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10-year assessment of ungulates exclusion in the dry forest of Mona Island: understory vegetation responses. Caribbean Naturalist. In Press.
Arthropod diversity in caves with moderate and high anthropogenic presence. San Juan, PR; 2009.
Associations between Lepanthes rupestris Orchids and Bryophyte Presence in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Caribbean Naturalist. 2013;4:1-14.
Associations between Soil Variables and Vegetation Structure and Composition of Caribbean Dry Forests. Caribbean Naturalist. In Press.
Avances sobre la historia natural de Harrisia portoricensis. Boletín de la Sociedad Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Cactáceas y otras Suculentas. 2009;6:27-29.
Biodiversity Conservation in Cities and Links to Sustainability. University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras ; 2012.
Breeding system and pollination of Gesneria pauciflora urb. (Gesneriaceae): An endemic and threatened species of the Caribbean. New Orleans, U.S.; 2013.
Breeding System of Guaiacum sanctum. San Juan, PR; 2009.
Breeding System of Guaiacum sanctum. San Juan, PR; 2009.
Conversatorio de Panel de Expertos de Ecología y Sociología: Las Ciudades y el Ambiente que las Rodea. Universidad de Puerto Rico Rio Piedras; 2011.
Demographic response to long-term climate variation by a small epiphytic orchid in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. American Journal of Botany. 2011;98(12):2040-2048.
Disobedient epiphytes: colonization and extinction rates in a metapopulation contradict theoretical predictions based on patch connectivity. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society . 2014;175:568-606.
Education and Outreach. In: Luquillo Experimental Forest: Research History and Opportunities.; 2013. 1. p. 125-126p.
The effect of climatic change on the subpopulations dynamic of Lepanthes rupestris STIMSON, (Orchidaceae). Albuquerque, NM; 2009.
Effect of invasive grass, Megathyrsus maximus, on Soil and Plant Communities of Mona Island Reserve. University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; 2010.
Effects of an invasive grass on the demography of the caribbean cactus harrisia portoricensis. Acta Oecologica. 2012;41:30-38.
Effects of climate change on Lepanthes rupestris. San Juan, PR; 2009.
Effects of Exotic Grass on Native Biota. Rio Grande PR; 2011.
Effects of Exotic Grass on Native Biota in Mona Island Reserve. Universidad Interamericana de Bayamon. Bayamon PR; 2011.
Effects of Grass Invasions on the endangered cactus, Harrisia portoriscensis in Mona Island Reserve. University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras; 2012.
Effects of hurricane disturbance and feral goat herbivory on the structure of a Caribbean dry forest. San Juan, PR: Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico, ; 2014.
Effects of hurricane disturbance and feral goat herbivory on the structure of a Caribbean dry forest. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2014;25:1069-1077.
Effects of nectar robbing on pollinator behavior and plant reproductive success of Pitcairnia angustifolia (Bromeliaceae). Plant Species Biology . 2012.
Estudiando Ecologia Tropical y Ciencias Ambientales en la Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Rio Piedras. UPR Rio Piedras, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales; 2010.
Evaluating the conservation status of the threatened cactus Harrisia portorriscensis in Mona Island Reserve. Centro de Convenciones de PR ; 2013.
Evaluation of potential demographic differences in the subpopulations of the Mona island iguana Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri across different forest types in Mona island, Puerto Rico. San Juan, PR; 2009.
Evolution of Reproductive Mechanisms in Island Ecosystems. University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras; 2012.
Experimentos de exclusión de exóticos en condiciones de alta heterogeneidad espacial: ejemplos de la Isla Reserva de Mona, Puerto Rico. Ciudad Guatemala, Guatemala; 2011.
Facilities. In: Luquillo Experimental Forest: Research History and Opportunities. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture; 2013. 1. p. 127-128p.
Factors affecting seed germination and seedling establishment of Harrisia portoricensis (Cactaceae) in Mona Island. San Juan, PR; 2009.
Factors Affecting Seed Germination and seedling establishment of Harrisia portoricensis (Cactaceae). Revista de Biología Tropical. 2012;60(2):867-879.
Flower visitors of Mammilaria nivosa in Mona Island. San Juan PR; 2009.
Food Sources and Accessibility and Waste Disposal Patterns across an Urban Tropical Watershed: Implications for the Flow of Materials and Energy. Ecology and Society. 2014;19(1).
Food sources and accessibility and waste disposal patterns across an urban tropical watershed, implications for the flow of materials and energy. Ecology and Society. 2014;19(1):37.
Food sources and accessibility and waste disposal patterns across an urban tropical watershed: implications for the flow of materials and energy. Ecology and Society. 2014;19(1):37.
Forest vegetation cover assessment on Mona Island, Puerto Rico. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station; 2012.
How do people get their yard plants?. In: Iniciativas de Investigación y Actividad Creativa Subgraduada. Hotel Condado Plaza, San Juan, PR: Segundo Encuentro Sub-graduado de Investigación y Creación (SESIC); 2014.
How do people get their yard plants? Plants sources in a urban environment. University of Puerto Rico, Cayey Campus; 2014.
How do people get their yard plants: social-economic factors that may influence the access to native plants to residents of an urban watershed. Acta Científica. 2000.
How do people get their years plants?. In: 34th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting. University of Puerto Rico, Cayey Campus: 49th ACS Junior Technical Meeting; 2014.
Implication of demographic data of rediscovering Eugenia fajardensis(Myrtaceae), a possibly endangered species. Baltimore; 2015.
An Interdisciplinary Challenge: The Rivas Case Study. Universidad de Puerto Rico Rio Piedras ; 2014.
Investigación en las ciencias relacionadas al ambiente y botánica en PR: Plataforma de integración de materias y elemento atractivo en la enseñanza en nuestras escuelas. UPR Rio Piedsras; 2011.
Investigación en las ciencias relacionadas al ambiente y botánica en PR: Plataforma de integración de materias y elemento atractivo en la enseñanza en nuestras escuelas. Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico San Juan PR; 2010.
Investigación en las ciencias relacionadas al ambiente y botánica en PR: Plataforma de integración de materias y elemento atractivo en la enseñanza en nuestras escuelas. Hotel Melia Rio Grande PR; 2011.
Invited lecture for Environmental Economics Class. San Juan PR : Graduate School of Planning, University of PR Rio Piedras; 2013.
Invited lecture for Environmental Economics Class. Graduate School of Planning, University of PR Rio Piedras, San Juan PR; 2013.
Invited lecture for Invasion Biology Course. San Juan PR: University of PR Rio Piedras; 2014.
Invited lecture for Island Biology Course. San Juan PR: University of PR Rio Piedras; 2014.
Invited lecture for Sustainability. San Juan, PR: Graduate School of Public Health, University of PR medical Science Campus; 2013.
Invited lecture for Sustainability Seminar. Graduate School of Public Health, University of PR medical Science Campus, San Juan PR; 2014.
Knowledge to Serve the City: Insights from an Emerging Knowledge-Action Network to Address Vulnerability and Sustainability in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Cities and the Environment. 2014;7(1).
Las especies exóticas invasoras: un factor de vulnerabilidad para la Isla de Mona. Marejada. 2011;1:6-9.
Leyes Ambientales de Puerto Rico. Escuela Antonio S Pedreira; 2010.
Life inside the mat: links between Lepanthes rupestris orchids and bryophyte presence in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. San Juan PR; 2009.
Life inside the mat: links between Lepanthes rupestris orchids and bryophyte presence in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Alburquerque, NM; 2009.
Local perceptions on residential green infrastructure within the Rio Piedras Watershed. In: Third Conference for Sustainability IGERTs. Portland, Oregon: C4I3: Ecosystem Services for Sustainability; 2013.
Local Perceptions on Residential Green Infrastructure within the Rio Piedras Watershed. Isla Verde, PR: Caribbean Landscape Conservation Cooperative; 2013.
Local perceptions on residential green infrastructure within the Rio Piedras Watershed. In: Caribbean Landscape Conservation Cooperative. Isla Verde, PR: Annual Meeting: Developing the CLCC Strategic Conservation Framework; 2013.
Natural History of the Threatened cactus Species Harrisia portoriscensis: A General Update and Specific Recommendations for Management and Conservation. Caribbean Journal of Science . 2013.
Natural Vegetation Groups and Canopy Chemical Markers in a Dry Subtropical Forest on Calcareous Substrate: The Vegetation of Mona Island, Puerto Rico. Caribbean Naturalist. 2014;13:1-15.
New record of Cybocephalus kathrynae (Coleoptera: Cybocephalidae) on Mona Island, Puerto Rico. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 2012;56:119-121.
NSF-CREST Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation. Washington DC; 2009.
Outreach at the NSF-CREST Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation. National Science Foundation, VA; 2011.
Perceived Ecosystem Services and Disservices of Residential Green Infrastructure within the Río Piedras Watershed. Basel, Switzerland ; 2015.
Perceptions on Residential Green Infrastructure within the Rio Piedras Watershed. Portland, Oregon, USA; 2013.
Plant community dynamics of a tropical semi-arid system following experimental removals of an exotic grass. Applied Vegetation Science. 2012.
Plant diversity of residential yards across the Río Piedras watershed. UPR Carolina ; 2012.
Plant species diversity of residential yards across a tropical watershed: implications for urban sustainability. Ecology and Society. In Press.
Plant species richness and abundance in residential yards across a tropical watershed: implications for urban sustainability. Ecology and Society. 2014;19(3).
Plant species richness and abundance of residential yards across a tropical watershed: implications for urban sustainability. Ecology and Society. 2014;19(3).
Plant-pollinator interactions and floral convergence in two species of Heliconia from the Caribbean islands. ecologia. 2011;167(1075-1083).
Pollination Biology of Harrisia portoricensis (Cactaceae), an Endangered Caribbean Species. San Juan, PR; 2009.
Pollination biology of Harrisia portoricensis (Cactaceae), an endangered Caribbean species. American Journal of Botany. 2009;96:1-9.
Pollinator communities of Guaiacum sanctum (Zygophylaceae). Albuquerque, NM; 2009.
Population dynamics of a threatened cactus species: general assessment and effects of matrix dimensionality. Population Ecology. 2013;55(479-491).
Potential impacts of the invasive grass Megathyrsus maximus (Poaceae) on ground-dwelling arthropods in a Caribbean dry forest. Caribbean Naturalist. 2014;7:1-15.
Professional Training and Graduate Education needs in Warfare Ecology. In: Warfare Ecology: A New Synthesis for Peace and Security. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security.; 2011.
Puntos de intersección entre las Ciencias Ambientales y las Nanociencias: Retos y oportunidades. El Sol: Revista de la Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico. 2015;1:55-60.
Seed Dispersal Turns an Experimental Plantation on Degraded Land into a Novel Forest in Urban Northern Puerto Rico. Forest ecology and Management. 2015;357:68-75.
Social-economic drivers of yard sustainable practices in a tropical city: testing generality of bottom up vs. top down drivers. Ecology and Society. In Press.
Socio-economic drivers of yard sustainable practices in a tropical city. Ecology and Society. 2014;19(3):20.
Socioeconomic drivers of yard sustainable practices in a tropical city. Ecology and Society. 2014;19(3).
Spatial analysis of foraging activity of the Polygynous Red Imported Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). San Juan, PR; 2009.
Spatial distribution, connectivity, and the influence of scale: habitat availability for the endangered Mona Island rock iguana. Biodiversity and Conservation. 2009;18:905-917.
Spatial patterns of distribution and abundance of Harrisia portoricensis, an endangered Caribbean cactus. J Plant Ecol . 2013;6:489-498.
Species Invasions. University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras; 2012.
Uneven access and uderutilization of ecological amenities in urban parks of the Rio Piedras Watershed. Ecology and Society. 2010;19(1).
Uneven Access and Underuse of Ecological Amenities in Urban Parks of the Río Piedras Watershed. Ecology and Society. 2014;19(1).
Uneven access and underuse of ecological amenities in urban parks of the Río Piedras watershed. Ecology and Society. 2014;19(1):26.
Unexpected generalized pollination system in a tropical island herb, Heliconia caribaea. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 2010.
USDA project workshop: GIS Tools in Conservation. Rio Piedras: University of Puerto Rico; 2011.
Variation in Native and Cactaceae Seeds in the Soil as a Function of an Invasive Exotic Grass in Mona Island Reserve. University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; 2010.
Variation in Native, and Cactaceae Seeds in the Soil as a Function of an Invasive Exotic Grass in Mona Island Reserve. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 2010.
Variation in Native and Cactaceae Seeds in the Soil as a Function of an Invasive Exotic Grass in Mona Island Reserve. St. Louis Missouri; 2011.
Vegetation Biodiversity of the Rio Piedras Watershed (RPWS). Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Rio Piedras; 2011.
Vegetation Health and Urban Vulnerabilities. San Juan PR: Fundación Puertorriqueña para la Conservación; 2011.
Wind-facilitated pollination in Harrisia portorriscensis (cactaceae): A mechanism of reproductive assurance. International Journal of reproductive Biology. 2011;3:1-5.
Woody cover characterization and local farmers perception of active pasturelands in the buffer zone of La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve. Mountain Research and Development. 2009;29:320-327.
Woody cover characterization and local farmers perception of active pasturelands in the buffer zone of La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve. Mountain Research and Development . 2009;29:320-327.
Your research is important to us! A discussion about the societal role of science careers and survival tips from an old lady. Biology Department UPR Mayaguez , Mayaguez, PR; 2012.