BOOKS
Santiago-Alarcon D, Marzal A (Editors). 2020. Avian malaria and related parasites in the tropics – ecology, evolution and systematics. Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-030-51632-1. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-51633-8
PEER REVIEWED PAPERS – Articles and Book Chapters
90. Mejía-Díaz H, Santiago-Alarcon D, Venegas-Andraca SE. 2024 (Preprint). A proposal for the quantum mechanical study of genomic mutations driven by environmental stressors. bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.24.595767
89. Santiago-Alarcon D, MacGregor-Fors I. Wildlife disease ecology in the urban jungle (Accepted – Book chapter for the book entitled “The ecology of infectious diseases: methods on evolution, biodiversity, and environmental interactions” edited by Gerardo Suzán, A. Alonso Aguirre and James N. Mills, to be published by Oxford Univ. Press.) *.
88. Hernandes Córdoba OD, Torres-Romero EJ, Villalobos F, Chapa-Vargas L, Santiago-Alarcon D. 2024. Energy input, hábitat heterogeneity and host specificity drive avian haemosporidian diversity at continental scales. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 291: 20232705. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2705. *.
87. Álvarez-Mendizabal P, Tolsá MJ, MacGregro-Fors I, Rojas-Soto OR, Santiago-Alarcon D. 2024. Avian disease ecology in the Neotropics. In: Ecology of Wildlife Diseases in the Neotropics (Acosta-Jamett G, Chaves A, Eds.). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50531-7_5. *.
86. Guillén-Rodríguez YG, Chapa-Vargas L, Ibarra-Juárez LA, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Santiago-Alarcon D. 2024. The influence of humidity and temperature on the vertical richness and abundance of blood-sucking flies (Culicidae and Ceratopogonidae) in a montane cloud forest from Mexico. Journal of Vector Ecology 49: 1-14. *.
85. Ruiz-Ortiz MA, Martín-González EM, Santiago-Alarcon D, Venegas-Andraca SE. 2023. A new definition of hitting time and an embedded Markov chain in continuous-time quantum walks. Quantum Information Processing 22:224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-023-03972-9.
84. Sánchez-Barradas A, Dáttilo W, Santiago-Alarcon D, Kissling D, Villalobos F. 2023. Combining geographic distribution and trait information to infer predator-prey species-level interaction properties. Diversity 15: 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/d1501006.
83. Rodríguez-Hernández K, Álvarez-Mendizabal P, Chapa-Vargas L, Escobar F, Dáttilo W, Santiago-Alarcon D. 2023. Infection intensity shapes specialization and beta diversity of haemosporidian-bird networks across elevations. Ecosphere doi: 10.1002/ecs2.4481 *.
82. Soares L, Cockle KL, Ruelas Inzunza E, …Santiago-Alarcon D, et al. 2023. Neotropical ornithology: reckoning with historical assumptions, removing systemic barriers, and reimagining the future. Ornithological Applications 125:duac046. Editor´s Choice.
(An international effort of 124 researchers to offer a way forward for a promising future of neotropical ornithology research; authors were arranged in the order of their contributions, I was author number 28th.). Science magazine coverage: https://www.science.org/content/article/latin-america-s-bird-scientists-issue-manifesto-end-marginalization. Audubon society coverage in Spanish: https://www.audubon.org/es/news/barreras-sistemicas-dificultan-la-investigacion-de-las-aves-segun-124
81. Santiago-Alarcon D. 2022. A meta-analytic approach to investigate mosquitoes’ (Diptera: Culicidae) blood feeding preferences from non-urban to urban environments. In: Ecology and Control of Vector-borne Diseases, vol. 7 (R.G. Gutiérrez-López, J.G. Logan, Martínez-de la Puente J., Eds). Pp. 161-177. Wageningen Academic Publishers. eISBN: 978-90-8686-931-2 | ISBN: 978-90-8686-379-2 https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-931-2
80. Meza-Montes E, Fernández-Gómez RA, Llanes-Quevedo A, Navarro- Sigüenza A, Santiago-Alarcon D, Sosa-López JR. 2023. Vocal behaviour, parasitic infection, chronic stress, and body condition in Rufous-naped Wrens (Campylorhynchus rufinucha). Ibis 165: 676-684. doi: 10.1111/ibi.13130. * General audience explanation here: https://bou.org.uk/blog-afm-wren-infection-song/
79. Pacheco MA, Ferreira FC, Logan CJ, Rowney C, Bergeron LM, McCune KB, Albino Miranda S, Santiago-Alarcon D, Escalante AA. 2022. Great-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) as a tolerant host of avian malaria parasites. PLoS ONE 17: e0268161. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268161.
78. Robles-Fernández A, Santiago-Alarcon D, Lira-Noriega A. 2022. Wildlife susceptibility to infectious diseases at global scales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 119: e2122851119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122851119.* - This Week in PNAS: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122851119
77. Ortega-Guzmán L, Rojas-Soto O, Santiago-Alarcon D, Huber-Sannwald E, Chapa-Vargas L. 2022. Climate predictors and climate change projections for avian haemosporidian prevalence in Mexico. Parasitology 149: 1129-1144. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182022000683
76. González-Olvera M, Henández-Colina A, Santiago-Alarcon D, Osorio-Beristain M, Martínez-Maya JJ, 2022. Blood-parasites (Haemosporidia) of wild birds from different land use sites within a tropical dry forest matrix in Morelos State, Mexico. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 38: 1–22*.
75. Álvarez-Castillo C, MacGregor-Fors I, Arriaga-Weiss SL, Mota-Vargas C, Santiago-Alarcon D. 2022. Abundance of White-fronted Parrots and diet of an urban parrot assemblage (Aves: Psittaciformes) in a green Neotropical city. Avian Research 13: 100019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100019 *.
74. Álvarez-Mendizabal P, Villalobos F, Suzán G, Rico-Chávez O, Rodríguez-Hernández K, Hernández-Lara C, Chapa-Vargas L, Santiago-Alarcon D. 2021. Metacommunity structure reveals that temperature affects the compositional patterns of avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasites across elevations. Acta Oecologica 113: 103789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2021.103789 *.
73. Fernández-Popo M, González-García F, Santiago-Alarcon D. 2021. First record of parasitism between Bronzed cowbird (Molothrus aeneus) and resident Golden-crowned warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus) in a shade coffee plantation. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 133: 343-347, DOI: 10.1676/21-00022.
72. Fecchio A, Clark NJ, Bell JA,…Santiago-Alarcon D, Drovetski SV, Voelker G…Wells K. 2021. Global drivers of avian haemosporidian infections vary across zoogeographical regions. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30: 2393-2406. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13390 (A total of 41 authors for this paper).
71. Zequeira-Larios C, Santiago-Alarcon D, MacGregor-Fors I, Martínez IL. 2021. Tree diversity and composition in Mexican traditional smallholder cocoa agroforestry systems. Agroforestry Systems https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-021-00673-z *
70. Santiago-Alarcon D, Rojas-Soto OR. 2021.Discovering parasite biodiversity in the Tropics: A framework based on multi-host-species ecological niche models. Ecotrópicos 33e0016. https://doi.org/10.53157/ecotropicos.33e0016
69. Robles-Fernández A, Santiago-Alarcon D, Lira-Noriega A. 2021. American mammals susceptibility to dengue according to geographical, environmental and phylogenetic distances. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8:604560. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.604560.*
68. Rodríguez-Hernández KM, Álvarez-Mendizábal P, Chapa-Vargas L, Escobar-Sarria F, González-García F, Santiago-Alarcon D. 2021. Haemosporidian prevalence, parasitaemia and aggregation in relation to life-history traits of avian assemblages distributed at different elevations. International Journal for Parasitology 51: 365-378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.10.006.*
67. Martínez-de la Puente J, Santiago-Alarcon D, Palinauskas V, Bensch S. 2021. Plasmodium relictum. Trends in Parasitology 37: 355-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2020.06.004.
66. González-García F, Lobato-García JA, Santiago-Alarcón D. 2020. Aves. En: Biodiversidad del Santuario del Bosque de Niebla, Xalapa, Veracruz (Samain MS y Castillo-Campos G, Eds.). Intituto de Ecología, A.C. Pp. 266-283.*
65. Ferraguti M, Hernández-Lara C, Sehgal RNM, and Santiago-Alarcon D. 2020. Anthropogenic effects on avian haemosporidians and their vectors. In: Avian malaria and related parasites in the tropics – ecology, evolution and systematics (Santiago-Alarcon D, Marzal A, Eds.). Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-51632-1.*
64. Ferreira-Junior FC, Santiago-Alarcon D, and Braga EM. 2020. Diptera vectors of avian haemosporidians: with emphasis on tropical regions. In: Avian malaria and related parasites in the tropics – ecology, evolution and systematics (Santiago-Alarcon D, Marzal A, Eds.). Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-51632-1.*
63. Santiago-Alarcon D, Marzal A. 2020. Research on avian haemosporidian parasites in the tropics before the year 2000. In: Avian malaria and related parasites in the tropics – ecology, evolution and systematics (Santiago-Alarcon D, Marzal A, Eds.). Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-51632-1.
62. González-García F, Molina Hernández A, Santiago-Alarcon D. 2020. First record of nest parasitism by Bronzed cowbird (Molothrus aeneus) on a resident Blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) population in a tropical dry forest. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 132: 779-784.*
61. Santiago-Alarcon D, Ferreira FC. 2020. Does Plasmodium infection affect mosquito attraction? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:582943. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.582943.
60. van Hoesel W, Santiago-Alarcon D, Marzal A, Renner SC. 2020. Effects of forest structure on the interaction between avian hosts, dipteran vectors and haemosporidian parasites. BMC Ecology 20:47. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-020-00315-5
59. Santiago-Alarcon D, Tapia McClung H, Lerma-Hernández S, Venegas-Andraca SE. 2020. Quantum aspects of evolution: a contribution towards evolutionary explorations on genotype networks via quantum walks. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 20200567. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2020.0567.
58. Hernández-Lara C, Carbó-Ramírez P, Santiago-Alarcon D. 2020. Effects of land use change (rural-urban) on the diversity and epizootiological parameters of avian Haemosporida in a widespread neotropical bird. Acta Tropica 209: 105542 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105542.*
57. Romero-Castañón S, Robles González ME, Mandujano S, Sandoval Ruíz C, Espino Barros OV, Santiago-Alarcón D, Molina-Martínez A. 2020. First report of nasal bot fly (Cephenemyia jellisoni) in White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) inhabiting tropical dry forests in Central Mexico. Comparative Parasitology 87: 106-108. https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-87.1.106.*
56. Santiago-Alarcon D, MacGregor-Fors I. 2020. Cities and pandemics: Urban areas are ground zero for the transmission of emerging human infectious diseases Journal of Urban Ecology 6: juaa012. doi: 10.1093/jue/juaa012.
55. Marín-Gómez OH, García-Arroyo M, Sánchez-Sarria CE, Sosa-López JR, Santiago-Alarcon D, MacGregor-Fors I. 2020. Nightlife in the city: Assessing relationships between green cover, light and noise pollution with the occurrence and diel vocal activity of a tropical owl. Avian Research 11:9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00197-7.
54. García-Arroyo M, Santiago-Alarcon D, Quesada J, MacGregor-Fors I. 2020. Are invasive House Sparrows a nuisance for native avifauna when scarce? Urban Ecosystems 23: 793-802. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-020-00963-x.
53. DáttiloW, Barrozo-Chávez N, Lira-Noriega A, Guevara R, Villalobos F, Santiago-Alarcon D, Siqueira Neves F, Izzo T, Pontes Ribeiro S. 2020. Species-level drivers of mammalian ectoparasite faunas. Journal of Animal Ecology 89: 1754-1765. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13216.
52. Marín-Gómez OH, Dáttilo W, Sosa-López JR, Santiago-Alarcon D, MacGregor-Fors I. 2020. Where has the city choir gone? Loss of the temporal structure of bird dawn choruses in urban areas. Landscape and Urban Planing 194:103665.
51. Santiago-Alarcon D, Carbó-Ramírez P, MacGregor-Fors I., Chávez-Zichinelli C.A., Yeh P.J. 2020. Avian malaria prevalence of an invasive urban bird is lower in urban than non-urban environments. Ibis 162: 201-214. doi: 10.1111/ibi.12699
50. Sotomaryor-Bonilla J, García-Peña GE, Santiago-Alarcon D, Mendoza-Gutiérrez H, Tolsá-García MJ, Alvarez-Mendizabal P, Rico-Chávez O, Sarmiento-Silva RE, Suzán G. 2019. Insights into the host-specificity of mosquito-borne flaviviruses infecting wild mammals. EcoHealth 16:726-733 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-019-01442-2
49. Hernández Soto SR, Santiago-Alarcon D, Matta NE. 2019. El uso del hemoglobinómetro como una alternativa a los métodos clásicos para la medición de hemoglobina y hematocrito en muestras de aves. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 90 (2019): e902848. https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2019.90.2848*
48. Tinajero R, Chapa-Vargas L, Ham-Dueñas JG, Santiago-Alarcon D. 2019. Haemosporidian infection of the American kestrel in the southern Chihuahuan desert, Mexico: relationship with land use. Journal of Ornithology 160: 699-710. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-019-01640-3*
47. Prieto-Torres D, Rojas-Soto OR, Santiago-Alarcon D, Bonaccorso EA, Navarro-Sigüenza AG. 2019. Diversity, endemism, species turnover and relationships among avifauna of the neotropical seasonally dry forests. Ardeola 66: 257-277
46. Prieto-Torres D, Rojas-Soto OR, Bonaccorso EA, Santiago-Alarcon D, Navarro-Sigüenza AG. 2019. Distributional patterns of Neotropical seasonally dry forest birds: a biogeographical regionalization. Cladistics 35: 446-460. 10.1111/cla.12366
45. van Hoesel W, Marzal A, Magallanes S, Santiago-Alarcon D, Ibáñez-Bernal S, Renner SC. 2019. Management of ecosystems alters vector dynamics and haemosporidian infections. Scientific Reports 9:8779. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45068-4*
44. Santiago-Alarcon D, MacGregor-Fors I, Falfán I, Lüdtke B, Segelbacher G, Schaefer HM, Renner S. 2019 Parasites in space and time: a case study of haemosporidian spatiotemporal prevalence in urban birds. International Journal for Parasitology 49: 235-246
43. Hernández López P, Santiago-Alarcon D, López Velázquez A. 2018. Factores ecológicos que afectan la infección por Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis en anfibios de México. Pp. 53-78. In: Quitridiomicosis en México (López-Velázquez A, Basanta MD, Ochoa Ochoa LM, Eds.). Publicaciones de la Sociedad Herpetológica Mexicana No. 5. ISSN 0188-6835*
42. Santiago-Alarcon, D., and Merkel, J. 2018. New host-parasite relationships by host-switching In: Disease Ecology: Galapagos birds and their parasites (Parker, P.G., Ed.). Springer. ISBN: 978-3-319-65908-4. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-65909-1_7
41. Argüello Sánchez LE, García-Sepúlveda CA, Santiago-Alarcon D, and Espinosa de los Monteros A. 2018. Detection and prevalence of adenoviruses from free-ranging black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra). Virus Genes 54: 818-822
40. Sotomayor-Bonilla J, García-Suárez O, Cigarroa-Toledo N, Cetina RC, Espinosa-García AC, Sarmiento-Silva RE, Machain-Williams C, Santiago-Alarcon D, Mazari-Hiriart M, Suzán G. 2018. Survey of Mosquito-Borne Flaviviruses in the Cuitzmala River basin: Do they circulate in rodents and bats? Tropical Medicine and Health 46:35 https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-018-0117-6
39. Hernández-Lara C, Espinosa de los Monteros A, Ibarra-Cerdeña CN, García-Feria L, Santiago-Alarcon D. 2018. Combining morphological and molecular data to reconstruct the phylogeny of avian Haemosporida. International Journal for Parasitology 48: 1137-1148. Editor´s Choice*
38. Argüello Sánchez LE, Arguello Astorga JR, García Feria LM, García-Sepúlveda CA, Santiago-Alarcon D, and Espinosa de los Monteros A. 2018. MHC class II DRB variability in wild black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra), and endangered New World primate. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 41.2: 389-404
37. Abella-Medrano, CA, Ibáñez-Bernal, S, Carbó-Ramírez, P, and Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2018. Blood-meal preferences and avian malaria detection in mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) captured at different land use types within a neotropical montane cloud forest matrix. Parasitology International 67:313-320*
36. MacGregor-Fors, I., González-García, F., Hernández-Lara, C., and Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2018. Where are the birds in the matrix: avian diversity in a neotropical landscape mosaic. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 130: 81-93*
35. Santiago-Alarcon, D., and Delgado-V, C. 2017. Warning! Urban threats for birds in Latin America. In: Avian Ecology in Latin American Cityscapes (MacGregor-Fors, I. and Escobar-Ibáñez, J.F., Eds.). Springer. ISBN: 978-3-319-63473-9. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-63475-3_7
34. Carbó-Ramírez, P., Zuria, I., Schaefer, H.M., and Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2017. Avian haemosporidians at three environmentally contrasting urban greensapaces. Journal of Urban Ecology 3: doi: 10.1093/jue/juw011*
33. Hernández-Lara, C., González-García, F., and Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2017. Spatial and seasonal variation of avian malaria infections at places with different land uses within a Neotropical montane forest matrix. Landscape and Urban Planing 157: 151-160*
32. González-García, F., Straub, R., Lobato-García, J.A., MacGregor-Fors, I., and Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2016. Notas y registros adicionales comentados sobre la avifauna de Xalapa, Veracruz, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana, (n.s.) 32(3): 253-269*
31. Renner, S.C., Lüdtke, B., Kaiser, S., Kienle, J., Schaefer, H.M., Segelbacher, G., Tschapka, M., and Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2016. Forests of opportunities and mischief: disentangling the interactions between forests, parasites, and immune responses. International Journal for Parasitology 46: 571-579*
30. Mendoza-Carranza, M., Santiago-Alarcon, D., Pérez-Jimenez, J. C., and Hernández-Lazo, C. 2016. First occurrence of eyeless morphotypes in the southern stingray (Dasyatis americana): morphology indicative of deep-water benthic habits Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 44: 460-469*
29. Ibáñez-Bernal, S., González-García, F., and Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2016. New bird host records for Ornithoctona fusciventris (diptera: hippoboscidae) in Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 60: 377-381*
28. Santiago-Alarcon, D., MacGregor-Fors, I., Kühnert, K., Segelbacher, G., and Schaefer, H. M. 2016. Avian haemosporidian parasites in an urban forest and their relationship to bird size and abundance. Urban Ecosystems 19: 331-346. DOI 10.1007/s11252-015-0494-0
27. Prieto-Torres, D.A., Navarro-Singüenza, A., Santiago-Alarcon, D., and Rojas-Soto, O.R. 2016. Response of the endangered tropical dry forests to climate change and the role of Mexican protected areas for their conservation Global Change Biology 22: 364-379. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13090
26. Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2015. Técnicas de campo y laboratorio para el estudio de parásitos sanguíneos del orden haemosporida en aves terrestres. Pp. 53–86 in S. Gallina-Tessaro (editor). Manual de técnicas del estudio de la fuana, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz. México
25. Hermes, C., Mettler, R., Santiago-Alarcon, D., Segelbacher, G., and Schaefer, H.M. 2015. Spatial isolation and temporal variation in fitness and condition facilitate divergence in a migratory divide PLoS ONE 10(12): e0144264
24. Abella-Medrano, A., Ibáñez-Bernal, S., MacGregor-Fors, I., and Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2015. Spatiotemporal variation of mosquito diversity (Diptera: Culicidae) at places with different land-use types within a neotropical montane cloud forest matrix. Parasites & Vectors 8:487 *
23. Santiago-Alarcon, D., and Carbó-Ramírez, P. 2015. Parásitos sanguíneos de malaria y géneros relacionados (Orden: Haemosporida) en aves de México: recomendaciones metodológicas para campo y laboratorio. Ornitología Neotropcial 26: 59-77
22. Sandoval-Comte, A., Degante-González, A. P., & Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2014. Predation of White Anole (Anolis laeviventris) by Blue-crowned motmot (Momotus momota) in a montane forest reserve in Veracruz, Mexico. Herpetology Notes 7: 721-722 *
21. Santiago-Alarcon, D., Rodríguez-Ferraro, A., Parker, P.G., and Ricklefs, R.E. 2014. Different meal, same flavor: cospeciation and host switching of haemosporidian parasites in some non-passerine birds. Parasites & Vectors 7: 286
20. Lüdtke, B., Moser, I., Santiago-Alarcon, D., Fischer, M., Kalko, E.K.V., Schaefer, H.M., Suarez-Rubio, M., Tschapka, M., and Renner, S.C. 2013. Associations of forest type, parasitism and body condition of two European passerines, Fringilla coelebs and Sylvia atricapilla PLoS ONE 8: e81395
19. Santiago-Alarcon, D., Havelka, P., Pineda, E., Schaefer, H. M., and Segelbacher, G. 2013. Urban forests as hubs for novel zoonosis: blood meal analysis, seasonal variation in Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) vectors, and avian haemosporidians. Parasitology 140: 1799–1810
18. Santiago-Alarcon, D., Mettler, R., Segelbacher, G., and Schaefer, H. M. 2013. Haemosporidian parasitism in the blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) in relation to spring arrival and body condition. Journal of Avian Biology 44: 521– 530. Editor´s Choice.
17. Santiago-Alarcon, D., R. E. Ricklefs, and P. G. Parker. 2012. Parasitism in the endemic Galápagos Dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) and its relation to host genetic diversity and immune response. Pp. 31–42 in E. Paul (editor). Emerging avian disease. Studies in Avian Biology (vol. 42), University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
16. Santiago-Alarcon, D., Palinauskas, V, and Schaefer, H. M. 2012. Diptera vectors of avian haemosporidian parasites: untangling parasite life cycles and their taxonomy. Biological Reviews 87: 928–964
15. Santiago-Alarcon, D., Havelka, P., Schaefer H.M., and Segelbacher, G. 2012. Blood meal analysis reveals avian Plasmodium infections and broad host preferences of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) vectors. PLoS ONE 7(2): e31098
14. Levin, I., Valkiūnas, G., Santiago-Alarcon, D., Cruz, L. L., Iezhova, T., O´brien, S. L., Hailer, F., Dearborn, D., Schreiber, E. A., Fleischer, R. C., Ricklefs, R. E., and Parker, P. G. 2011. A new clade of Haemosporidian parasites infecting non-passerine Galapagos birds. International Journal for Parasitology 41: 1019–1027
13. Santiago-Alarcon, D., Arriaga-Weiss, S.L., and Escobar, O. 2011. Bird community composition of Centla Marshes Biosphere Reserve, Tabasco, Mexico. Ornitologia Neotropical 22: 229–246
12. Santiago-Alarcon, D., Bloch, R., Rolshausen, G., Schaefer, H. M., and Segelbacher, G. 2011. Prevalence, diversity, and interaction patterns of avian haemosporidians in a four-year study of blackcaps in a migratory divide. Parasitology 138, 824–835
11. G. Valkiūnas, Santiago-Alarcon D., Levin I., Iezhova T.A., and Parker, P.G. 2010. Haemoproteus multipigmentatus sp. nov. (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) from the endemic Galapagos dove Zenaida galapagoensis, with remarks on the parasite distribution, vectors, and molecular diagnostics. Journal of Parasitology 96: 783-792
10. Santiago-Alarcon, D., Outlaw, D.C., Ricklefs, R.E. and Parker, P.G. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships of haemosporidian parasites in New World Columbiformes, with emphasis on the endemic Galapagos dove International Journal for Parasitology 40: 463-470
9. Monceau, K.,Gaillard, M., Harrang, E., Santiago-Alarcon, D., Parker, P.G., Cezilly, F., and Wattier, R.A. 2009. Twenty-three polymorphic microsatellite markers for the Caribbean endemic Zenaida dove, Zenaida aurita, and its conservation in related Zenaida species. Conservation Genetics 10: 1577-1581
8. Santiago-Alarcon, D., Whiteman, N.K., Parker, P.G., Ricklefs, R.E., and Valkiūnas, G. 2008 Patterns of parasite abundance and distribution in island populations of endemic Galápagos birds. Journal of Parasitology 94: 584–590
7. Santiago-Alarcon, D. and Parker, P.G. 2007. Sexual size dimorphism and morphological evidence supporting the recognition of two subspecies in the Galápagos Dove. Condor 109:132-141
6. Santiago-Alarcon, D., Tanksley, S., and Parker, P.G. 2006. Morphological variation and genetic structure of Galápagos Dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) populations: issues in conservation for the Galápagos bird fauna. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 118: 194-207
5. Whiteman N.K., Santiago-Alarcon, D., Johnson, K.P., and Parker, P.G. 2004. Differences in straggling rates between two genera of dove lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) reinforce population genetic and cophylogenetic patterns. International Journal for Parasitology 34: 1113-1119
4. Padilla L.R., Santiago-Alarcon, D., Merkel, J., Miller, E., and Parker, P.G. 2004. Survey for haemoproteus spp, Trichomonas gallinae, Chlamydophila psittaci, and Salmonella spp. in the Galápagos Islands Columbiformes. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 35: 60-64
3. Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2003. Avifauna en dos comunidades de selva baja de tinto (Haematoxylon campechianum) de la reserva de la biosfera pantanos de Centla. Ornitologia Neotropical 14: 515-530
2. Revol de Mendoza, A., Esquivel-Escobedo, D., Santiago-Alarcon, D., Barrera-Saldaña, H.A. 2001. Independent duplication of the gh-pl gene complex of three anthropoidean lineages. International Journal on Disability and Human Development (previously: Journal of Endocrine Genetics) 2: 151-159
1. Santiago-Alarcon, D., Hernández, J. de la C., and S.L.W., Arriaga. 2000. Composición y estructura avifaunística de un humedal sub-urbano del Estado de Tabasco. Universidad y Ciencia 16(32): 35-41
General audience articles (science communication)
1. Santiago-Alarcon, D. 1998. El fenómeno del niño y sus efectos sobre las poblaciones de aves. Kuxulkab 7:1-11. (English title: The El Niño phenomenon and its effects on bird populations).
2. Santiago Alarcón, D. 2012. Los indispensables parásitos. ¿Cómo Ves? – UNAM. 168: 22-25. (English title: The indispensable paraistes).
3. Santiago Alarcón, D. 2015. Medicina de la Conservación. Ciencia y Desarrollo – CONACYT. 41 (275): 58-65. (English title: Conservation Medicine).
4. Santiago Alarcón, D., y Ojeda-Flores, R. 2018. Virus: pequeños gigantes que dominan el planeta Tierra. Ciencia (AMC) 69(2): 64-69. (English title: Viruses: little giants that rule planet Earth).
5. Santiago Alarcón, D. 2018. Chocolate: herencia mesoamericana para el mundo. Ciencia (AMC) 69(4): 62-69. (English title: Chocolate: Mesoamerican heritage for the world).
6. Prieto Torres D.A., Rojas Soto O., Santiago Alarcón D., Bonaccorso E., Nori J., y Navarro Sigüenza A.G. 2018. Las aves de los bosques secos neotropicales y su conservación. Oikos 21:20-23 (septiembre 2018. Instituto de Ecología – UNAM: http://web.ecologia.unam.mx/oikos3.0/). (English title: The birds of the Neotropical dry seasonal forests and their conservation).
7. Santiago Alarcón D., Ojeda-Flores R, Suzán Azpiri G. 2020. La vida: sus propiedades, orígenes y búsqueda. Ciencia (AMC) 71(1): 72-79. (English title: Life: its properties, origins and search).
8. González-García F, Ornelas JF, Santiago Alarcón D. 2024. Colibrí tijereta mexicano: un posible símbolo de conservación en Veracruz. Elementos 134: 79-85 (revista de divulgación de la BUAP; English title: Mexican Scissor-tailed hummingbird: a potential symbol for conservation in Veracruz).
General interest media articles (Newspapers, Newsletters)
1. Santiago-Alarcon, D. 1997. Impounded manatees in Tabasco threatened. Sirenews 27: 17
2. Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2011. La Malaria, una enfermedad que afecta a todos los vertebrados. Diario de Xalapa (28 February 2011) IN VIVO: 6E. (English title: Malaria, a disease that affects all vertebrates).
3. Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2012. Los parásitos y sus enfermedades: ¿son buenos o malos? Diario de Xalapa (26 March 2012) IN VIVO: 3E. (English title: Parasites and their diseases).
4. Trujillo-Pahua, L. & Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2012. Murciélagos, visitantes nocturnos. Diario de Xalapa (29 October 2012) IN VIVO: 3E. (English title: Bats, nocturnal visitors).
5. Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2013. Medicina de la conservación, nueva rama de la ciencia para la preservación del mundo. La Crónica de Hoy (16 November 2013) (English title: Conservation medicine, a new branch of science for the preservation of the world).
6. Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2013. La Medicina de la Conservación. Diario de Xalapa (25 November 2013) IN VIVO: 3E (English title: Conservation Medicine; first part).
7. Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2013. La Medicina de la Conservación. Diario de Xalapa (2 December 2013) IN VIVO: 3E (English title: Conservation Medicine; second part).
8. Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2013. La Medicina de la Conservación. El Agropecuario vocero de nuestro campo (30 November 2013) Año 10 No. 489: 20. (English title: Conservation Medicine)
9. Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2015. ¿Qué son los virus y cómo funcionan? Diario de Xalapa (16 March 2015) IN VIVO: 3E (English title: What viruses are and how they work?; first part)
10. Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2015. ¿Qué son los virus y cómo funcionan? Diario de Xalapa (23 March 2015) IN VIVO: 3E (English title: What viruses are and how they work; second part)
11. Santiago-Alarcon, D. 2018. Amenazas para la biodiversidad. Diario de Xalapa (8 October 2018) IN VIVO: 3 (https://www.diariodexalapa.com.mx/cultura/amenazas-biodiversidad-proceso-2053417.html) (English title: Threats to biodiversity).
12. Santiago Alarcón D. 2020. Colombofilia, el arte de criar palomas de carreras. El Portal (15 de septiembre de 2020). https://elportal.mx/?p=133647. (English tittle: Colombofilia, the art of breeding race pigeons).
13. González-García F., Ornelas JF, Santiago Alarcón D. 2020. Colibrí tijereta mexicano (Doricha eliza). El Portal (9 de noviembre de 2020). https://elportal.mx/?p=140219. (English title: Mexican sheartail hummingbird (Doricha eliza)).
14. Albino Miranda S., Santiago Alarcón D. 2021. La carrera por una vacuna esperanzadora. El Portal (27 de enero de 2021). https://elportal.mx/la-carrera-por-una-vacuna-esperanzadora/ (English title: The race for a hopeful vaccine).
