Sebastian Botero-Cañola- Doctor of Philosophy
- Postodoctoral Associate at University of Florida
Sebastian Botero-Cañola
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Postodoctoral Associate at University of Florida
Broadly interested in mammal conservation, ecology, and evolution.
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Introduction
I am a biologist with a broad interest in ecology, evolution, and conservation of wildlife in a rapidly changing biosphere. I have approached this theme from a landscape ecology and biogeography perspective, working to understand how spatially and temporally dynamic environmental conditions affect diverse ecological processes and patterns, such as species survival in anthropogenic landscapes or the transmission of pathogens at the human-wildlife interface.
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August 2016 - July 2020
January 2006 - December 2012
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Publications (58)
Background
African swine fever virus is a transboundary pathogen of high economic impact to the global pork industry. Florida has multiple factors that contribute to the high risk of introduction of African swine fever virus (ASFV) including high levels of commerce and human migration between Florida and Caribbean nations with ASFV, established bac...
Oral presentation detailing our findings of soft ticks feeding on wild pigs in Florida and the implications this has for the possible introduction of African Swine Fever Virus.
Globally, vector‐borne diseases are increasing in distribution and frequency, affecting humans, domestic animals, and wildlife. Science‐based management and prevention of these diseases requires a sound understanding of the distribution and environmental requirements of the vectors and hosts involved in disease transmission. Integrated Species Dist...
Globally, vector-borne diseases are increasing in distribution and frequency, affecting humans, domestic animals and livestock, and wildlife. Science-based management and prevention of these diseases requires a sound understanding of the distribution and environmental requirements of the vectors and hosts involved in disease transmission. Integrate...
The soft tick Ornithodoros turicata Duges (Acari: Argasidae) is a potential vector of African swine fever virus (ASFV). We evaluated the efficacy of two methods to collect soft ticks rapidly and efficiently from gopher tortoise ( Gopherus polyphemus ) burrows, which are ubiquitous throughout large regions of the southeastern United States and their...
The Stockholm Paradigm, DAMA, Ecological Fitting and Host Parasite Associations
RESUMEN. La diversidad de carnívoros en los Andes tropicales es alta y única, pero la transformación de los hábitats naturales en esta eco-región afecta negativamente la riqueza y abundancia en diferentes ensamblajes de este grupo. En este trabajo describimos la diversidad de carnívoros presentes en una región periurbana de los Valles de Aburrá y S...
Poster presentation detailing the comparison of different methods for collecting soft ticks from gopher tortoise burrows and the development of a standardized protocol.
Parasites are key components of the biosphere not only due to their huge diversity, but also because they exert important influences on ecological processes. Nevertheless, we lack an understanding of the biogeographical patterns of parasite diversity. Here, we tap into the potential of biodiversity collections for understanding parasite biogeograph...
Rodents living in a subterranean ecotope face a unique combination of evolutionary and ecological pressures and while host species evolution may be driven by the selective pressure from the parasites they harbour, the parasites may be responding to the selective pressures of the host. Here, we obtained all available subterranean rodent host–parasit...
South American subterranean rodents of the genus Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae, tuco-tuco) are one of the most diverse genera among mammals. Recently described species, new taxonomic revisions, and new distribution range delimitation made the revision of distribution areas and conservation status of these mammals mandatory. Implementing the first...
Indigenous territories (ITs) are an integral component of global conservation strategies. We evaluate the range-wide overlap of ITs and the distribution of the jaguar (Panthera onca), a Neotropical apex predator with considerable cultural significance among Indigenous Peoples. We quantified overlap between protected areas (PAs) and ITs among: (1) j...
Cestodes of the genus Arostrilepis Mas-Coma and Tenora 1997 have a Holarctic distribution with 16 species occurring among 28 species of mostly arvicoline hosts. The type species of the genus is Arostrilepis horrida (von Linstow, 1901), described initially as Taenia horrida von Linstow, 1901, from murine rodents in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germ...
Forest plantations are monocultures that have been increasing worldwide. These systems are less diverse compared to original forest, but they may contribute to the conservation of local biodiversity since these are used by many species, even some of conservation concern. The relative abundance and the true diversity were measured for volant and non...
The significant variation in host specificity exhibited by parasites has been separately linked to evolutionary history and ecological factors in specific host-parasite associations. Yet, whether there are any general patterns in the factors that shape host specificity across parasites more broadly is unknown. Here we constructed a molecular phylog...
Appended data Supplement 1 Spreadsheet with all values and definitions used in the ecological niche models for the current paper: Conservation status and Natural History of Ctenomys, Tuco‐Tucos in Bolivia. Supplement 2 Spreadsheet with all individual specimen data used in the ecological niche models for the current paper: Conservation Status and Na...
Coexistence of sympatric felids is facilitated by mutual avoidance and the partitioning of habitats, prey, and time. Anthropogenic disturbances disrupt this coexistence in fragmented landscapes, potentially triggering cascading influences in ecological communities. We used photographic data from 8,717 trap nights (November 2014–June 2016) at 87 cam...
The Stockholm Paradigm suggests that the capacity for pathogens to be associated with a given host is related to the occurrence of specific traits possessed by the host that represent required resources for the pathogen. The capacity for a pathogen to be associated with more than one host is related to how phylogenetically widespread those same res...
Introduction On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Global Health Emergency of international concern attendant to the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2, nearly two months after the first reported emergence of human cases in Wuhan, China. In the subsequent two months, global, national and local health personnel and infra...
A species presence at a particular site can change over time, resulting in temporally dynamic species pools. Ecological niche models provide estimates of species presence at different time intervals. The avifauna of La Brea includes approximately 120 species dating to approximately 15,000 years ago. Niche models predicted presence at the Last Glaci...
Parasites comprise an important portion of the biodiversity in the world, and have key roles in many population and ecosystem processes. Given the importance of parasitic species in natural ecosystems and on human welfare, understanding parasite biogeography is a key research goal. In this dissertation, I used novel approaches and datasets to explo...
Agricultural development was the major contributor to South America’s designation as the continent with the highest rates of forest loss from 2000–2012. As the apex predator in the Neotropics, jaguars (Panthera onca) are dependent on forest cover but the species’ response to habitat fragmentation in heterogeneous agricultural landscapes has not bee...
Variation in activity patterns and habitat use are subject to both environmental factors and interactions with other species. We evaluated the ecological factors that affect habitat use by Leopardus pardalis as well as the effects of the presence of potential prey, Dasyprocta punctata. From an arrangement of 70 camera traps, installed between March...
English: Understanding the factors shaping the niche of parasites and its expression over geographical space and through time continues to be a modern scientific challenge with the results of research in this area directly influencing both theoretical and applied biology. This is especially important for proactive management of zoonotic parasites s...
Estudio poblacional de felinos (Carnivora: Felidae) en el area de influencia del proyecto hidroelectrico Ituango: Medida de manejo, conservacion y socializacion
El municipio de Envigado se encuentra ubicado en el Valle de Aburrá; una región de gran diversidad por su composición fisiográfica y por sus condiciones climáticas, que abarca lugares desde los 1500 hasta los 2900 metros de altitud. El 35% de Envigado aún tiene cobertura boscosa con diferentes grados de conservación, esto equivale a alrededor de 2....
Documentar la presencia del puma en el área de influencia del proyecto
Hidroeléctrico Ituango, norte de Antioquia, como una especie focal para
el estudio de los posibles impactos asociados a dicho proyecto.
The distribution of the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758) is poorly known, especially outside Brazil. Here, we present an approx. 430-km range expansion for the species based on 71 records collected from interviews, camera traps, tracks, and direct sightings in the Magdalena-Urabá moist forest ecoregion (MUMFE), Colombia. Our...
Agradecimientos: Este trabajo es parte del proyecto " Dinámica del bosques Tropical " , cofinanciado por Colciencias-JBMED (contrato 393 de 2012). Conservation planning is a fundamental tool to define protected areas. We included Alfa and beta biodiversity parameters in a systematic way, using palms as a model group for conservation planning in the...
En este trabajo se recopiló información sobre el estado de las especies de felinos en tres regiones de Antioquia. Recopilando nuevos registros de presencia, hábitat disponible y amenazas para estas especies en el Departamento. El hombre es uno de los factores más importantes que afecta los felinos de manera directa, diezmando cada vez más las pobla...
En este trabajo se recopiló información sobre el estado de las especies de felinos en la región del Oriente de Antioquia, así como del conflicto con actividades humanas. La permanente y acelerada destrucción y fragmentando de los bosques y el hábitat natural, unido con la continua cacería de las presas naturales, está afectando la sobrevivencia de...
Evaluamos el estado de conservación del Puma (Puma concolor) en el norte de Antioquia, confirmando nuevos registros de presencia local. La distribución local de esta especie se están reduciendo cada vez más en el municipio y como una consecuencia directa se está restringiendo a extensiones o remanentes boscosos los cuales constituirían los últimos...
Evaluamos el estado de conservación del Puma ( Puma concolor) en el norte de Antioquia, confirmando nuevos registros de presencia local. La distribución local de esta especie se están reduciendo cada vez más en el municipio y como una consecuencia directa se está restringiendo a extensiones o remanentes boscosos los cuales constituirían los últimos...
El hombre es uno de los factores más importantes que afecta los
felinos de manera directa, diezmando cada vez más las poblaciones con la
continua cacería de individuos por el conflicto de la depredación de los
animales domésticos, principalmente en las especies grandes. Así mismo, la
permanente y acelerada destrucción y fragmentando de los bosques...
Here we document recent confirmed records (from the last 10 years) from Antioquia department in central Colombia. These records were obtained during different field projects and primarily derived from direct sightings (4%), videos by automatic cameras (37%), road killed individuals (42%), track records (4%) and interviews (13%) across
multiple muni...
Libros de los mamíferos silvestres del Valle de Aburrá. Ecología, historia natural, distribución y conservación de mamíferos en la zona urbana, periurbana y rural del Valle de Aburrá en Colombia.
Este documento de consulta puede ser utilizado como guía de campo para la identificación y conocimiento de las especies de mamíferos que habitan las zonas urbanas y rurales del territorio metropolitano.
https://apkpure.net/es/imama/co.gov.metropol.msva#google_vignette
https://apkcombo.com/es/imama/co.gov.metropol.msva/
Presencia de felinos y zonas de conflicto en la jurisdicción de Corantioquia, Antioquia, Colombia
Resumen: La Región Neotropical alberga una de las faunas vertebradas más ricas del planeta, cerca del 25% de las especies de mamíferos del mundo ocurren en esta región. Sin embargo, las especies de felinos se encuentran entre las más amenazadas debido a la presión por recursos naturales y ampliación de la frontera agrícola y ganadera. Especialmente...
Basados en 14 videos obtenidos con un esfuerzo de 994 cámaras trampa-día, describimos el comportamiento del baño de arena de una especie montana de Crácido, la pava Chamaepetes goudotii en una reserva pequeña que se encuentra aproximadamente a 30 km al sureste de Medellín, Colombia.
Based on 11 video clips (234 seconds total duration) obtained with an effort of 994 camera-trap-days, we describe some natural history observations of the Tayra Eira barbara in a small reserve about 30 km southeast of Medellín, the second largest urban centre in Co- lombia. Territory marking, foraging in pairs, defecating, and escape behaviours wer...
Resumen A pesar de los esfuerzos de investigación y conservación sobre el Jaguar en los últimos años, aún hay áreas geográficas en las que es prioritario establecer la existencia de poblaciones actuales. El nororiente de Antioquia, Colombia, es una de las regiones para las cuales datos de presencia han empezado a ser obtenidos de manera metódica en...
