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Ariel E. Lugo is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States and has contributed to multiple research areas within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans various subfields including global and planetary change, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, sociology and political science, plant science, and nature and landscape conservation.

The research topics frequently addressed by Lugo focus on ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, ecosystem dynamics and resilience, land use and ecosystem services, urban green space and health, plant and animal studies, and conservation, biodiversity, and resource management. Additionally, some of their work touches on psychological treatments and disorders.

Lugo has published several recent papers, including:

  • Disturbance and resilience in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, 2020, Biological Conservation
  • Effects of Extreme Disturbance Events: From Ecesis to Social-Ecological-Technological Systems, 2020, Ecosystems
  • A transformative shift in urban ecology toward a more active and relevant future for the field and for cities, 2024, AMBIO
  • Shifting forward: Urban ecology in perspective, 2024, AMBIO
  • Forging just ecologies: 25 years of urban long-term ecological research collaboration, 2024, AMBIO

The venues where Lugo frequently publishes include AMBIO, Biological Conservation, Ecosystems, Frontiers in Marine Science, and Ecological Processes.

The scientist often collaborates with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including Steward T. A. Pickett, Fushcia-Ann Hoover, Niki Frantzeskaki, Daniel L. Childers, and Pippin Anderson.

Best Publications

  • Climate Change and Forest Disturbances

    Virginia H. Dale;Linda A. Joyce;Steve Mcnulty;Ronald P. Neilson

  • Ecology of Tropical Dry Forest

    Peter G. Murphy;Ariel E. Lugo

  • Novel ecosystems: theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world order

    Richard J. Hobbs;Salvatore Arico;James Aronson;Jill S. Baron

  • The Ecology of Mangroves

    Ariel E. Lugo;Samuel C. Snedaker

  • Biomass Estimation Methods for Tropical Forests with Applications to Forest Inventory Data

    Sandra Brown;Andrew J. R. Gillespie;Ariel E. Lugo

  • Tropical secondary forests

    Sandra Brown;Ariel E. Lugo

  • Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Julio Rendeiro;Margareta Kalka

  • The Storage and Production of Organic Matter in Tropical Forests and Their Role in the Global Carbon Cycle

    Sandra Brown;Ariel E. Lugo

  • Don't judge species on their origins

    Mark A. Davis;Matthew K. Chew;Richard J. Hobbs;Ariel E. Lugo

  • Biomass of Tropical Forests: A New Estimate Based on Forest Volumes

    Sandra Brown;Ariel E. Lugo

  • Primary Productivity, Decomposition and Consumer Activity in Freshwater Wetlands

    Mark Brinson;Ariel Lugo;Sandra Brown

  • The Potential for Species Conservation in Tropical Secondary Forests

    Robin L. Chazdon;Carlos A. Peres;Daisy H. Dent;Douglas Sheil

  • The spread of invasive species and infectious disease as drivers of ecosystem change

    Todd A Crowl;Thomas O Crist;Robert R Parmenter;Gary Belovsky

  • The Potential for Carbon Sequestration Through Reforestation of Abandoned Tropical Agricultural and Pasture Lands

    W. L. Silver;W. L. Silver;R. Ostertag;R. Ostertag;A. E. Lugo

  • Visible and invisible effects of hurricanes on forest ecosystems: an international review

    A. E. Lugo

  • Managing the whole landscape: historical, hybrid, and novel ecosystems

    Richard J Hobbs;Eric Higgs;Carol M Hall;Peter Bridgewater

  • The apparent paradox of reestablishing species richness on degraded lands with tree monocultures

    Ariel E Lugo

  • LITTER PRODUCTION AND TURNOVER IN BASIN MANGROVE FORESTS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

    Robert W. Twilley;Ariel E. Lugo;Carol Patterson-Zucca

  • Mangroves of Arid Environments in Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands

    Gilberto Cintron;Ariel E. Lugo;Douglas J. Pool;Greg Morris

  • Comparison of Tropical Tree Plantations with Secondary Forests of Similar Age

    Ariel E. Lugo

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederick N. Scatena
Frederick N. Scatena University of Pennsylvania
Whendee L. Silver
Whendee L. Silver University of California, Berkeley
Grizelle González
Grizelle González US Forest Service
Michael R. Willig
Michael R. Willig University of Connecticut
Eileen H. Helmer
Eileen H. Helmer US Forest Service
William H. McDowell
William H. McDowell University of New Hampshire
Nicholas Brokaw
Nicholas Brokaw University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
Alan P. Covich
Alan P. Covich University of Georgia
Catherine M. Pringle
Catherine M. Pringle University of Georgia

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