Dr Salvador Herrando-Perez
Biography/ Background
I was born in Onda (Castellón, Spain) in 1968
Presently a member of the Global Change Ecology Group [http://ees.adelaide.edu.au/research/global_change], at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (The University of Adelaide, Australia)
CURRENT PROJECTS
- Improving the use of terminology in ecology, with Corey Bradshaw and Barry Brook
- Megafauna extinctions from Pleistocene Sahul (postdoc position), with Corey Bradshaw, Barry Brook, Alan Cooper, Richard Gillespie, Rainer Grün, Grant Gully, Chris Johnson, Gifford Miller, Gavin Prideaux, Chris Turney and Alan Williams
- Conservation Bytes:
http://conservationbytes.com/2013/05/13/learning-from-danger/#more-8896
http://conservationbytes.com/2013/03/18/food-for-sex/#more-8699
http://conservationbytes.com/2013/01/14/translocations-genetic-rescue-paradox/#more-8369
http://conservationbytes.com/2012/11/28/individuals-a-population-to-conserve-make/#more-8063
http://conservationbytes.com/2012/11/01/toothed-conflict/#more-7963
http://conservationbytes.com/2012/10/11/the-biodiversity-club/#more-7879
http://conservationbytes.com/2012/09/17/ecology-tower-babel/#more-7688
http://conservationbytes.com/2012/09/04/climate-of-climate-change/#more-7619
http://conservationbytes.com/2012/07/30/malady-of-numbers/#more-7468
http://conservationbytes.com/2012/07/05/ghost-extinctions/#more-7365
http://conservationbytes.com/2012/06/15/invaders-double-edge/#more-7265
http://conservationbytes.com/2012/05/05/custodians-of-fisheries/#more-7091
http://conservationbytes.com/2012/04/10/wounded-soldiers-of-biodiversity
http://conservationbytes.com/2012/01/25/give-way-to-the-invader/#more-6687
http://conservationbytes.com/2011/11/02/oceans-need-their-giants/#more-6395
http://conservationbytes.com/2011/09/27/glitters-is-not-gold/
http://conservationbytes.com/2011/09/01/gone-with-the-birds/#more-6140
http://conservationbytes.com/2011/08/02/pickled-niches/#more-6043
http://conservationbytes.com/2011/07/04/taxonomy-in-the-clouds/#more-5920
http://conservationbytes.com/2011/05/02/silence-of-the-birds/#more-5623
http://conservationbytes.com/2011/04/04/buzzing-to-the-plate/#more-5413
http://conservationbytes.com/2011/02/17/evolution-here-and-now
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Qualifications
ACADEMIC DEGREES
- PhD. Resolving conceptual confusion and quantifying cross-taxa patterns of 'density dependence' in population ecology. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (The University of Adelaide, Australia). Supervisors: Corey Bradshaw, Barry Brook and Steven Delean. Support: Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (Department of Education, Science and Training, Australian Government), 2007-2012. Awarded a Dean's commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence.
- MPhil. Initial benthic recovery following flyash dumping off the Northumberland Coast. School of Marine Science and Technology (Newcastle University, UK). Supervisor: Chris Frid.
- BSc. Biology - Zoology. Faculty of Biological Sciences (Valencia University, Spain). 1986-1991.
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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
I have delved for a few years into statistical programming in R, generalized linear modeling 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 am a generalist ecologist, with a strong interest in numerical ecology
- I am currently working on global patterns of population dynamics
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
IN REVIEW
- Herrando-Pérez S, S Delean, BW Brook & CJA Bradshaw. Density feedback and climate.
- Bradshaw, CJA, BW Brook, DA Fordham, S Herrando-Pérez, P Cassey, R Early, C H Sekercioglu & MB Araujo. Bird range dynamics.
ECOLOGY
- Herrando-Pérez S, S Delean, BW
Brook & CJA Bradshaw (2012) Density dependence:
an ecological Tower of Babel. Oecologia 170 (3): 585-603. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2347-3.
See also http://conservationbytes.com/2012/09/17/ecology-tower-babel
- Herrando-Pérez S, S Delean, BW Brook & CJA Bradshaw (2012)
Strength of density feedback in census data increases from slow to fast life
histories. Ecology and Evolution 2(8):1922-1934. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.298.
- Herrando-Pérez S, S Delean, BW Brook & CJA Bradshaw (2012) Decoupling of
component and ensemble density feedbacks in birds and mammals. Ecology 93(7):1728-1740.
DOI:10.1890/11-1415.1. See also:
http://conservationbytes.com/2012/02/17/parts-a-whole-do-not-make/#more-6809
- Herrando-Pérez S & MA La Torre-Cuadros (2012) Taxonomic surrogacy in andean montane forests. Revista Peruana de Biología 19:101-105. Free access: http://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/795
- Luja VH, S Herrando-Pérez, D González-Solís & L Luiselli (2008)
Secondary
rainforests are not havens for reptile species in tropical Mexico. Biotropica
40(6):747-757
- 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
- La Torre-Cuadros MA, 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
- Herrando-Pérez S, G San Martín & J Núñez (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 & CLJ Frid (2001) Recovery patterns of
macrobenthos and sediment at a close fly-ash dumpsite. Marine Biology
Research 86:389-400
- Herrando-Pérez S & CLJ Frid (1998) The
cessation of long-term fly-ash dumping: effects on macrobenthos and sediments.
Marine Pollution Bulletin 36(10):780-790
TAXONOMY
- Brusa F, LHL Negrete, Y Herrerra-Martínez & S Herrando-Pérez (2012) Girardiae festae (Borelli, 1898) (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Dugesiidae): distribution extension in a high-altitude lake from Colombia. Check List 8(2):276-279.
- Pesic V, T Chatterjee, Y Herrera-Martínez & 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
- Bruce NL & 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.
OTHERS
- 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 Núñez & G San Martín (2000) Polychaetes: athletics over the seas. Quercus 175:16-24. ISSN: 02120054
REVIEWER OF PAPERS FROM: Climate Research, Community Ecology, Ecological Research, Ecology Letters, Journal of Animal Ecology, Restoration Ecology.
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Community Engagement
- Environmental education through story-telling and writing (2001-...), e.g. http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=200964293256248&comments
- From January 2011 I write monthy articles in the section Street-side science (Ciencia a pie de calle) 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
(see links above). The purpose is to convey the usefulness
of ecological-conservation science in a language tailored to a
non-scientific audience.
Entry last updated: Monday, 13 May 2013