Professor Juan Armesto

Keynote speaker for "Species and Population Ecology" on Day One of the Scientific Program.

Juan Armesto is Professor of Forest Ecology at the Catholic University of Chile, Deputy Director, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB), Adjunct Scientist, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, New York, USA and President of the Fundación Senda Darwin, Chile.

Juan’s main research interests concern forest ecology and conservation of southern forest biodiversity. Juan’s group is currently studying how different target species, aspects of nutrient cycling, and interactions such as pollination and seed dispersal are affected by forest fragmentation in a managed landscape

For more information on Professor Armesto please visit the Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology amd Biodiversity http://www.bio.puc.cl/caseb/adjuntos/jarmesto.html web site.