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Ramiro O. Bustamante

Ramiro O. Bustamante

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
3680
World Ranking
8112
National Ranking
30

Overview

Ramiro O. Bustamante is affiliated with the University of Chile in Chile and is an active researcher in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans various subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, and Ecology.

The research conducted by Bustamante primarily addresses topics such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and Animal Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Meta-analysis of the impact of plant invasions on soil microbial communities (2021, BMC Ecology and Evolution)
  • Plant-plant facilitation increases with reduced phylogenetic relatedness along an elevation gradient (2020, Oikos)
  • Genetic insights into the globally invasive and taxonomically problematic tree genus Prosopis (2020, AoB Plants)
  • Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Jubaea chilensis, an Endemic and Monotype Gender from Chile, Based on SNP Markers (2022, Plants)
  • Going up the Andes: patterns and drivers of non-native plant invasions across latitudinal and elevational gradients (2023, Biodiversity and Conservation)

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as Plants, NeoBiota, BMC Ecology and Evolution, Oikos, and AoB Plants.

Bustamante collaborates extensively with several co-authors, with whom they have produced multiple research outputs. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ileana Herrera
  • Milén Duarte
  • Lohengrin A. Cavieres
  • Estefany Goncalves
  • Nicolás Velasco

Best Publications

  • Spread and impact of introduced conifers in South America: Lessons from other southern hemisphere regions

    Daniel Simberloff;Martín A. Nuñez;Martín A. Nuñez;Nicolas J. Ledgard;Anibal Pauchard

  • The decline of an endangered temperate ecosystem: The ruil (Nothofagus alessandrii) forest in central Chile

    Ramiro O. Bustamante;Carmen Castor

  • Is Pinus radiata invading the native vegetation in central Chile? Demographic responses in a fragmented forest

    Ramiro O. Bustamante;Javier A. Simonetti

  • Ecosystem engineering facilitates invasions by exotic plants in high-Andean ecosystems

    Ernesto I. Badano;Ernesto I. Badano;Elisa Villarroel;Ramiro O. Bustamante;Pablo A. Marquet;Pablo A. Marquet;Pablo A. Marquet

  • Are foxes legitimate and efficient seed dispersers ? a field test

    R. O Bustamante;J. A Simonetti;J. E Mella

  • Effects of sampling completeness on the structure of plant-pollinator networks.

    A. Rivera-Hutinel;R. O. Bustamante;V. H. Marín;R. Medel

  • Positive feedbacks between plant invasions and fire regimes: Teline monspessulana (L.) K. Koch (Fabaceae) in central Chile

    Aníbal Pauchard;Rafael A. García;Eduardo Peña;Cristian González

  • Topological change of Andean plant–pollinator networks along an altitudinal gradient

    Rodrigo Ramos-Jiliberto;Daniela Domínguez;Claudia Espinoza;Gioconda López

  • Global invasion of Lantana camara: has the climatic niche been conserved across continents?

    Estefany Goncalves;Ileana Herrera;Milén Duarte;Ramiro O. Bustamante

  • Comparing alien plant invasions among regions with similar climates: where to from here?

    Aníbal Pauchard;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Ramiro O. Bustamante

  • The effects of seed size and pericarp on seedling recruitment and biomass in Cryptocarya alba (Lauraceae) under two contrasting moisture regimes

    Paulina Chacón;Ramiro O. Bustamante

  • Meta-analysis of the impact of plant invasions on soil microbial communities

    Nardi Torres;Ileana Herrera;Laurie Fajardo;Ramiro O Bustamante

  • Forest Fragmentation, Plant Regeneration and Invasion Processes Across Edges in Central Chile

    R. O. Bustamante;I. A. Serey;S. T. A. Pickett

  • Seed production, pre-dispersal seed predation and germination of Nothofagus glauca (Nothofagaceae) in a temperate fragmented forest in Chile

    Aracely Burgos;Audrey A. Grez;Ramiro O. Bustamante

  • Do climatically similar regions contain similar alien floras? A comparison between the mediterranean areas of central Chile and California

    Alejandra Jiménez;Aníbal Pauchard;Lohengrin A. Cavieres;Alicia Marticorena

  • Assessing frequency‐dependent seed size selection: a field experiment

    Juan L. Celis-Diez;Ramiro O. Bustamante;Rodrigo A. Vásquez

  • Seed predation and seedling recruitment in plants: the effect of the distance between parents

    Ramiro O. Bustamante;Javier A. Simonetti

  • How beneficial are nurse plants? A meta-analysis of the effects of cushion plants on high-Andean plant communities

    A. Arredondo-Núñez;E. I. Badano;R. O. Bustamante

  • Potential impact of climate change on the geographical distribution of two wild vectors of Chagas disease in Chile: Mepraia spinolai and Mepraia gajardoi

    Rubén Garrido;Rubén Garrido;Antonella Bacigalupo;Francisco Peña-Gómez;Ramiro O. Bustamante

  • LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, DEFORESTATION, AND FOREST FRAGMENTATION: THE CASE OF THE RUIL FOREST IN CHILE.

    Audrey A. Grez;Ramiro O. Bustamante;Javier A. Simonetti;Lenore Fahrig

  • Increasing the Understanding of Plant Invasions in Southern South America: First Symposium on Alien Plant Invasions in Chile

    A. Pauchard;L. Cavieres;R. Bustamante;P. Becerra

Frequent Co-Authors

Aníbal Pauchard
Aníbal Pauchard University of Concepción
Lohengrin A. Cavieres
Lohengrin A. Cavieres University of Concepción
Pablo A. Marquet
Pablo A. Marquet Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Martin A. Nuñez
Martin A. Nuñez University of Houston
Daniel Simberloff
Daniel Simberloff University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Mary T. K. Arroyo
Mary T. K. Arroyo University of Chile
Hermann M. Niemeyer
Hermann M. Niemeyer University of Chile
Johannes J. Le Roux
Johannes J. Le Roux Macquarie University
Juan J. Armesto
Juan J. Armesto Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Steward T. A. Pickett
Steward T. A. Pickett Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

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