Christina De Jesús Villanueva, Ph.D
Publications
My passion for biology stems from my love for the tropical forests that I call home. My publications reflect my pursuit of also calling these ecosystems my workplace.
2024
De Jesús Villanueva, C. N., Massanet Prado, G. P., Van Belleghem, S. M., Gould, W., & Kolbe, J. J. (2024). Experimental evidence of negative agricultural impacts and effectiveness of mitigation strategies of invasive green iguanas (Iguana iguana) in Puerto Rico. NeoBiota, 96, 49-66. PDF
2022
De Jesús Villanueva, C. N., Massanet Prado, G. P., Gould, W., García-Quijano, C., & Kolbe, J. J. (2022). Interviews with farmers suggest negative direct and indirect effects of the invasive green iguana (Iguana iguana) on agriculture in Puerto Rico. Management of Biological Invasions, 13(4), 781-797. PDF
2021
De Jesús Villanueva, C.N., Falcón, W., Velez-Zuazo, X. et al. (2021) Origin of the green iguana (Iguana iguana) invasion in the greater Caribbean Region and Fiji. Biological Invasions (2021). link
2020
van den Burg, M.P., Van Belleghem, S.M., De Jesús Villanueva, C. N. (2020) The continuing march of Common Green Iguanas: arrival on mainland Asia. Journal for Nature Conservation. 57: 125888. PDF
2017
De Jesús Villanueva, C.N. and Louise Stewart (2017) 18th Cambridge Student Conference on Conservation Science. Oryx. 51(3): 391-399 PDF
De Jesús Villanueva, C.N. (2017) Tales from the “Iguana Girl”: An Anecdotal Account of Puerto Ricans’ Interactions with and Perceptions of Invasive Green Iguanas (Iguana iguana). Reptiles and Amphibians: Conservation and Natural History. 24(1): 30-35 PDF
2014
Ríos- López, N., Reyes-Díaz, M., Ortíz-Rivas, L., Negrón-Del Valle, J. E., De Jesús Villanueva, C.N, (2014) Natural History and Ecology of the Critically Endangered Puerto Rican Plains Coquí, Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi, Ríos-López and Thomas, 2007 (Amphibia: Anura: Eleutherodactylidae). Life: The Excitement of Biology. 2(2): 69-73 PDF
2011
Redmond, M.D., Hartson, R.B., Hoverman, J.T., De Jesús Villanueva, C.N., and P.T.J Johnson (2011). Experimental exposure of Helisoma trivolvis and Biomphalaria glabrata (Gastropoda) to Ribeiroia ondatrae (Trematoda). Journal of Parasitology. 97(6): 1055-1061 PDF