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About me:
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I am currently a doctoral student and research assistant at Purdue University.
My professional interests include:
- Vertebrate Ecology
- Conservation Biology
- Bioacoustics
- Population Ecology
- Landscape Ecology
- Biological Databases
- Evolution
- Science Education
Among these areas, I have several questions or areas I want to explore
as a scientist:
- Current ecological theory applied to conservation policy
- Problems like the limited data available for most species and
the establishment of conservation policy based on that data
- New uses of technology for ecological research
- New ways of obtaining data continuously using remote stations
that require minimal maintenance while providing huge amounts of
data
- Consumer products applied to ecological methods
- Land-use change and its implications on conservation strategies
- Science education, particularly ecology and evolution
- Ecological research with practical applications
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Publications:
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- Villanueva-Rivera, L. J. 2007. Digital recorders increase detection of Eleutherodactylus frogs.
Herpetological Review 38: 59-63. PDF
- Villanueva-Rivera, L. J. 2006. Calling activity of Eleutherodactylus
frogs of Puerto Rico and habitat distribution of E. richmondi.
MS Thesis. University of Puerto Rico. Río Piedras Campus. Puerto
Rico. PDF. Data
and recordings.
- Acevedo, M. A. and L. J. Villanueva-Rivera. 2006. Using
automated digital recording systems as effective tools for the monitoring
of birds and amphibians. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:211-214.
PDF
- Villanueva-Rivera, L. J. and R. L. Joglar. 2001. Eleutherodactylus
cochranae. Reproduction. Herpetological Review 32: 182.
PDF
- Villanueva-Rivera, L. J., R. L. Joglar, and F. C. Li-Objio. 2000.
Eleutherodactylus coqui. Predation. Herpetological
Review 31: 100. PDF
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Research projects:
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- August 2007 – present. Ecological Acoustical Monitoring. PhD Research, Advisor: Dr. Bryan Pijanowski. Purdue University.
- January 2006 – present. Monitoring and distribution
of amphibians and reptiles of Puerto Rico. Collaborative online
database. http://monitoreo.coquipr.com
- August 2005 – present. Monitoring, distribution, and acoustic activity
of a new and endangered frog species of Puerto Rico: the coquí llanero (Eleutherodactylus).
Search for new populations, development of long-term monitoring system, and acoustic activity
description of a new coquí discovered recently by N. Ríos.
- August 2004 – present. Automating the identification of species
from automated recording systems using neural networks with applications
for large-scale and long-term monitoring. M. Aide, C. Corrada, M.
Acevedo and L. J. Villanueva-Rivera. Project website
- January 2002 – May 2006. Temporal Calling Patterns of Eleutherodactylus
Frogs of Puerto Rico and Habitat Characterization, Status and Conservation
of an Endangered Frog, E. richmondi. Thesis Advisor: John
Thomlinson, Ph.D. Graduate Tropical Ecology Program. Department of Biology.
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
- April 2004 – September 2005. Comparing novel methods of digital
recordings with traditional surveys for rapid assessment of bird and
frog communities. M. Acevedo and L. J. Villanueva-Rivera.
- July 1996 – June 1999. Biology and Population Fluctuations
of Two Lowland Puerto Rican Frogs: Eleutherodactylus coqui and
E. cochranae. Department of Biology and Program McNair. University
of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
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Websites:
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Presentations
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- Villanueva-Rivera, L. J. 2006. Protocolo para el monitoreo
acústico de coquíes. Primer Simposio de Herpetología
Puertorriqueña. Universidad de Puerto Rico en Arecibo.
- M. A. Acevedo and L. J. Villanueva-Rivera. 2005. Automated digital
recording systems as effective tools for the monitoring of tropical
vertebrates. International Workshop on Tropical Land-use Changes
and Ecological Consequences. Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden.
Yunnan, China.
- Villanueva-Rivera, L. J. and M. A. Acevedo. 2005. Automated digital
recording systems as effective tools for the monitoring of tropical
vertebrates. 2005 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
Tampa, Florida. [PDF]
- Villanueva-Rivera, L. J. 2005. Reducing size, weight, and time
drift of Frogloggers using digital recorders and microprocessors.
2005 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Tampa, Florida.
- Villanueva-Rivera, L. J. and N. Ríos-Lopez. 2005. Limitaciones
de la ciencia aplicadas a la conservación: el caso de los anfibios
de Puerto Rico. XXIV Simposio de la Flora y Fauna del Caribe. Universidad
de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Humacao.
- Villanueva-Rivera, L. J. and M. A. Acevedo. 2005. Un nuevo sistema
en Internet para evidenciar la distribución, uso de hábitat
y estado de las aves en Puerto Rico. XXIV Simposio de la Flora y
Fauna del Caribe. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Humacao.
- Villanueva-Rivera, L. J. 2004. Patrones de actividad de canto para
monitoreo de Eleutherodactylus en Puerto Rico. Tercera reunión
anual de RANA. Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
- Villanueva-Rivera, L. J. 2004. Temporal calling patterns for monitoring
Eleutherodactylus frogs in Puerto Rico. 2004 Joint Meeting
of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Norman, Oklahoma.
- Villanueva-Rivera, L. J. 2003. Habitat Characterization and Current
Status of an Endangered Frog, Eleutherodactylus richmondi.
I Symposium of Graduate Research: Biology in the New Millennium. University
of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.
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Computer proficiency
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- Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X operating systems
- MS Office and OpenOffice suites
- MySQL Databases
- HTML, PHP and some Python and C programming
- Dynamic Web Mapping using GoogleMaps
- Statistical software
- Geographic Information Systems
- Image and audio edition
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