Ecology of agricultural and forest systems

The study of agricultural and forest systems is approached at IFEVA from different perspectives:

1. The use of satellite images, remote sensing, and vegetation surveys to assess the functioning of ecosystems at a small scale.
2. The use of databases including information on climate, soils and land use to assess the impact of productive activities on hydrological and carbon cycles.
3. At a more detailed scale (farm, patch), the effect of land-use on plant and arthropod communities is studied, with special focus on mechanism of succession and biological invasions.
4. The effect of biotic and abiotic stresses and their interactions on ecosystem properties is also studied.

Staff list for this research area

• Batista, William
• Casas, Cecilia
• Chaneton, Enrique
• Ferraro, Diego
• Ghersa, Claudio
• Gundel, Pedro
• León, Rolando J.C.
• Martínez-Ghersa, María A.
• Menéndez, Analía
• Oesterheld, Martín
• Omacini, Marina
• Paruelo, José M.
• Perelman, Susana B.
• Poggio, Santiago
• Satorre, Emilio H.
• Semmartin, María
• Sosa, Pedro
• Szpeiner, Alfonsina
• Vila Aiub, M.
• Weyland, Federico