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Researchers at MO
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
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Iván with Espeletia Mutis ex Bonpl. (Asteraceae), in the Páramo de Sumapaz (Colombia)
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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.
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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