WILLIAM B. BATISTA

Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos
Facultad de Agronomía
Universidad de Buenos Aires

Av. San Martín 4453
C1417DSE Buenos Aires
Argentina

Telphone: +54-11-4524-8000 ext. 8077
e-mail:     batista@agro.uba.ar

TEACHING

Undergraduate courses

• General Statistics
• Statistical Models
• Introduction to Ecosystem Ecology
• Landscape Ecology
• Ecology

Graduate Courses

• Plant Community Analysis
• Plant Population Ecology
• Rangeland Heterogeneity

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research program is aimed at understanding the structure and dynamics of natural  plant populations and communities. Most of the current work is related to to the case study of El Palmar National Park (31° 55'S, 58° 16'W), Argentina, an 8500 ha protected area of temperate savanna.  The research program is based on the idea that, as a consequence of past and present human influence, most natural areas require energy subsidies to preserve their natural structure and dynamics. Effective application of such subsidies is contingent on how well we understand the particular ecosystem and its driving factors. In particular, my research focuses on the roles of substrate properties and disturbances on the structure and dynamics of plant communities and plant populations present in different parts of the landscape.

PUBLICATIONS

GRADUATE STUDENTS