Corine Françoise Vriesendorp, Phd Environment, Culture & Conservation, Field Museum of Natural History 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago IL 60605 [email protected] 312.665.7449 tel, 312.665.7436 fax

Professional Preparation

2002, Phd Michigan State University, Dual degree: Forestry and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Behavior

1994, BS Princeton University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Appointments 2006-present Director, Rapid Biological Inventories and Conservation Tools. Environment, Culture, and Conservation, The Field Museum.

2004-2006 Manager, Rapid Biological Inventories and Conservation Tools, Environmental & Conservation Programs, The Field Museum.

2003-present Senior Conservation Ecologist/ Botanist, The Field Museum.

Professional Experience 2010-2002 Researcher, La Selva Biological Station, Long-term research on seedling community ecology

2008, 2001 Invited participant, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California [2008: Integrating Botanical Inventory Databases across the Americas for Biodiversity Analysis and Conservation, 2001: Life history variation and community structure in neotropical rainforest communities: ecological and phylogenetic influences].

2002-1998 Doctoral researcher, La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica Seedling demography: the role of trade-offs and constraints in maintaining tropical seedling diversity.

1997-1992 Research Assistant, Resident Naturalist, Yasuni National Park, ; Braulio Carillo National Park, Costa Rica; Ecolodge San Luis, San Luis Valley, Costa Rica; Santa Cruz, Bolivia; Bosque Chimanes, El Beni, Bolivia

Publications (peer-reviewed) Kobe, R. K. and C. F. Vriesendorp. 2009. Size of sampling unit strongly influences detection of seedling limitation in a wet tropical forest. Ecology Letters 12: 220-228.

Vriesendorp, C. F. and J. M. Robertson. 2007. Urotheca () euryzonus (Halloween ). Diet. Herpetological Review. 38:470-471.

Wright, I. J., D. D. Ackerly, F. Bongers, K. E. Harms, G. Ibarra-Manriquez, M. Martinez-Ramos, S. J. Mazer, H. C. Muller-Landau, H. Paz, N. C. A. Pitman, L. Poorter, M. R. Silman, C. F. Vriesendorp, C. O. Webb, M. Westoby and S. J. Wright. 2006. Relationships among ecologically-important dimensions of plant trait variation in seven Neotropical forests. Annals of Botany.

Timm, B. and C. Vriesendorp. 2003. Observations on the feeding behavior in the vesper mouse, Nyctomys sumichrasti. Mammalian Biology (Zeitschrift für Zaügetierkunde) 68(2): 126-128.

Gullison, R. E., C. Vriesendorp, and A. Lobo. 2002. Effects of large-scale flooding on regeneration of big-leaf mahogany on the Bolivian Amazon. Pages 209-236 in A. E. Lugo, J. C. F. Colón, and M. Alayón (eds.), Big-Leaf Mahogany: genetics, ecology, and management. International Institute of Tropical Forestry, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

In preparation or review C. Vriesendorp. In preparation. Ten years of seedling community dynamics in an aseasonal Neotropical forest.

Books or Theses Gilmore, M.G., C. Vriesendorp, W. S. Alverson, Á. del Campo, R. von May, C. L. Wong y /and S. R. Ochoa, eds. 2010. Perú: Maijuna. Rapid Biological and Social Inventories Report 22. The Field Museum, Chicago.

Vriesendorp, C., W. S. Alverson, Á. del Campo, D. F. Stotz, D. K. Moskovits, S. Fuentes C., B. Coronel T., y /and E. P. Anderson, eds. 2009. Ecuador: Cabeceras Cofanes-Chingual. Rapid Biological and Social Inventories Report 21. The Field Museum, Chicago.

Alverson, W. S., C. Vriesendorp, A. del Campo, D. K. Moskovits, D. F. Stotz, M. Garcia D., and L. A. Borbor L., eds. 2008. Ecuador-Perú: Cuyabeno-Güeppí. Rapid Biological and Social Inventories Report 20. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

Borman, R, C. Vriesendorp, W. S. Alverson, D. K. Moskovits, D. F. Stotz, and A. del Campo, eds. 2007. Ecuador: Territorio Cofan Dureno. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 19. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

Vriesendorp, C., J. A. Álvarez, N. Barbagelata, W. S. Alverson, and D. K. Moskovits, eds., 2007. Peru: Nanay-Mazán-Arabela. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 18. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

Vriesendorp, C., T. S. Schulenberg, W. S. Alverson, D. K. Moskovits, and J.-I. Rojas Moscoso (eds.). 2006. Perú: Sierra del Divisor. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 17. Chicago IL: The Field Museum.

Vriesendorp, C., N. Pitman, J.-I. Rojas Moscoso, B. A. Pawlak, L. Rivera Chávez, L. Calixto Méndez, Manual Vela Collantes, and Pepe Fasabi Rimachi (eds.). 2006. Perú: Matsés. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 16. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

Vriesendorp, C., L. Rivera Chávez, D. Moskovits, and J. Shopland. (eds.). 2004. Perú: Megantoni. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 15. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

Pitman, N., R. C. Smith, C. Vriesendorp, D.Moskovits, R. Pianza, G. Knell, and T. Wachter (eds.) 2004. Perú: Ampiyacu, Apayacu, Yaguas, Medio Putumayo. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 12. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

Pitman, N., C. Vriesendorp, and Debra Moskovits (eds.) 2003. Perú: Yavarí. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 11. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

Vriesendorp, C. F. 2002. Maintenance of diversity in a Neotropical seedling community. PhD dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing.

McClearn, D., M. Tschapka, and C. Vriesendorp. OTS 99-1. Tropical Biology: An Ecological Approach, Durham, NC: Duke University.

Vriesendorp, C. F. 1994. Distribution patterns, light regime, and river disturbance of Hura crepitans (Euphorbiaceae) in Bolivian lowland tropical forest. Undergraduate Thesis. Princeton University Library.

Vriesendorp. C. F. 1993. Hemispherical photography and forest understory light regimes : correlation between light and growth performance in Swietenia macrophyla (Meliaceae). Junior Independent Work, Princeton University Library.

Book chapters or Technical Reports Vriesendorp, C., and R. Foster. 2010. Regional Overview, Overflight, Inventory Sites, and Human Communities Visited. In: Gilmore, M.G., C. Vriesendorp, W. S. Alverson, Á. del Campo, R. von May, C. L. Wong y /and S. R. Ochoa, eds. 2010. Perú: Maijuna. Rapid Biological and Social Inventories Report 22. The Field Museum, Chicago.

Garcia-Villacorta, R., N. Dávila, R. Foster, I. Huamantupa, and C. Vriesendorp. Flora and Vegetation/Vegetación y Flora. In: Gilmore, M.G., C. Vriesendorp, W. S. Alverson, Á. del Campo, R. von May, C. L. Wong y /and S. R. Ochoa, eds. 2010. Perú: Maijuna. Rapid Biological and Social Inventories Report 22. The Field Museum, Chicago.

Vriesendorp, C., H. Mendoza, D. Reyes, G. Villa, Sebastián Descanse and L. C. Lucitante. 2009. Flora and Vegetation/Vegetación y Flora. In: Vriesendorp, C., W. S. Alverson, Á. del Campo, D. F. Stotz, D. K. Moskovits, S. Fuentes C., B. Coronel T., y /and E. P. Anderson, eds. 2009. Ecuador: Cabeceras Cofanes-Chingual. Rapid Biological and Social Inventories Report 21. The Field Museum, Chicago.

Vriesendorp, C., R. Foster, and T. Saunders. 2008. Regional Overview and Inventory Sites. In: W. Alverson, C. Vriesendorp, A. del Campo, D. K. Moskovits, D. F. Stotz, M. Garcia D., and L. A. Borbor L., eds. 2008. Ecuador-Perú: Cuyabeno-Güeppí. Rapid Biological and Social Inventories Report 20. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

Vriesendorp, C., W. S. Alverson, N. Davila, S. Descanse, R. Foster, J. Lopez, L. C. Lucitante, W. Palacios, and O. Vasquez. 2008. Flora and Vegetation. In: W. Alverson, C. Vriesendorp, A. del Campo, D. K. Moskovits, D. F. Stotz, M. Garcia D., and L. A. Borbor L., eds. 2008. Ecuador- Perú: Cuyabeno-Güeppí. Rapid Biological and Social Inventories Report 20. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

Vriesendorp, C. 2007. Descripción de los sitios del inventario. In: R. Borman, C. Vriesendorp, W. S. Alverson, D. K. Moskovits, D. F. Stotz, and A. del Campo, eds. 2007. Ecuador: Territorio Cofan Dureno. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 19. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

Vriesendorp, C., R. Foster, S. Descanse, L. C. Lucitante, C. A. Ortiz, and E. Quenamá. 2007. Flora and Vegetation. In: R. Borman, C. Vriesendorp, W. S. Alverson, D. K. Moskovits, D. F. Stotz, and A. del Campo, eds. 2007. Ecuador: Territorio Cofan Dureno. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 19. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

Vriesendorp, C. and R. Stallard. 2007. Overview and Inventory Sites. In: C. Vriesendorp, J. A. Álvarez, N. Barbagelata, W. S. Alverson, and D. K. Moskovits, eds., 2007. Peru: Nanay-Mazán-Arabela. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 18. The Field Museum, Chicago.

Vriesendorp, C., N. Davila, R. Foster, and G. Nuñez-Iturri. Flora and Vegetation. In: Vriesendorp, C., J. A. Álvarez, N. Barbagelata, W. S. Alverson, and D. K. Moskovits, eds., 2007. Peru: Nanay- Mazán-Arabela. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 18. The Field Museum, Chicago.

Vriesendorp, C., R. Foster, S. H. Descanse U., L. C. Lucitante C., C. A. Ortiz Q. and E. Quenamá V. Flora y Vegetación. In: Borman, R, C. Vriesendorp, W. S. Alverson, D. K. Moskovits, D. F. Stotz, and A. del Campo, eds. 2007. Ecuador: Territorio Cofan Dureno. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 19. The Field Museum, Chicago.

Vriesendorp, C., N. Dávila, R. B. Foster, I. Mesones, V. L. Uliana. 2006. Flora and Vegetation. In: Vriesendorp, C., T. S. Schulenberg, W. S. Alverson, D. K. Moskovits, and J.-I. Rojas Moscoso, eds. 2006. Perú: Sierra del Divisor. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 17. The Field Museum, Chicago

Fine, P., N. Dávila, R. B. Foster, I. Mesones, C. Vriesendorp. 2005. In: Vriesendorp, C., N. Pitman, J.-I. Rojas Moscoso, B. A. Pawlak, L. Rivera Chávez, L. Calixto Méndez, Manual Vela Collantes, and Pepe Fasabi Rimachi (eds.). 2006. Perú: Matsés. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 16. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

Martinez Q., E., W.A. Alverson, R. B. Foster, C. Vriesendorp. 2005. Seed Plants. In: Maceira F., et. al. (eds.) Cuba: Parque Nacional La Bayamesa. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 13. Chicago: The Field Museum.

Martinez Q., E., M. Fajilde E.,W.A. Alverson, C. Vriesendorp, R. B. Foster. 2005. Seed Plants. In: Fong G., A.,et. al. (eds.) Cuba: Parque Nacional “Alejandro de Humboldt”. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 14. Chicago: The Field Museum.

Vriesendorp, C. Overview/Resumen Ejecutivo. 2004. In: C. Vriesendorp, L. Rivera Chávez, D. Moskovits, and J. Shopland. (eds.). 2004. Perú: Megantoni. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 15. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

Vriesendorp, C., H. Beltrán, R. Foster, N. Salinas-Revilla. 2004. Flora y Vegetacion/Vegetation and Flora. In C. Vriesendorp, L. Rivera Chávez, D. Moskovits, and J. Shopland. (eds.). 2004. Perú: Megantoni. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 15. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

Vriesendorp, C., and R. Foster. 2004. Overflight of the Zona Reservada Megantoni/Sobrevuelo de la Zona Reservada Megantoni. In C. Vriesendorp, L. Rivera Chávez, D. Moskovits, and J. Shopland. (eds.). 2004. Perú: Megantoni. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 15. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

Vriesendorp, C. N. Pitman, R. Foster, I. Mesones, and M. Ríos. 2004. Flora y Vegetacion/Vegetation and Flora. In Pitman, N., R. C. Smith, C. Vriesendorp, D.Moskovits, R. Pianza, G. Knell, T. Wachter (eds.) 2004. Perú: Ampiyacu, Apayacu, Yaguas, Medio Putumayo. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 12. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

Pitman, N., H. Beltran, R. Foster, R. Garcia, C. Vriesendorp, and M. Ahuite. 2003. Flora y Vegetacion/ Vegetation and Flora. In Pitman, N., Vriesendorp. C., and Debra Moskovits (eds.) 2003. Perú: Yavarí. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 11. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

Vriesendorp. C.. 2003. Technical Report: Overflight of the Güeppi Reserved Zone/Expediente Tecnico: Informe del Sobrevuelo de la Zona Reservada Güeppi. Chicago, IL: Field Museum, and Lima, Perú: Centro de Conservación, Investigación y Manejo de Áreas Naturales (CIMA).

Vriesendorp. C. F. 2003. Technical Report/Machiguenga-Megantoni Reserved Zone/Expediente Tecnico: Zona Reservada Machiguenga-Megantoni. Chicago, IL: Field Museum, and Lima, Perú: Centro para el Desarrollo del Indigena Amazónico (CEDIA).

Color guides to Tropical Plants C. Vriesendorp, R. Foster, T. Wachter, L. Torres, E. Davion, R. Barraclough. 2003. The Forest Reserve of La Fortuna Watershed, Chiriqui, . Common Plants of Fortuna. Rapid Color Guide #149. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

C. Vriesendorp, R. Foster, T. Wachter, L. Torres, E. Davion, R. Barraclough. 2003. The Forest Reserve of La Fortuna Watershed, Chiriqui, Panama. Conspicuous Plants of Fortuna. Rapid Color Guide #150. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

C. Vriesendorp, A. Hurtado, O. Vargas, Y. Hernandez. 2002. Seedlings of woody plants of La Selva, La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica. Rapid Color Guide #122. Chicago, IL: The Field Museum.

Teaching Experience Field-based training courses: Andes-Amazon: The Field Museum 2010 Rapid Inventory Methods, Jenaro Herrera, Peru (coordinator, plants) Present-2004 Plant / Rapid Inventories, Peru (informal training in 12 inventories in Andean foothills and Amazon) 2008 Tropical Botany, Jenaro Herrera, Peru (invited instructor) 2008 Tropical Ecology and Conservation, Tahuamanu, Bolivia (coordinator, plants) 2008 Bi-national Conservation Communications, Iquitos, Peru (coordinator) 2007 Conservation Communications, Iquitos, Peru (coordinator) 2006 Conservation Communications, Cobija, Bolivia (coordinator) 2004 Tropical Ecology/ Plant Taxonomy, Cordillera Azul National Park, Peru (coordinator, week-long course for ~40 park guards)

Field-based training courses: : Organization of Tropical Studies 2001 Plant Taxonomy, La Selva, Costa Rica, rainforest 2001 Tropical Biology, Las Alturas, Costa Rica, premontane forest 2001 Tropical Biology, Palo Verde, Costa Rica, dry forest 2000 Plant Taxonomy, La Selva, Costa Rica, rainforest 2000 Tropical Biology, Monteverde, Costa Rica, cloud forest

Teaching Assistant 1999 Tropical Biology Organization of Tropical Studies 1999-1998 Forest and Agricultural Ecology Michigan State University 1997 Forests and the Global Environment Michigan State University

Service Present-2007 Committee Chair, Parker-Gentry Conservation Award, The Field Museum Present-2000 Reviewer, Biotropica, National Geographic Society, Forest Ecology and Management, Oecologia 2001, 2000 Seminar coordinator, La Selva Biological Station 1999 Seminar committee, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Michigan State 1999, 1998 Graduate committee, Forestry Department, Michigan State

Current Funding 2013-2008 National Science Foundation, LTREB. Long-term woody seedling dynamics in a wet tropical forest: Examining coexistence with short census intervals (Co-PI w/ R. Kobe) $450,000 2011-2008 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Creating new protected areas and building local capacity in Peru and Bolivia (PI) $1,847,200

Past Funding/Honors 2010-2006 Hamill Family Foundation, Protecting Diverse Amazonian lowlands at the crossroads of Peru, Ecuador, and : The Rich Forests of Güeppi (Co-PI w/ D. Moskovits) $400,000 2010-2008 Blue Moon Foundation, Rapid Biological and Social Inventory to Create a New Conservation Landscape, Cerros Campanquíz, Northern Peru (Co-PI w/ D. Moskovits) $100,000 2009-2006 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Combining traditional knowledge and scientific rigor for conservation action: The Cofan landscape in northern Ecuador (Co-PI w/ D. Moskovits) $215,000 2009-2005 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Conservation Communication Training Initiative in Bolivia and Peru (PI, with Co-PI D. Brinkmeier) $200,000 2007 National Science Foundation. LTREB Long-term woody seedling dynamics in a wet tropical forest: Examining coexistence with short census intervals (Co-PI w/ R. Kobe) $90,000 2000 National Science Foundation. Ecology Panel. Recruitment limitation, resource-based niches, and the maintenance of tropical tree diversity (Co-PI w/ R. Kobe). $330,581 2000 Garden Club of America, Tropical Botany Fellowship $5500 1999 Organization for Tropical Studies, Mellon Foundation $3000 1999 National Science Foundation, Predoctoral Fellowship Hon. Mention 1998 Michigan State University, Forest Biology Scholarship $1000 1997 Michigan State University, Recruiting Fellowship $2500 1993 Princeton University, various $1600 1993, 1992 Explorers Club of America $2000

Selected Oral Presentations 2010 ECCo Committee, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL Board of Trustees, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL Greenbuild Conference, Chicago, IL Comer Student Symposium, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 2009 Committee on Science, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL Board of Trustees, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica 2008 Association for Tropical Biology, Paramaribo, Suriname Committee on Science, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL Board of Trustees, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL Womens’ Board, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica 2007 Association for Tropical Biology, Morelia, Mexico, Committee on Science, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL Board of Trustees, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 2006 Society for Conservation Biology, San Jose, CA Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, IL Founder’s Council, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL Board of Trustees, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, San Francisco, CA Committee on Science, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 2006-2003 INRENA (Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales), Lima, Peru GOREL (Gobierno Regional de Loreto), Iquitos, Peru 2003 La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica 2002 Ecological Society of America, Tucson, AZ Association for Tropical Biology, Panama City, Panama Michigan State University, Plant Ecology Research Forum 2001 Ecological Society of America, Madison, WI La Selva Biological Station, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica.

Languages Dutch, Spanish Fluent Portuguese Proficient reading, comprehension

Memberships Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Society for Conservation Biology

Collegiate Athletics 1990-1993 Women’s Ice Hockey, NCAA Division I, Princeton, NJ 1990-1992 Women’s Lacrosse, NCAA Division I, Princeton, NJ