M. Benitez

Spatial trajectories of coffee harvesting in large-scale plantations: ecological and management drivers and implications

The paper analyzes the daily spatial movement of coffee harvesters in two plantations to understand how their behavior affects pathogen dispersal.

Interplay between harvesting, planting density and ripening time affects coffee leaf rust dispersal and infection

This study models how coffee harvesters' movement patterns, influenced by planting density and ripening time, affect coffee leaf rust dispersal and infection levels.

Cytokinins control secondary cell wall formation in the inflorescence stem of Arabidopsis

This study shows cytokinins suppress premature secondary cell wall formation in Arabidopsis by downregulating NAC transcription factors, affecting tracheary element size and conductivity.

The environment topography alters the transition from single-cell populations to multicellular structures in Myxococcus xanthus

This study shows that environmental topography affects multicellular structure formation in Myxococcus xanthus by altering cell motility and aggregation dynamics.

Multiple resource use strategies confer resilience to the socio-ecosystem in a protected area in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

The paper builds a computational model to study how resource use strategies affect biodiversity conservation and household resilience in a Mexican protected area.

Linking coleopteran diversity with agricultural management of maize agroecosystems in Oaxaca, Mexico

The paper examines Coleoptera diversity in maize agroecosystems in Oaxaca, Mexico, finding higher diversity in traditional plots and identifying Curculionidae as an indicator of management type and overall diversity.

High density of white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) and habitat quality in the Taboga Forest of Costa Rica

The paper examines factors influencing high capuchin density in a tropical dry forest fragment, finding that water availability is more critical than forest size or disturbance.

Landscape heterogeneity of peasant-managed agricultural matrices

The paper quantifies heterogeneity in a peasant-managed agricultural landscape in Oaxaca, Mexico, and evaluates how landscape metrics change with scale, suggesting their use for conservation and agricultural strategies.

Combined effect of matrix quality and spatial heterogeneity on biodiversity decline

This study examines how matrix quality and spatial heterogeneity affect biodiversity decline under agricultural intensification using a metacommunity model.

A biophysical dynamic module for the polarisation of auxin efflux carriers PIN-FORMED (PIN)

The paper develops a biophysical model to study PIN polarisation in plants, showing mechanical forces may override molecular factors like ROP6 and RIC1.