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411

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ivette Perfecto is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected disciplines, primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers key topics including:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
  • Coffee research and impacts

Research subfields include Genetics, Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, and Plant Science.

Ivette Perfecto has contributed to several recent publications, such as:

  • "Integrating agroecological production in a robust post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework," 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "The effects of ants on pest control: a meta-analysis," 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Academic leaders must support inclusive scientific communities during COVID-19," 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "The contribution of canopy species to overall ant diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in temperate and tropical ecosystems," 2023, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF)
  • "Tree Effects on Coffee Leaf Rust at Field and Landscape Scales," 2022, Plant Disease

Frequent co-authors include John Vandermeer, Zachary Hajian-Forooshani, Kevin Li, Lauren Schmitt, and Diego V. Anjos.

The scientist's publications often appear in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Ecology & Evolution, and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

Ivette Perfecto has also authored books published by Cambridge University Press, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México eBooks, and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Notable titles include "The Dialectical Agroecologist" (2024), "Agroecología y sistemas complejos: Planteamientos epistémicos, casos de estudio y enfoques metodológicos" (2021), and "THE MICHIGAN BIG WOODS RESEARCH PLOT AT THE EDWIN S. GEORGE RESERVE, PINCKNEY, MI, USA" (2020).

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America in 2015 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Global food security, biodiversity conservation and the future of agricultural intensification

    Teja Tscharntke;Yann Clough;Thomas Cherico Wanger;Thomas Cherico Wanger;Louise Jackson

  • Shade Coffee: A Disappearing Refuge for Biodiversity Shade coffee plantations can contain as much biodiversity as forest habitats

    Ivette Perfecto;Robert A. Rice;Russell Greenberg;Martha E. Van der Voort

  • The agroecological matrix as alternative to the land-sparing/agriculture intensification model

    Ivette Perfecto;John Vandermeer

  • Multifunctional shade‐tree management in tropical agroforestry landscapes – a review

    Teja Tscharntke;Yann Clough;Shonil A. Bhagwat;Damayanti Buchori

  • Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Agroecosystems

    Ivette Perfecto;John Vandermeer

  • Global change and multi-species agroecosystems : Concepts and issues

    John Vandermeer;Meine van Noordwijk;Jo Anderson;Chin Ong

  • Species loss and aboveground carbon storage in a tropical forest.

    Daniel E. Bunker;Fabrice DeClerck;Jason C. Bradford;Robert K. Colwell

  • Biodiversity, yield, and shade coffee certification

    Ivette Perfecto;John Vandermeer;Alex Mas;Lorena Soto Pinto

  • Biodiversity loss in Latin American coffee landscapes: review of the evidence on ants, birds, and trees.

    Stacy M. Philpott;Wayne J. Arendt;Inge Armbrecht;Peter Bichier

  • The Agricultural Matrix and a Future Paradigm for Conservation

    John Vandermeer;Ivette Perfecto

  • Shade effect on coffee production at the northern Tzeltal zone of the state of Chiapas, Mexico

    Lorena Soto-Pinto;Ivette Perfecto;Juan Castillo-Hernandez;Javier Caballero-Nieto

  • Quality of agroecological matrix in a tropical montane landscape: Ants in coffee plantations in southern Mexico

    Ivette Perfecto;John Vandermeer

  • Breakfast Of Biodiversity: The Political Ecology of Rain Forest Destruction

    John H. Vandermeer;Ivette Perfecto;Vandana Shiva

  • Conservation of biodiversity in coffee agroecosystems: a tri-taxa comparison in southern Mexico

    Ivette Perfecto;Alexandre Mas;Thomas Dietsch;John H. Vandermeer

  • Biodiversity conservation in agriculture requires a multi-scale approach

    David J. Gonthier;Katherine K. Ennis;Serge Farinas;Hsun Yi Hsieh

  • Bats Limit Insects in a Neotropical Agroforestry System

    Kimberly Williams-Guillén;Ivette Perfecto;John Vandermeer

  • Biodiversity and the Transformation of a Tropical Agroecosystem: Ants in Coffee Plantations

    Ivette Perfecto;Roy Snelling

  • GREATER PREDATION IN SHADED COFFEE FARMS: THE ROLE OF RESIDENT NEOTROPICAL BIRDS

    Ivette Perfecto;John H. Vandermeer;Gustavo López Bautista;Guillermo Ibarra Nunñez

  • Arthropod biodiversity loss and the transformation of a tropical agro-ecosystem.

    Ivette Perfecto;John H. Vandermeer;Paul Hanson;Victor Cartín

  • Ecological Complexity and Pest Control in Organic Coffee Production: Uncovering an Autonomous Ecosystem Service

    John Vandermeer;Ivette Perfecto;Ivette Perfecto;Stacy Philpott

Frequent Co-Authors

John Vandermeer
John Vandermeer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stacy M. Philpott
Stacy M. Philpott University of California, Santa Cruz
Russell Greenberg
Russell Greenberg Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
Claire Kremen
Claire Kremen University of British Columbia
Yann Clough
Yann Clough Lund University
Javier Ruiz
Javier Ruiz Complutense University of Madrid
Peter Bichier
Peter Bichier University of California, Santa Cruz
Christopher W. Dick
Christopher W. Dick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Louise E. Jackson
Louise E. Jackson University of California, Davis

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