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Overview

Luis A. Ebensperger is affiliated with Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Chile. Their research spans several intersecting fields primarily focused on biological and behavioral sciences, with specific attention to animal behavior and ecology.

The scientist's recent publications include work on the social and reproductive behaviors of rodents, demonstrated by titles such as "Parental care in male degus (Octodon degus) is flexible and contingent upon female care" (2021, Physiology & Behavior), "One for all and all for one: phenotype assortment and reproductive success in masculinized females" (2021, Behavioral Ecology), and "Socioecological conditions predict degu social instability and provide limited cues to forecast subsequent breeding conditions" (2021, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology). More recent studies focus on group stability in rodents, including "Socioecological conditions drive stability of foraging groups in a communally rearing rodent, Octodon degus" (2024, Animal Behaviour). They also have contributions in engineering, demonstrated by a publication on assessment methodology for reinforced concrete structures.

The range of publication venues where the scientist frequently publishes includes:

  • Hormones and Behavior
  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Ethology
  • Physiology & Behavior

Frequent co-authors in Luis A. Ebensperger's research include:

  • Loren D. Hayes
  • Loreto A. Correa
  • Cecilia León
  • Antonia Aspillaga-Cid
  • Juan Ramírez-Estrada

Their scholarly output is rooted in several main fields of study:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Psychology
  • Environmental Science

Within these fields, the scientist's work covers diverse subfields such as:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Social Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Civil and Structural Engineering

The main topics addressed in their research reflect interests in animal behavior and ecological dynamics, including:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Plant and animal studies

Best Publications

  • Strategies and counterstrategies to infanticide in mammals

    Luis A. Ebensperger

  • A review of the evolutionary causes of rodent group-living

    Luis A. Ebensperger

  • Communal nesting and kinship in degus ( Octodon degus )

    Luis A. Ebensperger;María José Hurtado;Mauricio Soto-Gamboa;Eileen A. Lacey

  • The influence of habitat on travel speed, intermittent locomotion, and vigilance in a diurnal rodent

    Rodrigo A. Vásquez;Luis A. Ebensperger;Francisco Bozinovic

  • Fitness consequences of group living in the degu Octodon degus, a plural breeder rodent with communal care

    Loren D. Hayes;Adrian S. Chesh;Adrian S. Chesh;Rodrigo A. Castro;Liliana Ortiz Tolhuysen

  • Grouping increases the ability of the social rodent, Octodon degus, to detect predators when using exposed microhabitats

    Luis A. Ebensperger;Petra K. Wallem

  • Communal burrowing in the hystricognath rodent, Octodon degus: a benefit of sociality?

    Luis A. Ebensperger;Francisco Bozinovic

  • Sociality in New World hystricognath rodents is linked to predators and burrow digging

    Luis A. Ebensperger;Daniel T. Blumstein

  • On the evolution of group-living in the New World cursorial hystricognath rodents

    Luis A. Ebensperger;Hernán Cofré

  • Toward an integrative understanding of social behavior: new models and new opportunities.

    Daniel T. Blumstein;Luis A. Ebensperger;Loren D. Hayes;Rodrigo A. Vásquez

  • Vigilance and Collective Detection of Predators in Degus (Octodon degus)

    Luis A. Ebensperger;María José Hurtado;Rodrigo Ramos‐Jiliberto

  • Reproductive correlates of social network variation in plurally breeding degus (Octodon degus).

    Tina W. Wey;Joseph R. Burger;Luis A. Ebensperger;Loren D. Hayes

  • On the Relationship between Herbaceous Cover and Vigilance Activity of Degus (Octodon degus)

    Luis A. Ebensperger;María J. Hurtado

  • Ecological Predictors of Range Areas and Use of Burrow Systems in the Diurnal Rodent, Octodon degus

    Loren D. Hayes;Adrian S. Chesh;Luis A. Ebensperger

  • Energetics and burrowing behaviour in the semifossorial degu Octodon degus (Rodentia: Octodontidae)

    Luis A. Ebensperger;Francisco Bozinovic

  • Do female degus communally nest and nurse their pups

    Luis A. Ebensperger;Claudio Veloso;Petra K. Wallem

  • An experimental examination of the consequences of communal versus solitary breeding on maternal condition and the early postnatal growth and survival of degu, Octodon degus, pups

    Luis A. Ebensperger;María José Hurtado;Cecilia León

  • Seasonal changes in the time budget of degus, Octodon degus

    Luis A. Ebensperger;Maria José Hurtado

  • Trophic-Niche Relationships among Galictis cuja, Dusicyon culpaeus, and Tyto alba in Central Chile

    Luis A. Ebensperger;Jorge E. Mella;Javier A. Simonetti

  • Sociality, glucocorticoids and direct fitness in the communally rearing rodent, Octodon degus.

    Luis A. Ebensperger;Juan Ramírez-Estrada;Cecilia León;Rodrigo A. Castro

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco Bozinovic
Francisco Bozinovic Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Carsten Schradin
Carsten Schradin Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Daniel T. Blumstein
Daniel T. Blumstein University of California, Los Angeles
Juan J. Armesto
Juan J. Armesto Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Larry J. Young
Larry J. Young Emory University
Alfredo Kirkwood
Alfredo Kirkwood Johns Hopkins University
Dustin R. Rubenstein
Dustin R. Rubenstein Columbia University
Pablo Sabat
Pablo Sabat University of Chile
Neville Pillay
Neville Pillay University of the Witwatersrand
John C. Wingfield
John C. Wingfield University of California, Davis

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