Expertise:
Forest, landscape, and urban ecology, land cover/land use change, ecosystem services, place-based and citizen science, sustainability science and natural resource management.
Research lab name:
Tropical Forest Dynamics and Conservation Laboratory
Ongoing projects:
- El Yunque National Forest vegetation monitoring project; tropical tree community demography in the Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot;
- Forest biomass reference system measurement in the Luquillo Mountains;
- Vegetative biodiversity and ecosystem services in urban and rural tropical forest systems;
- Bioinputs and soil health in agroforestry systems
Research and training programs:
- Institute for INnovation in Sustainability Training, Applications and Research in Agri-Environmental Sciences (IINSTAR-AS)
- Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research Program (LUQ-LTER)
- Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce Through Atmospheric Research at The University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras (RENEW-AR-UPRRP)
- RCE Puerto Rico-Red de Educación para el Desarrollo Sostenible (REDeS)
Selected publications:
Links:
- @iinstaras
- @rcepr_redes
- luquillo.lter.network
- https://natsci.uprrp.edu/tropiecology/research/renew-fellowship/
Contact information: christopher.nytch@upr.edu / (787) 764-0000 Ext. 88202