Nicolas Urbina Cardona

Ph.D. in Biological Sciences

    20022025

    Research activity per year

    Overview

    Personal profile

    Ecologist from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (1997-2002), and Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM; 2002-2007). Postdoctoral experience at the Museum of Zoology-UNAM (2007-2008). I was the Coordinator of Ecosystem Services at Conservation International, Colombia (2008-2011), leading projects in biodiversity management and public policy in territorial planning, biodiversity offsets, and conservation. I have been an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Rural Studies at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana since 2011, and I was the director of the undergraduate program in Ecology (2012-2015). I was the Regional Coordinator for Colombia of the IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group, contributing to the extinction risk assessment of over 820 species for the country and to the development of the "National Program for the Conservation of Amphibians in Colombia and its Action Plan 2024-2033". Currently, I am the Global Co-Chair of the habitat protection and management working group of the IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group where I participate in updating the Action Plan for the Global Conservation of Amphibians (ACAP). I was a member of the board of directors of the Colombian Association of Herpetology and am a co-founder of the social appropriation of knowledge initiative: “Ciencia pa'sumercé”.

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    • SDG 13 - Climate Action
    • SDG 15 - Life on Land
    • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

    Education

    PhD, Doctor en Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Award Date: 23 Aug 2007

    Bachelor, Ecólogo, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

    Award Date: 25 Feb 2002

    Minciencias Category

    • Senior

    Keywords

    • QL Zoology
    • community ecology
    • herpetology
    • landscape ecology
    • functional ecology
    • conservation biology
    • macroecology
    • road ecology
    • secondary succession

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    • How low-abundance amphibians shape functional diversity across tropical forest succession stages?

      Zabala-Forero, F., Cortés-Gómez, A. M. & Urbina-Cardona, N., Feb 2025, In: Ecological Indicators. 171, 113140.

      Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

      Open Access
    • Correction to: Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats (Nature, (2023), 622, 7982, (308-314), 10.1038/s41586-023-06578-4)

      Luedtke, J. A., Chanson, J., Neam, K., Hobin, L., Maciel, A. O., Catenazzi, A., Borzée, A., Hamidy, A., Aowphol, A., Jean, A., Sosa-Bartuano, Á., Fong G, A., de Silva, A., Fouquet, A., Angulo, A., Kidov, A. A., Muñoz Saravia, A., Diesmos, A. C., Tominaga, A. & Shrestha, B. & 103 others, Gratwicke, B., Tjaturadi, B., Martínez Rivera, C. C., Vásquez Almazán, C. R., Señaris, C., Chandramouli, S. R., Strüssmann, C., Cortez Fernández, C. F., Azat, C., Hoskin, C. J., Hilton-Taylor, C., Whyte, D. L., Gower, D. J., Olson, D. H., Cisneros-Heredia, D. F., Santana, D. J., Nagombi, E., Najafi-Majd, E., Quah, E. S. H., Bolaños, F., Xie, F., Brusquetti, F., Álvarez, F. S., Andreone, F., Glaw, F., Castañeda, F. E., Kraus, F., Parra-Olea, G., Chaves, G., Medina-Rangel, G. F., González-Durán, G., Ortega-Andrade, H. M., Machado, I. F., Das, I., Dias, I. R., Urbina-Cardona, J. N., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Yang, J. H., Jianping, J., Wangyal, J. T., Rowley, J. J. L., Measey, J., Vasudevan, K., Chan, K. O., Gururaja, K. V., Ovaska, K., Warr, L. C., Canseco-Márquez, L., Toledo, L. F., Díaz, L. M., Khan, M. M. H., Meegaskumbura, M., Acevedo, M. E., Napoli, M. F., Ponce, M. A., Vaira, M., Lampo, M., Yánez-Muñoz, M. H., Scherz, M. D., Rödel, M. O., Matsui, M., Fildor, M., Kusrini, M. D., Ahmed, M. F., Rais, M., Kouamé, N. G., García, N., Gonwouo, N. L., Burrowes, P. A., Imbun, P. Y., Wagner, P., Kok, P. J. R., Joglar, R. L., Auguste, R. J., Brandão, R. A., Ibáñez, R., von May, R., Hedges, S. B., Biju, S. D., Ganesh, S. R., Wren, S., Das, S., Flechas, S. V., Ashpole, S. L., Robleto-Hernández, S. J., Loader, S. P., Incháustegui, S. J., Garg, S., Phimmachak, S., Richards, S. J., Slimani, T., Osborne-Naikatini, T., Abreu-Jardim, T. P. F., Condez, T. H., De Carvalho, T. R., Cutajar, T. P., Pierson, T. W., Nguyen, T. Q., Kaya, U., Yuan, Z., Long, B., Langhammer, P. & Stuart, S. N., 04 Jan 2024, In: Nature. 625, 7993, p. E2

      Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debate

      1 Scopus citations
    • EFECTO DE BORDE SOBRE ANUROS DEL BOSQUE SECO TROPICAL, POTREROS Y PLANTACIONES DE PALMA DEACEITE, Y SU RELACIÓN CON VARIABLES AMBIENTALES EN EL CARIBE COLOMBIANO

      Translated title of the contribution: EDGE EFFECTS ON ANURAN DIVERSITY IN TROPICAL DRY FOREST, PASTURES, AND OIL PALM PLANTATIONS, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES IN THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEANSilvera Chimá, E. D. C., Acuña-Vargas, J. C. & Urbina-Cardona, N., 2024, In: Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetologia. 7, 1, p. 149-173 25 p., e584.

      Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    • Efectos de borde sobre anuros del bosque seco tropical, pastos y plantaciones de palma de aceite, y su relación con variables ambientales en el Caribe colombiano

      Translated title of the contribution: EDGE EFFECTS ON ANURAN DIVERSITY IN TROPICAL DRY FOREST, PASTURES, AND OIL PALM PLANTATIONS, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES IN THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEANUrbina Cardona, N., 19 Mar 2024, In: Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología . 7, 1, p. 149 – 173 24 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    • Habitat loss: protection and management

      Urbina-Cardona, J. N., Angulo, A., Turner, A., Cogalniceanu, D., Wickramasinghe, D., Suazo-Ortuño, I., Watling, J. I., Acevedo, L. D., Hernández-Ordóñez, O., Doherty-Bone, T. & Tarrant, J., 23 Jul 2024, Amphibian conservation action plan: A status review and roadmap for global amphibian conservation. Wren, S., Borzée, A., Marcec-Greaves, R. & Angulo, A. (eds.). Gland, Switzerland: IUCN SSC Occasional Paper, p. 115-146 31 p.

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