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Sustainable Development Goals

Research interests

• Biology and ecology of legumes
• Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
• Soil Biocrusts
• Distribution models of plant species
• Restoration ecology, biodiversity management and conservation

Profile

Doctor Sara Lucía Camargo-Ricalde is a Professor at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Iztapalapa Campus, Mexico City. She obtained her master's degree at the Faculty of Sciences of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and her Ph.D. at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) in Aas, Norway.

She is a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI) Level I since 2004. Her line of research and development is the study of the biology and ecology of shrubs and trees in arid and semiarid Mexican ecosystems, mainly of the genus Mimosa (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae).

Additionally, using different species of Mimosa as a biological model, she has elaborated research concerning the seasonal variation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their taxonomy; as well as the role of biological crusts within these ecosystems. Recently, she has included the effect of climate change to model possible changes in the known and potential distribution of Mimosa and the microorganisms under study.

Her final research interests are related to ecological restoration and biodiversity management, and conservation.

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Research interests

• Biology and ecology of legumes
• Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
• Soil Biocrusts
• Distribution models of plant species
• Restoration ecology, biodiversity management and conservation

Academic Work

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Open Access	References	UN SDGs
OA	Jiménez-Martínez, A., Montaño, N.M., Chimal-Sánchez, E. and 5 more (...) (2026).The “milpa-chichipera” ethno-agroforestry system as a buffer against land-use change impacting arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a semiarid Mexican ecosystem. Agroforestry Systems,100(1)
OA	Baeza-Guzmán, Y., Camargo-Ricalde, S.L., Trejo-Aguilar, D. and 1 more (...) (2025).Pine Forest Plantations in the Neotropics: Challenges and Potential Use of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi and Bacteria as Inoculants. Journal of Fungi,11(5)	\| 12\| 15 \|
OA	Montaño, N.M., Camargo-Ricalde, S.L., Montaño-Arias, S.A. and 1 more (...) (2025).Mimosa species (Leguminosae) and rainfall seasonality affect spatial dynamics of soil carbon and nitrogen in a semiarid ecosystem. Plant and Soil,517(1) 845-865
OA	Bañuelos, J., Martínez-Romero, E., Montaño, N.M. and 1 more (...) (2025).Folic Acid (vitamin B9) or Inoculation with Beneficial Microbes Enhances Plant Growth in Phaseolus vulgaris L.. Terra Latinoamericana,43
	Baeza-Guzmán, Y., Trejo Aguilar, D., Montaño, N.M. and 1 more (...) (2024).Synergistic effects of Amanita stranella and Suillus decipiens inoculation on morphological features and phenolic compounds of Pinus pseudostrobus var. coatepecensis, a narrow endemic Mexican variety. New Forests,55(4) 1033-1048	\| 15 \|
OA	Baeza-Guzmán, Y., Camargo-Ricalde, S.L., Aguilar, D.T. and 1 more (...) (2023).Fungal and bacterial communities in a forest relict of Pinus pseudostrobus var. coatepecensis. IForest,16299-306
OA	Banuelos, J., Martínez-Romero, E., Montaño, N.M. and 1 more (...) (2023).Rhizobium tropici and Riboflavin Amendment Condition Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Colonization in Phaseolus vulgaris L.. Agronomy,13(3)
OA	Montaño-Arias, S.A., Montaño, N.M., Camargo-Ricalde, S.L. and 3 more (...) (2023).Growth and biomass aLLoCation of eight MiMosa speCies (Leguminosae) Linked to noduLation and arbusCuLar myCorrhization. Botanical Sciences,101(4) 978-994
	Guzmán-Cornejo, L., Pacheco, L., Camargo-Ricalde, S.L. and 1 more (...) (2023).Endorhizal fungal symbiosis in lycophytes and metal(loid)-accumulating ferns growing naturally in mine wastes in Mexico. International Journal of Phytoremediation,25(4) 538-549	\| 15 \|
	Sosa-Quintero, J., Godínez-Alvarez, H., Camargo-Ricalde, S.L. and 8 more (...) (2022).Biocrusts in Mexican deserts and semideserts: A review of their species composition, ecology, and ecosystem function. Journal of Arid Environments,199	\| 6\| 15 \|
	Chimal-Sánchez, E., Montaño, N.M., Camargo-Ricalde, S.L. and 2 more (...) (2022).Endemic Mimosa species, forming resource islands or not, and rainfall seasonality jointly influence arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities in a semiarid ecosystem of Mexico. Trees - Structure and Function,36(2) 609-625
	Montaño-Arias, S.A., Camargo-Ricalde, S.L., Grether, R. and 1 more (...) (2022).Seed morphology, anatomy and histochemistry in two Mexican species of Mimosa (Leguminosae, mimosoid clade). Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants,286	\| 15 \|
	Sosa-Quintero, J., Camargo-Ricalde, S.L., Herrera-Campos, M.D.L.Á. and 1 more (...) (2022).Rainfed agriculture and firewood extraction modify differently the taxonomic and functional structure of biocrusts in a tropical semiarid region. Geoderma,406	\| 6 \|
OA	Chimal-Sanchez, E., Reyes-Jaramillo, I., Camargo-Ricalde, S.L. and 3 more (...) (2021).Racocetra cromosomica sp. nov. From oaxaca, mexico. Mycotaxon,136(3) 615-626
OA	Vázquez-Santos, Y., Martínez-Orea, Y., Álvarez-Sánchez, J. and 3 more (...) (2021).Interaction of acaena elongata l. with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi under phosphorus limitation conditions in a temperate forest. Phyton,90(2) 605-619
	Banuelos, J., Martínez-Romero, E., Montaño, N.M. and 1 more (...) (2021).Folates in legume root nodules. Physiologia Plantarum,171(3) 447-452
	Montaño-Arias, S.A., Zavaleta-Mancera, H.A., Camargo-Ricalde, S.L. and 1 more (...) (2021).Effect of seed age on germination, seedling survival and growth of Mimosa luisana (Leguminosae). Trees - Structure and Function,35(1) 231-239	\| 15 \|
	Chimal-Sánchez, E., Senés-Guerrero, C., Varela, L. and 5 more (...) (2020).Septoglomus mexicanum, a new species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from semiarid regions in Mexico. Mycologia,112(1) 121-132
	Montaño-Arias, S.A., Grether, R., Camargo-Ricalde, S.L. and 1 more (...) (2020).Comparative wood anatomy of eight tree species of Mimosa sect. Batocaulon (Leguminosae) distributed in Mexico and their taxonomic implications. Phytotaxa,428(3) 209-227

Courses taught by the professor in recent trimesters

*Courses are conducted in spanish

Num.	Trim.	Course Name	Level
1	25O	Micología	Licenciatura
2	25O	Biología General	Licenciatura
3	25O	Trabajo de Investigación VI	Posgrado
4	25O	Seminario VI	Posgrado
5	25O	Proyecto de Investigación II	Posgrado
6	25O	Seminario I	Posgrado
7	25O	Seminario I	Posgrado
8	25O	Seminario I	Posgrado
9	25P	Micología	Licenciatura
10	25P	Biología General	Licenciatura
11	25P	Seminario V	Posgrado
12	25P	Trabajo de Investigación V	Posgrado
13	25P	Proyecto de Investigación I	Posgrado
14	25P	Proyecto de Investigación IV	Posgrado
15	25I	Biología General	Licenciatura
16	25I	Trabajo de Investigación IV	Posgrado
17	25I	Seminario IV	Posgrado
18	25I	Proyecto de Investigación III	Posgrado
19	25I	Seminario II	Posgrado
20	25I	Micología	Licenciatura
21	24O	Trabajo de Investigación III	Posgrado
22	24O	Micología	Licenciatura
23	24O	Seminario III	Posgrado
24	24O	Proyecto de Investigación II	Posgrado
25	24O	Seminario I	Posgrado
26	24O	Biología General	Licenciatura
27	24P	Biología General	Licenciatura
28	24P	Micología	Licenciatura
29	24P	Proyecto de Investigación I	Posgrado
30	24P	Temas Selectos III	Posgrado
31	24P	Proyecto de Investigación IV	Posgrado
32	24P	Seminario II	Posgrado
33	24P	Trabajo de Investigación II	Posgrado
34	24P	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis III	Posgrado
35	24I	Proyecto de Investigación III	Posgrado
36	24I	Seminario II	Posgrado
37	24I	Seminario I	Posgrado
38	24I	Micología	Licenciatura
39	24I	Biología General	Licenciatura
40	24I	Trabajo de Investigación I	Posgrado
41	23O	Biología General	Licenciatura
42	23O	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis II	Posgrado
43	23O	Seminario I	Posgrado
44	23O	Proyecto de Investigación II	Posgrado
45	23O	Proyecto de Investigación II	Posgrado
46	23P	Proyecto de Investigación I	Posgrado
47	23P	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis I	Posgrado
48	23P	Biología General	Licenciatura
49	23I	Biología General	Licenciatura
50	23I	Micología	Licenciatura
51	23I	Seminario II	Posgrado
52	23I	Trabajo de Investigación IX	Posgrado
53	23I	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis III	Posgrado
54	23I	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis III	Posgrado
55	23I	Seminario VII	Posgrado
56	22O	Biología General	Licenciatura
57	22O	Seminario I	Posgrado
58	22O	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis II	Posgrado
59	22O	Trabajo de Redacción de Tesis II	Posgrado
60	22O	Trabajo de Investigación VIII	Posgrado

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