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Overview

James D. Ackerman is affiliated with the University of Puerto Rico in the United States. Their body of work spans several fields including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Within these domains, their research touches upon subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's main topics of study include Plant and Animal Studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant Diversity and Evolution, and Insect and Pesticide Research.

Among recent publications authored or coauthored by James D. Ackerman are:

  • Beyond the Various Contrivances by Which Orchids Are Pollinated: Global Patterns in Orchid Pollination Biology (2023, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society)
  • The Origin and Speciation of Orchids (2024, New Phytologist)
  • Island Biogeography of Native and Alien Plant Species: Contrasting Drivers of Diversity Across the Lesser Antilles (2020, Diversity and Distributions)
  • Alien Species Affect the Abundance and Richness of Native Species in Tropical Forests: The Role of Adaptive Strategies (2022, Ecosphere)
  • Trick or Treat? Pollinator Attraction in Vanilla pompona (Orchidaceae) (2021, Biotropica)

Frequent coauthors contributing to the research collaborations with Ackerman include Raymond L. Tremblay, Adam P. Karremans, Diego Bogarín, Oscar A. Pérez-Escobar, and Ryan D. Phillips.

The scientist has published multiple articles in high-profile venues such as Biological Invasions, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Lankesteriana, Diversity and Distributions, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Variation in sexual reproduction in orchids and its evolutionary consequences: a spasmodic journey to diversification

    Raymond L. Tremblay;James D. Ackerman;Jess K. Zimmerman;Ricardo N. Calvo

  • Diversity and host specificity of endophytic Rhizoctonia-like fungi from tropical orchids

    J. Tupac Otero;James D. Ackerman;Paul Bayman

  • SHORT- AND LONG-TERM LIMITATIONS TO FRUIT PRODUCTION IN A TROPICAL ORCHID'

    James D. Ackerman;Arlee M. Montalvo

  • Long-term ecology of euglossine orchid-bees (Apidae: Euglossini) in Panama.

    D. W. Roubik;J. D. Ackerman

  • Specificity and mutual dependency of the orchid‐euglossine bee interaction

    J. D. Ackerman

  • Differences in mycorrhizal preferences between two tropical orchids

    J. Tupac Otero;James D. Ackerman;Paul Bayman

  • Limitations to Fruit Production in Ionopsis utricularioides (Orchidaceae)

    Arlee M. Montalvo;James D. Ackerman

  • DIVERSITY AND SEASONALITY OF MALE EUGLOSSINE BEES (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) IN CENTRAL PANAMA'

    James D. Ackerman

  • Seedling establishment in an epiphytic orchid: an experimental study of seed limitation.

    J. D. Ackerman;A. Sabat;J. K. Zimmerman

  • Limitations to Sexual Reproduction in Encyclia krugii (Orchidaceae)

    James D. Ackerman

  • Food-Foraging Behavior of Male Euglossini (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Vagabonds or Trapliners?

    James D. Ackerman;Michael R. Mesler;Karen L. Lu;Arlee M. Montalvo

  • Widespread mycorrhizal specificity correlates to mycorrhizal function in the neotropical, epiphytic orchid Ionopsis utricularioides (Orchidaceae).

    J. Tupac Otero;Nicola S. Flanagan;E. Allen Herre;James D. Ackerman

  • orchid flora of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

    James D. Ackerman

  • Orchid-phorophyte relationships in a forest watershed in Puerto Rico

    Luis E. Migenis;James D. Ackerman

  • Gene flow and effective population size in Lepanthes (Orchidaceae): a case for genetic drift

    Raymond L. Tremblay;James D. Ackerman

  • Geographic and seasonal variation in fragrance choices and preferences of male euglossine bees.

    James D. Ackerman

  • EFFECTS OF DISPLAY SIZE, FLOWERING PHENOLOGY, AND NECTAR AVAILABILITY ON EFFECTIVE VISITATION FREQUENCY IN COMPARETTIA FALCATA (ORCHIDACEAE)

    Javier A. Rodríguez-Robles;Elvia J. Meléndez;James D. Ackerman

  • Variation in mycorrhizal performance in the epiphytic orchid Tolumnia variegata in vitro : the potential for natural selection

    J. Tupac Otero;J. Tupac Otero;Paul Bayman;James D. Ackerman

  • Biogeography of the Antilles based on a parsimony analysis of orchid distributions

    J. Carlos Trejo-Torres;James D. Ackerman

  • Variation in the floral fragrance of Epidendrum ciliare (Orchidaceae)

    Samuel Moya;James D. Ackerman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jess K. Zimmerman
Jess K. Zimmerman University of Puerto Rico
David W. Roubik
David W. Roubik Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Lawrence R. Walker
Lawrence R. Walker University of Nevada, Las Vegas
W. Mark Whitten
W. Mark Whitten Florida Museum of Natural History
Salvatore Cozzolino
Salvatore Cozzolino University of Naples Federico II
Bart Muys
Bart Muys KU Leuven
Norris H. Williams
Norris H. Williams University of Florida
Curtis C. Daehler
Curtis C. Daehler University of Hawaii at Manoa
Pavel Kindlmann
Pavel Kindlmann Charles University
Frederick N. Scatena
Frederick N. Scatena University of Pennsylvania

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