Christina
M. Romagosa Education:
Auburn
University,
Auburn, Alabama -
PhD 2009 - Biological Sciences
Dissertation: United States commerce in live vertebrates:
patterns and contribution to biological homogenization. University
of Florida,
Gainesville, Florida -
MS 2000 - Wildlife Ecology
and Conservation
Thesis: Range expansion and population structure of the Eurasian
Collared-Dove
(Streptopelia
decaocto)
in North America and the Caribbean. -
BS 1996 - Wildlife Ecology
and Conservation (Minor in Zoology) Publications:
- Springborn, M., C.M. Romagosa, and R.P. Keller. 2011. The value of non-indigenous species risk assessment in international trade. Ecological Economics 70: 2145-2153. - Powell, R., R. W. Henderson, G. Perry, M. Breuil, and C. M. Romagosa. 2011. Introduced amphibians and reptiles in the Lesser Antilles. In A. Hailey, editor. Conservation of Caribbean Island Herpetofaunas, Volume 1. Kluwer Press. - Tingley, R, C. M. Romagosa, F. Kraus, D. Bickford, B. L. Phillips, and R. Shine. 2010. The frog filter: amphibian introduction bias driven by taxonomy, body size, and biogeography. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19:496-503.
- Romagosa,
C.M., C. Guyer, and M.C. Wooten. 2009. Contribution of the live
vertebrate trade toward taxonomic homogenization. Conservation Biology
23: 1001 - 1007. - Barrett, K.,
C.M. Romagosa, and M.I. Williams. Long-term bird assemblage trends in
areas of high and low human population density. Research Letters in
Ecology 2008: doi:10.1155/2008/202606. - Romagosa, C.M.
(contributing author). Defenders of Wildlife. 2007. Broken screens -
the regulation of live animal imports in the United States. Report.
Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, D.C. - Romagosa,
C.M. 2002.
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia
decaocto).
In The Birds of North America, No.
630 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.).
Birds
of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. - Romagosa,
C.M., and T. McEneaney.
2000. The Eurasian Collared-Dove in North America and the Caribbean. North American Birds 53: 348-353.
- Romagosa,
C.M., and R.F. Labisky.
2000. The establishment and dispersal of the
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia
decaocto) in
Florida. Journal of Field
Ornithology 71: 159-166. pdf Publications in review, revision, or preparation:
- Romagosa,
C.M., and C. Guyer. Tens rule and the progression of vertebrates in
trade through the invasion process. Submitted. - Romagosa, C.M.
The United States trade in live vertebrates: an examination of trade
dynamics over time. In prep. - Romagosa, C.M.
Import pressure and human influence predicts introduction and
establishment of nonindigenous vertebrates in the United States. In
prep. Research
Interests: - Global
commerce and relationship to biological invasions
- Biological
homogenization - Ecological
interactions among native and nonindigenous wildlife and plant species
- Expansion,
natural history,
and disease ecology of nonindigenous species 
Casuarina view of Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse,
Florida
Research Fellow
Center for Forest
Sustainability
https://fp.auburn.edu/cfs
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences
3301 Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Building
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama 36849 USA
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