Research Abstract:
My lab is currently focusing on the following research topics:
-- Taxonomy of medicinal plants and under-used crops
-- Phytochemical composition and efficacy of traditional medicines
-- Carrying capacity, stability and sustainable use-potential of tropical cloud forests
-- International law in relation to intellectual property rights, ecology and environment vegetation community ecology of tropical and temperate mountain forest, grassland and alpine systems
-- Regeneration and succession processes after natural and anthropogenic impact (particularly fire- and landslide ecology, colonization processes, germination and establishment)
-- Ecology and ecophysiology of the tropical alpine timberline
Selected Publications:
Restrepo C, Walker LR, Shiels AB, Bussmann RW, Claessens L, Fisch S, Lozano P, Negi G, Paolini L, Poveda G, Ramos-Scharrón C, Richter M and Velázquez E. Landsliding and its multi-scale influence on mountainscapes. BioScience (In Press).
Bussmann RW and Sharon D. Markets, Healers, Vendors, Collectors, – the sustainability of medicinal plant use in Northern Peru. Mountain Research and Development (In Press).
Bussmann RW and Sharon D. Naming a phantom – the quest to find the identity of Ulluchu, an unidentified ceremonial plant of the Moche culture in Northern Peru. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2009 5(8). http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/5/1/8
Bussmann RW, Téllez C and Glenn A. Plukenetia huayllabambana (Euphorbiaceae) – a new useful species from the Upper Amazon of Peru. Nordic Journal of Botany 2009.
Bussmann RW and Sharon D. Shadows of the colonial past – diverging plant use in Northern Peru and Southern Ecuador. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2009 5(4). http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/5/1/4
Last Updated: 07/21/2009 |