
Professor, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Militar, Nueva Granada, Colombia
Research Fellow, CASAS Global
Email: jrcureh@gmail.com
Education and Languages
PhD [in what, where?]
Postdoctoral studies [in what?] at the University of California, Berkeley, California
Languages
Spanish, English, Portuguese
Expertise & Research Interests
Wild bumble bees: ecology, taxonomy and biodiversity, population ecology and modeling, pollination ecology
Crop system analysis in coffee
Biological control
Relevant Experience
Extensive research experience in field ecology in various crop systems
Selected Publications
Cure, J. R., and D. Wittmann. 1990. Callonychium petuniae, a new panurgine bee species (Apoidea, Andrenidae), oligolectic on Petunia (solanaceae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 25(3):153-156.
Wittmann, D., R. Radtke, J. R. Cure, and M. T. Schifino-Wittmann. 1990. Coevolved reproductive strategies in the ologolectid bee Callonychim petuniae (Apoidea. Andrenidae) and three purple flowered Petunia species (Solanaceae) in southern Brazil. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 28(3):157-165.
Aldana, J., J. R. Cure, M. T. Almanza, D. Vecil, and D. Rodríguez. 2007. Effect of Bombus atratus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) on tomato production (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) in greenhouse in Bogotá plateau, Colombia. Agron. colomb. (in Spanish) 25(1):
Cure, J. R., and S. Laroca. 2010. A Comunidade de Abelhas silvestres (Anthophila) do Parque da Cidade (Curitiba, Brasil): diversidade, abundancia relativa, fenologia e recursos tróficos. Acta Biologica Paranaense (Curitia, Brasil) 39(3); 111–181.
Rodríguez, D., J. R. Cure, J. M. Cotes, A. P. Gutierrez, and F. Cantor. 2011. A coffee agroecosystem model. I. Growth and development of the coffee plant. Ecological Modeling 222: 3626-3639.
Rodríguez, D., J. R. Cure, J. M. Cotes, A. P. Gutierrez, and F. Cantor, F. 2012. A coffee agroecosystem model. II. Dynamics of coffee berry borer. Ecological Modeling. 248:203-214.
Rodríguez D., Cotes J. M., Cure J. R. 2012. Comparison of eight degree-day estimation methods in four agroecological regions in Colombia. Bragantia 71:299-307
Pacateque, J., P. Cruz, M. L. Aguilar, and J. R.Cure. 2012. Effect of pocket feeding of Bombus atratus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in early colony development stages. (in Spanish). Rev. Colomb. Entomol. 38(2): 343-346.