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Ecology and Evolution
Chile
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
52
Citations
11336
World Ranking
3445
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Chile Leader Award

Overview

Antonio Lara is affiliated with Austral University of Chile. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with specific attention to global and planetary change, atmospheric science, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, and water science and technology.

The main topics of Antonio Lara's work include:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Tree-ring Climate Responses
  • Fire Effects on Ecosystems
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Antonio Lara include:

  • Alejandro Miranda
  • Rocío Urrutia-Jalabert
  • Mauro E. González
  • Jonathan Barichivich
  • Susana Gómez-González

Antonio Lara has published multiple papers across several scientific journals. The most cited recent papers include:

  • "Six hundred years of South American tree rings reveal an increase in severe hydroclimatic events since mid-20th century," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Forest browning trends in response to drought in a highly threatened mediterranean landscape of South America," 2020, Ecological Indicators
  • "Forest restoration and hydrology," 2022, Forest Ecology and Management
  • "Evidence-based mapping of the wildland-urban interface to better identify human communities threatened by wildfires," 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Disentangling the effect of future land use strategies and climate change on streamflow in a Mediterranean catchment dominated by tree plantations," 2021, Journal of Hydrology

Antonio Lara's publications are frequently found in:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Trends in Plant Science
  • Forests
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia

    Moinuddin Ahmed;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Kevin J. Anchukaitis;Asfawossen Asrat;Hemant P. Borgaonkar

  • Rapid deforestation and fragmentation of Chilean Temperate Forests

    Cristian Echeverria;Cristian Echeverria;David Coomes;Javier Salas;José María Rey-Benayas

  • A 3620-Year Temperature Record from Fitzroya cupressoides Tree Rings in Southern South America

    Antonio Lara;Ricardo Villalba

  • Impacts of forest fragmentation on species composition and forest structure in the temperate landscape of southern Chile

    Cristian Echeverría;Cristian Echeverría;Adrian C. Newton;Antonio Lara;José María Rey Benayas

  • Large-Scale Temperature Changes Across the Southern Andes: 20th-Century Variations in the Context of the Past 400 Years

    Ricardo Villalba;Antonio Lara;José A. Boninsegna;Mariano Masiokas

  • Ecosystem services research in Latin America: The state of the art

    Patricia Balvanera;María Uriarte;Lucía Almeida-Leñero;Alice Altesor

  • Revealing the impact of forest exotic plantations on water yield in large scale watersheds in South-Central Chile

    C. Little;A. Lara;J. McPhee;R. Urrutia

  • Disturbance and forest dynamics along a transect from Andean rain forest to Patagonian shrubland

    Thomas T. Veblen;Thomas Kitzberger;Antonio Lara

  • Unusual Southern Hemisphere tree growth patterns induced by changes in the Southern Annular Mode

    Ricardo Villalba;Antonio Lara;Mariano H. Masiokas;Rocío Urrutia

  • Native forest loss in the Chilean biodiversity hotspot: revealing the evidence

    Alejandro Miranda;Alejandro Miranda;Alejandro Miranda;Adison Altamirano;Luis Cayuela;Antonio Lara;Antonio Lara

  • Assessment of ecosystem services as an opportunity for the conservation and management of native forests in Chile

    A. Lara;C. Little;R. Urrutia;J. McPhee

  • Land-cover change to forest plantations: Proximate causes and implications for the landscape in south-central Chile

    Laura Nahuelhual;Alejandra Carmona;Antonio Lara;Cristian Echeverría

  • Genetic variation in Fitzroya cupressoides (alerce), a threatened South American conifer.

    T. R. Allnutt;A. C. Newton;A. Lara;A. Premoli

  • Six hundred years of South American tree rings reveal an increase in severe hydroclimatic events since mid-20th century.

    Mariano S Morales;Edward R Cook;Jonathan Barichivich;Jonathan Barichivich;Duncan A Christie

  • Multiproxy summer and winter surface air temperature field reconstructions for southern South America covering the past centuries

    R. Neukom;J. Luterbacher;R. Villalba;M. Küttel

  • Dendroclimatological reconstructions in South America: A review

    J.A. Boninsegna;J. Argollo;J.C. Aravena;J. Barichivich

  • Utilización de los bosques nativos en Chile: pasado, presente, futuro

    Claudio Donoso;Antonio Lara;Juan J Armestó;Carolina Villagrán

  • Southern Chile, trout and salmon country: invasion patterns and threats for native species

    Doris Soto;Iván Arismendi;Jorge A. Gonzalez;José Sanzana

  • Climate variability and forest fires in central and south-central Chile

    Rocío Urrutia‐Jalabert;Mauro E. González;Álvaro González‐Reyes;Antonio Lara

  • Genetic variation in the vulnerable and endemic Monkey Puzzle tree, detected using RAPDs

    Sarah A Bekessy;Sarah A Bekessy;T R Allnutt;T R Allnutt;A C Premoli;A Lara

  • Tree rings reveal globally coherent signature of cosmogenic radiocarbon events in 774 and 993 CE.

    Ulf Büntgen;Lukas Wacker;J. Diego Galván;Stephanie Arnold

  • A 400-year tree-ring record of the Puelo River summer–fall streamflow in the Valdivian Rainforest eco-region, Chile

    Antonio Lara;Ricardo Villalba;Rocío Urrutia

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo Villalba
Ricardo Villalba National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Adrian C. Newton
Adrian C. Newton James Hutton Institute
Brian H. Luckman
Brian H. Luckman University of Western Ontario
Edward R. Cook
Edward R. Cook Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Juan J. Armesto
Juan J. Armesto Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Luis Cayuela
Luis Cayuela King Juan Carlos University
Jonathan G. Palmer
Jonathan G. Palmer University of New South Wales
Alexander V. Kirdyanov
Alexander V. Kirdyanov University of Cambridge
René D. Garreaud
René D. Garreaud University of Chile
Rob Wilson
Rob Wilson University of St Andrews

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