CURRICULUM VITAE EDUARDO MENDOZA RAMÍREZ

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE EDUARDO MENDOZA RAMÍREZ EDUCATION Postdoctoral Fellow Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas, UNAM, Michoacán, México (w/miguel Martinez Ramos). Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment, UCLA.2010 (w/thomas B. Smith) Department of Biology, Stanford University (w/ Rodolfo Dirzo). Ph. D. Instituto de Ecología, UNAM (advisor Rodolfo Dirzo) B. S. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM FIELDS OF INTEREST Impacts of mammal defaunation on plant-mammal interactions and the maintenance of rain forest floristic diversity; Patterns and ecological consequences of tropical forest deforestation and fragmentation; Role of seed predation and dispersal for plant dynamics and its interaction with seed size variation; Application of non-invasive methods for the study of mammal activity and abundance. Species distribution modeling. TEACHING EXPERIENCE School of Sciences, UNAM. Ecology. Instructor. B. S. class Institute of Ecology, UNAM. Bio-conservation TA. Graduate class. Field Tropical Ecology and Conservation, B. S. class School of Sciences, UNAM. Fundaments of GIS. Instructor. M. S. class FELLOWSHIP, HONORS AND AWARDS 2008 Fellowship from CONACyT to carry out postdoctoral research at the Center for Tropical Research, University of California Los Angeles and the Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 1

2 2007 Certification as National Researcher (category candidate). National System of Researchers (SNI), México Fulbright research scholar, Department of Biology, University of Miami, September 2004-June 2005 (w/carol H. Horvitz) Fellowship from the OTS to attend course: Tropical Plant Systematic 2001 Oral presentation (co-authored with Rodolfo Dirzo) presented at the ESA 86 th Meeting selected to be commented in Science Short term Fellowship from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute to carry out field work at the Barro Colorado Island. Advisor: S. Joseph Wright. August 2000-October Fellowship from the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) to pursue Ph. D. studies, Fellowship from the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) to pursue M. S. studies Fellowship from the Center for Anthropological Research at Indiana University to receive training on application of remote sensing techniques to monitor anthropogenic perturbation Fellowship from the Latin American Network of Botany to attend course: Conceptual Bases for Biological Conservation Fellowship from the OTS to attend course: Tropical Ecology and Conservation Fellowship from Conservation International to carry out field work at the Biosphere Reserve of Montes Azules in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research scholar. Center for Tropical Research, Institute of the Environment, University of California Los Angeles Research scholar. Department of Biology, Stanford University Research assistant: Land use change in Córdoba, Veracruz. PI: Valentino Sorani, UNAM, Institute of Geography, UNAM, Mexico Research assistant: Assessment of the conservation status of the 2

3 mangrove ecosystem in Mexico. PI: Rodolfo Dirzo, Institute of Ecology, UNAM, México. PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Mendoza, E., Fuller, T., Thomassen, H. A., Buermann, W. and Smith, T. B. Submitted. Effectiveness of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor to protect biodiversity: the case of tapirs in southern Mexico. Mendoza, E., Martineau, P., Brenner, E. and Dirzo, R. In review. A novel method to improve animal individual identification based on camera-trapping data. Journal of Wildlife Management. Mendoza, E. and Dirzo, R Seed tolerance to predation: evidence from the toxic seeds of the buckeye tree (Aesculus californica; Sapindaceae). American Journal of Botany 96: Mendoza, E. and Dirzo, R Does interspecific seed-size variation determine differential predation by mammals? An experimental test in a Neotropical rain forest. Oikos 116: Dirzo, R., Mendoza, E. and Ortíz, P Effects of differential mammalian defaunation on seed predation patterns in a Mexican tropical rain forest. Biotropica 39: Mendoza, E., J. Fay and Dirzo, R A quantitative analysis of forest fragmentation in Los Tuxtlas, southeast Mexico: patterns and implications for conservation. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 78: Mendoza, E. and Dirzo, R Deforestation in Lacandonia (southeast Mexico): evidence for the declaration of the northernmost tropical hot-spot. Biodiversity and Conservation 8: BOOK CHAPTERS Dirzo, R., Mendoza, E. and Cachú, Y Status of medium and large mammals at the Jasper Ridge Preserve. En: Chiariello, N. (ed.). Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve State of the Preserve Assessment. Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University: 3

4 Mendoza, E. and Dirzo, R Fragmentación del hábitat en la región de los Tuxtlas y sus implicaciones para la conservación de la biodiversidad. In: Segundo Estudio de País (Sarukhán, J. et al. eds). CONABIO, México. Dirzo, R and Mendoza, E Biodiversity. In: Encyclopedia of Ecology (S. E. Jorgensen and B. Fath eds.) Elsevier, UK, pp Dirzo, R. and Mendoza, E Extinción de los procesos ecológicos: interacciones planta-animal. In: Primack, R., Rozzi, R., Feisinger, P., Dirzo, R. and Massardo, F. (eds), Fundamentos de Conservación Biológica: una perspectiva Latinoamericana. Fondo de Cultura Económica, México, pp POPULAR SCIENCE Mendoza, E El tapir, representante ancestral de una tierra de gigantes. Revista Ciencia y Desarrollo. Febrero Mendoza, E Diversidad biológica. Tepalcates 2: 6-8. Dirzo, R. and Mendoza, E La selva de Los Tuxtlas, paraíso amenazado. Pronatura. April-May, pp REVIEWER PNAS (1), Biotropica (5), Biological Conservation (2), Ecology (1), Oikos (1), Journal of Ecology (1), Journal of Wildlife Management (1). CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2009 Mendoza, E. The importance of seed predation by rodents to understand the impacts of defaunation in Neotropical rain forests. Defaunation Symposium. Stanford University Mendoza, E. Impacto cualitativo de la perturbación de hábitat en la interacción entre mamíferos consumidores de semillas y plantas en la selva húmeda. Symposium. Congreso Mexicano de Ecología Mérida, México Dirzo, R., Mendoza, E., Betsabé, R. Aguirre, A. and López, J. C. Anthropogenic driven shifts in the nature and strength of antagonistic plantanimal interactions. Symposium. Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. Morelia, México. 4

5 2007 Mendoza, E. and Donatti, C. Impact of vertebrate defaunation on seed predation and dispersal of palms: implications for rain forest conservation. Symposium. Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. Morelia, México Mendoza, E. and Dirzo, R. Differential tropical mammalian defaunation and differential seed predation: implications for rainforests plant diversity. Oral presentation. Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. Uberlandia, Brazil Dirzo, R. and Mendoza, E. Effects of differential hunting on seed predation patterns and seedling recruitment in Mexican tropical forests. Symposium. Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. Uberlandia, Brazil Mendoza, E., Wright, S. J. and Dirzo, R. Floristic diversity along a gradient of defaunation in the insular system of Barro Colorado Monument. Symposium. Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. Panamá Mendoza, E. and Dirzo, R. Ecological consequences of the selective mammalian defaunation in tropical rain forests. Oral presentation. 87 Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Tucson, Arizona, USA Dirzo, R. and Mendoza, E. Studies on the alteration of Neotropical forests understories due to mammalian defaunation: experimental approaches and a model of the possible underlying mechanisms. Symposium. 86 Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Madison, Wisconsin, USA Mendoza, E. and Dirzo, R. Análisis de los patrones de deforestación en la selva Lacandona (Chiapas, México). Poster. 81 Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Providence, Rhode Island, USA Dirzo, R. and Mendoza, E. Evaluación de la diversidad florística y el estado de conservación de las selvas húmedas en México. Workshop. Biodiversidad y conservación de las selvas húmedas en Latinoamérica. Xalapa, Ver., México Mendoza, E., Dirzo, R. and Sorani, V Análisis de la tasa de deforestación de la selva Lacandona y su correlación con factores socio-económicos. Oral presentation. XIII Meeting of the Botanical Society of México. Morelos, México. 5

6 1995 Dirzo, R., Quijano, M., Mendoza, E., Sorani, V., Nuñez-Farfan, J. and Domínguez, C. A. Evaluación del cambio en la cobertura de manglar en México durante la última década. XIII Meeting of the Botanical Society of México. Morelos, México. THESIS ADVICING/STUDENT SUPERVISION Undergraduate advisor (Internships) Milena Rosenfield. Tolerance of the seeds of the tree Aesculus californica to rodent attack. Stanford University, Elliot Brenner. Camera-trapping based bobcat individual identification. Stanford University, 2008 Claudia Chen. Procesamiento de la información generada en un monitoreo a largo plazo de la fauna de mamíferos de la reserva de Jasper Ridge, Stanford. Stanford University, 2008 Undergraduate thesis Diana Lucero Ramírez Mejía,: Ecología del tapir (Tapirus bairdii) en la reserva de la biosfera de El Triunfo, Chiapas. Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Michoacán, México Yazmín Alejandra López Arroyo, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Ecología del tapir (Tapirus bairdii) en el área de protección de flora y fauna de Balan K aax, Quintana Roo, Chiapas. Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Michoacán, México RESEARCH GRANTS 2009 An integrative approach to assess the impacts of land-use and climate change on Mexican tropical biodiversity. US$ 25, Written with Dr. Thomas B. Smith, Dr. John Pollinger, Dr. Miguel Martinez Ramos and Dr. Alejandro Flamenco Sandoval A novel approach to monitoring the population status of the endangered Baird s tapir: the last Central American mega-herbivore. Latin American Institute, UCLA. US$ 2, Written with Dr. Thomas B. Smith, Center for Tropical Research, USA Consequences of tropical mammal defaunation on the structure and 6

7 diversity of the rain forest understory. National Commission for the Use and Knowledge of Biodiversity (CONABIO), México. US$ 22,000. Written with Dr. Rodolfo Dirzo, Stanford University, USA. INVITED TALKS 2008 Center for Tropical Research, UCLA; Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas, UNAM. Morelia, México School of Biology, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, UAEM. Cuernavaca, México School of Biology, Universidad Veracruzana; Veracruz, México. Annual Meeting of the Botanical Garden Association. Jardín Botánico, UNAM. México, D. F School of Higher Studies Zaragoza, UNAM. México, D. F School of Sciences, UNAM. México, D.F School of Sciences, UNAM. México, D.F PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Reviewer of scientific proposals certified by the National Council of Science and Technology (by invitation) MEMBERSHIPS Sociedad Científica Mexicana de Ecología Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation The Wildlife Society LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE Spanish, native speaker English, advanced speaking, reading, writing and oral comprehension 7