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Elvia Meléndez-Ackerman


 


Education


 

1995 University of California, Irvine

Ph.D. Ecology


1990 University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras

MSc. Biology
 

1987 University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras

BSc. Biology



Research

Areas

 

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

Recent

Publications


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.

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.

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

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.

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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Courses

 

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.


Research Group


Laboratory technician:

 

Aixa Tolentino 
    aixatm@gmail.com

 

 

Graduate Students:

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 athttp://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"


Contact

Information

 

E-mail: 
elmelend@uprrp.edu

Office: 
Facundo Bueso Annex-208

UPR extension number:
787-764-0000 x 2842, 2864

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


Fax number:
787-772-1481

Addresses: 
CREST-CATEC P.O. Box 23341 San Juan PR 00931-3341
Tel. 787-764-0000 x 2914