Rojas-Sandoval, Julissa
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I am a plant ecologist broadly interested in using community and population-level attributes to evaluate the responses of natural and managed systems to human-caused environmental changes.
My research focuses on combining data-driven empirical approaches with theoretical modeling to assess the dynamics and the conservation status of plant species and communities. I am also interested in addressing fundamental and applied questions in ecology related to animal-plant interactions, the structure and function of tropical plant communities and the impact of biological invasions on natural habitats.
Positions
- Research Associate, Department of Botany
Geographic Focus
- Tropical Americas Continent
Background And Education
Education And Training
- Ph.D. in Conservation Ecology, University of Puerto Rico
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Geographical ecology of dry forest tree communities in the West Indies. Journal of Biogeography. 45:1168-1181. 2018
- Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115:E2264-E2273. 2018
- Rojas-Sandoval, Julissa, Tremblay, Raymond L., Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro, and Díaz-Soltero, Hilda. 2017. "Invasive plant species in the West Indies: geographical, ecological, and floristic insights." Ecology and Evolution, 7, (13) 4522–4533. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2984. 2017
- No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide. Nature Communications. 8:14435. 2017
- Assessing the impact of grass invasion on the population dynamics of a threatened Caribbean dry forest cactus. Biological Conservation. 196:156-164. 2016
- Associations between Soil Variables and Vegetation Structure and Composition of Caribbean Dry Forests. Caribbean Naturalist. 176-198. 2016
- Biotic resistance in the tropics: patterns of seed plant invasions within an island. Biological Invasions. 19:315-328. 2016
- Rojas-Sandoval, Julissa and Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2015. "Naturalization and invasion of alien plants in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands." Biological Invasions, 17, (1) 149–163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-014-0712-3. 2015
- Effects of hurricane disturbance and feral goat herbivory on the structure of a Caribbean dry forest. Journal of Vegetation Science. 25:1069-1077. 2014
- Potential Impacts of the Invasive Grass Megathyrsus maximus (Poaceae) on Ground-dwelling Arthropods in a Caribbean Dry Forest. Caribbean Naturalist. 7. 2014
- Population dynamics of a threatened cactus species: general assessment and effects of matrix dimensionality. Population Ecology. 55:479-491. 2013
- Spatial patterns of distribution and abundance of Harrisia portoricensis, an endangered Caribbean cactus. Journal of Plant Ecology. 6:489-498. 2013
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- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
