Cristian A Villagra

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

In our laboratory, we are interested in the role of different sensorial channels on the interaction of plants with their main associated animals. With special attention on chemical cues mediating plant-insect interactions.

Animal Behavior Ecology Entomology Toxicology

Work details

Associate Professor

Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación

Instituto de Entomología

Websites

Sensory Ecology Lab

February 28, 2020

Native bees of high Andes of Central Chile (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): biodiversity, phenology and the description of a new species of Xeromelissa Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Xeromelissinae)

Patricia Henríquez-Piskulich, Cristian A. Villagra, Alejandro Vera

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8675 PubMed 32161691

October 7, 2019

Bees may drive the reproduction of four sympatric cacti in a vanishing coastal mediterranean-type ecosystem

Pablo C. Guerrero, Claudia A. Antinao, Beatriz Vergara-Meriño, Cristian A. Villagra, Gastón O. Carvallo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7865 PubMed 31608183

November 7, 2018

Along urbanization sprawl, exotic plants distort native bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) assemblages in high elevation Andes ecosystem

Patricia Henríquez-Piskulich, Alejandro Vera, Gino Sandoval, Cristian Villagra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5916 PubMed 30425897

June 10, 2019 - Version: 1

Bees may drive the sexual reproduction of four sympatrically distributed cacti in a vanishing coastal Mediterranean ecosystem

Claudia A. Antinao, Gastón O. Carvallo, Beatriz Vergara-Meriño, Cristian A. Villagra, Pablo C. Guerrero

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27792v1

August 24, 2018 - Version: 1

Along urbanization sprawl, exotic plants distort native bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) assemblages in high elevation Andes ecosystem

Patricia Henríquez-Piskulich, Alejandro Vera, Gino Sandoval, Cristian Villagra

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27140v1