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Research Projects

Novel forest silviculture in Puerto Rico: restoring native tree species and food security

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effects of alien functional traits on the restoration of rare native timber species in the novel forests of Puerto Rico

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increasing native tree species diversity in a novel forest type in Puerto Rico

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abelleira Martínez, O.J., Fremier, A.K., Günter, S., Ramos Bendaña, Z.M., Vierling, L., Galbraith, S.G., Bosque Pérez, N.A. & Ordoñez, J.O. 2016. Scaling up functional traits for ecosystem services with remote sensing: Concepts and methods. Ecology and Evolution  6: 4359-4371 (doi:10.1002/ece3.2201)
Abelleira Martínez, O.J., E. J. Meléndez Ackerman, D. García Montiel, and J. A. Parrotta. 2015. Seed dispersal turns an experimental plantation on degraded land into a novel forest in urban northern Puerto Rico. Forest Ecology and Management 357: 68-75.
Medina, E., E. Cuevas, A.E. Lugo, O. Abelleira, and J. Fonseca Da Silva. 2015. Jobos Bay mangroves revisited: Gas exchange, salinity, and nutrient relations. Acta Científica 29: 92-108.
Lugo, A.E., O.J. Abelleira Martínez, and J. Fonseca da Silva. 2012. Aboveground   biomass, wood volume, nutrient stocks and leaf fall of novel forests compared to native tropical forests and tree plantations in Puerto Rico. Bois et Forets des Tropiques 314: 7-16
Pérez, M., I. Sastre De Jesús, A.E. Lugo, and O.J. Abelleira Martínez. 2012. Bryophyte species diversity in secondary forests dominated by the introduced species Spathodea campanulata Beauv. in Puerto Rico. Biotropica 44: 763-770
Abelleira Martínez, O.J. 2011. Flooding and profuse flowering result in high litterfall in novel African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata Beauv.) forests in northern Puerto Rico. Ecosphere 2:105 (doi:10.1890/ES11-00165.1)
Lugo, A.E., O.J. Abelleira, A. Collado, C.A. Viera, C. Santiago, D.O. Vélez, E. Soto, G. Amaro, G. Charón, H. Colón Jr., J. Santana, J.L. Morales, K. Rivera, L. Ortiz, L. Rivera, M. Maldonado, N. Rivera, and N.J. Vázquez. 2011. Allometry, biomass, and chemical content of the African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata). New Forests 42: 267-283
Abelleira Martínez, O.J. 2010. Invasion by native tree species prevents biotic homogenization in novel forests of Puerto Rico.  Plant Ecology 211: 49-64
Abelleira Martínez, O.J., M.A. Rodríguez, I. Rosario, N. Soto, A. López, and A.E. Lugo. 2010. Structure and species composition of novel forests dominated by an introduced species in northcentral Puerto Rico. New Forests 39: 1-18
Abelleira Martínez, O.J., y M. Sanfiorenzo de Orbeta. 2009. Regeneración boscosa en un parque urbano en Rio Piedras: recomendaciones para incrementar la biodiversidad. Acta Científica 23: 49-59
Abelleira Martínez, O.J. 2008. Observations on the fauna that visit Spathodea campanulata forests in Puerto Rico. Acta Científica 22: 37-42
Viera Martínez, C.A., O.J. Abelleira Martínez, y A.E. Lugo. 2008. Estructura y química del suelo en un bosque de Castilla elastica en el carso del norte de Puerto Rico: resultados de una calicata. Acta Científica 22: 29-36
Abelleira Martínez, O.J., y D.Y. Colón González. 2006. Comparación de método de muestreo en bosques secundarios aluviales: parcela vs. punto-cuadrante. Acta Científica 20: 63-66
Lugo, A.E., O.J. Abelleira, S. Borges, L.J. Colón, S. Meléndez, and M.A. Rodríguez. 2006. Preliminary estimate of earthworm abundance and species richness in Spathodea campanulata Beauv. forests in northern Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science 42: 325-330