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NSF informed us that our proposal on ectomycorrhizal fungal spread and its relation to Pine invasion will be recommended for funding!!!

Our special issue in Biological Invasions on the role of invasive herbivores is finally out. Congratulations to all the authors!

Field work is going very well on Isla Victoria.

After several days of field work, thousands of seeds planted and gallons of tanglefoot applied, I set up the "year 2" set of experiments in FL!

A paper with Puchi Relva on how deer affects the invasion of exotic trees was published online in Biological Invasions. (PDF)

A paper with Joe and Jen on the worldwide problems of exotic herbivores (part of our special issue on the subject) is available now! (PDF)

Ever wondered when nurse plants stop nursing? Here is an answer: PDF

A paper with Dan Simberloff on the history, ecology and management of pine invasion in South America is available on Austral Ecology. (PDF)

I set up two experiments on Isla Victoria to further understand the role of soil biota on pine invasion

Our paper on how mycorrhizal fungi can limit the spread of pines was recommended in Faculty of 1000

I was in a pine invasion safari with Dave Richardson and other colleagues in the Stellenbosch area in S. Africa. It was just great!

I'm at EMAPI, it is a wonderful meeting! Our symposium on pine invasion was very interesting with great talks, discussions, and ideas for future studies

The special feature on exotic herbivores that I co-edited with Joe Bailey and Jen Schweitzer is done! Look for it in a few months in Biological Invasions

A paper with Tom Horton and Dan Simberloff on how the lack of belowground mutualisms can limit plant invasion was published in Ecology! (PDF)

A paper with Anibal Pauchard on the problematics of bio. invasions in developed vs. developing countries is in press in Bio. Invasions (PDF)

A paper with  Mariano, Kathy and Nate on how exotic species disrupt seed dispersal is in press at Biology Letters (PDF)

I gave lectures and a lab in Florida for grad students, it was a really nice experience!

My sister Paula  defended her PhD in Philosophy studying some topics relate to ecology

I'm organizing a symposium on pine invasions with Aníbal Pauchard and Ramiro Bustamante for the EMAPI conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

I gave a lecture at UCF in an Ecology class for grad students. I'm glad that I'll have a chance to teach a part of the course later this semester

We are starting to receive MS for an special feature of the journal Biological Invasions that I'm editing with Joe and Jen, very exciting papers!

I'm giving a seminar talk next week (Feb 2nd) at the U. of Central Florida, hope to see you there!

I started to contribute on a blog on ecology and evolutionary ecology, check it out

After 18 days of field work, thousands of seeds planted, gallons of tanglefoot applied, and tens of m² of mesh cut, we set up the experiment

I’m setting up an experiment in Orlando on how different factors affect the invasion of many highly invasive plant species. It is looking nice!

A paper on how seed predation could halt pine invasion is out! (PDF)

We attended a great symposium at the University of Kentucky on bio-invasions

I gave a talk at the national parks headquarters in Bariloche on factors affecting pines invasions (check it out, it is in Español!)

I'm in Argentina doing fieldwork on the role of mycorrhizae on pine invasion

A paper with my friends Mariano and Andres on protected areas and endemism in Patagonia is out (PDF)

Back from ESA, it was a great meeting. If you missed my talk here you can see a PDF of it

Hope to see you at this talk at the ESA meeting next week!

We visited the U. of Tennessee field station at the Smoky Mountains; it is a great place for fieldwork!

My friend Lara defended her PhD! Congrats!

I'm back from Argentina

Romina started to work as a PhD student!

I'm back from field work in Florida

If you want to now about role of exotic deer on pine invasion, this paper was just published (PDF)

An article with Dave Richardson and Brian van Wilgen on conifer invasions, South America, and a short fuse is out (PDF)

I defended my PhD!

If you are tired of reading papers Or of walking in the woods this may be helpful: (PDF)