By Dr Ada Sanchez-Mercado

Books

Yerena E; Monsalve Dam D; Torres DA; Sanchez-Mercado A; García-Rangel S; Bracho AE; Martínez Z; Gómez I, 2007, Plan de Acción para la Conservación del Oso Andino (Tremarctos ornatus) en Venezuela (2006-2016), Fundación AndígenA, FUDENA, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas

Book Chapters

Asmüssen MV; Rodríguez-Clark KM; Sánchez-Mercado A; Medina-Baliño G; Rodríguez JP; Sanchez Mercado A, 2019, 'Uso ilegal de primates en Venezuela', in Urbani B; Ceballos- Mago N (ed.), La primatología en Venezuela. Tomo I., Editorial Equinoccio (Colección Conjunta ACFIMAN/USB), Caracas, pp. 299 - 321

Journal articles

Lagisz M; Aich U; Amin B; Rutkowska J; Sánchez-Mercado A; Lara CE; Nakagawa S, 2023, 'Little transparency and equity in scientific awards for early- and mid-career researchers in ecology and evolution', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 7, pp. 655 - 665, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02028-6

Rodríguez JP; Sucre B; Mileham K; Sánchez-Mercado A; De Andrade N; Jabado RW, 2023, 'We Know How to Do Conservation—We Just Need to Do More of It!', Diversity, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15030443

Rodríguez JP; Sucre B; Mileham K; Sánchez-Mercado A; De Andrade N; Bezeng SB; Croukamp C; Falcato J; García-Borboroglu P; González S; González-Ciccia P; González-Maya JF; Kemp L; Kusrini MD; Lopez-Gallego C; Luz S; Menon V; Moehlman PD; Raimondo DC; Sillero-Zubiri C; Street W; Vincent A; Xie Y, 2022, 'Addressing the Biodiversity Paradox: Mismatch between the Co-Occurrence of Biological Diversity and the Human, Financial and Institutional Resources to Address Its Decline', Diversity, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d14090708

Ferrer-Paris JR; Sánchez-Mercado A; Sanchez Mercado A, 2021, 'Contributions of distribution modelling to the ecological study of psittaciformes', Diversity, 13, pp. 611, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d13120611

Stachowicz I; Ferrer-Paris JR; Sanchez-Mercado A, 2021, 'Shifting cultivation and hunting across the savanna-forest mosaic in the Gran Sabana, Venezuela: Facing changes', PeerJ, 9, pp. e11612, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11612

Sánchez-Mercado A; Ferrer-Paris JR; Rodríguez JP; Tella JL; Sanchez Mercado A, 2021, 'A literature synthesis of actions to tackle illegal parrot trade', Diversity, 13, pp. 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d13050191

Sánchez-Mercdo A; Blanco O; Sucre B; Briceño-Linares J; Pelaez C; Rodriguez JP, 2021, 'When good attitudes are not enough: Understanding intentions to keep Yellow Shouldered Amazons as pets in Margarita Island, Venezuela', Oryx: journal of fauna and flora international

Sánchez-Mercado A; Blanco O; Sucre-Smith B; Briceño-Linares JM; Peláez C; Rodríguez JP; Sanchez Mercado A, 2020, 'Using peoples' perceptions to improve conservation programs: The yellow-shouldered amazon in Venezuela', Diversity, 12, pp. 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/D12090342

Sánchez-Mercado A; Cardozo-Urdaneta A; Rodríguez-Clark KM; Moran L; Ovalle L; Ángel Arvelo M; Morales-Campos J; Coyle B; Braun MJ, 2020, 'Illegal wildlife trade networks: finding creative opportunities for conservation intervention in challenging circumstances', Animal Conservation, 23, pp. 151 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12587

Sánchez-Mercado A; Cardozo-Urdaneta A; Moran L; Ovalle L; Arvelo M; Morales-Campos J; Coyle B; Braun MJ; Rodríguez-Clark KM, 2020, 'Social network analysis reveals specialized trade in an Endangered songbird', Animal Conservation, 23, pp. 132 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12514

Mercado AS; Asmussen M; Rodriguez JP; Moran L; Cardozo-Urdaneta A; Morales LI, 2020, 'Illegal trade of the psittacidae in Venezuela', ORYX, 54, pp. 77 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S003060531700120X

Ferrer-Paris JR; Sánchez-Mercado ADA; Sanchez Mercado A, 2020, 'Making inferences about non-detection observations to improve occurrence predictions in Venezuelan Psittacidae', Bird Conservation International, 30, pp. 406 - 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0959270919000522

Sánchez-Mercado A; Rodríguez-Clark KM; Miranda J; Ferrer-Paris JR; Coyle B; Toro S; Cardozo-Urdaneta A; Braun MJ; Sanchez Mercado A, 2018, 'How to deal with ground truthing affected by human-induced habitat change?: Identifying high-quality habitats for the Critically Endangered Red Siskin', Ecology and Evolution, 8, pp. 841 - 851, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3628

Morán L; García L; Ferrebuz JD; Sánchez R; Mercado AS; Porta A; Paris JRF; Ferrer J; Sanchez Mercado A, 2018, 'Interannual and daily activity patterns of mid-sized mammals in maracaibo lake basin, Venezuela', Therya, 9, pp. 227 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.12933/therya-18-616

Jędrzejewski W; Carreño R; Sánchez-Mercado A; Schmidt K; Abarca M; Robinson HS; Boede EO; Hoogesteijn R; Viloria ÁL; Cerda H; Velásquez G; Zambrano-Martínez S, 2017, 'Human-jaguar conflicts and the relative importance of retaliatory killing and hunting for jaguar (Panthera onca) populations in Venezuela', Biological Conservation, 209, pp. 524 - 532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.03.025

Jędrzejewski W; Boede EO; Abarca M; Sánchez-Mercado A; Ferrer-Paris JR; Lampo M; Velásquez G; Carreño R; Viloria ÁL; Hoogesteijn R; Robinson HS; Stachowicz I; Cerda H; Weisz MDM; Barros TR; Rivas GA; Borges G; Molinari J; Lew D; Takiff H; Schmidt K, 2017, 'Predicting carnivore distribution and extirpation rate based on human impacts and productivity factors; assessment of the state of jaguar (Panthera onca) in Venezuela', Biological Conservation, 206, pp. 132 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.09.027

Sánchez-Mercado A; Asmüssen M; Rodríguez-Clark KM; Rodríguez JP; Jedrzejewski W, 2016, 'Using spatial patterns in illegal wildlife uses to reveal connections between subsistence hunting and trade', Conservation Biology, 30, pp. 1222 - 1232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12744

Sánchez-Mercado A; Ferrer-Paris JR; García-Rangel S; Yerena E; Robertson BA; Rodríguez-Clark KM, 2014, 'Combining threat and occurrence models to predict potential ecological traps for Andean bears in the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela', Animal Conservation, 17, pp. 388 - 398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acv.12106

Ferrer-Paris JR; Sánchez-Mercado A; Rodríguez-Clark KM; Rodríguez JP; Rodríguez GA, 2014, 'Using limited data to detect changes in species distributions: Insights from Amazon parrots in Venezuela', Biological Conservation, 173, pp. 133 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2013.07.032

Ferrer Paris JR; Sánchez Mercado A; Rodríguez JP, 2013, 'Optimización del muestreo de invertebrados tropicales: Un ejemplo con escarabajos coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) en Venezuela', Revista de Biología Tropical, 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v61i1.10941

Ferrer-Paris JR; Sánchez-Mercado A; Viloria AL; Donaldson J; Sanchez Mercado A, 2013, 'Congruence and Diversity of Butterfly-Host Plant Associations at Higher Taxonomic Levels', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e63570, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063570

Rafael Ferrer-Paris J; Sánchez-Mercado A; Paul Rodríguez J, 2013, 'Sampling optimization for tropical invertebrates: An example using dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in Venezuela', Revista de Biologia Tropical, 61, pp. 89 - 110

Ferrer-Paris JR; Rodríguez JP; Good TC; Sánchez-Mercado AY; Rodríguez-Clark KM; Rodríguez GA; Solís A, 2013, 'Systematic, large-scale national biodiversity surveys: NeoMaps as a model for tropical regions', Diversity and Distributions, 19, pp. 215 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12012

Rodríguez GA; Rodríguez JP; Ferrer-Paris JR; Snchez-Mercado A, 2012, 'A nation-wide standardized bird survey scheme for venezuela', Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 124, pp. 230 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1676/11-057.1

Rodríguez JP; Ferrer-París JR; Mavárez J; Rodríguez-Clark KM; Sánchez-Merc Ado AY, 2010, 'More and better scientific information for 2010: International year of biodiversity', Interciencia, 35, pp. 161

Sánchez-Mercado A; Ferrer-Paris JR; Yerena E; García-Rangel S; Rodríguez-Clark KM, 2008, 'Factors affecting poaching risk to Vulnerable Andean bears Tremarctos ornatus in the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela: Space, parks and people', ORYX, 42, pp. 437 - 447, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605308006996

Rodríguez-Clark KM; Sánchez-Mercado A, 2006, 'Population management of threatened taxa in captivity within their natural ranges: Lessons from Andean bears (Tremarctos ornatus) in Venezuela', Biological Conservation, 129, pp. 134 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2005.10.037

Reports

Sanchez Mercado A; Moran L; Pineda MD; Cardozo-Urdaneta A; Díaz A; Moya F; Díaz-Luque JA, 2022, Defining the Theory of Change. Module 1 - Toolkit 2. Tools for designing behavioral change campaigns to reduce wildlife demand, http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21203879, https://www.volandojuntos.org/_files/ugd/29a284_2bce613cadf74966bbabc474e55843ac.pdf

Sanchez Mercado A; Pineda MD; Moran L; Cardozo-Urdaneta A; Díaz A; Moya F, 2022, Understanding your audience and their behavior. Tools for designing behavioral change campaigns to reduce wildlife demand, http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21078652, https://www.volandojuntos.org/_files/ugd/29a284_f4b034d908f04b9fb4f9649653a68273.pdf

Preprints

Cardozo-Urdaneta A; Sánchez-Mercado A, 2023, The advertisement call of Mannophryne lamarcai Mijares-Urrutia et Arends 1999 (Anura: Dendrobatidae), , http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/x2mg69

Ferrer-Paris J; Cardozo-Urdaneta A; Lozano de la Rosa C; Soto J; Sánchez-Mercado A, 2023, Distribución de anfibios en un bosque urbano tropical en Venezuela: Implicaciones para el manejo de parques urbanos, , http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/x2k892

Lagisz M; Aich U; Amin B; Rutkowska J; Sánchez-Mercado A; Lara C; Nakagawa S, 2022, Little transparency and equity in scientific awards for early and mid-career researchers in ecology and evolution, , http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/82wuh

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