Dr Diana Carolina Acosta Rojas
Latin American Projects Coordinator
Department
Team
Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
Specialism
Seed ecology, animal-plant interactions, ecosystem functioning, tropical ecosystems, conservation strategies, science communication.
In my role as Latin American Projects Coordinator, I support the development and implementation of science-based conservation projects in Latin America within the Global Tree Seed Bank programme. Currently, I am focused on the projects ‘Restoring the natural capital of Mexican forests’ and 'Seed-based solutions for restoration of threatened Magnolia forests in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean in the Dominican Republic’. I also work together with international partners around the world to develop new projects relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of plant diversity and the improvement of livelihoods.
- Dr. rer. nat. (Hons), Goethe University Frankfurt, 2023.
- M.Sc. in Protected Areas, Natural Resources and Biodiversity, University of Murcia, 2017.
- M.Sc. in Biological Sciences, University of Los Andes, 2015.
- B.Sc. Biology, University of Valle, 2010.
Acosta-Rojas, D. C., Barczyk, M., Espinosa, C. I., Tinoco, B., Neuschulz, E. L. & Schleuning, M. (2024).
Systematic reduction in seed rain of large-seeded and endozoochorous species in pastures compared to forests along a tropical elevational gradient
Applied Vegetation Science, 27, e12780.
Silveira, F. A. O., Fuzessy, L., Phartyal, S. S., Dayrell, R. L. C., Vandelook, F., Vázquez-Ramírez, J., Tavşanoğlu, C., Mehdi Abedi, S., Acosta-Rojas, D. C., Chen, S. C., Cruz-Tejada, D. M., Jayasuryia, G., Ordóñez-Parra, C. A. & Saatkamp, A. (2024)
Overcoming major barriers in seed ecology research in developing countries: a call for global collaboration
Seed Science Research, 33(3), 172-181.
Acosta-Rojas, D. C., Barczyk, M., Espinosa, C. I., Farwig, N., Homeier, J., Tiede, Y., Tinoco, B. A., Velescu, A., Wilcke, W., Neuschulz, E. L. & Schleuning, M. (2023).
Abiotic factors similarly shape the distribution of fruit, seed and leaf traits in tropical fleshy-fruited tree communities
Acta Oecologica, 103953.
Stevenson, P. R., Acosta-Rojas, D. C., Cárdenas, S., & Henao-Díaz, F. (2023).
Variation in fruit and seed dimensions is better explained by dispersal system than by leaf size in a tropical rainforest
American Journal of Botany, 110, e16211.
Acosta-Rojas, D. C., Barczyk, M., Espinosa, C. I., Tinoco, B., Neuschulz, E. L. & Schleuning, M. (2023).
Climate and microhabitat shape the prevalence of endozoochory in the seed rain of tropical montane forests
Biotropica,55(2), 408-417.
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