CURRICULUM VITAE

Tomás A. Carlo (full name: Tomás Ariel Carlo Joglar) (Updated 03/30/19)

Associate Professor Phone: (814) 865-5804/ cell: (814) 753-0616 Pennsylvania State University email: [email protected] Department of Biology 414 Mueller Laboratory University Park, PA 16802

ACADEMIC FORMATION

2005-2008 NSF postdoctoral fellow, Biology Dept., University of Washington, Seattle 2005 Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder 1999 M.S. Zoology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 1996 B.S. University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez

GRADUATE AND POST-DOCTORAL ADVISORS: Postdoc - Joshua J. Tewksbury, University of Washington, Seattle Ph.D - Alexander Cruz, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO M.S. – co-advised by Jaime A. Collazo & Martha J. Groom, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

APPOINTMENTS

2015 – present: Associate Professor, Biology Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

2014 – present: Research Associate, Museo de Historia Natural de Perú, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú

2013 – present: Research Associate, Powdermill Nature Reserve, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Rector, Pa, USA

2008 – 2015: Assistant Professor, Biology Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Pending re-submission:

2018 (submitted, not funded in first round) National Science Foundation “Dimensions US- BIOTA Sao Paulo: The contribution of frugivory and seed dispersal networks to forest 1

regeneration: from phylogeny to genes” $1,329,149 (total) Principal Investigator and Lead PI of group. Penn State Co-PIs: James Marden & Hong Ma; Brazilian PI: Marco Pizo with Marina Cortes & Pedro Brancalion as Co-PI’s.

2016 (submitted, not funded in first round) National Science Foundation “CNH-L: Ecology and Harvest Culture by Rural Communities of White Crowned Pigeons: A Modern-Day "Passenger Pigeon" in the ” $1,760,672 (total) Principal Investigator and Lead PI. Co-PI’s: Jesse Lasky (Penn State), David Miller (Penn State), Yolanda León (Instituto Tec Santo Domingo), Jackeline Salazar (Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo), Frank Rivera (USFWS), Juan M. Morales (INIBIOMA-Conicet, Argentina).

Awarded: 2018-2019 National Science Foundation Social-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) workgroup: “Linkages of Agrobiodiversity in Urban Systems and Food Producing Landscapes.” Co-Pi. Lead PI’s: Karl Zimmerer (Penn State) & Catherine Seto (Yale); Other Co-Pi’s: Chris Duvall (U. of New Mex.), Ted Janneke (Penn State), Nguyen Thi Tan Loc (FAVRI Hanoi, Vietnam), Peleg Kremer (Villanova U.), Leia Minaker (U. of Waterloo), Kimberly Pfeifer (Oxfam Am.) &Tom Reardon (Michigan State U.). Funded workgroup series of four meetings in Annapolis headquarters of SESYNC, DBI- 16339145. 2018-2020 Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales de Puerto Rico “Dynamics and ecological effects of a seabird colony of Red-footed boobies (Sula sula) on the - animal community of Mona Island” $20,000. Principal Investigator under contract through CDK (Ciudadanos del Karso). 2016-2019 National Science Foundation “SG: Antiapostatic frugivory and seed dispersal as a diversity-maintenance mechanism in plant communities. $150,000 (total). Principal Investigator. 2016-2018 FAPESP “Equalizing and stabilizing effects of avian seed dispersal on tropical forest regeneration” R$72,700 (total). Co-PI with Marco A. Pizo (UNESP). 2014-2015 National Science Foundation “Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)”. $6,100 (total). Principal Investigator. 2012-214 National Science Foundation “Frugivory networks and community assembly rules during early forest regeneration”. $150,000 (total). Principal Investigator. 2011-2013 National Geographic Society “Phyllogeography of Caribbean (Dendropemon)”. $16,600 (total). Principal Investigator. Co-PIs: Claude dePamphilis (Penn State), Job Kuijt (University of Alberta). 2011-2012 Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Junior faculty career enhancement award. $31,500. 2011-2015 National Science Foundation “Collaborative Research: Landscape connectivity and the movement ecology of plant and animal communities”. $675,000 ($75,000 total for Penn State). Principal Investigator from Penn State. Other PI’s at different institutions: Nick Haddad (North Carolina State University, Doug Levey (University of Florida, now at NSF), Joshua J. Tewksbury (University of Washington), Lars Brudvig (Michigan State University), John Orrock (University of Wisconsin Madison).

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2010-2011 National Science Foundation “Research Starter Grant: Measuring the effects of frugivorous birds on seed dispersal, plant recruitment, and soil properties in abandoned tropical pastures”. $50,000 (total). Principal Investigator. 2010-2012 Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation “Cambio global, migración altitudinal y colonización de habitats degradados en montañas mediterráneas”. Designated international collaborator for R. Zamora (PI). 186,280 €. 2008-2009 Citizen Scientist Laboratory subcontracted under the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust. “Bird-Habitat Relationships in Hacienda La Esperanza”. $10,000. 2008-2009 Consorcio del Estuario de la Bahia de San Juan “Assessing ecosystem and cultural impacts of the green iguana (Iguana iguana) invasion in the San Juan Bay Estuary (SJBE) in Puerto Rico”. $13,900 (total). Principal Investigator. CoPI: Dr. Carlos G. García-Quijano. 2006-2007 National Science Foundation (SGER) “Tracking the fate of seeds and seedlings with a stable isotope”. $30,948 (total). Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Joshua J. Tewksbury (University of Washington). 2006-2007 National Geographic Society “Biogeography of a Major Spice”. $29,000. Co- Principal Investigator with Joshua J. Tewksbury (University of Washington), Doug Levey (University of Florida), Michael Nee (New York Botanical Garden) 2005-2008 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship “Examining multiple effects of neighborhood associations in bird-dispersed ” $180,000. 2004-2005 National Science Foundation “Competition and Facilitation in Bird-Dispersed Plants.” Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. $12,000. 2003 University of Colorado Departmental Fellowship. $9,000. 2003 University of Colorado Departmental Research Grant. $3,500. 2002 The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM). Predoctoral Fellowship. $17,000. 2001 University of Colorado Beverly Sears Graduate Student Grant. $500. 2001 University of Colorado Teaching Fellowship. $3,000. 1996 University of Puerto Rico Graduated Cum Laude.

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

2007 Lecturer, Univesidad del Turabo, Caguas, Puerto Rico 2004-2005 Consultant to Sociedad Ornitológica de Puerto Rico 2004-2005 Faculty (adjunct), Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto Rico 2003 Consultant to Ecosystems Inc. 2002- 2004 Scientific Consultant, USFWS Caribbean Regional Office 2002 Research Assistant, USGS 2000-2001 Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado 1999 Consultant and Content Developer in “Orígenes y Formación”. Interactive CD- Rom, Puerto Rico Department of Education 1997 Teaching Assistant, North Carolina State University 1996-2000 Research Assistant, North Carolina State University 1995 Research Assistant (summer internship), Lajas Agriculture Experimental Station University of Puerto Rico 3

1995 Research Assistant to Dr. Michael Baltz, University of Missouri 1992-1993 Summer internships, USFWS – Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Project 1990-1992 Student Conservation Association - volunteer work, Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Project 1990 – 1991 Research Assistant to Dr. Jorge Moreno, University of Colorado 1990 Nature photographer, Fundación Puertorriqueña de Conservación 1989 Research Assistant to Carlos Díaz and Dr. Thomas Kunz, Boston University 1988-1990 Volunteer, Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources (Cuerpo de Investigadores Científicos Auxiliares-CICA)

PUBLICATIONS (peer-reviewed), * = student authors, ** = postdocs

(Fourteen additional titles in progress)

51. Blinn A, Carlo TA. (under review) Vegetation and population survey of the red-footed booby (Sula sula L.) colony in Mona Island. Caribbean Naturalist.

50. Pizo, MA & Carlo, TA (pending revisions from first decision) The influence of fruit lipids on fruit use by bird communities: ecological and evolutionary implications. The American Naturalist.

Published articles (pdf available at: https://sites.psu.edu/carlolab/publications/):

49. González-Castro** A, Yang S, Carlo TA (2018). How does avian seed dispersal shape the structure of early successional tropical forests? Functional Ecology 33:229-238 (journal cover: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2435.13250?af=R) 48. Porras, MF*, De Moraes CM, Mescher MC, Rajotte E, Carlo TA. (2018). A plant virus (BYDV) promotes trophic facilitation in aphids on wheat. Scientific Reports 8:11709 | doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30023-6 47. Morán-López**, T, Carlo TA, Amico G, Morales JM. (2018) Diet complementation as a frequency-dependent mechanism conferring advantages to rare plants. Functional Ecology 32:2310-2320. 46. Lugo, AE, Winchell, KM*, Carlo, TA. (2017) Novelty in Ecosystems. Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene 3: 259-271. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809665-9.09853-0 45. Curtze A*, Carlo TA, Wenzel J. (2018). The Effects of a Tornado Disturbance and a Salvaged Timber Extraction on the Seed Rain and Recruitment Community of an Eastern Temperate Deciduous Forest. Northeastern Naturalist (in press). 44. Almeyda-Díaz E*, Odhera PC, Moran H, Iglesias-Prieto R, Carlo TA, LaJeunesse TC, Medina M (2017). Intraspecific and interspecific variation in thermotolerance and photoacclimation in Symbiodinium dinoflagellates. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1767 43. Morán-López**, T. Carlo TA, Morales, JM. (2017) The role of frugivory in diversity maintenance- a simulation approach. Ecography 41:34-31, doi: 10.1111/ecog.03220 42. Carballo-Ortiz MA*, González-Castro A, Yang S, Carlo TA. (2017) Dissecting the contributions of dispersal and host properties to the local abundance of a tropical . Journal of Ecology 105:1657–1667. 4

41. Peters V, Carlo TA, Mello MAR, Rice RA, Tallamy DW, Caudill SA, Fleming TH. (2016) Selection of species for Neotropical tree-based agroecosystems, perspectives for decision-making. Bioscience 66:1046-1056. 40. Carlo TA, Morales JM. (2016) Generalist birds promote tropical forest regeneration and increase plant diversity via rare-biased seed dispersal. Ecology 97:1819-1831. 39. Herrmann J**, Carlo TA, Brudvig L, Damschen E, Orrok J, Levey DJ, Haddad N, Tewksbury JJ. (2016) Connectivity from a different perspective: comparing seed dispersal kernels in connected vs. unfragmented landscapes. Ecology 97:1274-1282. 38. García D, Carlo TA, Martínez D*. Differential effects of landscapes on seed dispersal for co- occurring plants. (2016): Basic and Applied Ecology 17: 428-437. 37. Arana C, Carlo TA, Salinas L (2016) Biological soil crust in Peru: first record and description. Zonas Áridas 16(1): 112-119. 36. Trejo-Torres JC, Caraballo-Ortiz MA*, MA Vives-Heyliger, CW Torres-Santana, W Cetzal- IX, JA Mercado-Díaz, Carlo TA (2015) Rediscovery of Eugenia fajardensis (Myrtaceae), a rare tree from the Puerto Rican Bank. Phytotaxa 191 (1): 154–164. 35. González-Castro A*, Yang S, Nogales M, Carlo TA (2015) Relative importance of phenotypic trait matching and species’ abundances in determining plant-avian seed dispersal interactions in a small insular community. Annals of Botany Plants7: plv017; doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plv017. 34. Gleditsch JM*, Carlo TA (2014) Living with aliens: effects of invasive shrub honeysuckles on avian nesting. PLosOne 9(9): e107120. 33. Carlo TA, Tewksbury JJ (2014) Directness and tempo of avian seed deposition increases emergence of wild chiltepins in desert grasslands. Journal of Ecology 102 (1): 248-255. 32. Yang S**, Albert R, Carlo TA (2013) Transience and constancy of interactions in a plant- frugivore network. Ecosphere 4: Article 147, pp. 1-25. 31. Carlo TA, Flores-Mangual M**, Caraballo-Ortiz MA* (2013) Post-dispersal seed predation rates in a Puerto Rican pasture. Caribbean Journal of Science 47: 153-158. 30. Fricke EC*, Simon MJ, Reagan KM*, Haak DC, Levey DJ, Riffell JA, Carlo TA, Tewksbury JJ (2013) When condition trumps location: seed consumption by fruit-eating birds removes pathogens and attractants to seed predators. Ecology Letters 16: 1031-1036. 29. Caraballo-Ortiz* MA, Carlo TA (2013) Resurrection of Dendropemon sintenisii (): an endemic mistletoe to Puerto Rico. Phytotaxa 82: 1-6. (journal cover) 28. Carlo TA, García D, Martínez D*, Gleditsch JM*, Morales JM (2013) Where do seeds go when they go far? Integrating distance and directionality of avian seed dispersal in heterogeneous landscapes. Ecology 94: 301-307. (journal cover) 27. González-Castro A*, Yang S, Nogales M, Carlo TA (2012) Assessing the effects of phenophase length and species abundance on key properties of frugivory and seed dispersal networks. Plos One 7: e41385. 26. Lezcano MN*, Fargi-Brenner AG, Gianoli E, Carlo TA (2012) Bottom-up effects may not reach the top: the influence of ant-aphid interactions on the spread of soil disturbances through trophic chains. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 279: 3779-3787. 25. Carlo TA, Norris AW* (2012) Direct nitrogen intake by petals. Oikos 121: 1953-1958. 24. Arce J, Carlo TA (2012) Iguana iguana invasion in Puerto Rico: facing the evidence. Biological Invasions 9: 1981-1984. 23. Karubian J, Browne L, Bosque C, Carlo TA, Galetti M, Loiselle BA, Blake JG, Cabrera D, Holbrook KM, Holland R, Jetz W, Kunmeth F, Olivo J, Ottewell K, Rivas G, Steiger S, 5

Voirin B, Wikelski M. (2012) Seed dispersal by Neotropical birds: Emerging patterns and underlying processes. Ornitología Neotropical 23: 9-24. 22. Lugo A, Carlo TA, Wunderle J (2012) Natural mixing of species: novel plant-animal communities in Puerto Rico. Animal Conservation 15: 233–241. 21. Morales JM, Rivarola D*, Amico G, Carlo TA (2012) Neighborhood effects on seed dispersal by frugivores: testing theory with a mistletoe-marsupial system in Northern Patagonia. Ecology 93: 741–748. (Journal cover). 20. Carlo TA, Pérez-Rivera RA, Gleditsch JM* (2012) Folivory by a tropical tanager: spectrum of plant use and relationships to fruit abundance. Journal of Field Ornithology 83: 11- 16. 19. Carlo TA, Yang S (2011) Network models of frugivory and seed dispersal: challenges and opportunities. Acta Oecologica 27(6): 619-624. 18. Carlo TA, Campos-Arceiz, A, Steele M, Xiong W (2011) Frugivory and seed dispersal: integrating patterns, mechanisms, and consequences of a key animal-plant interaction. Integrative Zoology 6(3): 165-167. 17. Campos-Arceiz, A, Steele M, Carlo TA, Xiong W (2011) An integrative look at frugivory and seed dispersal studies. Integrative Zoology 6: 71-73. 16. García-Quijano CG, Carlo TA, Arce J (2011) Interactions between humans and introduced green iguanas in a Puerto Rican urban estuary. Journal of Human Organization 70(2):164-178. 15. Caraballo-Ortiz MA*, Santiago-Valentín E, Carlo TA (2011) The Effect of Flower Number and Distance to Neighbors on Fecundity of Goetzea elegans (Solanaceae), an Endangered Tropical Tree. Journal of Tropical Ecology 27: 521-528. 14. Gleditsch JM*, Carlo TA (2011) Fruit quantity of invasive shrubs predict the abundance of common avian frugivores in central Pennsylvania. Diversity & Distributions 17: 244- 253. 13. Carlo TA, Tewksbury JJ, Martínez del Río CM (2009) Tracking the fate of seedlings with a stable isotope. Ecology 90: 3516-3525. 12. Tewksbury JJ, Reagan KM*, Machnicki NJ*, Carlo TA, Haak DC, Calderón-Peñaloza AL, Levey DJ (2008) The evolutionary ecology of pungency in wild chilies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(33): 11808-11811. 11. Carlo TA, Morales JM (2008) Inequalities in fruit-removal and seed dispersal: consequences of bird behavior, neighbourhood density, and landscape aggregation. Journal of Ecology 96: 609–618. 10. Carlo TA, Aukema JE, Morales JM (2007) Plant-frugivore interactions as spatially explicit networks: integrating animal foraging and fruiting plant spatial patterns. Pages 369-390 in A. Dennis, E. Schupp, and D. Wescott (Eds.) Seed dispersal: theory and its application in a changing world, CABI, Oxon, UK. 9. Aukema, JE, Carlo TA, Collazo JA (2007) Landscape assessment of tree communities in the northern karst of Puerto Rico. Plant Ecology 189: 101–115. 8. Levey D.J., Tewksbury JJ, Cipollini ML, and Carlo TA (2006) A field test of the directed deterrence hypothesis in two species of wild chili. Oecologia 150: 61-68. 7. Morales JM, and Carlo TA (2006) The effects of plant distribution and frugivore density on the scale and shape of dispersal kernels. Ecology 87: 1489-1495. 6. Carlo TA, Aukema JE (2005) Female directed dispersal and facilitation between a tropical mistletoe and its dioecious host. Ecology 86: 3245-3251. 6

5. Carlo TA (2005) Interspecifc neighbors change seed dispersal pattern of an avian-dispersed plant. Ecology 86: 2440–2449. 4. Saracco JF, Collazo JA, Groom MJ, Carlo TA (2005) Crop size and fruit neighborhood effects on visitation to fruiting trees. Biotropica 37: 80-86. 3. Kuijt J, Carlo TA, Aukema JE. (2005) A new endemic species for Puerto Rico: Dendrophtora bermejae (Viscaceae). Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 24: 115-118. 2. Carlo TA, Collazo JA, Groom MJ. (2004) Influences of fruit diversity and abundance on bird use of two shaded coffee plantations. Biotropica 36(4): 602-614. 1. Carlo TA, Collazo JA, Groom MJ (2003) Avian fruit preferences across a Puerto Rican forested landscape: pattern consistency and implications for seed removal. Oecologia 134: 119-131.

Technical reports:

4. Carlo TA (2010) Bird-habitat relationships in Hacienda La Esperanza”, Fideicomiso de Conservación de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Conservation Trust), 45 pp. 2010. 3. García-Quijano CG, Carlo TA (2009) Human ecology of species introductions: interactions between humans and introduced green iguanas in a Puerto Rican urban estuary. Cuaderno No. 13, Instituto de Investigaciones Interdisciplianrias, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Caye, Puerto Rico. 65 pages. http://www.scribd.com/doc/27839258/Cuadernos-de- InvestigaciOn 2. Carlo TA, García-Quijano CG (2008) Assessing ecosystem and cultural impacts of the green iguana (Iguana iguana) invasion in the San Juan Bay Estuary (SJBE) in Puerto Rico. Technical report submitted to the San Juan Bay Estuary Consortium, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 42 pages. http://www.estuario.org/images/area_cientifica/final%20report%20green%20iguana.pdf 1. Aukema, JE, Carlo TA, Tossas AG, Anadón V (2006). A Call to Protect Sierra Bermeja for Future Generations. Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 24 pages. http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/~aukema/sierrabermeja_ingles.pdf

Articles for general audiences:

5. La Iguana Verde en Puerto Rico: Mitología y realidad. Revista 80 Grados http://www.80grados.net/la-iguana-verde-en-puerto-rico-mitologia-y-realidad/. Published Online October 2012. 4. “Ecología de un Huracán,” in El Nuevo Día, Nov. 29, 1998, p. 110. 3. “Nuevos avistamientos de aves en Puerto Rico” in El Bienteveo, Aug. 1998. 2. Carlo, T. A., and F. J. Vilella. 1991. Ecology of mixed species flocks in Cordillera forests of Puerto Rico: participation of tropical land bird migrants. El Pitirre 5(3): 6. 1. “Fotografías de aves de Puerto Rico”, T.A. Carlo in Semanario Claridad, Feb. 1987.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2015-present: Penn State University: Classical Ecology (Eclgy 520, 2 graduate credits) 2013-present: Penn State University: Advances in Ecology (Eclgy 515, 1.5 graduate credits) 7

2013-present: Penn State Unviersity: Biology of Populations and Communities (Biol 220w, 4 undergraduate credits) 2009-present: Penn State Unviersity: Experimental Field Biology (Bio 450w, 3 undergraduate credits) 2009-present: Penn State Unviersity: Tropical Field Ecology (Biol 499A, 3 credits) 2009-2010: Penn State University: Introductory Biology (Bio 110 Honors, 3 credits) 2007: Universidad del Turabo: Applied Tropical Botany (3 credit grad. course) 2007: Universidad del Turabo: Introduction to thesis research (1 credit grad. course) 2000-2001: University of Colorado at Boulder: Intro Biology Lab 1997: North Carolina State University: Ornithology Lab

Special courses:

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

2019 (Apr) British Ecological Society meeting, “Frugivory and plant alpha diversity”, invited symposium speaker, Edinburgh, UK. 2018 (Aug) Ecological Society of America annual meeting, “Diversity in the making: Linking frugivory with community assembly during secondary succession”, invited symposium speaker, New Orleans, USA. 2017 (Apr) University of Puerto Rico (Institute of Tropical Ecology Studies), "Frugivory and seed dispersal, a key animal-plant interaction for biodiversity", Rio Piedras, Host: Dr. Jorge Ortiz. 2016 (Oct) Carnegie Museum of Natural History, “Ecology of frugivory and seed dispersal networks”. Moriarty Science Seminar Series, Pittsburgh. Host: Stephen Tonsor. 2016 (Sep) Penn State University, University Park, “Frugivory and seed dispersal: a key animal-plant mutualism”. Fall ecology seminar series speaker, Ecology Program. 2016 (Apr) State University of Sao Paulo (UNESP), Brazil, “Frugivores and plant community diversity: in search of coexistence mechanisms”. Invited seminar speaker, Department of Ecology, Rio Claro. Host: Marco Pizo. 2016 (Apr) University of Sao Paulo (USP), Piracicapa, Brazil, “Frugivores and plant community diversity: in search of coexistence mechanisms”. Invited seminar speaker, Department of Forest Resources. Host: Pedro Brancalion. 2015 (Oct) Columbia University, New York, New York “Frugivores and the maintenance and structure of tree communities”. Invited seminar speaker, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Sciences. Host: María Uriarte. 2015 (Feb) University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware “Frugivory networks and the maintenance of tree species in tropical forests”. Invited seminar speaker, Department of Entomology & Wildlife Sciences. 2015 (Jul) Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Honolulu, Hawaii “Herbivory by introduced Iguana iguana in the San Juan Bay Estuary: landscape patterns, preferences, and cascading effects”. Invited Symposium Speaker. Organizer: Kasey Barton. 2014 (Jun) Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Cairns, Australia “How frugivores maintain diversity of tropical plant communities?”. Oral presentation. 8

2014 (Jun) Universidad Nacional Mayor San Marcos, Lima, Peru “The new forests of Puerto Rico: a window into the future of the Anthropocene”. Invited seminar speaker for the Week of Biodiversity, Department of Biological Sciences. Host: César Arana. 2014 (Feb) University of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island “The maintenance of plant diversity by networks of frugivory and seed dispersal”. Invited seminar speaker by the graduate students in environmental science and ecology, College of the Environment and the Life Sciences. Host: Carlos García-Quijano. 2014 (Jan) Primer Simposio de Ornitología Puertorriqueña. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Cayey “How frugivorous birds influence plant diversity in regenerating tropical forests?” Invited plenary speaker. 2013 (Sep) University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, “The maintenance of plant diversity by networks of frugivory and seed dispersal”. Invited seminar speaker by the graduate students in ecology and evolutionary biology (EEB). Host: Walter Carson. 2013 (May) Universidad Nacional de San Marcos, Lima, Peru “Ecología de redes de frugivoría y disperción de semillas”, conference sponsored by APECO and the Department of Ornithology of the San Marcos University. Host: Letty Salinas. 2013 (Mar) North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina “Linking pattern and process in networks of frugivory and seed dispersal”. Invited departmental seminar speaker, Biology Department. Host: Jaime A. Collazo. 2013 (Feb) Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania “Long-distance seed dispersal in heterogeneous landscapes”, seminar, Ecosystem Science & Management Program. 2012 (Jul) State University of Sao Paulo (UNESP), Rio Claro, Brazil “Community perspectives in frugivory and seed dispersal: linking pattern and process”. Ecology Department. Host: M. Galetti 2012 (Jul) Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Bonito, Brazil “The equalizing effect of frugivory and seed dispersal networks”. Invited symposium speaker (organizers R. Dirzo & M. Galetti). 2011 (Nov) XIX Congreso de Ornitología Neotropical, Cusco, Perú “The equalizing effect of frugivory and seed dispersal networks”. Invited symposium speaker (organizer J. Karubian). 2011 (Oct) Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania “Ecology of frugivory and see dispersal networks”. An HHMI-series presentation. Department of Biology. Host: Mike Steele. 2011 (May) University of Rhode Island, Providence Rhode Island “Ecological and cultural aspects of the green iguana invasion of a Puerto Rican estuary”. Department of Anthropology. Host: Carlos García-Quijano 2011 (Apr) University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada “Frugivory and Seed Dispersal Networks”. Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation. Host: S. Vander Wall 2011 (Feb) Sierra Club of Puerto Rico, held at Fundación Sila María Calderón, Rio Piedras Workshop: The new forests of Puerto Rico. Conducted in the Fundación Sila M. Calderón, Río Piedras, PR. Organized by T.A. Carlo in conjunction with the Sierra Club. 9

2010 (Jun) 5th International Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal, Montpellier, France. “Frugivory and seed dispersal networks: concepts and practical applications for a new “paradigm” in FSD”. Invited Plenary lecture 2010 (Mar) Rice University, Huston, Texas “Ecology of frugivory and seed dispersal networks”. Invited seminar, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Host: Dr. Amy Dunham. 2009 (Jul) ATBC meeting Marburg, Germany “Are Generalists the Ecological Rockstars of Mutualistic Networks?” – invited symposium speaker. (Organized by Nina Farwig). 2009 (Oct) Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia “Community Perspectives on Frugivory and Seed Dispersal Networks”. Invited seminar hosted by Dr. Tatyana Lobova, Department of Biological Sciences. 2009 (Mar) University of Vermont, Burlington, Virginia “Community Perspectives on Frugivory and Seed Dispersal Networks” Host – Dr. Nick 2008 (Oct) Universidad de Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. “Ecology of Frugivory and seed dispersal networks”. Invited seminar hosted by Dr. Daniel García, Departmento de Orgnanismos y Systemas 2008 (Sep) Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania “Ecology of Frugivory and seed dispersal networks”. Invited seminar for Ecology Seminar Series 2008 (Aug) Laboratorio ECOTONO, Universidad Nacional de Comahue, Bariloche, Argentina “Tracking seed dispersal and recruitment with a stable isotope”. Invited seminar hosted by Dr. Juan M. Morales, INBIOMA-CONICET 2008 (Apr) Universidad de Puerto Rico Cayey “Interacciones planta-animal: frugivoría y dispersion de semillas como fuerzas en la organización de comunidades vegetales” invited seminar hosted by Dr. Carlos Ricart, Biology Department 2007 (Jan) University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida “Community perspectives in frugivory and seed dispersal: linking pattern with species interactions”. Invited seminar hosted by Dr. Doug Levey, Biology Department (job talk – declined offer for PENN STATE) 2006 (Dec) Penn State University. University Park, PA “Community perspectives in frugivory and seed dispersal: linking pattern with species interactions”. Invited seminar hosted by Dr. Katriona Shea, Biology Department (job talk – accepted job) 2006 (Aug) Ecological Society of America. Memphis, Tennessee “Female directed dispersal and facilitation between a tropical mistletoe and its dioecious host”. Oral presentation 2005 (Sep) University of Puerto Rico. Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico “Competition and facilitation in bird-dispersed plants”. Invited seminar speaker hosted by Dr. Eugenio Santiago, Biology Department 2005 (Jun) 4th International Symposium on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal. Brisbane, Australia “Competition, facilitation, and context-dependence in seed-dispersal”. Invited plenary speaker 2005 (May) University of Colorado. Boulder, Colorado “Competition and facilitation in bird-dispersed plants”. Oral presentation of Doctoral Dissertation, EBIO Department 10

2004 (Aug) Ecological Society of America. Portland, Oregon “Facilitation in bird-dispersed plants”. 2003 (Apr) University of Colorado. Boulder, Colorado “Effects of interspecific neighbors in the fruit removal of Solanum americanum”. Oral presentation 2002 (Aug) Ecological Society of America. Tucson, Arizona “Tracing the fate of seedlings with stable isotopes”. Oral presentation 2001 (Jul) Society for the Conservation & Study of Caribbean Birds. Topes de Collantes, “Fruit diversity and bird use of shaded coffee plantations in Puerto Rico”. Oral presentation 1999 (Nov) University of Colorado. Boulder, Colorado “Fruit preferences and seed- dispersal capabilities of forest birds in north-central Puerto Rico“. Oral presentation 1992 (Aug) Society of Caribbean Ornithology. San Juan, Puerto Rico “Ecology of mixed species flocks in Cordillera forests of Puerto Rico: participation of tropical land bird migrants”. Oral presentation 1991 (Aug) Society of Caribbean Ornithology. Saint Lucia “Birds of Puerto Rico in Photographs”. Oral presentation

GRADUATE STUDENTS (* = minority students)

Current: 2018-present: Walter Espíndola Cáceres (Ph.D.) 2016-present: Paulo H. Camargo (Ph.D.) – “sandwich” doctoral fellowship UNESP-Penn State 2016-present: Brady W. Boyer (M.S.)

Former graduate students (with current affiliations):

2015-2018: Mitzy Fernanda Porras* (Ph.D.) – Fullbright Scholarship – currently a postdoc at Cornell

2009-2017: Marcos Caraballo Ortiz* (Ph.D) – Sloan Foundation Fellow – currently a postdoc at the Smithsonian in DC

2016-2018: Benjamin S. Vizzachero (M.S.)

2010-2013: Rachel Glenn (M.S.) – high school teacher, Puerto Rico

2010-2012: Jason Gleditsch (M.S.) – currently Ph.D. student in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana

2008-2012: Jeff Law (Ph.D, co-advised with Dr. Robert Gallagher) – currently tenure-track Assistant Professor of Biology at Daemen College, Amherst, Massachusetts. NY. http://www.daemen.edu/academics/divisionofartssciences/naturalsciences/facult y/Pages/JeffreyLaw.aspx

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2004-2005 Sheylda N. Díaz-Méndez (M.S)* Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Currently associate faculty, Universidad del Turabo, Caguas PR (https://pr.linkedin.com/in/sheylda-diaz-mendez-653475106)

Undergraduate Honor Students with thesis 2018-present: Elizabeth Druschel 2015-2017: Alexander Curtze 2009-2011: Christine Wang

Undergraduate researchers (Biol 496 – Independent Studies) * = minorities 2018-present: Devon Tighe 2008-2010: Adriana Targa* 2008-2010: Amanda McCabe 2009-2010: Jason Gleditsch 2010: Jacob Yousef 2010-present: Mitchell Shiles 2010- 2011: Keytna Thaker* 2010-2011: Alexis Kejas 2010-2011: Lindsay Wittmer 2010-2011: Britany Russell 2010-2011: Abraham John* 2010: Lindsay Goodlow* 2011: Saraswati Verma* 2012: Victoria Katchur 2013-2014: Bassam Elshafora 2014-present: Alexander Curtze 2014: Brady Boyer 2014: Brandon Hall 2014: Justin Mansberger 2014: Devon McCrossin 2016: Andrew Blinn 2016: Emerald Shaw* 2016-2017: Gabriela Cedeño* 2018-present: Devon Tighe

Post Docs 2009-2011: Dr. Mario L. Flores-Mangual – currently Assistant Professor (tenure track) University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. 2011: Dr. Suann Yang – currently Assistant Professor (tenure track) New York State University Geneseo, NY. 2011-2014: Dr. John Herrman, Associate Editor Tropical Ecology, Kiel University, Germany 2013-2014: Dr. Aarón González-Castro – Island Biology Group, 2016-2018: Dr. Teresa Morán-López – INIBIOMA-CONICET, Bariloche, Argentina

International Visiting Scholars 2010: Ana Mellado-García - University of Granada, Spain 12

2011: Aarón González-Castro - CSIC- Ministerio de Ciencia e Inovación, Tenerife, Spain 2011: Lucie Hemrova - Charles University in Prague 2013: Erik Rodríguez – Universidad de Palencia, Spain 2016: Alba Lázaro – Universidad de Granada, Spain

MENTORING

2014-2015: Founding co-chair of the Association of Tropical Biology mentoring and capacity building program - Activities include organize pairing mentors and mentees during ATBC annual conferences, coordinating and conducting early-career activities for students and postdocs on paper writing, grant-writing, presentation skills, and meeting the media skills. Conduct annual ATBC-sponsored workshops of study design and data analyses on developing countries with need of capacity building: Peru (2014, 2015), Dominican Republic (2015).

Undergraduate minority mentor (FastStart) - A program that helps first-year students from African American, Latino/Hispanic, Asian and Asian/Pacific American backgrounds, as well as those students who simply want to get their college careers off to a fast start (Number of students mentored = 4).

Faculty Mentor for “Empathy, not Sympathy” Penn State student organization that helps children with HIV in Thailand.

Faculty Mentor: Penn State Shotokan Club (2015)

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY Graduate Committee (Biology Dept.) 2008-2009 Environmental Stewardship Committee (Biology Dept.) 2009-present Graduate Awards Committee (Biology Dept.) 2010-present Graduate Committee (Ecology program) 2012-2015 Judge for PSU Graduate Exhibition (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) Judge for PSU Undergraduate Exhibition (2013, 2015, 2016) Biology Department Doctoral Candidacy Examination Committee (Chair, 2015-present)

Seminar: Penn State University, “Everything you need to know but no one told you about” (organized brownbag graduate seminar on professional development) fall 2009

EDITORIAL SERVICE Oecologia, Handling Editor (starting Jan 2019) Biotropica, Subject Matter Editor (2016-present) Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Guest Editor (2015-2017) Integrative Zoology, Guest Editor (2010-2012) Biotropica, Subject Matter Editor (2009 –2010)

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Reviewer for: Ecology, Ecology Letters, The American Naturalist, Journal of Ecology, Ecological Applications, Functional Ecology, Journal of Vegetation Science, Oecologia, Oikos, Ecography, Biology Letters, New Phytologist, Journal of Tropical Ecology, Journal of Mammology, Conservation Biology, Biological Conservation, Biotropica, Forest Ecology & Management, The Auk, Journal of Landscape Research, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Ecological Research, Journal of Avian Biology, Journal of Biogeography, Proceedings of the Royal Society (B), Biological Reviews, Journal of Field Ornithology, Integrative Zoology, Invasive Plant Science and Management, Ecosphere, Global Ecology & Biogeography, Annals of Forest Science, American Journal of Botany, Journal of Basic and Applied Ecology, Northeastern Naturalist, and Plos One among others.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Society for Island Biology – Founding Board Member 2016-present Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation – 2015-2016 Council Member Ecological Society of America Society for the Study and Conservation of Caribbean Birds

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES (2008-present)

2011: Workshop with the Sierra Club (Puerto Rico Chapter): Los Nuevos Bosques de Puerto Rico. 1991-2005, 2010, 2011: Christmas Bird Count route leader. 2008-2009: Training Workshops for Citizen Scientists. I offered a total of three workshops to train and initiate citizen volunteers in the research activities in a “Bird-Habitat Relationships” ecology project at Hacienda La Esperanza Nature Reserve in Manatí, managed by the Fideicomiso de Conservación de Puerto Rico (now "Para la Naturaleza"). 2014: Field course: "Diseño de estudios ecológicos y análisis de datos" Museo de Historia Natural de Peru, UNMSM. 2015: ATBC Capacity Building Committee (founding chair, organizer) 2015: Field course: "Diseño de estudios ecológicos y análisis de datos" Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. 2016: ATBC Capacity Building committee – lead lunch workshop for graduate students and postdocs “Writing so you get published” 2016: invited faculty at Ecological Restoration course, ESLQ, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brasil 2016-present: invited faculty at the "Latin American Course" - Carnegie Natural History Museum, Powdermill Nature Reserve. 2017: Taller de publicación científica Museo de Historia Natural de Peru, UNMSM, Lima, Peru. 2018: Field course: “Diseño de estudios ecológicos y análisis de datos” CDS & Museo de Historia Natural de Peru, Oxampampa, Perú.

ONGOING COLLABORATIONS WITH: César Arana – Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú Javier Arce – University of North Carolina, Chapelhill 14

Pedro Brancalion – University of Sao Paulo (ESLQ), Brasil Walter P. Carson – University of Pittsburgh Norbert Cordeiro – Field Museum, Chicago Claude dePamphilis – Penn State University Don Drake – Univesity of Hawaii, Manoa Cristina García – University of Liverpool, UK Jesse K. Lasky – Penn State University Yolanda León – Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo Ariel E. Lugo – International Institute of Tropical Forestry (USDA Forest Service) Pete Marra – Smithsonian Institution Juan M. Morales – Laboratorio Ecotono, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina Manuel Nogales – CESIC, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Marco A. Pizo - Universidade Stadual Paulista, Rio Claro, Brasil Letty Salinas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú Jackeline Salazar – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Santo Domingo Doug Tallamy – University of Delaware John Wenzel – Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh Suann Yang – Presbyterian College

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