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Luis Sampedro
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Contributions by subject area

Conservation Biology
Plant Science
Natural Resource Management
Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
Agricultural Science
Food Science and Technology
Forestry
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Animal Behavior
Ecology
Entomology
Zoology

Luis Sampedro


Summary

Tenured Scientist, Misión Biológica de Galicia, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). My research focus on Forest Genetics and Ecology, particularly with those topics involving interactions of trees with their biotic environment. I am interested in the study of responses to herbivores and pathogens in long lived plants in a broad sense. I am curious about how environmental factors (both biotic and abiotic), genetic variation within and between populations and other sources of phenotypic variation such as maternal effects can modulate those interactions. Using pine trees and their herbivores as a model, I try to understand how pine trees tolerate and resist insects and pathogens, joining approaches from quantitative genetics, evolutionary ecology, forest pathology and forestry. For those purposes, I use a variety of experimental approaches including laboratory, greenhouse and long term field research based systems.

Ecology Environmental Sciences Forestry Plant Science

Work details

Tenured Scientist

Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Misión Biológica de Galicia (MBG)
Forest ecology, plant defences, plant-insect interactions, chemical ecology, herbivory, forest genetics,

Websites

  • Genetics and Ecology of Resistance in Conifers
  • Google Scholar
  • ResearcherID

PeerJ Contributions

  • Edited 2

Academic Editor on

August 21, 2018
Seed bank and growth comparisons of native (Virgilia divaricata) and invasive alien (Acacia mearnsii and A. melanoxylon) plants: implications for conservation
Stefan A. Goets, Tineke Kraaij, Keith M. Little
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5466 PubMed 30155363
July 19, 2018
Effects of supplemental lighting with different light qualities on growth and secondary metabolite content of Anoectochilus roxburghii
Wei Wang, Minghua Su, Huihua Li, Biyu Zeng, Qiang Chang, Zhongxiong Lai
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5274 PubMed 30038873