Mailing Address:
Dr. Milton Lieberman
Apdo. 35
Santa Elena de Monteverde
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
and
Department of Marine Sciences
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-3636

Office Phone: 011-506-645-5277; 011-506-645-5890
FAX Number:011-506-645-5277; 011-506-645-5890
E-Mail: liebermv@sol.racsa.co.cr

Education:

Ph.D. 1969, University of California, Irvine

M.A. 1966, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

A.B. 1962, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Research Emphasis:

Ecology and dynamics of tropical ecological systems; quantitative ecology; ecology of marine algal assemblages; tropical forest ecology; tropical marine invertebrates; conservation and restoration of tropical marine and terrestrial biodiversity; and development of programs of research, environmental education and outreach at San Miguel and San Luis Biological Stations in Costa Rica

Lieberman, D., M. Lieberman, R. Peralta and G.S. Hartshorn. 1996. Tropical forest structure and composition on a large-scale altitudinal gradient in Costa Rica. Journal of Ecology 84: 137-152.

Lieberman, M., D. Lieberman, R. Peralta and G.S. Hartshorn. 1995. Canopy closure and the distribution of tropical forest tree species at La Selva, Costa Rica. Journal of Tropical Ecology 11: 161-178.

Lieberman, M. and D. Lieberman. 1994. Patterns of density and dispersion of forest trees. In: La Selva: Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Rain Forest. L. McDade, K.S. Bawa, G.S. Hartshorn, and H. Hespenheide, editors. University of Chicago Press. Pp. 106-119.

Lieberman, M. and D. Lieberman. 1989. Forests are not just Swiss cheese: canopy stereogeometry of non-gaps in tropical forests. Ecology 70: 550-552.

Lieberman, D., M. Lieberman, R. Peralta and G.S. Hartshorn. 1985. Mortality patterns and stand turnover rates in a wet tropical forest in Costa Rica. Journal of Ecology 73: 915-924.

Lieberman, M., D. Lieberman, G.S. Hartshorn and R. Peralta. 1985. Small-scale altitudinal variation in lowland wet tropical forest vegetation. Journal of Ecology 73: 505-516.

Lieberman, M. and D. Lieberman. 1985. Simulation of growth curves from periodic increment data. Ecology 66: 632-635.

Lieberman, M., D.M. John and D. Lieberman. 1984. Factors affecting algal species composition on reef and cobble substrates off Ghana. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 75: 129-143.

John, D.M., D. Lieberman, M. Lieberman and M.D. Swaine. 1980. Strategies of data collection and analysis of subtidal vegetation. In: The Shore Environment. Vol. 1. Methods. W.F. Farnham, D.E.G. Irvine, and J.H. Price, editors. Academic Press. Pp. 265-284.

Lieberman, M., D.M. John and D. Lieberman. 1979. The ecology of subtidal algae on seasonally devastated cobble substrates off Ghana. Ecology 60: 1151-1161.

John, D.M., D. Lieberman and M. Lieberman. 1977. A quantitative study of the structure and dynamics of benthic subtidal algal vegetation off Ghana (tropical West Africa). Journal of Ecology 65: 497-521.