Education
- Ingeniero Agrónomo, 1981 Facultad de
Agronomía, UBA, Argentina.
- Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, 1990, Department of
Biology, Syracuse University, Estados Unidos de
Norteamérica.
Positions
- Associate profesor, Cátedra de Ecología,
Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos
Aires.
- Investigador principal, CONICET. IFEVA.
- Director of the Graduate School Alberto Soriano.
Professional interests
Courses taught at Faculty of Agronomy (Univ. of B.A.)
- General Ecology.
- Ecosystem Ecology.
- Ecology of plant-herbivore relations.
- Writing and publishing scientific manuscripts.
- Evaluation of forage resources.
- Writing and communication in agricultural sciences.
Students
- With Doctoral or Masters theses completed: 9.
- With ongoing Doctoral or Masters theses: 6.
Publications (last 5 years)
- Aragón R; Oesterheld M. (2008).
Linking vegetation heterogeneity and functional attributes
of temperate grasslands through remote sensing. Applied
Vegetation Science 11:117-130.
- Oyarzabal M; Paruelo JM; del Pino F; Oesterheld
M; Lauenroth WK. (2008). Trait differences between
grass species along a climatic gradient in South and North
America. Journal of Vegetation Science 19:183-192.
- Golluscio R; Oesterheld M. (2007). Water
use efficiency of twenty-five co-existing Patagonian
species growing under different soil water availability.
Oecologia 154:207-217
- Grigera G; Oesterheld M; Pacín F.
(2007). Monitoring forage production for farmers' decision
making. Agicultural Systems 94:637-648
- Semmartin M; Oyarzábal M; Loreti J;
Oesterheld M. (2007). Controls of primary
productivity and nutrient cycling in a temperate grassland
with year-round production. Austral Ecology 32:416-428
- Piñeiro G; Oesterheld M; Batista
WB; Paruelo JM. (2006). Opposite changes of whole-soil vs
pools C:N ratios: a case of Simpson's paradox with
implications on nitrogen cycling. Global Change Biology
12:804-809.
- Piñeiro G; Oesterheld M; Paruelo
JM. (2006). Seasonal variation in aboveground production
and radiation use efficiency of temperate rangelands
estimated through remote sensing. Ecosystems 9:357-373.
- Piñeiro G; Paruelo JM; Oesterheld
M. (2006). Potential long-term impacts of
livestock introduction on carbon and nitrogen cycling in
grasslands of Southern South America. Global Change Biology
12:1267-1284.
- Verón SR; Oesterheld M; Paruelo
JM. (2006). Assessing desertification. Journal of Arid
Environments 66:751-763.
- Altesor, A, Oesterheld, M, Leoni, E,
Lezama, F, Rodríguez, C. (2005). Effect of grazing
on community structure and productivity of a Uruguayan
grassland. Journal of Vegetation Science 179:83-91.
- Golluscio, RA, Oesterheld, M, Aguiar,
MR. (2005). Relationship between phenology and life form: a
test with 25 Patagonian species. Ecography 28:273-282.
- Posse, G, Oesterheld, M, Di Bella, DM.
(2005). Landscape, soil and meterological influences on
canopy dynamics of northern flooding Pampa grasslands.
Applied Vegetation Science 8:49-56.
- Verón, SR, Oesterheld, M,
Paruelo, JM. (2005). Production as a function of resource
availability: slopes and efficiencies are different.
Journal of Vegetation Science 16:351-354.
- Oesterheld, M, Aguiar, MR, Ghersa, CM,
Paruelo, JM, editores. (2005). La heterogeneidad de la
vegetación de los agroecosistemas. Un homenaje a
Rolando León. Editorial Facultad de
Agronomía, Buenos Aires
- Oesterheld, M, Aragón, RM,
Grigera, G, Oyarzábal, M, Semmartin, MG.
¿Cómo deben percibir la heterogeneidad
quienes manejan la vegetación de los
agroecosistemas? El caso de la Pampa Deprimida. pp 131-144
en Oesterheld et al. (op.cit.).
- Oesterheld, M. y M. Oyarzábal.
(2004). Grass-to-grass protection from grazing in a
semi-arid steppe. Facilitation, competition, and mass
effect. Oikos 107, 576-582.
- Grigera, G. y M. Oesterheld (2004).
Mycorrhizal colonization patterns under contrasting grazing
and topographic conditions in the Flooding Pampa
(Argentina). J. Range Management 57: 601-605.
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