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ResearcherID: S-1541-2017
Scopus Author ID: 25822762000

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landscape genetics, Conservation genetics, ecology

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Instituto de Ecologia A.C. : Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, MX

2021-09-01 to present | Investigador Titular A (Red de Diversidad Biologica del Occidente Mexicano)
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Yessica Rico

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Toronto: Toronto, ON, CA

2008-09-08 to 2012-09-08 | Doctor in Philosophy (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
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Yessica Rico

Colegio De La Frontera Sur: San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, MX

2004-01 to 2006-02 | Master in Science (Biodiversidad)
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Yessica Rico

Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro Facultad de Ciencias Naturales: Queretaro, Queretaro, MX

1998 to 2002 | Biology bachelor (Biología)
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Yessica Rico

Professional activities (1)

IALE-NA: NA, US

2019-01-01 to present | executive committee member
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Works (50)

Despite forest fragmentation, river connectivity maintains gene flow and diversity in Guadua trinii, a woody bamboo of the Atlantic Forest in Argentina

Hydrobiologia
2025-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-024-05764-3
Contributors: Luz Perez-Garcia; Jessica Pérez-Alquicira; Yessica Rico; Ofelia Vargas-Ponce; Lía Montti; Eduardo Ruiz-Sanchez
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La dualidad de la tortuga de orejas rojas: mascota carismática y especie invasora

Revista Digital Universitaria
2025-01-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.22201/ceide.16076079e.2025.26.1.9
Contributors: Ernesto Becerra; Yessica Rico; Areli Gutiérrez Martínez
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Complete chloroplast genomes of three copal trees (Bursera: Bullockia): comparative analysis and phylogenetic relationships

Molecular Biology Reports
2024-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-024-09304-z
Contributors: Gustavo P. Lorenzana; Yessica Rico
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Genetic structure and demographic history of the dung beetle Deltochilum guildingii (Scarabaeinae): implications for conservation of the Tropical Dry Forest in the Colombian caribbean

Journal of Insect Conservation
2024-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-024-00618-8
Contributors: Mariauxi González-Molina; Neis Martínez-Hernández; Yessica Rico
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Spatial genetic structure of two conifers in a highly human-modified landscape of central Mexico

Tree Genetics & Genomes
2024-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-024-01669-3
Contributors: Bárbara Cruz-Salazar; Alejandro Flores-Manzanero; Yendi Navarro-Noya; Yessica Rico
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Correction to: Do highways influence the genetic structure of coyotes (Canis latrans) in a highly fragmented urban–rural landscape in central Mexico?

Mammal Research
2023-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s13364-023-00698-y
Contributors: María Giovana Anaya-Padrón; Carlos Alberto López González; Yessica Rico; María Eugenia Espinosa-Flores
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Do highways influence the genetic structure of coyotes (Canis latrans) in a highly fragmented urban–rural landscape in central Mexico?

Mammal Research
2023-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s13364-023-00692-4
Contributors: María Giovana Anaya-Padrón; Carlos Alberto López González; Yessica Rico; María Eugenia Espinosa-Flores
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Fine-scale genetic structure of Magnolia iltisiana in forest regeneration sites with a history of selective logging

Botanical Sciences
2023-06-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.17129/botsci.3254
Contributors: Ara Miguel-Peñaloza; Jessica Pérez-Alquicira; Yessica Rico
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High genetic diversity but spatially restricted genetic connectivity in a tropical montane cloud forest tree (Magnolia schiedeana)

Tree Genetics & Genomes
2023-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-022-01578-3
Contributors: Yessica Rico; Marisol A. Zurita-Solís; M. Ángel León-Tapia; Ara Miguel-Peñaloza
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Molecular, morphometric, and spatial data analyses provide new insights into the evolutionary history of the Peromyscus boylii species complex (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in the mountains of Mexico

Systematics and Biodiversity
2022-12-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2127966
Contributors: M. Ángel León-Tapia; Yessica Rico; Jesús A. Fernández; Alejandro Espinosa de los Monteros
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Effect of Life-History Traits and Habitat Condition on Genetic Diversity between Invasive and Native Plant Populations

Diversity
2022-11-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/d14121025
Contributors: Raquel Hernández-Espinosa; Jorge González-Astorga; Yessica Rico; Juan B. Gallego-Fernández
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A Nearctic cat in the Neotropics: spatial biases in the existing knowledge of bobcats in Mexico (1988–2019)

European Journal of Wildlife Research
2022-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-022-01614-6
Contributors: María Eugenia Espinosa-Flores; Nalleli E. Lara-Díaz; Yessica Rico; Robert W. Jones; Gerardo Sánchez-Rojas; Carlos A. López-González
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Development of Genomic Resources in Mexican Bursera (Section: Bullockia: Burseraceae): Genome Assembly, Annotation, and Marker Discovery for Three Copal Species

Genes
2022-09-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/genes13101741
Contributors: Yessica Rico; Gustavo P. Lorenzana; Carlos A. Benítez-Pineda; Bode A. Olukolu
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Role of Pleistocene climatic oscillations on genetic differentiation and evolutionary history of the Transvolcanic deer mouse Peromyscus hylocetes (Rodentia: Cricetidae) throughout the Mexican central highlands

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research
2021-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12541
Contributors: M. Ángel León‐Tapia; Yessica Rico; Jesús A. Fernández; Elizabeth Arellano; Alejandro Espinosa de los Monteros
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Molecular evidence and ecological niche modeling reveal an extensive hybrid zone among three Bursera species (section Bullockia)

PLOS ONE
2021-11-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260382
Contributors: Eduardo Quintero Melecio; William J. Etges; Yessica Rico; Andrés Lira Noriega; Antonio González Rodríguez
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Influence of Pleistocene climatic oscillations on the phylogeography and demographic history of endemic vulnerable trees (section Magnolia) of the Tropical Montane Cloud Forest in Mexico

PeerJ
2021-09-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12181
Contributors: Yessica Rico; M. Ángel León-Tapia; Marisol Zurita-Solís; Flor Rodríguez-Gómez; Suria Gisela Vásquez-Morales
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The quiensabe, Hedeoma piperita (Lamiaceae), a species with cultural importance in the indigenous community of San Francisco Pichátaro, Michoacán, Mexico: bases for its conservation management

Acta Botanica Mexicana
2021-06-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.21829/abm128.2021.1863
Part of ISSN: 2448-7589
ISSN: 0187-7151
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Yessica Rico

A population genetics study of three native Mexican woody bamboo species of Guadua (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae: Guaduinae) using nuclear microsatellite markers

Botanical Sciences
2021-05-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.17129/botsci.2795
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Monthly fluctuation of colony size and composition of the free-tailed bat Tadarida brasiliensis in the southernmost roost of Mexico

Mammal Research
2021-03-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s13364-021-00559-6
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Yessica Rico

A comprehensive landscape genomics approach for seed sourcing strategies in landscapes under varying degrees of habitat disturbance

Molecular Ecology Resources
2021-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13237
Contributors: Yessica Rico
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Do landscape and riverscape shape genetic patterns of the Neotropical otter, Lontra longicaudis, in eastern Mexico?

Landscape Ecology
2021-01-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-020-01114-5
Contributors: María Camila Latorre-Cardenas; Carla Gutiérrez-Rodríguez; Yessica Rico; Enrique Martínez-Meyer
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Morphotype divergence and genetic diversity of Hedeoma piperita Benth. in western Mexico

Molecular Biology Reports
2020-11-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-05946-x
Contributors: María Luisa Herrera-Arroyo; Yessica Rico; Brenda Y. Bedolla-García
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Los aliados emplumados de los Copales y Cuajiotes de México: aves y la dispersión de semillas de Bursera

Revista Digital Universitaria
2020-03-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.22201/codeic.16076079e.2020.v21n2.a5
Contributors: Carlos A. Cultid-Medina; Yessica Rico
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Landscape genetics of Mexican biodiversity: A review

Acta Universitaria
2019-04-10 | Journal article
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Yessica Rico

Species delimitation and genetic structure of two endemic Magnolia species (section Magnolia; Magnoliaceae) in Mexico

Genetica
2019-02-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-019-00052-8
Contributors: Yessica Rico; Bruno Alejandro Gutiérrez Becerril
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Everything you always wanted to know about gene flow in tropical landscapes (but were afraid to ask)

2019-02-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6446
Part of ISSN: 2167-8359
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Yessica Rico

Pollen viability and germinability of putative Bursera hybrids (section Bullockia; Burseraceae) in Mexico

Acta Botanica Mexicana
2018-12-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.21829/abm126.2019.1435
Contributors: Yessica Rico; Leticia Reyes Estanislao
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Landscape limits gene flow and drives population structure in Agassiz’s desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)

Scientific Reports
2018-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29395-6
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
Contributors: Santiago Sánchez-Ramírez; Yessica Rico; Kristin H. Berry; Taylor Edwards; Alice E. Karl; Brian T. Henen; Robert W. Murphy
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An ecological connectivity network maintains genetic diversity of a flagship wildflower, Pulsatilla vulgaris

Biological Conservation
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.05.026
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WOS:000407186000002
Contributors: DiLeo, Michelle F.; Rico, Yessica; Boehmer, Hans Juergen; Wagner, Helene H.
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Development of a genotype-by-sequencing immunogenetic assay as exemplified by screening for variation in red fox with and without endemic rabies exposure

Ecology and Evolution
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3583
Part of ISSN: 2045-7758
Contributors: Michael E. Donaldson; Yessica Rico; Karsten Hueffer; Halie M. Rando; Anna V. Kukekova; Christopher J. Kyle
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Using computer simulations to assess sampling effects on spatial genetic structure in forest tree species

New Forests
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-017-9571-y
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WOS:000399909000005
Contributors: Rico, Yessica
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Correction: Prelude to a panzootic: Gene flow and immunogenetic variation in northern little brown myotis vulnerable to bat white-nose syndrome

FACETS
2017-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1139/facets-2017-0108
Part of ISSN: 2371-1671
Contributors: Christina M. Davy; Michael E. Donaldson; Yessica Rico; Cori L. Lausen; Kathleen Dogantzis; Kyle Ritchie; Craig K.R. Willis; Douglas W. Burles; Thomas S. Jung; Scott McBurney et al.
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Prelude to a panzootic: Gene flow and immunogenetic variation in northern little brown myotis vulnerable to bat white-nose syndrome

FACETS
2017-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1139/facets-2017-0022
Part of ISSN: 2371-1671
Contributors: Christina M. Davy; Michael E. Donaldson; Yessica Rico; Cori L. Lausen; Kathleen Dogantzis; Kyle Ritchie; Craig K.R. Willis; Douglas W. Burles; Thomas S. Jung; Scott McBurney et al.
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Plant functional connectivity - integrating landscape structure and effective dispersal

Journal of Ecology
2017-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12742
Part of ISSN: 0022-0477
Contributors: Alistair G. Auffret; Yessica Rico; James M. Bullock; Danny A. P. Hooftman; Robin J. Pakeman; Merel B. Soons; Alberto Suárez-Esteban; Anna Traveset; Helene H. Wagner; Sara A. O. Cousins et al.
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Reduced fine-scale spatial genetic structure in grazed populations of Dianthus carthusianorum

Heredity
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2016.45
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WOS:000385835900008
Contributors: Rico, Y.; Wagner, H. H.
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Spatial patterns of immunogenetic and neutral variation underscore the conservation value of small, isolated American badger populations

Evolutionary Applications
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12410
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WOS:000387763700006
Contributors: Rico, Yessica; Ethier, Danielle M.; Davy, Christina M.; Sayers, Josh; Weir, Richard D.; Swanson, Bradley J.; Nocera, Joseph J.; Kyle, Christopher J.
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HIGHLY POLYMORPHIC MICROSATELLITE MARKERS IN PULSATILLA VULGARIS (RANUNCULACEAE) USING NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING

Applications in Plant Sciences
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3732/apps.1500031
WOSUID:

WOS:000358254500005
Contributors: DiLeo, Michelle F.; Graf, Rene; Holderegger, Rolf; Rico, Yessica; Wagner, Helene H.
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Lack of Spatial Immunogenetic Structure among Wolverine (Gulo gulo) Populations Suggestive of Broad Scale Balancing Selection

Plos One
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140170
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WOS:000362511000101
Contributors: Rico, Yessica; Morris-Pocock, James; Zigouris, Joanna; Nocera, Joseph J.; Kyle, Christopher J.
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wolverine (Gulo gulo) MHC data

Dryad Digital Repository
2015 | Dataset
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.bd70m/1
Contributors: Yessica Rico; James Morris-Pocock; Joanna Zigouris; Joseph J. Nocera; Christopher J. Kyle
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Wolverine (Gulo gulo) microsatellite data

Dryad Digital Repository
2015 | Dataset
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.bd70m/2
Contributors: Yessica Rico; James Morris-Pocock; Joanna Zigouris; Joseph J. Nocera; Christopher J. Kyle
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Development of nuclear microsatellite markers for American badger subspecies (Taxidea taxus spp.) using next generation sequencing

Conservation Genetics Resources
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-014-0195-7
WOSUID:

WOS:000340404900059
Contributors: Rico, Yessica; Paetkau, David; Harris, Leanne R.; Sayers, Josh; Ethier, Danielle; Kyle, Christopher J.
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Directed dispersal by rotational shepherding supports landscape genetic connectivity in a calcareous grassland plant

Molecular Ecology
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12639
WOSUID:

WOS:000330264000008
Contributors: Rico, Yessica; Holderegger, Rolf; Boehmer, Hans Juergen; Wagner, Helene H.
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Effect of Rotational Shepherding on Demographic and Genetic Connectivity of Calcareous Grassland Plants

Conservation Biology
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12186
WOSUID:

WOS:000332923500018
Contributors: Rico, Yessica; Boehmer, Hans Juergen; Wagner, Helene H.
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Spatial patterns of neutral and functional genetic variations reveal patterns of local adaptation in raccoon (Procyon lotor) populations exposed to raccoon rabies

Molecular Ecology
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12726
WOSUID:

WOS:000334908100014
Contributors: Kyle, Christopher J.; Rico, Yessica; Castillo, Sarrah; Srithayakumar, Vythegi; Cullingham, Catherine I.; White, Bradley N.; Pond, Bruce A.
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Implications of incomplete networks on estimation of landscape genetic connectivity

Conservation Genetics
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-012-0385-3
WOSUID:

WOS:000317076500005
Contributors: Naujokaitis-Lewis, Ilona R.; Rico, Yessica; Lovell, John; Fortin, Marie-Josee; Murphy, Melanie A.
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Process-based long-term evaluation of an ecological network of calcareous grasslands connected by sheep herding

Ecography
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07463.x
WOSUID:

WOS:000316468800013
Contributors: Wagner, Helene H.; Rico, Yessica; Lehnert, Henry; Boehmer, Hans Juergen
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Determinants of actual functional connectivity for calcareous grassland communities linked by rotational sheep grazing

Landscape Ecology
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9648-5
WOSUID:

WOS:000300088700005
Contributors: Rico, Yessica; Boehmer, Hans Juergen; Wagner, Helene H.
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Erratum to: Implications of incomplete networks on estimation of landscape genetic connectivity

Conservation Genetics
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-012-0430-2
Part of ISSN: 1566-0621
Contributors: Ilona R. Naujokaitis-Lewis; Yessica Rico; John Lovell; Marie-Josée Fortin; Melanie A. Murphy
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Diferenciación poblacional en la talla corporal de la liebre de Tehuantepec (Lepus flavigularis)

Acta zoológica mexicana
2008 | Journal article
WOSUID:

SCIELO:S0065-17372008000300011
Contributors: RICO, Yessica; LORENZO, Consuelo; LÓPEZ, Sergio
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Phylogeography and population structure of the endangered Tehuantepec jackrabbit Lepus flavigularis: implications for conservation

Conservation Genetics
2008 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9480-2
WOSUID:

WOS:000260539800007
Contributors: Rico, Yessica; Lorenzo, Consuelo; Gonzalez-Cozatl, Francisco X.; Espinoza, Eduardo
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