Grizelle Gonzalez, PhD

Director

International Institute of Tropical Forestry

0000-0003-3007-5540

grizelle.gonzalez@usda.gov

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Wei Huang, Grizelle Gonzalez, Weili Liu, Xiaoming Zou. 2026. The stoichiometric legacy after fire: multi-element shifts and arthropod community filtering in a subtropical grassland
Claudia Garnica Díaz, Grizelle Gonzalez, Ramón Agosto, Gustavo Garay, María M. Rivera, Humberto Robles, Luis E. Velázquez Román, Catherine M. Hulshof. 2026. Functional Trait Adaptations Drive Enhanced Post‐Hurricane Resilience on Serpentine Soils
Yawen Lu, Nico Eisenhauer, Guillaume Patoine, Ying Chen, Anna Heintz-Buschart, Kirsten Küsel, Carl-Eric Wegner, François Buscot, Xiang Liu, Ademir S.F. Araujo, Beat Frey, Fernando T. Maestre, Matthew Vadeboncoeur, Liesbeth van den Brink, Quentin Ponette, Markus Didion, Georg Wohlfahrt, Aurora Gaxiola, Cristina Branquinho, Henning Meesenburg, Karibu Fukuzawa, E. Carol Adair, Andrijana Andrić, Milan Barna, Qicheng Bei, Helge Bruelheide, Adriano Caliman, Rafaella Canessa, Michele Carbognani, Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, Chiling Chen, Casper T. Christiansen, Michaël Danger, Evgeny A. Davydov, Marie-Anne de Graaff, Christine Delire, Valter Di Cecco, Luciano Di Martino, Ika Djukic, Simon Drollinger, Tsutomu Enoki, István Fekete, Petra Fransson, Martin Freitag, Mark Frenzel, Rosario G. Gavilán, Stephan Glatzel, Maria Glushkova, Grizelle Gonzalez, Anderson da R. Gripp, Peter Haase, Ute Hamer, Takuo Hishi, Tsutom Hiura, Elisabeth Hornung, Kazuhiko Hoshizaki, Heinke Jäger, Juan J. Jiménez, Megan J. Kelly-Slatten, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Zsolt Kotroczó, Kaie Kriiska, Hiroko Kurokawa, Kate Lajtha, John Loehr, Stefan Löfgren, Vincent Maire, Rodrigo L. Martins, Florence Maunoury-Danger, Inara Melece, Victoria Ochoa, Ivika Ostonen, Alain Paquette, William C. Parker, Pablo Luis Peri, Rebecca Mast, Alessandro Petraglia, Petr Petřík, Mihai Pușcaș, Corinna Rebmann, Peter B. Reich, Matthias C. Rillig, Martin Schädler, Marcus Schaub, Anja Schmidt, Julia Seeber, Helena Cristina Serrano, Ana I. Sousa, Stefan Scheu, Artur Stefanski, Marcello Tomaselli, Zsolt Tóth, Stacey M. Trevathan-Tackett, Stefan Trogisch, Pavel Dan Turtureanu, Tudor M. Ursu, Susanna E. Venn, Arne Verstraeten, Jeyanny Vijayanathan, Dušanka Vujanović, Markus Wagner, Martin Weih, Franz Zehetner, Carlos A. Guerra. 2026. Landscape effects on global soil pathogenic fungal diversity across spatial scales
H. E. Erickson, Grizelle Gonzalez, W.H. McDowell, J.D. Potter. 2025. Increasingly conservative N cycling in a wet tropical forest: Litter and stream N concentrations decline over 29 years despite surges from hurricanes
Wei Huang, Grizelle Gonzalez, María Fernanda Barberena-Arias, Weili Liu, Xiaoming Zou. 2024. Changes in soil arthropods and litter nutrients after prescribed burn in a subtropical moist pastureland
Yanchen Sun, Yongchao Yin, Guang He, Gyuhyon Cha, Héctor Ayala-del-Río, Grizelle Gonzalez, Konstantinos Konstantinidis, Frank E. Löffler. 2024. pH selects for distinct N2O-reducing microbiomes in tropical soil microcosms
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.
Joel A. Mercado-Díaz, Eva Holupchinski, Nora Alvarez-Berrios, William A. Gould, Paul Miller, Thomas Mote, Craig Ramseyer, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2023. Fostering Knowledge Exchange and Collaboration among Drought-Related Initiatives in the Caribbean
Dingfang Chen, Mei Yu, Grizelle Gonzalez, Qiong Gao. 2023. Altitudinal Pattern of Soil Organic Carbon and Nutrients in a Tropical Forest in Puerto Rico
Ashley Van Beusekom, Grizelle Gonzalez, María M. Rivera. 2023. Tropical Forest Microclimatic Changes: Hurricane, Drought, and 15–20 Year Climate Trend Effects on Elevational Gradient Temperature and Moisture
J. Aaron Hogan, Joanne M. Sharpe, Ashley Van Beusekom, Sarah Stankavich, Samuel Matta Carmona, John E. Bithorn, Jamarys Torres-Díaz, Grizelle Gonzalez, Jess K. Zimmerman, Aaron B. Shiels. 2022. Solar radiation and soil moisture drive tropical forest understory responses to experimental and natural hurricanes
Ivia I Moreno, Maria F. Barberena‐Arias, Grizelle Gonzalez, D. Jean Lodge, Sharon A. Cantrell. 2022. Canopy opening increases leaf‐shredding arthropods and nutrient mineralization but not mass loss in wet tropical forest
D. Jean Lodge, Ashley Van Beusekom, Grizelle Gonzalez, Mareli Sánchez‐Julia, Sarah Stankavich. 2022. Disturbance reduces fungal white‐rot litter mat cover in a wet subtropical forest
Georg Wiehl, Christian Wirth, Michaela J. Woods, Paul-Camilo Zalamea, 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 Gonzalez, 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 R. 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 Ulyshen, Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes, Eduardo van den Berg, Richard S. P. van Logtestijn, G. F. (Ciska) Veen, Jason G. Vogel, Timothy J. Wardlaw. 2022. Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates
Ashley Van Beusekom, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2022. Near-Surface Atmospheric Behavior over Complex Tropical Topography in Puerto Rico Dominated by Seasonal Patterns Despite Frequent Environmental Changes
K. E. Clark, R. F. Stallard, S. F. Murphy, M. A. Scholl, Grizelle Gonzalez, 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 Gonzalez, María Fernanda Barberena-Arias, Xiaoming Zou. 2022. Predominant climate control on green leaf decomposition across subtropical rain and dry forests following hurricane disturbances
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 Gonzalez, 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
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 Gonzalez, 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
Veronika Leitold, Douglas C. Morton, Sebastián Martinuzzi, Ian Paynter, María Uriarte, Michael Keller, António Ferraz, Bruce D. Cook, Lawrence A. Corp, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2021. Tracking the rates and mechanisms of canopy damage and recovery following Hurricane Maria using multitemporal lidar data
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
Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Felipe Sanchez, Ranjith P. Udawatta, Charles H. (Hobie) Perry, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2021. Soil health assessment of forest soils [Chapter 6]
Sebastian Seibold, Werner Rammer, Torsten Hothorn, Rupert Seidl, Michael 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 Gonzalez, 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
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 Gonzalez, Madhu Kashyap Jagadeesh, Jacob Haqq-Misra. 2021. Habitability models for astrobiology
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
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, 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 Gonzalez, 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. 2021. Global data on earthworm abundance, biomass, diversity and corresponding environmental properties
Elvis Torres-Delgado, Grizelle Gonzalez, Ernesto Medina, María M. Rivera. 2021. A Multiyear Record of Rainfall and Ionic Composition along an Elevation Gradient in Northeastern Puerto Rico
Jess K. Zimmerman, Tana E. Wood, Grizelle Gonzalez, Alonso Ramirez, Whendee L. Silver, Maria Uriarte, Michael R. Willig, Robert B. Waide, Ariel Lugo. 2021. Disturbance and resilience in the Luquillo Experimental Forest
Grizelle Gonzalez, Maria Fernanda Barberena-Arias, Wei Huang, Claudia M. Ospina-Sanchez. 2021. Sampling Methods for Soil and Litter Fauna
Smruthi Karthikeyan, Luis H. Orellana, Eric R. Johnston, Janet K. Hatt, Frank E. Löffler, Héctor L. Ayala-del-Río, Grizelle Gonzalez, 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 Gonzalez, María Fernanda Barberena-Arias, Xiaoming Zou. 2021. Litter decomposition and arthropod composition under different ultraviolet levels following prescribed burn in a subtropical pastureland
Claudia M. Ospina-Sánchez, José G. Palacios-Vargas, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2020. A new Caribbean species of Hylaeanura Arlé, 1966 (Collembola, Neanuridae, Pseudachorutinae)
Claudia Ospina-Sánchez, Felipe Soto-Adames, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2020. Checklist and distribution of Collembola from Greater Puerto Rico
Iana F. Grullón – Penkova, Jess K. Zimmerman, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2020. Green roofs in the tropics: design considerations and vegetation dynamics
Ashley Van Beusekom, Grizelle Gonzalez, Sarah Stankavich, Jess K. Zimmerman, Alonso Ramírez. 2020. Understanding tropical forest abiotic response to hurricanes using experimental manipulations, field observations, and satellite data
Claudia M. Ospina-Sánchez, José G. Palacios-Vargas, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2020. New species of Furculanurida (Collembola, Neanuridae, Pseudachorutinae) from the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico
Wei Huang, Grizelle Gonzalez, Xiaoming Zou. 2020. A dataset for the effect of earthworm abundance and functional group diversity on plant litter decay and soil organic carbon level
Stephen J. Fain, Kathleen McGinley, William A. 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 Gonzalez, Xiaoming Zou. 2020. Earthworm abundance and functional group diversity regulate plant litter decay and soil organic carbon level: A global meta-analysis
Grizelle Gonzalez. 2019. The Brain and the Body
M.A. McClintock, W.H. McDowell, Grizelle Gonzalez, 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, Ariel Lugo. 2019. Concluding Remarks: Moving Forward on Scientific Knowledge and Management Approaches to Tropical Forests in the Anthropocene Epoch
M. R. Willig, L. Woolbright, S. J. Presley, T. D. Schowalter, R. B. Waide, Tamara Heartsill Scalley, J. K. Zimmerman, Grizelle Gonzalez, Ariel Lugo. 2019. Populations are not declining and food webs are not collapsing at the Luquillo Experimental Forest
Wei Huang, Xianbin Liu, Grizelle Gonzalez, Xiaoming Zou. 2019. Late Holocene fire history and charcoal decay in subtropical dry forests of Puerto Rico
Tana E. Wood, Grizelle Gonzalez, Whendee Silver, Sasha Reed, Molly Cavaleri. 2019. On the Shoulders of Giants: Continuing the Legacy of Large-Scale Ecosystem Manipulation Experiments in Puerto Rico
Ariel Lugo, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2019. Introduction to the Special Issue on Tropical Forests: Management and Ecology in the Anthropocene
William A. 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
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
Ashley Van Beusekom, Nora Alvarez-Berrios, William A. Gould, Maya Quinones, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2018. Hurricane Maria in the U.S. Caribbean: Disturbance Forces, Variation of Effects, and Implications for Future Storms
Xianbin Liu, Xiucheng Zeng, Xiaoming Zou, D. Jean Lodge, Sarah Stankavich, Grizelle Gonzalez, Sharon Cantrell. 2018. Responses of Soil Labile Organic Carbon to a Simulated Hurricane Disturbance in a Tropical Wet Forest
Xianbin Liu, Xiucheng Zeng, Xiaoming Zou, Grizelle Gonzalez, Chao Wang, Si Yang. 2018. Litterfall Production Prior to and during Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Four Puerto Rican Forests
Barbara Richardson, Michael Richardson, Grizelle Gonzalez. 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 Gonzalez, 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
Maya Quinones, Isabel K. Parés-Ramos, William A. Gould, Grizelle Gonzalez, Kathleen McGinley, Pedro Ríos. 2018. El Yunque National Forest Atlas
Maya Quinones, Isabel K. Parés-Ramos, William A. Gould, Grizelle Gonzalez, Kathleen McGinley, Pedro Ríos. 2018. El Atlas del Bosque Nacional El Yunque
Chelse M. Prather, Gary E. Belovsky, Sharon A. Cantrell, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2018. Tropical herbivorous phasmids, but not litter snails, alter decomposition rates by modifying litter bacteria
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 Gonzalez, Authors Additional, Ian Yesilonis, Authors Additional, Lindsey Rustad, al. et, Ika Djukic, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Inger Kappel Schmidt, Ana Carolina Ruiz Fernández, Ana I. Sousa, Ana I. Lillebø, 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, Anderson da Rocha Gripp. 2018. Early stage litter decomposition across biomes
Aura M. Alonso-Rodríguez, Molly A. Cavaleri, Sasha C. Reed, Grizelle Gonzalez, Tana E. Wood, Bruce A. Kimball. 2018. Infrared heater system for warming tropical forest understory plants and soils
Xiaohui Feng, María Uriarte, Grizelle Gonzalez, 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
Ashley Van Beusekom, William A. Gould, A. Carolina Monmany, Azad Henareh Khalyani, Maya Quinones, Stephen J. Fain, Maria José Andrade-Núñez, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2018. Fire weather and likelihood: characterizing climate space for fire occurrence and extent in Puerto Rico
Grizelle Gonzalez, María F. Barberena. 2017. Ecology of soil arthropod fauna in tropical forests: A review of studies from Puerto Rico
Ashley Van Beusekom, Grizelle Gonzalez, Maria Rivera. 2017. Reply to “Comments on ‘Short-Term Precipitation and Temperature Trends along an Elevation Gradient in Northeastern Puerto Rico’ ”
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 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
Grizelle Gonzalez, D. Jean Lodge. 2017. Soil biology research across latitude, elevation and disturbance gradients: A review of forest studies from Puerto Rico during the past 25 years
Ana Carolina Monmany, William A. 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
Dingfang Chen, Mei Yu, Grizelle Gonzalez, Xiaoming Zou, Qiong Gao. 2017. Climate impacts on soil carbon processes along an elevation gradient in the tropical Luquillo Experimental Forest
Grizelle Gonzalez. 2017. Deadwood, soil biota and nutrient dynamics in tropical forests: a review of case studies from Puerto Rico
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Grizelle Gonzalez. 2015. “Puerto Rico: gateway to landscape” from an ecological perspective
Aaron Shiels, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2015. Tropical Forest Responses to Large-Scale Experiments
Joel Mercado, William A. Gould, Grizelle Gonzalez, Robert Lücking. 2015. Lichens in Puerto Rico: an ecosystem approach
Ashley Van Beusekom, Grizelle Gonzalez, Maria Rivera. 2015. Short-term precipitation and temperature trends along an elevation gradient in northeastern Puerto Rico
Grizelle Gonzalez. 2014. Ecologia de las lombrices de tierra
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
Grizelle Gonzalez, M.R. Willig, A.B. Shiels. 2014. Responses to canopy loss and debris deposition in a tropical forest ecosystem: Synthesis from an experimental manipulation simulating effects of hurricane disturbance
A.B. Shiels, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2014. Understanding the key mechanisms of tropical forest responses to canopy loss and biomass deposition from experimental hurricane effects
Joel Mercado, William A. Gould, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2014. Soil nutrients, landscape age, and Sphagno-Eriophoretum vaginati plant communities in Arctic moist-acidic Tundra landscapes
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
Grizelle Gonzalez, F.J. Rivera-Figueroa, William A. 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
Grizelle Gonzalez, D. Jean 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
Lisa Nicole Jennings, Jamison Douglas, Emrys Treasure, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2014. Climate change effects in El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean region
J.A. Mercado-Diaz, William A. Gould, Grizelle Gonzalez, R. Lucking. 2013. Four new species of Coenogonium (Ascomycota: Ostropales) from vulnerable forest ecosystems in Puerto Rico
C.-L. Ping, G. J. Michaelson, C. A. Stiles, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2013. Soil characteristics, carbon stores, and nutrient distribution in eight forest types along an elevational gradient, eastern Puerto Rico
E. Medina, Grizelle Gonzalez, Maria Rivera. 2013. Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of rainfall inorganic ion composition in northeastern Puerto Rico
Grizelle Gonzalez, M.R. Willig, R.B. Waide. 2013. Ecological gradient analyses in a tropical landscape: multiple perspectives and emerging themes
Grizelle Gonzalez, M.M. Luce. 2013. Woody debris characterization along an elevation gradient in northeastern Puerto Rico
Grizelle Gonzalez, R.B. Waide, M.R. Willig. 2013. Advancements in the understanding of spatiotemporal gradients in tropical landscapes: a Luquillo focus and global perspective
Ariel Lugo, F.N. Scatena, R.B. Waide, E.A. Greathouse, C.M. Pringle, M.R. Willig, K.A. Vogt, L.R. Walker, Grizelle 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, Grizelle Gonzalez, E.A. Greathouse, P. Klawinski, D. Jean Lodge, Ariel 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
T.A. Crowl, N. Brokaw, R.B. Waide, Grizelle Gonzalez, K.H. Beard, E.A. Greathouse, Ariel Lugo, A.P. Covich, D. Jean 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
Grizelle Gonzalez, Christina M. Murphy, Juliana Belén. 2012. Direct and indirect effects of millipedes on the decay of litter of varying lignin content
Marcela Zalamea, Grizelle Gonzalez, William A. Gould. 2012. Comparing litterfall and standing vegetation: assessing the footprint of litterfall traps
María Fernanda Barberena-Arias, Grizelle Gonzalez, Elvira Cuevas. 2012. Quantifying variation of soil arthropods using different sampling protocols: is diversity affected?
D.A. Wall, Grizelle Gonzalez, B.L. Simmons. 2011. Seasonally dry forest soil biodiversity and functioning
William A. 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
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
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, William A. Gould, Grizelle 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
Yiqing Li, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2008. Soil Fungi and Macrofauna in the Neotropics
Grizelle Gonzalez, C.Y. Huang, S.C. Chang. 2008. Earthworms and post agricultural succession in the Neotropics
M. Zalamea, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2008. Leaf Fall Phenology in a Subtropical Wet Forest in Puerto Rico: from Species to Community Patterns
Christina M. Murphy, Grizelle Gonzalez, Juliana Belén. 2008. Ordinal abundance and richness of millipedes (Arthropoda: Diplopoda) in a subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico
Terrie 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]
Arjan J. H. Meddens, Andrew T. Hudak, Jeffrey 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 Hollingsworth, Jamie Hollingsworth. 2008. Forest structure and downed woody debris in boreal temperate, and tropical forest fragments
Grizelle Gonzalez, William A. Gould, Andrew T. Hudak, Teresa Hollingsworth. 2008. Decay of aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) wood in moist and dry boreal, temperate, and tropical forest fragments
Terrie 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
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
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
Marcela Zalamea, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2007. Substrate-induced respiration in Puerto Rican soils: minimum glucose amendment
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.
Grizelle Gonzalez, Emerita Garcia, Veronica Cruz, Sonia Borges, Marcela Zalamea, Maria Rivera. 2007. Earthworm communities along an elevation gradient in Northeastern Puerto Rico.
Grizelle Gonzalez. 2006. Editorial: Earthworms as invasive species in Latin America - the 2nd Latin American Meeting on Oligochaeta (earthworm) ecology and taxonomy
P.F. Hendrix, G.H. Baker, M.A. Jr. Callaham, G.A. Damoff, C. Fragoso, Grizelle Gonzalez, S.W. James, S.L. Lachnicht, T. Winsome, X. Zou. 2006. Invasion of exotic earthworms into ecosystems inhabited by native earthworms
Mac A. Callaham, Grizelle Gonzalez, Cynthia M Hale, Liam Henegham, Sharon L. Lachnicht, Xiaoming Zou. 2006. Policy and management responses to earthworm invasions in North America
Grizelle Gonzalez, Ching-Yu Huang, Xiaoming Zou, Carlos Rodriguez. 2006. Earthworm invasions in the tropics
Grizelle Gonzalez. 2006. Earthworms as Invasive Species in Latin America — the 2nd Latin American Meeting on Oligochaeta (Earthworm) Ecology and Taxonomy
Grizelle Gonzalez, Elianid Espinoza, Zhigang Liu, Xiaoming Zou. 2006. A Fluorescent Marking and Re-count Technique Using the Invasive Earthworm, Pontoscolex corethrurus (Annelida: Oligochaeta)
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
William A. Gould, Grizelle Gonzalez, G. Carrero Rivera. 2006. Structure and composition of vegetation along an elevational gradient in Puerto Rico.
P. F. Hendrix, G. H. Baker, M. A. Callaham Jr, G. A. Damoff, Fragoso C., Grizelle Gonzalez, S. W. James, S. L. Lachnicht, T. Winsome, X. Zou. 2006. Invasion of exotic earthworms into ecosystems inhabited by native earthworms
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
X Zou, Grizelle Gonzalez. 2001. Earthworms in tropical tree plantations: effects of management and relations with soil carbon and nutrient use efficiency
Grizelle Gonzalez, T.R. Seastedt. 2001. Soil fauna and plant litter decomposition in tropical and subalpine forests
Grizelle Gonzalez, Ruth E. Ley, Steven K. Schmidt, Xiaoming Zou, Timothy R. Seastedt. 2001. Soil ecological interactions: comparisons between tropical and subalpine forests
Grizelle Gonzalez, T.R. Seastedt. 2000. Comparison of the abundance and composition of litter fauna in tropical and subalpine forests
Grizelle Gonzalez, X. Zou. 1999. Earthworm influence on N availability and the growth of Cecropia schreberiana in tropical pasture and forest soils
Grizelle 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
Grizelle Gonzalez, X. Zou. 1999. Plant and litter influences on earthworm abundance and community structures in a tropical wet forest
Xiaoming Zou, Grizelle Gonzalez. 1997. CHANGES IN EARTHWORM DENSITY AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE DURING SECONDARY SUCCESSION IN ABANDONED TROPICAL PASTURES
Grizelle Gonzalez, X. Zou, S. Borges. 1996. Earthworm abundance and species composition in abandoned tropical croplands: comparisons of tree plantations and secondary forests.

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Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic (EPO) Biology, University of Colorado-Boulder, Ph.D., Soil ecology and biology. Dissertation: Soil fauna, microbes and plant litter decomposition in tropical and subalpine forests., 1999
Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, M.Sc., Soil ecology. Thesis: Earthworm abundance and distribution pattern in two plant communities within a subtropical wet forest of Puerto Rico., 1996
Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, B.S., Biology, 1993

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