Researchers at MO Rodolfo Vásquez Assistant Curator Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development Missouri Botanical Garden P.O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 USA Peru Office: Estación Biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missouri, Herbario HOXA Prolong. Bolognesi Mz. E-6 Oxapampa – Pasco, PERU office phone: + 51(0)63462434 fax: + 51(0)63462434 email: gesneria@yahoo.com jbmperu@yahoo.com website: www.jbmperu.org Rodolfo at Chacos, a semi-plateau at 2700 m, south of the town of Oxapampa, Peru.  Chacos is covered with sclerophyllous forests growing on white sand and hosts several endemic species known only from this locality, such as Crossothamnus pascoanus (Asteraceae), Diplostephium oxapampanum  (Asteraceae), and Drosera peruensis (Droseraceae). General Research Interests Taxonomy and ethnobotany of the vascular plants of the Amazon Investigation of the long-term dynamics of rain forests in the New World Development of strategies for sustainable management of natural resources—in particular, strategies at a local scale that can be applied at regional levels Current Projects A revision of Sloanea (Elaeocarpaceae) in Peru Documentation of the floristic diversity and uses of plants in three Natural Protected Areas and their buffer zones in the Selva Central of Peru Collaboration with other organizations to maintain a network of permanent plots in the Amazon and the Andes of Peru in order to document long-term rain forest dynamics A community environmental education program aimed at developing self-sustainability of the indigenous Yanesha communities in the Palcazu River valley of central Peru, including working with children and adults to implement low-impact productive activities that encourage long-term conservation of natural resources and reduce pressure on the Natural Protected Areas Selected Publications Smith, N., R. Vásquez, & W.H. Wust. 2007. Frutos del Río Amazonas: Sabores para la Conservación. Lima, Perú. 274 pp. Vásquez, R. & R. Rojas. 2006. Plantas de la Amazonía Peruana: Clave para Identificar las familias de Gymnospermae y Angiospermae. Segunda edición, revisada y ampliada. Arnaldoa 13(1): 9-258. Phillips, O.L., R. Vásquez, A. Monteagudo, T.R. Baker, & P. Núñez. 2005. Large lianas as hyperdynamic elements of the tropical forest canopy. Ecology 86(5): 1250-1258. Vásquez, R., R. Rojas, A. Monteagudo, K. Meza, H. van der Werff, & R. Ortiz-Gentry. 2005. Flora vascular de la Selva Central del Perú: Una aproximación de la composición florística de tres Areas Naturales Protegidas. Arnaldoa. 12(1-2): 112-125. Baker, T.R., O.L. Phillips, Y. Malhi, S. Almeida, L. Arroyo, A. Di Fiore, T. Erwin, N. Higuchi, T.J. Killeen, S.G. Laurance, W.F. Laurance, S.L. Lewis, A. Monteagudo, D.A. Neill, P. Núñez, N.C. Pitman, J. Natalino, M. Silva, & R. Vásquez. 2004. Increasing biomass in Amazonian forest plots. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 359: 353-365. Ter Steege, H., N. Pitman, D. Sabatier, H. Castellanos, P. Van Der Hout, D.C. Daly, M. Silveira, O.L. Phillips, R. Vásquez, T. Van Andel, J. Duivenvoorden, A. Adalardo De Oliveira, R. Ek, R. Lilwah, R. Thomas, J. Van Essen, C. Baider, P. Maas, S. Mori, J. Terborgh, P. Núñez, H. Mogollón, & P.J. Horchler. 2003. A spatial model of tree alpha-diversity and density for the Amazon region. Biodiversity and Conservation 12: 2255-2277. Phillips, O.L., R. Vásquez, P. Núñez, A. Monteagudo, M.-E. Chuspe Zans,  W. Galiano, A. Peña, M. Timaná, M. Yli-Halla, & S. Rose. 2003. Efficient plot-based tropical forest floristic assessment. Journal of Tropical Ecology 19: 629-645. Vásquez, R., R. Rojas, & R. Rodríguez. 2002. Adiciones a la Flora Peruana: especies nuevas, nuevos registros y estados taxonómicos de las Angiospermas para el Perú. Arnaldoa 9(2): 43-110. Vásquez, R. 1997. Flórula de las Reservas Biológicas de Iquitos, Perú: Allpahuayo-Mishana, Explornapo Camp, Explorama Lodge. Monographs in Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. Vol. 63. St. Louis, Missouri. 1046 pp. Duke, J.A. & R. Vásquez. 1994. Amazonian Ethnobotanical Dictionary. CRC Press, Inc. Boca Raton, Florida, USA. 215 pp. Vásquez, R. 1991. Caraipa (Guttiferae) del Perú. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78: 1002-1008. Vásquez, R. & A.H. Gentry. 1989. Use and misuse of forest-harvested fruits in the Iquitos area. Conservation Biology 3: 350-361. This page was revised 12/16/09