Luis Daniel Llambi

Prof. Luis Daniel Llambi
Coordinador Nacional Proyecto Páramo
Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Ecológicas (ICAE)
UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES
Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Ecológicas
Facultad de Ciencias
La Hechicera
Mérida, Non-US/Non-Canadian 5101
Venezuela


Phone: +58 274 2401255
Phone2: +58 426 5770977
Fax: +58 274 2401286
E-mail: ldllambi(at)gmail.com


Additional functions:
Coordinator in Venezuela of the GLORIA monitoring network
Member of the Mérida Academy of Sciences
Coordinator of Extension and Publications at ICAE-Universidad de Los Andes


Key Publications of Luis Daniel Llambi (up to ten) :
Cuesta, F., Carilla, J., Llambí, L.D. et al. 2023. Compositional shifts of alpine plant communities across the high Andes. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13721

Llambí, LD., Gámez LE, Pelayo, R., Azócar, C., Torres J.E., Márquez, N.J., Berdugo, M., Cuesta, F. and Ramírez, L.A. 2022. Species, growth form, and biogeographic diversity of summit vegetation along an elevation gradient in the tropical Andes: a baseline for climate change monitoring. Journal of Mountain Science 19(12):3441-3457. doi.org/10.1007/s11629-022-7473-8.

Llambí LD, Melfo A, Gámez LE, Pelayo R, Cárdenas M, Roja C, Torres JE, Ramírez N, Huber B, Hernández J. 2021. Vegetation assembly, adaptive strategies and positive interactions during primary succession in the forefield of the last Venezuelan glacier. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9. 657755. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.657755.

Llambi LD, Durbecq A, Cáceres-Mago K, Cáceres K, Ramírez L, Torres JE, Méndez Z. 2020. Interaction mechanisms between nurse-plants and an exotic invader along a tropical alpine elevation gradient: growth-form matters. Alpine Botany 130:59-73. DOI: 10.1007/s00035-020-00235-6.

Bader M, Llambí LD, Case BD, Buckley HL, Toivonen J,Camarero JJ, Cairns DM, Brown CD, Wiegand T, Resler LM. 2020. A global framework for linking alpine-treeline ecotone patterns to underlying processes. Ecography 43: 1–28. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.05285.

Cuesta F, Tovar C, Llambí LD, et al. 2020. Thermal niche traits of high alpine plant species and communities across the tropical Andes and their vulnerability to global warming.
Journal of Biogeography 47(2):408-420. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13759.

Llambí LD, Rada F. 2019. Ecological research in tropical alpine ecosystems of the Venezuelan páramo: past, present and future. Plant Ecology and Diversity 12(6): 519-538. DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2019.1680762.

Cuesta F, Llambí LD, Huggel C, Drenkhan F, Gosling WD, Muriel P, Jaramillo R, Tovar C. 2019. New land in the Neotropics: a review of biotic community, ecosystem and landscape transformations in the face of climate and glacier change. Regional Environmental Change 19(6):1623–1642. doi.org/10.1007/s10113-019-01499-3.

Llambí LD, Hupp N, Saez A, Callaway R. 2018. Reciprocal interactions between a facilitator, natives and exotics in tropical alpine plant communities. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 30:82-88.

Sarmiento, L., Llambi L.D., Escalona, A. y Marquez, N. 2003. Vegetation patterns, regeneration rates and divergence in an old-field succession of the high tropical Andes. Plant Ecology. 166:63-74.



Expertise of Luis Daniel Llambi:

Expertise Category	Specific Expertise
Expert Type	Scientific / Fundamental Research
	Research Interface / Management
Topic Atmosphere	Global Warming
Topic Cryosphere	Glaciers
Topic Biosphere	Biosphere
	Plants
	Biodiversity
Topic Ecosystems	Ecosystems
	Terrestrial Ecosystems
Topic Economy/ResourceUse	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery
	Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape
Topic Politics/Law	Adaptation
Topic Sustainability	Ecological Sustainability
Time Frame	Past
	Recent / Today
Statistical Focus	Mean Change / Trends
	Variability
Time Scale	Decadal / Centennial
	Millenial
Methods	Data Collection - Measurement
	Data Analysis
	Literature Study
	Applied Research / Technology
Mountain Research Initiative	Long-term monitoring and analysis of indicators of environmental change in mount
	Process studies along altitudinal gradients and in associated headwater basins
	Latin America

Specialties of Luis Daniel Llambi:
Plant community dynamics, plant-plant interactions, vegetation monitoring, biodiversity conservation, alpine ecology

Last update: 11/29/23
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