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Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC, US

2000-01-01 to present | Managing Director of Field Programs (Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute)
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Alfonso Alonso

Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC, US

1996-09-08 to 1999-12-31 | Research manager (Biodiversity Programs)
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Alfonso Alonso

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Florida: Gainesville, FL, US

1991-06-18 to 1996-05-24 | PhD (Zoology)
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Alfonso Alonso

University of Florida: Gainesville, FL, US

1988-08-10 to 1991-05-24 | MS (Zoology)
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Alfonso Alonso

National Autonomous University of Mexico: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MX

1982-08-18 to 1987-05-18 | Biologist (Facultad de Ciencias)
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Alfonso Alonso

Works (41)

LiDAR-based reference aboveground biomass maps for tropical forests of South Asia and Central Africa

Scientific Data
2024-04-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03162-x
Contributors: Suraj Reddy Rodda; Rakesh Fararoda; Rajashekar Gopalakrishnan; Nidhi Jha; Maxime Réjou-Méchain; Pierre Couteron; Nicolas Barbier; Alonso Alfonso; Ousmane Bako; Patrick Bassama et al.
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Tropical tree ectomycorrhiza are distributed independently of soil nutrients

Nature Ecology & Evolution
2024-01-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02298-0
Contributors: José A. Medina-Vega; Daniel Zuleta; Salomón Aguilar; Alfonso Alonso; Pulchérie Bissiengou; Warren Y. Brockelman; Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin; David F. R. P. Burslem; Nicolás Castaño; Jérôme Chave et al.
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Mycorrhizal feedbacks influence global forest structure and diversity

Communications Biology
2023-10-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05410-z
Contributors: Camille S. Delavaux; Joseph A. LaManna; Jonathan A. Myers; Richard P. Phillips; Salomón Aguilar; David Allen; Alfonso Alonso; Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira; Matthew E. Baker; Jennifer L. Baltzer et al.
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Reducing the blue spectrum of artificial light at night minimises insect attraction in a tropical lowland forest

Insect Conservation and Diversity
2021-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12479
Contributors: Jessica L. Deichmann; Christian Ampudia Gatty; Juan Manuel Andía Navarro; Alfonso Alonso; Reynaldo Linares‐Palomino; Travis Longcore
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Evaluating the potential of full‐waveform lidar for mapping pan‐tropical tree species richness

Global Ecology and Biogeography
2020-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/geb.13158
Contributors: Suzanne M. Marselis; Katharine Abernethy; Alfonso Alonso; John Armston; Timothy R. Baker; Jean‐Francois Bastin; Jan Bogaert; Doreen S. Boyd; Pascal Boeckx; David F. R. P. Burslem et al.
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Physiological costs in monarch butterflies due to forest cover and visitors

Ecological Indicators
2020-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106592
Contributors: Mélanie Nicoletti; Florent Gilles; Ivette Galicia-Mendoza; Eduardo Rendón-Salinas; Alfonso Alonso; Jorge Contreras-Garduño
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Determinants of spatial patterns of canopy tree species in a tropical evergreen forest in Gabon

Journal of Vegetation Science
2019-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12778
Contributors: Nestor Laurier Engone Obiang; David Kenfack; Nicolas Picard; James A. Lutz; Pulchérie Bissiengou; Hervé R. Memiaghe; Alfonso Alonso; Tohru Nakashizuka
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Global importance of large‐diameter trees

Global Ecology and Biogeography
2018-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12747
Contributors: James A. Lutz; Tucker J. Furniss; Daniel J. Johnson; Stuart J. Davies; David Allen; Alfonso Alonso; Kristina J. Anderson‐Teixeira; Ana Andrade; Jennifer Baltzer; Kendall M. L. Becker et al.
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Response to Comment on “Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale”

Science
2018-05-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.aar5245
Contributors: Joseph A. LaManna; Scott A. Mangan; Alfonso Alonso; Norman A. Bourg; Warren Y. Brockelman; Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin; Li-Wan Chang; Jyh-Min Chiang; George B. Chuyong; Keith Clay et al.
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Response to Comment on “Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale”

Science
2018-05-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.aar3824
Contributors: Joseph A. LaManna; Scott A. Mangan; Alfonso Alonso; Norman A. Bourg; Warren Y. Brockelman; Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin; Li-Wan Chang; Jyh-Min Chiang; George B. Chuyong; Keith Clay et al.
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Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale

Science
2017-06-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.aam5678
Contributors: Joseph A. LaManna; Scott A. Mangan; Alfonso Alonso; Norman A. Bourg; Warren Y. Brockelman; Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin; Li-Wan Chang; Jyh-Min Chiang; George B. Chuyong; Keith Clay et al.
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Primate abundance in an unhunted region of the northern Peruvian Amazon, and the influence of seismic oil exploration.

International Journal of Primatology
2012 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis not detected on amphibians from two lowland sites in Gabon, Africa.

Herpetological Review
2011 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Density and activity patterns of ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) in Northern Peru and the impact of oil exploration activities.

Biological Conservation
2010 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Movements of four forest elephants in an oil concession in Gabon, Central Africa.

African Journal of Ecology
2010 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Monitoring arthropods in a tropical landscape: relative effects of sampling methods and habitat types on trap catches.

Journal of Insect Conservation
2009 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Changes in arthropod assemblages along a wide gradient of disturbance in Gabon.

Conservation Biology
2008 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Choice of metrics for studying arthropod responses to habitat disturbance: one example from Gabon.

Insect Conservation and Diversity
2008 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Direct aerial descent behavior in African canopy ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

Journal of Insect Behavior
2008 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Effect of propagule pressure on the establishment and spread of the little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata.

Diversity and Distributions
2008 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Faunal turnover of arthropod assemblages along a wide gradient of disturbance in Gabon.

African Entomology
2008 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Impacts of roads, hunting, and habitat alteration on nocturnal mammals in African rainforests.

Conservation Biology
2008 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Physiological indicators of stress in African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) in relation to petroleum operations in Gabon, Central Africa.

Diversity and Distributions
2008 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Arboreal ant diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a central African forest.

African Journal of Ecology
2007 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Patch-occupancy models indicate human activity as major determinant of forest elephant Loxodonta cyclotis seasonal distribution in an industrial corridor in Gabon.

Biological Conservation
2007 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

The odd man out? Might climate explain the lower tree α-diversity of African rain forests relative to Amazonian rain forests?

Journal of Ecology
2007 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Challenges for forest conservation in Gabon, Central Africa.

Futures
2006 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Impacts of roads and hunting on central-African rainforest mammals.

Conservation Biology
2006 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

The influence of hunting on anti-predator behaviour in Central African monkeys and duikers.

Biotropica
2006 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Discriminatory power of different arthropod data sets for the biological monitoring of anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests.

Biodiversity and Conservation
2004 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

A framework for assessment and monitoring arthropods in a lowland tropical forest.

Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
2002 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Modified Whittaker Plots as an assessment and monitoring tool for vegetation in a lowland tropical rainforest.

Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.
2002 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Planning an adaptive management process for biodiversity conservation and resource development in the Camisea river basin

Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
2002 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Detrimental effects of latex and cardiac glycosides on survival and growth of first-instar monarch butterfly larvae Danaus plexippus feeding on the sandhill milkweed Asclepias humistrata.

Ecological Entomology
2001 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Influence of forest canopy closure on the rate of bird predation on overwintering monarch butterflies.

Biological Conservation
1998 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Use of lipid reserves by monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico: implications for conservation.

Ecological Applications
1997 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Relative unpalatability of leaf beetles with either biosynthesized or sequestered chemical defense.

Animal Behaviour
1995 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Dragonfly predation on butterflies in a tropical dry forest.

Biotropica
1994 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

From model to mimic: age-dependent unpalatability in monarch butterflies.

Experientia
1994 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Influence of temperature, surface body moisture and height above ground on the survival of monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico.

Biotropica
1992 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Behavioral and ecological interactions of foraging mice (Peromyscus melanotis) and overwintering monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in Mexico.

Oecologia (Berlin)
1988 | Journal article
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Alfonso Alonso

Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Landscape ecology. (1)
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