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LAURA YAHDJIAN
yahdjian@ifeva.edu.ar
Education
- 2004 - PhD in Agronomy. Graduate School of Faculty of Agronomy,
University of Buenos Aires. Argentina. Dissertation topic: Effect
of Global Change in the functioning of the Patagonian Steppe.
Advisor: Osvaldo Sala. Co-Advisor: Amy Austin EPG, Faculty of
Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1995 - College Education: “Licenciatura” in Biology
(degree equivalent to BS and MS combined) University of Buenos
Aires. Major: Ecology. GPA: 8/10.
Positions and Fellowships
- Assistant Research Scientist, Argentine Research Council
(CONICET). Since 2007.
- Senior Demonstrator, Ecology Department. Faculty of Agronomy,
University of Buenos Aires. Since December 2005.
Professional interests
- Controls on primary production and decomposition processes in
natural ecosystems.
- Ecosystem ecology.
- Biogeochemistry and global change.
- Nitrogen cycle in arid ecosystems.
Students
Previous students
- Patricia I. Araujo. Tesis de Licenciatura en Cs.
Biológicas. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UBA.
(Directora Asistente). 2006.
- Emiliano T. Rasevich. Tesis de Licenciatura en Economía y
Administración Agraria. Facultad de Agronomía, UBA
(Directora). 2007.
- Santiago Zervino. Tesis de Ingeniero Agrónomo. Facultad de
Agronomía, UBA. (Directora). 2008.
Present students
- M. Florencia Spirito. Tesis de Licenciatura Cs.
Biológicas. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales,
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Directora.
- Patricia I. Araujo. Doctorado, Escuela para Graduados, Facultad
de Agronomía, UBA. (Consejera).
- Luciana Couso. Doctorado, Escuela para Graduados, Facultad de
Agronomía, UBA. (Consejera).
- Virginia Massara. Maestría, Escuela para Graduados,
Facultad de Agronomía, UBA. (Codirectora).
Publications (last 5 years)
- Yahdjian Laura and Osvaldo E. Sala. (2008).
Climate change impacts on South American Rangelands. Rangelands,
30(3):34-39.
- Yahdjian Laura and Osvaldo E. Sala. (2008). Do
litter decomposition and nitrogen mineralization show the same
trend in the response to dry and wet years in the Patagonian
steppe? Journal of Arid Environments, 75:687:695.
- Yahdjian Laura and Osvaldo E. Sala. (2006).
Vegetation structure constrains primary production response to
increased water availability in the Patagonian steppe of Argentina.
Ecology:87:952-962.
- Yahdjian Laura, Osvaldo E. Sala and Amy T.
Austin. (2006). Differential controls of water input on litter
decomposition and nitrogen dynamics in the Patagonian Steppe.
Ecosystems, 9:128-141.
- Amy T. Austin, Laura Yahdjian, John M. Stark,
Jayne Belnap, Amilcare Porporato, Urszula Norton, Damian Ravetta,
and Sean M. Schaeffer. (2004). Water pulses and biogeochemical
cycles in arid and semiarid ecosystems. Oecologia 141:221-235.
Current research areas at the IFEVA
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