Lucas Berio Fortini
Specialty: Quantitative methods, including simulation modeling, to make conservation and management efforts more science-based. Expertise in population and community ecology modeling and analyses. Interdisciplinary training and experience in forest mensuration, plant ecophysiology, remote sensing, GIS and natural resource economics, among others.
Research Interests: Applied conservation research focused on decision support. Research focused on how the response of populations and communities to natural and human-made disturbance determine ecological resilience and shape opportunities for conservation and management. Determining impacts of climate change on Pacific Island ecosystems and their interactions with current serious threats of invasives, land cover change, and fire.
Personal Interests: biking, hiking, playing music, drones.
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. 2010 Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
B.S. 2001 Resource Management (Forest Ecology concentration) University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
A.A. 1999 Environmental Studies, Moorpark College, Moorpark, CA
Science and Products
Potential impacts of projected climate change on vegetation-management strategies in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park
Potential impacts of projected climate change on vegetation management in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park
Assessing the potential of translocating vulnerable forest birds by searching for novel and enduring climatic ranges
At a global scale, do climate change threatened species also face a greater number of non-climatic threats?
Beyond exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity: A response based ecological framework to assess species climate change vulnerability
Baseline and projected future carbon storage and carbon fluxes in ecosystems of Hawai‘i
Large-scale range collapse of Hawaiian forest birds under climate change and the need 21st century conservation options
Modeling the complex impacts of timber harvests to find optimal management regimes for Amazon tidal floodplain forests
The economic viability of smallholder timber production under expanding açaí palm production in the Amazon Estuary
Relatively little attention has been paid to the economic potentials and limitations of tropical timber production and management at smallholder scales, with the most relevant research focusing on community forestry efforts. As a rare tropical example of long-lasting small-scale timber production, in this study we explore the economics of smallholder vertically integrated timber use to better unde
Trends in conservation research and management in Hawai‘i over the past 20 years
Modeling Hawaiian ecosystem degradation due to invasive plants under current and future climates
A landscape-based assessment of climate change vulnerability for all native Hawaiian plants
Science and Products
Potential impacts of projected climate change on vegetation-management strategies in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park
Potential impacts of projected climate change on vegetation management in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park
Assessing the potential of translocating vulnerable forest birds by searching for novel and enduring climatic ranges
At a global scale, do climate change threatened species also face a greater number of non-climatic threats?
Beyond exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity: A response based ecological framework to assess species climate change vulnerability
Baseline and projected future carbon storage and carbon fluxes in ecosystems of Hawai‘i
Large-scale range collapse of Hawaiian forest birds under climate change and the need 21st century conservation options
Modeling the complex impacts of timber harvests to find optimal management regimes for Amazon tidal floodplain forests
The economic viability of smallholder timber production under expanding açaí palm production in the Amazon Estuary
Relatively little attention has been paid to the economic potentials and limitations of tropical timber production and management at smallholder scales, with the most relevant research focusing on community forestry efforts. As a rare tropical example of long-lasting small-scale timber production, in this study we explore the economics of smallholder vertically integrated timber use to better unde