Grizelle Gonzalez

Featured Publications

• Grizelle Gonzalez, T.R. Seastedt. 2001. Soil fauna and plant litter decomposition in tropical and subalpine forests
• Grizelle Gonzalez, Ching-Yu Huang, Xiaoming Zou, Carlos Rodriguez. 2006. Earthworm invasions in the tropics
• Grizelle Gonzalez, C.Y. Huang, S.C. Chang. 2008. Earthworms and post agricultural succession in the Neotropics
• G. Gonzalez, R.B. Waide, M.R. Willig. 2013. Advancements in the understanding of spatiotemporal gradients in tropical landscapes: a Luquillo focus and global perspective
• G. Gonzalez, D.J. Lodge, B.A. Richardson, M.J. Richardson. 2014. A canopy trimming experiment in Puerto Rico: The response of litter decomposition and nutrient release to canopy opening and debris deposition in a subtropical wet forest
• James W. Dalling, Katherine Heineman, Grizelle Gonzalez, Rebecca Ostertag. 2016. Geographic, environmental and biotic sources of variation in the nutrient relations of tropical montane forests
• Aaron B. Shiels, Grizelle Gonzalez, D. Jean Lodge, Michael R Willig, Jess K. Zimmerman. 2015. Cascading Effects of Canopy Opening and Debris Deposition from a Large-Scale Hurricane Experiment in a Tropical Rain Forest
• Jess K. Zimmerman, Tana E. Wood, Grizelle Gonzalez, Alonso Ramirez, Whendee L. Silver, Maria Uriarte, Michael R. Willig, Robert B. Waide, Ariel E. Lugo. 2021. Disturbance and resilience in the Luquillo Experimental Forest

Other Publications

• Yanchen Sun, Yongchao Yin, Guang He, Gyuhyon Cha, Héctor Ayala-del-Río, Grizelle González, Konstantinos Konstantinidis, Frank E. Löffler. 2024. pH selects for distinct N2O-reducing microbiomes in tropical soil microcosms
• Wei Huang, Grizelle González, María Fernanda Barberena-Arias, Weili Liu, Xiaoming Zou. 2024. Changes in soil arthropods and litter nutrients after prescribed burn in a subtropical moist pastureland
• Ashley E. Van Beusekom, Grizelle González, María M. Rivera. 2023. Tropical Forest Microclimatic Changes: Hurricane, Drought, and 15–20 Year Climate Trend Effects on Elevational Gradient Temperature and Moisture
• Dingfang Chen, Mei Yu, Grizelle Gonzalez, Qiong Gao. 2023. Altitudinal Pattern of Soil Organic Carbon and Nutrients in a Tropical Forest in Puerto Rico
• Joel A. Mercado-Díaz, Eva Holupchinski, Nora Álvarez-Berríos, William A. Gould, Paul Miller, Thomas Mote, Craig Ramseyer, Grizelle González. 2023. Fostering Knowledge Exchange and Collaboration among Drought-Related Initiatives in the Caribbean
• Pablo A Méndez-Lazaro, Patricia Chardón-Maldonado, Nora Alvarez-Berrios, Barreto Maritza, Jared H. Bowden, Wanda I. Crespo-Acevedo, Ernesto L. Diaz,, Lloyd S. Gardner,, Grizelle Gonzalez, Gregory Guannel, Zack Guido, Eric W. Harmsen, Amanda J. Leinberger, Kathleen McGinley, Ana P. Ortiz, Roger S. Pulwarty, LaVerne E. Ragster,, Isabel C Rivera-Collazo, Ruth Santiago, Carlos Santos-Burgoa, Ingrid M. Vila-Biaggi. 2023. Chapter 23. US Caribbean. In: Fifth National Climate Assessment.
• D. Jean Lodge, Ashley E. Van Beusekom, Grizelle González, Mareli Sánchez‐Julia, Sarah Stankavich. 2022. Disturbance reduces fungal white‐rot litter mat cover in a wet subtropical forest
• Ivia I Moreno, Maria F. Barberena‐Arias, Grizelle González, D. Jean Lodge, Sharon A. Cantrell. 2022. Canopy opening increases leaf‐shredding arthropods and nutrient mineralization but not mass loss in wet tropical forest
• K. E. Clark, R. F. Stallard, S. F. Murphy, M. A. Scholl, Grizelle González, A. F. Plante, W. H. McDowell. 2022. Extreme rainstorms drive exceptional organic carbon export from forested humid-tropical rivers in Puerto Rico
• Wei Huang, Grizelle González, María Fernanda Barberena-Arias, Xiaoming Zou. 2022. Predominant climate control on green leaf decomposition across subtropical rain and dry forests following hurricane disturbances
• J. Aaron Hogan, Joanne M. Sharpe, Ashley Van Beusekom, Sarah Stankavich, Samuel Matta Carmona, John E. Bithorn, Jamarys Torres‐Díaz, Grizelle González, Jess K. Zimmerman, Aaron B. Shiels. 2022. Solar radiation and soil moisture drive tropical forest understory responses to experimental and natural hurricanes
• Ashley E. Van Beusekom, Grizelle González. 2022. Near-Surface Atmospheric Behavior over Complex Tropical Topography in Puerto Rico Dominated by Seasonal Patterns Despite Frequent Environmental Changes
• Amy E. Zanne, Habacuc Flores-Moreno, Jeff R. Powell, William K. Cornwell, James W. Dalling, Amy T. Austin, Aimée T. Classen, Paul Eggleton, Kei-ichi Okada, Catherine L. Parr, E. Carol Adair, Stephen Adu-Bredu, Md Azharul Alam, Carolina Alvarez-Garzón, Deborah Apgaua, Roxana Aragón, Marcelo Ardon, Stefan K. Arndt, Louise A. Ashton, Nicholas A. Barber, Jacques Beauchêne, Matty P. Berg, Jason Beringer, Matthias M. Boer, José Antonio Bonet, Katherine Bunney, Tynan J. Burkhardt, Dulcinéia Carvalho, Dennis Castillo-Figueroa, Lucas A. Cernusak, Alexander W. Cheesman, Tainá M. Cirne-Silva, Jamie R. Cleverly, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Timothy J. Curran, André M. D’Angioli, Caroline Dallstream, Nico Eisenhauer, Fidele Evouna Ondo, Alex Fajardo, Romina D. Fernandez, Astrid Ferrer, Marco A. L. Fontes, Mark L. Galatowitsch, Grizelle González, Felix Gottschall, Peter R. Grace, Elena Granda, Hannah M. Griffiths, Mariana Guerra Lara, Motohiro Hasegawa, Mariet M. Hefting, Nina Hinko-Najera, Lindsay B. Hutley, Jennifer Jones, Anja Kahl, Mirko Karan, Joost A. Keuskamp, Tim Lardner, Michael Liddell, Craig Macfarlane, Cate Macinnis-Ng, Ravi F. Mariano, M. Soledad Méndez, Wayne S. Meyer, Akira S. Mori, Aloysio S. Moura, Matthew Northwood, Romà Ogaya, Rafael S. Oliveira, Alberto Orgiazzi, Juliana Pardo, Guille Peguero, Josep Penuelas, Luis I Perez, Juan M. Posada, Cecilia M. Prada, Tomáš Přívětivý, Suzanne M. Prober, Jonathan Prunier, Gabriel W. Quansah, Víctor Resco de Dios, Ronny Richter, Mark P. Robertson, Lucas F. Rocha, Megan A. Rúa, Carolina Sarmiento, Richard P. Silberstein, Mateus C. Silva, Flávia Freire Siqueira, Matthew Glenn Stillwagon, Jacqui Stol, Melanie K. Taylor, François P. Teste, David Y. P. Tng, David Tucker, Manfred Türke, Michael D. Ulyshen, Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes, Eduardo van den Berg, Richard S. P. van Logtestijn, G. F. (Ciska) Veen, Jason G. Vogel, Timothy J. Wardlaw, Georg Wiehl, Christian Wirth, Michaela J. Woods, Paul-Camilo Zalamea. 2022. Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates
• Grizelle Gonzalez, Maria Fernanda Barberena-Arias, Wei Huang, Claudia M. Ospina-Sanchez. 2021. Sampling Methods for Soil and Litter Fauna
• William H. McDowell, Miguel C. Leon, Michelle D. Shattuck, Jody D. Potter, Tamara Heartsill-Scalley, Grizelle Gonzalez, James B. Shanley, Adam S. Wymore. 2021. Luquillo Experimental Forest: Catchment science in the montane tropics
• Julie C. Zinnert, Jesse B. Nippert, Jennifer A. Rudgers, Steven C. Pennings, Grizelle González, Merryl Alber, Sara G. Baer, John M. Blair, Adrian Burd, Scott L. Collins, Christopher Craft, Daniela Di Iorio, Walter K. Dodds, Peter M. Groffman, Ellen Herbert, Christine Hladik, Fan Li, Marcy E. Litvak, Seth Newsome, John O’Donnell, William T. Pockman, John Schalles, Donald R. Young. 2021. State changes: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network
• Helen R. P. Phillips, Elizabeth M. Bach, Marie L. C. Bartz, Joanne M. Bennett, Rémy Beugnon, Maria J. I Briones, George G. Brown, Olga Ferlian, Konstantin B. Gongalsky, Carlos A. Guerra, Birgitta König-Ries, Julia J. Krebs, Alberto Orgiazzi, Kelly S. Ramirez, David J. Russell, Benjamin Schwarz, Diana H. Wall, Ulrich Brose, Thibaud Decaëns, Patrick Lavelle, Michel Loreau, Jérôme Mathieu, Christian Mulder, Wim H. van der Putten, Matthias C. Rillig, Madhav P. Thakur, Franciska T. de Vries, David A. Wardle, Christian Ammer, Sabine Ammer, Miwa Arai, Fredrick O. Ayuke, Geoff H. Baker, Dilmar Baretta, Dietmar Barkusky, Robin Beauséjour, Jose C. Bedano, Klaus Birkhofer, Eric Blanchart, Bernd Blossey, Thomas Bolger, Robert L. Bradley, Michel Brossard, James C. Burtis, Yvan Capowiez, Timothy R. Cavagnaro, Amy Choi, Julia Clause, Daniel Cluzeau, Anja Coors, Felicity V Crotty, Jasmine M. Crumsey, Andrea Dávalos, Darío J. Díaz Cosín, Annise M. Dobson, Anahí Domínguez, Andrés Esteban Duhour, Nick van Eekeren, Christoph Emmerling, Liliana B. Falco, Rosa Fernández, Steven J. Fonte, Carlos Fragoso, André L. C. Franco, Abegail Fusilero, Anna P. Geraskina, Shaieste Gholami, Grizelle González, Michael J. Gundale, Mónica Gutiérrez López, Branimir K. Hackenberger, Davorka K. Hackenberger, Luis M. Hernández, Jeff R. Hirth, Takuo Hishi, Andrew R. Holdsworth, Martin Holmstrup, Kristine N. Hopfensperger, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Veikko Huhta, Tunsisa T. Hurisso, Basil V Iannone, Madalina Iordache, Ulrich Irmler, Mari Ivask, Juan B. Jesús, Jodi L. Johnson-Maynard, Monika Joschko, Nobuhiro Kaneko, Radoslava Kanianska, Aidan M. Keith, Maria L. Kernecker, Armand W. Koné, Yahya Kooch, Sanna T. Kukkonen, H. Lalthanzara, Daniel R. Lammel, Iurii M. Lebedev, Edith Le Cadre, Noa K. Lincoln, Danilo López-Hernández, Scott R. Loss, Raphael Marichal, Radim Matula, Yukio Minamiya, Jan Hendrik Moos, Gerardo Moreno, Alejandro Morón-Ríos, Hasegawa Motohiro, Bart Muys, Johan Neirynck, Lindsey Norgrove, Marta Novo, Visa Nuutinen, Victoria Nuzzo, P. Mujeeb Rahman, Johan Pansu, Shishir Paudel, Guénola Pérès, Lorenzo Pérez-Camacho, Jean-François Ponge, Jörg Prietzel, Irina B. Rapoport, Muhammad Imtiaz Rashid, Salvador Rebollo, Miguel Á. Rodríguez, Alexander M. Roth, Guillaume X. Rousseau, Anna Rozen, Ehsan Sayad, Loes van Schaik, Bryant Scharenbroch, Michael Schirrmann, Olaf Schmidt, Boris Schröder, Julia Seeber, Maxim P. Shashkov, Jaswinder Singh, Sandy M. Smith, Michael Steinwandter, Katalin Szlavecz, José Antonio Talavera, Dolores Trigo, Jiro Tsukamoto, Sheila Uribe-López, Anne W. de Valença, Iñigo Virto, Adrian A. Wackett, Matthew W. Warren, Emily R. Webster, Nathaniel H. Wehr, Joann K. Whalen, Michael B. Wironen, Volkmar Wolters, Pengfei Wu, Irina V Zenkova, Weixin Zhang, Erin K. Cameron, Nico Eisenhauer. 2021. Global data on earthworm abundance, biomass, diversity and corresponding environmental properties
• Elvis Torres-Delgado, Grizelle González, Ernesto Medina, María M. Rivera. 2021. A Multiyear Record of Rainfall and Ionic Composition along an Elevation Gradient in Northeastern Puerto Rico
• Claudia M. Ospina-Sanchez, Jose G. Palacios-Vargas, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2021. A new species of Pronura (Neanuridae: Paleonurini) from the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico with a key to American poorly tuberculated Paleonurini
• Abel Méndez, Edgard G. Rivera-Valentín, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Justin Filiberto, Ramses M. Ramírez, Tana E. Wood, Alfonso Dávila, Chris McKay, Kevin N. Ortiz Ceballos, Marcos Jusino-Maldonado, Nicole J. Torres-Santiago, Guillermo Nery, René Heller, Paul K. Byrne, Michael J. Malaska, Erica Nathan, Marta Filipa Simões, André Antunes, Jesús Martínez-Frías, Ludmila Carone, Noam R. Izenberg, Dimitra Atri, Humberto Itic Carvajal Chitty, Priscilla Nowajewski-Barra, Frances Rivera-Hernández, Corine Y. Brown, Kennda L. Lynch, David Catling, Jorge I Zuluaga, Juan F. Salazar, Howard Chen, Grizelle González, Madhu Kashyap Jagadeesh, Jacob Haqq-Misra. 2021. Habitability models for astrobiology
• Sebastian Seibold, Werner Rammer, Torsten Hothorn, Rupert Seidl, Michael D. Ulyshen, Janina Lorz, Marc W. Cadotte, David B. Lindenmayer, Yagya P. Adhikari, Roxana Aragón, Soyeon Bae, Petr Baldrian, Hassan Barimani Varandi, Jos Barlow, Claus Bässler, Jacques Beauchêne, Erika Berenguer, Rodrigo S. Bergamin, Tone Birkemoe, Gergely Boros, Roland Brandl, Hervé Brustel, Philip J. Burton, Yvonne T. Cakpo-Tossou, Jorge Castro, Eugénie Cateau, Tyler P. Cobb, Nina Farwig, Romina D. Fernández, Jennifer Firn, Kee Seng Gan, Grizelle González, Martin M. Gossner, Jan C. Habel, Christian Hébert, Christoph Heibl, Osmo Heikkala, Andreas Hemp, Claudia Hemp, Joakim Hjältén, Stefan Hotes, Jari Kouki, Thibault Lachat, Jie Liu, Yu Liu, Ya-Huang Luo, Damasa M. Macandog, Pablo E. Martina, Sharif A. Mukul, Baatarbileg Nachin, Kurtis Nisbet, John O’Halloran, Anne Oxbrough, Jeev Nath Pandey, Tomáš Pavlíček, Stephen M. Pawson, Jacques S. Rakotondranary, Jean-Baptiste Ramanamanjato, Liana Rossi, Jürgen Schmidl, Mark Schulze, Stephen Seaton, Marisa J. Stone, Nigel E. Stork, Byambagerel Suran, Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, Simon Thorn, Ganesh Thyagarajan, Timothy J. Wardlaw, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Sungsoo Yoon, Naili Zhang, Jörg Müller. 2021. The contribution of insects to global forest deadwood decomposition
• Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Felipe G. Sanchez, Ranjith P. Udawatta, Charles (Hobie) Perry, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2021. Soil health assessment of forest soils [Chapter 6]
• TaeOh Kwon, Hideaki Shibata, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Inger K. Schmidt, Klaus S. Larsen, Claus Beier, Björn Berg, Kris Verheyen, Jean-Francois Lamarque, Frank Hagedorn, Nico Eisenhauer, Ika Djukic, Grizelle Gonzalez, Ian Yesilonis, Lindsey Rustad. 2021. Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes
• Veronika Leitold, Douglas C. Morton, Sebastián Martinuzzi, Ian Paynter, María Uriarte, Michael Keller, António Ferraz, Bruce D. Cook, Lawrence A. Corp, Grizelle González. 2021. Tracking the rates and mechanisms of canopy damage and recovery following Hurricane Maria using multitemporal lidar data
• Rebecca Ostertag, Carla Restrepo, James W. Dalling, Patrick H. Martin, Iveren Abiem, Shin‐ichiro Aiba, Esteban Alvarez‐Dávila, Roxana Aragón, Michelle Ataroff, Hazel Chapman, Augusta Y. Cueva‐Agila, Belen Fadrique, Romina D. Fernández, Grizelle González, Sybil G. Gotsch, Achim Häger, Jürgen Homeier, Carlos Iñiguez‐Armijos, Luis Daniel Llambí, Georgianne W. Moore, Rikke Reese Næsborg, Laura Nohemy Poma López, Patrícia Vieira Pompeu, Jennifer R. Powell, Jorge Andrés Ramírez Correa, Klara Scharnagl, Conrado Tobón, Cameron B. Williams. 2021. Litter decomposition rates across tropical montane and lowland forests are controlled foremost by climate
• Wei Huang, Grizelle González, María Fernanda Barberena-Arias, Xiaoming Zou. 2021. Litter decomposition and arthropod composition under different ultraviolet levels following prescribed burn in a subtropical pastureland
• Smruthi Karthikeyan, Luis H. Orellana, Eric R. Johnston, Janet K. Hatt, Frank E. Löffler, Héctor L. Ayala-del-Río, Grizelle González, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis. 2021. Metagenomic Characterization of Soil Microbial Communities in the Luquillo Experimental Forest (Puerto Rico) and Implications for Nitrogen Cycling
• Wei Huang, Grizelle González, Xiaoming Zou. 2020. Earthworm abundance and functional group diversity regulate plant litter decay and soil organic carbon level: A global meta-analysis
• Stephen J. Fain, Kathleen McGinley, William Gould, Isabel K Parés, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2020. Cuba, Puerto Rico, and climate change: shared challenges in agriculture, forestry, and opportunities for collaboration.
• Wei Huang, Grizelle González, Xiaoming Zou. 2020. A dataset for the effect of earthworm abundance and functional group diversity on plant litter decay and soil organic carbon level
• Claudia M. Ospina-Sánchez, José G. Palacios-Vargas, Grizelle González. 2020. New species of Furculanurida (Collembola, Neanuridae, Pseudachorutinae) from the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico
• Ashley E. Van Beusekom, Grizelle González, Sarah Stankavich, Jess K. Zimmerman, Alonso Ramírez. 2020. Understanding tropical forest abiotic response to hurricanes using experimental manipulations, field observations, and satellite data
• Iana F. Grullón – Penkova, Jess K. Zimmerman, Grizelle González. 2020. Green roofs in the tropics: design considerations and vegetation dynamics
• Claudia M. Ospina-Sánchez, José G. Palacios-Vargas, Grizelle González. 2020. A new Caribbean species of Hylaeanura Arlé, 1966 (Collembola, Neanuridae, Pseudachorutinae)
• Claudia Ospina-Sánchez, Felipe Soto-Adames, Grizelle González. 2020. Checklist and distribution of Collembola from Greater Puerto Rico
• Grizelle Gonzalez, Erika Marín-Spiotta, Manuel Matos. 2020. Appendix A: Regional Summaries, Caribbean.
• Ariel Lugo, Grizelle González. 2019. Introduction to the Special Issue on Tropical Forests: Management and Ecology in the Anthropocene
• Tana Wood, Grizelle González, Whendee Silver, Sasha Reed, Molly Cavaleri. 2019. On the Shoulders of Giants: Continuing the Legacy of Large-Scale Ecosystem Manipulation Experiments in Puerto Rico
• Wei Huang, Xianbin Liu, Grizelle González, Xiaoming Zou. 2019. Late Holocene fire history and charcoal decay in subtropical dry forests of Puerto Rico
• M. R. Willig, L. Woolbright, S. J. Presley, T. D. Schowalter, R. B. Waide, T. Heartsill Scalley, J. K. Zimmerman, G. González, A. E. Lugo. 2019. Populations are not declining and food webs are not collapsing at the Luquillo Experimental Forest
• Grizelle González, Ariel E. Lugo. 2019. Concluding Remarks: Moving Forward on Scientific Knowledge and Management Approaches to Tropical Forests in the Anthropocene Epoch
• M.A. McClintock, W.H. McDowell, G. González, Michael Schulz, J.C. Pett-Ridge. 2019. African dust deposition in Puerto Rico: Analysis of a 20-year rainfall chemistry record and comparison with models
• Grizelle Gonzalez. 2019. The Brain and the Body
• Ashley E. Van Beusekom, William A. Gould, A. Carolina Monmany, Azad Henareh Khalyani, Maya Quiñones, Stephen J. Fain, Maria José Andrade-Núñez, Grizelle González. 2018. Fire weather and likelihood: characterizing climate space for fire occurrence and extent in Puerto Rico
• Bruce A. Kimball, Aura M. Alonso-Rodríguez, Molly A. Cavaleri, Sasha C. Reed, Grizelle González, Tana E. Wood. 2018. Infrared heater system for warming tropical forest understory plants and soils
• Xiaohui Feng, María Uriarte, Grizelle González, Sasha Reed, Jill Thompson, Jess K. Zimmerman, Lora Murphy. 2018. Improving predictions of tropical forest response to climate change through integration of field studies and ecosystem modeling
• Ika Djukic, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Inger Kappel Schmidt, Klaus Steenberg Larsen, Claus Beier, Björn Berg, Kris Verheyen, Adriano Caliman, Alain Paquette, Alba Gutiérrez-Girón, Alberto Humber, Alejandro Valdecantos, Alessandro Petraglia, Heather Alexander, Algirdas Augustaitis, Amélie Saillard, Ana Carolina Ruiz Fernández, Ana I. Sousa, Ana I. Lillebø, Anderson da Rocha Gripp, André-Jean Francez, Andrea Fischer, Andreas Bohner, Andrey Malyshev, Andrijana Andrić, Andy Smith, Angela Stanisci, Anikó Seres, Anja Schmidt, Anna Avila, Anne Probst, Annie Ouin, Anzar A. Khuroo, Arne Verstraeten, Arely N. Palabral-Aguilera, Artur Stefanski, Aurora Gaxiola, Bart Muys, Bernard Bosman, Bernd Ahrends, Bill Parker, Birgit Sattler, Bo Yang, Bohdan Juráni, Brigitta Erschbamer, Carmen Eugenia Rodriguez Ortiz, Casper T. Christiansen, E. Carol Adair, Céline Meredieu, Cendrine Mony, Charles A. Nock, Chi-Ling Chen, Chiao-Ping Wang, Christel Baum, Christian Rixen, Christine Delire, Christophe Piscart, Christopher Andrews, Corinna Rebmann, Cristina Branquinho, Dana Polyanskaya, David Fuentes Delgado, Dirk Wundram, Diyaa Radeideh, Eduardo Ordóñez-Regil, Edward Crawford, Elena Preda, Elena Tropina, Elli Groner, Eric Lucot, Erzsébet Hornung, Esperança Gacia, Esther Lévesque, Evanilde Benedito, Evgeny A. Davydov, Evy Ampoorter, Fabio Padilha Bolzan, Felipe Varela, Ferdinand Kristöfel, Fernando T. Maestre, Florence Maunoury-Danger, Florian Hofhansl, Florian Kitz, Flurin Sutter, Francisco Cuesta, Francisco de Almeida Lobo, Franco Leandro de Souza, Frank Berninger, Franz Zehetner, Georg Wohlfahrt, George Vourlitis, Geovana Carreño-Rocabado, Gina Arena, Gisele Daiane Pinha, Grizelle González, Authors Additional, Ian Yesilonis, Authors Additional, Lindsey Rustad, al. et. 2018. Early stage litter decomposition across biomes
• Chelse M. Prather, Gary E. Belovsky, Sharon A. Cantrell, Grizelle González. 2018. Tropical herbivorous phasmids, but not litter snails, alter decomposition rates by modifying litter bacteria
• Maya Quiñones, Isabel K. Parés-Ramos, William A. Gould, Grizelle Gonzalez, Kathleen McGinley, Pedro Ríos. 2018. El Yunque National Forest Atlas
• Maya Quiñones, Isabel K. Parés-Ramos, William A. Gould, Grizelle Gonzalez, Kathleen McGinley, Pedro Ríos. 2018. El Atlas del Bosque Nacional El Yunque
• Barbara Richardson, Michael Richardson, Grizelle González. 2018. Responses of Two Litter-Based Invertebrate Communities to Changes in Canopy Cover in a Forest Subject to Hurricanes
• Janet Franklin, Riley Andrade, Mark L. Daniels, Patrick Fairbairn, Maria C. Fandino, Thomas W. Gillespie, Grizelle González, Otto Gonzalez, Daniel Imbert, Valerie Kapos, Daniel L. Kelly, Humfredo Marcano-Vega, Elvia J. Meléndez-Ackerman, Kurt P. McLaren, Morag A. McDonald, Julie Ripplinger, Julissa Rojas-Sandoval, Michael S. Ross, Jorge Ruiz, David W. Steadman, Edmund V. J. Tanner, Inge Terrill, Michel Vennetier. 2018. Geographical ecology of dry forest tree communities in the West Indies
• Xianbin Liu, Xiucheng Zeng, Xiaoming Zou, Grizelle González, Chao Wang, Si Yang. 2018. Litterfall Production Prior to and during Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Four Puerto Rican Forests
• Xianbin Liu, Xiucheng Zeng, Xiaoming Zou, Deborah Lodge, Sarah Stankavich, Grizelle González, Sharon Cantrell. 2018. Responses of Soil Labile Organic Carbon to a Simulated Hurricane Disturbance in a Tropical Wet Forest
• Ashley Van Beusekom, Nora Alvarez-Berríos, William Gould, Maya Quiñones, Grizelle González. 2018. Hurricane Maria in the U.S. Caribbean: Disturbance Forces, Variation of Effects, and Implications for Future Storms
• Paul W. Miller, Thomas L. Mote, Craig A. Ramseyer, Ashley Van Beusekom, Martha Scholl, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2018. A 42 year inference of cloud base height trends in the Luquillo Mountains of northeastern Puerto Rico
• William Gould, Ernesto Diaz, Nora Alvarez-Berrios, F Aponte-González, W Archibald, J.H. Bowden, L Carrubba, W Crespo, Stephen Joshua Fain, Grizelle Gonzalez, A Goulbourne, E Harmsen, Eva Holupchinski, Azad Henareh Khalyani, J Kossin, A.J. Leinberger, V.I. Marrero-Santiago, O. Martínez-Sánchez, Kathleen McGinley, P Méndez-Lázaro, J Morell, M.M. Oyola, Isabel K. Parés-Ramos, R Pulwarty, W.V. Sweet, A Terando, S Torres-González. 2018. U.S. Caribbean. In Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment Volume II
• Grizelle Gonzalez. 2017. Deadwood, soil biota and nutrient dynamics in tropical forests: a review of case studies from Puerto Rico
• Dingfang Chen, Mei Yu, Grizelle González, Xiaoming Zou, Qiong Gao. 2017. Climate impacts on soil carbon processes along an elevation gradient in the tropical Luquillo Experimental Forest
• Ana Carolina Monmany, William Gould, Maria Jose Andrade-Nunez, Grizelle Gonzalez, Maya Quinones. 2017. Characterizing Predictability of Fire Occurrence in Tropical Forests and Grasslands: The Case of Puerto Rico
• Dylan Rhea-Fournier, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2017. Methodological Considerations in the Study of Earthworms in Forest Ecosystems
• Grizelle González, D. Lodge. 2017. Soil biology research across latitude, elevation and disturbance gradients: A review of forest studies from Puerto Rico during the past 25 years
• Ashley E. Van Beusekom, Grizelle Gonzalez, Martha A. Scholl. 2017. Analyzing cloud base at local and regional scales to understand tropical montane cloud forest vulnerability to climate change
• Sheila F. Murphy, Robert F. Stallard, Martha A. Scholl, Grizelle Gonzalez, Angel J. Torres-Sánchez. 2017. Reassessing rainfall in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico: Local and global ecohydrological implications
• Ariel Lugo, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2017. Sandra Brown (1944–2017): A Distinguished Tropical Ecologist
• Ashley E. Van Beusekom, Grizelle Gonzalez, Maria M. Rivera. 2017. Reply to “Comments on ‘Short-Term Precipitation and Temperature Trends along an Elevation Gradient in Northeastern Puerto Rico’ ”
• Grizelle Gonzalez, María F. Barberena. 2017. Ecology of soil arthropod fauna in tropical forests: A review of studies from Puerto Rico
• Tamara Heartsill Scalley, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2016. Introduction: Caribbean forest dynamics and regional forestry initiatives
• Grizelle Gonzalez, Tamara Heartsill Scalley. 2016. Building a collaborative network to understand regional forest dynamics and advance forestry initiatives in the Caribbean
• Elvia M. Melendez-Ackerman, Julissa Rojas-Sandoval, Danny S. Fernandez, Grizelle Gonzalez, Hana Lopez, Jose Sustache, Mariely Morales, Miguel Garcia-Bermudez, Susan Aragon. 2016. Associations between soil variables and vegetation structure and composition of Caribbean dry forests
• Marcela Zalamea, Grizelle Gonzalez, D. Jean Lodge. 2016. Physical, Chemical, and Biological Properties of Soil under Decaying Wood in a Tropical Wet Forest in Puerto Rico
• D. Jean Lodge, Dirk Winter, Grizelle Gonzalez, Naomi Clum. 2016. Effects of hurricane-felled tree trunks on soil carbon, nitrogen, microbial biomass, and root length in a wet tropical forest
• Ching-Yu Huang, Grizelle Gonzalez, Paul F. Hendrix. 2016. Resource Utilization by Native and Invasive Earthworms and Their Effects on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in Puerto Rican Soils
• Ashley Van Beusekom, Grizelle Gonzalez, Maria Rivera. 2015. Short-term precipitation and temperature trends along an elevation gradient in northeastern Puerto Rico
• Joel A. Mercado-Díaz, William A. Gould, Grizelle Gonzalez, Robert Lücking. 2015. Lichens in Puerto Rico: an ecosystem approach
• Aaron Shiels, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2015. Tropical Forest Responses to Large-Scale Experiments
• Grizelle Gonzalez. 2015. “Puerto Rico: gateway to landscape” from an ecological perspective
• Martha A. Scholl, James B. Shanley, Sheila F. Murphy, Jane K. Willenbring, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2015. Stable-isotope and solute-chemistry approaches to flow characterization in a forested tropical watershed, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico
• Lisa Nicole Jennings, Jamison Douglas, Emrys Treasure, Grizelle González. 2014. Climate change effects in El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean region
• G. Gonzalez, F.J. Rivera-Figueroa, W. Gould, S.A. Cantrell, J.R. Pérez-Jiménez. 2014. Microorganisms in small patterned ground features and adjacent vegetated soils along topographic and climatic gradients in the High Arctic, Canada
• D. Jean Lodge, Sharon A. Cantrell, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2014. Effects of canopy opening and debris deposition on fungal connectivity, phosphorus movement between litter cohorts and mass loss
• Joel Mercado-Diaz, William Gould, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2014. Soil nutrients, landscape age, and Sphagno-Eriophoretum vaginati plant communities in Arctic moist-acidic Tundra landscapes
• A.B. Shiels, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2014. Understanding the key mechanisms of tropical forest responses to canopy loss and biomass deposition from experimental hurricane effects
• W.L. Silver, S.J. Hall, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2014. Differential effects of canopy trimming and litter deposition on litterfall and nutrient dynamics in a wet subtropical forest
• A.B. Shiels, Grizelle Gonzalez, M.R. Willig. 2014. Responses to canopy loss and debris deposition in a tropical forest ecosystem: Synthesis from an experimental manipulation simulating effects of hurricane disturbance
• Grizelle Gonzalez. 2014. Ecologia de las lombrices de tierra
• G. Gonzalez, M.M. Luce. 2013. Woody debris characterization along an elevation gradient in northeastern Puerto Rico
• G. Gonzalez, M.R. Willig, R.B. Waide. 2013. Ecological gradient analyses in a tropical landscape: multiple perspectives and emerging themes
• E. Medina, G. Gonzalez, M. M. Rivera. 2013. Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of rainfall inorganic ion composition in northeastern Puerto Rico
• C.-L. Ping, G. J. Michaelson, C. A. Stiles, G. Gonzalez. 2013. Soil characteristics, carbon stores, and nutrient distribution in eight forest types along an elevational gradient, eastern Puerto Rico
• J.A. Mercado-Diaz, W.A. Gould, G. Gonzalez, R. Lucking. 2013. Four new species of Coenogonium (Ascomycota: Ostropales) from vulnerable forest ecosystems in Puerto Rico
• María Fernanda Barberena-Arias, Grizelle Gonzalez, Elvira Cuevas. 2012. Quantifying variation of soil arthropods using different sampling protocols: is diversity affected?
• Marcela Zalamea, Grizelle Gonzalez, William A. Gould. 2012. Comparing litterfall and standing vegetation: assessing the footprint of litterfall traps
• Grizelle Gonzalez, Christina M. Murphy, Juliana Belén. 2012. Direct and indirect effects of millipedes on the decay of litter of varying lignin content
• T.A. Crowl, N. Brokaw, R.B. Waide, G. Gonzalez, K.H. Beard, E.A. Greathouse, A.E. Lugo, A.P. Covich, D.J. Lodge, C.M. Pringle, J. Thompson, G.E. Belovsky. 2012. When and where biota matter, linking disturbance regime, species characteristics, and dynamics of communities and ecosystems
• A.E. Lugo, F.N. Scatena, R.B. Waide, E.A. Greathouse, C.M. Pringle, M.R. Willig, K.A. Vogt, L.R. Walker, G. Gonzalez, W.H. McDowell, J. Thompson, NO-VALUE. 2012. Management implications and applications of long-term ecological research
• W.H. McDowell, F.N. Scatena, R.B. Waide, N. Brokaw, G.R. Camilo, A.P. Covich, T.A. Crowl, G. Gonzalez, E.A. Greathouse, P. Klawinski, D.J. Lodge, A.E. Lugo, C.M. Pringle, B.A. Richardson, M.J. Richardson, D.A. Schaefer, W.L. Silver, J. Thompson, D.J. Vogt, K.A. Vogt, M.R. Willig, L.L. Woolbright, X. Zou, J.K. Zimmerman. 2012. Geographic and ecological setting of the Luquillo Mountains
• D.A. Wall, Grizelle Gonzalez, B.L. Simmons. 2011. Seasonally dry forest soil biodiversity and functioning
• Erik Lilleskov, Jr. Mac A. Callaham, Richard Pouyat, Jane E. Smith, Michael Castellano, Grizelle Gonzalez, D. Jean Lodge, Rachel Arango, Frederick Green. 2010. Invasive soil organisms and their effects on belowground processes
• Barbara A. Richardson, Michael J. Richardson, Grizelle Gonzalez, Aaron B. Shiels, Diane S. Srivastava. 2010. A canopy trimming experiment in Puerto Rico: the response of litter invertebrate communities to canopy loss and debris deposition in a tropical forest subject to hurricanes
• William Gould, Grizelle Gonzalez, D.A. Walker, C.L. Ping. 2010. Commentary. Integrating research, education, and traditional knowledge in ecology: A case study of biocomplexity in the Arctic
• Ariel E. Lugo, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2010. Changing conditions and changing ecosystems: a long-term regional and transcontinental research approach on invasive species
• Theresa B. Jain, William A. Gould, Russell T. Graham, David S. Pilliod, Leigh B. Lentile, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2008. A soil burn severity index for understanding soil-fire relations in tropical forests
• Arjan J. H. Meddens, Andrew T. Hudak, Jeffrey S. Evans, William A. Gould, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2008. Characterizing forest fragments in boreal, temperate, and tropical ecosystems
• William A. Gould, Grizelle Gonzalez, Andrew T. Hudak, Teresa Nettleton Hollingsworth, Jamie Hollingsworth. 2008. Forest structure and downed woody debris in boreal temperate, and tropical forest fragments
• Grizelle Gonzalez, William Gould, Andrew T. Hudak, Teresa Nettleton Hollingsworth. 2008. Decay of aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) wood in moist and dry boreal, temperate, and tropical forest fragments
• Theresa B. Jain, William A. Gould, Russell T. Graham, David S. Pilliod, Leigh B. Lentile, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2008. A soil burn severity index for understanding soil-fire relations in tropical forests [Chinese version]
• Christina M. Murphy, Grizelle Gonzalez, Juliana Belén. 2008. Ordinal abundance and richness of millipedes (Arthropoda: Diplopoda) in a subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico
• M. Zalamea, G. Gonzalez. 2008. Leaf Fall Phenology in a Subtropical Wet Forest in Puerto Rico: from Species to Community Patterns
• Yiqing Li, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2008. Soil Fungi and Macrofauna in the Neotropics
• D. A. Walker, H. E. Epstein, V. E. Romanovsky, C. L. Ping, G. J. Michaelson, R. P. Daanen, Y. Shur, R. A. Peterson, W. B. Krantz, M. K. Raynolds, W. A. Gould, G. Gonzalez, D. J. Nicolsky, C. M. Vonlanthen, A. N. Kade, P. Kuss, A. M. Kelley, C. A. Munger, C. T. Tarnocai, N. V Matveyeva, F. J. A. Daniëls. 2008. Arctic patterned-ground ecosystems: A synthesis of field studies and models along a North American Arctic Transect
• Grizelle Gonzalez, Emerita Garcia, Veronica Cruz, Sonia Borges, Marcela Zalamea, Maria M. Rivera. 2007. Earthworm communities along an elevation gradient in Northeastern Puerto Rico.
• Marcela Zalamea, Grizelle Gonzalez, Chien-Lu Ping, Gary Michaelson. 2007. Soil organic matter dynamics under decaying wood in a subtropical wet forest: effect of tree species and decay stage.
• Marcela Zalamea, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2007. Substrate-induced respiration in Puerto Rican soils: minimum glucose amendment
• Grizelle Gonzalez, Y. Li, X. Zou. 2007. Effects of post-hurricane fertilization and debris removal on earthworm abundance and biomass in subtropical forests in Puerto Rico
• Carlos Rodriguez, S. Borges, M.A. Martinez, C. Fragoso, S. James, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2007. Biodiversidad y ecología de las lombrices de tierra en las islas caribeñas
• P. F. Hendrix, G. H. Baker, M. A. Callaham Jr, G. A. Damoff, Fragoso C., G. Gonzalez, S. W. James, S. L. Lachnicht, T. Winsome, X. Zou. 2006. Invasion of exotic earthworms into ecosystems inhabited by native earthworms
• W.A. Gould, G. Gonzalez, G. Carrero Rivera. 2006. Structure and composition of vegetation along an elevational gradient in Puerto Rico.
• Ching-Yu Huang, Grizelle Gonzalez, Paul F. Hendrix. 2006. The Re-colonization Ability of a Native Earthworm, Estherella spp., in Forests and Pastures in Puerto Rico
• Grizelle Gonzalez, Elianid Espinoza, Zhigang Liu, Xiaoming Zou. 2006. A Fluorescent Marking and Re-count Technique Using the Invasive Earthworm, Pontoscolex corethrurus (Annelida: Oligochaeta)
• Grizelle Gonzalez. 2006. Earthworms as Invasive Species in Latin America — the 2nd Latin American Meeting on Oligochaeta (Earthworm) Ecology and Taxonomy
• Mac A. Jr..Callaham, Grizelle Gonzalez, Cynthia M Hale, Liam Henegham, Sharon L. Lachnicht, Xiaoming Zou. 2006. Policy and management responses to earthworm invasions in North America
• P.F. Hendrix, G.H. Baker, M.A. Jr. Callaham, G.A. Damoff, C. Fragoso, G. Gonzalez, S.W. James, S.L. Lachnicht, T. Winsome, X. Zou. 2006. Invasion of exotic earthworms into ecosystems inhabited by native earthworms
• Grizelle Gonzalez. 2006. Editorial: Earthworms as invasive species in Latin America - the 2nd Latin American Meeting on Oligochaeta (earthworm) ecology and taxonomy
• Juan A. Torres, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2005. Wood Decomposition of Cyrilla racemiflora (Cyrillaceae) in Puerto Rican Dry and Wet Forests: A 13-year Case Study.
• Grizelle Gonzalez, Timothy R. Seastedt, Zugeily Donato. 2003. Earthworms, arthropods and plant litter decomposition in aspen (Populus tremuloides) and lodgepole pine(Pinus contorta) forests in Colorado, USA
• Grizelle Gonzalez. 2002. Soil organisms and litter decomposition
• Grizelle Gonzalez, Ruth E. Ley, Steven K. Schmidt, Xiaoming Zou, Timothy R. Seastedt. 2001. Soil ecological interactions: comparisons between tropical and subalpine forests
• X Zou, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2001. Earthworms in tropical tree plantations: effects of management and relations with soil carbon and nutrient use efficiency
• G. Gonzalez, T.R. Seastedt. 2000. Comparison of the abundance and composition of litter fauna in tropical and subalpine forests
• G. Gonzalez, X. Zou. 1999. Plant and litter influences on earthworm abundance and community structures in a tropical wet forest
• G. Gonzalez, X. Zou. 1999. Earthworm influence on N availability and the growth of Cecropia schreberiana in tropical pasture and forest soils
• G. Gonzalez, X. Zou, A. Sabat, N. Fetcher. 1999. Earthworm abundance and distribution pattern in contrasting plant communities within a tropical wet forest in Puerto Rico
• Xiaoming Zou, Grizelle Gonzalez. 1997. CHANGES IN EARTHWORM DENSITY AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE DURING SECONDARY SUCCESSION IN ABANDONED TROPICAL PASTURES
• G. Gonzalez, X. Zou, S. Borges. 1996. Earthworm abundance and species composition in abandoned tropical croplands: comparisons of tree plantations and secondary forests.

Data and Tools

• Dataset
  

  Northeastern Puerto Rico open-canopy and under-canopy temperature and moisture data on an elevational gradient

• Dataset
  

  Luquillo Experimental Forest Sabana weather station scaffold tower 2018-2020 data

• Program
  

  Sabana Field Research Station

  Station

  International Institute of Tropical Forestry
• Project
  

  Forest's Response to Hurricanes

  Station

  International Institute of Tropical Forestry
• Experimental Forest or Range
  

  Estate Thomas Experimental Forest

  Station

  International Institute of Tropical Forestry

Multimedia

• Webinars

  "Día de los muertos and Festival de las Máscaras en Hatillo"

• Video

  Grizelle González, Director of the International Institute of Tropical Forestry

• Webinars

  IITF in SCIENCEx - Soils: How can Soil Science Lead to Resilient Forests?

• Webinars

  SCIENCEx Experimental Forests and Ranges Week: Wildlife

CompassLive

• CompassLive - Science Shorts
  

  Breaking it down with insects: Deadwood decomposition across the globe