My work integrates plant functional ecology, tropical forest dynamics, and ecosystem responses to environmental change. In parallel, I contribute to research on ethical, inclusive, and collaborative scientific practices, including the development of open-access curricula and professional guidelines. Together, these efforts reflect my commitment to advancing both ecological knowledge and the practice of conservation science.

2026
·       Garnica-Díaz, CJ; González, G.; Agosto, R.; Garay, G.*; Rivera, M.M.*; Robles, H.; Velasquez-Roman, L.E.; Hulshof, C. (2026). Functional trait adaptations drive enhanced resilience on serpentine soils post-hurricane. Journal of Vegetation Science 37(2): e70130.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.70130

·       Cubillos-Ariza, LV*; Álvarez-Flórez, F; Cuervo, M; Garnica-Díaz, CJ; John, G; Salgado-Negret, B; Melgarejo, L. Descripción anatómica e histoquímica foliar de dos especies de bosque altoandino. (2026). Lilloa, a publication system from the “Fundación Miguel Lillo (Tucumán, Argentina) 63(1): 29-48. https://doi.org/10.30550/j.lil/2273

2025
·       González, M.; Cuervo, M.; Garnica-Díaz, CJ; Álvarez-Flórez, F.; Cubillos-Ariza, L.*; Giral, V.*; John, G.; Melgarejo, L.; Salgado-Negret, B. (2025). Thermal tolerance is linked to anatomical but not morphological leaf traits in woody species of Andean tropical montane forests. Functional Ecology 39(6): 1537-1549. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70048

·       Stone, I*; Mintz, J; Garnica-Díaz, CJ; Chang-Yang, C.-H.; Crandall, R.; Johnson, D.; Magee, L. (2025). Seedling passage times in gaps and closed canopies reveal decades of understory persistence in a New England Forest. Ecosphere 16(5): e70273. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70273

·       Carrasco-Rueda, F.; Cordelus, C.L.; Chirango, Y.; Garnica-Díaz, CJ; Godwill, Y.; Gowda, V.; Maas, B.; Montaño-Centellas, F.; Ostertag, R.; Roopsind, A.; Sheherazade; Vargas G., G.; The, Y.A.; Bruna, E.M.; Cordeiro, N.J.; Dossa, G.G.O.; Effiom, E.; Lohmann, L.G.; Mujawamariya, M.; Oliveras Menor, I.; Parolin, P.; Posada, J.M.; Zahawi, R.A.; Santiago, L. (2025). Code of Conduct – Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC). Biotropica 57(5): e70090. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70090

·       Brodie, J.F.; Carrasco, F.; Chatterjee, S.; Chirango, Y.; Garnica-Díaz, CJ; Gowda, V.; Maas, B.; Montaño-Centellas, F.; Ostertag, R.; Hariharan, P.; Vargas, G.; Bruna, E.M., Cardelus, C.L., Cordeiro, N.J., Dossa, G.G.O., Effiom, E., Lohmann, L.G., Menor,I.O., Majawamariya, M., Parolin, P., Posada, J.M., Soto-Rueda, M., The, Y.A., Yadok,B., Zahawi, R.A., Santiago, L. (2025) Code of Ethics – Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC). Biotropica 57(5): e80091. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70091

2023
·       John, GP.; Garnica-Díaz, CJ. (2023). Embracing the complexity of leaf shape: a commentary on “Anatomical determinants of gas exchange and hydraulics varies with leaf shape in soybean.” Annals of Botany 131(6): i–iii. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad059

2022
·       Báez, S; Cayuela, L; Macía, MJ; Alvarez-Davila, E; Apaza-Quevedo, A; Arnelas, I; Bacca Cortes, N; Bañares de Dios, G; Bauters, M; Ben Saadi, C; Blundo, C; Cabrera, M; Castaño, F; Cayola, L; de Aledo, JG; Espinosa, CI; Fadrique, B; Farfan-Rios, W; Fuentes, A; Garnica-Díaz, CJ; González, M; González, D; Hensen, I; Hurtado-M, A; Jadán, O; Lippok, D; Loza, MI; Maldonado, C; Malizia, L; MatasGranados, L; Myers, J; Norden, N; Oliveras Menor, I; Pierick, K; Ramírez-Angulo, H; SalgadoNegret, B; Schleuning, M; Silman, M; Solarte, ME; Tello, JS; Verbeeck, H; Vilanova, E; Weithmann, G; Homeier, J. (2022). FunAndes – A functional trait database of Andean plants. Scientific Data 9 (511). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01626-6

·       Samojedny, TJ*; Garnica-Díaz, CJ; Adamidis, GC; Dimitrakopoulos, PG; Siebert, SJ; Spasojevic, MJ; Hulshof, CM; Rajakaruna, N. (2022). Specific leaf area is lower on ultramafic than on neighboring non-ultramafic soils. Plant Ecology & Diversity 15(5-6). https://doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2022.2160673

·       Garnica-Díaz, CJ; Berazaín Iturralde, R; Cabrera, B; Calderón, E; García, R; Gómez Hecheverría, J.L; Guimarães, A.F; Medina, E; Paul, A; Rajakaruna, N; Restrepo, C; Siebert, S; Tame, F.F; Van den Berg, E; van der Ent, A; Velazquez, G; Hulshof, C.M. (2022) Global Plant Ecology of Tropical Ultramafic Ecosystems. Botanical Review, p 1-43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12229-022-09278-2

2017
·       Nieto, J; González-Ma, R; Aldana, A; Álvarez, E; Avella, A; Berdugo, Mary Lee; Cano, L; Castaño, N; Castellanos, C; Duque, A; Fernández, F; Garnica, C; González, D; López, R; López, L; Martínez, J; Medina, S; Norden, N; Pinzón, L; Posada, J; Pulido, E; Saldarriaga, S; Stevenson, P; Sánchez, J; Torres, S; Vásquez-Valderrama, M & Salgado-Negret, B. (2017) Ficha 106: Diversidad funcional en los bosques de Colombia. In Moreno, L. A., Andrade, G. I., y Ruíz Contreras, L. F. (Eds.). 2016. Biodiversidad 2016. Estado y tendencias de la biodiversidad continental de Colombia. URL: https://reporte.humboldt.org.co/biodiversidad/2016/

·       Lippert, A.; Eli, O.; Garnica-Díaz, CJ.; Castillo-Argaez, R.; Sapes, G.; Amaya, H.; John, GP.; Hammond, WM. Spectral leaf anatomy: the potential for hyperspectral prediction of some leaf anatomical traits. Submitted to New Phytologist. (Under revision, Manuscript code: NPH-MS-2026-54815)

·       Machado, S.; Garnica-Díaz, CJ.; Jumani, S.; Smith, NA.; John, GP.; Phillips, RP.; Clay, K.; Johnson, DJ. Drought decreases tree survival with size-dependent effects but is decoupled from functional traits in a temperate broadleaf forest. Submitted to Oecologia. (Under revision, Manuscript code: OECO-D-26-00035)

·       Rivera-Galeano, A.; Melgarejo, LM.; Álvarez-Flórez, F.; Cuervo-Gómez, M.; Feldpausch, T.; Garnica-Díaz, CJ.; González, M.; Salgado-Negret, B. Thermal tolerance is conserved across ontogenetic stages but its relationships with leaf traits shift in early-successional Andean montane species. Submitted to Annals of Botany (Under revision, Manuscript code: AOB-2026-832)

·       Chieppa, J.; Dorrance, S.; Fuller, KJ.; Garnica-Díaz, CJ.; Castillo-Argaez, R.; John, GP.; Aspinwall, MJ. Leaf economic and stomatal traits predict heatwave tolerance across eastern North American Quercus species. Submitted to American Journal of Botany (Under revision, Manuscript code: AJB-D-26-00306)

·       Garnica-Díaz, CJ.; Melo Futada, S.; Smith, AC.; Ykeuti Meiga, AY.; Chakma, D.; Jain, A.; Chavez, AB.; Garrido, AM.; Kung, M.; Simon-Pardo, C.; Kainer, KA.; Loiselle, B. Advancing Ethical and Equitable Research: A Reflexive Educational Pathway. Submitted to Journal of Academic Ethics (Under revision, Manuscript code: JAET-D-26-00566)

·       Garnica-Díaz, CJ.; Salgado-Negret, B.; Gonzalez-Arguello, M.L.; Cubillos-Ariza, L.V.*; Giral-Diaz, V.M.*; Cuervo, M.P.; Lichstein, J.; Álvarez-Flórez, F.; Melgarejo, L.M.; Riley, S; John, G.P. Environmental influence on leaf structure, physiology, and anatomy during forest succession in tropical mountain cloud forests (TMCF). To be submitted to Functional Ecology.

·       Garnica-Díaz, CJ; Machado, S.; Rodriguez, A.*; Smith, N.A.*; Maratos, J.A.*; Castillo-Argaez, R.; Simon, R.; Lichstein, J.; Maxwell, J.; Johnson, D.; Fortunel, C., John, G.P. Drought legacy effects are timescale- and species-dependent in dominant oaks of an eastern deciduous forest in North America. To be submitted to the Journal of Ecology.

·       Garnica-Díaz, CJ; Simon, S.*; McDonough, C.*; Chieppa, J.; Dorrance, S.; Fuller, K.J.; Aspinwall, M.J.; Cai, L.; John, G.P. Climate history, leaf habit, and phylogeny mediate Oak (genus Quercus) species’ anatomical plasticity to heat stress. To be submitted to American Journal of Botany.

·       Cavender, C.; Garnica-Díaz, CJ; Monks, L.; Melgarejo, L.M.; Salgado-Negret, B.; Wolfe, B.; Magee, L.J. Linking variation in leaf hydraulic and stomatal properties to ontogenetic niche dissimilarities. To be submitted to Functional Ecology

·       Blanco, S.; Cabrera Salazar, N.; Puig-Lluch, M.; Garnica-Díaz, CJ.; Simon, B.; Williams, M.; Baldrich, P., Adams, C. Social Identity Matters in Mentoring (SIMI Mentoring): A Free Online Training for Culturally Responsive Mentoring in the Plant Science. To be submitted to eLife