Education
- Magister Scientiae. 1996. Natural Resources Programme,
Graduate School, College of Agronomy, University of Buenos
Aires.
- Agronomist, 1985, Faculty of Agronomy, University of
Buenos Aires,
Positions
- Adjunct Professor, University of Buenos Aires, Agronomy
School, Chair of Plant Physiology.
Professional interests
- Plant Physiological Ecology.
- Grassland ecophysiology.
Courses taught at Faculty of Agronomy (Univ. of B.A.)
- Physiology of plants and cells under stress.
Publications (last 5 years)
- Insausti P., Taboada M.A. and R. S.
Lavado. (2008). Floods recover the deterioration of
grasslands and soils caused by cattle grazing in the
Flooding Pampas of Argentina. In: Hans G. Schröder
(ed), Grasslands: Ecology, Management and Restoration. Ed.
Nova Science Publishers, Inc. ISBN: 978-1-60692-023-7
- Mollard, F.P.O., Striker, G.G., Ploschuk, E.L., Vega,
A.S. & Insausti, P. (2008). Flooding
tolerance of Paspalum dilatatum (Poaceae: Paniceae) from
upland and lowland positions in a natural grassland. Flora
Vol. 203 (7): 548-556.
- Striker G. G., Insausti P and Grimoldi
A. (2008). Flooding Effects on Plants Recovering From
Defoliation in Paspalum dilatatum and Lotus tenuis. Annals
of Botany 102: 247-254.
- Striker G. G, Insausti P. and Grimoldi
A. (2007). Effects of flooding at early summer on plant water
relations of Lotus tenuis. Lotus Newsletter Volume 37 (1),
1-7.
- Striker GG; Insausti P; Grimoldi AA;
Vega AS. (2007). Trade-off between root porosity and
mechanical strength in species with different types of
aerenchyma. Plant Cell & Environment 30:580-589
- Mollard, F.; P. Insausti y R.
Sánchez. (2007). Flooding induces secondary dormancy
in Setaria parviflora seeds. Seed Science Research
17: 55-62.
- Insausti P; Grimoldi AA. (2006). Gap
disturbance triggers the recolonization of the clonal plant
Ambrosia tenufolia in a flooding grassland of
Argentina. Austral Ecology 31:828-836.
- Kruk B; Insausti P; Razul A;
Benech-Arnold RL. (2006). Light and thermal environments as
modified by a wheat crop: effects on weed seed germination.
Journal of Applied Ecology 43:227-236.
- Striker G; Insausti P; Grimoldi AA;
León RJC. (2006). Root strength and trampling
tolerance in the grass Paspalum dilatuatum and the
dicot Lotus glaber in flooded soil. Functional
Ecology 20:4-10.
- Grimoldi, AA; Insausti, P; Vasellati, W;
Striker, G. (2005). Constitutive and plastic root traits
and their role in differential tolerance to soil flooding
among coexisting species of a lowland grassland.
International Journal of Plant Science 166:805-813.
- Striker, G; Insausti, P; Grimoldi, AA;
Ploschuk, E; Vasellati, V. (2005). Physiological and
Anatomical Basis of Differential Tolerance to Soil Flooding
of Lotus corniculatus L. and Lotus glaber
Mill. Plant and Soil 276:301-311.
- 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.
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