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Elvira Cuevas's Degrees
- Bachelors Biology University of Puerto Rico
- Masters Ecology University of Puerto Rico
- PhD Ecology University of Puerto Rico
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Elvira Cuevas Viera is a Puerto Rican ecologist. She is a professor in the department of biology at University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus where she serves as director of the Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation.
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Published Works
- The role of soil organic matter in sustaining soil fertility (1994) (793)
- EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF NUTRIENT LIMITATION OF FOREST GROWTH ON WET TROPICAL MOUNTAINS (1998) (553)
- Nitrogen stable isotopic composition of leaves and soil: Tropical versus temperate forests (1999) (384)
- Nitrogen stable isotopic composition of leaves and soil: Tropical versus temperate forests (1999) (345)
- The synchronisation of nutrient mineralisation and plant nutrient demand (1994) (267)
- Nutrient dynamics within amazonian forests (1988) (249)
- Vertical stratification of small mammals in the Atlantic rain forest of south-eastern Brazil (2003) (158)
- Sclerophylly and oligotrophic environments : relationships between leaf structure, mineral nutrient content, and drought resistance in tropical rain forests of the upper Rio Negro region (1990) (155)
- Nutrient dynamics within amazonian forest ecosystems (1986) (153)
- II. Fine root growth, nutrient availability and leaf litter decomposition (1988) (141)
- Towards an ecologically-sustainable forestry in the Atlantic Forest (2009) (133)
- Patterns of nutrient accumulation and release in Amazonian forests of the upper Rio Negro basin (1989) (130)
- Post-fire succession of small mammals in the Cerrado of central Brazil (2004) (127)
- Above- and belowground organic matter storage and production in a tropical pine plantation and a paired broadleaf secondary forest (1991) (121)
- Dynamics of organic matter and nutrient return from litterfall in stands of ten tropical tree plantation species (1998) (119)
- Profiles of CO2 concentration and δ13C values in tropical rain forests of the upper Rio Negro Basin, Venezuela (1986) (117)
- Patterns of habitat utilization of small rodents in an area of Araucaria forest in Southern Brazil (2005) (111)
- Niche overlap and resource partitioning between two sympatric fox species in southern Brazil (2007) (105)
- Population responses of small mammals to food supply and predators: a global meta-analysis. (2013) (102)
- More than the sum of its parts? Assessing litter heterogeneity effects on the decomposition of litter mixtures through leaf chemistry (2008) (100)
- Domestic dogs in protected areas: a threat to Brazilian mammals? (2016) (95)
- Fire Effects on a Palicourea rigida (Rubiaceae) Gall Midge: A Test of the Plant Vigor Hypothesis1 (1996) (88)
- Ecological observations in the dwarf cloud forest of the Luquillo Mountains in Puerto Rico (1986) (88)
- Seed predation of Araucaria angustifolia (Araucariaceae) in the Brazilian Araucaria Forest: influence of deposition site and comparative role of small and ‘large’ mammals (2008) (87)
- Root Growth and Rhizosphere Interactions in Tropical Forests (1996) (84)
- Optimizing land use decision-making to sustain Brazilian agricultural profits, biodiversity and ecosystem services (2016) (82)
- Fruit and seed exploitation by small rodents of the Brazilian Atlantic forest (2003) (81)
- Small mammal communities and fire in the Brazilian Cerrado (1999) (81)
- Soil Salinity, Sun Exposure, and Growth of Acrostichum aureum, the Mangrove Fern (1990) (78)
- Global change and root function (1998) (77)
- Phosphorus and nitrogen status in soils and vegetation along a toposequence of dystrophic rainforests on the upper Rio Negro (1994) (66)
- Highway mortality of mammals in central Brazil (1996) (64)
- Nutrients and mass in litter and top soil of ten tropical tree plantations (1990) (64)
- Multi-scale patterns of habitat use by re-introduced mammals: A case study using medium-sized marsupials (2008) (61)
- Interactions between aroids and arboreal mammals in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest (1999) (60)
- Indirect effects of habitat loss via habitat fragmentation: A cross-taxa analysis of forest-dependent species (2020) (59)
- Macrophyte rafts as dispersal vectors for fishes and amphibians in the Lower Solimões River, Central Amazon (2003) (59)
- Daily activity patterns of small mammals in a cerrado area from central Brazil (1995) (58)
- Mycorrhizal community resilience in response to experimental plant functional type removals in a woody ecosystem (2009) (58)
- Sources of reactive nitrogen affecting ecosystems in Latin America and the Caribbean: current trends and future perspectives (2006) (52)
- Urban influences on the nitrogen cycle in Puerto Rico (2006) (52)
- Microhabitat selection and daily movements of two rodents ( Necromys lasiurus and Oryzomys scotti ) in Brazilian Cerrado, as revealed by a spool-and-line device (2005) (51)
- Nutrient relations of dwarf Rhizophora mangle L. mangroves on peat in eastern Puerto Rico (2010) (48)
- Nutrient Limitation to Primary Productivity in a Secondary Savanna in Venezuela1 (2002) (46)
- Ecophysiology of a Mangrove Forest in Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico (2007) (46)
- Feeding of small rodents on seeds and fruits: a comparative analysis of three species of rodents of theAraucaria forest, southern Brazil (2006) (45)
- Terrestrial flatworm (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola) diversity versus man-induced disturbance in an ombrophilous forest in southern Brazil (2002) (44)
- Constraints to colonization and growth of the African grass, Melinis minutiflora, in a Venezuelan savanna (2003) (43)
- Gradient analysis using plant modular structure : pattern in plant architecture and insect herbivore utilization (1995) (42)
- Vertical stratification of °13C values in closed natural and plantation forests in the Luquillo mountains, Puerto Rico (1991) (42)
- NEOTROPICAL XENARTHRANS: a data set of occurrence of xenarthran species in the Neotropics. (2019) (41)
- Seasonal patterns and influence of temperature on the daily activity of the diurnal neotropical rodent Necromys lasiurus (2010) (38)
- Seasonal patterns and influence of temperature on the daily activity of the diurnal neotropical rodent Necromys lasiurus (2010) (38)
- ATLANTIC MAMMAL TRAITS: a data set of morphological traits of mammals in the Atlantic Forest of South America. (2018) (33)
- Activity, habitat use, density, and reproductive biology of the crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) and comparison with the pampas fox (Lycalopex gymnocercus) in a Restinga area in the southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest (2009) (32)
- Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests: Biology of the belowground system of tropical dry forests (1995) (32)
- Palm harvesting affects seed predation of Euterpe edulis, a threatened palm of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. (2004) (32)
- A technique for trapping small mammals in the forest canopy (1998) (29)
- The interplay between plant traits and herbivore attack: a study of a stem galling midge in the neotropics (1999) (29)
- Diet of the gracile mouse opossum Gracilinanus agilis (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) in a neotropical savanna: intraspecific variation and resource selection (2013) (29)
- Nests and nesting sites of Brazilian forest rodents (Nectomys squamipes andOryzomys intermedius) as revealed by a spool-and-line device (2001) (29)
- Social monogamy and biparental care of the neotropical southern bamboo rat (Kannabateomys amblyonyx) (2008) (26)
- Reproductive seasonality and development of Anoura geoffroyi (Chiroptera : Phyllostomidae) in central Brazil (2009) (26)
- DAILY ACTIVITY OF A NEOTROPICAL RODENT (OXYMYCTERUS NASUTUS): SEASONAL CHANGES AND INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS (2006) (25)
- Nutrient and salt relations of Pterocarpus officinalis L. in coastal wetlands of the Caribbean: assessment through leaf and soil analyses (2007) (24)
- Sediment Denitrification and Nutrient Fluxes in the San José Lagoon, a Tropical Lagoon in the Highly Urbanized San Juan Bay Estuary, Puerto Rico (2015) (23)
- Effects of sea-level rise and climatic changes on mangroves from southwestern littoral of Puerto Rico during the middle and late Holocene (2016) (23)
- Granivorous Birds as Potentially Important Post‐dispersal Seed Predators in a Brazilian Forest Fragment 1 (2004) (23)
- Forest vertical complexity affects alpha and beta diversity of small mammals (2018) (23)
- Effects of an extensive fire on arboreal small mammal populations in a neotropical savanna woodland (2015) (22)
- Temporal Variation in Stable Isotopic Composition of Rainfall and Groundwater in a Tropical Dry Forest in the Northeastern Caribbean (2013) (22)
- Community structure of land flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Terricola): comparisons between Araucaria and Atlantic forest in Southern Brazil (2006) (22)
- Seed predation of Araucaria angustifolia (Araucariaceae) by small rodents in two areas with contrasting seed densities in the Brazilian Araucaria forest (2011) (20)
- Short-term effects of fire on small rodents in the Brazilian Cerrado and their relation with feeding habits (2013) (20)
- Azteca Ants as Antiherbivore Agents of Tococa formicaria (Melastomataceae) in Brazilian Cerrado (2002) (20)
- A new species of Juliomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from the Atlantic Forest of Southern Brazil (2016) (19)
- Fire affects the occurrence of small mammals at distinct spatial scales in a neotropical savanna (2018) (19)
- NEOTROPICAL ALIEN MAMMALS: a data set of occurrence and abundance of alien mammals in the Neotropics. (2020) (19)
- A simple graphical model of small mammal succession after fire in the Brazilian cerrado / Un modèle graphique simple de repeuplement par les petits mammifères du cerrado brésilen après brûlis (2006) (19)
- The home range and multi-scale habitat selection of the threatened maned three-toed sloth (Bradypus torquatus). (2015) (19)
- Temporal niche overlap among insectivorous small mammals. (2011) (18)
- Contrasting the realized and fundamental niche of the arboreal walking performance of neotropical rodents (2016) (18)
- Intra‐ and inter‐individual variation show distinct trends as drivers of seasonal changes in the resource use of a neotropical marsupial (2014) (17)
- Habitat type and seasonality influence the isotopic trophic niche of small mammals in a neotropical savanna (2019) (17)
- Mineral content of leaves from trees growing on serpentine soils under contrasting rainfall regimes in Puerto Rico (2004) (17)
- Mineral Nutrition: Humid Tropical Forests (1994) (17)
- Quantifying Variation of Soil Arthropods Using Different Sampling Protocols: Is Diversity Affected? (2012) (17)
- Phylogeny and biogeography of Phyllomys (Rodentia: Echimyidae) reveal a new species from the Cerrado and suggest Miocene connections of the Amazon and Atlantic Forest (2018) (16)
- Diversity patterns and chronobiology of hawkmoths (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest (2016) (15)
- Potential omnivory in the sea urchin Diadema antillarum (2015) (15)
- Interactions between a seed‐eating neotropical rodent, the Azara's agouti (Dasyprocta azarae), and the Brazilian ‘pine’ Araucaria angustifolia (2014) (15)
- Implications of Habitat Loss on Seed Predation and Early Recruitment of a Keystone Palm in Anthropogenic Landscapes in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest (2015) (15)
- Photosynthetic capacity and intrinsic water-use efficiency of Rhizophora mangle at its southernmost western Atlantic range (2015) (14)
- Effects of land-use/land-cover changes on land crab, Cardisoma guanhumi, abundance in Puerto Rico (2008) (13)
- Natural history of Thylamys velutinas (Marsupiali, Didelphidae) in Central Brazil (1996) (13)
- CERRADO SMALL MAMMALS: abundance and distribution of marsupials, lagomorphs, and rodents in a Neotropical savanna. (2018) (12)
- Caribbean Near-Shore Coral Reef Benthic Community Response to Changes on Sedimentation Dynamics and Environmental Conditions (2019) (12)
- Is footprint shape a good predictor of arboreality in sigmondontine rodents from a neotropical savanna? (2012) (11)
- Stable isotope analyses of web-spinning spider assemblages along a headwater stream in Puerto Rico (2015) (11)
- Geographic Variation in Daily Temporal Activity Patterns of a Neotropical Marsupial (Gracilinanus agilis) (2017) (11)
- Evaluation of methods used for diet analysis of the neotropical otter Lontra longicaudis (Carnivora, Mustelidae) based on spraints (2009) (11)
- Habitat use and density of numbats (Myrmecobius fasciatus) reintroduced in an area of mallee vegetation, New South Wales (2007) (11)
- Granivorous Birds as Potentially Important Post-dispersal Seed Predators in a Brazilian Forest Fragment (2004) (10)
- Microhabitat selection for caching and use of potential landmarks for seed recovery by a neotropical rodent (2016) (10)
- Substrate Chemistry and Rainfall Regime Regulate Elemental Composition of Tree Leaves in Karst Forests (2017) (10)
- Occurrence and prevalence of bot flies, Metacuterebra apicalis (Diptera: Cuterebridae), in rodents of cerrado from central Brazil. (1993) (10)
- Structural variability and species diversity of a dwarf Caribbean dry forest (2010) (9)
- Age structure of the Vulnerable white-lipped peccary Tayassu pecari in areas under different levels of hunting pressure in the Amazon Forest (2014) (9)
- Urbanization increases the proportion of aquatic insects in the diets of riparian spiders (2019) (8)
- Short- and long-term impacts of an introduced large herbivore (Buffalo, Bubalus bubalis L.) on a neotropical seasonal forest (2012) (8)
- Heterogeneity of elemental composition and natural abundance of stables isotopes of C and N in soils and leaves of mangroves at their southernmost West Atlantic range. (2016) (8)
- Availability of food resources and habitat structure shape the individual‐resource network of a Neotropical marsupial (2019) (8)
- Small mammals respond to extreme habitat fragmentation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest according to the landscape continuum model (2020) (8)
- Adult feeding moths (Sphingidae) differ from non-adult feeding ones (Saturniidae) in activity-timing overlap and temporal niche width (2016) (7)
- Marsupials: Ecology and life histories (2006) (7)
- Understanding trophic relationships among Caribbean sea urchins. (2016) (6)
- Diet of the non-native spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) in Puerto Rico (2016) (6)
- Seasonal isotopic niche of a rodent: High between‐individual variation but no changes in individual niche width during the rich‐resource period (2021) (4)
- Origin of Organic Matter Leading to Peat Formation in the Southeastern Guayana Uplands and Highlands (2011) (4)
- The importance of food supply in high-productivity ecosystems: Short-term experimental tests with small rodents (2017) (4)
- Biogeochemical Relationships of a Subtropical Dry Forest on Karst (2017) (3)
- Comparative Analysis of the Nutritional Status of Mahogany Plantations in Puerto Rico (2003) (3)
- Diet and trophic niche breadth of the rare acrobatic cavy Kerodon acrobata (Rodentia: Caviidae) in a seasonal environment (2016) (3)
- Predation upon small mammals by Caluromys lanatus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) and Callithrix penicillata (Primates: Callitrichidae) in the Brazilian savanna (2016) (3)
- First Insights into the Resilience of the Soil Microbiome of a Tropical Dry Forest in Puerto Rico (2020) (3)
- Small-mammal consumption by sympatric canids in southern Brazil: niche overlap and prey selection (2010) (3)
- Medium- and large-sized mammal composition in the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park and adjacent areas, state of Goiás, Brazil (2019) (2)
- Tree Species and Precipitation Effect on the Soil Microbial Community Structure and Enzyme Activities in a Tropical Dry Forest Reserve (2018) (2)
- The impact of botfly parasitism on the health of the gracile mouse opossum (Gracilinanus agilis) (2019) (2)
- Physicochemical Foliar Traits Predict Assemblages of Litter/ Humus Detritivore Arthropods (2018) (2)
- NPP Tropical Forest: San Carlos de Rio Negro, Venezuela, 1975-1984, R1 (2013) (2)
- Ecological and Physiological Aspects of Caribbean Shrublands (2019) (2)
- Land Use and Land Management during the Past Century Determine Mangrove Dynamics in Northwestern Puerto Rico: the Case of the Maracayo Mangrove (2017) (2)
- A before−after assessment of the response of mammals to tourism in a Brazilian national park (2022) (1)
- Fire Occurrence Mediates Small-Mammal Seed Removal of Native Tree Species in a Neotropical Savanna (2021) (1)
- Round-pot feeder: low-cost apparatus for field studies on food supplementation for arboreal small mammals (2017) (1)
- Influence of Habitat Structure and Prey Abundance on Occupancy and Abundance of Two Anole Ecomorphs, Anolis cristatellus and Anolis krugi, in Secondary Karst Forests in Northern Puerto Rico (2020) (1)
- AMAZONIA CAMTRAP: A dataset of mammal, bird, and reptile species recorded with camera traps in the Amazon forest. (2022) (1)
- On the practice of toe clipping for small mammal studies in Brazil (2013) (1)
- Auxin structure—activity relationship. Preliminary results of studies of chemical control of an ecosystem in its steady state (2009) (0)
- Dynamics of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a Eucalypus urophylla S.T.Blake plantation in the Philippines: effect of phospohorus fertilization (2000) (0)
- Fire affects the occurrence of small mammals at distinct spatial scales in a neotropical savanna (2018) (0)
- Conservative nutrient use by big-leaf mahogany... CONSERVATIVE NUTRIENT USE BY BIG-LEAF MAHOGANY (Swietenia macrophylla King) PLANTED UNDER CONTRASTING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS1 (2014) (0)
- INTRASPECIFIC KILLING EVENTS IN SIGMODONTINE RODENTS (Oecomys cf. cleberi AND Oligoryzomys nigripes) (2018) (0)
- Conservative nutrient use by big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla king) planted under contrasting environmental conditions (2014) (0)
- Daily activity patterns of the Atlantic bamboo rat (Kannabateomys amblyonyx) in southern Brazil (2012) (0)
- Native marsupial acts as an in situ biological control agent of the main soybean pest (Euschistus heros) in the Neotropics (2022) (0)
- Preliminary Study of the Soil Microbiology Associated to Isolated Dwarf Tree Species in the Coastal Plateu of Guánica Dry Forest (2009) (0)
- Editorial: Drivers of small-mammal community structure in tropical savannas (2023) (0)
- Short- and long-term impacts of an introduced large herbivore (Buffalo, Bubalus bubalis L.) on a neotropical seasonal forest (2011) (0)
- You Can Bend Me but Can’t Break Me: Vegetation Regeneration After Hurricane María Passed Over an Urban Coastal Wetland in Northeastern Puerto Rico (2021) (0)
- Above- and Below-Ground Carbon Storage of Hydrologically Altered Mangrove Wetlands in Puerto Rico after a Hurricane (2021) (0)
- Species-Specific Responses of Medium and Large Mammals to Fire Regime Attributes in a Fire-Prone Neotropical Savanna (2023) (0)
- Diet and trophic niche breadth of the rare acrobatic cavy Kerodon acrobata (Rodentia: Caviidae) in a seasonal environment (2016) (0)
- Drivers of change in tropical protected areas: Long-term monitoring of a Brazilian biodiversity hotspot (2022) (0)
- Adult feeding moths (Sphingidae) differ from non-adult feeding ones (Saturniidae) in activity-timing overlap and temporal niche width (2015) (0)
- Lessons for fire management: evidences from 20 years of knowledge about the effect of burning on wild mammals of the Brazilian Cerrado. (2019) (0)
- Diversity patterns and chronobiology of hawkmoths (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest (2016) (0)
- Is footprint shape a good predictor of arboreality in sigmondontine rodents from a neotropical savanna? (2012) (0)
- Small mammals respond to extreme habitat fragmentation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest according to the landscape continuum model (2020) (0)
- Moving far from water: unusual dispersal movement of the water opossum (Chironectes minimus: Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) in central Brazil (2022) (0)
- Diet of the gracile mouse opossum Gracilinanus agilis (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) in a neotropical savanna: intraspecific variation and resource selection (2013) (0)
- Tropical savanna small mammals respond to loss of cover following disturbance: A global review of field studies (2023) (0)
- Vertical Arthropod Dynamics across Organic Matter Fractions in Relation to Microclimate and Plant Phenology (2020) (0)
- Attracted to death (2022) (0)
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