Jorge Rivero
Graduate Student, Ph.D.
Email: jorgeriv@ttu.edu
Office Location
CASNR Annex | Room 105
Education
M.S. | Biology | New Mexico State University | 2024
B.S. | Biology | Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina | 2017
Thesis Title
The Effect of Landscape Heterogenity on Bat Diversity and Composition in Rural Areas
of Lima, Central Peru
Areas of Expertise
Bat Ecology & Natural History
Bat Reproduction, Population Ecology, Ecophysiology
Publications
'Rivero, J., Pellón, J. J., Zegarra, O. (2023) Activity patterns of short-tailed fruit
bats Carollia in a premontane forest of central Peru. Notas de mamíferos sudamericanos,
6: e24.1.6.
Zegarra, O., Rivero, J., Sánchez, N., Hernani, J., Salas, P. (2023). Mammal activity
patterns around the Camisea natural gas transportation line in the Machiguenga Communal
Reserve, Cusco, Peru. Revista peruana de biología 30(4): e25108 001- 010
Mena, J. L., Rivero, J., & Tobler, M. W. (2023). Modeling Density and Habitat Preferences
of the Mountain Tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) in Northern Peru Using Spatial Mark-Resight
and Occupancy Models. In Neotropical Mammals: Hierarchical Analysis of Occupancy and
Abundance (pp. 273-289). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Rivero-Monteagudo, J., & Mena, J. L. (2023). Hourly activity patterns of the insectivorous
bat assemblage in the urban–rural landscape of Lima, Peru. Journal of Mammalogy, 104
(4), 770:782.
Rivero-Monteagudo, J. A., Pellón, J. J., & Williams, M. (2021). Environmental seasonality
explains reproductive timing of short-tailed fruit bats in a premontane forest of
central Peru. Acta Chiropterologica, 23(1), 59-69.
Mena, J. L., Rivero, J., Bonifaz, E., Pastor, P. Pacheco, J., and Aide, T. M. (2021)
The effect of artificial light on bat richness and nocturnal soundscapes along an
urbanization gradient in an arid landscape of central Peru. Urban ecosystems, 1-12.
Pellón, J. J., Rivero, J., Williams, M., & Flores, M. (2021). Trophic relationships
within the genus Carollia (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in a premontane forest of central
Peru. Journal of Mammalogy, 102(1), 195-203.
Mena, J. L., Yagui, H., Tejeda, V., Cabrera, J., Pacheco-Esquivel, J., Rivero, J.,
& Pastor, P. (2020). Abundance of jaguars and occupancy of medium-and large-sized
vertebrates in a transboundary conservation landscape in the northwestern Amazon.
Global Ecology and Conservation, 23, e01079.
Mena, J. L., Yagui, H., La Rosa, F., Pastor, P., Rivero, J., & Appleton, R. (2020).
Topography and disturbance explain mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) occupancy at
its southernmost global range. Mammalian Biology, 100(3), 231-239.
Advisor
Dr. Richard Stevens
CV for Jorge Rivero

Department of Natural Resources Management
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