Laboratorio de Ecología y Genética de Poblaciones

Comprobante

Banners-Ecologia

Usted esta aquí Inicio » Centro de Ecología » Laboratorio de Ecología y Genética de Poblaciones

Realizar investigaciones utilizando métodos ecológicos, herramientas de genética molecular y modelos demográficos y espaciales para reconocer la biodiversidad de Venezuela y entender los procesos que determinan la distribución, abundancia y variabilidad genética de las poblaciones de animales silvestres, con el objetivo de facilitar la conservación, mantenimiento o uso sustentable, en particular, la conservación de especies en peligro de extinción.

Líneas de Investigación

Ecología y Conservación de Especies en Peligro
PApel de Enfermedades en los Procesos de Extinción de los Anfibios
Análisis y Conservación de Conectividad Ecológica, Planificación de Corredores Ecológicos
Censos y Monitoreo de los Carnívoros u Otras Especies en Peligro
Modelación de Distribución, densidad, Abundancia y Dinámica Poblacional
Genética Poblacional
Relaciones Depredador-Presa
Conflictos entre Humanos y Carnívoros

Personal Científico

Dr. Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski

Jefe de Laboratorio

Dra. Margarita Lampo

Pablo Lau

Onil Ballestas

Carmen García

Johanna Moreno

Katiuska González

Contacto

Dirección

Publicaciones

Laboratorio de Biología de Organismos

Bollino M, Viloria ÁL, Padrón S & M Costa (2024) Taxonomic notes on the genus Catasticta Butler, 1870 and description of a new genus (Lepidoptera, Pieridae, Pierinae). Antenor 11(2):49-57.

Briceño-Linares JM, Aranguren J, Clarenda J, Díaz A, +9 autores & JP Rodríguez (2024) Research, management, and conservation of the yellow-shouldered amazon (Amazona barbadensis) across its range in the southern Caribbean and mainland Venezuela: 1980s to the present. Frontiers in Conservation Science 5:1444609. DOI: 10.3389/fcosc.2024.1444609.

Costa M, Viloria ÁL, Attal S, Benmesbah M, Neild AFE, Grishin NV, Kertész K & Zs Bálint (2024) Lepidoptera from the Pantepui. Part XVI. A new species of Thaeides Johnson, Kruse & Kroenlein, 1997 (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 116:275-295. DOI: 10.53019/AnnlsMusHistNatHung.2024.116.275.

Costa M, Viloria ÁL, Attal S, Neild AFE, Benmesbah M, Padrón S & M Bollino (2024)Lepidoptera from the Pantepui. Part XV. New Pieridae from the Cuao Range (Venezuela, Amazonas) (Pierinae, Pierini). Antenor 11(2):61-79.

Rodríguez JP (2024) Challenges and opportunities for the largest volunteer conservation science network. Oryx 58(6):681-682. DOI: 10.1017/S0030605325000043 .

Sánchez-Mercado A, Moran L, Pineda MD, Cardozo-Urdaneta A & JP Rodríguez (2024) Monitoring change: a behavior-centered theory of change for effective demand reduction interventions. Conservation Science and Practice 6(10):e13222. DOI: 1111/csp2.13222 .

Villarreal O, Ahumada-C D & E Flórez (2024) A glimpse into the diversity of Stygnus Perty, 1833: a new colombian species and additional records from South America (Opiliones, Stygnidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 970(1):203-229. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.970.2759 .

Villarreal O, Ahumada-C D & GR Navas (2024) Exploring the diversity of Eutimesius Roewer, 1913: new species and records from Colombia and Venezuela (Opiliones, Gonyleptoidea, Stygnidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(3):803-820. DOI: 10.3897/zse.100.120207 .

Villarreal O & D Chamé-Vázquez (2024) Confirming the presence of Zimiris doriae Simon, 1882 (Araneae: Prodidomidae) in Venezuela and list of the spider species introduced in the country. Revista Chilena de Entomología 50(4):617-623.

Viloria ÁL (2024) Defective taxonomic descriptions and the electronic publication fashion. A comment on Braby et al. (2024) and a rectification. Anartia, Museo de Biología de La Universidad del Zulia (MBLUZ) (38):45-51. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13755846 .

Viloria ÁL, Huan M, Gill AC & J Philip (2024) World entomological treasure in Australia. News of The Lepidopterists’ Society 66(3):128-129.

Viloria ÁL, Sánchez-Criollo L & YA Briceño (2024) Early records of Neomonachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850) in Venezuela (Mammalia, Pinnipedia: Phocidae). Registros antiguos de Neomonachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850) en Venezuela (Mammalia, Pinnipedia: Phocidae). Anartia, Museo de Biología de La Universidad del Zulia (MBLUZ) (39):47-51. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15011714 .

Bezeng BS, Ameka G, Angui CMV, Atuah L, +19 authors, Rodríguez JP, Smit-Robinson H, Yessoufou K & V Savolainen (2025) An african perspective to biodiversity conservation in the twenty-first century. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 380(1917):20230443. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2023.0443

Brodie JF, Mohd-Azlan J, Chen C, Wearn OR, +17 authors, Rodríguez JP, Jetz W & MS Luskin (2025) Reply to: causal claims, causal assumptions and protected area impact. Nature 638(8052):E42-E44. DOI: 10.1038/s41586 –024 –08513 –7

Colmenares PA, Moreno-González JA, Villarreal O & L Prendini (2025) New genus and species of short-tailed whipscorpion (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) from the venezuelan Amazon. Zootaxa 5563(1):84-95. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.9 .

Costa M, Viloria ÁL, Attal S, Benmesbah M, Orellana A, Neild AFE, Lamas G & P Blandin (2025) Lepidoptera from the Pantepui. Part XVII. A new subspecies of Caligo suzanna (Deyrolle, 1872) (Nymphalidae Satyrinae Brassolini). Antenor 11(4):151-184.

Delgado-Santa L & O Villarreal (2025) On the male genitalia of Calima MorenoGonzález & Villarreal, with description of a new colombian species (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae). Zootaxa 5563(1):73-83. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.8 .

Reynolds SA, Beery S, Burgess N, Burgman M, +17 authors, Rodríguez JP, +4 autores & WJ Sutherland (2025) The potential for AI to revolutionize conservation: a horizon scan. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 40(2):191-207. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.11.013 .

Villarreal O, Delgado-Santa L & C Lasso (2025) Whip spiders (Arachnida, Amblypigi) from colombian caves: a review, new records and description of a new species. Subterranean Biology 52:1-28. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.52.150357 .

CAPÍTULOS EN LIBROS PUBLICADOS 2020 – 2025

Nassar JM (2020) Cereus fricii. En: Huérfano A, Fedón I & J Mostacero (eds.) Libro rojo de la flora venezolana. 2da ed. Instituto Experimental Jardín Botánico, Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV). Caracas, Venezuela. Pp. 228.

Nassar JM, Aguirre LF, Rodríguez-Herrera B & RA Medellin (2020) Threats, status, and conservation perspectives for leaf-nosed bats. In: Fleming TH, Davalos L & M Mello (eds.) Phyllostomid bats, a unique mammalian radiation. The University of Chicago Press. Chicago, Illinois, USA. Pp. 435-456.

Nassar JM & NP Taylor (2020) Melocactus schatzli. En: Huérfano A, Fedón I & J Mostacero (eds.) Libro rojo de la flora venezolana. 2da ed. Instituto Experimental Jardín Botánico, Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV). Caracas, Venezuela. Pp. 231.

Nassar JM & NP Taylor (2020) Opuntia schumanni. En: Huérfano A, Fedón I & J Mostacero (eds.) Libro rojo de la flora venezolana. 2da ed. Instituto Experimental Jardín Botánico, Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV). Caracas, Venezuela. Pp. 232.

Oberle B, MacKinnon K & JP Rodríguez (2020) Foreword. In: Osipova E, Emslie-Smith M, Osti M, Murai M, Åberg U & P Shadie (eds.) IUCN World Heritage Outlook 3: a conservation assessment of all natural World Heritage sites. Gland, Switzerland. Pp. v-v.

Rodríguez JP (2020) Foreword. In: Taylor BL, Abel G, Miller P, Gomez F, von Fersen L, DeMaster D, Reeves RR, Rojas-Bracho L, Wang D, Hao Y & F Cipriano (eds.) Ex situ options for cetacean conservation. Report of the 2018 workshop, Nuremberg, Germany. Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission No. 66. IUCN. Gland, Switzerland. Pp. viii-ix. ISBN 978-2-8317-2051-7 (PDF), 978-2-8317-2071-5 (print). DOI: 2305/IUCN.CH.2020.SSC –OP.66.en .

Rodríguez JP (2021) Foreword. In: Eid E (ed.) Atlas of Jordan’s snakes. Amman, Jordan. Pp. 11-11.

Rodríguez JP (2021) Foreword. In: Soorae PS (ed.) Global conservation translocation perspectives: Case studies from around the globe. IUCN / SSC Conservation Translocation Specialist Group, Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, Calgary Zoo. Canada, Gland, Switzerland. Pp. xi-xii.

Rodríguez JP (2021) Foreword. In: Chester Zoo (ed.) Preventing extinction in a changing world: a conservation masterplan for Chester Zoo 2021-2030. North of England Zoological Society (NEZS). Chester, United Kingdom. Pp. 2-2.

Science Panel for the Amazon (2021) Executive summary of the amazon assessment report 2021. In: Science Panel for the Amazon [Nobre C, Encalada A, Anderson E, Roca Alcazar FH, Bustamante M, Mena C, Peña-Claros M, Poveda G, Rodriguez JP, Saleska S, Trumbore S, Val AL, Villa Nova L, Abramovay R, Alencar A, Rodríguez Alzza C, Armenteras D, Artaxo P, Athayde S, Barretto Filho HT, Barlow J, Berenguer E, Bortolotto F, Costa FA, Costa MH, Cuvi N, Fearnside PM, Ferreira J, Flores BM, Frieri S, Gatti LV, Guayasamin JM, Hecht S, Hirota M, Hoorn C, Josse C, Lapola DM, Larrea C, LarreaAlcazar DM, Lehm Ardaya Z, Malhi Y, Marengo JA, Melack J, Moraes R M, Moutinho P, Murmis MR, Neves EG, Paez B, Painter L, Ramos A, Rosero-Peña MC, Schmink M, Sist P, ter Steege H, Val P, van der Voort H, Varese M & G Zapata-Ríos] (eds.) Amazon assessment report 2021. United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. New York, USA. Pp. 1-48. DOI: 10.55161/RWSX6527 .

Lovera M, Cuenca G, Fajardo L, Cáceres A & BE Guerra-Sierra (2022) AMF diversity in coffee and cacao agroforestry systems: importance for crop productivity and forest conservation. Chapter 5. In: Lugo MA & MC Pagano (eds.) Mycorrhizal fungi in South America: biodiversity, conservation and sustainable food production. Fungal Biology Series. Springer Nature. Switzerland. Pp. 107-127. ISSN 2198-7777. ISBN 978-3-03112993-3. DOI: 10.1007/978 –3 –031 –12994 –

Nassar JM (2022) La red latinoamericana y del Caribe para la conservación de los murciélagos (RELCOM). En: Barquez RM, Aguirre LF, Nassar JM, Burneo SF, Mancina CA & MM Díaz (eds.) Áreas y sitios de importancia para la conservación de los murciélagos en Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe para la Conservación de los Murciélagos. Yerba Buena, Tucumán, Argentina. Pp. 21-26. ISBN 978-987-88-6267-5.

Silva-Flores P, Neves MA, Weidlich EWA, Fajardo L, Acuña L, Aguilera C, Godoy R, Duarte M, Cabrera A & R Santelices (2022) Mycorrhizas and ecological restoration in South America. Chapter 21. In: Lugo MA & MC Pagano (eds.) Mycorrhizal fungi in South America: biodiversity, conservation and sustainable food production. Fungal Biology Series. Springer Nature. Switzerland. Pp. 431-443. ISSN 2198-7777. ISBN 978-3-03112993-3. DOI: 10.1007/978 –3 –031 –12994 –0_21.

Nassar JM (2023) Glossophaga longirostris (Miller’s long-tongued bat). In: Kurta A & A Rodríguez-Durán (eds.) Bats of the west indies: a natural history and field guide. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. Pp. 259-264.

Viloria ÁL (2023) Importancia del ambiente en el desarrollo integral de los espacios insulares y marítimos de Venezuela. En: Parra-Montes de Oca LI & NA Cifuentes Gil (comps.) Bicentenario de la Batalla Naval del Lago de Maracaibo: 1823-2023. Por el rescate ambiental de la cuenca del Lago de Maracaibo. Colección Tiempo Histórico. Editorial Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela-Centro de Estudios Ambientales, UBV. Caracas, Venezuela. Pp. 52-82. ISBN 978-980-404-147-1.

Dobson AP, Nowak K & JP Rodríguez (2024) Conservation biology, discipline of. In: Scheiner SM (ed.) Encyclopedia of biodiversity. Volume 4. 3rd ed. Academic Press. Oxford, England. Pp. 562-574.

Rodríguez JP & RW Jabado (2024) Foreword. In: Leadbitter D, Sadovy de Mitcheson Y & NBW Macfarlane (eds.) Unselective, unsustainable, and unmonitored trawl fisheries? Situation analysis with case studies from Southeast and East Asia. IUCN. Gland, Switzerland. Pp. vii-viii.

Rodríguez JP, Walker K & A Andrade (2024) Foreword: the future of vegetable oils. In: Meijaard E, Virah-Sawmy M, Newing HS, Ingram V, Holle MJM, Pasmans T, Omar S, van den Hombergh H, Unus N, Fosch A, Ferraz de Arruda H, Allen J, Tsagarakis K, Ogwu MC, Diaz-Ismael A, Hance J, Moreno Y, O’Keeffe S, Slavin J, Slingerland M, Meijaard EM, Macfarlane N, Jimenez R, Wich S & D Sheil (eds.) Exploring the future of vegetable oils. Oil crop implications – Fats, forests, forecasts, and futures. IUCN, SNSB. Gland, Switzerland. Pp. xiii-ix.

Debrot AO, Boeken M, Noort B, van der Wal JT, Simal F & JM Nassar (2025) Conservation state of the bats of the caribbean Netherlands. Chapter 21. In: Debrot AO, Henkens RJHG, Verweij PJFM, van den Burg MP, Meesters EH (eds.) State of nature report for the Caribbean Netherlands, 2024: a second 6-year assessment of the conservation state, threats and management implications for habitats and species in the Caribbean Netherlands. Wageningen Marine Research report: C001/25. Wageningen Marine Research (WMR), Wageningen University & Research (WUR). IJmuiden, Netherlands. Pp. 240-253. DOI: 10.18174/684783 .

Publicaciones

Laboratorio de Ecología y Genética de Poblaciones

Luedtke J. A., Chanson J., …, Lampo M., … & Stuart S. N. (2024). Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats. Nature, 622(7982), 308-314.

Loetters S., Boening P., …, Lampo M., … & Plewnia, A. (2025). A roadmap for harlequin frog systematics, with a partial revision of Amazonian species related to Atelopus spumarius. Zootaxa, 5571(1), 1-76.

Bletz, M. C., Gratwicke, B., …, Lampo M., … & Vasudevan11, K. (2024). Infectious diseases: Advances and challenges in addressing emerging pathogens. Amphibian conservation action plan, 149.

Márquez, I. Y., Señaris, J. C., Ballestas, O., … & Lampo, M. (2025). Embryonic and larval development of Atelopus cruciger (Lichtenstein and Martens, 1856) (Anura: Bufonidae). bioRxiv, 2025-09. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.15.675891

Lampo, M., Señaris, C., González, K. & O., Ballestas. Smaller size of harlequin toads long exposed to the lethal fungal disease chytridiomycosis. Biotropica. 55: 699705. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13220

Lötters, S., Plewnia, A., Catenazzi, A., …, Ballestas, O., et al. 2023. Ongoing harlequin toad declines suggest the amphibian extinction crisis is still an emergency. Communications Earth and Environment 4, 412. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-02301069-w.

Bletz, MC, Gratwicke B, Belasen A, Catenazzi A, Duffus, ALJ, Lampo M, Olson, D. Vasudevan K. 2022. Infectious Diseases. En IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. The Amphibian Conservation Action Plan (ACAP): A status review and roadmap for global amphibian conservation. Editores: Wren S, Borzée A, Marcec-Greaves R Angulo, A. Draft for Open Consultation.

Whittaker C, Watson OJ, Alvarez-Moreno C, Angkasekwinai N, Boonyasiri A, Triana LC, …, Lampo M…et al. 2021. Understanding the Potential Impact of Different Drug Properties On SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Disease Burden: A Modelling Analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases, SSRN, DOI: 2139/ssrn.3817420 .

Jędrzejewski W, Vivas I, Abarca M, Lampo M, Morales LG, Gamarra, G et al. 2021. Effect of sex, age, and reproductive status on daily activity levels and activity patterns in jaguars (Panthera onca). Mammal research, 66:531-539.

Ballestas, O. Lampo M, Rodríguez, D. 2021. Living with a pathogenic chytrid fungus: exploring mechanisms of coexistence in the harlequin toad Atelopus cruciger. PlosONE, 16(7):e0254439.

Lampo, M., J. V. Hernández-Villena, J. Cascante, M. F. Vicenti-González, D. A. ForeroPeña, M. J. Segovia, K. Hampson, J. Castro, and M. E. Grillet. Signatures of the Venezuelan Humanitarian Crisis in the First Wave of COVID-19: Fuel Shortages and Border Migration. Vaccines 9, 719, 2-15.

Lampo, M. 2021. Las invasiones biológicas a través de dos casos: El sapo común (Rhinella marina) y el hongo causante de la quitridiomicosis cutánea (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). Boletín de la Academia de Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y Naturales, 81, 1-24.

Grillet, M.E. y LAMPO, M. 2020. Dinámica epidémica del SARS-CoV-2: emergencia, transmisión y control. Revista de la Sociedad Venezolana de Microbiología, 40, 74-81.

Cruz-Cordovez, C., Herrera, I., Espinoza, F., Rizzo, K., Sarmiento, M.B., Rodas, N., Coello, M.J., Bravo, W. y LAMPO, M. 2020. New record of a feral population of Lithobates catesbeianus Shaw, 1802 in a protected area (Santay Island) in the Ecuadorian coast. BioInvasion Records, 9, 421-433.

Jędrzejewski, W., Robinson, H.S., Abarca, M., Zeller, K.A., Velasquez, G., Paemelaere, E.A.D., Goldberg, J.F., Payan, E., Hoogesteijn, R., Boede, E.O., Schmidt, K., LAMPO, M., Viloria, Á.L., Carreño, R., Robinson, N., Lukacs, P.M., Nowak, J.J., Salom-Pérez, R., Castañeda, F., Boron, V. & Quigley, H. 2018. Estimating large carnivore populations at global scale based on spatial predictions of density and distribution–Application to the jaguar (Panthera onca). PlosONE, 13, e0194719.

LAMPO, M. 2017. La quitridiomicosis cutánea: una enfermedad emergente que amenaza a los anfibios de Venezuela. Boletín de la Academia de Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y Naturales, 76, 55-74.

Jędrzejewski, W, Puerto, MF, Goldberg, JF, Hebblewhite, M, Abarca, M, Gamarra, G, Calderón, LE, Romero, JF, Viloria, ÁL, Carreño, R, Robinson, HS, LAMPO, M, Boede, EO, Biganzoli, A, Stachowicz, I, Velásquez, G, Schmidt, K. 2017. Density and population structure of the jaguar (Panthera onca) in a protected area of Los Llanos, Venezuela, from 1 year of camera trap monitoring. Mammal Research, 62, 9-19.

Ballestas, O., Delgadillo, A. 2018. Pristimantis mnionaetes (Lynch, 1998). Catálogo de Anfibios y Reptiles de Colombia 4: 51-55. ISSN: 2357-6324. www.acherpetologia.org.

Ballestas, O., Delgadillo, A. and Londoño, J. 2017. Pristimantis mnionaetes (Moss Frog) – Habitat use and abundance. Herpetological Review. 48: 168-169. ISSN: 0018084X. https://ssarherps.org/herpetological-review-pdfs/

LAMPO M, Señaris C, García CZ. 2017. Population dynamics of the critically endangered toad Atelopus cruciger and the fungal disease chytridiomycosis. PlosONE 12: 1-18.

Jędrzejewski W, Boede E, Abarca M, Sánchez-Mercado A, Ferrer-Paris JR, LAMPO M, Velásquez M, Carreño R, Viloria AL, Hoogesteijn R, Robinson HR, Stachowicz I, Cerda I, Weisz M, Barros T, Rivas G, Borges B, Molinari J, Lew D, Takiff H, and Schmidt 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: 132-142.

Acevedo A, LAMPO M, Cipriani R. 2016. The cane or marine toad, Rhinella marina (Anura, Bufonidae): two genetically and morphologically distinct species. Zootaxa,4103: 574-586.

García-Cruz MA, LAMPO M, Peñaloza CL, Kendall WL, Solé G, Rodríguez-Clark KM. 2015. Population trends and survival of nesting green sea turtles Chelonia mydas on Aves Island, Venezuela. Endangered Species Research, 29: 103-116.

Goncalves S, Herrera I, Duarte M, Bustamante R, LAMPO, M, Velásquez G, Sharma GP, García-Rangel S. 2014. Global invasion of Lantana camara: has the climatic niche been conserved across continents? PlosONE, 9: e111468.

Louca S, LAMPO M, Doebli M. 2014. Assessing host extinction risk following exposure to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 281:2013278

Villarroel L, García CZ, Nava-González F, LAMPO M. 2013. Susceptibility of the endangered frog Dendropsophus meridensis to the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 107: 65-75.

LAMPO, M. 2012. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Venezuela: current research and perspectives. Froglog 100:45-47.

LAMPO M, Sánchez DA, Nava-González F, García CZ, Acevedo A. 2011. La desaparición de los sapitos arlequines (Atelopus) en Venezuela: Introducción y propagación del hongo quítrido Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Interciencia 36:949953.

LAMPO M, Señaris JC, Rodríguez-Contreras A, Rojas-Runjaic F, García CZ 2011. High turnover rates in remnant populations of the harlequin frog Atelopus cruciger (Bufonidae): low risk of extinction? Biotropica, DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00830.x:

Herrera I, Hernández MJ, LAMPO M, Nassar JM. 2011. Plantlet recruitment is the key demographic transition in invasion by Kalanchoe daigremontiana. Population Ecology DOI 10.1007/s10144-011-0282-5.

Márquez M, Nava-González F, Sánchez DA, Calcagno M, LAMPO M. 2010. Immunological clearance of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection at a pathogenoptimal temperature in the hylid frog Hypsiboas crepitans. EcoHealth 7, 380-388.

LAMPO M, Sánchez DA, Rodríguez-Contreras A, Nicolás A, Márquez M, NavaGonzález F, et al. 2008. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Venezuela. Herpetological Review 39, 449-454.

Rodríguez-Contreras A, Señaris JC, LAMPO M, Rivero R. 2008. Rediscovery of Atelopus cruciger (Anura: Bufonidae) with notes on its current status in the Cordillera de La Costa, Venezuela. Oryx 42, 301-304.

Sánchez D, Chacón-Ortiz A, León F, Han BA, LAMPO, M. 2008. Widespread occurrence of an emerging pathogen in amphibian communities of the Venezuelan Andes. Biological Conservation ^ISI 141:2898-2905.

Nassar JM, Ramírez N, LAMPO M, González JA, Casado R, Nava F. 2006. Reproductive biology and mating system estimates of two Andean melocacti, Melocactus schatzlii and andinus (Cactaceae). Annals of Botany 99: 29-38.

LAMPO M, Barrio-Amorós CL, Han BA. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in the recently rediscovered Atelopus mucubajiensis (Anura, Bufonidae), a critically endangered species from the Venezuelan Andes. EcoHealth 3, 299-302.

LAMPO M, Rodríguez-Contreras La Marca E, Daszak P. 2006. A chytridiomycosis epidemic and a severe dry season precede the disappearance of Atelopus species from the Venezuelan Andes. Herpetological Journal 16, 395-402.

LAMPO M, Señaris JC. 2006. Unexplained amphibian mortalities at the secluded mountains of the Venezuelan Guayana: is there evidence of chytridiomycosis? Herpetological Review^ZR 37: 47-49.

Hanselmann R, Rodríguez A, LAMPO M, Fajardo-Ramos L, Aguirre AA, Kilpatrick AM, Rodríguez JP, Daszak P. 2004. Presence of an emerging pathogen of amphibians in introduced bullfrogs Rana catesbeiana in Venezuela. Biological Conservation, 120: 115119.

Torgerson D, LAMPO M, Velázquez Y, Woo, PTK. 2003. Genetic relationships among some species groups within the genus Lutzomyia (Diptera:Psychodidae). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 69: 484-493.

LAMPO M 2002. La introducción de Bufo marinus en Australia: patrones, consecuencias y perspectivas de control. Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 22: 35-44.

Márquez LM, LAMPO M, Rinaldi M, Lau P. 2001. Gene flow between natural y domestic populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a restricted focus of American Visceral Leishmaniasis in Venezuela. Journal of Medical Entomology^ISI, 38: 12-16.

Torgerson D, LAMPO M, Woo PTK. 2001. Ability of cellulose acetate y polyacrylamide enzyme electrophoresis to separate 13 species of phlebotomine sy flies (Diptera:Psychodidae) from Venezuela. Journal of Medical Entomology, 38: 501-509.

Feliciangeli MD, LAMPO M. 2001. Phlebotomine syflies in Venezuela. Review of the genus Brumptomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae), with description of the female of Brumptomyia devenanzii, re-description of the male y isozymatic profile. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 95: 297-308.

LAMPO M, Feliciangeli MD, Márquez LM, Bastidas C, Lau P. 2000. A possible role of bats as a blood source for the Leishmania vector Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera:Psychodidae). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ^ISI, 62: 718719.

LAMPO M, Torgerson D, Márquez LM, Rinaldi M, García CZ, Arab A. 1999. Occurrence of sibling species of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera:Psychodidae) in Venezuela: first evidence from reproductively isolated sympatric populations. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 61: 1004-1009.

LAMPO M, Rangel Y, Mata A. 1998. Population genetic structure of a three-host tick, Amblyomma dissimile, in eastern Venezuela. Journal of Parasitology, 84: 1137-1142.

LAMPO M, De Leo, G A. 1998. The invasion ecology of the toad Bufo marinus: from South America to Australia. Ecological Applications, 8: 388-396.

LAMPO M, Rangel Y, Mata A. 1997. Genetic markers for the identification of two tick species, Amblyomma dissimile y Amblyomma rotundatum. Journal of Parasitology, 83: 382-386.

LAMPO M, Medialdea V. 1996. Energy allocation pattern in Bufo marinus from two habitats in Venezuela. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 12: 321-331.

LAMPO M, Bayliss P. 1996. The impact of ticks on Bufo marinus from native habitats. Parasitology, 113: 199-206.

LAMPO M, Bayliss P. 1996. Density estimates of cane toads from native populations based on mark-recaptures data. Wildlife Research, 23: 305-315.

Evans M, LAMPO M. 1996. Diet of Bufo marinus in Venezuela. Journal of Herpetology, 30: 73-76.

LAMPO M, Medialdea V. 1994. Disperal pattern of the sorghum midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in sorghum plots. Environmental Entomology, 23: 551-555.

LAMPO M. 1994. The importance of refuges in the interaction between Contarinia sorghicola y its parasitic wasp Aprostocetus diplosidis. Journal of Animal Ecology, 63: 176-186.

Ott JR, LAMPO M. 1991. Body size selection in Acanthoscelides alboscutellatus (Coleoptera:Bruchidae). I. Entrapment within the fruit of Ludwigia alternifolia (Onagracea). Oecologia, 87: 522-527.