ADDRESS
University of Michigan Herbarium
3600 Varsity Drive
Ann Arbor, MI
48108-2228
USA

E-MAIL
inyigo@umich.edu

TEL
734-936-9948

FAX
734-998-0038

ÍÑIGO GRANZOW-DE LA CERDA
Assistant Curator


Research Interests
I am interested in the systematics of the moss genus Tortula, and related taxa in the tribe Pottiae, in particular in the Western Mediterranean region. I have worked on taxonomy, phylogenetics, reproductive biology and cytogenetics on the genus Anomodon at a worldwide level.

Currently I am also conducting research of an entirely different nature. Since 1993 I have been studying tropical rainforest regeneration following catastrophic disturbance, namely in the form of hurricanes on moist tropical lowland regions. I have worked on post-disturbance forest dynamics in the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua, in a long-term study following Hurricane Joan of October 1988. I am particularly interested in questions of species richness and biodiversity of tree species. The research has been conducted with the support of several NSF grants (to John Vandermeer). The project has now expanded to a comparative study of post-agricultural succession, circumscribed to that same region as well as to that of El Petén, in the Guatemalan lowlands.


Recent Publications

Í. Granzow-de la Cerda, J. Vandermeer & I. Perfecto. 1999. Bosques húmedos de Centroamérica. Influencia de los huracanes, incendios y los usos del territorio en la conservación y biodiversidad de los bosques mesoamericanos. El Ecologista 18-Otoño: 35-39.

Í. Granzow-de la Cerda, & R. Garth. 1999. Tropical rain forest trees propagated using large cuttings (Nicaragua). Ecological Restoration 17: 84-85.

Í. Granzow-de la Cerda, & R. Garth. 1999. Air-layering shows promise in propagating tropical trees (Nicaragua). Ecological Restoration 17: 85-86.

J. Vandermeer, A. Brenner & Í. Granzow-de la Cerda. 1998. Growth rates of tree height six years after hurricane damage at four localities in eastern Nicaragua. Biotropica 30: 502-509.

Í. Granzow-de la Cerda, N. Zamora, J. Vandermeer & D. Boucher. 1997. Diversidad de especies arbóreas en el bosque tropical húmedo del Caribe nicaragüense siete años después del huracán Juana. Revista Biología Tropical. 45: 1409-1419.

J. Vandermeer, Í. Granzow-de la Cerda & D. Boucher. 1997. Contrasting growth rate patterns in eighteen tree species from a post-hurricane forest in Nicaragua. Biotropica 29: 151-161.

Í. Granzow-de la Cerda. 1997. Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic study of Anomodon Hook. & Tayl. And Herpetineuron (Müll. Hal.) Cardot (Anomodontaceae, Musci). Contr. Univ. Michigan Herbarium 21: 205-275.

Í. Granzow-de la Cerda. 1992. Análisis cladístico de la familia Anomodontaceae. Tropical Bryology 6: 95-103. Í. Granzow-de la Cerda. 1990. Aplicación del método cladístico a un caso real: Análisis filogenético de Anomodon Hook. & Tayl. (Musci). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 47: 305-325.

Í. Granzow-de la Cerda. 1989. Notes on five species of Anomodon, some with erroneous identity, including two new combinations. The Bryologist 92(3): 381-386.

Í. Granzow-de la Cerda. 1989. Flujo gamético en un musgo pleurocárpico, Anomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Tayl., mediante un experimento de trasplantes. Botanica Complutensis (Madrid) 15: 91-100.