EDUCATION:

1969              Ph.D., (Ecology) Department of Botany, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
1965              M.S., (Biology) University of Puerto Rico 
1963              B.S., (Biology) University of Puerto Rico 
1959              Mayagüez Public Schools; Hostos High School, Mayagüez

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:


1980                                     Palm wetlands in subtropical wet and subtropical rain forest life zones in Puerto Rico
1976-1978                            Sandhill forest in Gainesville, Florida
1974-1977 and 1981            Subtropical dry forest in Puerto Rico
1973                                     Puerto Rico and the Caribbean 
1972-1975                            Fresh water prairie (Paynes Prairie) and associated lakes in Gainesville, Florida
1972-1973                            Oklawaha river and floodplain wetlands in Florida
1972                                      Río Dulce river in Guatemala.
1971-1973 and 1977-1982   Mangrove forests of Florida
1971-1973                            Sand pine forest in Ocala, Florida
1971                                     Tropical wet forest at the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica 
1970-1972                            Farm pond in Gainesville, Florida 
1969-1975                            Laboratory microcosms
1969-1973                            Hardwood forest in Gainesville, Florida
1965-1969                            Granite outcrops in Southeastern United States
1963-1966                            Research has been conducted and published for the following ecosystems: subtropical wet forest 
                                              at El Verde in Puerto Rico

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Lugo, A.E. and F.N. Scatena. Background and catastrophic tree mortality in tropical moist, wet, and rain forests. Biotropica 
         28(4a):585-599.
Lugo, A.E. The apparent paradox of re-establishing species richness on degraded lands with tree monocultures. Forest 
         Ecology and Management 99(100):9-19.
Lugo, A.E., editor. Rendimiento y aspectos silviculturales de plantaciones madereras en América Latina. Serie Forestal No. 9. 
         Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe. Santiago, Chile. 155 p.
Dale, V.H., A.E. Lugo, J.A. MacMahon, and S.T.A. Pickett. Ecosystem management in the context of large, infrequent 
         disturbances. Ecosystems 1:546-557.
Silver, W.L., A.E. Lugo, and M. Keller. Soil oxygen availability and biogeochemistry along rainfall and topographic gradients 
          in upland wet tropical forest soils. Biogeochemistry 44:301-328.