Menu

You are here

Member Profile

Membership type: full

M. Susana Alvarado Barrientos

Country of origin: Guatemala Currently in: Mexico, Xalapa General field of specialization: Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
Academic Background

Degrees

2013 Doctorate Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
2007 Master Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
2003 Undergraduate Agricultural Sciences
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences

Ecohydrology; ecosystem-atmosphere exchanges of heat, carbon and water vapor; water use patterns in agroforestry systems and natural ecosystems, regional evapotranspiration, riparian zone hydrology


Publications resulting from Research: 


- Muñoz-Villers LE, Geris J, Alvarado-Barrientos MS, Holwerda F, Dawson, TE (2020) Coffee and shade trees show complementary use of soil water in a traditional agroforestry cosystem, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2019-329.

- Muñoz-Villers LE, Holwerda F, Alvarado-Barrientos MS, Geissert DR, Dawson TE (2018) Reduced dry season transpiration is coupled with shallow soil water use in tropical montane forest trees. Oecologia, 188: 303-3017.

- Asbjornsen H, Manson R, Scullion J, Holwerda F, Muñoz-Villers L, Alvarado-Barrientos MS, Geissert D, Gomez-Tagle A, Dawson T, McDonnell J, Bruijnzeel LA (2017) Interactions between payments for hydrologic services, landowner decisions, and ecohydrological consequences: synergies and disconnection in the cloud forest zone of central Veracruz, Mexico. Ecology and Society 22(2):25.

- Holwerda F, Alvarado-Barrientos MS, González T (2016) Surface energy exchange in a tropical montane cloud forest environment: flux partitioning, and seasonal and land cover- related variations. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 228: 13-28.

- Muñoz-Villers LE, Holwerda F, Alvarado-Barrientos MS, Geissert D, Marín-Castro BE, Gómez-Tagle A, McDonell J, Asbjornsen H, Dawson TE, Bruijnzeel LA (2015) Efectos hidrológicos de la conversión del bosque de niebla en el centro de Veracruz, México. Bosque 36: 395-407.

- Zanchi FB, Waterloo MJ, Peralta Tapia A, Alvarado-Barrientos MS, Bolson MA, Luizão FJ, Manzi AO, Dolman AJ (2015) Water balance, nutrient and carbon export from a heath forest catchment in central Amazonia, Brazil. Hydrological Processes 29: 3633-3648.

- Alvarado-Barrientos MS, Holwerda F, Geissert D, Muñoz-Villers LE, Gotsch S, Asbjornsen H, Dawson TE (2015) Nighttime transpiration in a seasonally dry tropical montane cloud forest environment. Trees Structure & Function 29: 259-274.

- Alvarado-Barrientos MS, Holwerda F, Asbjornsen H, Dawson TE, Bruijnzeel LA (2014) Suppression of transpiration due to cloud immersion in a seasonally dry Mexican weeping pine plantation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 186: 12-25.

- Alvarado-Barrientos MS, Hernandez-Santana V, Asbjornsen H (2013) Variability of the radial profile of sap velocity in Pinus patula from contrasting stands within the seasonal cloud forest zone of Veracruz, Mexico. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 168: 108-119.

- Asbjornsen H, Goldsmith GR, Alvarado-Barrientos MS, Rebel K, van Osch FP, Rietkerk MG, Chen J, Gotsch S, Tobón C, Geissert DR, Gómez-Tagle A, Vache K, Dawson TE (2011) Ecohydrological advances and applications in plant water relations research: a review. Journal of Plant Ecology 4: 3-22.



Prizes, Grants and Awards

Other Awards

Apr 2024
Investigador Nacional Nivel I

Search form