Francisco Dallmeier

Director, Conservation Biology
National Zoological Park
Conservation and Research Center
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C. 20560-0705

Research Interests

Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring in tropical and temperate forest

Conservation and Development partnership to promote sustainable development

Biodiversity conservation education


Current Research Projects

Assessment and Monitoring in Central Africa, Asia and South America Assessment and Monitoring in Madagascar SI-CRC Conservation training program in Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring for Adaptive Management and Smithsonian Environmental Leadership course. Regional Training programs in Biodiversity Monitoring and Assessment and environmental Leadership.


Recent Publications

Dallmeier, F., and J.A. Comiskey (eds). 1998. Forest Biodiversity Research, Monitoring and Modeling: Conceptual Background and Old World Case Studies. Man and the Biosphere Series Volume 20. The Parthenon Publishing Group. 671p.

Dallmeier, F., and J.A. Comiskey (eds) . 1998. Forest Biodiversity in North, Central, and South America, and the Caribbean: Research and Monitoring. Man and the Biosphere Series Volume 21. The Parthenon Publishing Group. 768p.

Dallmeier, F., and A. Alonso (eds). 1997. Biodiversity Assessment of the Lower Urubamba Region, Peru: San Martin-3 and Cashiriari-2 Well Sites. SI/MAB Series # 1. Smithsonian Institution/MAB Biodiversity Program, Washington, DC. 368p.

Alonso, A., and F. Dallmeier (eds). 1998. Biodiversity Assessment of the Lower Urubamba Region, Peru: Cashiriari 3 Well site and the Camisea and Urubamba Rivers. SI/MAB Series # 2. Smithsonian Institution/MAB Biodiversity Program, Washington, DC. 298p.

Alonso, A., and F. Dallmeier (eds). 1999. Biodiversity Assessment of the Lower Urubamba Region, Peru: Pagoreni Well Site, Assessment and Training. SI/MAB Series # 3. Smithsonian Institution/MAB Biodiversity Program, Washington, DC. 334p.

Alonso, A., and F. Dallmeier. 2000. Working for Biodiversity. Smithsonian Institution/Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiversity Program. Washington D.C. 36p.

Maciver D.C. and F. Dallmeier (eds) . 2000. IPCC Workshop on adaptation to climate variability and change: Adaptive Management. Special issue. Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Kluwer Academy Publisher. 205p.

Herrera-MacBryde, O., F. Dallmeier, B. MacBryde, J.A. Comiskey and Carmen Miranda. 2000. Biodiversity Conservation and Management in the Region of the Beni Biological Station Biosphere Reserve, Bolivia. SI/MAB Series # 4. Smithsonian Institution/MAB Biodiversity Program, Washington, DC. 432p.