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Andrea Loayza Freire

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA

La Serena, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Plant ecology; Demography; Plant-animal interactions; Plant ecophysiology; Conservation Biology

Educación

  •  LICENCIATURA EN BIOLOGÍA, UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS,LA PAZ. Bolivia, 1998
  •  ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, AND SYSTEMATICS, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - SAINT LOUIS. Estados Unidos, 2009
  •  BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - SAINT LOUIS. Estados Unidos, 2002

Experiencia Académica

  •   ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA

    CIENCIAS

    LA SERENA, Chile

    2015 - At present

  •   INVITED PROFESSOR Other

    UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA

    CIENCIAS

    LA SERENA, Chile

    2010 - 2015

  •   INVITED PROFESSOR Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS

    CIENCIAS PURAS Y NATURALES

    LA PAZ, Bolivia

    2009 - 2010

  •   INVITED PROFESSOR Other

    ESCUELA MILITAR DE INGENIERIA

    LA PAZ, Chile

    2009 - 2010

  •   TEACHING ASSITANT Part Time

    UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SAINT LOUIS

    SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, Estados Unidos

    2002 - 2009

  •   INVITED PROFESSOR Other

    MIAMI UNIVERSITY - OHIO

    OXFORD, OHIO, Chile

    2010 - 2011

  •   INVESTIGADORA POSTDOCTORANTE Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA

    CIENCIAS

    LA SERENA, Chile

    2010 - 2014

  •   Profesor Asociado Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA

    Ciencias

    La Serena, Chile

    2015 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   CONSULTANT Other

    WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY

    LA PAZ, Chile

    2010 - 2010


 

Article (21)

Multiple reproductive modes of Myrcianthes coquimbensis (Myrtaceae), an endangered shrub endemic to the Atacama Desert
Predators and dispersers: Context-dependent outcomes of the interactions between rodents and a megafaunal fruit plant
A hyper-arid environment shapes an inverse pattern of the fast-slow plant economics spectrum for above-, but not below-ground resource acquisition strategies
Are pulp consumers effective seed dispersers? Tests with a large-seeded tropical relict tree
Qualitative aspects of the effectiveness of Culpeo foxes (Lycalopex culpaeus) as dispersers of Prosopis alba (Fabaceae) in a Bolivian dry valley
Conspecific plants are better 'nurses' than rocks: consistent results revealing intraspecific facilitation as a process that promotes establishment in a hyper-arid environment
Population variation in drought-resistance strategies in a desert shrub along an aridity gradient: Interplay between phenotypic plasticity and ecotypic differentiation
Fruit Size Determines the Role of Three Scatter-Hoarding Rodents as Dispersers or Seed Predators of a Fleshy-Fruited Atacama Desert Shrub
Vegetation of Bosque Fray Jorge National Park and its surrounding matrix in the Coastal Desert of north-central Chile
Contrasting responses to water-deficit among Encelia canescens populations distributed along an aridity gradient
Germination, seedling performance, and root production after simulated partial seed predation of a threatened Atacama Desert shrub
Growth and early seedling survival of four Atacama Desert shrub species under experimental light and water availability regimes
Seed predation by rodents results in directed dispersal of viable seed fragments of an endangered desert shrub
Seed-swallowing Toucans are Less Effective Dispersers of Guettarda viburnoides (Rubiaceae) than Pulp-feeding Jays
Effects of host plant and maternal feeding experience on population vital rates of a specialized leaf beetle
No evidence of a trade-off between drought and shade tolerance in seedlings of six coastal desert shrub species in north-central Chile
The ecology, distribution and conservation status of Myrcianthes coquimbensis: a globally endangered endemic shrub of the Chilean Coastal Desert
CONTEXT-DEPENDENT RECRUITMENT OF GUETTARDA VIBURNOIDES IN A NEOTROPICAL FOREST-SAVANNA MOSAIC
Seed dispersal by pulp consumers, not "legitimate'' seed dispersers, increases Guettarda viburnoides population growth
COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF A BAT ASSEMBLAGE DURING THE DRY SEASON IN A NATURALLY FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPE IN BOLIVIA
Preliminary information on the home range and movement patterns of Sturnira lilium (phyllostomidae) in a naturally fragmented landscape in Bolivia

Proyecto (7)

Closing the seed dispersal loop for Guettarda viburnoides in a Neotropical savanna=> Connecting patterns of avian seed dispersal with population growth in a naturally fragmented landscape in Bolivia
TESTING THE FAST-SLOW ECONOMIC SPECTRUM HYPOTHESIS IN PLANT COMMUNITIES OF THE ATACAMA DESERT LOCATED ALONG SOIL NUTRIENT AND RAINFALL GRADIENTS
THE ROLE OF O. DEGUS AS A SUBSTITUTE DISPERSER OF SPECIES WITH ANACHRONIC DISPERSAL SYNDROMES IN NORTH-CENTRAL CHILE
Estado de Conservación de Porlieria chilensis=> Evaluación a través de modelos poblacionales matriciales, ecología y patrones de distribución
DEMOGRAPHIC RESPONSES TO PRECIPITATION OF AN ENDEMIC SHRUB OF THE ATACAMA DESERT=> INTEGRATING PLANT ECOPHYSIOLOGY WITH MATRIX POPULATION MODELS.
Ecology and recruitment dynamics of Myrcianthes coquimbensis=> A threatened endemic of the Atacama coastal desert
Closing the seed dispersal loop for Guettarda viburnoides in a Neotropical savanna=> Connecting patterns of avian seed dispersal with population growth in a naturally fragmented landscape in Bolivia
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Andrea Loayza

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

BIOLOGIA

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA

La Serena, Chile

9
Francisco Squeo

Académico

Biología

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA

La Serena, Chile

5
Danny Carvajal

Posdoctorado

Biología

Universidad de La Serena

La Serena, Chile

4
Patricio García

Investigador

Corporación Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad

La Serena, Chile

4
Sergio Rios

Associate professor

DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA

La Serena, Chile

1
Luis Letelier

Profesor Conferenciante

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

1
Julio Gutierrez

Academic

Biology

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA

La Serena, Chile

1
Cristián Delpiano

Postdoctorante

Universidad de La Serena

La Serena, Chile

1
Karina Martinez

Investigadora ad Honorem

Biología

Universidad de La Serena

La Serena, Chile