University of California, Irvine, 1995

    Ph.D. Ecology


  University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, 1990

    MSc. Biology
 

  University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, 1987

    BSc. Biology

 

  Plant Ecology:  effects of exotics on plant communities 

Other research areas:

   Plant-animal interactions

  Evolution of floral traits

  Metapopulation dynamics in orchids

  Genetic variation in natural populations

 

 
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Meléndez-Ackerman, E. J., Calisto-Pérez, Carlos, M. López-Vargas, J. Fumero-Cabán. 2003. Patterns of damage and hurricane recovery of the understorey herb Heliconia caribaea. Acepted for publication in the Journal of Tropical Ecology 19:677-684.
 

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Meléndez-Ackerman E. J. and J. D. Ackerman. 2001. Density-dependent variation in breeding system and reproductive success in a terrestrial orchid. Plant Systematics and Evolution 227:27-36.
 

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Meléndez-Ackerman E. J., J. D. Ackerman and J. A. Rodríguez-Robles. 2000. Resource vs. pollen limitation in a nectar-producing orchid. Biotropica, 32:282-290
 

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Meléndez-Ackerman E. J., D. R. Campbell. 1998. Adaptive significance of flower color and inter-trait correlations in an Ipomopsis hybrid zone. Evolution 52:1293-1303.
 

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Ackerman, J. D., E. J. Meléndez-Ackerman and J. Salguero-Faría. 1997. Variation in pollinator abundance and selection on floral phenotypes in an epiphytic orchid. American Journal of Botany 84: 1383-1390

 

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Undergraduate:

Biol. 3111 - Introduction to Ecology
Introduction to the basic principles of modern ecology. Will cover the physiological aspects of populations, communities and ecosystems.

Bio3410L- Botany Labs Coordinator
Complements Course Biol 3410. Practices in aspects of cellular biology, anatomy and morphology, physiology and taxonomy of the area of botanics at a descriptive and at an experimental level

Graduate:

Biol. 6007. Plant Reproductive Ecology
(with James Ackerman-Biology)
Study of plant reproductive biology with emphasis on flowering plants, ecological and evolutionary proceses, hypotheses testing and field techniques.

Biol. 6996 - Biology Seminar - Evolution
Principles of evolution with emphasis on current theoretical models and experimental approaches to the study of population-level proceses. Topics include natural selection, genetic drift, migration, mutation, adaptation and speciation.

 

Laboratory technician:

 

  Aixa Tolentino
    aixatm@gmail.com

 

 

Graduate Students:

Simymbol Carolina Monmany
    acmonmany@gmail.com

Project:

"Parasitoids of Mona Island Reserve: An Interactive Taxonomic Key"


*Lucid3, the online program you will be using to access this key, is written in Java. You need to have the Java installed on your computer in order to "see" this key. Lucid3 needs JVM 1.4.2 or greater which is available free of charge from Sun Microsystems at http://www.java.com.

  José J. Fumero-Cabán
    josejfumero@yahoo.com

 

Project:

"Effect of nectar robbing on the reproductive biology of Pitcairnia angustifolia (Bromeliaceae)"



  Alberto Puente
    albertosnki@hotmail.com

 

Project:
"Effect of exotic ungulates on insect biodiversity in Mona Island Reserve, Puerto Rico."
 


Undergraduate Students:

  Carla Cortés
    albertosnki@hotmail.com

 

Projects:

"Effects of introduced ungulates on the insect biodiversity of Mona Island"
"Characterization of the diet of introduced goats in Mona Island Reserve, Puerto Rico based on stomach contents"


  Pablo Hernández
    pabloj82@yahoo.com

 

Project:

"Plant diet of introduced goats in Mona Island based on microhistological studies of fecal material"
 

  Vanesa Rodríguez
    vanemrto@yahoo.com

 

Project:

"Biodiversity of hymenopterans of Mona Island Reserve, Puerto Rico"
 

  Paulina Calle
    paulina122@yahoo.com

 

Project:

"Biodiversity of hymenopterans of Mona Island Reserve, Puerto Rico"

  Chamary Fuentes
    mary_magy7@yahoo.com
 

Project:
"Management of plant vocher collection of Mona Island Reserve, Puerto Rico"

  Colibrí Sanfiorenzo
    guacariga@yahoo.com


Project:
"Seed dispersal by rock iguanas in Mona Island Reserve, Puerto Rico"

  Ernesto Beltrán
    ejbeltran@hotmail.com


Project:
"Effects of Exotic ungulates on the native vegetation of Mona Island Reserve, Puerto Rico: data management and epidermal micrograph collections"

  Jesús Vázquez
    chuito26@hotmail.com


Project:
"Effects of Exotic ungulates on the native vegetation of Mona Island Reserve, Puerto Rico: data management and epidermal micrograph collections"

 

  Office: 
Facundo Bueso Annex-208 (15B)

UPR extensión number:
787-764-0000 x 3521

Other telephone numbers:
Laboratory 787-764-0000 x2903
Department office: 787-764-0000 x2866, 2867


Fax number:
787-772-1481



Additional contact information:

Addresses:

a) ITES PO BOX 23341 San Juan PR 00931-3341

b) CREST-CATEC PO BOX 23341 San Juan PR 00931-3341
    tel. 787-764-0000 x 2914