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Overview

Jaime A. Collazo is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist's work spans multiple subfields including ecology, global and planetary change, ecological modeling, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and nature and landscape conservation.

Their research contributions cover a diverse range of topics, including:

  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Wildlife ecology and conservation
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Amphibian and reptile biology
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Insect and pesticide research

Jaime A. Collazo has published in several scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Caribbean Journal of Science
  • International Journal of Climatology
  • Apidologie
  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Notable recent papers include:

  • "High-resolution dynamically downscaled rainfall and temperature projections for ecological life zones within Puerto Rico and for the U.S. Virgin Islands," 2020, International Journal of Climatology
  • "Estimating bee abundance: can mark-recapture methods validate common sampling protocols?", 2022, Apidologie
  • "The influence of floral resources and microclimate on pollinator visitation in an agro-ecosystem," 2020, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • "Climate change is creating a mismatch between protected areas and suitable habitats for frogs and birds in Puerto Rico," 2021, Biodiversity and Conservation
  • "Factors that influence participation of Puerto Rican coffee farmers in conservation programs," 2020, Conservation Science and Practice

Collazo frequently collaborates with other researchers. Collaborators with multiple joint publications include Adam Terando, Krishna Pacifici, Elsa Youngsteadt, Rebecca E. Irwin, and Brian J. Reich.

Best Publications

  • The southern megalopolis: using the past to predict the future of urban sprawl in the Southeast U.S.

    Adam J. Terando;Adam J. Terando;Jennifer Costanza;Curtis Belyea;Robert R. Dunn

  • Integrating multiple data sources in species distribution modeling: a framework for data fusion*

    Krishna Pacifici;Brian J. Reich;David A.W. Miller;Beth Gardner

  • Avian fruit preferences across a Puerto Rican forested landscape: pattern consistency and implications for seed removal.

    Tomás A. Carlo;Jaime A. Collazo;Martha J. Groom

  • Time-of-Detection Method for Estimating Abundance From Point-Count Surveys

    Mathew W. Alldredge;Kenneth H. Pollock;Theodore R. Simons;Jaime A. Collazo

  • How do frugivores track resources? Insights from spatial analyses of bird foraging in a tropical forest

    James F. Saracco;Jaime A. Collazo;Martha J. Groom;Martha J. Groom

  • Crop size and fruit neighborhood effects on bird visitation to fruiting Schefflera morototoni trees in Puerto Rico

    James F. Saracco;Jaime A. Collazo;Martha J. Groom;Tomás A. Carlo

  • SURVIVAL OF CAPTIVE-REARED PUERTO RICAN PARROTS RELEASED IN THE CARIBBEAN NATIONAL FOREST

    Thomas H. White;Jaime A. Collazo;Francisco J. Vilella

  • Climate Change Implications for Tropical Islands: Interpolating and Interpreting Statistically Downscaled GCM Projections for Management and Planning*

    Azad Henareh Khalyani;Azad Henareh Khalyani;William A. Gould;Eric Harmsen;Adam J. Terando

  • Influences of Fruit Diversity and Abundance on Bird Use of Two Shaded Coffee Plantations

    Tomæs A. Carlo;Tomæs A. Carlo;Jaime A. Collazo;Martha J. Groom;Martha J. Groom

  • BREEDING BIRD ABUNDANCE IN BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD FORESTS: HABITAT, EDGE, AND PATCH SIZE EFFECTS

    Rex Sallabanks;Jeffrey R. Walters;Jaime A. Collazo

  • Do black ducks and wood ducks habituate to aircraft disturbance

    J. T. Conomy;J. A. Dubovsky;J. A. Collazo;W. J. Fleming

  • Accessible habitat for shorebirds: Factors influencing its availability and conservation implications

    J.A. Collazo;D. A. O'Harra;C.A. Kelly

  • Additive Effects Of Vertebrate Predators On Insects In A Puerto Rican Coffee Plantation

    Rena R. Borkhataria;Jaime A. Collazo;Martha J. Groom

  • Food Habits of 4 Species of Wading Birds (Ardeidae) in a Tropical Mangrove Swamp

    Leopoldo Miranda;Jaime A. Collazo

  • Shade-grown coffee in Puerto Rico: Opportunities to preserve biodiversity while reinvigorating a struggling agricultural commodity

    Rena Borkhataria;Jaime A. Collazo;Martha J. Groom;Adrian Jordan-Garcia

  • Guidelines for a priori grouping of species in hierarchical community models.

    Krishna Pacifici;Elise F. Zipkin;Jaime A. Collazo;Julissa I. Irizarry

  • Plasma metabolites and migration physiology of semipalmated sandpipers: refueling performance at five latitudes

    James E. Lyons;Jaime A. Collazo;Christopher G. Guglielmo;Christopher G. Guglielmo

  • Stopover Duration Analysis with Departure Probability Dependent on Unknown Time Since Arrival

    Shirley Pledger;Murray Efford;Kenneth Pollock;Jaime Collazo

  • Species abundance and potential biological control services in shade vs. sun coffee in Puerto Rico

    Rena R. Borkhataria;Jaime A. Collazo;Martha J. Groom

  • Ecological regime shift drives declining growth rates of sea turtles throughout the West Atlantic

    Karen A. Bjorndal;Alan B. Bolten;Milani Chaloupka;Vincent S. Saba

  • Use of Occupancy Models to Evaluate Expert Knowledge-based Species-Habitat Relationships

    Monica N. Iglecia;Jaime A. Collazo;Alexa J. McKerrow

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian J. Reich
Brian J. Reich North Carolina State University
Jeffrey R. Walters
Jeffrey R. Walters Virginia Tech
Theodore R. Simons
Theodore R. Simons North Carolina State University
Byron J. T. Morgan
Byron J. T. Morgan University of Kent
Kenneth H. Pollock
Kenneth H. Pollock North Carolina State University
Rebecca E. Irwin
Rebecca E. Irwin North Carolina State University
Jiri Hulcr
Jiri Hulcr University of Florida
Christopher G. Guglielmo
Christopher G. Guglielmo University of Western Ontario
Robert R. Dunn
Robert R. Dunn North Carolina State University
Thomas J. Kwak
Thomas J. Kwak North Carolina State University

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