Barbara Ayala-Orozco Home  Directory Barbara Ayala-Orozco
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Barbara Ayala-Orozco
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Instituto de Biologia - Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, UNAM, Mexico |
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Alumni |
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barbaraaya@gmail.com |
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(914) 613-3134 Message |
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My dissertation research focused on understanding the effects of habitat fragmentation and microclimate variation on the ecological mechanisms that maintain plant diversity in tropical forests. My overall goal was to understand how human impacts disrupt ecological processes and to use that scientific knowledge to inform conservation policy and the design of effective management actions. |
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Biodiversity conservation, tropical ecology, forest dynamics, global change and deforestation, resilience and vulnerability of socio-ecological systems, community-based conservation, Latin
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Ph.D. Environmental Studies, UCSC, 2008.
M.S. Environmental Studies (Tropical Ecology and Conservation), UCSC, 2004.
B.S. Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), 2001.
Tropical Biology, Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS), Costa Rica 2003 |
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