Search Results - "Dimarco, Romina D."
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Economic costs of invasive non-native species in urban areas: An underexplored financial drain
Published in The Science of the total environment (20-03-2024)“…Urbanization is an important driver of global change associated with a set of environmental modifications that affect the introduction and distribution of…”
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Exotic mammals disperse exotic fungi that promote invasion by exotic trees
Published in PloS one (24-06-2013)“…Biological invasions are often complex phenomena because many factors influence their outcome. One key aspect is how non-natives interact with the local biota…”
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Economic impact of invasive alien species in Argentina: a first national synthesis
Published in NeoBiota (29-07-2021)“…Invasive alien species (IAS) affect natural ecosystems and services fundamental to human well-being, human health and economies. However, the economic costs…”
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Pine Plantations and Invasion Alter Fuel Structure and Potential Fire Behavior in a Patagonian Forest-Steppe Ecotone
Published in Forests (03-03-2018)“…Planted and invading non-native plant species can alter fire regimes through changes in fuel loads and in the structure and continuity of fuels, potentially…”
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Family matters: effect of host plant variation in chemical and mechanical defenses on a sequestering specialist herbivore
Published in Oecologia (01-11-2012)“…Insect herbivores contend with various plant traits that are presumed to function as feeding deterrents. Paradoxically, some specialist insect herbivores might…”
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Comparing temperature data sources for use in species distribution models: From in‐situ logging to remote sensing
Published in Global ecology and biogeography (01-11-2019)“…Aim Although species distribution models (SDMs) traditionally link species occurrences to free‐air temperature data at coarse spatio‐temporal resolution, the…”
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Should tree invasions be used in treeless ecosystems to mitigate climate change?
Published in Frontiers in ecology and the environment (01-08-2021)“…Intentionally allowing or promoting invasion by non-native trees into areas characterized by treeless vegetation could contribute to climate-change mitigation…”
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Ecology and management of invasive Pinaceae around the world: progress and challenges
Published in Biological invasions (01-11-2017)“…Many species in the family Pinaceae are invaders. These species are relatively easy to control because of some of their intrinsic characteristics and because…”
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Unintended consequences of planting native and non‐native trees in treeless ecosystems to mitigate climate change
Published in The Journal of ecology (01-11-2024)“…Naturally treeless ecosystems are being replaced by native and non‐native trees worldwide, often through deliberate afforestation using forestry tree species…”
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Invasive Species: to eat or not to eat, that is the question
Published in Conservation letters (01-10-2012)“…Managing invasive species is a current challenge for biodiversity conservation. A recurring recent suggestion is that by harvesting nonnatives for human…”
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Higher establishment of nonnative trees with increased harvest intensity in strip cuttings
Published in New forests (01-09-2024)“…Proper management of woody ecosystems is fundamental for human livelihoods and biodiversity conservation. Strip cutting or selective harvesting are proposed as…”
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Sheep feeding preference as a tool to control pine invasion in Patagonia: influence of foliar toughness, terpenoids and resin content
Published in Scientific reports (21-07-2020)“…Herbivores modulate the structure and composition of plant communities, including plant invasions. This is conditioned by plant palatability which can be…”
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Managing nuisance social insects in urban environments: an overview
Published in International journal of pest management (03-07-2017)“…Urbanization is progressing worldwide where social insects often attain pest status. We present an overview of the practices applied for the management of…”
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Not all toxic butterflies are toxic: high intra‐ and interspecific variation in sequestration in subtropical swallowtails
Published in Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) (01-12-2017)“…Many herbivorous insects make use of plant secondary metabolites by consuming and storing these toxic compounds in their body tissue or integument, thereby…”
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Pest management of social insects in urban settings
Published in International journal of pest management (03-07-2017)“…Pest management of social insects in urban environments is a growing global concern, given the problems that these pests generate and the growth of urban areas…”
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Global Invader Impact Network (GIIN): toward standardized evaluation of the ecological impacts of invasive plants
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-07-2015)“…Terrestrial invasive plants are a global problem and are becoming ubiquitous components of most ecosystems. They are implicated in altering disturbance…”
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Dear enemy phenomenon in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex lobicornis: behavioral and genetic evidence
Published in Behavioral ecology (2010)“…The defense of territory through aggressive behavior is well known in animals. However, some territorial animal species respond less aggressively to intrusions…”
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Designing multifunctional forest systems in Northern Patagonia, Argentina
Published in Frontiers in sustainable food systems (29-08-2024)“…Multifunctional productive systems based on native species management, a new paradigm that counters colonial worldviews, offer sustainable sources of food and…”
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Larger clutches of chemically defended butterflies reduce egg mortality: evidence from Battus philenor
Published in Ecological entomology (01-10-2013)“…Many toxic butterflies lay eggs in clusters and their eggs are aposematically coloured to warn predators. The pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor ( L .) ( P…”
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A synthesis on the impact of non-native conifer plantations on ant and beetle diversity in north-western Patagonia
Published in Southern forests (02-10-2018)“…Softwood forestry with non-native tree species is increasing worldwide and especially in many developing countries of the Southern Hemisphere. Tree plantations…”
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