División de Ciencias Ambientales: Recent submissions

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    • Dynamics of short-term ecosystem carbon fluxes induced by precipitation events in a semiarid grassland 

      Delgado Balbuena, Josué; Loescher, H. W; Aguirre Gutierrez, Carlos Alberto; Alfaro Reyna, Teresa; Pineda Martínez, Luis Felipe; Vargas, Rodrigo; Arredondo Moreno, José Tulio (European Geosciences Union, 2023)
      Infrequent and small precipitation (PPT) events characterize PPT patterns in semiarid grasslands; however, plants and soil microorganisms are adapted to use the unpredictable small pulses of water. Several studies have ...

    • Anammox with alternative electron acceptors: perspectives for nitrogen removal from wastewaters 

      Ponce Jahen, Sergio Javier; Cercado Quezada, Bibiana; Estrada Arriaga, Edson Baltazar; Rangel Méndez, José René; Cervantes Carrillo, Francisco Javier (Springer Nature, 2023)
      In the context of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation process (anammox), great scientific advances have been made over the past two decades, making anammox a consolidated technology widely used worldwide for nitrogen removal ...

    • Simultaneous nitrification and autotrophic denitrification in fluidized bed reactors using pyrite and elemental sulfur as electron donors 

      Carboni, María Federica; Arriaga García, Sonia Lorena; Lens, Piet Nicolaas Luc (Elsevier, 2023)
      In this study, simultaneous nitrification and autotrophic denitrification (SNAD) with either elemental sulfur or pyrite were investigated in fluidized bed reactors in mesophilic conditions. The reactor performance was ...

    • Effect of thermal and ultrasonic pretreatment on lactic acid fermentation of food waste 

      Pau, Simone; Tan, Lea Chua; Arriaga García, Sonia Lorena; Lens, Piet NL (SAGE, 2023)
      Food waste (FW) generation has become one of the largest environmental concerns for human society. Thanks to its chemical features and its high biodegradability, FW can be used as starting platform to produce biocommodities. ...

    • Co-Fermentation of Agri-Food Residues Using a Co-Culture of Yeasts as a New Bioprocess to Produce 2-Phenylethanol 

      Valdez Castillo, Mariana; Brar, Satinder Kaur; Arriaga García, Sonia Lorena; Blais, Jean-Francois; Heitz, Michèle; Avalos Ramirez, Antonio (MDPI, 2023)
      Whey is a dairy residue generated during the production of cheese and yogurt. Whey contains mainly lactose and proteins, contributing to its high chemical oxygen demand (COD). Current environmental regulations request ...

    • Interpopulation variation in seed germination and seed traits of Opuntia streptacantha 

      Cruz Jiménez, Israel; De Nova Vázquewz, José Artúro; Guerrero González, María de la Luz; Flores Rivas, Joel David; Delgado Sánchez, Pablo (Professional Association for Cactus Development, 2023)
      Cacti have a wide distribution in the arid and semi-arid ecosystems of Mexico, with environmental variations affecting both physical and physiological seed traits. Herein, the physical and ecophysiological ...

    • Interaction Networks Help to Infer the Vulnerability of the Saproxylic Beetle Communities That Inhabit Tree Hollows in Mediterranean Forests 

      Quinto, Javier; Díaz Castelazo, Cecilia; Ramírez Hernández, Alfredo; Padilla, Ascensión; Sánchez Almodóvar, Esther; Galante, Eduardo; Micó Balaguer, Estefanía (MDPI, 2023)
      Insect populations are facing unprecedented changes in many ecosystems worldwide. However, do these changes make insect communities more vulnerable? The study of interaction networks can help to answer this question. We ...

    • Infection intensity shapes specialization and beta diversity of haemosporidian–bird networks across elevations 

      Rodríguez Hernández, Karla Maryan; Álvarez Mendizábal, Paulina; Chapa Vargas, Leonardo; Escobar, Federico; Dáttilo, Wesley; Santiago Alarcon, Diego (Wiley, 2023)
      Host–parasite distribution and interactions depend on geography, evolutionary associations, species composition, and their response to environmental variables. In this sense, host specificity as a key parasite's life history ...

    • Microwave-assisted synthesis of carbon-supported Pt nanoparticles for their use as electrocatalysts in the oxygen reduction reaction and hydrogen evolution reaction 

      Jaimes Paez, Cristian Daniel; Vences Álvarez, Esmeralda; Salinas Torres, David; Morallón, Emilia; Rangel Méndez, José René; Cazorla Amoros, Diego (Elsevier, 2023)
      Pt nanoparticles were incorporated on carbon black (Vulcan XC-72R) and an activated carbon (F400) using a fast and efficient microwave method. For the preparation, a Pt solution was contacted with the corresponding carbon ...

    • Predicting geographic distribution and habitat suitability of Opuntia streptacantha in paleoclimatic, current, and future scenarios in Mexico 

      Cruz Jiménez, Israel; Delgado Sánchez, Pablo; Guerrero González, María de la Luz; Puente Martínez, Raúl; Flores Rivas, Joel David; De Nova Vázquewz, José Artúro (Wiley, 2023)
      Mexican territory is one of the centers of origin and dispersion of the genus Opuntia, where several of its species have been an important plant resource for people in arid and semiarid zones. Opuntia streptacantha is ...

    • RecruitNet: A global database of plant recruitment networks 

      Verdú, Miguel; Garrido, José Luis; Alcántara Gámez, Julio Manuel; Montesinos Navarro, Alicia; Aguilar, Salomón; Aizen, Marcelo A.; Al-Namazi, Ali A.; Alifriqui, Mohamed; Allen, David; Anderson Teixeira, Kristina J.; Armas, Cristina; Bastida Alamillo, Jesús Ma; Bellido, Tono; Bonanomi, Giuliano; Paterno, Gustavo Brant; Briceño, Herbert; de Oliveira, Ricardo A. C.; Campoy, Josefina G.; Chaieb Ghassen; Chu, Chengjin; Collins, Sarah E.; Condit, Richard; Constantinou, Elena; Degirmenci, Cihan Ü.; Delalandre, Léo; Duarte, Milen; Faife, Michel; Fazlioglu, Fatih; Fernando, Edwino S; Flores Rivas, Joel David; Flores Olvera, Hilda; Fodor, Ecaterina; Ganade, Gislene; Garcia, María B.; García Fayos, Patricia; Gavini Sabrina S.; Goberna, Marta; Gómez Aparicio, Lorena; González Pendás, Enrique; González Robles Ana; Hubbell, Stephen P.; Ipekdal, Kahraman; Jorquera, María J.; Kikvidze, Zaal; Kütküt, P?nar; Ledo, Alicia; Lendínez Sandra; Li, Buhang; Liu, Hanlun; Lloret, Francisco; López, Ramiro P.; López García, Alvaro; Lortie, Christopher J.; Losapio, Gianalberto; Lutz , James A.; Luzuriaga, Arantzazu L.; Máliš, František; Manrique, Esteban; Manzaneda, Antonio J.; Marcilio Silva, Vinicius; Michalet , Richard; Molina Venegas Rafael; Navarro Cano, José Antonio; Novotny, Vojtech; Olesen James M.; Ortiz Brunel, Juan Pablo; Pajares Murgó, Maria; Parissis, Nicolas; Parker, Geoffrey; Perea, Antonio J.; Pérez Hernández, Vidal; Pérez Navarro, María Ángeles; Pistón, Nuria; Pizarro Carbonell, Elisa; Prieto, Ivan; Prieto Rubio, Jorge; Pugnaire, Francisco I.; Ramírez, Nelson; Retuerto, Ruben; Rey, Pedro J.; Rodriguez Ginart, Daniel A.; Rodríguez Sánchez, Mariana; Sánchez Martín, Ricardo; Schöb, Cristian; Tavsanoglu, Cagaty; Tedoradze, Girogi; Tercero Araque, Amanda; Tielbörger, Katja; Touzard, Blaise; Tüfekcioglu, Irem; Turkis, Sevda; Usero, Francisco M.; Usta, Nurbahar; Valiente Banuet, Alfonso; Vargas Colin, Alexia; Vogiatzakis, Ioannis; Zamora, Regino (Wiley, 2023)
      Plant recruitment interactions (i.e., what recruits under what) shape the composition, diversity, and structure of plant communities. Despite the huge body of knowledge on the mechanisms underlying recruitment interactions ...

    • Patterns of Richness and Endemism in the Gypsicolous Flora of Mexico 

      Ortiz Brunel, Juan Pablo; Ochoterena Booth, Helga; Moore, Michael J; Aragon Parada, Juvenal; Flores Rivas, Joel David; Munguia Lino, Guadalupe; Rodríguez Contreras, Aaron; Salinas Rodríguez, Maria Magdalena; Flores Olvera, Hilda (MDPI, 2023)
      Gypsum soils occur around the world, mainly in arid regions. These harsh environments promote unusual flora with high degrees of endemism. Mexico has extensive gypsum outcrops, but their flora has been poorly studied. ...

    • Are nurse plants useful for facilitating the reintroduction of mid- and late successional tree species in tropical montane cloud forests? 

      Flores Cano, Jorge Alberto; Gelviz Gelvez, Sandra Milena; Douterlungne Rotsaert, David; Badano, Ernesto Ivan (Sociedad Botánica de México, 2023)
      Background: In Mexico, where 50 % of the original Tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF) has been lost due to human activities, the restoration of these forests is essential. Questions and/or hypotheses: (1) Liquidambar ...

    • Effect of storage time and pre-germination treatments on nine native herbaceous species with the potential to restore degraded soils of La Primavera Forest, Jalisco 

      Sedano Ibarra, Oscar Alejandro; Romo Campos, Rosa de Lourdes; Avendaño López, Adriana Natividad; Muñoz Urias, Alejandro; Flores Rivas, Joel David (Sociedad Botánica de México, 2023)
      Background: Percentage and speed of germination are crucial factors that can restrict processes involved in plant succession during ecological restora-tion. Pre-germination treatments and the effect of storage time on ...

    • Caracterización taxonómica de comunidades arsenato-reductoras y su potencial para la detoxificación de arsénico 

      Navarrete Euan, Heron (2023-10-12)
      "El arsénico es un metaloide que puede estar presente en el ambiente ya sea por fuentes naturales o antropogénicas. La exposición de los seres vivos al arsénico causa diversos efectos nocivos, por lo que su remoción del ...

    • Preparation of carbon materials from chromium-tanned leather shavings for the removal of dyes from aqueous solution 

      Arcibar Orozco, Javier Antonio; Barajas Elías, Bertha Silvia; Baltazar Campos, Hazael; Rangel Méndez, José René (Springer Nature, 2022)
      "Chromium-Tanned Leather Shavings are hazardous residues generated during leather processing. Since they contain considerable amounts of chromium, they represent a threat to life and the environment if managed improperly. ...

    • The value of biotic pollination and dense forest for fruit set of Arabica coffee: A global assessment 

      Moreaux, Céline; Lopes Meireles, Desiree Ayume; Sonne, Jesper; Badano, Ernesto Ivan; Classen, Alice; González Chaves, Adrian; Hipólito, Juliana; Klein, Alexandra María; Maruyama, Pietro Kiyoshi; Metzger, Jean Paul; Philpott, Stacy M; Rahbek, Carsten; Saturni, Fernanda Teixeira; Sritongchuay, Tuanjit; Tscharntke, Teja; Uno, Shinsuke; Vergara Briceño, Carlos Hernán; Felipe Viana, Blandina; Strange, Niels; Dalsgaard, Bo (Elsevier, 2022)
      "Animal pollinators are globally threatened by anthropogenic land use change and agricultural intensification. The yield of many food crops is therefore negatively impacted because they benefit from biotic pollination. ...

    • Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Wastewater with Poly-?-Caprolactone-Reinforced Chitosan Composite 

      Martínez, Manuel E.; Rangel Méndez, José René; Gimeno, Miquel; Tecante, Alberto; Lapidus, Gretchen T.; Shirai, Keiko (MDPI, 2022)
      "Currently, the requirements for adsorbent materials are based on their environmentally friendly production and biodegradability. However, they are also related to the design of materials to sustain many cycles in pursuit ...

    • A Systematic Review on Opuntia (Cactaceae; Opuntioideae) Flower-Visiting Insects in the World with Emphasis on Mexico: Implications for Biodiversity Conservation 

      Tenorio Escandón, Perla; Ramírez Hernández, Alfredo; Flores Rivas, Joel David; Juan Vicedo, Jorge; Martínez Falcón, Ana Paola (MDPI, 2022)
      "Opuntia spp. are cacti with high ecological, economic and conservation interest in semiarid environments, particularly in Mexico. We conducted a systematic search of the existing peer-reviewed literature about the state ...

    • Distribution Patterns of Invasive Buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris) in Mexico Estimated with Climate Niche Models under the Current and Future Climate 

      Siller Clavel, Pablo; Badano, Ernesto Ivan; Villarreal Guerrero, Federico; Prieto Amparan, Jesus A.; Pinedo Álvarez, Alfredo; Corrales Lerma, Raúl; Álvarez Holguín, Alan; Hernández Quiroz Nathalie S. (MDPI, 2022)
      "In Mexico, buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris) was introduced in the middle of the 20th century. Currently, buffelgrass has become an invasive species and has colonized various ecosystems in the country. In addition to its ...