Dr. NORBERT CORDEIRO

Associate Professor, Department of Biological, Chemical and Physical Sciences

ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY

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Representative Publications

This short selection of my articles should provide you with a glimpse of my interests and illustrate my philosophy about collaboration and mentoring.

2003    Cordeiro, N.J. & H.F. Howe.  Forest fragmentation severs mutualism between dispersal agents and an endemic African tree.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 100: 14052-14054.

2004    Cordeiro, N.J., D.A.G. Patrick, B. Munisi & V. Gupta.  Role of dispersal in the invasion of an exotic tree in an East African submontane forest.  Journal of Tropical Ecology 20: 449-457.

2001    Cordeiro, N.J. & H.F. Howe.  Low recruitment of trees dispersed by animals in
African forest fragments.  Conservation Biology 15: 1733-1741.

2007    Burgess, N.D., T.M. Butynski, N.J. Cordeiro, N. Doggart, J. Fjeldså, K. Howell, F.
Kilahama, S.P. Loader, J.C. Lovett, B. Mbilinyi, M. Menegon, D.C. Moyer, E. Nashanda, A. Perkin, W.T. Stanley & S.N. Stuart.  The biological importance of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya.  Biological Conservation 134: 209-231.

2008    Borghesio, L., J.R.M. John, E. Mulungu, V. Mkongewa, M. Joho & N.J. Cordeiro. Initial results from monitoring threatened birds in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.  Bulletin of the African Bird Club 15: 59-70.

2007    Burgess, N.D., A. Balmford, N.J. Cordeiro, J. Fjeldså, W. Küper, C. Rahbek, E.W. Sanderson, J.P.W. Scharlemann, H. Sommer, & P.H. Williams.  Correlations between species distributions, human density and human infrastructure across the high biodiversity tropical mountains of Africa. Biological Conservation 134: 164-177.

2008    Cordeiro, N.J., K.A. Feldheim, E. Ikejimba & H.J. Ndangalasi.  Polymorphic microsatellite loci for two African tree species, Sorindeia madagascariensis (Anacardiaceae) and Leptonychia usambarensis (Sterculiaceae).  Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 1313-1315.