Rosa Amelia Scherson Vicencio
ASSISTANT TEACHER
Department of Forestry and Nature Conservation
Universidad de Chile
Spain
Biography
Degree in Agronomy (Unversidad de Chile 1995). Agricultural Engineer (University of Chile, 1997). M.Sc. Botany (University of British Columbia, Canada, 2000). Ph.D. Plant Biology (University of California, Davis, USA, 2007). Research intrest in Phylogeny and evolution of plants Plant reproductive biology Biodiversity and conservation indices Ecological restoration, historical processes of regeneration and recruitment
Research Interest
Phylogeny and evolution of plants Plant reproductive biology Biodiversity and conservation indices Ecological restoration, historical processes of regeneration and recruitment
Publications
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Scherson, R.A., Vidal, R. and Sanderson, M.J. 2008. Phylogenetics, biogeography and rates of diversification of Astragalus (Leguminosae) with an emphasis on South American radiations. American Journal of Botany 95(8): 1030-1039.
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Planella, M.T., Scherson, R.A, and McRostie, V. El Plomo site and new evidences of initial cultigens un hunter-gather group of the Archaic IV period at Alto Maipo, Central Chile. Chungara 43(2): 189-202
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Scherson, R.A., Naulin, P.I., Albornoz, A.A., Hagemann, T. and Kalin-Arroyo, M.T. 2012. Variability in Phylogenetic Diversity (PD) estimates illustrated with plant data for the high Andes of South America. New Zealand Journal of Botany 50(3): 257-265
