Alessandro Catenazzi
Alessandro Catenazzi
Visiting Research Assistant, McCoy Lab Mushinsky Lab
Contact
Office: SCA
Phone: 305/396-2626
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Education
Ph.D. Biological Sciences Florida International University 2006
Research
I am working in a project benefiting the conservation of the endangered Florida Sank Skink (/Plestiodon reynoldsi/), a lizard endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge in central Florida. I am studying the demographic response of sand skinks to prescribed fire at Archbold Biological Station, Highlands County. Prescribed fire is a management tool that is frequently used in protected scrub areas along the Lake Wales Ridge.
However, we know little about the effects of those fires on sand skinks.
This study will assess the effect of prescribed fire on sand skink populations, and will determine prescribed fire regimes that are most likely to contribute to the conservation of this endangered species.
Recent Publications
Catenazzi, A and MO Donnelly. 2007. Role of supratidal invertebrates in the decomposition of beach-cast green algae (/Ulva /sp.). Marine Ecology Progress Series (in press)
Catenazzi, A and MO Donnelly. 2007. Distribution of geckos in northern
Peru: long-term effects of strong ENSO events? Journal of Arid Environments 71: 327-332
Catenazzi, A and MO Donnelly. 2007. Marine green algae subsidize terrestrial predators in coastal Peru. Oikos 116: 75-86
Catenazzi, A, J Carrillo and MO Donnelly. 2005. Eurythermy in a coastal Peruvian lizard. Copeia 2005: 713-723
Catenazzi, A.. 2005. Identifying ecosystem processes that maintain biodiversity in coastal Peru. CBD Technical Series 21: 37-39
Rodriguez, LO and A. Catenazzi. 2005. Amphibians and Reptiles of Megantoni, Peru. Field Museum Rapid Biological Inventories 15: 199-204