Juliana Stropp
Research Interest
I am an ecologist who studies how species discovery and taxonomic reclassification affect our understanding of biodiversity. My current research seeks to reconstruct the history of species discovery and taxonomic change of the Amazonian flora. For this, I integrate data from field surveys, global biodiversity databases, and the historic taxonomic literature. By uncovering long-term trends in species discovery and taxonomic change, I hope to gain insight into the uncertainty of biodiversity models and identify regions and taxa that are in urgent need of further botanical explorations.
My research has important implications for conservation efforts, as deforestation tend to extinct biodiversity at a faster pace than taxonomists sample and describe species.