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Lohengrin A. Cavieres

Lohengrin A. Cavieres

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Ecology and Evolution
Chile
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
67
Citations
16145
World Ranking
1608
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Chile Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Chile Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Chile Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Chile Leader Award

Overview

Lohengrin A. Cavieres is affiliated with the University of Concepción in Chile and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research topics focus on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Plant Responses to Elevated CO2, Polar Research and Ecology, and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Lohengrin A. Cavieres include:

  • The seed germination spectrum of alpine plants: a global meta-analysis (2020, New Phytologist)
  • How do vascular plants perform photosynthesis in extreme environments? An integrative ecophysiological and biochemical story (2020, The Plant Journal)
  • Network motifs involving both competition and facilitation predict biodiversity in alpine plant communities (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Rapid upwards spread of non-native plants in mountains across continents (2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • Facilitation and the invasibility of plant communities (2021, Journal of Ecology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lohengrin A. Cavieres include Patricia L. Sáez, León A. Bravo, Christopher J. Lortie, Agustina Barros, and Aníbal Pauchard.

The scientist's publications appear repeatedly in several venues, notably:

  • Plants
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Oikos

Best Publications

  • Facilitation in plant communities: the past, the present, and the future

    Rob W. Brooker;Fernando T. Maestre;Ragan M. Callaway;Christopher L. Lortie

  • Do biotic interactions shape both sides of the humped-back model of species richness in plant communities?

    Richard Michalet;Robin W. Brooker;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Zaal Kikvidze

  • Ain't no mountain high enough: plant invasions reaching new elevations

    Aníbal Pauchard;Christoph Kueffer;Hansjörg Dietz;Curtis C Daehler

  • Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Chile

    Roberto Rodriguez;Clodomiro Marticorena;Diego Alarcón;Diego Alarcón;Carlos Baeza

  • Positive interactions between alpine plant species and the nurse cushion plant Laretia acaulis do not increase with elevation in the Andes of central Chile

    Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Ernesto I. Badano;Angela Sierra‐Almeida;Susana Gómez‐González

  • Facilitative plant interactions and climate simultaneously drive alpine plant diversity

    Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Rob W. Brooker;Bradley J. Butterfield;Bradley J. Cook

  • Do facilitative interactions increase species richness at the entire community level

    Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Ernesto I. Badano

  • Slope aspect influences plant association patterns in the Mediterranean matorral of central Chile

    E.I. Badano;L.A. Cavieres;M.A. Molina-Montenegro;C.L. Quiroz

  • Microclimatic Modifications of Cushion Plants and Their Consequences for Seedling Survival of Native and Non-native Herbaceous Species in the High Andes of Central Chile

    Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Ernesto I. Badano;Angela Sierra-Almeida;Marco A. Molina-Montenegro

  • The presence of a showy invasive plant disrupts pollinator service and reproductive output in native alpine species only at high densities

    Alejandro A. Muñoz;Lohengrin A. Cavieres

  • Plant invasions into mountains and alpine ecosystems: current status and future challenges

    Jake M. Alexander;Jake M. Alexander;Jonas J. Lembrechts;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Curtis Daehler

  • Nurse effect of Bolax gummifera cushion plants in the alpine vegetation of the Chilean Patagonian Andes

    Lohengrin Cavieres;Mary T.K. Arroyo;Alejandro Peñaloza;Marco Molina-Montenegro

  • Nurse effect of the native cushion plant Azorella monantha on the invasive non-native Taraxacum officinale in the high-Andes of central chile

    Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Constanza L. Quiroz;Marco A. Molina-Montenegro;Alejandro A. Muñoz

  • Positive associations between the cushion plant Azorella monantha (Apiaceae) and alpine plant species in the Chilean Patagonian Andes

    M.T.K. Arroyo;L.A. Cavieres;A. Peñaloza;M.A. Arroyo-Kalin

  • Seed germination response to cold stratification period and thermal regime in Phacelia secunda (Hydrophyllaceae) – Altitudinal variation in the mediterranean Andes of central Chile

    Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Mary T.K. Arroyo

  • Alpine cushion plants inhibit the loss of phylogenetic diversity in severe environments

    B. J. Butterfield;L. A. Cavieres;R. M. Callaway;B. J. Cook

  • Processes at multiple scales affect richness and similarity of non‐native plant species in mountains around the world

    Tim Seipel;Tim Seipel;Christoph Kueffer;Christoph Kueffer;Lisa J. Rew;Curtis C. Daehler

  • Facilitation among plants in alpine environments in the face of climate change

    Fabien Anthelme;Fabien Anthelme;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Olivier Dangles;Olivier Dangles

  • Changing lenses to assess biodiversity: patterns of species richness in sub-Antarctic plants and implications for global conservation

    Ricardo Rozzi;Ricardo Rozzi;Ricardo Rozzi;Juan J Armesto;Juan J Armesto;Bernard Goffinet;William Buck

  • Facilitation of the non-native Taraxacum officinale by native nurse cushion species in the high Andes of central Chile: are there differences between nurses?

    L. A. Cavieres;C. L. Quiroz;M. A. Molina-Montenegro

  • PERSPECTIVE Do biotic interactions shape both sides of the humped-back model of species richness in plant communities?

    Richard Michalet;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Zaal Kikvidze;Francisco I. Pugnaire

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary T. K. Arroyo
Mary T. K. Arroyo University of Chile
Aníbal Pauchard
Aníbal Pauchard University of Concepción
León A. Bravo
León A. Bravo University of La Frontera
Marco A. Molina-Montenegro
Marco A. Molina-Montenegro University of Talca
Richard Michalet
Richard Michalet University of Bordeaux
Ragan M. Callaway
Ragan M. Callaway University of Montana
Zaal Kikvidze
Zaal Kikvidze Ilia State University
Christopher J. Lortie
Christopher J. Lortie York University
Francisco I. Pugnaire
Francisco I. Pugnaire Spanish National Research Council
Pablo A. Marquet
Pablo A. Marquet Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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