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Dr Ada Sanchez-Mercado

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 UNSW Australia Sydney NSW 2052
  • Books | 2007
    Yerena E; Monsalve Dam D; Torres DA; Sanchez-Mercado A; García-Rangel S; Bracho AE; Martínez Z; Gómez I, 2007, Plan de Acción para la Conservación del Oso Andino (Tremarctos ornatus) en Venezuela (2006-2016), Fundación AndígenA, FUDENA, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas
  • Book Chapters | 2019
    Asmüssen MV; Rodríguez-Clark KM; Sánchez-Mercado A; Medina-Baliño G; Rodríguez JP, 2019, 'Uso ilegal de primates en Venezuela', in Urbani B; Ceballos- Mago N (ed.), La primatología en Venezuela. Tomo I., Editorial Equinoccio (Colección Conjunta ACFIMAN/USB), Caracas, pp. 299 - 321
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Sánchez-Mercado A; Moran L; Pineda MD; Cardozo-Urdaneta A; Rodríguez JP, 2024, 'Monitoring change: A Behavior-Centered Theory of Change for effective demand reduction interventions', Conservation Science and Practice,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Lagisz M; Aich U; Amin B; Rutkowska J; Sánchez-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; Menéndez R; Milotic T; Nervo B; Palestrini C; Rolando A; Scholtz CH; Senyüz Y; Wassmer T; Ádam R; Araújo CDO; Barragan-Ramírez JL; Boros G; Camero-Rubio E; Cruz M; Cuesta E; Damborsky MP; Deschodt CM; Rajan PD; D’hondt B; Díaz Rojas A; Dindar K; Escobar F; Espinoza VR; Ferrer-Paris JR; Gutiérrez Rojas PE; Hemmings Z; Hernández B; Hill SJ; Hoffmann M; Jay-Robert P; Lewis K; Lewis M; Lozano C; Marín-Armijos D; de Farias PM; Murcia-Ordoñez B; Karimbumkara SN; Navarrete-Heredia JL; Ortega-Echeverría C; Pablo-Cea JD; Perrin W; Pessoa MB; Radhakrishnan A; Rahimi I; Raimundo AT; Ramos DC; Rebolledo RE; Roggero A; Sánchez-Mercado A; Somay L; Stadler J; Tahmasebi P; Triana Céspedes 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
    Rodríguez JP; Sucre B; Mileham K; Sánchez-Mercado A; De Andrade N; Jabado RW, 2023, 'We Know How to Do Conservation—We Just Need to Do More of It!', Diversity, 15,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Rodríguez JP; Sucre B; Mileham K; Sánchez-Mercado A; De Andrade N; Bezeng SB; Croukamp C; Falcato J; García-Borboroglu P; González S; González-Ciccia P; González-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; Sánchez-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
    Sánchez-Mercado A; Ferrer-Paris JR; Rodríguez JP; Tella JL; Sanchez Mercado A, 2021, 'A literature synthesis of actions to tackle illegal parrot trade', Diversity, 13, pp. 191,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Sánchez-Mercdo A; Blanco O; Sucre B; Briceño-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; Sánchez-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
    Sánchez-Mercado A; Blanco O; Sucre-Smith B; Briceño-Linares JM; Peláez C; Rodríguez 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
    Sánchez-Mercado A; Cardozo-Urdaneta A; Moran L; Ovalle L; Arvelo M; Morales-Campos J; Coyle B; Braun MJ; Rodríguez-Clark KM, 2020, 'Social network analysis reveals specialized trade in an Endangered songbird', Animal Conservation, 23, pp. 132 - 144,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Sánchez-Mercado A; Cardozo-Urdaneta A; Rodríguez-Clark KM; Moran L; Ovalle L; Ángel 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
    Morán L; García L; Ferrebuz JD; Sánchez 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
    Sánchez-Mercado A; Rodríguez-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
    Jędrzejewski W; Boede EO; Abarca M; Sánchez-Mercado A; Ferrer-Paris JR; Lampo M; Velásquez G; Carreño R; Viloria ÁL; 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
    Jędrzejewski W; Carreño R; Sánchez-Mercado A; Schmidt K; Abarca M; Robinson HS; Boede EO; Hoogesteijn R; Viloria ÁL; Cerda H; Velásquez G; Zambrano-Martínez 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
    Sánchez-Mercado A; Asmüssen M; Rodríguez-Clark KM; Rodríguez 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; Sánchez-Mercado A; Rodríguez-Clark KM; Rodríguez JP; Rodríguez 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
    Sánchez-Mercado A; Ferrer-Paris JR; García-Rangel S; Yerena E; Robertson BA; Rodríguez-Clark KM, 2014, 'Combining threat and occurrence models to predict potential ecological traps for Andean bears in the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela', Animal Conservation, 17, pp. 388 - 398,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Ferrer Paris JR; Sánchez Mercado A; Rodríguez JP, 2013, 'Optimización del muestreo de invertebrados tropicales: Un ejemplo con escarabajos coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) en Venezuela', Revista de Biología Tropical, 61,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Ferrer-Paris JR; Rodríguez JP; Good TC; Sánchez-Mercado AY; Rodríguez-Clark KM; Rodríguez GA; Solís 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; Sánchez-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; Sánchez-Mercado A; Paul Rodríguez 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
    Rodríguez GA; Rodríguez 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
    Rodríguez JP; Ferrer-París JR; Mavárez J; Rodríguez-Clark KM; Sánchez-Merc Ado AY, 2010, 'More and better scientific information for 2010: International year of biodiversity', Interciencia, 35, pp. 161
    Journal articles | 2008
    Sánchez-Mercado A; Ferrer-Paris JR; Yerena E; García-Rangel S; Rodríguez-Clark KM, 2008, 'Factors affecting poaching risk to Vulnerable Andean bears Tremarctos ornatus in the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela: Space, parks and people', ORYX, 42, pp. 437 - 447,
    Journal articles | 2006
    Rodríguez-Clark KM; Sánchez-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; Sánchez-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; Sánchez-Mercado A, 2023, Distribución 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; Sánchez-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; Díaz A; Moya F; Díaz-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; Díaz 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 hercareer, Adahasspecialized in selecting and applying the proper analytical tools to account for the effects of taxonomic, geographicand temporal biases in the data or, in other words, fitting beautiful models to make the most out of “ugly” 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? Hervision is that conservation actions are based in the best and more updated scientific information, for which Adapromote 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 Ecología

  • Red Siskin Initiative