Epernicus: Adrian Quijada-Mascarenas, Ph.D.

Adrian Quijada-Mascarenas, Ph.D.

Position:
Adjunct Professor

School of Natural Resources and the Environment

Venom Immunochemistry, Pharmacology, and Emergency Response (VIPER) Institute

University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Degrees:

Ph.D., Biology, University of Wales, Bangor (Bangor, UK)

M.Sci., Ecology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico)
Past Advisors:

Wolfgang Wuster (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)

Elena Alvarez-Buylla (as Graduate Student - Masters)
Research:
Biogeography, conservation genetics, molecular systematics, herpetology.

The goal of my research is to understand the biogeographical and phylogenetic basis of biological diversification. My approach is a combination of molecular phylogenetic analysis and geographical information systems. My hope is to contribute to a better understanding of the ecological and biogeographic mechanisms of the origin and maintenance of biodiversity and the evolutionary consequences of ongoing habitat transformation produced by human activities. My present research program is mostly located in the U.S. Southwest-Northern Mexico region.
Other Experience:
2009-present Tucson Audubon Society (Board of Directors)

2007-present Member of the Tucson Herpetological Society

2007-present Member of the National System of Investigators (SNI) Mexico

Communities:

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Adrian Quijada-Mascarenas's Publications (9)

Current Advances in Venomous Snake Systematics
A Quijada-Mascareñas, W Wüster

In: Mackessy S. P. (Ed.) Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis. 2009:23-62
Molecular studies and phylogeography of Amazonian tetrapods and their relation to geological models
A Antonelli, A Quijada-Mascareñas, AJ Crawford, JM Bates, PM Velaszco, W Wüster

In C. Hoorn, H. Vonhof & F. Wesselingh (Eds.) Neogene history of Western Amazonia and its significance for modern biodiversity. Wiley-Blackwell. 2009;In press
The herpetofauna of Sonora, Mexico, with comparisons to adjoining states
E Enderson, Adrian Quijada-Mascarenas, D Turner, PC Rosen, RL Bezy

Check List. 2009;5(3):632-672
Phylogeographic patterns of Trans-Amazonian vicariants and Amazonian biogeography: The Neotropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus complex) as an example
A Quijada-Mascareñas , JE Ferguson, CE Pook, MG Salomão, RS Thorpe, W Wüster

Journal of Biogeography . 2007;34:1296–1312
From Yucatan to Patagonia: the natural history of the Neotropical rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus
A Quijada-Mascareñas , W Wüster

Reptilia. 2006;49:66-73
On the origins and the dispersal of the Neotropical rattlesnake into South America
A Quijada-Mascareñas , W Wüster

Bulletin of the Canadian Association of Herpetologists. 2006;14:6-12
No rattlesnakes in the rainforests: reply to Gosling and Bush.
Wüster W, Ferguson JE, Quijada-Mascareñas JA, Pook CE, DA Graça Salomão M, Thorpe RS

Molecular ecology. 2005 Oct;14(11):3619-21
Tracing an invasion: landbridges, refugia, and the phylogeography of the Neotropical rattlesnake (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalus durissus).
Wüster W, Ferguson JE, Quijada-Mascareñas JA, Pook CE, Salomão Mda G, Thorpe RS

Molecular ecology. 2005 Apr;14(4):1095-108
Origins and Evolution of the South American Pitviper Fauna: Evidence from Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Analysis
W Wüster, MG Salomão, A Quijada-Mascareñas , RS Thorpe

In GW Schuett, M Höggren, ME Douglas & HW Greene (Ed). Biology of the Vipers. Eagle Mountain Publishing, Eagle Mountain, UT.. 2002:111-128

One Figure

Fig. 2. Temporal evolution of Neotropical tetrapods. Ages indicate the first diversification event in each clade (crown group ages); error bars indicate uncertainty in divergence time estimations.

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