Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno

Postdoctoral Fellow - Macroecology, trait-based modelling, Road Ecology, AI

Publications


Roadkill data reveal new distribution records and possible range shifts in Neotropical mammals.


P. Medrano-Vizcaíno, P. Calderón, D. Brito-Zapata

Discover Conservation, In Press.


Species traits in road ecology: defining intrinsic vulnerability


M. González-Suárez, P. Medrano-Vizcaíno, C. Grilo

Road Ecology: Synthesis and Perspectives, In Press., Springer International Publishing AG, Cham (Switzerland).


Alarming conservation status of Western European steppe birds and their habitats: An expert-based review of current threats, traits and knowledge gaps


Julia Gómez-Catasús, Ana Benítez-López, Mario Díaz, David González del Portillo, Cristian Pérez-Granados, Juan Carlos Alonso, Beatriz Arroyo, Inmaculada Abril-Colón, Adrián Barrero, Rafael Barrientos, ..., Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, others

Biological Conservation, vol. 311, Elsevier, 2025, p. 111414


Global Roadkill Data: a dataset on terrestrial vertebrate mortality caused by collision with vehicles


Clara Grilo, Tomé Neves, Jennifer Bates, Aliza Le Roux, Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, Mattia Quaranta, Inés Silva, Kylie Soanes, Yun Wang

Scientific data, vol. 12, Nature Publishing Group UK London, 2025, p. 505


Spatial shifts in steppe bird hotspots over two decades: Assessing conservation priorities and the role of protected areas


Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, Ana Benítez-López, Juan Traba, Beatriz Arroyo, Gerard Bota, Manuel B Morales, Francois Mougeot

Biological Conservation, vol. 305, Elsevier, 2025, p. 111068


Gut bacterial communities in roadkill animals: A pioneering study of two species in the Amazon region in Ecuador


Manuel Alejandro Coba-Males, Magdalena Díaz, C Alfonso Molina, Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, David Brito-Zapata, Sarah Martin-Solano, Sofía Ocaña-Mayorga, Gabriel Alberto Carrillo-Bilbao, Wilmer Narváez, Jazzmín Arrivillaga-Henríquez, others

Plos one, vol. 19, Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA, 2024, pp. e0313263


Assessing Brazilian reptiles' road-kill risks using trait-based models


Nata Dutra Fernandes Rahhal, Fernando Antonio Silva Pinto, Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, Cristiane Nunes Francisco, Sávio Freire Bruno

Austral Ecology, vol. 48, 2023, pp. 1361--1382


First national assessment of wildlife mortality in Ecuador: An effort from citizens and academia to collect roadkill data at country scale


Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, David Brito-Zapata, Adriana Rueda-Vera, Pablo Jarrín-V, José-María García-Carrasco, Diana Medina, Juan Aguilar, Néstor Acosta-Buenaño, Manuela González-Suárez

Ecology and Evolution, vol. 13, 2023, pp. e9916


From roads to biobanks: Roadkill animals as a valuable source of genetic data


Manuel Alejandro Coba-Males, Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, Sandra Enríquez, David Brito-Zapata, Sarah Martin-Solano, Sofía Ocaña-Mayorga, Gabriel Alberto Carrillo-Bilbao, Wilmer Narváez, Jaime Antonio Salas, Jazzmín Arrivillaga-Henríquez, others

Plos one, vol. 18, Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA, 2023, pp. e0290836


Landscape and road features linked to wildlife mortality in the Amazon


Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, Clara Grilo, David Brito-Zapata, Manuela González-Suárez

Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 32, Springer Netherlands Dordrecht, 2023, pp. 4337--4352


Predicted vulnerability to roadkills of birds and mammals in Latin America


Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, Clara Grilo, Manuela González Suarez

figshare. Dataset., 2023


Research and conservation priorities to protect wildlife from collisions with vehicles


Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, Clara Grilo, Manuela González-Suárez

Biological Conservation, vol. 280, Elsevier, 2023, p. 109952


Road mortality data for Ecuadorian wildlife


Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, David Brito-Zapata, Adriana Rueda, Pablo Jarrín-V, José-María García-Carrasco, Diana Medina, Nestor Acosta, Manuela Gonzalez Suarez

figshare. Dataset., 2023


Insights into the habits of the elusive nocturnal curassow (Nothocrax urumutum)


Andrés Link, Sara Alvarez-Solas, John Blake, Felipe Campos, Santiago Espinosa, Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, Diego Mosquera, Esteban Payan, María Cristina Peñuela, Julia Salvador, others

Ornitología Neotropical, vol. 33, 2022, pp. 74--78


Mortalidad de vida silvestre en las vías: una realidad desapercibida en Ecuador


Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno

Catálisis Revista Digital, vol. 4, 2022, pp. 22--25


Roadkill patterns in Latin American birds and mammals


Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, Clara Grilo, Fernando Antonio Silva Pinto, William Douglas Carvalho, Ramiro D{\'a}rio Melinski, Eduardo D Schultz, Manuela González-Suárez

Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 31, 2022, pp. 1756--1783


Roadkill rates and trait data for birds and mammals in Latin America


Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, Clara Grilo, Fernando Pinto, William Douglas Carvalho, Ramiro Dario Melinski, Eduardo Schultz, Manuela Gonzalez-Suarez

figshare. Dataset., 2022


Road impacts on tropical wildlife: predicting risks for different areas and species


Pablo Mauricio Medrano Vizcaíno

University of Reading, 2022 Dec


Bothrocophias campbelli (Campbell's Toad-headed Pitviper). Male Combat


Luis Tipantiza-Tuguminago, Diego Villarreal-Mejía, Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno

Herpetological Review, vol. 52, 2021, pp. 657--658


Dendropsophus rhodopeplus (Red-skirted Treefrog) Cloacal prolapse


Luis Tipantiza-Tuguminago, Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno

Herpetological Review, vol. 52, 2021, p. 369


Geography of roadkills within the Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot: Poorly known vertebrates are part of the toll


Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, Santiago Espinosa

Biotropica, vol. 53, 2021, pp. 820--830


Riama unicolor (Unicolored Lightbulb-lizard). Limb Malformation and Ectrodactyly


Luis Tipantiza-Tuguminago, Catalina Catota, Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno

Herpetological Review, vol. 52, 2021, p. 653


Current and future suitable habitat areas for Nasuella olivacea (Gray, 1865) in Colombia and Ecuador and analysis of its distribution across different land uses


Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, Patricia Gutiérrez-Salazar

Biodiversity data journal, vol. 8, 2020, pp. e49164


Dinámica de la distribución y hospederos de Molothrus bonariensis (Passeriformes: Icteridae) en Ecuador


Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, Jorge Bedoya, Héctor Cadena-Ortiz

Caldasia, vol. 42, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias-Universidad Nacional~…, 2020, pp. 38--49


Pristimantis kichwarum (Kichwa Robber Frog). Predation


Luis Tipantiza-Tuguminago, Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno

Herpetological Review, vol. 51, 2020, p. 100


Rhinella marina (Cane Toad). Morphological Abnormality


Luis Tipantiza-Tuguminago, Edison Auqui, Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno

Herpetological Review, vol. 51, 2020, pp. 569--570


Anolis fitchi (Fitch's Anole). Tail Bifurcation


Luis Tipantiza-Tuguminago, David Brito-Zapata, Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno

Herpetological Review, vol. 50, 2019, pp. 781-782


Erythrolamprus miliaris chrysostomus (Military Ground Snake). Diet


Luis Tipantiza-Tuguminago, Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, Pablo Arguello, Edison Auqui

Herpetological Review, vol. 50, 2019, p. 800


The effects of climate change on decomposition processes in Andean Paramo Ecosystem


P Gutiérrez-Salazar, P Medrano-Vizcaíno

Applied Ecology & Environmental Research, vol. 17, 2019


Landscape attributes effects on Ateles fusciceps presence patterns in northwestern Ecuador


Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno

Revista Peruana de Biología, 2018


Nuevo registro alltitudinal del pavón nocturno Nothocrax urumutum (Cracidae) y notas sobre su historia natural


Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno, Adriana Rueda

Revista Ecuatoriana de Ornitología, 2018


The highest altitudinal record of the Mountain coati Nasuella olivacea (Gray, 1865) for Ecuador


Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno

Biodiversity Data Journal, 2018, pp. e29160


In review/to be submitted

Medrano-Vizcaíno, P
., Mougeot, F., Arroyo, B., Bota, G., Giralt, D., Maeso, L., Martín, C., Morales, M. B., Olea, P., Traba, J., & Benítez-López, A. Identifying the exposure of taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of steppe birds to renewable energy developments. Conservation Biology. In Review.

Benitez-Lopez, Ana, Maeso-Pueyo, Laura, Martín, Carlos, Medrano-Vizcaíno, Pablo, Mougeot, Francois.  Current and future exposure of sandgrouse populations to utility-scale photovoltaic power plants in their main European stronghold. Conservation Biology. In Review
Guerrero-Campoverde, A., Bolaños, J., Brito-Zapata, D., Medrano-Vizcaíno, P., Reyes-Puig, C. Roadkill as a window into bird ecology: Dietary records for three Neotropical bird species. Food Webs. To be submitted. 
POPULAR SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS 
Medrano-Vizcaíno, P., Grilo, C. & González Suárez, M. (2023). Priority regions and species to study and protect from road impacts in Latin America. Transport Ecology.info. https://transportecology.info/research/priority-regions-species-roads-latinamerica

Medrano-Vizcaíno, P. (2022). Mortalidad de fauna silvestre en las carreteras de Ecuador: una realidad desapercibida que requiere atención. Catálisis Revista Digital, 4(8), 22-25. https://www.catalisisec.com/v4-n8-mortalidad-fauna-vias

Espinosa, S; Medrano-Vizcaíno, P (2015) ¿Carreteras para el progreso o vías de la muerte?: Efecto de las carreteras en la fauna silvestre del Ecuador. Nuestra Ciencia 17: 21–23.  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pablo_Medrano_Vizcaino/publication/32363868

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