Dr Diego Correa Gomez

Research Fellow

School of the Environment
Faculty of Science

Overview

Research Interests

  • Conservation and management of biological diversity
  • Development of spatially explicit solutions for the conservation and management of biodiversity while balancing human needs
  • Understanding of ecosystem functioning under increasing anthropogenic threats
  • Understanding of biodiversity determinants with a focus on tropical ecosystems

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours), COL
  • Masters (Extended), Universidad de los Andes
  • Graduate Diploma, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Publications

  • ter Steege, Hans, Pitman, Nigel C. A., do Amaral, Iêda Leão, de Souza Coelho, Luiz, de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia, de Andrade Lima Filho, Diógenes, Salomão, Rafael P., Wittmann, Florian, Castilho, Carolina V., Guevara, Juan Ernesto, Veiga Carim, Marcelo de Jesus, Phillips, Oliver L., Magnusson, William E., Sabatier, Daniel, Revilla, Juan David Cardenas, Molino, Jean-François, Irume, Mariana Victória, Martins, Maria Pires, da Silva Guimarães, José Renan, Ramos, José Ferreira, Bánki, Olaf S., Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Cárdenas López, Dairon, Rodrigues, Domingos de Jesus, Demarchi, Layon O., Schöngart, Jochen, Almeida, Everton José, Barbosa, Luciane Ferreira, Cavalheiro, Larissa ... Melgaço, Karina (2023). Mapping density, diversity and species-richness of the Amazon tree flora. Communications Biology, 6 (1) 1130. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-05514-6

  • Peripato, Vinicius, Levis, Carolina, Moreira, Guido A., Gamerman, Dani, ter Steege, Hans, Pitman, Nigel C. A., de Souza, Jonas G., Iriarte, José, Robinson, Mark, Junqueira, André Braga, Trindade, Thiago B., de Almeida, Fernando O., Moraes, Claide de Paula, Lombardo, Umberto, Tamanaha, Eduardo K., Maezumi, Shira Y., Ometto, Jean P. H. B., Braga, José R. G., Campanharo, Wesley A., Cassol, Henrique L. G., Leal, Philipe R., de Assis, Mauro L. R., da Silva, Adriana M., Phillips, Oliver L., Costa, Flávia R. C., Flores, Bernardo Monteiro, Hoffman, Bruce, Henkel, Terry W., Umaña, Maria Natalia ... Aragão, Luiz E. O. C. (2023). More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia. Science, 382 (6666), 103-109. doi: 10.1126/science.ade2541

  • Tedesco, Anazélia M., López-Cubillos, Sofía, Chazdon, Robin, Rhodes, Jonathan R., Archibald, Carla L., Pérez-Hämmerle, Katharina-Victoria, Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Wilson, Kerrie A., Oliveira, Mariana, Correa, Diego F., Ota, Liz, Morrison, Tiffany H., Possingham, Hugh P., Mills, Morena, Santos, Fabiane C. and Dean, Angela J. (2023). Beyond ecology: ecosystem restoration as a process for social-ecological transformation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 38 (7), 643-653. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.02.007

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  • ter Steege, Hans, Pitman, Nigel C. A., do Amaral, Iêda Leão, de Souza Coelho, Luiz, de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia, de Andrade Lima Filho, Diógenes, Salomão, Rafael P., Wittmann, Florian, Castilho, Carolina V., Guevara, Juan Ernesto, Veiga Carim, Marcelo de Jesus, Phillips, Oliver L., Magnusson, William E., Sabatier, Daniel, Revilla, Juan David Cardenas, Molino, Jean-François, Irume, Mariana Victória, Martins, Maria Pires, da Silva Guimarães, José Renan, Ramos, José Ferreira, Bánki, Olaf S., Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Cárdenas López, Dairon, Rodrigues, Domingos de Jesus, Demarchi, Layon O., Schöngart, Jochen, Almeida, Everton José, Barbosa, Luciane Ferreira, Cavalheiro, Larissa ... Melgaço, Karina (2023). Mapping density, diversity and species-richness of the Amazon tree flora. Communications Biology, 6 (1) 1130. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-05514-6

  • Peripato, Vinicius, Levis, Carolina, Moreira, Guido A., Gamerman, Dani, ter Steege, Hans, Pitman, Nigel C. A., de Souza, Jonas G., Iriarte, José, Robinson, Mark, Junqueira, André Braga, Trindade, Thiago B., de Almeida, Fernando O., Moraes, Claide de Paula, Lombardo, Umberto, Tamanaha, Eduardo K., Maezumi, Shira Y., Ometto, Jean P. H. B., Braga, José R. G., Campanharo, Wesley A., Cassol, Henrique L. G., Leal, Philipe R., de Assis, Mauro L. R., da Silva, Adriana M., Phillips, Oliver L., Costa, Flávia R. C., Flores, Bernardo Monteiro, Hoffman, Bruce, Henkel, Terry W., Umaña, Maria Natalia ... Aragão, Luiz E. O. C. (2023). More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia. Science, 382 (6666), 103-109. doi: 10.1126/science.ade2541

  • Tedesco, Anazélia M., López-Cubillos, Sofía, Chazdon, Robin, Rhodes, Jonathan R., Archibald, Carla L., Pérez-Hämmerle, Katharina-Victoria, Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Wilson, Kerrie A., Oliveira, Mariana, Correa, Diego F., Ota, Liz, Morrison, Tiffany H., Possingham, Hugh P., Mills, Morena, Santos, Fabiane C. and Dean, Angela J. (2023). Beyond ecology: ecosystem restoration as a process for social-ecological transformation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 38 (7), 643-653. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.02.007

  • Tulloch, Ayesha I.T., Jackson, Micha V., Bayraktarov, Elisa, Carey, Alexander R., Correa‐Gomez, Diego F., Driessen, Michael, Gynther, Ian C., Hardie, Mel, Moseby, Katherine, Joseph, Liana, Preece, Harriet, Suarez‐Castro, Andrés Felipe, Stuart, Stephanie, Woinarski, John C.Z. and Possingham, Hugh P. (2023). Effects of different management strategies on long‐term trends of Australian threatened and near‐threatened mammals. Conservation Biology, 37 (2) e14032. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14032

  • Pos, Edwin, de Souza Coelho, Luiz, de Andrade Lima Filho, Diogenes, Salomão, Rafael P., Amaral, Iêda Leão, de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia, Castilho, Carolina V., Phillips, Oliver L., Guevara, Juan Ernesto, de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo, López, Dairon Cárdenas, Magnusson, William E., Wittmann, Florian, Irume, Mariana Victória, Martins, Maria Pires, Sabatier, Daniel, da Silva Guimarães, José Renan, Molino, Jean-François, Bánki, Olaf S., Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Pitman, Nigel C A, Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo, Ramos, José Ferreira, Hawes, Joseph E., Almeida, Everton José, Barbosa, Luciane Ferreira, Cavalheiro, Larissa, Dos Santos, Márcia Cléia Vilela, Luize, Bruno Garcia ... Ter Steege, Hans (2023). Unraveling Amazon tree community assembly using Maximum Information Entropy: a quantitative analysis of tropical forest ecology. Scientific Reports, 13 (1) 2859, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-28132-y

  • Correa, Diego F., Stevenson, Pablo R., Umaña, Maria Natalia, Coelho, Luiz de Souza, Lima Filho, Diógenes de Andrade, Salomão, Rafael P., Amaral, Iêda Leão do, Wittmann, Florian, Matos, Francisca Dionízia de Almeida, Castilho, Carolina V., Phillips, Oliver L., Guevara, Juan Ernesto, Carim, Marcelo de Jesus Veiga, Magnusson, William E., Sabatier, Daniel, Molino, Jean‐François, Irume, Mariana Victória, Martins, Maria Pires, Guimarães, José Renan da Silva, Bánki, Olaf S., Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Pitman, Nigel C. A., Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel, Ramos, José Ferreira, Luize, Bruno Garcia, Novo, Evlyn Márcia Moraes de Leão, Núñez Vargas, Percy, Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire, Venticinque, Eduardo Martins ... ter Steege, Hans (2023). Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32 (1), 49-69. doi: 10.1111/geb.13596

  • Estrada-Villegas, Sergio, Rivas, Luz Dary, Barrera, John Fredy, Rivas, Steven Barrera, Correa, Diego F., Bernal, Laura Sofía Argüello, Aldana, Ana María, Casa, Luisa Fernanda, Lozano-Balcázar, Alejandro, Gómez-Bahamón, Valentina, Castro, Francisco and Stevenson, Pablo (2022). Plant, bird, and mammal diversity of the Tomogrande field station, Vichada, Colombia. Biota Colombiana, 23 (2) e1027, 1-14. doi: 10.21068/2539200X.1027

  • González-Abella, Juan S., Aldana, Ana M., Correa, Diego F., Casas, Luisa Fernanda and Stevenson, Pablo R. (2021). Forest structure, diversity and dynamics in terra firme and Igapó Gallery Forests in the Colombian Orinoco Basin. Forests, 12 (11) 1568, 1568. doi: 10.3390/f12111568

  • Bayraktarov, Elisa, Correa, Diego F., Suarez‐Castro, Andrés F., Garnett, Stephen T., Macgregor, Nicholas A., Possingham, Hugh P. and Tulloch, Ayesha I. T. (2021). Variable effects of protected areas on long‐term multispecies trends for Australia's imperiled birds. Conservation Science and Practice, 3 (7) e443, 1-17. doi: 10.1111/csp2.443

  • Correa, Diego F., Beyer, Hawthorne L., Possingham, Hugh P., Fargione, Joseph E., Hill, Jason D. and Schenk, Peer M. (2021). Microalgal biofuel production at national scales: reducing conflicts with agricultural lands and biodiversity within countries. Energy, 215 (Part A) 119033, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2020.119033

  • ter Steege, Hans, Prado, Paulo I., Lima, Renato A. F. de, Pos, Edwin, de Souza Coelho, Luiz, de Andrade Lima Filho, Diogenes, Salomão, Rafael P., Amaral, Iêda Leão, de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia, Castilho, Carolina V., Phillips, Oliver L., Guevara, Juan Ernesto, de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo, Cárdenas López, Dairon, Magnusson, William E., Wittmann, Florian, Martins, Maria Pires, Sabatier, Daniel, Irume, Mariana Victória, da Silva Guimarães, José Renan, Molino, Jean-François, Bánki, Olaf S., Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Pitman, Nigel C. A., Ramos, José Ferreira, Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel, Venticinque, Eduardo Martins, Luize, Bruno Garcia, Núñez Vargas, Percy ... Pickavance, Georgia (2020). Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora. Scientific Reports, 10 (1) 10130, 10130. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-66686-3

  • Correa, Diego F, Beyer, Hawthorne L, Possingham, Hugh P, García-Ulloa, John, Ghazoul, Jaboury and Schenk, Peer M (2020). Freeing land from biofuel production through microalgal cultivation in the Neotropical region. Environmental Research Letters, 15 (9) 094094, 094094. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab8d7f

  • Ter Steege, Hans, Henkel, Terry W., Helal, Nora, Marimon, Beatriz S., Marimon-Junior, Ben Hur, Huth, Andreas, Groeneveld, Jürgen, Sabatier, Daniel, Coelho, Luiz de Souza, Filho, Diogenes de Andrade Lima, Salomão, Rafael P., Amaral, Iêda Leão, Matos, Francisca Dionízia de Almeida, Castilho, Carolina V., Phillips, Oliver L., Guevara, Juan Ernesto, Carim, Marcelo de Jesus Veiga, Cárdenas López, Dairon, Magnusson, William E., Wittmann, Florian, Irume, Mariana Victória, Martins, Maria Pires, Guimarães, José Renan da Silva, Molino, Jean-François, Bánki, Olaf S., Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Pitman, Nigel C A, Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo, Ramos, José Ferreira ... Melgaço, Karina (2019). Rarity of monodominance in hyperdiverse Amazonian forests. Scientific Reports, 9 (1) 13822, 13822. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-50323-9

  • Correa, Diego F., Beyer, Hawthorne L., Possingham, Hugh P., Thomas‐Hall, Skye R. and Schenk, Peer M. (2019). Global mapping of cost‐effective microalgal biofuel production areas with minimal environmental impact. GCB Bioenergy, 11 (8) gcbb.12619, 914-929. doi: 10.1111/gcbb.12619

  • Correa, Diego F., Beyer, Hawthorne L., Fargione, Joseph E., Hill, Jason D., Possingham, Hugh P., Thomas-Hall, Skye R. and Schenk, Peer M. (2019). Towards the implementation of sustainable biofuel production systems. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 107, 250-263. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2019.03.005

  • Gomes, Vitor H F, IJff, Stéphanie D, Raes, Niels, Amaral, Iêda Leão, Salomão, Rafael P, de Souza Coelho, Luiz, de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia, Castilho, Carolina V, de Andrade Lima Filho, Diogenes, López, Dairon Cárdenas, Guevara, Juan Ernesto, Magnusson, William E, Phillips, Oliver L, Wittmann, Florian, de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo, Martins, Maria Pires, Irume, Mariana Victória, Sabatier, Daniel, Molino, Jean-François, Bánki, Olaf S, da Silva Guimarães, José Renan, Pitman, Nigel C A, Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo, Luize, Bruno Garcia, Venticinque, Eduardo Martins, de Leão Novo, Evlyn Márcia Moraes, Vargas, Percy Núñez, Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire ... Ter Steege, Hans (2018). Species Distribution Modelling: Contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 18927, 1003. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-18927-1

  • González-González, Lina María, Correa, Diego F., Ryan, Stephen, Jensen, Paul D., Pratt, Steven and Schenk, Peer M. (2017). Integrated biodiesel and biogas production from microalgae: Towards a sustainable closed loop through nutrient recycling. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 82, 1137-1148. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.09.091

  • Correa, Diego F., Beyer, Hawthorne L., Possingham, Hugh P., Thomas-Hall, Skye R. and Schenk, Peer M. (2017). Biodiversity impacts of bioenergy production: microalgae vs. first generation biofuels. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 74, 1131-1146. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.02.068

  • Aldana, Ana M., Villanueva, Boris, Cano, Angela, Correa, Diego F., Natalia Umana, Maria, Fernanda Casas, Luisa, Cardenas, Sasha, Francisco Henao-Diaz, Luis and Stevenson, Pablo R. (2017). Drivers of biomass stocks in Northwestern South American forests: contributing new information on the Neotropics. Forest Ecology and Management, 389, 86-95. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.12.023

  • Correa, Diego F., Álvarez, Esteban and Stevenson, Pablo R. (2015). Plant dispersal systems in Neotropical forests: availability of dispersal agents or availability of resources for constructing zoochorous fruits?. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24 (2), 203-214. doi: 10.1111/geb.12248

  • Gomez, Diego Felipe Correa (2013). Patrones de frecuencia y abundancia de sistemas de dispersión de plantas en bosques colombianos y su relación con las regiones geográficas del país. Colombia Forestal, 16 (1), 33-51. doi: 10.14483/udistrital.jour.colomb.for.2013.1.a03

  • Correa-Gómez, Diego F. and Vargas-Ríos, Orlando (2009). Regeneración de palmas en bosques nativos y plantaciones del Santuario de Fauna y Flora Otún - Quimbaya (Risaralda, Colombia). Caldasia, 31 (2), 195-212.

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