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Graciela Valladares is affiliated with the National University of Córdoba in Argentina. Their research spans several scientific fields, notably Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Social Sciences. Subfields of study include Genetics, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Gender Studies.

The main topics addressed in their research involve various aspects of insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, plant parasitism and resistance, plant and animal studies, and ecology and vegetation dynamics. Other areas covered include insect-plant interactions and control, feminism, gender, and social issues, as well as religion and society in Latin America.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • Forest cover and proximity decrease herbivory and increase crop yield via enhanced natural enemies in soybean fields (2020, Journal of Applied Ecology)
  • Edge effects on insect-plant food webs: assessing the influence of geographical orientation and microclimatic conditions (2020, Ecological Entomology)
  • Microclimatic edge effects in a fragmented forest: disentangling the drivers of ecological processes in plant-leafminer-parasitoid food webs (2021, Ecological Entomology)
  • Habitat area and edges affect the length of trophic chains in a fragmented forest (2023, Journal of Animal Ecology)
  • La indumentaria como voz de protesta. Los pañuelos verdes en la subversión del género, en el marco de la lucha por la legalización del aborto en Argentina (Buenos Aires, 2018 - 2020) (2024, Cuadernos del Centro de Estudios de Diseño y Comunicación)

Graciela Valladares has co-authored several papers with the following researchers:

  • Adriana Salvo (3 collaborations)
  • María Laura Bernaschini (2 collaborations)
  • Ezequiel González (1 collaboration)
  • Douglas A. Landis (1 collaboration)
  • Michal Knapp (1 collaboration)

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Ecological Entomology (2 publications)
  • Journal of Applied Ecology (1 publication)
  • Journal of Animal Ecology (1 publication)
  • Cuadernos del Centro de Estudios de Diseño y Comunicación (1 publication)

Their book publication record includes a recent title:

  • Atlas geoambiental de prevenção e combate a incêndios em Uruçuí, Piauí, Brasil published by IFPI eBooks (2024)

Best Publications

  • Habitat Fragmentation Effects on Trophic Processes of Insect-Plant Food Webs

    Graciela Valladares;Adriana Salvo;Luciano Cagnolo

  • Habitat fragmentation and species loss across three interacting trophic levels: effects of life-history and food-web traits.

    Luciano Cagnolo;Graciela Valladares;Adriana Salvo;Marcelo Cabido

  • Larvicide and oviposition deterrent effects of fruit and leaf extracts from Melia azedarach L. on Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae).

    C. Coria;W. Almiron;G. Valladares;C. Carpinella

  • Plant species richness in the Chaco Serrano Woodland from central Argentina : Ecological traits and habitat fragmentation effects

    Luciano Cagnolo;Marcelo Ruben Cabido;Graciela Rosa Valladares

  • Network topology: patterns and mechanisms in plant-herbivore and host-parasitoid food webs.

    Luciano Cagnolo;Adriana Salvo;Graciela Valladares

  • The influence of habitat structure on arthropod diversity in Argentine semi‐arid Chaco forest

    Sarah M. Gardner;Marcelo R. Cabido;Graciela R. Valladares;Sandra Diaz

  • Laboratory Evaluation of Melia azedarach (Meliaceae) Extracts Against the Elm Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

    G. Valladares;M. T. Defago;S. Palacios;M. C. Carpinella

  • Potent limonoid insect antifeedant from Melia azedarach.

    Cecilia Carpinella;Carlos Ferrayoli;Graciela Valladares;Maria Defago

  • Forest fragmentation leads to food web contraction

    Graciela Valladares;Luciano Cagnolo;Adriana Salvo

  • Diversity and guild structure of insect assemblages under grazing and exclusion regimes in a montane grassland from Central Argentina

    Luciano Cagnolo;Silvia Itatí Molina;Graciela Rosa Valladares

  • Intimacy and fidelity: internal and external feeding by the British microlepidoptera

    Kevin J. Gaston;Duncan Reavey;Graciela R. Valladares

  • Changes in feeding habit as caterpillars grow

    Kevin J. Gaston;Duncan Reavey;Graciela R. Valladares

  • Response of Epilachna paenulata to Two Flavonoids, Pinocembrin and Quercetin, in a Comparative Study

    Georgina N. Diaz Napal;Maria T. Defagó;Graciela R. Valladares;Sara M. Palacios

  • Insecticide and antifeedant activity of different plant parts of Melia azedarach on Xanthogaleruca luteola.

    M. Defagó;G. Valladares;E. Banchio;C. Carpinella

  • Understanding Synergistic Toxicity of Terpenes as Insecticides: Contribution of Metabolic Detoxification in Musca domestica.

    Esteban Scalerandi;Guillermo A. Flores;Marcela Palacio;Maria Teresa Defagó

  • Laboratory Evaluation of Artemisia annua L. Extract and Artemisinin Activity against Epilachna paenulata and Spodoptera eridania

    María E. Maggi;Arnaldo Mangeaud;María C. Carpinella;Carlos G. Ferrayoli

  • Effects of Melia azedarach on Triatoma infestans

    G.R Valladares;D Ferreyra;M.T Defago;M.C Carpinella

  • A Moveable Feast: Insects Moving at the Forest-Crop Interface Are Affected by Crop Phenology and the Amount of Forest in the Landscape.

    Ezequiel González;Adriana Salvo;María Teresa Defagó;Graciela Valladares

  • Effects of Melia azedarach, (Meliaceae) fruit extracts on the leafminer Liriomyza huidobrensis, (Diptera, Agromyzidae): Assessment in laboratory and field experiments

    E Banchio;G Valladares;M Defagó;S Palacios

  • A tritrophic analysis of host preference and performance in a polyphagous leafminer

    Martín Videla;Graciela Valladares;Adriana Salvo

  • The Invasive Liriomyza huidobrensis (Diptera: Agromyzidae): Understanding Its Pest Status and Management Globally.

    Phyllis G. Weintraub;Sonja J. Scheffer;Diedrich Visser;Graciela Rosa Valladares

  • Quantitative food webs of dipteran leafminers and their parasitoids in Argentina

    Graciela R. Valladares;Adriana Salvo;H. Charles J. Godfray

  • Arthropod communities and biological control in soybean fields: Forest cover at landscape scale is more influential than forest proximity

    Ezequiel González;Adriana Salvo;Graciela Valladares

  • Soybean crops may benefit from forest pollinators

    M. Monasterolo;M.L. Musicante;G.R Valladares;A. Salvo

  • Forest fragmentation reduces parasitism via species loss at multiple trophic levels.

    María Silvina Fenoglio;Diane Srivastava;Graciela Valladares;Luciano Cagnolo

  • Sharing enemies: evidence of forest contribution to natural enemy communities in crops, at different spatial scales

    Ezequiel González;Adriana Salvo;Graciela Valladares

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcelo Cabido
Marcelo Cabido National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Kevin J. Gaston
Kevin J. Gaston University of Exeter
Bing Chen
Bing Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sandra Díaz
Sandra Díaz National University of Córdoba
H. Charles J. Godfray
H. Charles J. Godfray University of Oxford
Diane S. Srivastava
Diane S. Srivastava University of British Columbia
Douglas A. Landis
Douglas A. Landis Michigan State University

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