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242:(SCB) 2013–2015, and served on the board of directors of the organization for over 15 years. He was president of the Mexican Society of Mammalogists, and is the founder and director of the 25-year-old Program for the Conservation of Bats of Mexico (PCMM), and the founding director of the Latin American Network for Bat Conservation
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Medellín has produced over 250 publications, including over 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He is also the author of over 60 books and book chapters on bat ecology and conservation, jaguar conservation and recovery, mammal diversity analyses, and the conservation of large mammals. His work has
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Foundation selected Medellín as the recipient of their prestigious Premio Fundación BBVA a la Conservación de la Biodiversidad 2011. In 2012 he received the first-ever Whitley Gold Award from Princess Anne of England again, the first individual ever to receive two Whitley Awards. Also in
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since 2004. Medellín co-coordinated Mexico's first
National Jaguar Census, or CENJAGUAR. He has been a member of the board of directors of the
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directing theses and teaching constantly, and is regarded as a charismatic communicator and lecturer who is sought worldwide.
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been cited over 12,000 times. His H factor is 50 and over the past 5 years he has produced 54 peer-reviewed indexed papers.
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Medellín, Rodrigo A.; de la Torre; Zarza; Chávez; Ceballos (2016).
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