nurbina's profile

I made my undergrad studies in Ecology at the School of Environmental and Rural Studies. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Bogotá D.C., Colombia 1997–2002

I obtained my PhD degree at the Amphibian and Reptile National Collection - Zoology Department - Biology Institute. UNAM, Mexico. 2002-2007

I obtained a posdoctoral possition as a director of the project: "Ecological niche modeling and conservation area network prioritization for central and southeast Mexican herpetofauna". Museo de Zoologia, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. August 2007 - July 2008

Actually I'm a researcher at Conservation International, Colombia and I'm leading the following projects In Mexico and Colombia: - Conservation area network prioritization for amphibians and reptiles in the most diverse regions of Mexico.

- Status and population trends of amphibians in relation to forest edges and microenvironment in the Tropical Mountain Cloud Forest at Guerrero state, Mexico

-Amphibian and reptile invasive species distribution in climate change scenarios in LatinAmerica

- Edge effects on reptile' ensembles in Tropical Dry Forest fragments and microenvironmental correlates at Cordoba state, Colombia.

- Successional dynamics in anuran ensembles and microenvironment correlates inhabiting secondary regrowth forests in Colombian pacific and piedemonte llanero (Meta).

- Population dynamics of Anolis heterodermus lizards in Andean scrub forests at the Cordillera Oriental, Colombia.

- Tadpole ensemble diversity inhabiting small water bodies and microenvironment correlates in a riparian forest at the Colombian east plains.

My research interests are: - Species geographical niche distribution modeling and their use to: (a) evaluate climate change effects on the distribution of invasive herpetofaunal species, (b) assess Protected Area' efficiency to conserve endemics, and (c) design biological conservation area networks.

- Tropical herpetofauna responses to anthropogenic disturbances, habitat fragmentation and edge effects

- Abundance patterns and alfa, beta and gamma diversity of amphibians and reptiles

- Tropical herpetofauna responses to temporal, spatial and environmental gradients

More information and PDF of publications can be consulted on: http://nurbina77.googlepages.com/home