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E. Chaneton

ENRIQUE J. CHANETON

chaneton@ifeva.edu.ar

Education

  • Lic. Cs. Biol. 1986. Universidad C.A.E.C.E., Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Magister Scientiae. 1995. Natural Resources Programme, Graduate School, College of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires.
  • Doctor of Philosophy. 1998. Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, University of London, United Kingdom.

Positions

  • Investigador Independiente. CONICET.
  • Profesor Adjunto. Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires.

Professional interests

  • Role of herbivory in plant communities and ecosystem function.
  • Indirect interactions and trophic dynamics.
  • Biotic and abiotic controls of plant invasions and succession.

Students

Previous

  • Doctoral theses: 5 (3 Agronomy + 2 Biology). University of Buenos Aires.
  • Degree theses: 12 (7 Agronomy + 5 Biology).

Current

  • Ing. Agr. Pedro M. Tognetti. CONICET graduate scholarship; Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Agronomy, UBA (director).
  • Lic. María Isabel Miranda. CONICET graduate scholarship; Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Agronomy, UBA (director).
  • Lic. María Grisel Longo. FONCYT graduate scholarship; Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Agronomy, UBA (director).
  • Ing. Agr. Fernando Caccia. Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Agronomy, UBA (co-director).
  • Ing. Agr. Lucas A. Garibaldi. Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Agronomy, UBA (co-director).
  • Lic. Alfonsina Szpeiner. Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Agronomy, UBA (advisor).
  • Lic. Victoria Lantschner. Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Agronomy, UBA (advisor).
  • Lic. Natalia Fracassi. M.Sc. thesis, Faculty of Agronomy, UBA (advisor)
  • Biol. María Victoria Vaieretti. Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Sciences, Univ. Nac. Córdoba (advisor).
  • Lic. Cynthia Cagnotti. M.Sc. thesis, Faculty of Agronomy, UBA (advisor).

Post-doctoral researchers

  • Dra. Laura Yahdjian. Assistant Researcher, CONICET, 2006-present.
  • Dr. José L. Hierro. Assistant Researcher, CONICET, 2006-present.

Publications (last 5 years)

  • Mazía CN; Chaneton EJ; Kitzberger T; Garibaldi LA. (2009). Variable strength of top-down effects in Nothofagus forests: bird predation and insect herbivory during an ENSO event. Austral Ecology (in press).
  • Semmartin M; Garibaldi LA; Chaneton EJ. (2008). Grazing history effects on above- and below-ground litter decomposition and nutrient cycling in two co-occurring grasses. Plant and Soil 303:177-189.
  • Perelman SB; Chaneton EJ; Batista WB; Burkart SE; León RJC. (2007). Habitat stress, species pool size and biotic resistance influence exotic plant richness in the Flooding Pampa grasslands. Journal of Ecology 95:662-673.
  • Kitzberger T; Chaneton EJ; Caccia F. (2007). Indirect effects of prey swamping: differential seed predation during a bamboo masting event. Ecology 88:2541-2554.
  • Garibaldi LA; Semmartin M; Chaneton EJ. (2007). Grazing-induced changes in plant composition affect litter quality and nutrient cycling in Flooding Pampa grasslands. Oecologia 151:650-662
  • Graff P; Aguiar MR; Chaneton EJ. (2007). Shifts in positive and negative plant interactions along a grazing intensity gradient. Ecology 88:188-199
  • Kitzberger T; Chaneton EJ; Caccia F. (2007). Indirect effects of prey swamping: differential seed predation during a bamboo masting event. Ecology 88:2541-2554
  • Perelman SB; Chaneton EJ; Batista WB; Burkart SE; León RJC. (2007). Habitat stress, species pool size and biotic resistance influence exotic plant richness in the Flooding Pampa grasslands. Journal of Ecology 95:662-673
  • Chaneton, E.J. y Omacini, M. (2007). Bottom-up cascades induced by fungal endophytes in multitrophic systems. pp 164-187 en Ohgushi, T., Craig, T.P. y Price, P.W. (eds), Ecological communities: plant mediation in indirect interaction webs. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
  • Mazía, C.N., Chaneton, E.J. y Kitzberger, T. (2006). Small-scale habitat use and assemblage structure of ground-dwelling beetles in a Patagonian shrub steppe. Journal of Arid Environments 67:177-194.
  • Caccia F; Chaneton EJ; Kitzberger T. (2006). Trophic and non-trophic pathways mediate apparent competition through post-dispersal seed predation in a Patagonian mixed forest. Oikos 113:469-480.
  • Chaneton, E.J . (2006). Impacto ecológico de las perturbaciones naturales. Las inundaciones en pastizales pampeanos. Ciencia Hoy 16:18-32.
  • Chaneton, E.J., Perelman, SB, León, RJC. (2005). Floristic heterogeneity of Flooding Pampa gasslands: a multi-scale analysis. Plant Biosystems 139:245-254.
  • Chaneton, EJ. (2005). Factores que determinan la heterogeneidad de la comunidad vegetal en diferentes escalas espaciales. pp 19-42 16 en Oesterheld, M; Aguiar, MR; Ghersa, CM; Paruelo, JM, editores. La heterogeneidad de la vegetación de los agroecosistemas. Un homenaje a Rolando León. Editorial Facultad de Agronomía, Buenos Aires.
  • Omacini, M; Tognetti, PM; Trebino, H; Chaneton, EJ. (2005). La sucesión postagrícola en la Pampa Interior: invasión y dominancia de plantas exóticas durante los primeros 20 años. pp 215-234 en Oesterheld, M; Aguiar, MR; Ghersa, CM; Paruelo, JM, editores. La heterogeneidad de la vegetación de los agroecosistemas. Un homenaje a Rolando León. Editorial Facultad de Agronomía, Buenos Aires.
  • Insausti, P; Chaneton, EJ; Grimoldi, AA. (2005). Las inundaciones modifican la estructura y dinámica de la vegetación en los pastizales de la Pampa Deprimida. pp 253-269 en Oesterheld, M; Aguiar, MR; Ghersa, CM; Paruelo, JM, editores. La heterogeneidad de la vegetación de los agroecosistemas. Un homenaje a Rolando León. Editorial Facultad de Agronomía, Buenos Aires.
  • Omacini, M., Chaneton, E.J. y Ghersa, C.M. (2005). A hierarchical framework for understanding the ecosystem consequences of endophyte-grass symbioses. En: Roberts, C.A., West, C.P. y Spiers, D.E. (eds), Neotyphodium in cool-season grasses. Blackwell, Ames, Iowa, pp 141-162.
  • Chaneton, E.J., Mazía, C.N., Machera, M., Uchitel, A. y Ghersa, C.M. (2004). Establishment of honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) in burned pampean grasslands. Weed Technology 18:1325-1329.
  • Mazía, C.N., Kitzberger, T. y Chaneton, E.J. (2004). Interannual changes in folivory and bird insectivory along a natural productivity gradient in northern Patagonian forests. Ecography, 27:29-40.
  • Omacini, M., Chaneton, E.J., Ghersa, C.M. y Otero, P. (2004). Do foliar endophytes affect grass litter decomposition? - a microcosm approach using Lolium multiflorum. Oikos 104:581-590.

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