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Leslie R. Holdridge (1907-1999)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Acad\u00e9mico Honorario<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Profesor Honorario, Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico de Costa Rica.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Bachillerato en Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Maine (1931).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Maestr\u00eda en Bot\u00e1nica, Universidad de Michigan (1947). <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Doctorado, Ecolog\u00eda con \u00e9nfasis en Dendrolog\u00eda., Universidad de Michigan (1947). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Leslie R. Holdrige enfoc\u00f3 su \u00e1rea de investigaci\u00f3n en la silvicultura, la ecolog\u00eda y la dendrolog\u00eda. Su aporte m\u00e1s conocido es el sistema de clasificaci\u00f3n de zonas de vida de Holdrige, con el cual se han elaborado mapas de casi todos los pa\u00edses latinoamericanos, y algunos pa\u00edses y regiones de Norteam\u00e9rica, \u00c1frica, Asia y Europa; el prop\u00f3sito del sistema es identificar los tipos de bosque del mundo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ocup\u00f3 los siguientes cargos:  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • Capataz de reforestaci\u00f3n, Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana (Civilian Conservation Corps) (1933-1934)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Jefe del departamento de siembra, Caribbean National Forest, Puerto Rico (1935-1938)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Silvicultor para el U. S Forestry Service, Puerto Rico (1938-1941)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Director, Forestry Division, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Haitiano-Americaine Development Agricole (1941-1942, 1943-1946)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Investigador de cinchona en Colombia y Guatemala (1942-1943, 1947-1949)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Silvicultor y ecologista, Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agr\u00edcolas, Turrialba, Costa Rica (1949-1960) (decano de la escuela de posgrado, 1959-1960)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Estableci\u00f3 la estaci\u00f3n de investigaci\u00f3n La Selva en Costa Rica (1954)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Consultor ecol\u00f3gico privado (1961-1963)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Miembro \u0093senior\u0094 del staff, Central American Field Program, Associated Colleges of the Midwest (1963-1967)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Fue contratado como ecologista por el Centro Cient\u00edfico Tropical, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica (1967)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Profesor de medio tiempo de ecolog\u00eda y dendrolog\u00eda, Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico de Costa Rica (1978-1982).\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Recibi\u00f3 los siguientes reconocimientos:  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      • Medalla Agr\u00edcola Interamericana del Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agr\u00edcolas de la OEA, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica (1969)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Profesor Honorario del Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico de Costa Rica (1990).\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Adem\u00e1s es Miembro de la Asociaci\u00f3n Americana para los Avances Cient\u00edficos<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Miembro de la Asociaci\u00f3n para la Biolog\u00eda Tropical<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Miembro de la Sociedad Americana de Geograf\u00eda<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Miembro de la Sociedad de Helechos<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Miembro de la Sociedad Bot\u00e1nica<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Miembro de la Sociedad Internacional de Ecolog\u00eda Tropical<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Miembro de la Uni\u00f3n Dendrol\u00f3gica Internacional<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Miembro de la Sociedad Internacional de Forester\u00eda Tropical<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Miembro de la Academia de Ciencias de Nueva York; Miembro Honorario de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Costa Rica<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Miembro fundador del Centro Cient\u00edfico Tropical (1962).\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Publicaciones representativas: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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        • Holdrige, L. R. (1959). Ecological Indications of the Need for a New Approach to Tropical Land Use. Economic Botany, Volume 13, Issue 4, pp. 271-280.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Holdrige, L. R. (1961). Reproducci\u00f3n del curso de ecolog\u00eda vegetal. Ministerio de Agricultura y Cr\u00eda, San Jos\u00e9.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Holdrige, L. R. (1963). A Unified hypothesis of the evolution of the universe and life. Centro Cient\u00edfico Tropical, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Holdrige, L. R. (1964). Life zone ecology. Centro Cient\u00edfico Tropical, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Holdrige, L. R. (1970). Quasi-Stellar objects in a cyclic universe. Centro Cient\u00edfico Tropical, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Holdrige, L. R. (1970). Manual de identificaci\u00f3n de los \u00e1rboles de Costa Rica. IICA, Turrialba, Costa Rica.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Holdrige, L. R. (1971). Forest environments in tropical life zones: a pilot study. Pergamon Press, Oxford.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Holdrige, L. R. (1978). Ecolog\u00eda basada en zonas de vida. Editorial IICA, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Holdrige, L. R. y Poveda, L. J. (1997). Arboles de Costa Rica. 2. edici\u00f3n, Centro Cient\u00edfico Tropical, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Tosi, J. A. y Holdrige, L. R. (1973). Potencial para la ordenaci\u00f3n-t\u00e9cnica del bosque natural de Costa Rica. Centro Cient\u00edfico Tropical, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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