Peer-reviewed articles
Muñoz-López, M., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Rojas-Valerio, E., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2022. Home range and movement ecology of the Woolly Opossum (Caluromys derbianus) in a Neotropical Rainforest of Costa Rica. Therya notes. 3: 119-124. https://doi.org/10.12933/therya_notes-22-82
Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Santana, S.E. 2022. Craniodental traits predicts feeding performance and dietary hardness in a community of Neotropical free-tailed bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae). Functional Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14063
Rodríguez-Pinto, N.I., Díaz, D.R., Medina, C.E., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Morales, J.A., Bocardo, E.F., & López, E. 2022. Home range size of Myotis atacamensis (Vespertilionidae) and Amorphochilus schnablii (Furipteridae) bats in coastal valleys from southern Peru. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 93, e933855. https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2022.93.3855
Salas-Solano, D., & Villalobos-Chaves, D. 2021. Frugivory and Seed predation of Jacaratia spinosa (Caricaceae) by Sumichrast’s Vesper Rat, Nyctomys sumichrasti (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Mammalogy Notes. https://doi.org/10.47603/mano.v7n1.225
Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2021. Frugivorous bats promote epizoochoric seed dispersal and seedling survival in a disturbed Neotropical forest. Journal of Mammalogy. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab114
Rodríguez, M.E., Girón, L., Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2021. Preference and design variability on umbrella tents built by Artibeus watsoni on two sympatric Carludovica species (Cyclanthaceae) in Costa Rica. Acta Chiropterologica. 23 (1): 215-223. https://doi.org/10.3161/15081109ACC2021.23.1.018
Gutiérrez, E.G., Vivas-Toro, I., Carmona-Ruíz, D., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Del Real-Monroy, M., León-Avila, G., & Ortega, J. 2021. Socio-spatial organization reveals paternity and low kinship in the Honduran white bat (Ectophylla alba). Integrative Zoology. 0: 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12514
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Jiménez, J.E., & Acosta-Chaves, V. 2020. Assembling rodent's feeding links: Observation of Sumichrast’s Vesper Rat, Nyctomys sumichrasti (Rodentia: Cricetidae), feeding on fruits of Tabernaemontana glabra (Apocynaceae). Food Webs. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2020.e00156
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Melo, F.P.L. & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2020. Dispersal patterns of Neotropical large-seeded plant species and spatial movement behavior of a small frugivorous bat. Journal of Tropical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467420000036
Leiser-Miller, L.B., Kaliszewska, Z.A., Villalobos-Chaves, D. & Santana, S.E. 2019. A pygmy rice rat eats a peppery snack. Frontiers EcoPics. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2096
Sotomayor-Bonilla, J., Moreira-Soto, A., Mendizabal, D., Soley-Guardia, M., Ramírez-Fernández, J.D., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Niehaus, C., Gutiérrez-Espeleta, G., Rico-Chavez, O., Foley, J., Suzan, G., & Chaves, A. 2018. Diverse beta and gammaherpesviruses in Neotropical rodents from Costa Rica. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 55 (3): 000–000. https://doi.org/10.7589/2018-05-117
Alfaro-Lara, H., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Castillo-Gómez, J.I., Zuñiga-Montero, A.F., & Pineda-Lizano, W. 2018. Rediscovery of Furipterus horrens (Chiroptera: Furipteridae) in Costa Rica. Mammalia. 83 (4): 352-356. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2018-0066
Villalobos-Chaves, D., González-Quirós, L., Lara-Hernández, L.R., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2018. Notes on the geographic range and distribution of two free-tailed bat species (Chiroptera, Molossidae) in Costa Rica. Check List. 14 (5): 805–810. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.5.805
Acosta Chaves, V., & Villalobos-Chaves, D. 2018. Lo que el viento se llevó: ¿conocemos el impacto que producir energía eólica causa sobre los vertebrados voladores de Costa Rica?. Revista de Ciencias Ambientales/Tropical Journal of Environmental Sciences. 52 (1): 239–246. https://doi.org/10.15359/rca.52-1.14
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Spinola-Parallada, M., Heer, K., Kalko, E.K.V., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2017. Implications of a Specialized Diet on the Foraging Behavior of the Honduran white bat, Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Journal of Mammalogy. 98 (4): 1193–1201. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx044
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Vargas-Murillo, J., Rojas-Valerio, E., Keeley, B.W., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2016. Understory bat roosts, availability and occupation patterns in a Neotropical rainforest of Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical. 64 (3): 1333–1343. https://doi.org/10.15517/RBT.V64I3.21093
Granados, G., & Villalobos-Chaves, D. 2016. Field Observations of the Hairy-legged bat Vampire (Diphylla ecaudata) Feeding on a Native Bird in Costa Rica. Bat Research News. 57 (2): 11–13.
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Padilla-Alvárez, S., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2016. Seed predation by the wrinkle-faced bat Centurio senex: A new case of this unusual feeding strategy in Chiroptera. Journal of Mammalogy. 97 (3): 726–733. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv222
Acosta Chaves, V., & Villalobos-Chaves, D. 2015. Tantilla armillata. Predation by a Central American Bark Scorpion (Centruroides edwardsii). Mesoamerican Herpetology. 2 (2): 202–203.
Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Dick, C.W. 2014. Rediscovery of the Rare Tacarcunan Bat Lasiurus castaneus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Costa Rica. Ecotropica. 20: 65–68.
Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Ramírez-Fernández, J.D., Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Sánchez, R. 2014. Actualización de la lista de especies de mamíferos vivientes de Costa Rica. Mastozoología Neotropical. 21 (2): 275–289.
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Barrantes, G., Fuchs, E.J., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2013. Canines as a measuring tool for leaf tent construction in Dermanura watsoni. Acta Chiropterologica. 15 (2): 441–449. https://doi.org/10.3161/150811013X679062
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Rodríguez-Herrera, B., & Tschapka, M. 2013. First records of day roosts of the nectar-feeding bat Lichonycteris obscura (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae). Caribbean Journal of Science. 47 (2-3): 335–338. https://doi.org/10.18475/cjos.v47i3.a21
Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Santana, S.E. 2022. Craniodental traits predicts feeding performance and dietary hardness in a community of Neotropical free-tailed bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae). Functional Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14063
Rodríguez-Pinto, N.I., Díaz, D.R., Medina, C.E., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Morales, J.A., Bocardo, E.F., & López, E. 2022. Home range size of Myotis atacamensis (Vespertilionidae) and Amorphochilus schnablii (Furipteridae) bats in coastal valleys from southern Peru. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 93, e933855. https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2022.93.3855
Salas-Solano, D., & Villalobos-Chaves, D. 2021. Frugivory and Seed predation of Jacaratia spinosa (Caricaceae) by Sumichrast’s Vesper Rat, Nyctomys sumichrasti (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Mammalogy Notes. https://doi.org/10.47603/mano.v7n1.225
Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2021. Frugivorous bats promote epizoochoric seed dispersal and seedling survival in a disturbed Neotropical forest. Journal of Mammalogy. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab114
Rodríguez, M.E., Girón, L., Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2021. Preference and design variability on umbrella tents built by Artibeus watsoni on two sympatric Carludovica species (Cyclanthaceae) in Costa Rica. Acta Chiropterologica. 23 (1): 215-223. https://doi.org/10.3161/15081109ACC2021.23.1.018
Gutiérrez, E.G., Vivas-Toro, I., Carmona-Ruíz, D., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Del Real-Monroy, M., León-Avila, G., & Ortega, J. 2021. Socio-spatial organization reveals paternity and low kinship in the Honduran white bat (Ectophylla alba). Integrative Zoology. 0: 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12514
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Jiménez, J.E., & Acosta-Chaves, V. 2020. Assembling rodent's feeding links: Observation of Sumichrast’s Vesper Rat, Nyctomys sumichrasti (Rodentia: Cricetidae), feeding on fruits of Tabernaemontana glabra (Apocynaceae). Food Webs. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2020.e00156
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Melo, F.P.L. & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2020. Dispersal patterns of Neotropical large-seeded plant species and spatial movement behavior of a small frugivorous bat. Journal of Tropical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467420000036
Leiser-Miller, L.B., Kaliszewska, Z.A., Villalobos-Chaves, D. & Santana, S.E. 2019. A pygmy rice rat eats a peppery snack. Frontiers EcoPics. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2096
Sotomayor-Bonilla, J., Moreira-Soto, A., Mendizabal, D., Soley-Guardia, M., Ramírez-Fernández, J.D., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Niehaus, C., Gutiérrez-Espeleta, G., Rico-Chavez, O., Foley, J., Suzan, G., & Chaves, A. 2018. Diverse beta and gammaherpesviruses in Neotropical rodents from Costa Rica. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 55 (3): 000–000. https://doi.org/10.7589/2018-05-117
Alfaro-Lara, H., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Castillo-Gómez, J.I., Zuñiga-Montero, A.F., & Pineda-Lizano, W. 2018. Rediscovery of Furipterus horrens (Chiroptera: Furipteridae) in Costa Rica. Mammalia. 83 (4): 352-356. https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2018-0066
Villalobos-Chaves, D., González-Quirós, L., Lara-Hernández, L.R., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2018. Notes on the geographic range and distribution of two free-tailed bat species (Chiroptera, Molossidae) in Costa Rica. Check List. 14 (5): 805–810. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.5.805
Acosta Chaves, V., & Villalobos-Chaves, D. 2018. Lo que el viento se llevó: ¿conocemos el impacto que producir energía eólica causa sobre los vertebrados voladores de Costa Rica?. Revista de Ciencias Ambientales/Tropical Journal of Environmental Sciences. 52 (1): 239–246. https://doi.org/10.15359/rca.52-1.14
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Spinola-Parallada, M., Heer, K., Kalko, E.K.V., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2017. Implications of a Specialized Diet on the Foraging Behavior of the Honduran white bat, Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Journal of Mammalogy. 98 (4): 1193–1201. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx044
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Vargas-Murillo, J., Rojas-Valerio, E., Keeley, B.W., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2016. Understory bat roosts, availability and occupation patterns in a Neotropical rainforest of Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical. 64 (3): 1333–1343. https://doi.org/10.15517/RBT.V64I3.21093
Granados, G., & Villalobos-Chaves, D. 2016. Field Observations of the Hairy-legged bat Vampire (Diphylla ecaudata) Feeding on a Native Bird in Costa Rica. Bat Research News. 57 (2): 11–13.
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Padilla-Alvárez, S., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2016. Seed predation by the wrinkle-faced bat Centurio senex: A new case of this unusual feeding strategy in Chiroptera. Journal of Mammalogy. 97 (3): 726–733. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv222
Acosta Chaves, V., & Villalobos-Chaves, D. 2015. Tantilla armillata. Predation by a Central American Bark Scorpion (Centruroides edwardsii). Mesoamerican Herpetology. 2 (2): 202–203.
Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Dick, C.W. 2014. Rediscovery of the Rare Tacarcunan Bat Lasiurus castaneus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Costa Rica. Ecotropica. 20: 65–68.
Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Ramírez-Fernández, J.D., Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Sánchez, R. 2014. Actualización de la lista de especies de mamíferos vivientes de Costa Rica. Mastozoología Neotropical. 21 (2): 275–289.
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Barrantes, G., Fuchs, E.J., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2013. Canines as a measuring tool for leaf tent construction in Dermanura watsoni. Acta Chiropterologica. 15 (2): 441–449. https://doi.org/10.3161/150811013X679062
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Rodríguez-Herrera, B., & Tschapka, M. 2013. First records of day roosts of the nectar-feeding bat Lichonycteris obscura (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae). Caribbean Journal of Science. 47 (2-3): 335–338. https://doi.org/10.18475/cjos.v47i3.a21
Books & book chapters/sections
Villalobos-Chaves, D., et al. 2022. Costa Rica / Tortuguero, Braulio Carrillo, La Amistad, Santa Rosa, Guayacán. Pp. 97, 98, 99, 100 & 104, en: Áreas y sitios de importancia para la conservación de los murciélagos en Latinoamérica y el Caribe (R. M. Barquez, L. F. Aguirre, J. M. Nassar, S. F. Burneo, C. A. Mancina y M. M. Díaz, Eds). RELCOM, Yerba Buena, Tucumán, Argentina.
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Ramírez-Fernández, J.D., Chacón-Madrigal, E., Lizano-Pineda, W., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2016. Clave para la identificación de los roedores de Costa Rica. Sistema Editorial y de Difusión de la Investigación (SIEDIN). San José: Costa Rica. 37 pp. Full text
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Bonaccorso, F., Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Cordero-Schmidt, E., Arias-Aguilar, A., & Todd, C. 2016. The influence of sex and reproductive status on foraging behavior and seed dispersal by Uroderma convexum (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Pp. 281–301. In Sociality in Bats (J. Ortega, ed.). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Cordero, E., Arias, A., Ramírez-Férnandez, J.D., & Sánchez, R. 2015. Programa para la Conservación de los Murciélagos de Costa Rica (PCMCR). Pp. 9–22. In Estrategia centroamericana para la conservación de los murciélagos (B. Rodríguez-Herrera & R. Sánchez, eds.). Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica. San José: Costa Rica. Full text
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Ramírez-Fernández, J.D., Chacón-Madrigal, E., Lizano-Pineda, W., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. 2016. Clave para la identificación de los roedores de Costa Rica. Sistema Editorial y de Difusión de la Investigación (SIEDIN). San José: Costa Rica. 37 pp. Full text
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Bonaccorso, F., Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Cordero-Schmidt, E., Arias-Aguilar, A., & Todd, C. 2016. The influence of sex and reproductive status on foraging behavior and seed dispersal by Uroderma convexum (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Pp. 281–301. In Sociality in Bats (J. Ortega, ed.). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Cordero, E., Arias, A., Ramírez-Férnandez, J.D., & Sánchez, R. 2015. Programa para la Conservación de los Murciélagos de Costa Rica (PCMCR). Pp. 9–22. In Estrategia centroamericana para la conservación de los murciélagos (B. Rodríguez-Herrera & R. Sánchez, eds.). Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica. San José: Costa Rica. Full text
Submitted & In preparation
Jiménez-Céspedes, A., Sandoval-Castro, I., Villalobos-Chaves, D., & Rodríguez-Herrera, B. Geothermal energy, and bats: Do artificial clearings on the forest affect the community composition of aerial insectivores in a geothermal project of Costa Rica?. Submitted to Environmental Conservation.
Díaz-Morales, M., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Hernández, L., Tamayo-Castillo, G., Hanson, P., & Karremans, A. P. 2022. Pollination of Brassia by pompilid wasps through generalized food-deception. Submitted to Flora.
Carvalho, A. L. G. Benetti Paredero, R. C., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Ferreira, E., Curcio, F. F., & Rodrigues, M. T. U. A highly polymorphic South American Collared lizard (Tropidurus: Tropiduridae) reveals that open-dry refugia from South-western Amazonia staged in situ speciation. Submitted to Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Salazar-Zúñiga, J. A., & Salas-Solano, D. On some novel notes and thoughts about the dietary ecology and the feeding behavior of some Neotropical mammals. In preparation.
Díaz-Morales, M., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Hernández, L., Tamayo-Castillo, G., Hanson, P., & Karremans, A. P. 2022. Pollination of Brassia by pompilid wasps through generalized food-deception. Submitted to Flora.
Carvalho, A. L. G. Benetti Paredero, R. C., Villalobos-Chaves, D., Ferreira, E., Curcio, F. F., & Rodrigues, M. T. U. A highly polymorphic South American Collared lizard (Tropidurus: Tropiduridae) reveals that open-dry refugia from South-western Amazonia staged in situ speciation. Submitted to Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Villalobos-Chaves, D., Salazar-Zúñiga, J. A., & Salas-Solano, D. On some novel notes and thoughts about the dietary ecology and the feeding behavior of some Neotropical mammals. In preparation.