Education
Academic Background-
Ph.D. University of Puerto Rico, USA Ecology | Completed: 2002
Publications (48)
Selected Scholarly Contributions
Phylogenetic Structure of Two Euglossine Communities Divided by the Colombian Andes
2025
Riqueza y diversidad de las especies reportadas de Gongora (Orchidaceae: Stanhopeinae) en Colombia
2025
2025
Primer registro de Triphora hassleriana ( (Orchidaceae, Triphoreae, Triphorinae) en Colombia
2025
PRELIMINARY MODEL OF POTENTIAL AREAS FOR RESTORATION FOR THE INTER-ANDEAN VALLEY OF CAUCA RIVER (COLOMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA) BASED ON HABITAT SUITABILITY MODELS
2024
Patrones de manejo de agroecosistemas deforestados y estrategias de vida de fincas amazónicas de Cacoal, Brasil
2023
Genetic diversity of an invasive tree across time and contrasting landscape conditions
2023
Cultivable fungal community associated with the tropical orchid Dichaea andina
2022
Diversidad y conocimiento de plantas utilizadas por agricultores en Cacoal (Amazonía Brasileña)
2022
Estructura poblacional y agentes polinizadores de Catasetum ochraceum en los farallones de la cordillera occidental (La Vorágine, Colombia)
2021
A NEW SPECIES OF DICHAEA (ORCHIDACEAE: ZYGOPETALINAE) FROM THE ANDES OF COLOMBIA
2021
Comparison of Catasetum bicolor and C. ochraceum (Catasetinae: Orchidaceae) habitat preferences: implications for their conservation
2021
Polen recolectado por nannotrigona mellaria (Apidae : Meliponini) en dos ambientes urbanos (Valle del Cauca – Colombia).
2019
Characterization of mycorrhizal fungi of the genus Tulasnella (Tulasnellaceae, Basidiomycota) in the genus of orchids Bletia from Barranca del Cupatitzio Natural Reserve, Mexico
2018
Spatial distribution of dry forest orchids in the Cauca River Valley and Dagua Canyon: Towards a conservation strategy to climate change.
J. Tupac Otero
2016
Unsustainable landscapes of deforested Amazonia: An analysis of the relationships among landscapes and the social, economic and environmental profiles of farms at different ages following deforestation.
J. Tupac Otero
2016
The epiphytic orchids Ionopsis utricularioides and Psygmorchis pusilla associate with different Ceratobasidium lineages at Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
J. Tupac Otero
2015
Pollination ecology of Rodriguezia granadensis (orchidaceae).
J. Tupac Otero
2015
Interaction networks and the use of floral resources by male orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) in a primary rain forests of the Choco Region (Colombia).
J. Tupac Otero
2015
Nocturnal pollination by Fungus gnats of the colombian endemic species, Pleurothallis marthae (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae).
J. Tupac Otero
2014
Vanilla rivasii (Orchidaceae), a new species from the Colombian Pacific region.
J. Tupac Otero
2014
The double life of Ceratobasidium: Orchid mycorrhizal fungi and their potential for biocontrol of Rhizoctonia solani sheath blight of rice.
J. Tupac Otero
2013
Biological control of the greenhouse whitefly by Amitus fuscipennis: Understanding the role of extrafloral nectaries from crop and non-crop vegetation.
J. Tupac Otero
2013
Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with Bactris gasipaes H.B.K in Buenaventura, Colombia.
J. Tupac Otero
2013
Distribution and abundance of terrestrial orchids of the genus Bletia in sites with different degrees of disturbance, in the Cupatitzio Natural Reserve, Mxico.
J. Tupac Otero
2012
Narrow fungal mycorrhizal diversity in a population of the orchid Coppensia doniana.
J. Tupac Otero
2012
Influence of fertilization, season and forage species in presence of arbuscular mycorrhizae in a degraded Andisoil of Colombia.
J. Tupac Otero
2011
Phylogenetic relationships in Pterostylidinae (Cranichideae: Orchidaceae): Combined evidence from nuclear ribomsomal and plastid DNA sequences.
J. Tupac Otero
2011
Codiversification of orchids (Pterostylidinae) and their associated mycorrhizal fungi.
J. Tupac Otero
2011
First host record for the root parasite Corynaea crassa (Balanophoraceae).
J. Tupac Otero
2009
Symbiotic vs. asymbiotic seed germination in epiphytic orchids.
J. Tupac Otero
2009
Variation in mycorrhizal infection of the epiphytic orchid Ionopsis utriculariodes (Orchidiaceae) on different substrata.
J. Tupac Otero
2008
Natural history of Euglossa nigropilosa moure (Apidae: Euglossinae).
J. Tupac Otero
2008
Molecular genetic diagnosis of the 'taxonomically difficult' Australian endangered orchid, Microtis angusii: An evaluation of the utility of DNA barcoding.
J. Tupac Otero
2007
Identification of the endangered Australian orchid Microtis angusii using an allele-specific PCR assay.
J. Tupac Otero
2007
Site variation in spatial aggregation and phorophyte preference in Psychilis monensis (Orchidaceae).
J. Tupac Otero
2007
Widespread mycorrhizal specificity correlates to mycorrhizal function in the neotropical, epiphytic orchid Ionopsis utricularioides (Orchidaceae).
J. Tupac Otero
2007
Conservation of taxonomically difficult species: The case of the Australian orchid, Microtis angusii.
J. Tupac Otero
2006
Orchid diversity-beyond deception.
J. Tupac Otero
2006
Individual variation in plant and fungus for mycorrhizal seed germination in an epiphytic orchid.
J. Tupac Otero
2005
Differences in mycorrhizal preferences between two tropical orchids.
J. Tupac Otero
2004
Lepanthes of Colombia.
J. Tupac Otero
2003
Vertical stratification of euglossine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in an Amazonian forest.
J. Tupac Otero
2003
Capture rates of male euglossine bees across a human intervention gradient, Choco region, Colombia.
J. Tupac Otero
2003
Hidden transactions: The curious relationships between orchids and fungi.
J. Tupac Otero
2002
Diversity and host specificity of endophytic Rhizoctonia-like fungi from tropical orchids.
J. Tupac Otero
2002
Is longer better? Style length does not matter in seed production of two Species of Ficus (Moraceae) in Puerto Rico.
J. Tupac Otero
2002
Monodontomerus argentinus Brethes (Hymenoptera: Torymidae): A new parasitoid of Eglossa nigropilosa Moure (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossinae).
J. Tupac Otero
2001