If trees are our planets lungs, animals are the veins connecting ecosystems.
I work on coupling animal movement and ecosystem ecology facilitated by technological advances. This includes developing methodological roadmaps and empirical work in the Galapagos archipelago on giant tortoises.
Animals shape ecosystems in many ways and forms: From 'planting millions of trees' to fertilizing landscapes!
1. Abraham A, Duvall E, Ferraro K, Webster A, Doughty C, le Roux E, Ellis-Soto D. Understanding anthropogenic impacts on zoogeochemistry is essential for ecological restoration (2023) Restoration Ecology doi: 10.1111/rec.13778
2. Burak MK, Ferraro KM, Orrick KD, Sommer NR, Ellis-Soto D, Schmitz OJ. Context matters when rewilding for climate change (2024) People and Nature
3 Somveille, M & Ellis-Soto D. Linking animal migration and ecosystem processes:
data-driven simulation of seed dispersal by migratory herbivores (2022) Ecology and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9383
4. Ellis-Soto D, Ferraro K, Rizzuto M, Briggs E, Monk J, Schmitz OJ. A methodological roadmap to quantify animal-vectorized subsidies (2021) Journal of Animal Ecology. Best early career review paper of 2021. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13538
5. Ellis-Soto D, Blake S, Soultan A, Guézou A, F Cabrera, Lötters S. Plant species dispersed by giant tortoises surf the wave of habitat suitability under anthropogenic climate change (2017) PloS One https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181333
Relevant book chapters:
Ellis-Soto D. Giant tortoises connecting terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems in Santa Cruz Island – “Role in Ecosystems”. (2020). Galapagos Giant Tortoises Academic Press 308.
Blake S., Yackulic C. , Cabrera F., Deem S.L., Ellis-Soto D., Gibbs J., Kumeth F., Wikelski M., Bastille-Rousseau G. –“Movement ecology”. (2020). Galapagos Giant Tortoises Academic Press 261-279.
Blake S., Tapia P.I., Safi K., Ellis-Soto D. –“Diet, Behavior and Activity patterns”. (2020). Galapagos Giant Tortoises Academic Press 207-239.
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