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Patricia Landaverde

Patricia Landaverde-González de Ameshofer

Patricia Landaverde-González de Ameshofer

Patricia Landaverde-González de Ameshofer

Research

My principal interests are oriented on understanding of biodiversity and evolution through:

  • Genetics (population      genetics, molecular ecology, landscape genetics, phylogenetics and      evolution)
  • Ecology (biodiversity,      pollination ecology)
  • Conservation (conservation      genetics and biology and ecosystem services).

My principal geographical area of research is in the Neo-tropics, more specifically the cultural and geological variable Mesoamerica, which is considered a hotspot for biodiversity (Mittermeier et al 2004). Nevertheless I am also really curious about the dynamic of populations of pollinators in others regions of the world.

At present I focus on understanding the effects of habitat fragmentation and land use at different levels of biodiversity on populations of native bees in Mesoamerica and Germany. Until now I observed that small-scale Maya traditional milpa practices may enhance fruit set and selectively favour ground-nesting bees. With respect to interaction networks in Netropical areas it seems that they are robust within one year, however, the same appears to be negatively impacted in extreme weather conditions, particularly in areas of coffee plantations where severe deforestation is reported.  Besides I also found that native neotropical wild pollinators may be resistant to moderate habitat loss at the genetic level and therefore potentially able to deliver pollination service for both native and crop plants, however we do not know how resistant they can be in the face of climate change and I interested to understand their potential threat under this conditions. I also describe hidden diversity in the cryptic Lasioglossum (Dialictus) spp. of Yucatán and feel interested of this group from the rest of Mesoamérica.

My future goals are oriented to understand distribution of biodiversity of Neotropical bees that can give hints to understand global patterns and to study the different types of traditional agriculture for understand how they affect biodiversity principally of pollinators and the Ecosystem services that they provide.

Partamona bilineata

Partamona bilineata

Partamona bilineata

Curriculum vitae

  • PhD. Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg . June 2017
  • M.Sc. in Biological Science with a speciality in Systematics. Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México. July 2009.
  • Biology (Licenciatura), Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. October 2004.

Societies

Editorial work

2021-2022. Associate editor of the Journal of applied ecology.

2022-2023. Guest Associate Editor of Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

Rewards

Prices

  • Magna cum laude for the      doctoral thesis. 2017. Martin Luther university Halle-Wittenberg.
  • Honorary mention for thesis      and academic records. 2009. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Best thesis by the Biology school.      Pharmacological Faculty of 2004. San Carlos University of Guatemala.      Guatemala 2007.
  • Award      for      Best Research Project 2002 by DIGI (General Direction of Research) on:      Parental gene frequencies at Triatoma      dimidiata in a village in Guatemala

Scholarships and supplements

  • Schlumberger postdoctoral fellowship. 2022. Faculty of future for woman from developing countries to investigate the ecology of honeybee virus in wild bees visiting coffee plantation in Guatemala. $ 40,000 per year.
  • Grant from the      Directorate-General for Science and  Research 2019 (DIGI in Spanish), San      Carlos University of  Guatemala, for research honeybee virus in wild bees from Guatemala. ~ 30,000.00 €.
  • Grant from the      Directorate-General for Science and Research 2018 (DIGI in Spanish), San      Carlos University of Guatemala, for research into the network and      pollination services of bees in coffee in Guatemala. ~ 30,000.00 €
  • DAAD-STIBET for the final financing of      the doctorate 2015-2016. 500 € month
  • DAAD doctoral scholarship 2012-2015.      1,000 € month
  • Genetic Society's      "Heredity Fieldwork Grant" for field work in Central America ~ €      1,600
  • Welcome Trust Scholarship of      the Sanger Institute for the Workshop: Working with Pathogen Genomes in      Montevideo, Uruguay. 2011.
  • DGEP-UNAM Scholarship 2007-2009      for the Masters scholarship at UNAM. ~ 500 €
  • Travel grant from REGENEC      for participation in the conservation award "Conservation      genetics" in Caracas, Venezuela.

Publications

1.    Ollerton, J., Trunschke, J., Havens, K., Landaverde-González, P. .et al., (2022). Pollinator-flower interactions in gardens during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown of 2020. Journal of Pollination Ecology, 31, 87–96. https://doi.org/10.26786/1920-7603(2022   )695

2.    Ostermann J., Landaverde P., Avrech O., Bevk D., Cole LJ., Eeraerts M., Garratt M., Gee M., Koltowski Z., Langowska A., Mandelik Y., Miñarro M., Paxton RJ., Trujillo-Elisea FI, Howlett BG. 2021. On-farm experiences shape farmer knowledge, perceptions of pollinators, and management practices. Global ecology and conservation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01949   

3.    Landaverde González, P., Enríquez, E., Núñez-Farfán, J.  (2021) Landscape effect on Cucurbita pepo-pollinators interaction networks varies depending on plants’ genetic diversity. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 15(6), 917-928. DOI: 10.1007/s11829-021-09872-y

4.    Landaverde Gonzalez, P., Osgood, J., Montenegro Quiñonez, CA., Monzon, V., Rodas, AG., Monroy, C. (2021) The effect of landscape and human settlements on the genetic differentiation and presence of Paragonimus species in Mesoamerica. International Journal of parasitology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2021.05.010   

5.    Theodorou, P., Herbst, S., Kahnt, B., Landaverde-González, P., Baltz, L., Osterman, J., Paxton, R. (2020). Urban fragmentation leads to lower floral diversity, with knock-on impacts on bee biodiversity. Scientific reports. 10:21756. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78736-x   

6.    Escobedo-Kenefic, N., Landaverde-González, P., Theodorus, P., Dominguez, Cesar. (2020). Disentangling the effects of local resources, landscape and climatic seasonality on bee biodiversity and plant-pollinator networks in tropical highlands. Oecologia. 194(3):333-344. DOI:  10.1007/s00442-020-04715-8

7.    Dardon, Maria Jose, Landaverde-Gonzalez, Patricia, Yurrita, Carmen. Vasquez, Mabel. Ayala, Ricardo. (2020). Rediscovering the diversity of Guatemalan bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Bombus Latreille 1802). International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences. 7(2):1-14.     DOI: 10.26438/ijsrbs/v7i6.113

8.    Landaverde, P., Menes, M., Melgar, S., Bustamante, D., Monroy, C. (2020) Common pattern of distribution for Mesoamerican Triatoma dimidiata suggest geological and ecological association. Acta tropica. 204: 105329. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105329

9.    Landaverde-González, P., Baltz, L., Escobedo, N., Mérida, J., Paxton, R., and Husemann, M. (2018) Recent low levels of differentiation in the native Bombus ephippiatus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) along two Neotropical mountain-ranges in Guatemala. Biodiversity and conservation. 27(13)3513-3531. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-018-1612-0

10. Enríquez, Eunice. Landaverde, Patricia. Lima, Raquel.  Núñez-Farfán, Juan. Solórzano, Elizabeth. Tapia-López, Rosalinda. (2018) Population genetics of traditional landraces of Cucurbita pepo L,.1753 in the cloud foret in Baja Verapaz, Guatemala. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 65(3):979-991. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-017-0589-y

11. Ziv, G., Hassall, C., Bartkowski, B., Cord, A.F., Kaim, A., Kalamandeen, M., Landaverde-González, P., Melo, J.L.B., Seppelt, R., Shannon, C., Václavík, T., Zoderer, B.M., Beckmann, M. (2018) A bird’s eye view over ecosystem services in Natura 2000 sites across Europe. Ecosystem Services. 30B:287-298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.08.011   

12. Landaverde-González, P., Quezada-Euán, J.J.G., Theodorou, P., Murray, T.E., Theodorou, P., Ayala, R., Moo-Valle, J.H., Husemann, M., Vandame, R., and Paxton, R.J. (2017) Sweat bees on hot chillies: provision of pollination services by native bees in traditional slash-and-burn agriculture in the Yucatan Peninsula of tropical Mexico. Journal of Applied Ecology. 54(6):1814-1824. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12860   

13. Landaverde-González, P., Moo-Valle, J.H., Murray, T.E., Paxton, R.J., Quezada-Euán, J.J.G., Husemann, M. (2017) Sympatric lineage divergence in cryptic Neotropical sweat bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Lasioglossum). Organism diversity and evolution. 17(1):251-265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-016-0307-1   

14. Landaverde-González, P., Enríquez, E., Ariza, M.A., Murray, T., Paxton, R.J., Husemann, M. (2017) Fragmentation in the clouds? The population genetics of the native bee Partamona bilineata (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in the cloud forests of Guatemala. Conservation Genetics. 18:631–643. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-017-0950-x   

15. Landaverde, P., Escobedo, N., Calderón, C., Enríquez, E., and Monroy, C. (2012) The incidence of three honey bee viruses in collapsing colonies in Guatemala. Journal of Apicultural Research. 51(1):133 – 135. https://doi.org/10.3896/IBRA.1.51.1.16   

16. Melgar, S., Chávez, J.J., Landaverde, P., Herrera, F., Rodas, A., Enríquez, E., Dorn, P., Monroy C. (2007) The number of families of Triatoma dimidiata in a Guatemalan house. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 102(2):221-223. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762007005000001   

Bombus ephippiatus. Cloud forest

Bombus ephippiatus. Cloud forest

Bombus ephippiatus. Cloud forest

Talks

1.    Landaverde, P. Joel Gardner, Humberto Moo-Valle, José Javier G. Quezada-Euán, Ricardo Ayala, Martin Husemann 2021. Seven new species of Lasioglossum (Dialictus)  Robertson, 1902 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Halictini) from the Yucatán  Peninsula, México. XII Congreso Mesoamericano de Abejas Nativas. Costa  rica.

2.    Casiá-Ajché, Q., Landaverde-González, P.,  Escobedo-Kenefic, N., Enríquez, E 2021. Patrones estructurales de redes  de interacción planta-polinizador en un gradiente altitudinal en  Guatemala. XII Congreso Mesoamericano de Abejas Nativas. Costa rica.

3.    Darlene Denisse Escobar González. Patricia Landaverde González.  Natalia Escobedo Kenefic. Oscar Gustavo Martinez Lopez. 2021. Cambios  temporales de distribución altitudinal de Bombus (apidae: bombini) de  mesoamérica. XII Congreso Mesoamericano de Abejas Nativas. Costa rica.

4.         Landaverde, P. Enríquez E. Nuñez, J. Effect of Landscape on C. pepo-pollinators  interaction networks vary depending on the genetic diversity. Festival  of Ecology. British ecological society. December 2020.

5.         Escobedo Kenefic, Natalia. Cardona, Edson. Landaverde, P.  Eficiencia de las abejas nativas como polinizadoras de Brassica rapa en  el altiplano de Guatemala. XI Congreso Mesoamericano de Abejas Nativas.  25-29 november 2019. Cholula México.

6.         Casiá-Ajché, Quebin B. Landaverde, P.,  P., Enriquez, Q. Morales, J.  Redes de interacción planta-cisitante ante  flora de la vegetación silvestre asociada a cultivos de café en  Guatemala. XI Congreso Mesoamericano de Abejas Nativas. 25-29 november  2019. Cholula México.

7.         Landaverde, P., Enriquez, E. Casiá, Q.  Morales, J. Efecto del paisaje y áreas adyacentes sobre comunidades de  abejas silvestres y su servicio de polinización en café en Guatemala. XI  Congreso Mesoamericano de Abejas Nativas. 25-29 november 2019. Cholula  México.

8.         Landaverde, P., Enriquez, E. Husemann,  M., Paxton, R. El efecto del uso de la tierra y paisaje en la genética  de poblaciones de dos abejas nativas en Guatemala. XI Congreso  Mesoamericano de Abejas Nativas. 25-29 november 2019. Cholula México.

9.         Landaverde,P. Enriquez, E., Theodorou,  P., Casiá, Q. Landscape effets on wild bee communities pollination  networks and pollination service provision in coffee plantations and in  adjacent semi-natural areas in Guatemala. Entomologetagung. DGaaE.  2019.Halle (Saale)

10.     Landaverde, P. Quezada-Euan, J. Theodorus,  P. Paxton, R. Pollination services provided by sweat bees to habanero  chilli in slash-and-burn tropical agriculture in the Yucatan peninsula,  Mexico. XI International Symposium on Pollination 16-20 April 2018. Berlin Germany

11.     Landaverde, P. Servicios de polinización  proporcionados por abejas sudorosas en la agricultura tropical de roza y  quema en la Península de Yucatán de México. X Congreso Mesoamericano de  Abejas Nativas.23-24 november 2017. Antigua Guatemala. Guatemala.

12.     Pardo Villegas, P. Landaverde, P., Wagner, S. Vegetation-Based  Indicators for Assessing Ecosystem Services of Cacao Agroforestry  Systems, Buffer Zone of Abiseo River National Park, Peru. Tropentag 2017. Bonn, Germany. September 20-22 2017.

13.     Landaverde, P. Baltz, L, Enriquez, E, Paxton, R, Husemann, M. The effect of land-use and environment on the population genetics of two native bees in Guatemala. Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. 20-25th august 2017. Groningen. Netherland.

14.   Landaverde, P., Murray TE, Paxton RJ. 2nd  Annual Meeting in  Conservation Genetics – From Research to  Applications. 5th-6th October  2016. Göttingen, Germany.

15.   Landaverde, P. Discussion and  participant in workshop  Fawkes II-ESCALATE (UFZ). “Trade-offs and  synergies between Nature  Conservation and Ecosystem Services in  Protected Areas” 25th-28th july  2016. Leeds University. United Kingdom.

16.   Landaverde, P., Murray TE, Quezada-Euan  JJG, Theodoru P, Paxton RJ.  Sweat bees on hot chilies: pollination  services provided by native bees in slash-and-burn tropical agriculture  in Yucatan, Mexico. Resilience of Tropical Ecosystems. Abstract book  from Future Challenges and opportunities. Annual meeting of the Society  for Tropical Ecology. Zurich, Switzerland 7-10 April 2015. ISBN  978-3-00-048918-1.  362 pp.

17.   Landaverde, Patricia. Husemann, Martin.  Murray, Tomás. Quezada-euán, Javier. Paxton, Robert.  Discovering  hidden biodiversity in Lasioglossum (Dialictus) and its relationship to  habitat loss. Discovering hiding biodiversity. Mitteilungen des  entomologischen Vereins Stuttgart. 11. Hymenopterologen-Tagung in  Stuttgart. 3-5th October 2014.  Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde  Stuttgart. ISSN 0937-5198. 56pp.

18.   Landaverde P., Murray TE, Quezada-Euan  JJG, Paxton RJ. Descubriendo la diversidad oculta de grupos de  Lasioglossum (Dialictus). Abstract book. I Congreso Latinoamericano de  Génetica para la conservación.  REGENEC: Red de Genética de la  Conservación. 5-9 may 2014. Macuto, Estado Vargas, Venezuela.

19.   Landaverde P., Murray TE, Quezada-Euan  JJG, Paxton RJ. Biodiversity loss in Mesoamerica: investigating the  impact of hábitat fragmentation on bees. Section: Genetic diversity of Lasioglossum (Dialictus) bees from Yucatán. SSMPG Summer School 2013: Software and Statistical  Methods for Population Genetics, June 17th-21st 2013, Aussois (Savoie)

20.   Landaverde P., Murray TE, Quezada-Euan  JJG, Paxton RJ. Biodiversity loss in Mesoamerica: investigating the  impact of habitat fragmentation on bees. Section: Discovering hidden  biodiversity. Mitteilungen des entomologischen Vereins Stuttgart. 10.  Hymenopterologen-Tagung in Stuttgart. 5-7th October 2012. Staatliches  Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart. ISSN 0937-5198. 50pp.

Poster

  • Landaverde, P. Baltz, L, Enriquez, E, Paxton, R, Husemann, M. Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. ESEB 20-25th august 2017. Groningen. Netherland.
  • Pardo Villegas, P. Landaverde, P., Wagner, S. Vegetation-Based  Indicators for Assessing Ecosystem Services of Cacao Agroforestry  Systems, Buffer Zone of Abiseo River National Park, Peru. Tropentag  2017. Bonn, Germany. September 20-22 2017.
  • Landaverde, P., Murray TE, Paxton RJ. Investigating the   impact of agricultural land use on bee biodiversity and their   pollination service in Mesoamerica.Poster presentation in ESCALATE  Evaluation. UFZ-Leipzig. 4th May 2016.
  • Landaverde P., Murray TE, Quezada-Euan JJG, Paxton RJ. Biodiversity loss in Mesoamerica: investigating the impact of habitat fragmentation on bees. Abstract at the th European Conference of Apidology, 3-7th September 2012. Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. P. 296.
  • Landaverde, P., Escobedo, N., Calderon, C., Enriquez, E. & Monroy, MC. The incidence of honey bee viruses in collapsing colonies in Guatemala. Abstract at the 8th COLOSS Conference Meeting, 1-3rd September 2012. Martin-Luther-Universität. Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
  • Flores R., Honrubia M., Landaverde P., Che G., Maldonado M. & García J. 2011. New species of Boletus edulis group in Guatemala and Central America. Abstract at the 6th International Workshop on Edible Mycorrhizal Mushrooms-IWEMM-6, Rabat, Morocco, April 6-10, 2011. P. 51.

Languages

  • Spanish:           Mother tongue
  • English:            TOEFL-IBT  100/120, Januar 2011
  • Portuguese:      Intermediate spoken, written and reading
  • German:           Intermediate-Advanced (B2), September 2018

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