| Expert Name | Dr. Alfonso Valiente Banuet |
| Title | Associate Researcher |
| Division | Ecology Center |
| Institution | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico |
| City | México DF |
| Country | Mexico |
| Telephone | 52 5 622 90 10 |
| Email | avali(at)servidor.unam.mx |
| Work Experience | - Research works in the programme of Doctorate in Ecology, Laboratory of the Desert Tucson-Arizona University under supervision by Dr. Raymond Turner (participant)
- Post Doctorate on Ecology of arid zones: Landscape Ecology, Geomorphology soils and ecology of plants in arid zones, Phoenix Arizona under supervision by Dr. Joseph R. Mc Auliffe (participant)
- Maintenance of Biodiversity in the Tehuacan Valley, Puebla Mexico: Social, economic and geographic factors influencing human use of wildland resources. It was an interdisciplinary project supported by World Wildlife Fund (Director of Project, 1991)
- Diagnosis and conservation of the islands in California Gulf (Coordinator on the flora section) |
| Qualifications | B. Sc. in Biology, Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM), 1981
M. Sc. Ecology, Ecology Center of UNAM, 1987
Ph. D. Ecology, Ecology Center of UNAM, 1991 |
| Number of Publications | 32 |
| Awards | - Doctoral Thesis award with an hi$onor mention (UNAM)
- Member of National Research System, National Researcher "I"
- Doctoral studies awarded with medal Gebino Barreda apporved by the University Council, Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM) |
| Other Activities | - Mexican Botanical Society (Civil Association)
- Mexican Cactology society, Civil Association
- Latin american Botanical Association
- Latin american and Carribean Cacteceae and Succulenceae Association
- Peruvian Cactaceae and Succulenceae Society |
| Publications | 1. Arizmendi, A. M. C. y Valiente-Banuet, A. 1993. Biology II. Angeles Editores, México.
2. Valiente-Banuet, A. et al. Ecological Reserve of Pedregal de San Angel. Edit. UNAM
3. Valiente-Banuet, A. et al. Vulnerability to global change in natural ecosystems in rural areas. In: Roger E. y Kasperson, J. X. (eds)
4. Valiente-Banuet, A. et al. Ecology of polonization, dispersion and the establishment of mexican cactaceae. In: Mexican Cactaceaes. CVS Publications. |
| Discipline | Ecology/Ecosystems |
| Last updated | 27/07/2011 17:34:00 |
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