Hector Zumbado-Ulate, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
I am interested in quantifying how environmental threats (e.g., pathogens, invasive species, climate change, and habitat deterioration) drive the distribution of native species in different spatiotemporal scales. I am also interested in identifying the environmental factors (biotic and abiotic) that constrain, partially or totally, the negative effect of threats on endangered species. For this, I use a combination of spatial analyses, geographic information systems, and niche modeling.
Most Recent
Publications
(first author only)
Zumbado-Ulate, et. al. (2022). Ecological correlates of extinction risk and persistence of direct-developing stream-dwelling frogs in Mesoamerica. Global Ecology and Conservation: 38: e02197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02197
Zumbado-Ulate, H., et al. (2021). Species distribution models predict the geographic expansion of an enzootic amphibian pathogen. Biotropica 53: 221-231. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12863
Zumbado-Ulate, H., et al. (2019). Endemic infection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Costa Rica: Implications for amphibian conservation at regional and species level. Diversity 11: 129. https://doi.org/10.3390/d11080129
Zumbado-Ulate, H., et al. (2019). Infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is common in tropical lowland habitats: implications for amphibian conservation. Ecology and Evolution 9: 4917-4930.