Alejandro G. Farji-Brener

3 June, 2018 | Members

I am interested several topics about ant ecology and behavior. Specifically, 1) ants as ecosystem-engineers, how ant nests modify edaphic conditions and nearby vegetation; 2) how ant colonies reduce the cost of living in dense societies, particularly the risk of...

Marina Alma

16 May, 2018 | Members

I am a behavioral ecologist interested in decision making and problem solving of leaf-cutter ants. My aim is to understand why ants deal with problems individually and/or collectively evaluating costs and benefits and contexts where individual or collective...

Gabriela Pirk

3 June, 2018 | Members

My research interests are focused on Community Ecology, in particular, on animal-plant interactions and the effects, either direct or indirect, animals and plants have on each other (reciprocal effects). My doctoral studies were on the reciprocal effects of harvester...

Luciana Elizalde

3 June, 2018 | Members

I research the interaction between predators and their prey, using phorid parasitoids (Diptera: Phoridae) of leaf-cutting ants and armadillo mammals as predators. I also study the ecosystem services provided by ants in the Patagonian steppe. I am interested in aspects...

María Natalia Lescano

1 June, 2018 | Members

I research how changes in the carbon:nitrogen:phosphorus ratio of plants affect the outcome of ant-aphid interactions, to understand how nutritional imbalances at the base of trophic chains impact on the dynamics of animal-plant interactions. Within the topic of...

Andrés Devegili

5 June, 2018 | Members

Hi, I am passionate about plant-insect interactions and, in particular, I love studying indirect effects. I study the indirect effects between aphid-tending ants and an exotic plant. In doing so, I try to understand if ants modulate plant invasion mechanisms such as...