• Auliz-Ortiz, D. M., Benítez-Malvido, J., Arroyo-Rodríguez, V., Dirzo, R., Pérez-Farrera, M. Á., Luna-Reyes, R., … & Martínez-Ramos, M. 2024. Underlying and proximate drivers of biodiversity changes in Mesoamerican biosphere reserves. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(6), e2305944121 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2305944121

• Maza-Villalobos, S., Nicasio-Arzeta, S., Benitez-Malvido, J., Ramírez-Marcial, N., Alvarado-Sosa, E., & Rincón-Arreola, D. 2024. Effect of land-use history on tree taxonomic and functional diversity in cocoa agroforestry plantations. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 367, 108952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.108952

• Siliceo-Cantero, H. H., Benítez-Malvido, J., & Suazo-Ortuño, I. 2023. Lizard species on three islands off the Mexican Pacific Coast: effects of insularity. Revista mexicana de biodiversidad, 94. https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2023.94.4068

• Suazo-Ortuño, I., Benítez-Malvido, J., & Oropeza-Sánchez, M. T. 2023. Functional and phylogenetic metrics to evaluate the potential of flagship species: the case of the salamander Ambystoma ordinarium. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 39, e43. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467423000251

• Pablo-Rodríguez, J. L., Bravo-Monzón, Á. E., Montiel-González, C., Benítez-Malvido, J., Álvarez-Betancourt, S., Ramírez-Sánchez, O., … & Avila-Cabadilla, L. D. 2023. Linking Anthropogenic Landscape Perturbation to Herbivory and Pathogen Leaf Damage in Tropical Tree Communities. Plants, 12(22), 3839. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12223839

• Benitez-Malvido, J. 2023. In Site Soil Seed-Banks: Size, Composition and Persistence across Tropical Successional Stages. Plants, 12(15), 2760. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12152760

• Bravo-Monzón, Á.E.; Montiel-González, C.; Benítez-Malvido, J.; Arena-Ortíz, M.L.; Flores-Puerto, J.I.; Chiappa-Carrara, X.; Avila-Cabadilla, L.D.; Alvarez-Añorve, M.Y. 2022. The Assembly of Tropical Dry Forest Tree Communities in Anthropogenic Landscapes: The Role of Chemical Defenses. Plants 2022, 11, 516. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11040516

• Soria-González, V.H., J. Benítez-Malvido, I. Suazo-Ortuño C, J. Martínez Cruz and H.H. Siliceo-Cantero. 2022. Continental islands off the Pacific Coast of the Mexican state of Jalisco hold complementary plant conservation value. 2022. Pacific Conservation Biology https://doi.org/10.1071/PC21070

• Montoya-Martínez, A. C., K. O’Donnell, M. Busman, M. M. Vaughan, S. P. McCormick, R. Santillán-Mendoza, D. Pineda-Vaca, L. Clapes-Garduño, S. P. Fernández-Pavía, R. C. Ploetz, J. Benítez-Malvido, J., C. Montero-Castro, and G. Rodríguez-Alvarado. 2022. Weeds Harbor Fusarium Species that Cause Malformation Disease of Economically Important Trees in Western Mexico. Plant Disease. 106: 612-622. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-21-1339-RE

• Benítez-Malvido, J.; Jaramillo-López, P.F.; Lobato-García, J.M.; Siliceo-Cantero, H.H.;Mora-Ardila, F.; Lombera, R. 2022. Effect of Habitat Disturbance on the Composition of Soil Nematode Functional Groups Associated with a Tropical Herb: Heliconia collinsiana. Diversity: 14, 836. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14100836

• Siliceo-Cantero, H.H., J. Benítez-Malvido, I. Suazo-Ortuño, V. H. Soria-González, L. Bibiana Larios-Llamas, G. Ceballos. 2022. First record of Black-eared Rice Rat, Handleyomys melanotis (Thomas, 1893) (Rodentia, Cricetidae), on a protected island off the Pacific Coast of Jalisco, Mexico, with notes on its potential threat for avian nesting species. Check List 18 (4): 883–888 https://doi.org/10.15560/18.4.883

• Oropeza‑Sánchez, M.T.,  I. Suazo‑Ortuño, J. Benítez‑Malvido, E. Monroy‑Hernández and R. Munguía‑Steyer. 2022. Amphibian richness along modified riparian areas of central Mexico: conservation priorities. Ecological Processes. 11, 63 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-022-00408-7

• Benítez-Malvido,J., M. Y. Álvarez-Añorve, L.D. Ávila-Cabadilla, A.M. González-Di Pierro, I. Zermeñoo-Hernández, M. Méndez-Toribio, A. González-Rodríguez, Lombera. 2022. Phylogenetic and functional structure of tree communities at different life stages in tropical rain forest fragments. Global Ecology and Conservation 36 e02113 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02113

• González-Di Pierro,  A.M, J. Benitez-Malvido, and  R. Lombera. 2021. Germination success of large-seeded plant species ingested by howler monkeys in tropical rain forest fragments. American Journal of Botany 108(9): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1730

• Nicasio-Arzeta, S., I. E. Zermeño-Hernández, S. Maza-Villalobos, J. Benítez-Malvido. 2021. Landscape structure shapes the diversity of tree seedlings at multiple spatial scales in a fragmented tropical rainforest. PLoS ONE 16(7): e0253284. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253284

• de la Peña-Cuéllar E and Benítez-Malvido J. 2021. Sex-Biased Habitat Use by Phyllostomid Bats on Riparian Corridors in a Human Dominated Tropical Landscape. Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution 9:741069. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.741069

• Benítez-Malvido J.,  G. Rodríguez-Alvarado, M. Álvarez-Añorve, L. D. Ávila-Cabadilla, E. delVal, A. Lira-Noriega and R. Gregorio-Cipriano. 2021. Antagonistic interactions between fusaria species and their host plants are influenced by host taxonomic distance: a case study from Mexico. Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.615857

• Oropeza Sánchez, M. T., I. Suazo-Otuño, R. Murguía-Steyer, J. Benítez-Malvido. 2021. Occupancy models including local and landscape variables are useful to assess the distribution of a salamander species at risk. Population Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/1438-390X.12078

• Santillán-Mendoza R., A. C. Montoya-Martínez, D. Pineda-Vaca, S. P. Fernández-Pavía, J. C. Montero-Castro, J. Benítez-Malvido, R. Ortega-Arreola, G. Rodríguez-Alvarado. 2020. Genetic diversity of Fusarium pseudocircinatum in the central western region of Mexico: the case of bigleaf mahogany malformation disease. Molecular Biology Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-020-05711-0

• Zermeño-Hernández I., J. Benítez-Malvido, I. Suazo-Ortuño, M. Méndez-Toribio. 2020. Impact of adjacent land use on the ecological condition of riparian habitats: The relation between condition and vegetation properties. Applied Vegetation Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12508

• Marroquín-Páramo J. A., I. Suazo-Ortuñoa, N. Urbina-Cardona, J. Benítez-Malvido. 2020. Cumulative effects of high intensity hurricanes on herpetofaunal assemblages along a tropical dry forest chronosequence. Forest Ecology and Management 427:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118505

• Benítez-Malvido, J., H. H. Siliceo-Cantero, I. Suazo-Ortuño. 2020. Insularity effects on the morphological space and sexual dimorphism of a tropical tree lizard in western Mexico. Journal of Zoology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12783

• Benítez-Malvido, J., Martínez-Falcón, A. P. and Durán-Barrón, C. 2020. Diversity metrics of spider communities associated with an understory herb in tropical rain forest fragments. Journal of Tropical Ecology 36:47-55. http://DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S026646741900035X

• Benitez Malvido, J., A. Giménez, E. Graciá, R. C. Rodríguez-Caro, R. Ruiz De Ybáñez, H. H. Siliceo-Cantero, and A. Traveset. 2019.Impact of habitat loss on the diversity and structure of ecological networks between oxyurid nematodes and spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca L.). Peer J. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8076

• Dáttilo W., M. Vásquez-Bolaños, D. A. Ahuatzin, R. Antoniazzi, E. Chávez-González, E. Corro, P. Luna, R. Guevara, F. Villalobos, R.o Madrigal-Chavero, J. C. De Faria Falcão, A. Bonilla Ramírez, ……J. Benítez-Malvido, et al. (mas de 70 co-autores). 2019. MEXICO ANTS: incidence and abundance along the Nearctic-Neotropical interface. Ecology e02944 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2944

• Santillán-Mendoza, R., D. Pineda-Vaca, S.P. Fernández-Pavía, J. C. Montero-Castro, E. M. Goss, J. Benítez-Malvido and Gerardo Rodríguez-Alvarado. 2019. Genetic diversity of Fusarium mexicanum, causal agent of mango and big-leaf mahogany malformation in Mexico. Molecular Biology Reports.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-019-04832-5

• Méndez-Toribio M., J. Benítez-Malvido, I. E. Zermeño-Hernández and J. Castillo-Mandujano. 2019. Removal of Climbing Plants and Soil Plowing as a Strategy to Enhance Forest Recovery in Tropical Dry Forests Old Fields. Ecological Restoration 37: 113-122. http://DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.37.2.113

• Santillán-Mendoza, R., S. P. Fernández-Pavía, K. O’Donnell, R. C. Ploetz, R. Ortega-Arreola, G. Vázquez-Marrufo, J. Benítez-Malvido, J. C. Montero-Castro, Alejandro Soto-Plancarte, Gerardo Rodriguez-Alvarado Mr. Ricardo Santillán-Mendoza. 2018. A novel disease of big-leaf mahogany caused by two Fusarium species in México. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-18-0060-RE

• Benítez-Malvido, J., A. Lázaro, I. D. K. Ferraz. 2018. Effect of distance to edge and edge interaction on seedling regeneration and biotic damage in tropical rainforest fragments: A longterm experiment. Journal of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13003

• Jimenez-Rodríguez, D. L, M. Y. Alvarez-Añorve, M. Pineda-Cortes, J. Benítez-Malvido,  I. Flores-Puerto, K. Oyama, L. D. Avila-Cabadilla. 2018. Structural and functional traits predict short term response of tropical dry forests to a high intensity hurricane. Forest Ecology and Management 426: 101-114.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.04.009

• Suazo-Ortuño, I., J. N., Urbina-Cardona, N. Lara-Uribe, J. Marroquín-Páramo, Y. SotoSandoval, J. Rangel-Orozco, L. Lopez-Toledo, J. Benítez-Malvido and J. Alvarado-Díaz. 2018. Impact of natural and human disturbances on herpetofaunal ensembles in a tropical dry forest: Hurricane – successional chronosequences interactions. Biotropica. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12544

• Suazo-Ortuño, I., J. Benítez-Malvido, J. Marroquín-Páramo, Y. Soto, H. Siliceo, and J. Alvarado-Díaz. 2018. Resilience and vulnerability of herpetofaunal functional groups to natural and human disturbances in a tropical dry forest. Forest Ecology and Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.09.041

• Oyama, K., M. L. Herrera-Arroyo, V. Rocha-Ramírez, J. Benítez-Malvido, E. Ruiz-Sánchez, and A. González-Rodríguez. 2017. Gene flow interruption in a recently human-modified landscape: The value of isolated trees for the maintenance of genetic diversity in a Mexican endemic red oak. Forest Ecology and Management 390: 27–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.01.018

• List, R., P. Rodríguez, K. Pelz-Serrano, J. Benítez-Malvido y J. M.Lobato. 2017. La conservación en México: exploración de logros, retos y perspectivas desde la ecología terrestre. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 88: 65–75.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmb.2017.10.007

• Zarazúa-Carbajal, M., Avila-Cabadilla L.D., Alvaez-Añorve M.Y., Benítez-Malvido J. and Stoner K.E. 2017. Importance of riparian habitat for frugivorous bats in a tropical dry forest in western Mexico. Journal of Tropical Ecology 33:74–82. doi:10.1017/S0266467416000572

• Zarazúa-Carbajal, M., Saldaña-Vázquez, R.A., Sandoval-Ruiz, C.A., Stoner K.E. and Benítez-Malvido J. 2016. The specificity of host-bat fly interaction networks across vegetation and seasonal variation. Parasitology Research 115: 4037-4044. doi:10.1007/s00436-016-5176-1

• Benítez-Malvido J., Zermeño-Hernández I., González-DiPierro A.M., Lombera R. and Estrada, A. 2016. Frugivore choice and escape from pre-dispersal seed predators the case of Dialium guianense and two sympatric primate species in southern Mexico. Plant Ecology 217: 923. DOI: 10.1007/s11258-016-0617-6 

• Benitez-Malvido J., Martínez-Falcón A.P., Dattilo W., González-DiPierro A.M., Lombera Estrada R. and Traveset A. 2016. The role of sex and age in the architecture of intrapopulation howler monkey-plant networks in continuous and fragmented rain forests. PeerJ 4:e1809 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1809

• Benítez-Malvido J, Dáttilo W, Martínez-Falcón AP, Durán-Barrón C, Valenzuela J, López S, et al. 2016. The Multiple Impacts of Tropical Forest Fragmentation on Arthropod Biodiversity and on their Patterns of Interactions with Host Plants. PLoS ONE 11(1): e0146461. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146461 Link

• Benítez-Malvido J , Dáttilo W. 2015. Interaction intimacy of pathogens and herbivores with their host plants influences the topological structure of ecological networks in different ways. American Journal of Botany 102:512-519. Link

• Muñiz-Castro, M.-A., Williams-Linera, G. and Benítez-Malvido, J. 2015. Restoring montane cloud forest: establishment of three Fagaceae species in the old fields of central Veracruz, Mexico. Restoration Ecology, 23: 26–33. doi: 10.1111/rec.12155 Link

• López-Pérez, S., Martínez-Falcón, A. P., & Benítez-Malvido, J. 2015. First Record of the Tribe Hemisphaerotini Monros and Viena (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) in Mexico. Southwestern Entomologist 40(1), 241-244. Link

• Zermeño-Hernández, I., Méndez-Toribio, M., Siebe, C., Benítez-Malvido, J., Martínez-Ramos, M. 2015. Ecological disturbance regimes caused by agricultural land uses and their effects on tropical forest regeneration. Applied Vegetation Science 18: 443–455. doi: 10.1111/avsc.12161 Link

• De la Peña-Cuellar, E.,  Benítez-Malvido, J., Avila-Cabadilla, L.D., Martínez-Ramos, M. and Estrada, A. 2015. Structure and diversity of phyllostomid bat assemblages on riparian corridors in a human-dominated tropical landscape. Ecology and Evolution 5:903-913 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1375 Link

• Benitez-Malvido, J., A.P. Martínez-Falcón, W. Dáttilo and E. Del Val. 2014. Diversity and network structure of invertebrate communities associated to Heliconia species in natural and human disturbed tropical rain forests. Global Ecology and Conservation 2:107-117. DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2014.08.007 Link

• Méndez-Toribio, M., Gónzalez-Di Pierro, A., Quesada, M. and Benítez-Malvido, J. 2014. Regeneration beneath a dioecius tree species (Spondias purpurea) in a Mexican tropical dry forest. Short Communications. Journal of Tropical Ecology 30:265-268. Link

• Benítez-Malvido, J., González-Di Pierro, A., Lombera, R., Guillén, S, and Estrada, A. 2014. Seed source, seed traits, and frugivore habits: Implications for dispersal quality of two sympatric primates. American Journal of Botany 101:970-978 Link

• Benítez-Malvido, J., Gallardo-Vásquez, J.C., Alvarez-Añorve, M.Y. and Avila-Cabadilla, L.D. 2014. Influence of matrix type on tree community assemblages along tropical dry forest edges. American Journal of Botany 101(5): 820-829. Link

• Benítez-Malvido, J. and M. Martínez-Ramos. 2013. Long-term performance and herbivory of tree seedlings planted into primary and secondary forests of Central Amazonia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 29:301-311. Link

• Suazo-Ortuño, I., Del Val-De Gortari, E. and Benítez-Malvido, J. 2013. Rediscovering an extraordinary vanishing bug: Llaveia axin axin. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 84:338-346. Link

• William, F.L. et al. 2012. Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas. Nature 489:290-293. Link

• Santos, A. B. and J. Benítez-Malvido. 2012. Insect Herbivory and Leaf Disease in Natural and Human disturbed habitats: Lessons from Early-Successional Heliconia Herbs. Biotropica 44:53-62. Link

• González-Di Pierro, J. Benítez-Malvido, A. M., M. Méndez-Toribio, I. Zermeño, V. Arroyo-Rodríguez, K. E. Stoner, and A. Estrada. 2011. Effects of the Physical Environment and Primate Gut Passage on the Early Establishment of an Old-Growth Forest Tree Species (Ampelocera hottlei Standley) in Tropical Rainforest Fragments. Biotropica 43:459-466. Link

• Santos, B A., M. Quesada, F. Rosas and J. Benítez-Malvido. 2011. Potential effects of host height and phenology on adult susceptibility to foliar attack in tropical dry forest grass. International Scholarly Research Network ISRN Ecology. Article ID 730801, 7 pages doi:10.5402/2011/730801 Link

• Laurance,  W.F., J.L.C. Camargo, R.C.C. Luizão, S.G. Laurance, P.C. Stouffer, S.L. Pimm, G. Ferraz, E.M. Bruna, C. E. Zartman, S.A. Boyle, G.B. Williamson, K. Van Houton, H. Vasconcelos, R. Didham, J. Benítez-Malvido, A. Andrade, R. Trancoso and T.E. Lovejoy. 2011. The Fate of Amazonian Forest Fragments: A 32-Year Investigation. Biological Conservation 144:56-67. Link

• Sánchez-Gallén, I., Álvarez-Sánchez, F.J. and Benitez-MalvidoJ. 2010. Structure of the advanced regeneration community in tropical rain forest fragments of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico. Biological Conservation 143: 2111-2118. Link

• Melo, F.P.L., Martinez-Salas E., Benitez-Malvido J. and Ceballos G. 2010. Forest fragmentation reduces recruitment of large-seeded tree species in a semideciduos forest of Southern Mexico. Journal of Tropical Ecology 26:35-43. Link

• Santos, A.B., R. Lombera and J. Benitez-Malvido. 2009. New records of Heliconia (Heliconiaceae) for the Mexican Lacandona and its potential use in biodiversity-friendly cropping systems.Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 80: 857-860. Link

• Fuentes-Montemayor, E., A.D. Cuarón, E. Vázquez-Domínguez,J. Benítez-Malvido, D. Valenzuela and E. Andresen. 2009. Living on the edge: roads and edge effects on animal populations. Journal of Animal Ecology 78:857-865. Link

• Guillén, S., J. Benítez-Malvido, M. Martínez-Ramos, and  A. Casas. 2009. Seed Germination of wild, in situ managed, and cultivated populations of columnar cacti in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico. Journal of Arid Environments 73:407-413. Link

• Arroyo-Rodríguez, V., E. Pineda, F. Escobar, and J. Benítez-Malvido. 2009. Conservation Value of Small Patches to Plant Species Diversity in Highly Fragmented Landscapes.Conservation Biology 23:729-739. Link

• Arroyo-Rodriguez, V., S. Mandujano and J. Benítez-Malvido. 2008. Landscape Attributes Affecting Patch Occupancy by Howler Monkeys (Alouatta palliata mexicana) at Los Tuxtlas,Mexico«. American Journal of Primatology 70:69-77. Link

• Arroyo-Rodríguez, V., A. Aguirre, J. Benítez-Malvido and S. Mandujano. 2007. Impact of rain forest fragmentation on the population size of a structurally important palm species: Astrocaryum mexicanum at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico. Biological Conservation 138:198-206. Link

• Arroyo-Rodriguez, V., S. Mandujano, J. Benítez-Malvido and C. Cuende-Fanton. 2007. The Influence of Large Tree Density on Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata mexicana) Presence in Very Small Rainforest Fragments. Biotropica. 39:760-766. Link

• Benítez-Malvido, J. 2006. Effect of low-vegetation on the recruitment of plants in tropical successional habitats. Biotropica 38:171-182. Link

• Benítez-Malvido, J., and A. Lemus-Albor. 2005. The seedling community of tropical rain forest edges and interactions with herbivores and leaf-pathogens. Biotropica 37:301-313. Link

• Benítez-Malvido, J., M. Martínez-Ramos, J. L. Camargo and I.Ferraz. 2005. Responses of seedling transplants to environmental variations in contrasting habitats of Central Amazonia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 21:397-406. Link

• Benítez-Malvido, J. and M. Martínez-Ramos. 2003. Impact of forest fragmentation on understory plant species richness inAmazonia. Conservation Biology 17:389-400. Lin

• Benítez-Malvido, J., Tapia, E., I. Suazo, E. Villaseñor and J. Alvarado. 2003. Germination and seed damage in tropical dry forest plants ingested by iguanas. Journal of Herpetology 37:301-308. Link

• Benítez-Malvido, J. and M. Martínez-Ramos. 2003. Influence of edge exposure on seedling species recruitment in tropical rainforest fragments. Biotropica 35:530-541. Link

• García-Guzmán, G. and J. Benítez-Malvido. 2003. Effect of litter cover on the incidence of leaf fungal pathogens and herbivory in seedlings of a tropical tree Nectandra ambigens.Journal of Tropical Ecology 19:171-177. Link

• Benítez-Malvido, J., G. García-Guzmán and I. K. Ferraz. 1999. Leaf-fungal incidence and herbivory on tree seedlings in tropical rain forest fragments: an experimental study. Biological Conservation 91:143-150. Link

• Benítez-Malvido, J. and I.K. Ferraz. 1999. Litter cover variability affects seedling performance and herbivory. Biotropica 31:598-606. Link

• Benítez-Malvido, J. 1998. Impact of forestfragmentation on seedling abundance in a tropical rain forest. Conservation Biology 12:380-389. Link

• Benítez-Malvido, J. 1989. Distribución de hormigas de acuerdo a especies vegetales en un potrero, Provincia de Guanacaste,Costa Rica. Agroecología Neotropical 1(1):32-34. Link

• Benítez-Malvido, J. e I. Perfecto. 1989. Efectos de diferentes tipos de manejo de café sobre las comunidades de hormigas.Agroecología Neotropical 1(1):11-15. Link