Luis Cayuela – Biodiversas

Address and links

Departamental II – 210
Area of Biodiversity and Conservation
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
c/ Tulipán, s/n.
E-28933 Móstoles

Phone: +34 91 488 7035
E-mail: luis.cayuela at urjc.es
Homepage at URJC
Scopus: 13002599500
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luis-Cayuela
ResearcherID: K-7255-2015
Research group: http://www.grupoecologiatropical.com/
Blog: http://www.luiscayuela.blogspot.com

Short CV

2010-2011 Lecturer, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
2008-2010 Post-doc researcher (Juan de la Cierva), CEAMA-Universidad de Granada
2007-2008 Post-doc researcher, Universidad de Alcalá
2006-2007 Post-doc researcher (REMEDINAL), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
2002-2006 PhD Thesis, Universidad de Alcalá
2001-2002 MSc in Conservation, University College of London (UK)

Research interests

Effects of deforestation and habitat fragmentation on plant diversity
Spatial and temporal patterns in changes of land use
Management of Mediterranean forests: forest decay and pest management (processionary, mistletoe)
Patterns and causal factors of alpha and beta diversity at a regional scale
Prioritization of conservation areas
Community ecology
Ecoinformatics

Current position

I teach Conservation Biology in the degree of Biology and Experimental Design and Data Analysis, Statistical Techniques and Tropical Ecology and Conservation at the master level.