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About
Assistant Professor, Noé de la Sancha is a classically trained mammalogist, primarily focusing in field ecology. He is interested in questions dealing with the effects of anthropogenic habitat disturbance on patterns of biodiversity and health of population in these habitats. His interests range from landscape ecology to biogeography. He tries to incorporate statistical modeling, geographic information systems (GIS), morphometrics, and phylogenetics to field and museum data, with the aim to improve understanding of various dimensions of biodiversity.Noé also has an ongoing research post at Chicago’s Field Museum.
Teaching
ENV 250 Applied Ecology
ENV 260 Environmental Data Analysis
ENV 403 Ecological Data Analysis
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Education/Academic qualification
Zoology, PhD, Texas Tech University
External positions
Research Associate, Field Museum of Natural History
Research Interests
- Mammalogy
- morphology
- deforestation
- biodiversity
Projects
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Digitization PEN: Functional Quantitative Characters for Ecology and Evolution (FuncQEE)
de la Sancha, N. (CoPI), Thompson, C. W. (PI) & Blackburn, D. C. (CoPI)
9/1/19 → 1/31/23
Project: Research project
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Multidimensional diversity assessment of cave-associated bats in Brazil reveals major conservation gaps
Perea, S., de Oliveira, H. F. M., Silva, D. C., de la Sancha, N. U., da Silva, J. M., Domingos, F. M. C. B. & Fandos, G., Apr 2026, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 35, 5, 141.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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SNAPSHOT USA 2024: Year 6 of the Coordinated National Camera Trap Survey of the United States
Rooney, B., Kays, R., Cove, M. V., Jensen, A., Herrera, D. J., Price, C., Nguyen-Nu, P. T., Adamczyk, K., Alexander, P. D., Allen, D., Alston, J. M., Alvarado-Serrano, D. F., Anderson, T. L., Appel, C. L., Appleby, S. M., Axel, A. C., Ayers, C. R., Bakner, N. W., Bakner, D. L. & Bandler, G. & 228 others, , Apr 2026, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 35, 4, e70229.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multiscale spatial dependency of small mammal diversity patterns and their determinants
Onditi, K. O., Song, W., Chen, Z., Li, X., Li, Q., de la Sancha, N. U., Musila, S. & Jiang, X., Feb 2025, In: Ecosphere. 16, 2, e70179.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The first phylogenetic reconstruction of Nippostrongylinae (Nematoda: Heligmonellidae) reveals 3 new genera, the polyphyletic nature of Carolinensis and Vexillata, and identifies 5 clades with varying associations with mammals
Jiménez, F. A., Drabik, G. O., Falcón-Ordaz, J., Hope, A. G., Galbreath, K. E., De La Sancha, N. U., Kinsella, J. M., McCallister, C. T., Tkach, V., Preisser, W. & Gardner, S. L., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Parasitology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A global initiative for ecological and evolutionary hologenomics
Earth Hologenome Initiative Consortium, Jul 2024, In: Trends in ecology & evolution. 39, 7, p. 616-620 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review
Open Access
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