DrManuel Lequerica Tamara

Associate Lecturer in Biodiversity Conservation

Faculty of Science

Research projects & supervision summary

  • Urban pollinator conservation research with the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS, University of California, Santa Barbara), developing data-driven approaches to identify native plants that support urban pollinator communities
  • Forest restoration ecology research with the Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology and Primatology (LEBTYP, Universidad de Los Andes), examining seed dispersal mechanisms and species turnover in Colombian ecosystems
  • Floral visitation patterns to winter-flowering plants in the Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub, a Critically Endangered Ecosystem in Sydney
  • Socio-economic dimensions influencing the use of citizen science applications in ecological research