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Julieta Benítez-Malvido
Summary
Received the Bachelors degree in Biology (cum laude) from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, in Mexico City in 1988; the Master in Science degree in Ecology from Durham University, at the United Kingdom; and the PhD. from Cambridge University, United Kingdom in 1994. She is a principal researcher in Institute for Ecosystem and Sustainability Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, 1996-present); professor in Landscape Ecology; and Research Associate, to the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA)-Smithsonian Institution (1991-present) and at the Long Term Ecosystem Research (LTER), international program at the Chamela site (Mexico). Current research sites include the Brazilian Amazon and several locations at tropical Mexico (Los Tuxtlas, Chajul, Cozumel and Chamela). Research interests: tropical ecology; tropical forest recovery after human disturbances (e.g., fragmentation, deforestation and impact of roads); biotic interactions of plants with herbivores and pathogens in disturbed tropical habitats, and tropical forest restoration.
Animal Behavior Biodiversity Conservation Biology Ecology Ecosystem Science Plant Science