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Luis Alberto Ebensperger Pesce

Full Professor

PUC, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS BIOLÓGICAS, DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA

Santiago, Chile

My students, colleagues and I aim to understand the function and evolution of animal sociality and communal rearing. We use ecological, behavioral, and physiological approaches on natural populations to examine costs and benefits in social caviomorp

Biology, BOSTON UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 1997
Ecology, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1992
Biology, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 1988

Full Professor Full Time

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Biological Sciences

Santiago, Chile

2015 - At present
Associate professor Full Time

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Biological Sciences

Santiago, Chile

2007 - 2014
Assistant Professor Full Time

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Biological Sciences

Santiago, Chile

2003 - 2006

Full Professor Full Time

Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile

Santaigo, Chile

2015 - At present

Number of undergraduate students: 33
Number of graduate students – Master: 1
Number of graduate students – Ph.D.: 10
Number of postdoctorates: 2


Effects of radio-collars are not contingent on socioecological conditions in degus Ebensperger, L.A.; Quirici, V.; Bunster, V.; León, C., Ramírez-Estrada, J.; Hayes L.D. Article WOS Journal of Wildlife Management (2021)
Parental care in male degus (Octodon degus) is flexible and contingent upon female care Article ISI SCOPUS Physiology and Behavior (2021)
Socially unstable conditions experienced during development prime female Octodon degus to shape the phenotype of their own offspring Gomez, Celeste; Aspillaga-Cid, Antonia; Leon, Cecilia; Vera, Daniela C. Article ISI SCOPUS Hormones and Behavior (2021)
Socioecological conditions predict degu social instability and provide limited cues to forecast subsequent breeding conditions Riquelme, Juan Article ISI SCOPUS Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2021)
Male group members are costly to plurally breeding Octodon degus females Hayes L.D.; Correa L.A.; Abades S.; Gao, CL Article ISI SCOPUS BEHAVIOUR (2019)
Multiple mating is linked to social setting and benefits the males in a communally rearing mammal Ebensperger, Luis A; Correa, Loreto A; Ly Prieto, Álvaro; Hayes, Loren D Article ISI SCOPUS BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY (2019)
Spatial relationships among free-living cururos (Spalacopus cyanus) demonstrate burrow sharing and communal nesting O'Brien S.L.; Sobrero, R.; Ebensperger L.A. Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY (2019)
Highly masculinized and younger males attain higher reproductive success in a social rodent Correa L.A.; Abades S.; Hayes L.D. Article ISI SCOPUS BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY (2018)
Evidence for a behavioural syndrome and negative social assortment by exploratory personality in the communally nesting rodent, Octodon degus Chock R.Y. Article ISI SCOPUS BEHAVIOUR (2017)
Long-term field studies on rodents Bensperger, LAE; Pillay, N; Viblanc, VA; Schradin, C Article ISI SCOPUS Journal of Mammalogy (2017)
Social instability decreases alloparental care and quality of weaned offspring in a communally rearing rodent Avendano, N Article ISI SCOPUS Animal Behaviour (2017)
The ecological value of long-term studies of birds and mammals in Central America, South America and Antarctica Megan Taig-Johnston; Madeline K. Strom; Kendall Calhoun; Kendra Nowak; Luis A. Ebensperger; Loren Hayes Article ISI SCIELO SCOPUS Revista Chilena de Historia Natural (2017)
Effects of Habitat and Social Complexity on Brain Size, Brain Asymmetry and Dentate Gyrus Morphology in Two Octodontid Rodents Sobrero, R.; Ly-Prieto Ã.; Delgado S.E.; Mpodozis J.; Ebensperger L.A. Article ISI SCOPUS BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION (2016)
Limited and fitness-neutral effects of resource heterogeneity on sociality in a communally rearing rodent Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY (2016)
Masculinized females produce heavier offspring in a group living rodent Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY (2016)
Octodon degus kin and social structure Davis, Garrett T.; Vsquez, Rodrigo A.; Poulin, Elie; Oda, Esteban; Bazn-Len, Enrique A.; Ebensperger, Luis A; Hayes, Loren D Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY (2016)
Phylogeography and demographic history of the Andean degu, Octodontomys gliroides (Rodentia: Octodontidae) Rivera, Daniela; Vianna, Juliana A.; Ebensperger, Luis A.; Palma, R. Eduardo Article ISI SCOPUS ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY (2016)
Postnatal Development of the Degu (Octodon degus) Endocrine Stress Response Is Affected by Maternal Care Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART A-ECOLOGICAL GENETICS AND PHYSIOLOGY (2016)
The modulating role of group stability on fitness effects of group size is different in females and males of a communally rearing rodent Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY (2016)
Immunocompetence of breeding females is sensitive to cortisol levels but not to communal rearing in the degu (Octodon degus) Ebensperger L.A.; Leon C.; Ramirez-Estrada, J; Abades S.; Nova E.; Salazar F.; Bhattacharjee J.; Becker M.I. Article ISI SCOPUS PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR (2015)
Livetrapping is not biased by the endocrine stress response: a preliminary study in the degu (Octodon degus) Lapointe, Michelle A.; Bauer, Carolyn; Ebensperger, Luis A.; J. Michael Reed; L. Michael Romero Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY (2015)
Maternal stress and plural breeding with communal care affect development of the endocrine stress response in a wild rodent Article ISI SCOPUS HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR (2015)
Phylogeny modulates the effects of ecological conditions on group living across hystricognath rodents Sobrero, Raúl; Inostroza-Michael, Oscar; Hernández, Cristián E.; Ebensperger, Luis A Article ISI SCOPUS ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR (2014)
Seasonal variation in the degu (Octodon degus) endocrine stress response Hayes L.D. Article ISI SCOPUS GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY (2014)
Small mammals as indicators of cryptic plant species diversity in the central Chilean plant endemicity hotspot Root-Bernstein M.; Bennett M.; Armesto, J. J.; Ebensperger L.A. Article SCOPUS GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION (2014)
Sociality of Octodontomys gliroides and other octodontid rodents reflects the influence of phylogeny Rivera D.S.; Abades S.; Ebensperger L.A. Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY (2014)
Avian ecosystem functions are influenced by small mammal ecosystem engineering Root-Bernstein M.; Fierro A.; Armesto J.; Ebensperger L.A. Article SCOPUS BMC RESEARCH NOTES (2013)
Meta-analysis of the effects of small mammal disturbances on species diversity, richness and plant biomass Root-Bernstein M. Article ISI SCOPUS AUSTRAL ECOLOGY (2013)
Relatedness does not predict vigilance in a population of the social rodent Octodon degus Quirici V.; Palma M.; Sobrero, R.; Faugeron S. Article ISI SCOPUS ACTA ETHOLOGICA (2013)
Ecological drivers of group living in two populations of the communally rearing rodent, Octodon degus Ebensperger L.A.; Sobrero, R.; Quirici V.; Castro R.A.; Vargas F.; Quispe R.; Vasquez R.A. Article ISI SCOPUS BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY (2012)
Sociality, exotic ectoparasites, and fitness in the plural breeding rodent Octodon degus Munoz P.; Fredes F.; Ebensperger L.A. Article ISI SCOPUS Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2012)
Burrow limitations and group living in the communally rearing rodent, Octodon degus Ebensperger L.A.; Castro R.A.; Quirici V.; Sobrero, R. Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY (2011)
Towards an integrative model of sociality in caviomorph rodents Soto-Gamboa M.; Sobrero, R.; Ebensperger L.A. Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY (2011)
Octomys mimax (Rodentia: Octodontidae) Sobrero, R.; Campos V.E.; Ebensperger L.A. Article SCOPUS Mammalian Species (2010)
A case of allosuckling in wild guanacos (Lama guanicoe) Zapata, B; Gaete, G; Correa L.; GonzÃ¡lez B.; Ebensperger L. Article ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY (2009)
No infanticide in the hystricognath rodent, Octodon degus: Does ecology play a role? Ebensperger L.A. Article SCOPUS ACTA ETHOLOGICA (2001)
Conducta y densidad poblacional de Lutra felina en Isla Pan de Azúcar (III Región), Chile Castilla, Juan Carlos Article No ISI Medio Ambiente (1991)
Foraging, activity budget, and social behavior of the South American marine otter, Lutra felina Article No ISI National Geographic Research (1989)


An integrative view of caviomorph social behavior BookSection (2016)
Causes and evolution of group‐living BookSection (2016)
Fitness consequences of social systems BookSection (2016)


Comportamiento social de la fauna nativa de Chile Labra, Maria Antonieta BookWhole (2020)
Sociobiology of caviomorph rodents: an integrative approach BookWhole (2016)


Caviomorph rodent social systems: an introduction Ebensperger L.A. EditorialMaterial ISI SCOPUS Journal of Mammalogy (2011)


Fitness effects of matching conditions of social instability during early and late life in plural breeding Octodon degus Proyecto (2017)
Behavioral Ecology of the South American marine otter (Lutra felina) Proyecto (1987)


Stress, sleep, and sex: A review of endocrinological research in Octodon degus Correa L.A. Review ISI SCOPUS GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY (2019)
Direct fitness of group living mammals varies with breeding strategy, climate and fitness estimates Ebensperger L.A.; Rivera D.S. Review ISI SCOPUS JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY (2012)