Dr Ada Sanchez-Mercado

Casual Academic

PhD. Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research, Ecology Center. Caracas, Venezuela.

Science

School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences

Biologist with PhD in Ecology from Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research. Ten years of research experience in conservation biology of vertebrate and invertebrate species, with emphasis in modeling and quantitative ecology. Experience leading and conducting research focused on animal species distribution patterns, species threats monitoring, and human dimension of wildlife conservation, helping NGOs and research teams design evidence-based, efficient conservation actions through innovative analytical approaches to make the most out of the available data. Studies and research experience in Venezuela, South Africa, and the USA.

E-mail

a.sanchez@unsw.edu.au

Location

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences Level 5, E26 Biological Science South 亚美棋牌 Australia Sydney NSW 2052

Books | 2007

Yerena E; Monsalve Dam D; Torres DA; Sanchez-Mercado A; Garc铆a-Rangel S; Bracho AE; Mart铆nez Z; G贸mez I, 2007, Plan de Acci贸n para la Conservaci贸n del Oso Andino (Tremarctos ornatus) en Venezuela (2006-2016), Fundaci贸n And铆genA, FUDENA, Universidad Sim贸n Bol铆var, Caracas
Book Chapters | 2019

Asm眉ssen MV; Rodr铆guez-Clark KM; S谩nchez-Mercado A; Medina-Bali帽o G; Rodr铆guez JP, 2019, 'Uso ilegal de primates en Venezuela', in Urbani B; Ceballos- Mago N (ed.), La primatolog铆a en Venezuela. Tomo I., Editorial Equinoccio (Colecci贸n Conjunta ACFIMAN/USB), Caracas, pp. 299 - 321
Journal articles | 2024

Ferrer-Paris JR; S谩nchez-Mercado A; Sanchez Mercado A, 2024, 'The Neotropical Biodiversity Mapping Initiative: Transforming Venezuelan biodiversity monitoring and capacity building', Societal Impacts, 4, pp. 100088,

Journal articles | 2024

Stachowicz I; Ferrer-Paris JR; S谩nchez-Mercado A; Sanchez Mercado A, 2024, 'Leveraging limited data from wildlife monitoring in a conflict affected region in Venezuela', Scientific Reports, 14, pp. 1673,

Journal articles | 2024

S谩nchez-Mercado A; Moran L; Pineda MD; Cardozo-Urdaneta A; Rodr铆guez JP, 2024, 'Monitoring change: A Behavior-Centered Theory of Change for effective demand reduction interventions', Conservation Science and Practice, 6,

Journal articles | 2023

Lagisz M; Aich U; Amin B; Rutkowska J; S谩nchez-Mercado A; Lara CE; Nakagawa S, 2023, 'Little transparency and equity in scientific awards for early- and mid-career researchers in ecology and evolution', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 7, pp. 655 - 665,

Journal articles | 2023

Noriega JA; Hortal J; deCastro-Arrazola I; Alves-Martins F; Ortega JCG; Bini LM; Andrew NR; Arellano L; Beynon S; Davis ALV; Favila ME; Floate KD; Horgan FG; Men茅ndez R; Milotic T; Nervo B; Palestrini C; Rolando A; Scholtz CH; Seny眉z Y; Wassmer T; 脕dam R; Ara煤jo CDO; Barragan-Ram铆rez JL; Boros G; Camero-Rubio E; Cruz M; Cuesta E; Damborsky MP; Deschodt CM; Rajan PD; D鈥檋ondt B; D铆az Rojas A; Dindar K; Escobar F; Espinoza VR; Ferrer-Paris JR; Guti茅rrez Rojas PE; Hemmings Z; Hern谩ndez B; Hill SJ; Hoffmann M; Jay-Robert P; Lewis K; Lewis M; Lozano C; Mar铆n-Armijos D; de Farias PM; Murcia-Ordo帽ez B; Karimbumkara SN; Navarrete-Heredia JL; Ortega-Echeverr铆a C; Pablo-Cea JD; Perrin W; Pessoa MB; Radhakrishnan A; Rahimi I; Raimundo AT; Ramos DC; Rebolledo RE; Roggero A; S谩nchez-Mercado A; Somay L; Stadler J; Tahmasebi P; Triana C茅spedes JD; Santos AMC; Sanchez Mercado A, 2023, 'Dung removal increases under higher dung beetle functional diversity regardless of grazing intensification', Nature Communications, 14, pp. 8070,

Journal articles | 2023

Rodr铆guez JP; Sucre B; Mileham K; S谩nchez-Mercado A; De Andrade N; Jabado RW, 2023, 'We Know How to Do Conservation鈥擶e Just Need to Do More of It!', Diversity, 15,

Journal articles | 2022

Rodr铆guez JP; Sucre B; Mileham K; S谩nchez-Mercado A; De Andrade N; Bezeng SB; Croukamp C; Falcato J; Garc铆a-Borboroglu P; Gonz谩lez S; Gonz谩lez-Ciccia P; Gonz谩lez-Maya JF; Kemp L; Kusrini MD; Lopez-Gallego C; Luz S; Menon V; Moehlman PD; Raimondo DC; Sillero-Zubiri C; Street W; Vincent A; Xie Y, 2022, 'Addressing the Biodiversity Paradox: Mismatch between the Co-Occurrence of Biological Diversity and the Human, Financial and Institutional Resources to Address Its Decline', Diversity, 14,

Journal articles | 2021

Ferrer-Paris JR; S谩nchez-Mercado A; Sanchez Mercado A, 2021, 'Contributions of distribution modelling to the ecological study of psittaciformes', Diversity, 13, pp. 611,

Journal articles | 2021

Stachowicz I; Ferrer-Paris JR; Sanchez-Mercado A, 2021, 'Shifting cultivation and hunting across the savanna-forest mosaic in the Gran Sabana, Venezuela: Facing changes', PeerJ, 9, pp. e11612,

Journal articles | 2021

S谩nchez-Mercado A; Ferrer-Paris JR; Rodr铆guez JP; Tella JL; Sanchez Mercado A, 2021, 'A literature synthesis of actions to tackle illegal parrot trade', Diversity, 13, pp. 191,

Journal articles | 2021

S谩nchez-Mercdo A; Blanco O; Sucre B; Brice帽o-Linares J; Pelaez C; Rodriguez JP, 2021, 'When good attitudes are not enough: Understanding intentions to keep Yellow Shouldered Amazons as pets in Margarita Island, Venezuela', Oryx: journal of fauna and flora international

Journal articles | 2020

Ferrer-Paris JR; S谩nchez-Mercado ADA; Sanchez Mercado A, 2020, 'Making inferences about non-detection observations to improve occurrence predictions in Venezuelan Psittacidae', Bird Conservation International, 30, pp. 406 - 422,

Journal articles | 2020

Mercado AS; Asmussen M; Rodriguez JP; Moran L; Cardozo-Urdaneta A; Morales LI, 2020, 'Illegal trade of the psittacidae in Venezuela', ORYX, 54, pp. 77 - 83,

Journal articles | 2020

S谩nchez-Mercado A; Blanco O; Sucre-Smith B; Brice帽o-Linares JM; Pel谩ez C; Rodr铆guez JP; Sanchez Mercado A, 2020, 'Using peoples' perceptions to improve conservation programs: The yellow-shouldered amazon in Venezuela', Diversity, 12, pp. 342,

Journal articles | 2020

S谩nchez-Mercado A; Cardozo-Urdaneta A; Moran L; Ovalle L; Arvelo M; Morales-Campos J; Coyle B; Braun MJ; Rodr铆guez-Clark KM, 2020, 'Social network analysis reveals specialized trade in an Endangered songbird', Animal Conservation, 23, pp. 132 - 144,

Journal articles | 2020

S谩nchez-Mercado A; Cardozo-Urdaneta A; Rodr铆guez-Clark KM; Moran L; Ovalle L; 脕ngel Arvelo M; Morales-Campos J; Coyle B; Braun MJ, 2020, 'Illegal wildlife trade networks: finding creative opportunities for conservation intervention in challenging circumstances', Animal Conservation, 23, pp. 151 - 152,

Journal articles | 2018

Mor谩n L; Garc铆a L; Ferrebuz JD; S谩nchez R; Mercado AS; Porta A; Paris JRF; Ferrer J; Sanchez Mercado A, 2018, 'Interannual and daily activity patterns of mid-sized mammals in maracaibo lake basin, Venezuela', Therya, 9, pp. 227 - 236,

Journal articles | 2018

S谩nchez-Mercado A; Rodr铆guez-Clark KM; Miranda J; Ferrer-Paris JR; Coyle B; Toro S; Cardozo-Urdaneta A; Braun MJ; Sanchez Mercado A, 2018, 'How to deal with ground truthing affected by human-induced habitat change?: Identifying high-quality habitats for the Critically Endangered Red Siskin', Ecology and Evolution, 8, pp. 841 - 851,

Journal articles | 2017

J臋drzejewski W; Boede EO; Abarca M; S谩nchez-Mercado A; Ferrer-Paris JR; Lampo M; Vel谩squez G; Carre帽o R; Viloria 脕L; Hoogesteijn R; Robinson HS; Stachowicz I; Cerda H; Weisz MDM; Barros TR; Rivas GA; Borges G; Molinari J; Lew D; Takiff H; Schmidt K, 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, pp. 132 - 142,

Journal articles | 2017

J臋drzejewski W; Carre帽o R; S谩nchez-Mercado A; Schmidt K; Abarca M; Robinson HS; Boede EO; Hoogesteijn R; Viloria 脕L; Cerda H; Vel谩squez G; Zambrano-Mart铆nez S, 2017, 'Human-jaguar conflicts and the relative importance of retaliatory killing and hunting for jaguar (Panthera onca) populations in Venezuela', Biological Conservation, 209, pp. 524 - 532,

Journal articles | 2016

S谩nchez-Mercado A; Asm眉ssen M; Rodr铆guez-Clark KM; Rodr铆guez JP; Jedrzejewski W, 2016, 'Using spatial patterns in illegal wildlife uses to reveal connections between subsistence hunting and trade', Conservation Biology, 30, pp. 1222 - 1232,

Journal articles | 2014

Ferrer-Paris JR; S谩nchez-Mercado A; Rodr铆guez-Clark KM; Rodr铆guez JP; Rodr铆guez GA, 2014, 'Using limited data to detect changes in species distributions: Insights from Amazon parrots in Venezuela', Biological Conservation, 173, pp. 133 - 143,

Journal articles | 2014

S谩nchez-Mercado A; Ferrer-Paris JR; Garc铆a-Rangel S; Yerena E; Robertson BA; Rodr铆guez-Clark KM, 2014, 'Combining threat and occurrence models to predict potential ecological traps for Andean bears in the Cordillera de M茅rida, Venezuela', Animal Conservation, 17, pp. 388 - 398,

Journal articles | 2013

Ferrer Paris JR; S谩nchez Mercado A; Rodr铆guez JP, 2013, 'Optimizaci贸n del muestreo de invertebrados tropicales: Un ejemplo con escarabajos copr贸fagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) en Venezuela', Revista de Biolog铆a Tropical, 61,

Journal articles | 2013

Ferrer-Paris JR; Rodr铆guez JP; Good TC; S谩nchez-Mercado AY; Rodr铆guez-Clark KM; Rodr铆guez GA; Sol铆s A, 2013, 'Systematic, large-scale national biodiversity surveys: NeoMaps as a model for tropical regions', Diversity and Distributions, 19, pp. 215 - 231,

Journal articles | 2013

Ferrer-Paris JR; S谩nchez-Mercado A; Viloria AL; Donaldson J; Sanchez Mercado A, 2013, 'Congruence and Diversity of Butterfly-Host Plant Associations at Higher Taxonomic Levels', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e63570,

Journal articles | 2013

Rafael Ferrer-Paris J; S谩nchez-Mercado A; Paul Rodr铆guez J, 2013, 'Sampling optimization for tropical invertebrates: An example using dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in Venezuela', Revista de Biologia Tropical, 61, pp. 89 - 110

Journal articles | 2012

Rodr铆guez GA; Rodr铆guez JP; Ferrer-Paris JR; Snchez-Mercado A, 2012, 'A nation-wide standardized bird survey scheme for venezuela', Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 124, pp. 230 - 244,

Journal articles | 2010

Rodr铆guez JP; Ferrer-Par铆s JR; Mav谩rez J; Rodr铆guez-Clark KM; S谩nchez-Merc Ado AY, 2010, 'More and better scientific information for 2010: International year of biodiversity', Interciencia, 35, pp. 161

Journal articles | 2008

S谩nchez-Mercado A; Ferrer-Paris JR; Yerena E; Garc铆a-Rangel S; Rodr铆guez-Clark KM, 2008, 'Factors affecting poaching risk to Vulnerable Andean bears Tremarctos ornatus in the Cordillera de M茅rida, Venezuela: Space, parks and people', ORYX, 42, pp. 437 - 447,

Journal articles | 2006

Rodr铆guez-Clark KM; S谩nchez-Mercado A, 2006, 'Population management of threatened taxa in captivity within their natural ranges: Lessons from Andean bears (Tremarctos ornatus) in Venezuela', Biological Conservation, 129, pp. 134 - 148,
Preprints | 2023

Cardozo-Urdaneta A; S谩nchez-Mercado A, 2023, The advertisement call of Mannophryne lamarcai Mijares-Urrutia et Arends 1999 (Anura: Dendrobatidae), ,

Preprints | 2023

Ferrer-Paris J; Cardozo-Urdaneta A; Lozano de la Rosa C; Soto J; S谩nchez-Mercado A, 2023, Distribuci贸n de anfibios en un bosque urbano tropical en Venezuela: Implicaciones para el manejo de parques urbanos,

Preprints | 2022

Lagisz M; Aich U; Amin B; Rutkowska J; S谩nchez-Mercado A; Lara C; Nakagawa S, 2022, Little transparency and equity in scientific awards for early and mid-career researchers in ecology and evolution, ,

Reports | 2022

Sanchez Mercado A; Moran L; Pineda MD; Cardozo-Urdaneta A; D铆az A; Moya F; D铆az-Luque JA, 2022, Defining the Theory of Change. Module 1 - Toolkit 2. Tools for designing behavioral change campaigns to reduce wildlife demand, ,

Reports | 2022

Sanchez Mercado A; Pineda MD; Moran L; Cardozo-Urdaneta A; D铆az A; Moya F, 2022, Understanding your audience and their behavior. Tools for designing behavioral change campaigns to reduce wildlife demand, ,

Neotropical Bird Club Conservation Award (2016, 2018, 2019)
Round Up for Conservation - Smithsonian Institute (2017)
Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund (2014)
2013 EOL Rubenstein Fellow program (2013)
Postdoctoral fellowship Threatened Species Program, South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI).
Researcher Promotion Program Fellowship, Venezuela (2011-2012)

During her听career, Ada听has听specialized in selecting and applying the proper analytical tools to account for the effects of taxonomic, geographic听and temporal biases in the data or, in other words, fitting beautiful models to make the most out of 鈥渦gly鈥� data from different sources in order to address applied conservation questions: How to find potential reintroduction areas? How to tackle illegal wildlife networks? How to identify areas with high habitat quality and low anthropological risk? Her听vision is that conservation actions are based in the best and more updated scientific information, for which Ada听promote evidence-based conservation action approaches.

Ada's analytical skills include high levels of proficiency in R programing language, particularly in predictive models for species distribution, occupancy models, analysis of diversity patterns, and multivariate and spatial statistics.

Memberships

Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULI) of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Society for Conservation Biology
Sociedad Venezolana de Ecolog铆a
Red Siskin Initiative

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