Mr Salvador Herrando-Perez
Biography/ Background
I was born in Onda (Castellón, Spain)
I am in the final year of my PhD within the Global Ecology Group [http://ees.adelaide.edu.au/research/eeb/ecology_gp/], at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Topic: The role of social and trophic interactions as inferred from metrics of density dependence (Population ecology).
- Supervisors: Corey Bradshaw, Barry Brook and Steven Delean
- Support: Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (Department of Education, Science and Training, Australian Government), 2007-2011
I am currently exploring where to undertake a postdoctoral project starting in 2012
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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
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Teaching Interests
I have done lecturing on ordination methods applied to the study of biodiversity patterns in Colombia, Mexico and Peru, see courses below
Through my PhD, I am getting an insight into statistical programming in R and multi-model inference, which I might incorporate in future courses
COURSES:
- Multivariate analyses for environmental impact assessment and protected areas (42 hours). Universidad Pedagogica y Tecnologica de Colombia (Tunja, Colombia). 5-9 February 2007.
- Multivariate analyses for fisheries and aquaculture (40 hours). Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (Bogota, Colombia). 7-11 June 2005.
- Multivariate analyses for aquatic mammal research (75 hours). Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogota, Colombia), 6-27 June 2003.
- Multivariate analyses of biodiversity data (40 hours). Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (Lima, Peru), 22-29 November 2004.
- Multivariate analyses of biodiversity data (25-42 hours). Fundacion Omacha (Bogota, Colombia). Five courses: 27 June-1 July 2005, 5-9 July 2005, 11-15 July 2005, 9-13 October 2006, and 17-21 October 2006.
- Multivariate analyses of biodiversity data (80-100 hours). El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (Chetumal, Mexico). Three courses: November 2001, and October 2003 and 2004. The Mexican Government Programme "Cátedras Universitarias Especiales" sponsored the first two courses.
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Research Interests
I have developed research projects in the North Sea, Sahara Desert, Yucatan Peninsula, Mediterranean Coast, and the Amazon and the Andes
Prior to my PhD, my work focused on patterns of community structure, including aquatic invertebrates in temperate Europe, and plants and vertebrates in tropical America
I am proud of having given name to four species of invertebrates new to science
I believe that we scientists have the moral obligation of i/ contributing to a fairer and cleaner world, ii/ enforcing collaborative research between developed and developing countries, and iii/ passing our expertise on to society and younger generations of scientists
Publications
PEER-REVIEWED PAPERS
In review
- Herrando-Pérez, S., S. Delean, B. W. Brook & C. J. A. Bradshaw, In progress. Density feedback and environmental forcing.
- Herrando-Pérez, S., S. Delean, B. W. Brook & C. J. A. Bradshaw. Density feedback and life history.
- Herrando-Pérez, S., S. Delean, B. W. Brook & C. J. A. Bradshaw. Component and demographic density feedbacks.
- Herrando-Pérez, S., S. Delean, B. W. Brook & C. J. A. Bradshaw. Terminology of density dependence [Talk (i) presented at INTECOL - Brisbane 2009, and (ii) received award at Royal Society of South Australia - Adelaide 2009].
Ecology
- 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. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00439.x
- 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. Free access: http://www.caves.org/pub/journal/PDF/v70/cave-70-02-120.pdf
- 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. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9155-9
- 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. Abstract: http://cbm-online.sb-roscoff.fr/abstract.php?doc=cb42-3-275-287.pdf
- Herrando-Pérez, S. & C.L.J. Frid, 2001. Recovery patterns of macrobenthos and sediment at a close fly-ash dumpsite. Marine Biology Research 86, 389-400. Free access: http://www.bio.uib.no/sol/visabst.php?aseq=1881
- 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. DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00056-3
Taxonomy
- Pesic, V., T. Chatterjee, Y. Herrera-Martinez & S. Herrando-Pérez, 2010. Wandesia (Partnuniella) lehmanni - a new water mite species (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Hydryphantidae) from a high-altitude lake in the Colombian Andes. International Journal of Acarology 36(1), 53-58. DOI: 10.1080/01647950903508508
- 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. Free access: www.unav.es/unzyec/papers/Subterranean_Biology(3)81-86.pdf
- 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. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[74:KBANGA]2.0.CO
- 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. Free access: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/list2003.html
REVIEWER OF PAPERS FROM: Ecological Research, Journal of Animal Ecology, Restoration Ecology.
BRINGING SCIENCE TO PEOPLE
- From January 2011 I write monthy articles in the section Street-side science of the Spanish journal Quercus (www.quercus.es). An extended online version of some of those articles (in English) is available at http://conservationbytes.com. The purpose is to convey the usefulness of ecological-conservation science in a language tailored to a non-scientific audience
- Herrando-Pérez, S., 2007. Crustaceans from the Ullal de Miravet (Castellon, Spain): travellers through space and time. Berig 8, 4-10. Free access: www.cuevascastellon.uji.es/articulos/berig8_crustaceos.pdf
- Herrando-Pérez, S., 2005. Ullal de Miravet, a natural treasure below the ground. Quercus 230, 20-26. Free access: www.cuevascastellon.uji.es/articulos/cabanes_ullalmiravetartquercus.pdf
- Herrando-Pérez, S., J. Nuñez & G. San Martín, 2000. Polychaetes: athletics over the seas. Quercus 175, 16-24. ISSN: 02120054
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Community Engagement
- Founding director of BIOESTUDIOS SAGANTA, a non-profit national organisation fully devoted to scientific research and its popularisation with a focus on biodiversity conservation (March 2007).
- Environmental education through story-telling and writing (2001-...), e.g. http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=200964293256248&comments
Entry last updated: Wednesday, 14 Dec 2011
