto de Ecología, UNAM, CONABIO. México
    12. Amor, D.C., S.O. Kolokotronis R.R. Ramey II, R.A. Medellín y O.A. Ryder. 2005. Genética de la Conservación del Berrendo. Pp. 23-33 In: El Berrendo en México, Acciones de conservación. Valdes M, de la Cruz E, Peters E, Pallares E, Editors. Agrupación Sierra Madre & Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INE-SEMARNAT), México DF.
    13. Ceballos, G., J. Arroyo-Cabrales, R. A. Medellín, L. Medrano, and G. Oliva. 2005. Diversidad y conservación de los mamíferos de México. Pp. 21-66 in Los mamíferos silvestres de México (G. Ceballos and G. Oliva, coordinadores). CONABIO-Fondo de Cultura Económica, México D. F., México.
    14. Ceballos, G., J. Arroyo-Cabrales, and R. A. Medellín. 2005. Lista sistemática de las especies. Pp. 73-95 in Los mamíferos silvestres de México (G. Ceballos and G. Oliva, coordinadores). CONABIO-Fondo de Cultura Económica, México D. F., México.
    15. Medellín, R. A., autor or coauthor with various students of texts on a total of 33 mammal species: Marmosa mexicana, Caluromys derbianus, Chironectes minimus, Didelphis marsupiales, D. virginiana, Metachirus nudicaudatus, Philander opossum. Macrotus waterhousi, Glyphonycteris sylvestris, Lampronycteris brachyotis, Micronycteris schmidtorum, Chrotopterus auritas, Trachops cirrhosus, Vampyrum spectrum, Lonchorhina aurita, Lophostoma brasiliense, Lophostoma evotis, Macrophyllum macrophyllum, Mimon bennetti, M. crenulatum, Phylloderma stenops, Phyllostomus discolor, Tonatia saurophila, Eptesicus brasiliensis, Myotis albescens, M. vivesi, Pipistrellus subflavus, Eumops hansae, Spilogale pygmaea, Mazama pandora, Zygogeomys trichopus, Oryzomys couesi y Oryzomys melanotis in the book: Los mamíferos silvestres de México (G. Ceballos and G. Oliva, coordinadores). CONABIO-Fondo de Cultura Económica, México D. F., México.
    16. Gaona, Osiris y R. A. Medellín. 2004. Los Murciélagos de Tamaulipas. In: La Gran Provincia Natural Tamaulipeca (P. Robles Gil, E. Ezcurra, E. Peters, E. Pallares y A. Ezcurra, compiladores). Gobierno del Estado de Tamaulipas y Agrupación Sierra Madre, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas.
    17. Burnie, D. (editor). Soberón, J., R. A. Medellín y G. Jiménez (Revisores científicos). 2003. Animal. Santillana. Costa Rica. 624 pp.
    18. R. A. Medellín y M. D. Tuttle. 2003. Murciélagos. Pp. 79-84 in: GRANDES ESPECTÁCULOS DEL MUNDO ANIMAL. (Mittermeier, R. A., P. Robles Gil, C. G. Mittermeier, T. Brooks, M. Hoffmann, W. R. Konstant, G. A. B. Da Fonseca y R. B. Mast). CEMEX. Japón.
    19. E. W. Sanderson, C.-L. B. Chetkiewicz, R. A. Medellín, A. Rabinowitz, K. H. Redford, J. G. Robinson y A. B. Taber. 2002. Un análisis geográfico del estado de conservación y distribución de los jaguares a través de su área de distribución. Pp. 551-600 in: EL JAGUAR EN EL NUEVO MILENIO (R. A. Medellín, C. Equihua, C.L.B. Chetkiewicz, P.G. Crawshaw Jr., A. Rabinowitz, K.H. Redford, J.G. Robinson, E.W. Sanderson, y A.B. Taber, compiladores). Fondo de Cultura Económica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Wildlife Conservation Society. México, D. F.
    20. E. W. Sanderson, C.-L. B. Chetkiewicz, R. A. Medellín, A. Rabinowitz, K. H. Redford, J. G. Robinson y A. B. Taber. 2002. Prioridades geográficas para la conservación del jaguar. Pp. 601-627 in: EL JAGUAR EN EL NUEVO MILENIO (R. A. Medellín, C. Equihua, C.L.B. Chetkiewicz, P.G. Crawshaw Jr., A. Rabinowitz, K.H. Redford, J.G. Robinson, E.W. Sanderson, y A.B. Taber, compiladores). Fondo de Cultura Económica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Wildlife Conservation Society. México, D. F.
    21. Taber, A. B., C.-L. B. Chetkiewicz, R. A. Medellín, A. Rabinowitz, y K. H. Redford. 2002. La conservación del jaguar en el nuevo milenio. Pp. 629-640 in: EL JAGUAR EN EL NUEVO MILENIO (R. A. Medellín, C. Equihua, C.L.B. Chetkiewicz, P.G. Crawshaw Jr., A. Rabinowitz, K.H. Redford, J.G. Robinson, E.W. Sanderson, y A.B. Taber, compiladores). Fondo de Cultura Económica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Wildlife Conservation Society. México, D. F.
    22. R. A. Medellín, C. Equihua, C.L.B. Chetkiewicz, P.G. Crawshaw Jr., A. Rabinowitz, K.H. Redford, J.G. Robinson, E.W. Sanderson, y A.B. Taber, compiladores. 2002. EL JAGUAR EN EL NUEVO MILENIO. Fondo de Cultura Económica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Wildlife Conservation Society. México, D. F.
    23. G. Ceballos, J. Arroyo-C., y R. A. Medellín. 2002. Mamíferos de México. Pp. 377-413 in: Diversidad y Conservación de los Mamíferos Neotropicales (G. Ceballos y J. A. Simonetti, editores). Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) y Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
    24. Medellín, R. A., H. T. Arita y O. Sánchez. 1997. Identificación de los murciélagos de México, clave de campo. Publicaciones Especiales, Asociación Mexicana de Mastozoología, A. C., 83 pp.
    25. Medellín, R. A. 1993. Estructura y diversidad de una comunidad de murciélagos en el trópico húmedo mexicano. Pp. 333-354, en Avances en el estudio de los mamíferos de México (R. A. Medellín and G. Ceballos, eds.). Publicaciones Especiales Vol. 1, Asociación Mexicana de Mastozoología, A. C., México, D. F., 464 pp.
    26. Medellín, R. A., y G. Ceballos (editores). 1993. Avances en el estudio de los mamíferos de México. Publicaciones Especiales Vol. 1, Asociación Mexicana de Mastozoología, A. C., México, D. F., 464 pp.
    27. Medellín, R. A., O. Sánchez y G. Urbano. 1992. Ubicación zoogeográfica de la Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, a través de su fauna de quirópteros. Pp. 233-251 in: Reserva de la Biosfera de los Montes Azules, Selva Lacandona: investigación para su conservación (M. A. Vásquez-Sánchez y M. A. Ramos, eds.). Centro de Estudios para la Conservación de los Recursos Naturales, A. C., San Cristóbal, Chiapas, México. Publ. Esp. Ecosfera 1:436 pp.
    28. Medellín, R. A. La Fauna: Diversidad de los Vertebrados. Pp. 75-109, in Lacandonia, El Ultimo Refugio. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y Agrupación Sierra Madre. 1991: 153 pp. México, D. F.

    5.5 Essays and book reviews (total: 6):

    1. Medellín, R. A. 2010. Of Lions, and Tigers, and Bears, Oh My! Reintroduction of Top-Order Predators (book review). Conservation Biology 24:910-910.
    2. Medellín, R. A. y D. E. Wilson. 1992. (Review of) Los Murciélagos de Chiapas, por S. T. Alvarez-C. y T. Alvarez. Journal of Mammalogy, 73:231-232 (invited by editor).
    3. Medellín, R. A. 1995. (Review of) Mammal species of the world (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds. Smithsonian Institution Press. Revista Mexicana de Mastozoología, AMMAC, México, D. F., 1:77-78 (invited by editor).
    4. Medellín, R. A. 1998. The guide to a diverse fauna in a complex landscape (Review of the book Neotropical rainforest mammals: a field guide, by Louise Emmons). Journal of Biogeography 25: 987 (invited by editor).
    5. Medellín, R. A. 1999. Sustainable harvest for conservation. Conservation Biology 13:225.
    6. Medellín, R. A. 2000. (Review of) Reid, F. A. 1997. A field guide to the mammals of Central America and southeast Mexico. Oxford University Press, New York. Journal of Mammalogy 81:912-914 (invited by editor).

    5.6 Popular publications (total: 23):

    1. Medellín, R. A. 2007. Selvas: otro desastre. REFORMA major newspaper. 15/04/2007
    2. Medellín, R. A. Asegurar la Biodiversidad. Periódico REFORMA major newspaper.13/05/2007
    3. Medellín, R. A. Absolutismo y biodiversidad. Periódico REFORMA major newspaper. 24/06/2007
    4. Medellín, R. A. 250 millones de árboles. Periódico REFORMA major newspaper, 12/08/2007
    5. Krebbs, K, R. A. Medellin, Y. Petryzsyn, A. McIntire, L. Lewis, and D. Dalton. 2005. Lesser long-nosed bat. Sonorensis, Winter 2005. Newsletter of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Tucson.
    6. Gaona, O. and R. A. Medellín. 2005. 2005. "The Lacandon Jungle: Bulwark of Biodiversity". Voices of México, No. 72. July-September: Pp.108-112
    7. Medellín, R. A., and S. Walker. 2003. Nightly wings, nectar sips. Endangered Species Bulletin, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 28 (3):16-17.
    8. Medellín, R. A. 2003. Los murciélagos, factor esencial para la recuperación natural de selvas. Boletín UNAM. No. 463
    9. Medellín, R. A. y O. Gaona. 2001. La cooperación para la conservación: una alianza internacional contribuye a la protección de murciélagos. Andïra. Vol. 3 No. 1
    10. Medellín, R. A. 2000. Emergencia en la Selva Lacandona (Entrevistado por Rosario Manzanos) Revista PROCESO 1228, 14 de mayo de 2000, Pp. 42-44.
    11. Medellín, R. A. y O. Gaona. 2000. 'Qué tienen los murciélagos que unos los quieren destruir y otros los quieren salvar? Especies, Revista sobre conservación y biodiversidad , 9:3-8
    12. Tuttle, M. D., D. A. R. Taylor, R. A. Medellín y S. Walker. 2000. Murciélagos y Minas. Publicación 3A Bat Conservation International/Programa para la Conservación de los Murciélagos Migratorios. Austin, Texas, 56 pp.
    13. Medellín, R. A., S. Walker y M. D. Tuttle. 2000. Murciélagos, de la superstición al conocimiento de su utilidad ecológica. National Geographic en español, septiembre de 2000 (Conservación en Latinoamérica):1-6.
    14. Medellín, R. A., F. Colchero, C. Manterola, F. Ramírez, y G. Ceballos. 1999. The Tiburon Island Bighorn Sheep Program: an example of binational, interinstitutional collaboration for conservation and sustainable development in a Mexican Indian and protected area. Wild Sheep, Spring of 1999: 71-72.
    15. Medellín, R. A. 1999. Los niños, promotores de la salvación de los murciélagos, según un programa México-Estados Unidos (Entrevistado por Rosario Manzanos). Revista Proceso 1180, 13 de junio de 1999, Pp. 64-65.
    16. Medellín, R. A. 1999. Bat Conservation and PCMM. (Entrevistado por el escrito James Withgott) BioScience, November 1999, Vol. 49, Number 11: 860-861.
    17. Medellín, R. A. 1996. Reserva de la Biósfera Montes Azules. Gaceta Ecológica, SEMARNAP-INE, 38, primavera de 1996: 23-26.
    18. Navarro, L., J. Arroyo and R. A. Medellín. 1996. Bat awareness in Mexico begins with children. Bats magazine, 14(3):3-6.
    19. Medellín, R. A. La Selva Lacandona. Arqueología Mexicana, Nov.-Dic. de 1996, Vol. IV, No. 22:64-69.
    20. Medellín, R. A. 1995. El borrego Cimarrón. Gaceta Ecológica, SEMARNAP-INE, 37, Diciembre de 1995: 19-21.
    21. Medellín, R. A. 1991. La Selva Lacandona: Pasado. Oikos, 10: 2. Centro de Ecología, UNAM.
    22. Medellín, R. A. 1991. La Selva Lacandona: Presente y Futuro. Oikos, 11: 2. Centro de Ecología, UNAM.
    23. Medellín, R. A. 1991. The Selva Lacandona: An overview. Tropical Conservation and Development Newsletter, 24 (November):1-5. Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida.

    5.7 Other products:

    1. Scientific advisor, TV Series Los Últimos Santuarios, Canal 11, 1997-1998.
    2. Advisor and technical consultant for the exhibit "Amos de la Noche", presented in Papalote, Museo del Niño, 1996.
    3. Consultant and technical responsible for the exhibit "Amos de la Noche", presented in the Museo de Historia Natural, Chapultepec, 1997-1998.
    4. Academic coordinator and coproducer of the TV series DIVERSIDAD BIOLÓGICA Y DESARROLLO SUSTENTABLE EN MÉXICO: LA CONSERVACIÓN Y EL APROVECHAMIENTO COMO ALTERNATIVAS. Sistema de Universidad Abierta, UNAM/EDUSAT. August 1998.

  6. Other recognitions and appointments

    6.1. Recognitions:

    1. First place (with Clementina Equihua and Héctor Arita) in the First Contest of Slide and Sound Shows in Zoology, AUDIOVIZOOL, School of Sciences, UNAM, with the audiovisual "Hábitos Alimenticios de los Murciélagos" (food habits of bats).
    2. Honorary Mention (shared with Clementina Equihua) in the Second National Contest of Scientific Photography, with the slide "Cazador y Presa" (Hunter and prey).
    3. Awarded master's bypass by the School of Forest Resources and Conservation due to abilities demonstrated in coursework (October, 1987)
    4. University of Florida's Presidential Recognition award for academic excellence, received in March, 1988.
    5. Recipient of the Program of Incentives to the Academic Productivity (PRIDE), UNAM, level B 1995-2000
    6. PRIDE level C since 2000.
    7. National System of Researchers level 1 since 1992, renewed in 1995, 98, and 2001. Level 2 since 2004.
    8. Member of The Evaluation Committee, UNAM, DGAPA, since 1998
    9. Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences since 1999.
    10. Member of the Evaluation Committee, Natural Sciences, National Council of Science and Technology, 1993-1998 and 2005-present.

    6.2. Editorial and Evaluation Committees:

    Associate Editor of the following professional journals:

    • Journal of Mammalogy since July of 2005.
    • Mastozoología Neotropical since April 2003.
    • Conservation Biology since September 2003.
    • Acta Chiropterologica, the International Journal of Chiropteran Biology, since June 2002
    • ORYX, the International Journal of Conservation since April 2002
    • REVISTA MEXICANA DE MASTOZOOLOGIA, Asociación Mexicana de Mastozoología, A. C., de 1988 a la fecha

    Editor of the journal "ZACATUCHE", Publisher by the Mexican Society of Mammalogists 1984-1986.

    1. Member of the following Grant Selection Committees: CONACYT (Natural Sciences), Mexican Fund for Nature, Bat Conservation International, Wildlife Conservation Society , British Petroleoum, Conservation International
    2. Referee for project evaluation, CONACYT, CONABIO, Wildlife Conservation Society, New York Zoological Society, Conservation International, Bat Conservation International and Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza, CONSERVA (DDF).

    6.3. Manuscript review in the last 3 years for the following journals:

    1. Revista Mexicana de Mastozoología
    2. Acta Zoologica Mexicana
    3. Journal of Mammalogy
    4. Biotropica
    5. Oecologia
    6. Ecology
    7. Mammalian Species
    8. Oryx Flora and Fauna International
    9. Biological Conservation
    10. Journal of Applied Ecology
    11. Biodiversity and Conservation
    12. Conservation Biology
    13. Acta Chiropterologica

  7. Scientific societies:

    • Asociación Mexicana de Mastozoología, A. C. (founding and life member, 1983)
    • American Society of Mammalogists (life member, 1981)
    • Sociedad Mexicana de Zoología since 1986
    • Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural since 1986
    • Mexican Academy of Sciences since 1999
    • Bat Conservation International (invited member since 1982)
    • Ecological Society of America 1988-2001
    • Association for Tropical Biology since 1989
    • Society for Conservation Biology since 1989

  8. Some recent invited seminars and plenary conferences

    • Invited Seminar, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, April 23rd, 2010

    • Guest Seminar for the Kenya Wildlife Service on Mexican biodiversity and conservation programs, October 8th, 2009

    • Plenary Lecture, Latin American Rabies Congress, Puebla, Mexico, November 9th, 2009

    • Invited lecture, Universiti Malaysia in Sabah, Sabah, Borneo. July 26, 2009. Coordinated by the Mexican Embassy in Malaysia

    • Invited Lecture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, July 14th, 2009. Coordinated by the Mexican Embassy in China

    • Plenary lecture invited by the President of the University of Hidalgo, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico, February 12, 2009.

    • Guest speaker, University of Guerrero, Chilpancingo, Guerrero, October 27, 2008.

    • Seminar for the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, October 1, 2007.

    • Plenary Inaugural Lecture of the 14th Annual Conference, The Wildlife Society, Tucson, Arizona, 23 September 2007.

    • Plenary Lecture in the II Congreso Nacional de Mastozoología en Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia, 18 May 2006.

    • Seminar for the Cambridge Conservation Forum, Cambridge, UK, November 25th, 2004

    • Seminar for Bat Conservation Trust, London, UK, November 24th, 2004

    • Seminar for the Center of Conservation Biology, Stanford University, Abril 2004.

    • Seminar for the National Zoological Park, Genetics Department, Washington, D. C., March 2003.

    • Seminar for the U. S. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., March 2003.

    • Invited talk to the 5th World Parks Congress, 8-17 September 2003, Durban, South Africa: The protected areas of Mexico: overview, achievements, and challenges

    • Invited talk to the 5th World Parks Congress, 8-17 September 2003, Durban, South Africa: Bighorn sheep management and community development in the Gulf of California

    • Seminal for the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology (E3B), Columbia University, in October 2002.

    • Seminar: Mexico's Program for the Conservation and harvest of Wildlife. en el Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, April 5, 2001.

    • Invited talk to the VI International Theriological Congress, Sydney, Australia, july1993: Conservation of Mammals in a lumpy world. K. H. Redford, J. Sendzimir. R. A. Medellín, and C. S. Holling. Presented by R. Medellín.

    • Plenary Inaugural talk, XVIII Congreso Nacional de Zoología, Morelia, Michoacán, Noviembre de 1995.

    • Plenary Magistral Inaugural Conference, I Reunión del Colegio de Biólogos de Chiapas, Octubre de 1995.

    • Various invited talks Museo de las Ciencias Universum since 1995.

    • Magistral conferences to present the Programa de Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre to the media, high-level government officers, etc., INE-SEMARNAP, november 1996-July 1997.

    • Circuit of conferences in various institutions in Mexico and the U. S. to present the Programa de Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre INE-SEMARNAP, 1996-1998.

    • Invited talks to the Seventh International Theriological Congress, Acapulco, Guerrero, september 1997:

      1. Migratory bats: research and conservation priorities and perspectives.
      2. Mammal diversity and conservation in Latin America.

    • Invited to coordinate the round table on vampire bat control, 11th International Bat Research Conference, Pirenópolis, Brasil, august 1998.

    • Magistral Conference invited 23 World MontessoriCongress, Cancún, Quintana Roo, july 1999: diversidad y conservación de la vida silvestre mexicana.

    • Seminar, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 3 march 2000: Bat diversity and abundance as indicators of disturbance in Neotropical rainforests.

    • Magistral Conference in the XI Annual Conference of the Rio Bravo Association, Texas A&M University, Kingsville, Texas, March 31, 2000: The Program for Recovery and Conservation of the Priority Species in Mexico.

    • Seminar in the Department of Biology, Texas A&M University,College Station, Texas, April 5 2001.

    • Lecture in the San Diego Natural History Museum, Horns and Hooves, Flats and Peaks: bighorn sheep and pronghorn antelope conservation and recovery in Mexico. May 10, 2001.

    47 talks in international scientific meetings and 33 talks in national meetings.

  9. Human resources:

    9.1. Theses directed:

    Undergraduate level (total 25):

    1. Guillermo Muñoz Lacy. 2010. Efecto del murciélago vampiro común Desmodus rotundus (E. Geoffroy, 1810) sobre hatos de ganado vacuno de Hueytamalco, Puebla. 1 de diciembre de 2010.
    2. Angélica Menchaca Rodríguez. 2010. Determinación de la dieta de dos especies de murciélagos vampiros (Desmodus rotundus y Diphylla ecaudata), utilizando un método no invasivo, del Noreste de Puebla, México. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, 25 de octubre de 2010.
    3. Karla Patricia Toledo Gutiérrez. Hábitos reproductivos del murciélago magueyero mayor Leptonycteris nivalis (CHIROPTERA: PHYLLOSTOMIDAE) en la "Cueva del Diablo", Tepoztlán Morelos, México. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, 20 de marzo de 2009.
    4. Tania Paulina González Terrazas. 2008. Factores ecológicos que influyen en la estructura de la comunidad de murciélagos nectarívoros en Callejones, Colima, México. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Agosto de 2008.
    5. Hernández Moreno, Martha Elena 2005. Patrones reproductivos, abundancia relativa y dieta de los murciélagos frugívoros de la Selva Lacandona, Chajul, Chiapas. Esc. Biología, BUAP, Mayo de 2005.
    6. Azuara Santiago, Danae. 2005. Estimación de abundancia de mamíferos terrestres en un área de la Selva Lacandona, Chiapas. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM.
    7. Ana Magdalena Soler Frost. Cambios en la abundancia relativa y dieta de Lontra longicaudis en relación a la perturbación de la selva Lacandona, Chiapas, México. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. 2004.
    8. Claudia Galicia Castillo. Diversidad y abundancia de murciélagos en tres cuevas de Guerrero con diferentes niveles de actividad humana. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. Junio 2004
    9. Alejandro Gómez Nísino. Ecología de pequeños mamíferos postfenómeno "El Niño" en la selva Lacandona, Chiapas. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. Junio 2004
    10. Luis Antonio Caballero Martínez. Observaciones sobre la conducta reproductiva de Leptonycteris nivalis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) en Tepoztlán, Morelos, México. Facultad de Ciencias, UAEMéx. Junio 2004.
    11. Leslie Ragde A. Sánchez Talavera. Dieta del murciélago magueyero mayor Leptonycteris nivalis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) en la Cueva del Diablo, Tepoztlán, Morelos. Facultad de Ciencias, UAEMéx. Junio 2004.
    12. Elsa Georgina O'Farrill Cruz. Dieta y uso de habitat del borrego cimarrón (Ovis canadensis mexicana) y el venado bura (Odocoileus hemionus sheldoni) en la isla Tiburón, Sonora, México. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. Marzo de 2003.
    13. Jorge Gabriel Alvarez Romero. Los mamíferos introducidos de México: diversidad, distribución y potencial de impacto y de control. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. Marzo 2003.
    14. Edmundo Huerta Patricio. Dispersión de semillas por murciélagos y aves en la regeneración de habitats perturbados en un bosque tropical. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Enero 2003.
    15. Adán Oliveras de Ita . Dinámica Poblacional e Historia Natural del gorrión serrano (Xenospiza baileyi). Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. Enero de 2002.
    16. Heliot Zarza Villanueva. Estructura de la comunidad de pequeños mamíferos en diversos hábitats en la Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, México. FES Iztacala, UNAM. Noviembre de 2001. Mención Honorífica.
    17. Juan Guillermo Téllez Zenteno. Migración de los murciélagos hocicudos (Leptonycteris) en el trópico mexicano. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. Julio de 2001.
    18. Rafael Avila Flores. Patrones de uso de cuevas en murciélagos del centro de México. ENEP Iztacala, UNAM. Febrero de 2000. Mención Honorífica. Tesis ganadora del primer premio a la excelencia, Asociación Mexicana de Mastozoología, 2000.
    19. Dalia Amor Conde Ovando. Filogenia y estructura genética del berrendo (Antilocapra americana) e implicaciones para su conservación. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. Septiembre de 2000.
    20. María Concepción López Téllez. Composición, diversidad y estructura de una comunidad de murciélagos de la selva Lacandona, Chiapas, México. Escuela de Biología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. 1998.
    21. Luis Bernardo Vázquez Hernández. Dieta y demografía de una comunidad de pequeños roedores en dos hábitats contrastantes. Universidad de Guadalajara. Julio 1997. Tesis ganadora del primer premio a la excelencia, Asociación Mexicana de Mastozoología, 1998.
    22. César A. Loza Salas. Patrones de abundancia, uso de hábitat y alimentación de la guacamaya verde (Ara militaris), en la presa Cajón de Peña, Jalisco, México. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. 1997.
    23. Osiris Gaona Pineda. Dispersión de semillas y hábitos alimenticios de murciélagos frugívoros en la Selva Lacandona, Chiapas. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, 1997.
    24. Miguel Angel Amín O. Ecología de comunidades de murciélagos en bosque tropical y hábitats modificados en la Selva Lacandona, Chiapas. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, 1996.
    25. Apamar Clemente Mendoza. Hábitos alimenticios de dos especies de didélfidos (Didelphis marsupialis y Philander opossum) en dos hábitats diferentes de la Reserva de la Biosfera Montes Azules, Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, México. Escuela de Biología, Instituto de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas. 1994.

    Master's level (9 theses)

    1. Bárcenas Rodríguez, Horacio Valdemar. 2010. Abundancia y dieta del lince (Lynx rufus) en seis localidades de México. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, 25 de octubre de 2010.
    2. Cerón Martínez, Gerardo. Dispersión y depredación de semillas de la palma Attalea butyraceae en un bosque tropical húmedo :efectos de la defaunación. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Noviembre 9, 2009.
    3. J Antonio de la Torre de Lara. Estimación poblacional del jaguar (Panthera onca) y abundancia relativa de sus presas en la Reserva de la Biosfera Montes Azules, Chiapas, México. Mayo 25, 2009.
    4. Leonardo J. López Damián. Dieta de Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana en el noreste y sur de México en el contexto de la fenología del maíz (Zea mays). 4 de septiembre de 2009.
    5. L. Ragde Sánchez Talavera. Community. dynamics of bats at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica: 1973 and 2005. Tesis ganadora del Premio Bernardo Villa 2006 otorgado por la North American Society for Bat Research, por "Outstanding Research by a Latin American Student". Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. Examen: 18 de marzo de 2009.
    6. Ada A. Ruiz C. Análisis y prioridades para la conservación de las cuevas mexicanas. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. Examen: 26 de abril de 2006Ada A. Ruiz C. Análisis y prioridades para la conservación de las cuevas mexicanas. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. Examen: 26 de abril de 2006
    7. Edmundo Huerta Patricio. Restauración de Potreros con distinta historia de uso en el Ejido de Chajul, Selva Lacandona, Chiapas. Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas - Restauración Ecológica. Examen:15 de noviembre de 2006.
    8. José Luis Mena. Diversidad y distribución de mamíferos pequeños no voladores en un gradiente altitudinal en la vertiente del pacifico de la reserva de la biosfera El Triunfo, Chiapas. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. Agosto 2004
    9. Ivonne Cassaigne Guasco. Modelación del efecto de las epizootias en dos poblaciones de cimarrones (Ovis canadensis) en México y el papel de los híbridos con muflón (O. musimon) en la conservación del borrego cimarrón. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, UNAM. 2004

    Doctorate level (4)

    1. Héctor Gómez de Silva. Reglas de ensamble generales en las comunidades de aves. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. Marzo de 2001.
    2. Jorge Albino Vargas. Relación de la complejidad y diversidad del hábitat con la diversidad de murciélagos en Campeche. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. septiembre de 2008
    3. Bernal Rodríguez Herrera. Sistema de apareamiento del murciélago blanco Ectophylla alba en Costa Rica. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. 18 de Marzo de 2009
    4. María Clara Arteaga Uribe. Filogeografía y Evolución del Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) en México. En proceso, 95% de avance.

    9.2. Examiner at final defenses of 55 students at the undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels. Member of other 11 undergraduate and graduate committees.

  10. Languages

    English (translates, speaks, writes)

  11. Organization of scientific events

    • Co-President of the Organizing Committee: El Jaguar en el Siglo XXI: La Prespectiva Continental, Mérida, Yucatán, December 7th, 2009.

    • PRESIDENTE DEL COMITÉ ORGANIZADOR DEL 14TH International Bat Research Conference y el 37th North American Symposium on Bat Research, en Mérida, Yucatán, del 19 al 23 de Agosto de 2007. Participaron casi 400 personas de 33 países. El congreso ha sido aclamado como la mejor conferencia sobre murciélagos a la que han asistido muchos de los participantes.

    • Organizer, Symposium El Jaguar Mexicano en el Siglo XXI, with the support of the Alliance TELCEL-WWF, SEMARNAT, HOJANAY and BIOCONCIENCIA. 11-14 October, 2005, Cuernavaca, Morelos

    • Organizer, workshop Jaguars in the New Millennium (in collaboration with Wildlife Conservation Society), 1-5 March, 1999, Cocoyoc, Morelos.

    • President of the Organizing Committee, 7th International Theriological Congress, Acapulco, Mexico, September 1997.

    • Organizer, Third meeting for the implementation of the Binational Program for the conservation of Migratory Bats. Centro de Ecología, UNAM. February 6 and 7 1995.

    • Co-organizer, 24th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research, Ixtapa, Guerrero, october 1995.

    • Organizar, Meeting for the implementation of the Binational Program for the conservation of Migratory Bats. Centro de Ecología, UNAM. October 24, 1994, Centro de Ecología, UNAM.

    • Organizer of the first meeting for the implementation of the Binational Program for the conservation of Migratory Bats. Centro de Ecología, UNAM. September 6 and 7 1990.

    • Member of the Organizing Committee, Simposio Internacional sobre Mastozoología Latinoamericana, Cancún, Quintana Roo, junio 28 al 30, 1987.