On Friday, December 12th, Robin Botero officially graduated with his PhD degree in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. My deepest thanks to Dr. Christina Romagosa (on left) for being there to "hood" Robin on this special day - I was in Peru for a workshop. Robin has been an amazing member of my lab, and the [...]
Thrilled to report on Robin's successful defense of his PhD dissertation on 11 September 2025. Robin's dissertation entitled "Population trends and dynamics, reproductive ecology, and management of Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in the middle Solimoes River, Mamiraua Reserve, Brazil" included 3 data chapters and an extensive introduction reviewing the life history, management and conservation of [...]
This semester, PhD candidate Rick Stanley is a UF Biodiversity Institute Fellow. Just released today are blog posts by 3 of the fellows, including Rick's post about PhD research on the endemic Palmchats found in the Dominican Republic. Visit UFBI's website and learn about Rick's research, including how birds and researchers adapt to unexpected [...]
Wow! Congratulations Dr. T. Patricia (Paty) Feria Arroyo, Professor at Univ. Texas Rio Grande Valley for receiving the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring from President Biden on 13 January 2025. Paty has had an amazing career at UTRGV where her lab has focused on understanding the present and future (under climate change) [...]
If it is December and winter break, I am heading to the field to resight manakins and continue our long-term studies of bird populations and communities at Tiputini Biodiversity Station (TBS) in the Amazon of Ecuador. On this trip, the canoe was packed!! TBS is owned and operated by Universidad San Francisco de Quito. Our [...]
A new publication led by MJ Karichu, PhD student in City University of New York and NY Botanical Garden modeled potential changing distributions of African tree ferns (Alsophila spp.) from the last glacial maximum to present day and into the next decades using MAXENT, a species distribution modeling tool. African tree ferns are currently under decline [...]
Wish we could be there, but happy to post photos of PhD candidate Orlando Acevedo-Charry (on right) from Miguel Acevedo lab and Akshay Vinod Anand (on left) from Rob Guralnick (Advisor) and Bette Loiselle (Co-Advisor) lab presenting on their dissertation work! Glad you are there and showing off your excellent work!
Kathi Borgmann reports on declining birds in tropical forests of the Americas in a recent article in Living Bird. She highlights our work in Ecuador, as well as long-term studies in Panama and Brazil. The story is also enriched by reports by Geovanny Rivadeneyra, a naturalist and guide from the Indigenous Kichwa community of Añangu who has [...]
Dr. Flavia Montaño-Centellas received a prestigious Award in Field Biology from the Maxwell | Hanrahan Foundation. 2024 Awards were announced on their website on September 20th. Flavia received her PhD in 2018 from Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor in Biology at Louisiana State University. We are [...]
Recently, John Blake and I were interviewed about our recent publication reporting on bird declines in an Amazonian forest. The post by Bernardo Araujo went live on Mongabay.com on 16 May 2024. You can read it here.
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