Natural and Environmental Sciences

Dr. Daisy Cárate Tandalla

Address

Fortstr. 7
Building: I
Room: 2.26
76829 Landau

Contact

Tel.: +49 6341 28031477

E-Mail: dcarate.tandalla@rptu.de

Postdoc

Research interest

  • Tropical Plant Ecology and Biodiversity
  • Dynamic of Forests regeneration under climate change scenarios
  • Highland’s diversity in Andean ecosystems

Project NUMEX-regeneration

The Nutrient Manipulation Experiment

Project of the Research Platform FOR816. Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of a Megadiverse Montane Ecosystem in South Ecuador

Major questions: How regeneration of primary Tropical Montane Forests will respond to nutrient deposition caused for climate change?

A multitude of studies investigated the potential transformations within tropical forest ecosystems in the coming years considering various global change scenarios. In recent research, the particular interest is the deposition of nutrients in primary forests, a factor intricately linked to land use practices and deforestation. This study aims to understand the variations in seedling establishment, diversity, and growth in the frame of a fertilization experiment that simulates nutrient deposition.

Through long-term monitoring started in 2008, NUMEX found a diverse array of responses, including shifts in growth rates and increase production of organic matter in mature trees but also changes in the regeneration dynamics in seedling communities. Few seedling species of trees have exhibited specific responses in establishment and growth potentially shaping the future composition of montane forests. However, changes in species community dynamics despite the time of monitoring continue to be assessed to understand the functional changes in species interactions.  

Personal information

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Daisy Cárate Tandalla

 

In Preparation:

Daisy Cárate Tandalla and John F. Pruski. (In prep.) Diplostephium neillii (ASTERACEAE), A new species from Cerro Plateado, Ecuador. Studies of Neotropical Compositae.

Oscar M. Vargas, Daisy Cárate Tandalla and John F. Pruski. (In prep.) New species of Diplostephium (Asteraceae, Astereae) from Ecuador are key for identifying Ecuadorean species. Phytokeys.

Daisy Cárate Tandalla & Jürgen Homeier (In prep.) Seedlings of the Regeneration Studies at 2000m. Field-Guide for species Identification.

 

In review

Cárate Tandalla, D. (In rev.) The Indigenous Scientists and Fresh Banana Leaves for Healing: Reviewing a Story of Resilience in Latin America. Bulletin Limnology and Oceanography.

Daisy Cárate Tandalla, Jürgen Homeier and Péter Batàry (In rev.) Responses of tropical tree seedlings to nutrient addition: A meta-analysis to understand future changes in ecosystem dynamics. Current Forestry Reports

 

Published

2019 Bremer, L.L., Farley, K. A., DeMaagd, N., Suárez, E., Cárate Tandalla, D., Vasco Tapia, S., and Mena Vásconez, P. (2019) Biodiversity outcomes of payment for ecosystem services: lessons from paramo grasslands. Biodiversity and Conservation 28: 885-908.

2018 Cárate Tandalla, D., Camenzind, T., Leuschner, C. and Homeier, J. (2018). Contrasting species responses among tropical montane forest tree seedlings to continued nitrogen and phosphorus addition Biotropica 50:234-245.

2017 Romoleorux, K., Cárate-Tandalla, D., Erler, R. and Navarrete, H. (2016). Plantas Vasculares de los bosques de Polylepis en los páramos de Oyacachi. (Book) Centro de Publicaciones. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador.

2015 Cárate Tandalla, D., Leuschner, C and Homeier, J. (2015). Performance of Seedlings of a shade-tolerant tropical tree species after moderate addition of N and P. Front. Earth Sci. 3:75. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2015.00075.

2011 Salgado, S., Célleri, R., Rojas, S., Albán, M., Cárate-Tandalla, D. and Beltrán, K. (2011). Caraterización de los páramos en la provincia de Chimborazo. In: Bustamante, M., Albán, M. and Argüello, M. (eds.). Áreas priorizadas para la conservación y el manejo de los páramos en la provincia de Chimborazo. Un estudio socioambiental para la toma de decisiones. Gobierno autónomo des-centralizado de Chimborazo/ EcoCiencia/CONDESAN/Programa BioAndes/Proyecto Páramo Andino. Quito.

 

  • Aug 2022- present. Postdoc researcher and lecturer. iES Landau, Institute for Environmental Science. RPTU-Kaiserslautern- Landau
  • Jan 2021- Jun 2022. Independent Consultant. Professional advice on short research projects. Ecuador.
  • Jan 2020 – Dic 2020. Associate Researcher. Department of Biology. Escuela Politécnica Nacional. Quito -EPN, Ecuador.
  • Nov 2018 – Nov 2019. Postdoc. Agroecology Group. University of Göttingen. Germany and Landscape and Conservation Ecology Research Group, Ecological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Hungary.
  • Oct 2017 – Oct 2018. Lecturer. Faculty of Natural Resources. Escuela Superior Politécnica del Chimborazo -ESPOCH. Riobamba, Ecuador
  • May 2017 – Oct 2018 Associated Researcher. Department of Biology. Escuela Politécnica Nacional. Quito - EPN, Ecuador. Project: Paleo-fire analyses for Ecuadorian páramos data.
  • Oct 2011 – Oct 2017 Associated Researcher/Ph.D. student. German Research Foundation –DFG. Research unit FOR 816. Group A1. Ecuador.
  • Apr 2010 – Jun 2010 Lecturer. School of Biological Sciences. (PUCE).
  • Apr 2009 – Feb 2010 Associated Researcher. CONDESAN– Páramos Andinos.

2018 - 2019 Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD). Research Grants for Doctoral Candidates and Young Academics and Scientists.

2017 Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC). Student Fellowship program.

2012 Maria Sibylla Merian Award. Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology. Best posters presented at the conference

2011 – 2015 Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD). Program of research scholarships for doctorate studies for young scientists.

2010 Elizabeth E. Bascom Fellowship in Conservation Biology. Missouri Botanical Garden