Nathaly Guerrero Ramirez

(Postdoctoral researcher in EnriCo 2023-2024)

Research Interests

I seek to understand relationships between biodiversity's causes and effects and their consequences for human livelihoods. I use a holistic approach by linking micro- and macro-ecological patterns and mechanisms and developing spatially- and temporally-explicit frameworks that integrate multiple facets of biodiversity, multi-taxa diversity, above-belowground interactions, and ecosystem functioning.

Education

2018: Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat., summa cum laude) at Universität Leipzig, Germany. Advisor: Nico Eisenahuer
2014: Master of Biology at Université du Quebec à Montréal, Canada. Advisors: Tanya Handa & Christian Messier
2009: Bachelor of Environmental Biology at Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Colombia. Advisors: Valeria Pizarro & Ben Turner

Publications

Cusack DF, Christoffersen B, Smith-Martin CM, Andersen KM, Cordeiro AL, Fleischer K, Wright SJ, Guerrero-Ramírez NR et al. (2024) Toward a coordinated understanding of hydro-biogeochemical root functions in tropical forests for application in vegetation models. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19561.

Tolmos ML, Guerrero-Ramírez NR, Ameztegui A, Barajas Barbosa MP, Craven D, Kreft H (2024) Biogeographic context mediates multifaceted diversity-productivity relationships in island and mainland forests. Journal of Ecology. 2024;00:1–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14270.

Zheng L, Barry KE, Guerrero-Ramírez NR et al. (2024) Effects of plant diversity on productivity strengthen over time due to trait-dependent shifts in species overyielding. Nature Communications 15:2078.

Projects and Websites

Website
Global Root Traits (GRooT) Database
Tropical Root Trait Initiative (TropiRoot)
Google scholar