Linares, Reynaldo
Managing Director Peruvian Andes Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring Program
0000-0002-7631-5549
Linares, Reynaldo
Managing Director Peruvian Andes Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring Program
Reynaldo Linares-Palomino is a tropical biologist at the Smithsonian Conservation and Biology Institute's Center for Conservation and Sustainability. His current work focuses on implementing, monitoring and assessing ecosystem restoration methodologies and activities in Andean landscapes under the influence of a trans-Andean gas pipeline. He leads the implementation of studies on selected plants and animals, from the eastern humid Andes to the drier western slopes and the Pacific desert in Central Peru.
Along with fellow CCS ecologists, Linares-Palomino has helped to enhance knowledge about the biological diversity of southern Andean Peru. In parallel, medium to long-term ecological studies are generating exciting information about ecosystem restoration, which is being shared with stakeholders (government, private industry, local communities, academia) to improve management practices, especially when they are performed by oil and gas development projects.
Geographic Focus
Background And Education
Education And Training
- Ph.D. in Biodiversity and Ecology, University of Goettingen , Georg-August University School of Science 2005 - 2009
- M.S. in Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants, University of Edinburgh 2001 - 2002
- B.Sc. in Biology, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina 1992 - 1996
Public Biography
- Reynaldo Linares-Palomino is a tropical biologist at the Smithsonian Conservation and Biology Institute's Center for Conservation and Sustainability. His current work focuses on implementing, monitoring and assessing ecosystem restoration methodologies and activities in Andean landscapes influenced by linear infrastructure projects. He leads projects monitoring the response of selected plants and animals in areas influenced by infrastructure, from the eastern humid Andes to the drier western slopes and Pacific deserts in Peru. Linares-Palomino is leading long-term ecological studies on ecosystem restoration in high-Andean ecosystems. The generated information is shared with stakeholders (government, private industry, local communities, academia) to improve management practices in sustainable infrastructure projects. Along with fellow CCS ecologists, he has used this information to help develop and implement the first-ever quantification of the mitigation hierarchy toward no-net-loss of biodiversity. Linares-Palomino is a founding member of DRYFLOR, the Latin American Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest Floristic Network. He earned his Bachelor of Science in biology and genetics from Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina in 1996. He earned a Master of Science in the biodiversity and taxonomy of plants in a combined program at the University of Edinburgh and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 2002. He followed with a doctoral degree in biodiversity and ecology from the Georg-August University in Germany. He has conducted research in tropical deserts, Andean grasslands and wetlands, savannas, dry forests, montane forests, and rainforests in Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Suriname.
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Pos, Edwin, de Souza Coelho, Luiz, de Andrade Lima Filho, Diogenes, Salomao, Rafael P., Amaral, Ieda Leao, de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionizia, Castilho, Carolina V., Phillips, Oliver L., Guevara, Juan Ernesto, de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo, Lopez, Dairon Cardenas, Magnusson, William E., Wittmann, Florian, Irume, Mariana Victoria, Martins, Maria Pire, Sabatier, Daniel, da Silva Guimaraes, Jose Renan, Molino, Jean-Francois, Banki, Olaf S., Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Pitman, Nigel C. A., Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo, Ramos, Jose Ferreira, Hawes, Joseph E., Almeida, Everton Jose et al. 2023. "Unraveling Amazon tree community assembly using Maximum Information Entropy: a quantitative analysis of tropical forest ecology." Scientific Reports, 13, (1) 2859. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28132-y. 2023
- Kubota, V. R., Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo, Gregory, Tremaine, Silva, H., Lombardo, L., Caballero, R., Mendoza, A., and Ugawa, S. 2023. "Assessment of Stand Characteristics and Soil of Upper Parana Atlantic Forests (Paraguay) Reveals High Habitat Heterogeneity." Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 35, (3) 283–298. https://doi.org/10.26525/jtfs2023.35.3.283. 2023
- Andre, Thiago, Moulatlet, Gabriel Massaine, Almeida, Thais Elias, Alverga, Paula Palhares de Polari, Boelter, Carlos Renato, Drucker, Debora Pignatari, da Silva, Julia Gomes, Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo, Lopes, Maria Aparecida, Magalhaes, Jose Leonardo Lima, Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto, Mews, Henrique Augusto, Moll, Iracema Elizabeth de Siuza, Mortati, Amanda Frederico, da Paixao, Eliana Celestino, Quintero-Vallejo, Estela, Van Andel, Tinde, Silveira, Marcos, Storck-Tonon, Danielle, Tuomisto, Hanna, Zuquim, Gabriela, and Costa, Flavia Regina Cappelloto. 2023. "HERBase: A collection of understorey herb vegetation plots from Amazonia." Acta Amazonica, 53, (2). https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202203150. 2023
- ter Steege, Hans, Pitman, Nigel C. A., do Amaral, Iêda Leão, de Souza Coelho, Luiz, de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia, De Andrade Lima Filho, Diógenes, Salomão, Rafael P., Wittmann, Florian, Castilho, Carolina V., Guevara, Juan Ernesto, Veiga Carim,Marcelo, De Jesus, Phillips, Oliver L., Magnusson, William E., Sabatier, Daniel, Revilla, Juan David Cardenas, Molino, Jean-François, Irume, Mariana Victória, Martins, Maria Pires, da Silva Guimarães, José Renan, Ramos, José Ferreira, Bánki, Olaf S., Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Cárdenas López, Dairon, Rodrigues, Domingos de Jesus, Demarchi, Layon O. et al. 2023. "Mapping density, diversity and species-richness of the Amazon tree flora." Communications Biology, 6, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05514-6. 2023
- Peripato, Vinicius, Levis, Carolina, Moreira, Guido A., Gamerman, Dani, ter Steege, Hans, Pitman, Nigel C. A., de Souza, Jonas G., Iriarte, José, Robinson, Mark, Junqueira, André Braga, Trindade, Thiago B., de Almeida, Fernando O., Moraes, Claide de Paula, Lombardo, Umberto, Tamanaha, Eduardo K., Maezumi, Shira Y., Ometto, Jean P. H. B., Braga, José R. G., Campanharo, Wesley A., Cassol, Henrique L. G., Leal, Philipe R., de Assis, Mauro L. R., da Silva, Adriana M., Phillips, Oliver L., Costa, Flávia R. C. et al. 2023. "More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia." Science, 382, (6666) 103–109. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ade2541. 2023
- Correa, Diego F., Stevenson, Pablo R., Umana, Maria Natalia, Coelho, Luiz de Souza, Lima Filho, Diogenes de Andrade, Salomao, Rafael P., do Amaral, Ieda Leao, Wittmann, Florian, de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionizia, Castilho, Carolina, V., Phillips, Oliver L., Ernesto Guevara, Juan, Veiga Carim, Marcelo de Jesus, Magnusson, William E., Sabatier, Daniel, Molino, Jean-Francois, Irume, Mariana Victoria, Martins, Maria Pires, da Silva Guimaraes, Jose Renan, Banki, Olaf S., Fernandez Piedade, Maria Teresa, Pitman, Nigel C. A., Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel, Ramos, Jose Ferreira, Luize, Bruno Garcia et al. 2022. "Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates." Global Ecology and Biogeography, https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13596. 2022
- Sabatini, Francesco Maria, Jimenez-Alfaro, Borja, Jandt, Ute, Chytry, Milan, Field, Richard, Kessler, Michael, Lenoir, Jonathan, Schrodt, Franziska, Wiser, Susan K., Khan, Mohammed A. S. Arfin, Attorre, Fabio, Cayuela, Luis, De Sanctis, Michele, Dengler, Jurgen, Haider, Sylvia, Hatim, Mohamed Z., Indreica, Adrian, Jansen, Florian, Pauchard, Anibal, Peet, Robert K., Petrik, Petr, Pillar, Valerio D., Sandel, Brody, Schmidt, Marco, Tang, Zhiyao et al. 2022. "Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity." Nature Communications, 13, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32063-z. 2022
- Canty, Steven W. J., Nowakowski, A. J., Connette, Grant M., Deichmann, Jessica L., Songer, Melissa, Chiaravalloti, Rafael, Dodge, Molly, Feistner, Anna T. C., Fergus, Craig, Hall, Jefferson S., Komatsu, Kimberly J., Linares‐Palomino, Reynaldo, McField, Melanie, Ogburn, Matthew B., Velez‐Zuazo, Ximena, and Akre, Thomas S. 2022. "Mapping a conservation research network to the Sustainable Development Goals." Conservation Science and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12731. 2022
- Novoa, Sidney, Ledesma, Karim, and Linares, Reynaldo. 2022. "Use of Camera Traps to Monitor the Fauna Associated with a Cactus Community in the Coastal Desert of Ica, Peru." Cactus and Succulent Journal, 94, (1). https://doi.org/10.2985/015.094.0105. 2022
- Deichmann, Jessica L., Ampudia Gatty, Christian, Andia Navarro, Juan Manuel, Alonso, Alfonso, Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo, and Longcore, Travis. 2021. "Reducing the blue spectrum of artificial light at night minimises insect attraction in a tropical lowland forest." Insect Conservation and Diversity, 14, (2) 247–259. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12479. 2021
- Fremout, Tobias, Elena Gutierrez-Miranda, Claudia, Briers, Siebe, Luis Marcelo-Pena, Jose, Cueva-Ortiz, Eduardo, Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo, de los Angeles La Torre-Cuadros, Maria, Cristina Chang-Ruiz, Janette, Libertad Villegas-Gomez, Tania, Helen Acosta-Flota, Arantza, Plouvier, Dominiek, Atkinson, Rachel, Charcape-Ravelo, Manuel, Aguirre-Mendoza, Zhofre, Muys, Bart, and Thomas, Evert. 2021. "The value of local ecological knowledge to guide tree species selection in tropical dry forest restoration." Restoration Ecology, 29, (4). https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13347. 2021
- ter Steege, Hans, Prado, Paulo I., Lima, Renato A. F. de, Pos, Edwin, de Souza Coelho, Luiz, de Andrade Lima Filho, Diogenes, Salomão, Rafael P., Amaral, Iêda Leão, de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia, Castilho, Carolina V., Phillips, Oliver L., Guevara, Juan Ernesto, de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo, Cárdenas López, Dairon, Magnusson, William E., Wittmann, Florian, Martins, Maria Pires, Sabatier, Daniel, Irume, Mariana Victória, da Silva Guimarães, José Renan, Molino, Jean-François, Bánki, Olaf S., Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Pitman, Nigel C. A., Ramos, José Ferreira et al. 2020. "Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora." Scientific Reports, 10, (1) 10130. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66686-3. 2020
- Neves, Danilo M., Dexter, Kyle G., Baker, Timothy R., Coelho de Souza, Fernanda, Oliveira-Filho, Ary, Queiroz, Luciano P., Lima, Haroldo C., Simon, Marcelo F., Lewis, Gwilym P., Segovia, Ricardo A., Arroyo, Luzmila, Reynel, Carlos, Marcelo-Peña, José L., Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau, Villarroel, Daniel, Parada, G. A., Daza, Aniceto, Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo, Ferreira, Leandro V., Salomão, Rafael P., Siqueira, Geovane S., Nascimento, Marcelo T., Fraga, Claudio N., and Pennington, R. T. 2020. "Evolutionary diversity in tropical tree communities peaks at intermediate precipitation." Scientific Reports, 10, (1) Article 1188. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55621-w. 2020
- ter Steege, Hans, Henkel, Terry W., Helal, Nora, Marimon, Beatriz S., Marimon-Junior, Ben, Huth, Andreas, Groeneveld, Jü, Sabatier, Daniel, Coelho, Luiz de Souza, Filho, Diogenes de Andrade Lima, Salomão, Rafael P., Amaral, Iê, Matos, Francisca Dionízia de Almeida, Castilho, Carolina V., Phillips, Oliver L., Guevara, Juan Ernesto, Carim, Marcelo de Jesus Veiga, Cárdenas López, Dairon, Magnusson, William E., Wittmann, Florian, Irume, Mariana Victória, Martins, Maria Pires, Guimarães, José Renan,da Silva, Molino, Jean-François, Bánki, Olaf S. et al. 2019. "Rarity of monodominance in hyperdiverse Amazonian forests." Scientific Reports, 9 Article 13822. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50323-9. 2019
- Gomes, Vitor H. F., IJff, Stéphanie D., Raes, Niels, Amaral, Iê, Salomão, Rafael P., de, Souza Coelho, de, Almeida Matos, Castilho, Carolina V., de Andrade, Lima Filho, López, Dairon Cárdenas, Guevara, Juan Ernesto, Magnusson, William E., Phillips, Oliver L., Wittmann, Florian, de Jesus, Veiga Carim, Martins, Maria Pires, Irume, Mariana Victória, Sabatier, Daniel, Molino, Jean-François, Bánki, Olaf S., da, Silva Guimar, Pitman, Nigel C. A., Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo, Luize, Bruno Garcia et al. 2018. "Species Distribution Modelling: Contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data." Scientific Reports, 8, (1) 1003. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18927-1. 2018
- Mamani, Godofredo, Chuquillanqui, Héctor, Chumbiauca, Susana, Sahley, Catherine, Alonso, Alfonso, and Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo. 2018. "Substrate, moisture, temperature and seed germination of the threatened endemic tree Eriotheca vargasii (Malvaceae)." Revista de Biología Tropical, 66, (3) 1162. https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v66i3.29810. 2018
- DRYFLOR, Pennington, R. T., Banda-R, Karina, Delgado-Salinas, Alfonso, Dexter, Kyle G., Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo, Olivera-Filho, Ary, Prado, Darién, Quintana, Catalina, and Riina, Ricarda. 2017. "Forest conservation: Humans' handprints-Response." Science, 355, (6324) 467. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal2602. 2017
- DRYFLOR, Pennington, R. T., Banda-R, Karina, Delgado-Salinas, Alfonso, Dexter, Kyle G., Galetti, Luciano, Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo, Maturo, Hernán M., Mogni, Virginia, Oakley, Luis, Olivera-Filho, Ary, Prado, Darién, Quintana, Catalina, Riina, Ricarda, and Särkinen, Tiina. 2017. "Forest conservation: Remember Gran Chaco-Response." Science, 355, (6324) 465–466. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal5010. 2017
- Sahley, C. T., Vildoso, B., Casaretto, C., Taborga, P., Ledesma, Karim, Linares-Palomino, R., Mamani, G., Dallmeier, Francisco, and Alonso, A. 2017. "Quantifying impact reduction due to avoidance, minimization and restoration for a natural gas pipeline in the Peruvian Andes." Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 66 53–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2017.06.003. 2017
- Servat, Grace P., Alcocer, Renzo, Larico, Melvi V., Olarte, Magaly E., Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo, Alonso, Alfonso, and Ledesma, Karim. 2017. "The Effects of Area and Habitat Heterogeneity on Bird Richness and Composition in High Elevation Wetlands (“Bofedales”) of the Central Andes of Peru." Wetlands, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-017-0919-z. 2017
- DRYFLOR, Banda-R, Karina, Delgado-Salinas, Alfonso, Dexter, Kyle G., Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo, Oliveira-Filho, Ary, Prado, Darién, Pullan, Martin, Quintana, Catalina, Riina, Ricarda, Rodríguez M, Gina M., Weintritt, Julia, Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, Adarve, Juan, Álvarez, Esteban, Anairamiz, Aranguren B.,, Arteaga, Julián Camilo, Aymard, Gerardo, Castaño, Alejandro, Ceballos-Mago, Natalia, Cogollo, Álvaro, Cuadros, Hermes, Delgado, Freddy, Devia, Wilson, Dueñas, Hilda et al. 2016. "Plant diversity patterns in neotropical dry forests and their conservation implications." Science, 353, (6306) 1383–1387. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf5080. 2016
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Chapter
- Deichmann, Jessica L., Higgins, M. A., Linares-Palomino, R., Carrasco Rueda, F., Costa Faura, M., Dallmeier, Francisco, and Alonso, Alfonso. 2013. "Identifying and Avoiding Sensitive Habitats in Petroleum Operations." In SPE Latin American and Caribbean Health, Safety, Social Responsibility, and Environment Conference, Jun 26 - 27, 2013 2013, Lima, Peru. 1–10. Society of Petroleum Engineers. 2013
- Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo, Alonso, Alfonso, Dallmeier, Francisco, Langstroth, Robert, Mamani, Godofredo, Dholoo, Erica, Sáenz, Verónica, Pace, Alina, and Deichmann, Jessica. 2013. "Restauración de la Vegetación en Ambientes Andinos: Logros y Retos." In Monitoreo de Biodiversidad: Lecciones de un Megaproyecto Transandino. Alonso, Alfonso, Dallmeier, Francisco, and Servat, Grace P., editors. 294-304. 2013
- Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo, Alonso, Alfonso, Dallmeier, Francisco, Langstroth, Robert, Mamani, Godofredo, Dholoo, Erica, Sáenz, Verónica, Pace, Alina, and Deichmann, Jessica. 2013. "Vegetation Restoration in Andean Environments: Accomplishments and Challenges." In Monitoring Biodiversity: Lessons from a Trans-Andean Megaproject. Alonso, Alfonso, Dallmeier, Francisco, and Servat, Grace P., editors. 80-89. 2013
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Dataset
- Linares, Reynaldo, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau, and Marcelo-Peña, Jose Luis. 2022. [Dataset] Plot Metadata from "Los bosques tropicales estacionalmente secos del Perú: un re-análisis de sus patrones de diversidad y relaciones florísticas". Distributed by Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.15161523.V1. 2022
Contact
Location
- National Zoological Park Academic Department
