Divulgation

• The common vampire bat: an unexpected help (in Spanish)

In this article we describe how the common vampire bat, generally considered a threat to humans can alert us about to potential dangers to our health and our environment, given its usefulness as biomonitor of pollutants through the analyses of biological samples from it, mainly its hair .

• First record of bat pollination in Merremia (in English)

An invitation from the Convolvulaceae Network (url) to talk (30/06/2025) about the publication in Plant Biology (39) in relation to the floral biology, pollination, mating system and volatiles of Merremia platyphylla.

A short video (in Spanish) about the publication in Plant Biology (39) in relation to the floral biology, pollination, mating system and volatiles of Merremia platyphylla.

• Importance of threesomes in sexual relationships (in Spanish)

This talk (02/02/2022) was about the importance of a third member (pollinators) on the sexual reproduction of flowering plants.

• Importance of the pollination in the production of mango (in Spanish)

Here (27/10/2020) I show data from theses (Lucas, Severiano) and publications (25, 32, 37) related to the importance of pollination on mango production.

• Importance of bats in the ecosystems (in Spanish)

This talk (17/05/2024) is aimed at the general public with the intention of reducing myths related to bats and highlighting their importance to humans.

• Diversity of bats in southern Mexico (in Spanish)

This is a note (09/06/2022) about the records of captured bats during more than two years in the municipality of Tecpan de Galeana, published in two theses (Bautista, Durán & Gómez).

• Causes of malformed fruits in mango (in Spanish)

We are talking (16/04/2021) about our published results related to the influence of the ‘Haden’ cultivar on the incidence of nubbins in ‘Ataulfo’ (25, student thesis).