Jaime Collazo

Bio

Education

Ph.D., Animal Ecology, Iowa State University (1985)

Research Interests

Population dynamics of different taxonomic groups with emphasis on avian species, endangered species research and management, and Gap Analysis

Research interests include species-habitat relationships, range dynamics and implications of climate and landcover change on species persistence and the formulation of adaptation strategies.

Lab Programs

• Biodiversity and Spatial Information Center

Web Resources

• National Gap Analysis Program
• North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• NC Wildlife Resources Commission
• Wildlife Management Institute
• U.S. Geological Survey
• Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology program

Publications

• Abundance, occupancy and habitat data recordings for Coqui Llaneros near Caño Tiburones; Arrecibo, Puerto Rico , (2025)
• A spatiotemporal optimization engine for prescribed burning in the Southeast US , ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS (2024)
• Applying portfolio theory to benefit endangered amphibians in coastal wetlands threatened by climate change, high uncertainty, and significant investment risk , FRONTIERS IN CONSERVATION SCIENCE (2024)
• High-Quality, Chromosome-Level Reference Genomes of the Viviparous Caribbean Skinks Spondylurus nitidus and S. culebrae , GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION (2024)
• Postrelease Survival of Eleutherodactylus coqui: Advancing Managed Translocations as an Adaptive Tool for Climate-Vulnerable Anurans , HERPETOLOGICA (2024)
• Bee species richness through time in an urbanizing landscape of the southeastern United States , Global Change Biology (2023)
• Estimating bee abundance: can mark-recapture methods validate common sampling protocols? , Apidologie (2022)
• Modeling and estimating co-occurrence between the invasive Shiny Cowbird and its Puerto Rican hosts , BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS (2022)
• Climate change is creating a mismatch between protected areas and suitable habitats for frogs and birds in Puerto Rico , BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION (2021)
• Coffee plantations, hurricanes and avian resiliency: insights from occupancy, and local colonization and extinction rates in Puerto Rico , GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION (2021)