Mr Salvador Herrando-Perez

Biography/ Background

Born in Onda (Castellón, Spain).

Currently I am a PhD CANDIDATE at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (University of Adelaide). Some details: TOPIC: Factors controlling population size and extinction risk. I am assessing the effect of density feedback on the demographic rates of wild populations, and its relationship with life history traits, environmental factors and extinction risk at a global scale. / SUPERVISORS: Corey Bradshaw, Barry Brook & Steven Delean. / SUPPORT: Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (Department of Education, Science and Training, Australian Government), 2007-2011.

In the last decade I have joined or developed research projects in the North Sea (UK), Canary Islands (Spain), Sahara Desert (Morocco), Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico), Mediterranean Coast (Spain), and the Amazon and the Andes (Colombia, Peru). So far my main contribution to science has been in the field of community ecology and descriptive multivariate analyses, though I am proud of having given name to four new species of invertebrates.

Some of my research/teaching experience includes: Member of the research group XIUA (Integrated Management of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Colombia): research projects and statistical expertise, on-going. / Postgraduate lecturer in multivariate statistics: academic sites in Colombia, Mexico and Peru (2000-2007, see below). / Member of the Fundacion Omacha: research projects and statistical expertise (Colombia, 2005-2006). / Member of the marine benthic group at La Laguna University: taxonomical and statistical expertise (Spain, 1997-1998).

Qualifications

ACADEMIC DEGREES

MPhil. Marine biodiversity and pollution. School of Marine Science and Technology (Newcastle University, UK). 1992-1996. http://www.ncl.ac.uk/marine. Thesis: Initial benthic recovery following flyash dumping off the Northumberland Coast, 186 p.

BSc. Biology - Zoology. Faculty of Biological Sciences (Valencia University, Spain). 1986-1991. http://www.uv.es/biologia

Teaching Interests

LECTURING EXPERIENCE: MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS 

Multivariate analyses in biodiversity studies for environmental impact assessment and protected areas (42 hours). Universidad Pedagogica y Tecnologica de Colombia (Tunja, Colombia). 5-9 February 2007.

Multivariate analyses: ordination, relationships and differences with biodiversity data. A series of 5 courses were lectured, i.e. 27 June-1 July 2005 (25 hours), 5-9 July 2005 (25 hours), 11-15 July 2005 (30 hours), 9-13 October 2006 (42 hours), and 17-21 October 2006 (42 hours). Fundacion Omacha (Bogota, Colombia).

A practical approach to multivariate analyses for fisheries and aquaculture (40 hours). Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (Bogota, Colombia). 7-11 June 2005.

A practical approach to the study of biodiversity through multivariate methods (40 hours). Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (Lima, Peru), 22-29 November 2004.

Quantitative zoology: multivariate analyses and aquatic mammal research (75 hours). Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogota, Colombia), 6-27 June 2003.

Measurements of biological diversity by means of multivariate methods (80-100 hours). El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (Chetumal, Mexico). Three rounds: November 2001, and October 2003 and 2004. Sponsorship on the first two rounds by the Mexican Government Programme: Catedras Universitarias Especiales.

Research Interests

ON-GOING PROJECTS

Ecology of benthic communities from high-altitude lakes in the Paramo La Rusia, Colombian Andes (Project leader). Sponsorship by the British Ecological Society (http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org), Corpoboyaca, and collaboration with an international team of taxonomical experts (America, Asia, Europe and Oceania) and the research group XIUA at the Universidad Pedagogica y Tecnologica de Colombia (http://www.uptc.edu.co, Tunja, Colombia).

Biodiversity of stygobite fauna from the Ullal de la Rambla de Miravet, a karstic cave in the Mediterranean coast of Spain (Project leader). Initial sponsorship by the British Ecological Society, and collaboration with an international team of taxonomical experts (America, Europe and Oceania).

Biodiversity of moss-associated tardigrades in contrasting climatic regions of the Castellon province (Mediterranean coast, Spain) (Project leader). Collaboration with Florida (USA) and Plymouth (UK) universities. A COBICE grant (European Union) was obtained in 2003.

Publications

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

Herrando-Peréz, S., S. Delean, B. W. Brook & C. J. A. Bradshaw, In review. Density feedback and population variability increase with the pace of life history. Poster presented at INTECOL - Brisbane - August 2009.

Herrando-Peréz, S., S. Delean, B. W. Brook & C. J. A. Bradshaw, In review. Density dependence: more than forty terms for four concepts. Talk (i) presented at INTECOL - Brisbane-Australia (August 2009), and (ii) received award in the 2009 Student Prize of the Royal Society of South Australia (October 2009).

Pesic, V., T. Chatterjee, Y. Herrera-Martinez & S. Herrando-Pérez, In press. Wandesia (Partnuniella) lehmanni - a new water mite species (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Hydryphantidae) from a high-altitude lake in the Colombian Andes. International Journal of Acarology.

Herrando-Pérez, S., M. Baratti & G. Messana, 2008. Subterranean ecological research and multivariate statistics: A review (1945-2006). Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 70(2), 120-128.

Luja, V. H., S. Herrando-Pérez, D. Gonzalez-Solis & L. Luiselli, 2008. Secondary rainforests are not havens for reptile species in tropical Mexico. Biotropica 40(6), 747-757.

La Torre-Cuadros, M. A., S. Herrando-Pérez & K. Young, 2007. Diversity and structural patterns for tropical montane and premontane forests of Central Peru, with an assessment of the use of higher-taxon surrogacy. Biodiversity and Conservation 16, 2965-2988.

Baquero, E., S. Herrando-Pérez & R. Jordana, 2006. A new species of Arrhopalites (Collembola, Symphypleona, Arrhopalitidae) from a cave on the Central East Iberian Peninsula. Subterranean Biology 3, 81-86.

Bruce, N. L. & S. Herrando-Pérez, 2005. Kensleylana briani, a new genus and species of freshwater cave-dwelling cirolanid (Crustacea: Isopoda) from Spain. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118, 74-83.

de Grave, S. & S. Herrando-Pérez, 2003. A new species of Typhlocirolana (Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from the Ullal de la Rambla de Miravet, Spain. Zootaxa 393, 1-11.

Herrando-Pérez, S., G. San Martín & J. Nuñez, 2001. Polychaete patterns from an oceanic island in the East Atlantic, La Gomera (Canarian Archipelago). Cahiers de Biologie Marine 42, 275-287.

Herrando-Pérez, S. & C.L.J. Frid, 2001. Recovery patterns of macrobenthos and sediment at a close fly-ash dumpsite. Sarsia 86, 389-400.

Herrando-Pérez, S. & C.L.J. Frid, 1998. The cessation of long-term fly-ash dumping: effects on macrobenthos and sediments. Marine Pollution Bulletin 36, 780-790.

BRINGING SCIENCE TO PEOPLE

Herrando-Pérez, S., 2007. Crustaceans from the Ullal de Miravet (Castellon, Spain): travellers through space and time. Berig 8, 4-10.

Herrando-Pérez, S., 2005. Ullal de Miravet, a natural treasure below the ground. Quercus 230, 20-26.

Herrando-Pérez, S., J. Nuñez & G. San Martín, 2000. Polychaetes: athletics over the seas. Quercus 175, 16-24.

REVIEWER OF PAPERS FROM: Ecological Research, Journal of Animal Ecology, Restoration Ecology.

Community Engagement

In March 2007 I founded BIOESTUDIOS SAGANTA, a non-profit national organisation based in my home village Onda (Castellon, Spain), under the support of the Onda Town Council (http://www.onda.es), fully devoted to scientific research and its popularisation with a focus on biodiversity conservation.

Entry last updated: Tuesday, 15 Dec 2009