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Iván Jiménez, Ph.D.
Assistant Curator
Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development

Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299
USA

office phone: + 1-314-577-5100 ext. 6566
fax: + 1-314-577-9596
email: ivan.jimenez@mobot.org

Ph.D., University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2004
B.S., Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), 1991

Iván Jiménez, Ph.D.
Iván with Espeletia Mutis ex Bonpl. (Asteraceae), in the Páramo de Sumapaz (Colombia)

General Research Interests

  • I am interested in understanding the determinants of the abundance and distribution of organisms at a variety of spatial scales, ranging from the small extents on which foraging theory focuses, to the broad geographic extents characteristic of macroecology
  • Research Emphases

  • I am currently focusing on testing theory that attempts to explain spatial patterns of diversity and the size, structure and dynamics of geographic ranges of taxa. Spatial patterns of diversity are expressions of how the geographic ranges of taxa overlap. Understanding these patterns is central to the practice of conserving biodiversity. Specifically, spatial patterns of diversity (including richness, endemism and taxa turnover) determine how limited resources for the conservation of biodiversity should be distributed spatially to obtain the highest yield in terms of number of taxa protected (or other biodiversity metrics such as phylogenetic diversity). Furthermore, studies on the determinants of diversity patterns provide insights that help inform the conservation and management of ecological and evolutionary processes responsible for the creation and maintenance of biodiversity patterns

    Selected Publications

  • Jiménez, I., T. Consiglio, and P. M. Jørgensen. Broad-scale plant richness across Northwest South America better predicted by topographic heterogeneity than by water and energy variables. Accepted, Ecography.
  • Sheth, S.,  T. Consiglio,  L. G. Lohmann and I. Jiménez. 2008. Effects of detectability on estimates of geographic range size in Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae). Conservation Biology 22:200-211.
  • Loiselle, B. A., P. M. Jørgensen, T. Consiglio, I. Jiménez, J. G. Blake, L. G. Lohmann, and O. M. Montiel. 2008. Evaluating plant collection representation for ecological niche modeling: a case study using plant vouchers from Ecuador and Bolivia. Journal of Biogeography 35:105-116.
  • Cadena, C. D., R. E. Ricklefs, I. Jiménez, E. Bermingham. 2005. Is speciation driven by species diversity? Nature 438, doi:10.1038/nature04308.
  • Jiménez, I. y C. D. Cadena. 2004. Por qué no liberar animales silvestres decomisados. Ornitología Colombiana 2:53-57.
  • Jiménez, I., G. A. Londoño, and C. D. Cadena. 2003. Efficiency, bias, and consistency of visual and aural surveys of curassows (Cracidae) in tropical forests. Journal of Field Ornithology 74:210-216.
  • Jiménez, I., J. L. Parra, M. Agudelo, G. A. Londoño, and Y. Molina. 2001. Temporal variation in the diet of black curassows. Pages 195-211 in D. M. Brooks and F. Gonzalez-Garcia, eds. Cracid ecology and conservation in the new millennium. Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston.
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  • Cadena, C. D., J. L. Parra, C. A. Mejía, M. Alvarez, I. Jiménez, M. Santamaria, C. A. Botero, G. D. Mejia, A. M. Umaña, J. Aldana, G. A. Londoño and A. Calixto. 2000. The birds of Tinigua National Park, Colombia: an overview of ornithological research at the CIEM. Cotinga 13:46-54.
  • Jiménez, I., J. Aldana, C. D. Cadena, and J. Forero. 1998. How does the diet of a curassow vary within a week? Field Studies of Fauna and Flora, La Macarena, Colombia 12:33-40.
  • Jiménez, I., and C. A. Mejía. 1998. Breeding biology of Hoploxypterus cayanus (Charadriidae) at the Rio Duda. Field Studies of Fauna and Flora, La Macarena, Colombia 12:1-8.
  • Alvarez, M., I. Jiménez, C. A. Mejía, and M. Santamar ía. 1993. Bird species at the CIPM, Tinigua National Park: a partial list. Field Studies of New World Monkeys, La Macarena, Colombia 8:33-40.
  • This page was revised 02/15/08.

     

     
     
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