Personal profile
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
-
SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 15 Life on Land
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
-
EL PODER DE LAS CONEXIONES: COSECHANDO LECCIONES Y FORTALECIENDO COALICIONES PARA LA CONSERVACIÓN DE LA AMAZONÍA
1/01/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Research project
-
DIFUSIÓN DE LOS RESULTADOS: ESTRUCTURA FILOGÉNETICA Y MIMÉTICA DE LAS COMUNIDADES DE MARIPOSAS DEL GÉNERO ADELPHA
PÁEZ VARGAS, E. E. (PI), ARZANI MONTERO, A. A. (Student) & Checa Villafuerte, M. F. (Di)
1/08/23 → 30/12/23
Project: Research project
-
CARACTERIZACIÓN DE MICRO Y NANOESTRUCTURAS QUITÍNICAS DE MARIPOSAS DE DOSEL Y SOTOBOSQUE DE UN BOSQUE TROPICAL DEL ECUADOR
Cárdenas Muñoz, R. E. (Di), Checa Villafuerte, M. F. (PI), Costa-Vera, C. (External) & LÓPEZ ALVARADO, Q. K. (External)
1/02/22 → 30/11/23
Project: Research project
-
PROGRAMA DE MONITOREO DE MARIPOSAS Y CAPACITACIÓN TÉCNICA PARA ANALIZAR EFECTOS DEL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO EN EL PARQUE NACIONAL YASUNÍ
ARZANI MONTERO, A. A. (Student) & Checa Villafuerte, M. F. (Di)
1/03/19 → 31/12/23
Project: Research project
Research output
- 14 Article
-
Diel Versus Seasonal Butterfly Community Partitioning in a Hyperdiverse Tropical Rainforest
Mena, S., Rentería, J. & Checa, M. F., Dec 2025, In: Insects. 16, 12, 1247.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
Inter-Annual Patterns of Butterfly Abundance Are Synchronized in Seasonal Neotropical Forest
Checa, M. F., Levy, E., Rodríguez, J., Mena, S., Salazar-Carrión, P. A. & Willmott, K., Nov 2025, In: Biotropica. 57, 6, e70118.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
-
BUTTERFLY FARMING FOR PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY AND ECOTOURISM: A CASE STUDY OF FEASIBILITY IN WESTERN ECUADOR
CHECA VILLAFUERTE, M. F., 5 Apr 2024, In: TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA RESEARCH. 34, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
Nanostructural Influence on Optical and Thermal Properties of Butterfly Wing Scales Across Forest Vertical Strata
López, Q. K., Cárdenas, R. E., Ramírez Castro, F., Vizuete, K., Checa, M. F. & Costa Vera, C., Oct 2024, In: Materials. 17, 20, 5084.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Link opens in a new tab Scopus citations -
GROUPING AS A STRATEGY TO MITIGATE TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP PRESSURES FOR SURVIVAL AND GROWTH IN METHONA CONFUSA (BUTLER, 1873) (NYMPHALIDAE, ITHOMIINI)
CHECA VILLAFUERTE, M. F., 1 Jun 2022, In: REVISTA.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Press/Media
-
In Ecuadorean Amazon, Butterflies Provide a Gauge of Climate Change
8/05/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
-
In the Ecuadorian Amazon, butterflies measure climate change
22/04/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
-
Researchers at Florida Museum in Gainesville benefit from butterfly research at Ecuadorian park; Park rangers use butterflies to take planet’s pulse in a biodiversity hotspot
22/07/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
-
University of Florida Researchers Use Butterflies as Tools
6/05/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
-
University of Florida Researchers User Butterflies as Tools
5/05/22
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media