{"id":585,"date":"2024-10-24T16:54:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T20:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/?page_id=585"},"modified":"2026-03-03T15:02:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:02:53","slug":"christopher-nytch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/faculty\/christopher-nytch\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Nytch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:29% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/IMG_3163-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-621 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/IMG_3163-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/IMG_3163-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/IMG_3163-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/IMG_3163.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\">Expertise:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Forest, landscape, and urban ecology, land cover\/land use change, ecosystem services, place-based and citizen science, sustainability science and natural resource management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\"><strong>Research lab name:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Tropical Forest Dynamics and Conservation Laboratory<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Tropical-forest-dynamics-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1087\" style=\"width:235px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Tropical-forest-dynamics-logo.png 640w, https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Tropical-forest-dynamics-logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/Tropical-forest-dynamics-logo-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\"><strong>Ongoing projects:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li>El Yunque National Forest vegetation monitoring project; tropical tree community demography in the Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forest biomass reference system measurement in the Luquillo Mountains; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vegetative biodiversity and ecosystem services in urban and rural tropical forest systems; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bioinputs and soil health in agroforestry systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Research and training programs<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Institute for INnovation in Sustainability Training, Applications and Research in Agri-Environmental Sciences (IINSTAR-AS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research Program (LUQ-LTER)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce Through Atmospheric Research at The University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras&nbsp;(RENEW-AR-UPRRP)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">RCE Puerto Rico-Red de Educaci\u00f3n para el Desarrollo Sostenible (REDeS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Selected publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1lVfhuEZRWIe7bFBG_MllRFoE7pMRRrOF\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=109779721807097653724&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1lVfhuEZRWIe7bFBG_MllRFoE7pMRRrOF\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=109779721807097653724&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\"><strong>Links:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-small-font-size\">\n<li>@iinstaras<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>@rcepr_redes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/luquillo.lter.network\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/luquillo.lter.network\/\">luquillo.lter.network<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/tropiecology\/research\/renew-fellowship\/\">https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/tropiecology\/research\/renew-fellowship\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Contact information:<\/strong> christopher.nytch1@upr.edu \/ (787) 764-0000 Ext. 88202<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"parent":202,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-585","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1099,"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/585\/revisions\/1099"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/natsci.uprrp.edu\/envsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}