Bio
Dr. Ponette-González is a biophysical geographer specializing in global environmental change and tropical terrestrial ecosystem dynamics, particularly in Latin America. Her research examines the effects of land-use change and climatic variability on the water cycle, atmospheric deposition, and vegetation dynamics.
Education
Ph.D., Forest Ecosystem Ecology, Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, 2009
M.A., Geography, University of Texas at Austin, 2002
B.A., Psychology, United States International University, Mexico City, Mexico, 1997
Courses
GEOG 1710: Earth Science
GEOG 5700: Global Environment Change
GEOL 4710: Ecosystems: Structure, Function, Services
Articles
Fry, M. J., Hoeinghaus, D. H., Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G., Thompson, R., & La Point, T. W. (2012). Fracking vs. faucets: Balancing energy needs and water sustainability at urban frontiers. Environmental Science & Technology, 46, 7444-7445.
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G., & Byrnes, J. E. (2011). Sustainable science? Reducing the carbon impact of scientific mega-meetings. Ethnobiology Letters, 2, 65-71.
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G., Weathers, K. C., & Curran, L. M. (2010). Tropical land-cover change alters biogeochemical inputs to ecosystems in a Mexican Montane landscape.Ecological Applications, 20, 1820-1837.
More Articles
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G., Weathers, K. C., & Curran, L. M. (2010). Water inputs across a tropical Montane landscape in Veracruz, Mexico: Synergistic effects of land cover, rain and fog seasonality, and interannual precipitation variability. Global Change Biology, 16, 946-963.
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G., & Fry, M. (2010). Pig pandemic: Industrial hog farming in eastern Mexico. Land Use Policy, 27, 1107-1110.
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G. (2007). 2001: A household analysis of Huastec Maya agriculture and land use at the height of the coffee crisis. Human Ecology, 35, 289-301.
Books
Weathers, K. C., & Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G. (2011). Atmospheric deposition. In D. Levia, D. Carlyle-Moses & T. Tanaka (Eds.), Forest Hydrology and Biogeochmistry: Synthesis of Past Research and Future Directions (pp. 357-370). New York: Springer, Ecological Studies Series.
Posters/Presentations
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G., & Young, K. R. (2011, April 12-16). Stable boundaries: Woody plant encroachment and soil chemistry above treeline in the northern Peruvian Andes. Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G., Curran, L. M., & Weathers, K. C. (2011, October 3-7). Land-cover and precipitation variability effects on water and atmospheric inputs to tropical forest landscapes. Poster presented at the NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop, Alexandria, VA.
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G., & Weathers, K. C. (2011, October 25-28). Estimates of wet deposition across North America: Challenges and opportunities of merging data across nations. Paper presented at the National Atmospheric Deposition Program 2011 Technical Committee Meeting, Providence, RI.
More Presentations
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G., & Young, K. R. (2011, November 10-11). Seedling regeneration above a tropical treeline in northern Peru. Paper presented at the Southwestern Division of the Association of American Geographers Meeting, Austin, Texas.
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G. (2010, April 14-18). Nutrient and pollutant redistribution after land-cover change: Evidence from eastern Mexico. Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Meeting, Washington D.C.
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G. (2009, October 15-17). Effects of tropical land-cover change on spatial patterns of atmospheric deposition and throughfall ion fluxes to montane ecosystems in eastern Mexico. Poster presented at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science Meeting, Dallas, TX, 15-17 October 2009.
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G. (2009, September 14-16). Synergistic effects of land cover type, rain and fog seasonality, and climatic extremes on water inputs to a tropical mountain landscape in eastern Mexico. Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Forests and Water in a Changing Environment, Raleigh, NC.
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G. (2009, January 7-9). Land cover, rain and fog seasonality, and interannual precipitation variability alter water inputs across a tropical montane landscape in Veracruz, México. Paper presented at the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers Meeting, Granada, Nicaragua.
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G. (2008, September 24-26). Land use change effects on water fluxes and atmospheric deposition across a Mexican tropical montane landscape. Dissertation research presented at the NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program Symposium, Greenbelt, MD.
Ponette-Gonzalez, A. G. (2008, April 15-19). Spatiotemporal effects of land use/land cover type on water and atmospheric inputs across a Mexican tropical montane landscape. Poster presented at the Association of American Geographers Meeting, Boston, MA.
