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Cara Rockwell

Research Assistant Professor
Institute of Environment
International Center for Tropical Botany
Department of Earth and Environment

Publications

  • Salisbury, A. B., Koeser, A. K., Andreu, M. G., Chen, Y., Freeman, Z., Miesbauer, J. W., Herrera-Montes, A., Kua C-S., Higashiguchi Nukina, R., Rockwell, C.A.... & Hauer, R. J., 2023. Predictors of tropical cyclone-induced urban tree failure: an international scoping. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 6:1168495. Frontiers | Predictors of tropical cyclone-induced urban tree failure: an international scoping review (frontiersin.org)
  • Rockwell, C.A., Crow, A., Guimarães, E.R., Recinos, E., La Belle, D., 2022. Tree species richness, stem density, and canopy coverage in food forests: Potential contributions to ecosystem services in a subtropical urban environment. Urban Planning (Special Issue: From Smart Urban Forests to Edible Cities: New Approaches in Urban Planning and Design) 7: 139-154. Species Richness, Stem Density, and Canopy in Food Forests: Contributions to Ecosystem Services in an Urban Environment | Article | Urban Planning (cogitatiopress.com)
  • Herrera, B., Frank, A. R., Rockwell, C.A., 2021. Sacred weeds: common ritual plants from the urban botánicas of Miami-Dade County, Florida. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 22: 1-15.
  • Fadrique, B., Veldman, J. W., Dalling, J. W., Clark, L. G., Montti, L., Ruiz‐Sanchez, E., ... & Rockwell, C.A. (2020). Guidelines for including bamboos in tropical ecosystem monitoring. Biotropica, 52(3), 427-443.
  • Rockwell, C.A., Guariguata, M.R., Menton, M., Arroyo Quispe, E., Quaedvlieg, J., Warren Thomas, E., Fernandez Silva, H., Jurado Rojas, E.E., Kohagura Arrunategui, J.A.H., Meza Vega, L.A., Revilla Vera, O., Quenta Hancco, R., Valera Tito, J.F., Villarroel Panduro, B.T., Yucra Salas, J.J., 2017. Spatial distribution of Bertholletia excelsa in selectively logged forests of the Peruvian Amazon. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 33: 114-127.
  • Baraloto, C., Alverga, P., Brasil da Silva, I., Castro, W., Consuelo, E.,  Souza, H. da, Elizabeth de Souza Moll, I.E., Kenji, D., Dueñas Linares, H., Medeiros, H., Murphy, S.,  Ramos, H., Rockwell, C.A., Shenkin, A., Silveira, M., Vasquez, G., Barnes, G., Southworth, J., and Perz, S., 2015. Forest value in southwestern Amazonian forests disturbed by road paving. Biological Conservation 191: 674-681.
  • Rockwell, C.A., Guariguata, M.R., Menton, M.C.S., Arroyo Quispe, E., Quaedvlieg, J., WarrenThomas, E., Fernandez Silva, H., Jurado Rojas, E.E., Kohagura Arrunategui, J.A.H., Meza Vega, L.A., Revilla Vera, O., Quenta Hancco, R., Valera Tito, J.F., Villarroel Panduro, B.T., Yucra Salas, J.J., 2015. Nut production in Bertholletia excelsa across a logged forest mosaic: Implications for multiple use. PLOS One 10: e0135464.
  • Rockwell, C.A., Kainer, K.A., 2015. Local and scientific perspectives on the bamboo-dominated forest in Acre, Brazil: A complementary knowledge base for multiple-use forest management, International Forestry Review 17: 51-64.
  • Baraloto, C., Alverga, P., Brasil da Silva, I., Castro, W., Consuelo, E.,  Souza, H. da, Souza Moll, I.E., Kenji, D., Dueñas Linares, H., Medeiros, H., Murphy, S.,  Ramos, H., Rockwell, C.A., Shenkin, A., Silveira, M., Vasquez, G., Barnes, G., Southworth, J., and Perz, S., 2014. Contrasting forest value metrics in community forests of southwestern Amazonia. Ecology & Society 19: 56 http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-06911-190456.
  • Rockwell, C.A, Kainer, K.A., d’Oliveira, M.V.N., Staudhammer, C.L., Baraloto, C., 2014. Logging in bamboo-dominated forests in southwestern Amazonia: Caveats and opportunities for smallholder forest management. Forest Ecology and Management 315: 202-210. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.12.022
  • Rockwell, C.A., Kainer, K. A., Marcondes, N., Baraloto, C. 2007. Ecological limitations of reduced-impact logging at the smallholder scale. Forest Ecology and Management 238: 365-374. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.12.028
  • Rockwell, C.A., Kainer, K.A., Staudhammer, C.L., Baraloto, C. 2007. Future crop tree damage in a certified community forest in southwestern Amazonia. Forest Ecology and Management 242: 108-118. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.11.002
  • Baraloto, C., Ferreira, E., Rockwell, C., Walthier, F. 2007. Limitations and applications of parataxonomy for community forest management in southwestern Amazonia. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 5: 77-84. http://lib-ojs3.lib.sfu.ca:8114/index.php/era/article/viewArticle/120