Ethan Householder
Researcher -
Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
B.S. in Biology, Texas Christian University, 2003
M.S. in Biology, Texas Christian University, 2007
Ethan Householder completed his M.S. degree in
Environmental Science from Texas Christian University in collaboration
with the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT). He has strong
interests in both tropical conservation and tropical agriculture. His
work for the Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program in Peru focuses on the
natural history, ecology, and biology of species in the genus Vanilla (Orchidaceae). Specifically, he classified the Vanilla
habitat using a variety of GIS techniques, quantified potential fruit
production through pollination experiments, and determined the factors
that affect fruit quality and plant health and ecology. This work will
feed directly into a proposal for a management and conservation plan
for wetlands of Madre de Dios, with focus on this potential non-timber
forest product and a potential economic model to conserve its natural
habitat.
E-mail: jehouseholder@gmail.com
Recent Presentations:
Householder, J.E., J. Huinga, A. Balarezo, R. Valega, H. Maruenda, J. Janovec. 2008. Local Biogeography of Vanilla (Orchidaceae) in Madre de Dios. 18-21 September, 2008, Peruvian Botanical Congress (CONABOT), Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru.
Wells, J., R. Valega,
J.E. Householder, J. Janovec, H. Maruenda, A. Merino, R. Ugas. 2008. Experiencias en la Propagación y el Cultivo de Especies Salvajes de Vanilla (Orchidaceae) de Humedales de Madre de Dios, Perú. 18-21 September, 2008, Peruvian Botanical Congress (CONABOT), Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru
John Janovec, Mathias Tobler,
J. E. Householder, Renan Valega, Fernando Cornejo, Jason Wells, Benjamin Chambi, Javier Huinga, Angel Balarezo, Pedro Centeno, Amanda Neill. 2008. La Botánica de Humedales de Madre de Dios, Perú, con Implicaciones para su Conservación y Manejo Sostenible. 18-21 September, 2008, Peruvian Botanical Congress (CONABOT), Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru
Householder, J.E. 2007. Observations on some Upper Amazonian Wetlands in SE Peru. AGU Conference, Acapulco, Mexico. (May)
Householder, J.E. 2007. Vanilla Orchids in the Palm Swamps of Madre de Dios, Peru. Brown Bag, BRIT, Fort Worth, Texas. (April)
Householder, J.E. 2007. Vanilla Orchids in the Palm Swamps of Madre de Dios, Peru. M.S. thesis defense, TCU, Fort Worth, Texas. (April)
Householder, J.E. 2006. La Historia Natural, Conservacion, y Uso de Poblaciones
Naturales de Vanilla (Orchidaceae) en los Humedales of Madre de Dios.
La Molina, Lima, Peru. (August)
Householder, J.E. 2006. La Historia Natural, Conservacion, y Uso de Poblaciones
Naturales de Vanilla (Orchidaceae) en los Humedales of Madre de Dios.
CICRA, Madre de Dios, Peru. (August)
Householder, J.E. 2006. La Historia Natural,
Conservacion, y Uso de Poblaciones Naturales de Vanilla (Orchidaceae) en los
Humedales of Madre de Dios, La Molina, Lima, Peru. (March)
Householder, J.E. 2006. Vanilla in the Tropical blackwater swamps of Southeastern
Peru. Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth, Texas.(April)
Householder, J.E. . 2006. Sex in the
Swamps: The story of sexual reproduction of Vanilla pompona, CICRA, Madre de Dios, Peru. (April)
Householder, J.E. 2006. Vanilla in the Tropical blackwater swamps of Southeastern
Peru, Orchid Society of America. (April)
Householder, J.E.2005. Natural History and Management of Vanilla in the Palms Swamp of Madre de
Dios, Adkins proposal, TCU, Fort Worth,
TX. (April)