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Gerardo Avalos

Principal Investigator

Universidad de Costa Rica

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Tropical forest and savanna ecology, biodiversity and carbon

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Studies tropical forests and savannas using floristic inventories, trait-based ecology, and allometric models to quantify biodiversity and carbon. Applies insights to invasive species control, restoration, conservation planning, and natural resource management in Costa Rica.

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Universidad de Costa Rica

Ecological impact assessment of Nylanderia fulva invasion on insect diversity in agricultural and forest ecosystems

Research collaboration opportunity to assess how the invasive tawny crazy ant (Nylanderia fulva) affects insect taxonomic and functional diversity in orange farms and adjacent forest fragments. The study addresses an une...

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Gerardo Avalos

Principal Investigator

Universidad de Costa Rica

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Universidad de Costa Rica

Principal Investigator

1999 - Present

University of Missouri, Saint Louis

PhD, Tropical Ecology, ecophysiology and conservation

1993 - 1999

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