Education

Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas-IVIC, Center for Advanced Studies, Venezuela, Ph. D., 1983

University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Biology, M. Sc. (Magna Cum Laude), 1975

University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Biology, B. Sc. (Cum Laude), 1971

Research Area

Ecology Ecosystem

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Publications

Martinelli, L.A., Piccolo, M.C., Townsend, A.R., Vitousek, P.M., Cuevas, E., McDowell, W.M., Robertson, G.P., Santos, O.C., and Treseder, K. 1999. Nitrogen stable isotopic composition of leaves and soil: Tropical versus temperate forests. Biogeochemistry 46:45-65.

Cuevas, E. and Medina, E. V. 1998. The role of nutrient cycling in the conservation of soil fertility in tropical forest ecosystems, pages 263-278. In Gopal, B., Pathak, P.S., and Saxena, K.G., eds. Ecology Today: An Anthology of Contemporary Ecological Research. International Scientific publications. New Delhi, India.

Van Noordwijk, M., Martinkainen, P., Bottner, P., Cuevas, E., Rouland, C., and Shivcharn, S.D. 1998. Global change and root function. Global Change Biology 4:759-772.

Tanner, E.V.J., Vitousek, P.M., and Cuevas, E. 1998. Experimental investigation of nutrient limitation of forest growth on wet tropical mountains. Ecology 79:10-22.

Tiessen, H., E. Cuevas, and P. Chacón. 1994. The role of soil organic matter in sustaining soil fertility. Nature 371:783-785.