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Oscar Gonzalez
PeerJ Author & Reviewer
445 Points

Contributions by role

Author 270
Preprint Author 105
Reviewer 70

Contributions by subject area

Ethical Issues
Science and Medical Education
Science Policy
Animal Behavior
Biodiversity
Ecology
Conservation Biology
Plant Science

Oscar Gonzalez

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

Associate professor of Biology and Environmental Science coordinator at Anderson University, South Carolina.
Ph.D. (2015) University of Florida, USA. Interdisciplinary Ecology. Concentration in Tropical Conservation and Development. Dissertation: “Bird-flowering plant visitation networks in Andean montane forests”. M.Sc. (2004) Universidad San Pablo CEU, Spain. Tropical Biodiversity Management. Dissertation: “Olive trees as the habitat of riparian birds on the Peruvian coast.” M.Sc. (2004) Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru. Zoology. Dissertation: “Ecology of urban birds in the city of Lima”. B.Sc. (1994) Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru. Biology. Dissertation: “A comparative study of the bird community in two coastal wetlands in southwestern Peru”.
I do research in Ecology, censuses, reproduction, distribution, and inventories of bird species and bird communities in Peru. My interest is in applying basic research to conservation plans and working with college students and stakeholders in local communities.

Biodiversity Conservation Biology Ecology Science Policy Zoology

Past or current institution affiliations

Anderson University
University of Florida

Work details

Professor

Anderson University
July 2023 - June 2025
Biology
I am studying the role of birds in the pollination network in the high Andes; how nectarivorous birds (hummingbirds and flowerpiercers) are keystone species for the ecological integrity of the elfin forest in the western Amazon.

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 2
  • Preprints 1
  • Reviewed 2
December 13, 2016
Species interactions in an Andean bird–flowering plant network: phenology is more important than abundance or morphology
Oscar Gonzalez, Bette A. Loiselle
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2789 PubMed 27994982
August 21, 2014
Women are underrepresented on the editorial boards of journals in environmental biology and natural resource management
Alyssa H. Cho, Shelly A. Johnson, Carrie E. Schuman, Jennifer M. Adler, Oscar Gonzalez, Sarah J. Graves, Jana R. Huebner, D. Blaine Marchant, Sami W. Rifai, Irina Skinner, Emilio M. Bruna
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.542 PubMed 25177537
August 5, 2014 - Version: 3
Women are underrepresented on the editorial boards of journals in environmental biology and natural resource management
Alyssa Cho, Shelly A Johnson, Carrie Schuman, Jennifer Adler, Oscar Gonzalez, Sarah J Graves, Jana Huebner, D Blaine Marchant, Sami Rifai, Irina Skinner, Emilio M Bruna
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.369v3

Signed reviews submitted for articles published in PeerJ Note that some articles may not have the review itself made public unless authors have made them open as well.

July 10, 2024
Unraveling habitat-driven shifts in alpha, beta, and gamma diversity of hummingbirds and their floral resource
Hellen Martínez-Roldán, María José Pérez-Crespo, Carlos Lara
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17713 PubMed 39006017
January 9, 2020
Temporal dynamics of the hummingbird-plant interaction network of a dry forest in Chamela, Mexico: a 30-year follow-up after two hurricanes
Sergio Díaz Infante, Carlos Lara, Maria del Coro Arizmendi
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8338 PubMed 31942258