Sebastian Emilio Diaz Cortes
Bio
Forest scientist. I have experience in vegetation sampling.
I’ve researched tree community ecology in the Colombian neotropical forests. I’m interested in forest carbon dynamics and their role in mitigating the loss of regulating ecosystem services.
Currently, we’re working on forested wetlands of the Atlantic coast (NC, USA). Our research focuses on ecosystem productivity and methane fluxes.
Education
B.S. Forest Engineering Francisco José de Caldas District University 2019
M.S. Forest Management Francisco José de Caldas District University 2022
Area(s) of Expertise
Tree Community Ecology
Publications
- Functional analysis of wood traits, soil, and aboveground biomass in Terra firme and Igapó forests , Revista de Biología Tropical (2026)
- Functional patterns of wood traits in Terra Firme and Igapó (tropical moist forests), Colombian Orinoquia , Dendrobiology (2025)
- New records of Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) to Colombian flora: Lonchocarpus schiedeanus (Schltdl.) Harms and Bowdichia nitida Spruce ex Benth. , Check List (2025)
- Patrones de diversidad y estructura de bosques amazónicos colombianos en gradiente altitudinal , Boletín Científico Centro de Museos Museo de Historia Natural (2025)
- Análisis ecológico de comunidades en la vegetación arbórea del parque Chicaque, Cundinamarca , Boletín Científico Centro de Museos Museo de Historia Natural (2023)
- Análisis participativo de servicios ecosistémicos en un área protegida del bosque seco tropical (bs-T), Colombia , Colombia forestal (2021)