Elvia Melendez-Ackerman, Ph. D.

Education

• University of California, Irvine, Ecology, Ph.D., 1990-1995
• University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Biology, M. Sc. , 1987-1990
• University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Biology, B. Sc., 1984-1987

Areas of Interest

• Invasive Species Effects
• Biodiversity Conservation
• Plant-Aminal Internactions
• Tropical Plan Ecology and Evolution 
  

Recent Publications

• James D. Ackerman and *Elvia J. Meléndez-Ackerman*. 2008.  Las Orquídeas. In Historia Natural de Puerto Rico. R. L. Joglar [ed.] Serie de Historia Natural. /Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan/
• Meléndez-Ackerman, EJ., * J. Rojas, S. Planas. 2008. Remarkable abundance of microgametophytes in /Heliconia bihai /(Heliconiaceae) from St. Lucia. /Caribbean Journal of Science/ 44: 145-149.//
• Meléndez-Ackerman, E. J.,* C. Cortés, J. Sustache; S. Aragón, M. Morales Vargas, M. García Bermudez, DS. Fernandez. 2008. Diet of feral goats in Mona Island Reserve, Puerto Rico.  Caribbean Journal of Science. 44:199-205.*//*
• Petersen, R., Howard, K., *Meléndez-Ackerman, E,* Swisher, K., Troy, R M., Walker, C. H. 2007.  /ACAD Manual of Best practices for Recruiting and Retaining Underrepresented Groups in Ecology and the Environmental Sciences/. G. Wright and Lewis, A. [Eds]. Organization for Tropical Studies, Durham NC.
• Meléndez-Ackerman, E. J*., C. Calisto-Pérez, M. López-Vargas, J. Fumero-Cabán.  2003.  Patterns of damage and hurricane recovery of the understorey herb Heliconia caribaea.  Journal of Tropical Ecology 19:677-684

Contact Information

• Phone:
  (787)764-0000 Xt. 2842
  
• Email:
  ejmelendez@uprrp.edu
  
• Web Page:
  http://tpee.hpcf.upr.edu
  
• Postal Address:
  ITES PO BOX 21910,
  San Juan PR 00910
  

Curriculum Vitae