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1 Curriculum Vitae NEFTALÍ RÍOS LÓPEZ Catedrático Asociado Universidad de Puerto Rico en Humacao Call Box 860, Humacao, Puerto Rico, Correo Electrónico: PERSONAL INFORMATION Date of Birth: June 24, 1969 Residential Postal Address: Bairoa Golden Gate 1, E-7 Calle C, Caguas, Puerto Rico EDUCATION 2007 Ph.D., Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus. Thesis: The Structuring of Herpetofaunal Assemblages in Human-Altered Coastal Ecosystems. Research Mentor Dr. J. P. Richard Thomas M.S. in Science, Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus. Thesis: Variation in Reproductive Biology, Physiology, and Morphology of Eleutherodactylus coqui (Anura: Leptodactylidae) Along an Altitudinal Gradient. Research Mentor Dr. Rafael L. Joglar B.S. Biology, Natural Sciences College, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus. GRADUATE AND SUBJECT-SPECIFIC COURSES Topics in Tropical Ecology; Population Ecology; Community Ecology; Bioconservation and Advanced Ecology; Landscape Ecology: Diversity, Patterns, and Processes; Ecosystem Ecology: Decomposition Processes; Ecotoxicology; Topics in Ecophysiology; Biology of Fresh Water and Land Invertebrates from Puerto Rico; Herpetology; Animal Behavior; Taxonomy of Flowering Plants; Scientific Writing; Biometry; Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Communities. WORKSHOPS/PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Certified, Amphibian Ark s Captive Care and Management of Amphibians Husbandry Workshop. Sponsored by Amphibian Ark, Toledo Zoo, and Parque Zoológico Nacional Dominican Republic Aerial surveys of marine mammals and sea turtles. Certified by the Florida Marine Research Institute, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission COMPUTER SKILLS Mac and PC systems: word processors, spreadsheet, and data management; statistical packages (Statistix 7.0, PC ORD 4); graphics, image editing, and presentations (SigmaPlot 4.0, Power Point, Keynote); acoustic analyses (Adobe Audition, Audacity); web pages. LANGUAGES Spanish (first language); English RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS
2 N. Ríos-López, CV, updated June-2016, p Present UPR-Humacao/USDA Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry Joint Venture Agreement: Herpetofaunal Dynamics in Response to a Prescribed Burn Experiment in a Subtropical Moist Forest Site, Southern Puerto Rico Fondos para la Investigación (FoPI), research grant from UPRH Amphibian Ark Seed Grant NASA Space Grant Fellowship, Puerto Rico Space Grant Consortium, Resource Center for Science and Engineering, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus Research Grant, Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation (Crest-Catec), University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus National Science Foundation Educational Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR) Graduate Fellowship, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus Fondos Especiales para la Investigación (FEPI) scholarship, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus Summer Research Program Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP) TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2013 Present Associate Professor, Department of Biology, UPRH Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, UPRH. Courses taught include: General Ecology, Ecology of Tropical Terrestrial Communities, Evolution-Fundamental Concepts (co-teaching course). Laboratories taught include: General Biology, General Ecology, Botany, Biology of Terrestrial Vertebrates from Puerto Rico, Ecology of Tropical Terrestrial Communities, Wildlife Management Teaching Assistant for General Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus Professor of General Biology; Teaching Assistant for Zoology laboratory; Technician for Botany and Zoology laboratories. Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus Teaching Assistant for General Biology Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 1992 Present Captive care and maintenance of the threatened Puerto Rican frog, Eleutherodactylus portoricensis (2013 present) Ecology of herpetofaunal (amphibians and reptiles) assemblages in upland forests (2013 present); Ecology of herpetofaunal (amphibians and reptiles) assemblages in limestone and coastal wetland ecosystems ( ); Conservation of threatened/endangered herpetofaunal species and critical habitats (2005 present); Acoustic ecology of Eleutherodactylus frogs (2005 present); Restoration ecology of limestone herpetofaunal habitat ( ); Population ecology of Pterocarpus officinalis wetland forests ( ). Captive care, breeding, and maintenance of native/endemic and exotic frogs: native/endemic species includes E. brittoni, E. cochranae,
3 N. Ríos-López, CV, updated June-2016, p. 3 E. coqui, E. juanariveroi; Captive care of naturalized species included Osteopilus septentrionalis and Scinax rubra. ( ). Population ecology, reproductive biology, natural history, captive breeding, and conservation of Puerto Rican frogs with emphasis on Eleutherodactylus species from tropical montane could forests. ( ). Reproductive ecology and population dynamics of the Puerto Rican cave dwelling frog Eleutherodactylus cooki. ( ) EXTRACURRICULAR AND INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES 2016 Present Representative, Junta Universitaria UPR 2015 Present Chairperson, National Institutes of Health-Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), UPRH. Chairperson Ad Hoc Academic Senate Green Campus Committee Chairperson Ad Hoc Academic Senate Research Policy Reviewing Committee 2014 Present Academic Senate Representative, Biology Department, UPRH Present Co-Coordinator, Wildlife Management Program, UPRH Present Reviewer: LIFE: The Excitement of Biology 2012 Present Counselor, Association of Wildlife Management Students, UPRH Reviewer: Applied Herpetology, Biotropica Assessor, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (native and endemic amphibians from Puerto Rico) Chairperson, National Institutes of Health-Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), UPRH Coordinator, Wildlife Management Program, UPRH Departmental Representative for Institutional Assessment Program Committee, UPRH. GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE MENTORING 2011 Present 2009 Present Graduate Committee Member for Daniel Dávila-Casanova, Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras Campus. Research mentor of eight (8) undergraduate students (on average/semester) enrolled in Problemas en Biología at UPR- Humacao. Undergraduate research students has been sponsored by NIH-RISE program/uprh, PR-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation/UPR-Río Piedras, BioMinds-AMGEN/UPR-Mayagüéz; Ronald McNair program/uprh. PUBLICATIONS 2016 Ríos-López, N., E. Agosto-Torres, R. M. Hernández-Muñíz, and G. Ma Cao Natural history notes on the reproductive biology of the Melodious Coqui, Eleutherodactylus wightmanae (Schmidt, 1920), the Whistling Coqui, E. cochranae (Grant, 1932), and the
4 N. Ríos-López, CV, updated June-2016, p. 4 Mountain Coqui, E. portoricensis (Schmidt, 1927), (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae), from Puerto Rico. Life: The Excitement of Biology. LEB 4(1): Ríos-López, N., Y. M. Flores-Rodríguez, E. Agosto-Torres, C. Vicéns-López, and R. M. Hernández-Muñíz Life history observations on the Melodious Coqui, Eleutherodactylus wightmanae (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from Puerto Rico: double clutches and adult predation by the Yellow-Shinned Anole, Anolis gundlachi (Squamata: Dactyloidae). LIFE: The Excitement of Biology 3(2): Ríos-López, N., R. L. Joglar, C. A. Rodríguez-Gómez, C. J. Díaz-Vázquez, and I. Rivera Natural history notes on saurophagy: an update from the Puerto Rican vertebrate fauna. Life: The Excitement of Biology 3(2): Ríos-López, N., E. Agosto-Torres, R. M. Hernández-Muñíz, C. Vicéns-López, A. Bernardi- Salinas, W. N. Tirado-Casillas, and Y. M. Flores-Rodríguez Conservation efforts for the Puerto Rican Mountain Coqui (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae: Eleutherodactylus portoricensis Schmidt, 1927): reproductive biology in captivity. Life: The Excitement of Biology 3(2): Herrera-Montes, A., B. Ríos-Droz, A. R. Puente-Rolón, D. Dávila-Casanova, and N. Ríos- López Xenochrophis vittatus: Geographic Distribution. Herpetological Review 46(1): Ríos-López, N. and D. Dávila-Casanova Eleutherodactylus wightmanae: Reproduction, Parental Care, and Calling Sites. Herpetological Review 45 (4): Ríos-López, N., Reyes-Díaz, M., Ortíz-Rivas, L., Negrón-Del Valle, J. E., and de Jesús- Villanueva, C. N Natural History and Ecology of the Critically Endangered Puerto Rican Plains Coquí, Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi, (Amphibia: Anura: Eleutherodactylidae). LIFE: The Excitement of Biology 2(2): Ríos-López, N. and L. J. Villanueva-Rivera Acoustic characteristics of a native anuran (Amphibia) assemblage in a palustrine herbaceous wetland from Puerto Rico. LIFE: The Excitement of Biology 1(2): Ríos-López, N Effects of increased salinity on tadpoles of two anurans from a Caribbean Coastal Wetland in relation to their natural abundance. Amphibia-Reptilia (29): Ríos-López, N. and A. R. Puente-Rolón Anolis cuvieri (Puerto Rico Giant Anole). Reproductive ecology. Herpetological Review 38 (1): Rivera-Ocasio, E., T. M. Aide, and N. Ríos-López The effects of salinity on the dynamics of a Pterocarpus officinalis forest stand in Puerto Rico. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 23: Ríos-López, N. and R. Thomas A new palustrine Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Puerto Rico. Zootaxa 1512: Ríos-López, N. and T. M. Aide Herpetofaunal dynamics during secondary succession. Herpetologica, 63: Joglar, R.L., Álvarez, A.O., Aide, T.M., Barber, D., Burrowes, P.A., García, M.A., León- Cardona, A., Longo, A.V., Pérez-Buitrago, N., Puente, A., Ríos-López, N., Tolson, P.J Conserving the Puerto Rican herpetofauna. Applied Herpetology 4(4): Acevedo-Torres, M. A., N. Rios-López, and M. del Carmen Ruíz-Jaen Epicrates inornatus (Puerto Rican Boa). Cannibalism. Herpetological Review 36(4):195. Ríos-López, N Anolis stratulus (Saddle Anole). Extrafloral nectivory. Herpetological
5 N. Ríos-López, CV, updated June-2016, p. 5 Review. 35 (4):386. Ríos-López, N Scinax rubra. Geographic distribution. Herpetological Review 30(4): 232. Ríos-López, N. and R. L. Joglar Rana grylio. Geographic distribution. Herpetological Review 30(4): Joglar, R. L. and N. Ríos-López Eleutherodactylus coqui (Puerto Rican Coquí). Geographic distribution. Herpetological Review 29 (2): 107. Joglar, R. L., N. Ríos-López, and M. Cardona Osteopilus septentrionalis (Cuban Treefrog). Geographic distribution. Herpetological Review 29(2): 107. Joglar, R. L., P. A. Burrowes, and N. Ríos-López Biology of the Puerto Rican cave dwelling frog, Eleutherodactylus cooki, and some recommendations for its conservation, p In R. Powell and R.W. Henderson (eds.), Contributions to West Indian Herpetology: A Tribute to Albert Schwartz. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca (New York). Contributions to Herpetology, volume 12. Joglar, R. L., and N. Ríos-López Osteopilus septentrionalis (Cuban Treefrog). Geographic distribution. Herpetological Review 26 (2): OTHER CONTRIBUTION 2013 Ríos-López, N Amphibians and Reptiles. In Jacobs, K.R., L. Carruba, and E.L. Díaz, eds. Working Group 2: Ecology and Biodiversity, Puerto Rico Climate Change Council. Pp Hedges, S. B., and N. Ríos-López Eleutherodactylus eneidae. In: IUCN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version < Ríos-Lopez, N. 2010a. Leptodactylus albilabris. In: IUCN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version < 2010b. Eleutherodactylus cochranae. In: IUCN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version < Hedges, S. B., Joglar, R., Thomas, R., Powell, R. and Ríos-López, N Eleutherodactylus coqui. In: IUCN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version < Hedges, S. B., and N. Ríos-López. 2008a. Eleutherodactylus gryllus. In: IUCN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version < 2008b. Eleutherodactylus locustus. In: IUCN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version < Ríos-López, N. 2008a. Eleutherodactylus brittoni. In: IUCN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version < 2008b. Eleutherodactylus cooki. In: IUCN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version < 2008c. Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi. In: IUCN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version < 2008d. Eleutherodactylus unicolor. In: IUCN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version <
6 N. Ríos-López, CV, updated June-2016, p. 6 PRESENTATIONS (PRESENTER IN BOLD) 2016 Ríos-López, N. The Puerto Rican Herpetofauna: The Rule or the Exception? Implications for Conservation Efforts and Future Directions. Talk given at the workshop Conservation and Management of Herpetofauna in a Changing Climate, 2016 NatureServe Biodiversity Without Boundaries Conference, held at the Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel & Casino, San Juan, Puerto Rico. April 19, Hernández-Muñíz, R. M., Vicens-López, C., E. Agosto-Torres, A. Bernardi-Salinas, and N. Ríos-López. Drought-driven population dynamics of the Melodious Coqui, Eleutherodactylus wightmanae, from a mountain forest at the Sierra de Cayey. Talk given at the 51 st ACS Junior Technical Meeting and 36 th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting. Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico. March 5, Vicens-López, C., E. Agosto Torres, A. Bernardi Salinas, R. M. Hernández Muñiz, and N. Ríos-López. Drought-driven population dynamics of the Puerto Rican Mountain Coqui, Eleutherodactylus portoricensis, from a mountain forest at the Sierra de Cayey. Talk given at the 51 st ACS Junior Technical Meeting and 36 th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting. Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico. March 5, Ríos-López, N., Agosto-Torres, E., Bernardi-Salinas, A., Hernández-Muñíz, R. M., Tirado Casillas, W. N., and C, Vicens-López. Herpetofaunal dynamics in relation to biotic and abiotic factors in a Puerto Rican tropical mountain forest. Talk given at the 5th Puerto Rican Herpetology Symposium. University of Puerto Rico Arecibo Campus. October 16, Hernández-Muñiz, R. M., C. Vicens-López, E. Agosto-Torres, A. Bernardi-Salinas y N. Ríos- López. Population ecology of the Puerto Rican Melodious Coqui, Eleutherodactylus wightmanae, from a mountain forest at the Sierra de Cayey. Talk given at the 50 th ACS Junior Technical Meeting and 35 th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting. University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras Campus. March 14, Agosto-Torres, E., Y. M. Flores-Rodríguez, R. M. Hernández-Muñiz, C. Vicens-López, A. Bernardi-Salinas, and N. Ríos-López. Captive breeding and maintenance of the Puerto Rican Mountain Coqui, Eleutherodactylus portoricensis: an update on a Puerto Rican ex situ conservation project. Talk given at the 50 th ACS Junior Technical Meeting and 35 th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting. University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras Campus. March 14, Vicens-López, C., E. Agosto Torres, A. Bernardi Salinas, R. M. Hernández Muñiz, and N. Ríos López. Population ecology of the Puerto Rican Mountain Coqui, Eleutherodactylus portoricensis from a mountain forest at the Sierra de Cayey. Talk given at the 50 th ACS Junior Technical Meeting and 35 th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting. University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras Campus. March 14, Rivera-Santiago, D. K., L. Rosado-Estrada, D. Reyes-De Jesús, J. Álvarez-Del Valle, N. Ríos-López, and I. I. Rodríguez-Vélez. The plains coqui (Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi) defense system: a bacterial-amphibian association with ecological and biomedical applications. Talk given at the 50 th ACS Junior Technical Meeting and 35 th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting. University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras Campus. March 14, Ríos-López, N. The significance of the courtship call of Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi (Puerto
7 N. Ríos-López, CV, updated June-2016, p. 7 Rican Plains Coquí) for its population dynamics. Oral presentation at XXVII Simposio DRNA, Puerto Rico Convention Center, November 22, Ríos-López, N. Ecological associations between microbes and anurans in a wetland ecosystem: the case of the Puerto Rican Plain Coquí (Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi). Oral presentation at XXVII Simposio DRNA, Puerto Rico Convention Center, November 21, Ríos-López, N., Y. M. Flores-Rodríguez, C. Vicéns-López, and E. Agosto-Torres. The significance of the courtship call of Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi (Puerto Rican Plains Coquí) for its population dynamics. Poster presented at 4to Simposio de Herpetología Puertorriqueña, Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Arecibo, October 18, Ríos-López, N., D. Reyes-De Jesús, J. Álvarez-Del Valle, Ileana Rodríguez-Torres, and E. L. Lozada-Delgado. Ecological associations between microbes and anurans in a wetland ecosystem: the case of the Puerto Rican Plain Coquí (Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi). Poster presented at 4to Simposio de Herpetología Puertorriqueña, Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Arecibo, October 18, 2013; and Poster presented at XXVII Simposio DRNA, Puerto Rico Convention Center, November 21-22, Herrera-Montes, A., B. Ríos-Droz, A. R. Puente-Rolón, D. Dávila-Cassanova, and N. Ríos- López. First record of Xenochrophis vittatus (Colubridae) in Puerto Rico and the Western Hemisphere. Poster presented at 4to Simposio de Herpetología Puertorriqueña, Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Arecibo, October 18, Lozada-Delgado, E. L., Soto-Burgos, J., and Ríos-López, N. Characterization of Microbial Diversity in Reproductive Sites Used by the Endangered Puerto Rican Frog Eleutherodacthylus juanariveroi: Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Amphibian Population Responses to Pathogens. Poster presented at the 25 th National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Ithaca College, New York. March 31 April 2, Reyes-Díaz, M., Negrón Del Valle, J. E., De Jesús-Villanueva, C., Ortíz-Rivas, L., Ríos- López, N. Diet Composition of Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi in an Herbaceous Palustrine Wetland from Puerto Rico. Talk given at the 46 th ACS Junior Technical Meeting and 31 th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting. Inter American University-Bayamón Campus. March 12, Ríos-López, N., Soto-Burgos, J., Lozada-Delgado, E. L., Negrón-Del Valle, J. E., De Jesús- Villanueva, C. N., Díaz-Negrón, E. M., Reyes-Díaz, M., and Ortiz-Rivas, L. Reproductive Ecology of the Puerto Rican Lowland Coquí ( Coquí Llanero ) Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi. Poster presented at the Second NIH-RISE & MARC Biomedicine Symposium: Trends in drug discovery and development. Sponsored by the University of Puerto Rico-Humacao Campus, held in the Four Points Sheraton Hotel at Palmas del Mar, Humacao, PR. April 30 th, De Jesús-Villanueva, C. N., Díaz-Negrón, E. M., Reyes-Díaz, M., Ortíz-Rivas, L., and Ríos- López, N. Characteristics of breeding sites used by Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi. Talk given at the 45 th ACS Junior Technical Meeting and 30 th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting. University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüéz Campus. March 13, Lozada-Delgado, E. L., Soto-Burgos, J., and Ríos-López, N. Egg survival without parents in the terrestrial, direct-development frog, Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi. Talk given at the 45 th ACS Junior Technical Meeting and 30 th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting. University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüéz Campus. March 13, 2010.
8 N. Ríos-López, CV, updated June-2016, p. 8 Negrón Del Valle, J. E., Reyes-Díaz, M., Ortíz-Rivas, L., and Ríos-López, N. Breeding phenology of Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi. Talk given at the 45 th ACS Junior Technical Meeting and 30 th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting. University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüéz Campus. March 13, Ríos-López, N. Reproductive biology of the Puerto Rican Lowland Coqui, Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi: implications for its conservation. Charla en Simposio en Honor a J. P. Richard Thomas, por su Contribución al estudio y biodiversidad de la Herpetología del Caribe. Universidad de Puerto Rico-Río Piedras. 6 de junio de Ríos-López, N. Acoustic Characteristics of an Anuran Community from Puerto Rico. Charla dada en el 5to Simposio de Ruido y Contaminación Sónica, Teatro Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 30 de abril de Ríos-López, N. Enseñanza del Siglo XXI: Una Nueva Especie de Coquí en Puerto Rico. Invited speaker at the Caribbean District Annual Convention of the BBB Honorary Society, UPR-Ponce. April 20, Ríos-López, N. La Historia en el Uso de Tierras y la Herpetofauna en Ecosistemas Costeros: Implicaciones para la Conservación. Charla dada en el Segundo Simposio de Humedales, Sociedad EcoAmbiental, UPR-Río Piedras. March 28, Ríos-López, N. and R. Thomas. The Coquí Llanero, Eleutherodactylus n. sp.: a new Puerto Rican species, its natural history and conservation needs. Charla dada en el XXV Simposio de Flora y Fauna del Caribe, Departamento de Biología, UPR Humacao. April 28, Ríos-López, N. and R. Thomas. A new species of Eleutherodactylus from Puerto Rico. Charla dada en el 1er Simposio de Herpetología Puertorriqueña, UPR Arecibo, March 17, Ríos-López, N. and T. Mitchell Aide. Habitat structure and microclimate variation influencing early herpetofaunal community development in a limestone habitat. Charla dada en el XXIV Simposio de Flora y Fauna del Caribe, Departamento de Biología, UPR Humacao. April 22, Villanueva-Rivera, Luis J. y N. Ríos-López. Limitaciones de la ciencia aplicada a la conservación: el caso de los anfibios de Puerto Rico. Afiche presentado en el XXIV Simposio de Flora y Fauna del Caribe, Departamento de Biología, UPR Humacao. April 22, Ríos-López, N. Habitat restoration and animal communities: the development of the herpetofauna community during early secondary succession following reforestation. 1 st Restoration Ecology Symposium, held at the UPR Río Piedras, August 5, Ríos-López, N. A comparative study on reproductive biology in captivity among populations of the Puerto Rican frog Eleutherodactylus coqui, with notes on geographic variation. Seventh Annual NARCE Conference, UPR Mayagüez. February 19 22, Ríos-López, N. and R. L. Joglar. Declining amphibian populations or natural population fluctuations? The case of the Puerto Rican frogs. Tropical Diversity Origins, Maintenance, and Conservation, Symposium and Annual Meeting of The Association for Tropical Biology (ATB) and the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS). San José, Costa Rica. June 15 20, Ríos-López, N. and R. L. Joglar. Fluctuaciones poblacionales naturales o disminución
9 N. Ríos-López, CV, updated June-2016, p. 9 poblacional real? El caso de los anfibios de Puerto Rico. 1 er Simposio Internacional Sobre Extinción. Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. February 13, Joglar, R. L., Burrowes, P. A., and Ríos, N Declining amphibian populations or natural population fluctuations? The case of the Puerto Rican frogs. 39th Annual Meeting, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas July. Ríos-López, N. and R. L. Joglar. Patrones de actividad de algunas especies de anfibios de Puerto Rico. 2 0 Congreso de Biodiversidad Caribeña. Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. January 14 17, Ríos-López, N. Estudio y Análisis Estadístico Poblacional de Cinco Especies de Eleutherodactylus de Puerto Rico. 30 th ACS Junior Technical Meeting and 15 th Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico, Ponce, P.R. March 4, Ríos-López, N. and R. L. Joglar. Biología del demonio de Puerto Rico (Eleutherodactylus cooki) y algunas recomendaciones sobre su conservación. 3 0 Congresso Latino Americano de Herpetologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brasil. December 16, RECOGNITION 2013 Invited Speaker: Puerto Rico Local Expedition: cities, corals, coquis, and cloud forests; El Yunque Peak: Cloud Forest module. Sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service, the Caribbean Landscape Conservation Cooperative (CLCC), the Puerto Rico Climate Change Council, and the Climate Reality Project. March 1, Present Invited Contributor and Reviewer to the Conservation Wildlife Comprehensive Strategies of the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Invited Contributor: Plan de recuperación del coquí llanero (Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi) en el municipio de Toa Baja ( ), Gobierno de Puerto Rico-Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales Invited Contributor to the Wildlife Technical Committee of the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources on import considerations for exotic species Awardee: Award of Appreciation for Outstanding Achievement, Sierra Club Puerto Rican Chapter Invited Speaker: Population-Level Characteristics of an Anuran Assemblage in a Palustrine Herbaceous Wetland from Puerto Rico with Emphasis on the Lowland Coquí, Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi Ríos-López & Thomas. Talk given at the 26 Simposio del Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales. 24 y 25 de octubre de Invited Contributor: Designación del Hábitat Natural Crítico Esencial del Coquí Llanero, Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi Ríos-López and Thomas: una nueva especie para Puerto Rico, 48pp. Department of Natural and Environmental Resources-Puerto Rico Commonwealth, San Juan, Puerto Rico. July, Invited Contributor: Designación del coquí llanero Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi Ríos-López y Thomas como Especie en Peligro Crítico de Extinción, 11pp. Department of Natural and Environmental Resources-Puerto Rico Commonwealth, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
10 N. Ríos-López, CV, updated June-2016, p. 10 July, Reconocimiento Llanero. Hon. Betito Márquez García, Representante Distrito 10 Toa Baja, Cámara de Representantes de Puerto Rico. Reconocimiento Llanero for sociocultural efforts in the conservation of the coqui llanero in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. April 20, Invited Speaker: The discovery of a new coquí from Puerto Rico: a 21st Century surprise. Invited speaker, Forest creatures biodiversity treasures, International Earth Day Symposium, International Institute of Tropical Forestry. Río Piedras, March 19, Awardee: USDA Forest Service, Internacional Institute of Tropical Forestry 2007 Conservation Award. For efforts in the discovery and conservation of the coqui llanero, Internacional Earth Day Symposium, Río Piedras, March 19, Invited Speaker: A New Species of Palustrine Eleutherodactylus from Puerto Rico and Socio- Cultural Implications for its Conservation. Talk given at the Hispanic Employment Advisory Council in Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month 2006: Hispanic Americans: Our Rich Culture Contributing to America s Future. September 27, US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, Eastern Atlantic Region, New York, NY. Invited Speaker: A New Species of Palustrine Eleutherodactylus from Puerto Rico and Socio- Cultural Implications for its Conservation. Talk given at the Hispanic Employment Advisory Council in Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month 2006: Hispanic Americans: Our Rich Culture Contributing to America s Future. September 28, US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 3, Middle Atlantic Region, Philadelphia, PA. OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND RELATED AWARDS (SELECTED, 2004 PRESENT) Series of talks on Puerto Rican Land Use History and Conservation: An Anuran Perspective, Museo de Vida Silvestre, San Juan, PR and US Fish & Wildlife Service (2015). Designer, developer and administrator of (2014-present). Scientific support for Comunidad Toabajeña en Defensa de la Zona Costanera in behalf of the conservation of Bosque de la Comunidad-Carmen Lavandero (2013 present). Commenter on USFWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered Species Status for Coquí Llanero Throughout Its Range and Designation of Critical Habitat. (September 6, 2009 July 14, 2012). Commenter on the Puerto Rico Energy Power Authority s Natural Gas Pipeline Project Proposal to USFWS (September 21, 2011), USCoE (November 1, 2011; January 9 and 12, 2012), USFWS (November 29, 2011). Ecology and conservation of Puerto Rican amphibians and reptiles: series of talks given at several K-12 level, private and public schools and from several municipalities throughout Puerto Rico (Barranquitas, Caguas, Carolina, Coamo, Juncos, Quebradillas, San Juan, Toa Baja, Trujillo Alto) present. UPR-Humacao and UPR-Bayamón, BioBlitz Herpetofaunal Biodiversity Assessment, 2008 present. Sierra Club Puerto Rico Chapter, member since 2008/Environmental teaching resource since Teaching resource: Programa para el Desarrollo Profesional de Estudiantes y Educadores a nivel Superior sponsored by the Resource Center for Science and Engineering, UPR Río Piedras (2007). Threats to the Coquí Llanero, a new species of Eleutherodactylus in Puerto Rico: mismatches between conservation priorities and human activities in wetlands: TV, radio, and
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