Hugo Mantilla Meluk
Dr. Hugo Mantilla Meluk
Director Center for Highland Studies, Curator Mammals Collec
CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS DE ALTA MONTAÑA
UNIVERSIDAD DEL QUINDIO
Centro de Estudios de Alta Montana
ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING
Carrera 15 No. 12 N
Armenia, Quindio 0000
Colombia
Mailing Address:
CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS DE ALTA MONTAÑA
UNIVERSIDAD DEL QUINDIO
Centro de Estudios de Alta Montana
ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING
Carrera 15 No. 12 N
-0000 Armenia, Quindio
Phone: +57 3122531471
E-mail:
ceam(at)uniquindio.edu.co
Additional functions:
Planning, development, and execution of transdisciplinary projects, in themes relevant to sustainable development. Executive Direction of the CEAM; technical writing, editorial assistance and critical revision of material. Coordination of the Climate Service Initiative, Departamental Adaptation Plan; Univesity representative Regional Node on Climate Change (Coffee Region). Curator Mammals Collection. Teaching Science courses.
Key Publications of Hugo Mantilla Meluk (up to ten) :
Mosquera-Guerra, F. Trujillo, D. Parks, M. Oliveira-da-Costa, P. A. Van Damme, A. Echeverrı´a, N. Franco, J. D. Carvajal-Castro, H. Mantilla-Meluk,7 M. Marmontel,8 and D. Armenteras-Pascual. 2019. Presence of mercury in populations of river dolphins of the Amazon and Orinoco basins. Ecohealth, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-019-01451-1.
Mantilla-Meluk, H., F. Mosquera Guerra, F Trujillo, N. Pérez-Amaya, A. Velásquez, A. Vargas Pérez. 2018. Mamíferos del sector norte del Parque Nacional Natural Serranía de Chiribiquete. Colombia Amazónica. X. 21-56.
Mantilla-Meluk, H. y O. L. Montenegro. 2016. A new species of Lonchorhina (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Chiribiquete, Colombian Guayana. Biodiversidad Neotropical, 6 (2): 171-187.
Cuadrado Rios, S. y H. Mantilla-Meluk. 2016 Timing the evolutionary history of tent-making bats, genus Uroderma (Phyllostomidae): A biogeographic context. Mammalian Biology, 81 (6):579-586.
Mantilla-Meluk H. 2014. Defining species and species boundaries in Uroderma (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) with a description of a new species. Occasional Papers of the Texas Tech Museum 325:1-25. ISSN 0149-175X
Mantilla-Meluk, H. H. Ramírez-Chavez, A.M. Jiménez-Ortega and M: E. Rodríguez-Posada. 2014. Emballonurid bats from Colombia, annotated checklist, distribution and biogeography. Therya, 5(1):14-189.
Phillips, C., B. Butler, J. W. Fondon III, H. Mantilla-Meluk, and R. J. Baker. 2013. Contrasting evolutionary dynamics of the developmental regulator PAX9, among bats, with evidence for a novel post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism. PLOS 8(2):e57649.
Mantilla-Meluk, H. 2013. Subspecific variation: An alternative hypothesis explaining morphological and coat color variation in Lagothrix lugens (Primates: Atelidae). Primate Conservation, 26:36-48. ISSN 0898-6207
Baker, R.J., O.R.P. Bininda-Emonds, H. Mantilla-Meluk, C.A. Porter, and R.A. Van Den Bussche. 2012. Molecular Timescale of Diversification of Feeding Strategy and Morphology in New World Leaf-nosed Bats (PHYLLOSTOMIDAE): A Phylogenetic Perspective. In: "Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, Molecules and Morphology", edited by G. F. Gunnell and N. B. Simmons, Cambridge University Press, In the CUP series Cambridge Studies in Molecules and Morphology – New Evolutionary Paradigms. Cambridge University Press.
Mantilla-Meluk H., and R.J. Baker. 2010. A new species of Anoura (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Colombia, with systematic remarks and notes on the distribution of the Anoura geoffroyi complex. Occasional Papers of the Texas Tech Museum 292:1-24.
Mantilla-Meluk H., A.M. Jiménez-Ortega, and R.J. Baker. 2009. Phyllostomid bats from Colombia, Annotated checklist, distribution and biogeography. Special Publications Museum of Texas Tech University 56:1-37.
Mantilla-Meluk H., and R. J. Baker. 2006. Systematics of small Anoura (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Colombia, with description of a new species. Occasional Papers of the Texas Tech Museum 261: 1- 16.
Expertise of Hugo Mantilla Meluk:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|
| Expert Type | Scientific / Fundamental Research |
| Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering |
| Research Interface / Management |
| Topic Atmosphere | Climate |
| Global Warming |
| Topic Hydrosphere | Fresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes |
| Water Pollution / Waste Water |
| Topic Cryosphere | Glaciers |
| Topic Pedosphere | Geology / Sediments |
| Topic Biosphere | Plants |
| Animals |
| Biodiversity |
| Topic Integrated Systems | Life Cycle |
| Topic Ecosystems | Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| Topic Economy/ResourceUse | Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery |
| Food Security |
| Tourism |
| Water |
| Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape |
| Topic Technology | Biotechnology |
| Technical Environmental Protection |
| Topic Politics/Law | Mitigation / Prevention / Emission Reductions |
| Adaptation |
| Conventions / Protections |
| Regionalization / Globalization |
| Topic Society | Population Dynamics / Migration / Urbanisation |
| Organisations / Institutions |
| Employment / Social Security / Poverty |
| Perception / Behaviour / Attitudes |
| Education / Communication / Participation |
| Topic Culture/History | Ethics / Cultural Values |
| Philosophy / Religion |
| Art / Folklore / Symbols / Language |
| Topic Health | Infectious / Vector Borne Disease |
| Weather / Radiation / Climatic Effects |
| Topic Sustainability | Ecological Sustainability |
| Social Sustainability |
| Economic Sustainability |
| Time Frame | Past |
| Past: Historical / Archeological |
| Recent / Today |
| Future |
| Statistical Focus | Extreme Events |
| Mean Change / Trends |
| Variability |
| Time Scale | Seasonal / Annual |
| Methods | Data Collection |
| Data Collection - Measurement |
| Data Collection - Interviews, Questionnaires |
| Data Collection - Documents, Archives |
| Data Analysis |
| Literature Study |
| Modeling |
| Policy Analysis and Formation |
| Applied Research / Technology |
| Integrated Assessment |
| Collaboration with developing and transition countries ; Capacity Building |
| Program Coordination / Management |
| Mountain Research Initiative | Long-term monitoring and analysis of indicators of environmental change in mount |
| Integrated model-based studies of environmental change in diff. mountain regions |
| Process studies along altitudinal gradients and in associated headwater basins |
| Sustainable land use and natural resources management |
| Latin America |
Specialties of Hugo Mantilla Meluk:
Climate Services, Ecosystem Services, CLiamte Change, Cliamte variability, Biodiversity, Evolution, Ecology, Behaviour, Sustaibable development, Conservation, Zoonotic diseases, Modelling, GIS, Remote Sensing, Phylogentic and Phylogeographic Analyses.
Last update: 12/1/22
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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