Olivas, Paulo

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Olivas, Paulo Graduate Faculty

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Assistant Professor, Earth and Environment , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

paolivas@fiu.edu

biography

Paulo Olivas is an ecologist and environmental scientist with research that addresses environmental change at different temporal and spatial scales—Paulo is interested in the responses of the ecosystems, in particular vegetation and carbon dynamics, to changes in thermal and hydrological regimes. Paulo seeks to increase our understanding of environmental adaptations of the ecosystems to different climatic scenarios and develop strategies for management or mitigation at the appropriate scales.

research interests

Environmental change, responses and adaptations in natural and urban areas
Vegetation dynamics at multiple temporal and spatial scales
GIS and remote sensing
Citizen Science, community engagement and for environmental monitoring; Ecology/Conservation Biology

selected scholarly works & creative activities

Article
- 2024
  
  Evaluating Hydrogeomorphic Condition Across Ecosystem States in a Non-tidal, Brackish Peat Marsh of the Florida Coastal Everglades, USA. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 47:1209-1223.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-024-01364-5 Web of Science: 001235752400002
- 2023
  
  A Novel Methodological Approach to Quantify Geomorphic Change and Prioritize Risk to Coastal Archeological Sites Under Conditions of a Changing Climate, Everglades National Park, FL, USA. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 46:1677-1689.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-023-01254-2 Web of Science: 001045697000001
- 2022
  
  Change Analysis of Urban Tree Canopy in Miami-Dade County
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/f13060949 Web of Science: 000816094100001
- 2022
  
  Integrating Aquatic Metabolism and Net Ecosystem CO₂ Balance in Short- and Long-Hydroperiod Subtropical Freshwater Wetlands. ECOSYSTEMS. 25:567-585.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10021-021-00672-2 Web of Science: 000679323500001
- 2022
  
  Foliar Stoichiometry is Marginally Sensitive to Soil Phosphorus Across a Lowland Tropical Rainforest. ECOSYSTEMS. 25:61-74.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10021-021-00640-w Web of Science: 000648199300003
- 2020
  
  A common-mesocosm experiment recreates sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense) phenotypes from Everglades marl prairies and peat marshes. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 107:56-65.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1411 Web of Science: 000504901300001
- 2019
  
  Intensified inundation shifts a freshwater wetland from a CO₂ sink to a source. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 25:3319-3333.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14718 Web of Science: 000486150200011
- 2018
  
  Contrasting Photosynthetic Responses of Two Dominant Macrophyte Species to Seasonal Inundation in an Everglades Freshwater Prairie. WETLANDS. 38:893-903.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13157-018-1038-1 Web of Science: 000450305300004
- 2018
  
  Comparison of sensible heat flux measured by large aperture scintillometer and eddy covariance in a seasonally-inundated wetland. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 259:345-354.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.05.026 Web of Science: 000437064400031
- 2016
  
  Water uptake of Alaskan tundra evergreens during the winter-spring transition. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 103:298-306.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1500358 Web of Science: 000370649200012
- 2015
  
  Losing your edge: climate change and the conservation value of range-edge populations. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 5:4315-4326.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1645 Web of Science: 000362523300008
- 2015
  
  Ecosystem resistance in the face of climate change: a case study from the freshwater marshes of the Florida Everglades. ECOSPHERE. 6.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00404.1 Web of Science: 000354777300012
- 2014
  
  El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Enhances CO₂ Exchange Rates in Freshwater Marsh Ecosystems in the Florida Everglades. PLOS ONE. 9.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115058 Web of Science: 000348845600015
- 2014
  
  Is conservation research money being spent wisely? Changing trends in conservation research priorities. JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION. 22:471-473.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2014.05.003 Web of Science: 000340930300009
- 2014
  
  Seasonal patterns in energy partitioning of two freshwater marsh ecosystems in the Florida Everglades. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES. 119:1487-1505.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002700 Web of Science: 000342993200002
- 2013
  
  INTEGRATED CARBON BUDGET MODELS FOR THE EVERGLADES TERRESTRIAL-COASTAL-OCEANIC GRADIENT Current Status and Needs for Inter-Site Comparisons. OCEANOGRAPHY. 26:98-107.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2013.51 Web of Science: 000323808600015
- 2013
  
  Comparison of direct and indirect methods for assessing leaf area index across a tropical rain forest landscape. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 177:110-116.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.04.010 Web of Science: 000321087700011
- 2012
  
  Increased CO₂ loss from vegetated drained lake tundra ecosystems due to flooding. GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES. 26.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/2011GB004037 Web of Science: 000303123500001
- 2011
  
  Effects of Fine-Scale Topography on CO₂ Flux Components of Alaskan Coastal Plain Tundra: Response to Contrasting Growing Seasons. ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH. 43:256-266.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.2.256 Web of Science: 000291118700011
- 2010
  
  Responses of CO₂ flux components of Alaskan Coastal Plain tundra to shifts in water table. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES. 115.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/2009JG001254 Web of Science: 000285258300002
- 2009
  
  Methane fluxes during the initiation of a large-scale water table manipulation experiment in the Alaskan Arctic tundra. GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES. 23.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/2009GB003487 Web of Science: 000266100000001
- 2008
  
  Differences in the degree of environmental control on large and small tropical plants: just a sampling effect?. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. 96:367-377.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01340.x Web of Science: 000252899300013
- 2008
  
  Explaining variation in tropical plant community composition: influence of environmental and spatial data quality. OECOLOGIA. 155:593-604.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0923-8 Web of Science: 000254238500018
- 2008
  
  First direct landscape-scale measurement of tropical rain forest Leaf Area Index, a key driver of global primary productivity. ECOLOGY LETTERS. 11:163-172.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01134.x Web of Science: 000252206800007
- 2006
  
  Effects of mesoscale environmental heterogeneity and dispersal limitation on floristic variation in rain forest ferns. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. 94:181-195.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01071.x Web of Science: 000234028800017
Other Scholarly Work
- 2024
  
  Evaluating Hydrogeomorphic Condition Across Ecosystem States in a Non-tidal, Brackish Peat Marsh of the Florida Coastal Everglades, USA (May, 10.1007/s12237-024-01364-5, 2024). ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 1330-1330.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-024-01379-y Web of Science: 001239293300001

principal investigator on

The Pandora Project: Air Pollution in Miami-Dade County awarded by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 2022 - 2027
Acquisition of Goods and Services awarded by U.S. Department of Agriculture 2021 - 2022
Conservation, evaluation, and distribution of sugarcane, mango, avocado and other subtropical/tropical genetic resources and associated data awarded by Agricultural Research Service 2020 - 2021

co-principal investigator on

Grant
- Phase V of the Everglades REMAP: Everglades Stressor Interactions Water Quality, Mercury Contamination, Hydrological Pattern, Soils, Eutrophication and Vegetation Characteristics awarded by National Park Service 2023 - 2028
- Towards conservation of a transboundary biocultural riverscape in the Western Amazon awarded by Gordon & Moore Foundation 2023 - 2025
- An Inventory Study on the Cigar Orchid (Cyrtopodium punctatum L) in the Big Cypress National Preserve awarded by National Park Service 2021 - 2023
- Assessing the impact of hurricane Irma and recovery trajectory of epiphytic communities in coastal buttonwood and mangrove forests in the Everglades National Park awarded by National Park Service 2020 - 2022
- Developing urban forest inventories for coastal resilience in an underserved community awarded by U.S. Forest Service 2021 - 2022
- Identifying Freshwater Conservation Targets and Monitoring Freshwater Systems in the Amazon Basin awarded by Wildlife Conservation Society 2020 - 2022
- Post-logging forest recovery: legacies of 20th century natural resource exploitation in Big Cypress National Preserve awarded by South Florida National Parks Trust 2021 - 2022
- Optimization of LiDAR Data Processing Algorithms for Wetland Graminoid Marsh and Prairie Vegetation awarded by National Park Service 2018 - 2021
- Development of a Citizen Science Water Sensor Network in the Amazon awarded by Wildlife Conservation Society 2017 - 2019

investigator on

Miami-Dade Urban Tree Canopy Detection and Change Analysis awarded by Miami-Dade County 2020 - 2021

full name

Paulo Olivas

ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6308-4470 (confirmed)

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