Staff

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, 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

• Principal Research Scientist. CONICET
• Associate Professor. Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires
• Chair. PhD Programme. Graduate School, FAUBA

Professional interests

• Role of herbivory in ecosystem functioning
• Controls of invasion and impacts of non-native plant species
• Indirect interactions and trophic dynamics

Students

Past

• Doctoral theses: 9 (7 Agronomy + 2 Biology). University of Buenos Aires
• Degree theses: 15 (7 Agronomy + 6 Biology + 2 Environmental Science)

Current

• Ing. Agr. María Victoria Piazza. Doctoral Thesis. Agronomy, UBA (director)
• Lic. Marina Oleiro. Doctoral Thesis. Biology, UBA (director)
• Lic. Mariana Chiuffo. Doctoral Thesis. Agronomy, UBA (advisor)
• Lic. Juan Manuel Piñeiro. Doctoral Thesis. Agronomy, UBA (advisor)
• Lic. Viviana Zamora. Masters Thesis, Agronomy, UBA (advisor)
• Lic. María Eugenia Estanga. Doctoral Thesis. Agronomy, UBA (advisor)
• Lic. Marina Cock. Doctoral Thesis, Agronomy, UBA (advisor)
• Sebastián Vangeli. Degree Thesis, Agronomy, UBA (director)
• Magdalena Pagella. Degree Thesis, Environ. Sci., UBA (director)
• Cecilia Campos. Degree Thesis, Environ. Sci., UBA (director)
• Inés Ramos Vértiz. Degree Thesis, Environ. Sci., UBA (director)
• Caterina Cimolai. Degree Thesis, Environ. Sci., UBA (director)
• Antonella Ferraina. Degree Thesis, Environ. Sci., UBA (director)
• Cecilia Molina. Degree Thesis, Environ. Sci., UBA (director)

Post-doctoral researchers

• Dra. Pamela Graff. Assistant Research, CONICET, 2012-
• Dra. Laura Yahdjian. Assistant Researcher, CONICET, 2006-2012
• Dr. José L. Hierro. Assistant Researcher, CONICET, 2006-2010

Selected publications

• Symbiotic fungal endophytes control insect host–parasite interaction webs
  M Omacini, EJ Chaneton, CM Ghersa, CB Müller
  Nature 409 (6816), 78
• Enemy‐mediated apparent competition: empirical patterns and the evidence
  EJ Chaneton, MB Bonsall
  Oikos 88 (2), 380-394
• Disturbance effects on plant community diversity: spatial scales and dominance hierarchies
  EJ Chaneton, JM Facelli
  Vegetatio 93 (2), 143-155
• Heterotroph species extinction, abundance and biomass dynamics in an experimentally fragmented microecosystem
  A Gonzalez, EJ Chaneton
  Journal of Animal Ecology 71 (4), 594-602
• Shifts in positive and negative plant interactions along a grazing intensity gradient
  P Graff, MR Aguiar, EJ Chaneton
  Ecology 88 (1), 188-199

See full list in Google Scholar

Current research areas at IFEVA

• Ecology of grasslands and savannas
• Regional heterogeneity and global changes analysis