Casuarina view of Hillsboro Bch lighthouse,
Fl
Eurasian
Collared-Dove
Lauderdale-by-the-sea, Fl
Christina
M. Romagosa
Postdoctoral Researcher
Center for Forest
Sustainability
and the
Department of Biological Sciences
331 Funchess
Hall
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama 36849 USA
E-mail: romagch(nospam)@auburn.edu
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Education:
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
- Ph.D. May 2009, Zoology
Dissertation topic: United States commerce in live vertebrates:
patterns and contribution to biological homogenization.
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
- M.S. - Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Thesis: Range expansion and population structure of the Eurasian
Collared-Dove
(Streptopelia
decaocto)
in North America and the Caribbean.
- B.S. - Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (Minor in Zoology)
Publications:
- 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
- Tingley, R, C. M. Romagosa, F. Kraus, B. L. Phillips, and R. Shine. The frog filter: amphibian introduction bias driven by taxonomy, body size, and biogeography. Submitted.
- 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
