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Alfredo Saldaña Mendoza

Profesor Asociado

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


PLANT FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY; FOREST ECOLOGY; Ecofisiologia Vegetal; Ecologia Forestal; Ecologia Evolutiva

Educación

  •  botanica; ecologia, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2006

Experiencia Académica

  •   Profesor Titular Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Ciencias Naturales y Oceanograficas

    Concepcion, Chile

    2011 - At present


 

Article (48)

Does the life-history strategy determine the freezing resistance of flowers and leaves of alpine herbaceous species?
High functional diversity of forest ecosystems is linked to high provision of water flow regulation ecosystem service
Root suckering promotes recruitment in two temperate rainforest trees with contrasting shade tolerance
alpha, beta and gamma-diversity of vascular epiphytes along the climatic gradient of continental Chile
Chlorophyll Fluorescence May Predict Tolerance to Herbivory
Efecto de la diversidad funcional sobre la tasa de evapotranspiración: un análisis anual de tres bosques templados chilenos
¿Pueden los rasgos hidráulicos ayudar a explicar los límites de distribución actual en dos especies de Nothofagus en los Andes de Chile?
Consequences of swamp forest fragmentation on assemblages of vascular epiphytes and climbing plants: Evaluation of the metacommunity structure
Crassulacean acid metabolism and distribution range in Chilean Bromeliaceae: Influences of climate and phylogeny
Flora vascular de un remanente de bosque esclerófilo mediterráneo costero: Estación de Biología Terrestre de Hualpén, Región del Biobío, Chile
Functional trait variation predicts distribution of alien plant species across the light gradient in a temperate rainforest
Variation in traits related to water transport in Nothofagus dombeyi helps to explain its latitudinal distribution limit in the Chilean Andes
CONTRIBUCIÓN DEL EPIFITISMO ACCIDENTAL A LA DISTRIBUCIÓN DE ESPECIES DE PLANTAS VASCULARES EN UN BOSQUE TEMPLADO LLUVIOSO DEL SUR DE CHILE
Divergent Patterns of Selection on Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Photosynthesis in Contrasting Environments
Assessing the completeness of inventories of vascular epiphytes and climbing plants in Chilean swamp forest remnants
Composition patterns and network structure of epiphyte-host interactions in Chilean and New Zealand temperate forests
Relación entre la amplitud ecológica de epífitas vasculares y sus respuestas ecofisiológicas a la disponibilidad de luz y humedad, en el Bosque Esclerófilo Mediterráneo Costero de Chile.
Variación en atributos anatómicos asociados a la conducción y almacenamiento de agua, en tres poblaciones de Maihuenia poeppigii (Otto ex Pfeiff.) K. Schum (Cactaceae) en un gradiente altitudinal.
Woody climbers show greater population genetic differentiation than trees: Insights into the link between ecological traits and diversification
Climatic and socio-economic factors determine the level of invasion by alien plants in Chile
Comparison of the severity of invasion associated to pathways with different disturbance levels in a temperate rainforest in southern Chile
Photosynthetic Light Responses May Explain Vertical Distribution of Hymenophyllaceae Species in a Temperate Rainforest of Southern Chile
Recent plant history and fire regimes of the coastal peat bog of Chepu, Great Island of Chiloe, Chile
Desiccation tolerance in Dendroligotrichum dendroides (Brid. ex Hedw.) Broth. from two Chilean populations with contrasting precipitation
Effects of forest successional status on microenvironmental conditions, diversity, and distribution of filmy fern species in a temperate rainforest
Phenotypic selection on leaf functional traits of two congeneric species in a temperate rainforest is consistent with their shade tolerance
Relationship between species richness and functional diversity of leaf traits in two evergreen species assemblages in a temperate rainforest
Costs versus risks: Architectural changes with changing light quantity and quality in saplings of temperate rainforest trees of different shade tolerance
Ecophysiological Traits May Explain the Abundance of Climbing Plant Species across the Light Gradient in a Temperate Rainforest
Seedlings of temperate rainforest conifer and angiosperm trees differ in leaf area display
Stomatal frequency and gas exchange differs in two Blechnum species (Pteridophyta, Blechnaceae) with contrasting ecological breadth
Climbing plants in a temperate rainforest understorey: searching for high light or coping with deep shade?
Fallopia sachalinensis (F.Schmidt) Ronse Decr. (Polygonaceae): a new record for the alien flora of Chile
Fallopia sachalinensis (F.Schmidt) Ronse Decr. (Polygonaceae): A new record for the alien flora of Chile Fallopia sachalinensis (F.Schmidt) Ronse Decr. (Polygonaceae): Un nuevo registro para la flora adventicia de Chile
Forests are not immune to plant invasions: phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation allow Prunella vulgaris to colonize a temperate evergreen rainforest
Ontogeny, understorey light interception and simulated carbon gain of juvenile rainforest evergreens differing in shade tolerance
Differences in light usage among three fern species of genus Blechnum of contrasting ecological breadth in a forest light gradient
Distribution and abundance of vines along the light gradient in a southern temperate rain forest
FALLOPIA JAPONICA (HOUTT.) RONSE DECR. (POLYGONACEAE): A NEW RECORD FOR THE ALIEN FLORA OF CHILE
Vertical distribution of Hymenophyllaceae species among host tree microhabitats in a temperate rain forest in Southern Chile
Ontogenetic variation in light requirements of juvenile rainforest evergreens
Natural selection on ecophysiological traits of a fern species in a temperate rainforest
Ontogenetic variation in light interception, self-shading and biomass distribution of seedlings of the conifer Araucaria araucana (Molina) K. Koch
Ecophysiological responses to light availability in three Blechnum species (Pteridophyta, Blechnaceae) of different ecological breadth
Influence of overstorey species identity on resource availability and variation in composition of advanced regeneration in a temperate rainforest in southern Chile
SEASONAL VARIATION IN LEAF LITTER NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS OF VALDIVIAN RAINFOREST TREES
Decomposition of leaf litter of Pinus radiata and three native tree species
Descomposición de hojarasca de Pinus radiata y tres especies arbóreas nativas

Proyecto (12)

Inferring invasion success, conservation value and ecosystem processes from functional plant traits in peri-urban emerging ecosystems in a Mediterranean-temperate gradient
Influence of land cover types in spatial and temporal distribution of functional plant traits in the transitional Mediterranean-temperate climatic zone (Biobio region) of Chile
Potential for evolutionary responses to the decrease in the rainfall regime in vascular epiphytes’ functional traits in the temperate forest
The importance of herbivores in the phenotypic expression, fitness, and distribution patterns of tree species across the light gradient in the Valdivian forest
The link between plant functional traits and species coexistence in the Chilean forest
Welfare and Economic Evaluation of Climatic Change Impacts on Water Resources at River Basin Scale
Do climbing plants exhibit greater population differentiation than trees or shrubs? testing the key innovation hypothesis regarding the climbing habitat at an ecological time scale in the southern temperate rainforest
Desiccation tolerance in epiphytic species of the Hymenophyllaceae family (Pteridophyta) from the temperate rainforest of southern Chile=> is physiological mechanism determinant of their distribution and abundance?
Effects of woody species functional diversity on ecosystem properties in a southern temperate rainforest
Functional ecology of climbing plants in a southern temperate rainforest
DIVERSIDAD FUNCIONAL DEL ENSAMBLE DE HELECHOS EN UN BOSQUE TEMPLADO LLUVIOSO=> UNA MEDIDA DE LA CONTRIBUCION DE LOS HELECHOS AL CICLAJE DE NUTRIENTES Y AL BALANCE DE CARBONO DEL BOSQUE
Diferenciación poblacional en plasticidad fenotípica de plantas invasoras=> comparación de poblaciones oriundas (España) y colonizadores (Chile)
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Alfredo Saldaña

Profesor Asociado

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

6
Nicol Fuentes

Investigador Asociado

Botanica

Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanograficas

Concepcion, Chile

3
Leon Bravo

Profesor Titular

Ciencias Agronómicas y Recursos Naturales

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA

Temuco, Chile

2
Angela Sierra

Profesora Asociada

Botánica

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

CONCEPCIÓN, Chile

2
Francisco Matus

Full Professor

Ciencias Química y recursos Naturales

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA

TEMUCO, Chile

2
Mylthon Jiménez

UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE

Valdivia, Chile

2
Alicia Marticorena

Curator

Botany

Universidad de Concepcion

Concepcion, Chile

2
CRISTIAN ATALA

Profesor adjunto

Instituto de Biología

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Curauma, Chile

2
Sergio Rios

Associate professor

DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA

La Serena, Chile

1
Maria Parra

Docente, Director de Departamento

Ciencias Biológicas y Químicas

Universidad San Sebastián

Concepción, Chile

1
Jimmy Pincheira

Investigador

Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales

Universidad Católica de Temuco

Temuco, Chile

1
Maria de los Angeles Moreno Chacón

Investigadora de Doctorado

Botánica

Universidad de Concepcion

Concepción, Chile

1
Rafael Coopman

Profesor Asociado

Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales

Universidad Austral de Chile

Valdivia, Chile

1
Rodrigo Reinoso

Profesional superior

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Chile

1
Iván Díaz

Profesor Asociado

Instituto de Conservación, Biodiversidad y Territorio ICBTe

Universidad Austral de Chile

Valdivia, Chile

1
Marco Molina

Profesor Titular

Ecología y Biodiversidad

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

1
Camila Sanfuentes

Tesista doctoral

Ecología

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Cristián Hernández

Full Professor

Zoology

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepción, Chile

1
Alejandra Flores

Postdoctorante

Departamento de Silvicultura

Universidad de Concepción

CONCEPCION, Chile

1
Aníbal Pauchard

Profesor Titular

Manejo de Bosques y Medio Ambiente

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepción, Chile