Alejandra MartÃnez-Salinas is a tropical applied ecologist broadly interested in biodiversity conservation in human-modified landscapes. Most of her work focuses on understanding the conservation value of agricultural land uses using bird communities as proxies of biodiversity. She's particularly interested in experimental methods that allow measurement and quantification of ecosystem services and in understanding the trade-offs between biodiversity, conservatio, ecosystem service provisioning and food production.
Gund Affiliate, Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
Conservation biology, environment, ecology and evolution, biodiversity, climate change, environmental impact assessment, conservation, agriculture, ecosystem ecology
Education
- PhD., Joint PhD Program - University of Idaho, USA & CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica
- MS., CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica
- BS., Central American University, Managua, Nicaragua