Publicaciones

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Revistas científicas/Scientific Journals

Alberto Stefano Salgado-Amezcua, José Leonel Molina Valladares, Miguel Angel Salinas-Melgoza, Vicente Salinas-Melgoza, Alejandro Salinas Melgoza.  2024. Do Bewick´s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) nestlings experience thermal stress in nest-boxes in a tropical urban city?. Huitzil 25(1), e666. https://doi.org/10.28947/hrmo.2024.25.1.7. [PDF]

Grace Smith-Vidaurre, Valeria Pérez-Marrufo, Elizabeth A. Hobson, Alejandro Salinas-Melgoza, Timothy F. Wright.  2023. Individual identity information persists in learned calls of introduced parrot populations. PLoS Comput Biol 19(7): e1011231. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011231 [PDF]

Ernesto Ruelas Inzunza, Kristina L Cockle, María Gabriela Núñez Montellano, Carla S Fontana, Cecilia Cuatianquiz Lima, María A Echeverry-Galvis, Ronald A Fernández-Gómez, Flavia A Montaño-Centellas, Elisa Bonaccorso, Sergio A Lambertucci, Cintia Cornelius, Carlos Bosque, Leandro Bugoni,  Alejandro Salinas-Melgoza , Katherine Renton, Juan F Freile, Fernando Angulo, Lourdes Mugica Valdés, Enriqueta Velarde, Sandra Cuadros, Carolina Isabel Miño. 2023. How to include and recognize the work of ornithologists based in the Neotropics: Fourteen actions for Ornithological Applications, Ornithology, and other global-scope journals, Ornithological Applications, 2023; duac047, https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duac047 [PDF]
      - Cobertura mediática del artículo:
   a) En Science
   b) En Aubdubon Society

Salinas-Melgoza, A. y K. Renton. 2021. Geographic variation in vocalisations of the Military Macaw in western Mexico. Bioacustics. 197-214 DOI:
10.1080/09524622.2020.1714479.[PDF]

de la Parra-Martínez, S. M., Muñoz-Lacy, L. G., Salinas-Melgoza, A. y K. Renton. 2019. Optimal diet strategy of a large-bodied psittacine: food resource abundance and nutritional content enable facultative dietary specialization by the Military Macaw. Avian Research. 10: 38. [PDF]

Chávez-Estrada, A., Salinas-Melgoza, A., y Y., Herrerías-Diego. 2019. Do Activity Patterns and the Degree of Foraging Specialization Enable Niche Partitioning in Nectarivorous Bats?  Acta Chiropterologica 21: 139-148. https://doi.org/10.3161/15081109ACC2019.21.1.011
[PDF]

Renton, K., Salinas-Melgoza, A., Rueda-Hernández, R. y Vázquez-Reyes, L. D. 2018. Differential resilience to extreme climate events of tree phenology and cavity resources in tropical dry forest: Cascading effects on a threatened species. Forest Ecology and Management. DOI: /doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.10.012

Hobson, E. A., Smith-Vidaurre, G., Salinas-Melgoza, A. 2017. History of nonnative Monk Parakeets in Mexico. PLosONE 12 (9): e0184771. DOI: /doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184771 [PDF]
Cobertura mediática: 
a) Scientific American
b) Nature

Berkunsky I, Quillfeldt P, Brightsmith DJ, Abbud MC, Aguilar JMRE, Alemán U, Aramburú RM, Arce Arias A, Balas McNab R, Balsby TJS, Barredo Barberena JM, Beissinger SR, Benito de Franco MR, Berg KS, Bianchi CA, Blanco E, Bodrati A, Bonilla Ruz C, Botero-Delgadillo E, Canavelli SB, Caparroz R, Cepeda RE, Chassot O, Cinta CC, Cockle K, Daniele G, de Araujo CB, de Barbosa AE, de Moura LN, Del Castillo H, Díaz S, Díaz-Luque JA, Douglas L, Figueroa Rodríguez A, García-Anleu R, Gilardi JD, Grilli PG, Guix JC, Hernández M, Hernández-Muñoz A, Hiraldo F, Horstman E, Ibarra Portillo R, Isacch JP, Jiménez JE, Joyner L, Juarez M, Kacoliris FP, Kanaan VT, Klemann-Júnior L, Latta SC, Lee ATK, Lesterhuis A, Lezama-López M, Lugarini C, Marateo G, Marinelli CB, Martínez J, McReynolds MS, Mejia Urbina CR, Monge-Arias G, Monterrubio-Rico TC, Nunes AP, Nunes FdP, Olaciregui C, Ortega-Arguelles J, Pacifico E, Pagano L, Politi N, Ponce-Santizo G, Portillo Reyes HO, Prestes NP, Presti F, Renton K, Reyes-Macedo G, Ringler E, Rivera L, Rodríguez-Ferraro, A, Rojas AA, Rojas-Llanos RE, Rubio-Rocha YG, Saidenberg ABS, Salinas-Melgoza A, Sanz V, Schaefer HM, Scherer-Neto P, Seixas GHF, Silveira LF, Sipinski EAB, Somenzari M, Susanibar D, Tella JL, Torres-Sovero C, Vargas-Rodríguez R, Vázquez-Reyes LD, White Jr TH, Williams S, Zarza R y JF Masello. 2017. Current threats faced by Neotropical parrot populations. Biological Conservation. 214: 278-287. DOI doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.08.016

​Montes-Medina, A. C., Salinas-Melgoza, A. and K. Renton. 2016. Contextual flexibility in the vocal repertoire of an Amazon parrot. Frontiers in Zoology. 13:40. DOI 10.1186/s12983-016-0169-6


Renton, K.,  Salinas-Melgoza, A., De Labra-Hernández M. A. y de la Parra-Martínez, S. M. 2015. Resource requirements of parrots: nest-site selectivity and dietary plasticity of Psittaciformes. Journal of Ornithology. DOI 10.1007/S10336-014-1150-9


Blanco, K. Niehaus, C. Salinas-Melgoza, A., Jiménez, M. and Dolz, G. 2015. Apparent lack of evidence for selected infectious agents in wild Yellow-naped Amazon parrots: implications for releasing attempts. Revista Ciencias Veterinarias. 31: 7-17. [PDF]


de la Parra-Martínez, S. M., Renton, K. Salinas-Melgoza, A., Muñoz-Lacy, L. G. 2015. Tree-cavity availability and selection by a large-bodied secondary cavity-nester: the Military Macaw. Journal of Ornithology. 156: 489-498. DOI 10.1007/s10336-014-1150-9. [PDF file] 

Ortiz-Maciel, S. G., Salinas-Melgoza, A., Valdéz-Juárez, S. O., Lopez-Toledo, L., and Enkerlin-Hoeflich E. 2014. Influence of stochastic processes and catastrophic events on the reproductive dynamics of the endangered Maroon-fronted Parrot Rhynchopsitta terrisi. Ibis 156: 299-310  . DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12141. [PDF file]
Incluido en los " top papers on Neotropical Ecology from IBIS"

Salinas-Melgoza A. and Wright, T.F. 2013. Behavioral plasticity of a threatened parrot in human-modified landscapes. Biological Conservation. 159: 303-312. DOI:10.1016/j.biocon.2012.12.013. [PDF file]

Salinas-Melgoza A. and Wright, T.F. 2012. Evidence for Vocal Learning and Limited Dispersal as Dual Mechanisms for Dialect Maintenance in a Parrot. PLosONE 7 (11):  e48667. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0048667 [PDF file]

Pease, S., Salinas-Melgoza, A., Renton, K., Escalante, P., and T. F., Wright. 2012. Offspring sex ratio in the lilac-crowned parrot (Amazona finschi). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 124 (2):393-396. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1676/11-139.1 [BioOne]

Salinas-Melgoza, A., Salinas-Melgoza V., and K. Renton. 2009. Factors influencing nest spacing of a secondary cavity-nesting parrot: habitat heterogeneity and proximity of conspecifics. The Condor 111:305–313. DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.090017 [BioOne]

Monterrubio-Rico, T., Ortega-Rodríguez, J.M., Marín-Togo, M., Salinas-Melgoza, A., and K. Renton. 2009. Nesting habitat of the lilac-crowned parrot in a modified landscape. Biotropica 41: 361-368. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00493.x . [Wiley]

Wright, T.F., C.R. Dahlin, and A. Salinas-Melgoza. 2008. Stability and change in vocal dialects of the yellow-naped amazon. Animal Behaviour 76:1017-1027. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.03.025 [PDF]

Salinas-Melgoza, A. and K. Renton. 2007. Post-fledging survival and development of juvenile lilac-crowned parrots. Journal of Wildlife Management 71: 43-50. DOI: 10.2193/2005-646. [Wiley]

Salinas-Melgoza, A. and K. Renton. 2005. Seasonal variation in activity patterns of radio-collared juvenile lilac-crowned parrots in tropical dry forest. Wilson Bulletin 117:291–295. DOI: 10.1676/04-096.1. [BioOne]

Renton, K. and A. Salinas-Melgoza. 2004. Climatic variability, nest predation, and reproductive output of lilac-crowned parrots (Amazona finschi) in tropical dry forest of western Mexico. The Auk 121:1214–1225. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2004)121[1214:CVNPAR]2.0.CO [BioOne]

Renton, K. and A. Salinas-Melgoza.1999. Nesting behavior of the lilac-crowned parrot. Wilson Bulletin 111: 488-493.  DOI:10.2307[PDF]

Articulos de difusión NOTAS PERIODÍSTICAS y sección de libros/ Outreach papers and book chapters

Diario Crónica: El teléfono descompuesto y los felinos silvestres
Rodrigo Nuñez-Pérez y Alejandro Salinas-Melgoza [NOTA]

Mario Abraham Vázquez Buitrón y Alejandro Salinas Melgoza. 2021. Colibríes: Agresivos y delicados. Saber más. 10 (59) [PDF]

Salinas-Melgoza, A., Renton, K., Wright, T. F. y Montes-Medina, A. C. 2015. Comunicación acústica en aves: implicaciones a diferentes niveles de organización. Biología del comportamiento: aportaciones desde la fisiología. Editorial: Universidad  Autónoma de Tlaxcala. Editores Margarita Martínez Gómez, Rosa Angélica Lucio [PDF]

Salinas-Melgoza, A. 2009. Amazon voices, linking science and conservation in northern Costa Rica. PsitaScene. Mayo 2009: 4-5 [ PDF from WPT website]    

Enkerin-Hoeflich, E., Garza, A., Gonzalez-Elizondo, J., Macías, C., Manzano-Loza, J.L., Marines, S., Ortiz, G., Sada, A.M., Salinas-Melgoza, A., Snyder, N. and R., Zepien. 2000. Rhynchopsitta terrisi. Pg 142-413. En Snyder, N.F.R, McGowan, R., Gilardi, J. and A. Grajal (eds.). Parrots. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan 2000-2004. IUCN, Inglaterra. Reino Unido. [PDF from WPT website]                                                             

Renton, K. and A. Salinas-Melgoza. 2000. Las voces de la selva. Especies. 9:19-23

Renton, K. and A. Salinas-Melgoza. 2000 . El loro corona lila (Amazona finschi). En: Historia Natural de Chamela. Bullock, S., Noguera, F. A., Ayala, R. y A. N. García (eds.) UNAM. Ciudad de México.