José Ramón Arévalo Sierra

Assistant Professor of Ecology

University of La Laguna - Tenerife Spain

jarevalo@ull.es

Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna 38206
Tenerife - SPAIN

Tlf: +34 922 318 628

Research Interests:

Forest restoration, invasive species management, grazing's effects on species richness, community ecology

Courses:

- Techniques in Ecology
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Limnology
- Advance Quantitative Ecology
- Agriculture Ecology

(20) Delgado, J.D., Arévalo, J.R. & Fernández-Palacios, J.M. In press. Road edge effect on the abundance of the lizard Gallotia galloti (Sauria: Lacertidae) in two Canary Islands forests. Biodiversity and Conservation

(19) Arévalo, J.R. & Fernández-Palacios, J.M. In press. From pine plantations to natural stands. Ecological restoration of a Pinus canariensis Sweet, ex Spreng, forest. Plant Ecology

(18) Arévalo, J.R., Naranjo, A. & Salas, M. In press. Regeneration in a mixed stand of native Pinus canariensis and introduce Pinus pinea species. Acta Oecologica

(17) Delgado, J.D., Arévalo, J.R. & Fernández-Palacios, J.M. 2005. Patterns of artificial nest predation by introduced rats in a fragmented subtropical forest. Journal of Natural History 38: 2661-2669

(16) Aboal, J.R., Arévalo, J.R. & Fernández, A. 2005. Allometric relationships of different tree species and stand above ground biomass in the Gomera laurel forest (Canary Islands). Flora 200: 264-274.

(15) Arévalo, J.R. & Fernández-Palacios, J.M. 2005. Gradient analysis of exotic Pinus radiata plantations and potential restoration of natural vegetation in Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain). Acta Oecologica 27: 1-8.

(14) Palmer, M.W., J.R. Arévalo, M.C. Cobo, P.G. Earls. 2003. Species richness and soil reaction in a northeastern oklahoma landscape. Folia Geobotanica y Phytotaxonomica 38: 381-389.

(13) Arévalo, J.R. & Fernández-Palacios, J.M. 2003. Spatial analysis of trees and regeneration of Laurus azorica in a laurel forest in Tenerife. Plant Ecology 165: 1-10.

(12) Arévalo, J.R. 2002. The distribution of trees and saplings at the edge of cross timber forests, Oklahoma, USA. The Natural Areas Journal 22: 99-107.

(11) Delgado, J.M., Arévalo, J.R. & Fernández-Palacios, J.M. 2001. Assesing road edge effect for an introduced predator: rats and forests in Tenerife (Canary Islands). Ecography 24: 539-546.

(10) Arévalo, .R., Fernández-Palacios, J.M., Jiménez, M.J. & Gil, P. 2001. The effect of fire intensity on the understory species composition of two Pinus canariensis reforested stands in Tenerife (Canary Islands). Forest Ecology and Management 148: 21-29.

(9) Arévalo, J.R., DeCoster, J.K., McAlister, S.D. & Palmer, M.W. 2000. Changes in two Minnesota forests during fourteen years following catastrophic windhrow. Journal of Vegetation Science 11: 833-840.

(8) Palmer, M.W., McAlister, S.D., Arévalo, J.R. & DeCoster, J.K. 2000. Changes in the understory during 14 years following catastrophic windtrow in two Minnesota forests. Journal of Vegetation Science 11: 841-854.

(7) Marrero-Gómez, M., Arévalo, J.R., Bañares-Baudet, A. & Carqué, E. 2000 Competition effects in the establishment of the endangered Echium acanthocarpum (Boraginacea) in the Canary Islands. Biological Conservation 94: 183-190.

(6) Arévalo, J.R. & Fernández-Palacios, J.M. 2000. Seed bank analysis of tree species in two stands of the Tenerife laurel forest (Canary Islands). Forest Ecology and Management 130: 177-185.

(5) Arévalo, J.R., Fernández-Palacios, J.M. & Palmer, M. 1999. Tree regeneration and predicted future dynamics in a laurel forest (Tenerife, Canary Islands). Journal of Vegetation Science 10: 861-868.

(4) Arévalo, J.R. & Fernández-Palacios, J.M. 1998 Treefall gap characteristics and its influence on regeneration in the laurel forest of Tenerife (Canary Islands). Journal of Vegetation Science 9: 297-306.

(3) Fernández-Palacios, J.M. & Arévalo, J.R. 1998. Regeneration strategies of tree species in the laurel forest of Tenerife. Plant Ecology 137: 21-29.

(2) Carreira J.A., Arévalo, J.R. & Niell, F.X. 1996. Soil degradation and nutrient availability in fire-prone mediterranean shrublands of southeastern Spain. Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation 10: 55-56 .

(1) Arévalo J.R., Carreira, J.A. & Niell, F.X.. 1994. Kinetic parameters of phosphatase activity along a xerix dolomitic soil-chronosequence related to wildfires. Geomicrobiology Journal 11: 235-246.