| Expert Name | Mr. Leopoldo Montes |
| Title | Researcher |
| Division | INTA |
| Institution | National Institute of Agriculture Technology |
| City | 9100 Trelew-Chubut |
| Country | Argentina |
| Telephone | 54 2965 437186-7 |
| Email | lmontes(at)correo.inta.gov.ar |
| Work Experience | -Project coordinator (INTA-GTZ) for desertification control research and development in Patagonia, germplasm ban and evaluation of native and introduced forbs and grasses for rangeland restoration
-former position in university covered cytotaxonomy, forage and weed studies |
| Qualifications | Bioligist
-Fac. Cs. Exactas, Physics and natural history |
| Number of Publications | 34 |
| Awards | |
| Other Activities | -Associated professor, university of Mar del Plata, university of Patagonia Australia
-Member of UICN |
| Publications | -Alternative species to raise productivity and extend the grazing season in the tussock grasslands of south Patagonia, Proc. Of 5th int. Rang. Congress, vol. I, pp 383-384, 1995
-Indigenous vs. Introduced grasses in degrded rangeland restoration of southern Patagonia, Argentina, Proc. Of 5th int. Rang. Congress, vol. I, pp 252-254, 1995
-Collecting native forage germplasm in Patagonia, FAO Plant Genetic Res. News. 93:34-37, 1993
-Actualidad y perspectivas del trabajo con recursos forrajeros en la EFA, 1 meeting of the group "Regional Patagonico de Ecosistemas de Pastoreo. FAO-UNESCO/MAB, 3-8pp, 1994
Books:
-International Workshop on plant genetic resources, desertification and sustainability, Argentina, 240 pp, 1995
-Regional Decision Support System for Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego, DSS-PRODESAR (INTA-GTZ), 1997
-Flores nativas de la Patagonia Australia, 48 pp, 1998 |
| Discipline | Natural Resource Management |
| Last updated | 12/01/2007 14:36:00 |
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