Pablo Vergara Egert

Email:

pablo.vergara@usach.cl

Título Profesional:

Ingeniero Forestal, Universidad Austral de Chile

Grados académicos:

MSc, Universidad de Chile

Doctor, Universidad Católica de Chile

Asignaturas del Programa:

Metodología de la Investigación

Electivo (Conservación y Biodiversidad)

Proyecto de titulación

Actividad:

Ingeniero Forestal (Universidad Austral de Chile), MSc (Universidad de Chile), y Doctor (Universidad Católica de Chile), desde el 2008 es académico de la Universidad de Santiago de Chile, y desde el 2012 que se incorpora al Departamento de Gestión Agraria, Facultad Tecnológica de la Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Realizó un postdoctorado Fondecyt (2006-2008). Su investigación se centra en la conservación de la biodiversidad en paisajes modificados por el ser humano. Ha contribuido con 69 publicaciones científicas indexadas en Science Citation Index, así como 5 ediciones y capítulos de libro en los últimos 5 años.

Proyectos relacionados:

2018

How do Magellanic woodpeckers respond to the functional connectivity of longhorn beetle metapopulations in degraded forest landscapes?

Investigadores principales :
Vergara, P.

1 180 978

2014

Rewilding after clearcutting: a missing step for forestry sustainability

Investigadores asociados:
Vergara, P.

1 140 657

2013

Do magellanic woodpeckers switch their movement decisions from a bottom-up to a top-down strategy when landscape fragmentation increases?

Investigadores principales :
Vergara, P.

1 131 133

2008

The use of riparian forest corridors by fruit-eating birds in the central valley of southern Chile: does the matrix matter?

Investigadores principales :
Vergara, P.

11 080 085

2006

Efectos de la fragmentación del hábitat sobre la persistencia metapoblacional de las aves de bosques del sur de Chile: utilización de modelos espacialmente realistas

Investigadores principales :
Vergara, P.

2004

Estructura espacial de la población de rayaditos (Aphrastura spinicauda) del bosque fragmentado relicto de Fray Jorge y esclerófilo de Santiago

Investigadores principales :
Vergara, P.

4 040 007

1999

Proyecto de Monitoreo Ambiental Río Condor, en la especialidad de aves y especies amenazadas

Investigadores asociados:
Vergara, P.

publicaciones relacionadas:

2021

Tree decay modulates the functional response of lichen communities in Patagonian temperate forests

Ansaldo, D; Vergara, PM; Carvajal, MA; Alaniz, AJ; Fierro, A; Vargas-Castillo, R; Quiroz, M; Moreira-Arce, D; Pizarro, J

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Vol. 771,

2020

Giants are coming? Predicting the potential spread and impacts of the giant Asian hornet (Vespa mandarinia, Hymenoptera:Vespidae) in the United States

Alaniz, A., Carvajal, M., Vergara, P.

Pest Management Science
Defining corridors for movement of multiple species in a forest-plantation landscape

Pliscoff, P., Simonetti, J., Grez, A., Vergara, P., Barahona-Segovia, R.

Global Ecology and Conservation
Expansion of the Emerging Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus bacillisporus Into America: Linking Phylogenetic Origin, Geographical Spread and Population Under Exposure Risk

Carvajal, J., Alaniz, A., Carvajal, M., Acheson, E., Cruz, R., Vergara, P., Cogliati, M.

Frontiers in Microbiology
The failed invasion of Harmonia axyridis in the Azores, Portugal: Climatic restriction or wrong population origin?

Alaniz, A., Soares, A., Vergara, P., de Azevedo, E., Grez, A.

Insect Science
Trophic behavior of specialist predators from a macroecological approach: the case of the Magellanic woodpecker in South American temperate forests

Alaniz, A., Carvajal, M., Vergara, P., Fierro, A., Moreira-Arce, D., Rojas-Osorio, A., Rodewald, A.

Global Ecology and Conservation

Vol. 24,
Landscape-scale management of exotic forest plantations: synergy between deadwood and clear-cutting synchrony modulates saproxylic beetle diversity

Fierro, A., Vergara, P., Grez, A., Alaniz, A., Carvajal, M., Lizama, M., Ramirez-Hernandez, A.

Landscape Ecology

Vol. 35,

pp. 621

- 638.
Regeneration of Quercus spp. along interactive forest boundaries in a fragmented peri-urban landscape of Mexico City

Cázares, Y., Vergara, P., García-Romero, A.

Environmental Conservation

Vol. 47,

pp. 39

- 45.
Current and future spatial assessment of biological control as a mechanism to reduce economic losses and carbon emissions: the case of Solanum sisymbriifolium in Africa

Alaniz, A., Núñez‐Hidalgo, I., Carvajal, M., Alvarenga, T., Gomez-Cantillana, P., Vergara, P.

Pest Management Science
Landscape-scale effects of forest degradation on insectivorous birds and invertebrates in austral temperate forests

Vergara, P., Fierro, A., Alaniz, A., Carvajal. M., Llanos, J.

Landscape Ecology

2019

A native long horned beetle promotes the saproxylic diversity in exotic plantations of Monterrey pine

Fierro, A., Vergara, P.

Ecological Indicators

Vol. 96,

pp. 532

- 539.
Behavioral switching in Magellanic woodpeckers reveals perception of habitat quality at different spatial scales

Vergara P.M., G.E. Soto, A.D. Rodewald, M. Quiroz

Landscape Ecology

Vol. 34,

pp. 74

- 92.
Spatial Quantification of the Population Exposed to Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii Species Complexes in Europe: Estimating the Immunocompetent and HIV/AIDS Patients Under Risk

Alaniz, A., Carvajal, J., Carvajal, M., Cogliati, M., Vergara, P.

Risk Analysis

Vol. 40,

pp. 524

- 533.
Chronicle of an environmental disaster: Aculeo Lake, the collapse of the largest natural freshwater ecosystem in central Chile

Alaniz, A., Carvajal, M., Núñez-Hidalgo, I., Vergara, P.

Environmental Conservation

Vol. 46,

pp. 201

- 204.
Landscape-mediated edge effect in temperate deciduous forest: implications for oak regeneration

García-Romero, A., Vergara, P., Granados-Peláez, C., Santibáñez-Andrade, G.

Landscape Ecology

Vol. 34,

pp. 51

- 62.

2018

The fruit of competition: seed dispersal by Magellanic woodpeckers in the threatened Valdivian Rainforest

Soto, G., Vergara, P., Rodewald, A.

Ecology

Vol. 99,

pp. 2 617

- 2 620.
Intersexual segregation in foraging microhabitat use by Magellanic Woodpeckers (Campephilus magellanicus): Seasonal and habitat effects at the world's southernmost forests

Durón, Q., Jiménez, J., Vergara, P., Soto, G., Lizama, M., Rozzi, R.

Austral Ecology

Vol. 43,

pp. 25

- 34.

2017

Occupancy pattern of a long-horned beetle in a variegated forest landscape: linkages between tree quality and forest cover across spatial scales

Vergara, P., Meneses, L., Grez, A., Quiroz, M., Soto, G., Pérez-Hernández, C., Díaz, P., Hahn, I., Fierro, A.

Landscape Ecology

Vol. 32,

pp. 279

- 293.
The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) Project

Hudson, L., Newbold, T., Contu, S., Hill, S., Lysenko, I., De Palma, A., Phillips, H., Senior, R., Bennett, D., Booth, H., Vergara, P.

Ecology and Evolution

Vol. 7,

pp. 145

- 188.
Converting clear cutting into a less hostile habitat: The importance of understory for the abundance and movement of the Chestnut-throated Huet-Huet (Pteroptochos castaneus: Rhinocryptidae)

Ramirez-Collio, K., Vergara, P., Simonetti, J.

Forest Ecology and Management

Vol. 384,

pp. 279

- 286.
How does the replacement of native forest by exotic forest plantations affect the diversity, abundance and trophic structure of saproxylic beetle assemblages?

Fierro, A., Grez, A., Vergara, P., Ramírez-Hernández, A., Micó, E.

Forest Ecology & Management

Vol. 405,

pp. 246

- 256.
Magellanic Woodpeckers in three national parks of central-southern Chile: habitat effects and population variation over the last two decades

Vergara, P., Meneses, L., Saavedra, M., Díaz, F., Norambuena, K., Fierro, A., Rodewald, A., Soto, G.

Avian Conservation and Ecology

Vol. 12,
Tree senescence as a direct measure of habitat quality: linking red-edge vegetation indices to space use by magellanic woodpeckers

Soto, G., Pérez-Hernández, C., Hahn, I., Rodewald, A., Vergara, P.

Remote Sensing of Environment

Vol. 193,

pp. 1

- 10.

2016

Diversity, biogeography, abundance, and conservation of the birds of Mocha Island National Reserve, Chile of the birds of Mocha Island National Reserve, Chile

Hahn, I., Römer, U., Soto, G., Baumeister, J., Vergara, P.

Vertebrate Zoology

Vol. 66,

pp. 409

- 419.
The austral thrushes (Turdus falcklandii) act as illegitimate seed dispersers for the urban ornamental tree glossy privet (Ligustrum lucidum) in Santiago, Chile

Castro, S., Saavedra, D., Gutiérrez-Tapia, P., Vergara, P.

Brazilian Journal of Botany

Vol. 39,

pp. 949

- 952.
Is metapopulation patch occupancy in nature well predicted by the Levins model?

Vergara, P., Saravia-Zepeda, A., Castro-Reyes, N., Simonetti, J.

Population Ecology

Vol. 58,

pp. 335

- 343.
Cooling and eutrophication of southern Chilean lakes

Pizarro, J., Vergara, P., Cerda, S., Briones, D.

Science of the Total Environment

Vol. 541,

pp. 683

- 691.
Lethal agonistic behavior between two male Magellanic Woodpeckers Campephilus magellanicus observed in the Cape Horn area

Soto, G., Vergara, P., Smiley, A., Lizama, M., Moreira-Arce, D., Vásquez, R.

The Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Vol. 128,

pp. 180

- 184.
Mesocarnivores respond to fine-grain habitat structure in a mosaic landscape comprised by commercial forest plantations in southern Chile

Moreira-Arce, D., Vergara, P., Boutin, S., Carrasco, G., Briones, R., Soto, G., Jiménez, J.

Forest Ecology and Management

Vol. 369,

pp. 135

- 143.
Foraging behaviour in magellanic woodpeckers is consistent with a multi-scale assessment of tree quality

Vergara, P., Soto, G., Moreira-Arce, D., Rodewald, A., Meneses, L., Pérez-Hernández, C.

PloS one

Vol. 11,

2015

Diurnal human activity and introduced species affect occurrence of carnivores in a human-dominated landscape

Moreira-Arce, D., Vergara, P., Boutin, S.

PloS one

Vol. 10,
Native forest replacement by exotic plantations triggers changes in prey selection of mesocarnivores

Moreira-Arce, D., Vergara, P., Boutin, S., Simonetti, J., Briceño, C., Acosta-Jamett, G.

Biological Conservation

Vol. 192,

pp. 258

- 267.
Do corridors promote connectivity for bird-dispersed trees? The case of Persea lingue in Chilean fragmented landscapes

Pérez-Hernández, C., Vergara, P., Saura, S., Hernández, J.

Landscape Ecology

Vol. 30,

pp. 77

- 90.
Tsunami impact on the population development of a critically endangered hummingbird species of a Pacific island

Hahn, I., Vergara, P., Baumeister, J., Soto, G., Römer, U.

Population Ecology

Vol. 57,

pp. 143

- 149.
Hierarchical spatial decisions in fragmented landscapes: Modeling the foraging movements of woodpeckers

Vergara, P., Pérez-Hernández, C., Saura, S., Soto, G.

Ecological Modelling

Vol. 300,

pp. 114

- 122.

2014

Impact of the 2010 tsunami on an endangered insular soil-plant system

Hahn, I., Vergara, P., Baumeister, J., Soto, G.

Natural Hazards

Vol. 71,

pp. 987

- 994.
Potential impact of the Alien American Mink (Neovison vison) on Magellanic woodpeckers (Campephilus magellanicus) in Navarino Island, Southern Chile

Jiménez, J., Crego, J., Soto, G., Román, I., Rozzi, R., Vergara, P.

Biological Invasions

Vol. 16,

pp. 961

- 966.
The PREDICTS database: A global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

Hudson, L., Newbold, T., Contu, S., Hill, S., Lysenko, I., De Palma, A., Phillips, H., Senior, R., Bennett, D., Booth, H., Vergara, P.

Ecology and Evolution

Vol. 24,

pp. 4 701

- 4 735.
The influence of land-use and climate on the load of suspended solids in catchments of southern Chile

Pizarro, J., Vergara, P., Morales, J., Rodríguez, J.

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Vol. 186,

pp. 835

- 843.

2013

First description of the micro-habitat selection pattern of the island endemic Juan Fernandez tit-tyrant

Soto, G., Vergara, P., Hahn, I., Pérez-Hernández, C., Lizama, M., Baumeister, J.

Gayana

Vol. 77,

pp. 1

- 9.
Matrix composition and corridor function for austral thrushes in a fragmented temperate forest

Vergara, P., Pérez-Hernández, C., Hahn, I., Jiménez, J,

Landscape Ecology

Vol. 28,

pp. 121

- 133.
Deforestation in central Chile causes a rapid decline in landscape connectivity for a forest specialist bird species

Vergara, P., Pérez-Hernández, C., Hahn, I., Soto, G.

Ecological Research

Vol. 28,

pp. 481

- 492.
Nest-site selection by the slender-billed parakeet (Enicognathus leptorhynchus) in a Chilean agricultural-forest mosaic

Carneiro, A., Jiménez, J,, Vergara, P., White, T. Jr.

Journal of Field Ornithology

Vol. 84,

pp. 13

- 22.

2012

Do beavers improve the habitat quality for Magellanic Woodpeckers in a subantartic forest of Cape Horn, Chile?

Soto, G., Vergara, P., Jiménez, J., Lizama, M., Celis, C., Rozzi, R., Duron, Q.

Bosque

Vol. 33,

pp. 271

- 274.
Biodiversity and biogeography of birds in Pacific Mexico along an isolation gradient from mainland Chamela via coastal Marias to oceanic Revillagigedo Islands

Hahn, I., Hogeback, S., Römer, U., Vergara, P.

Vertebrate Zoology

Vol. 62,

pp. 123

- 144.

2011

Habitat selection and population fluctuations in landbird species of Robinson Crusoe Island: endemic forest specialists vs. introduced habitat generalists

Hahn, I., Vergara, P., Römer, U.

Biodiversity and Conservation

Vol. 20,

pp. 2 797

- 2 813.
Matrix-dependent corridor effectiveness and the abundance of forest birds in fragmented landscapes

Vergara, P.

Landscape Ecology

Vol. 26,

pp. 1 085

- 1 096.
An island biogeography approach for understanding changes in compositional similarity

Vergara, P., Pizarro, J., Castro, S.

Ecological Modelling

Vol. 222,

pp. 1 964

- 1 971.
Importance of nest attributes in the conservation of endemic birds of the Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile

Hahn, I., Vergara, P., Römer, U.

Bird Conservation International

Vol. 21,

pp. 460

- 476.

2010

Vegetation structure affects bird community composition in an island ecosystem: the role of nativity and introduction

Hahn, I., Römer, U., Vergara, P.

Geo-Oeko

Vol. 29,

pp. 1

- 12.
Effective point count duration for estimating bird Species’ richness in Chilean forests

Vergara, P., Jiménez, J., Schlatter, R.

Zoological Studies

Vol. 49,

pp. 381

- 391.
Nutrients dynamics in the main river basins of the centre-southern region of Chile

Pizarro, J., Vergara, P., Rodríguez, J., Sanhuesa, P., Castro, S.

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Vol. 175,

pp. 608

- 613.
Conserving Chile’s most critically endangered bird species: First data on foraging, feeding, and food items of the Másafuera Rayadito (Aves: Furnariidae)

Hahn, I., Römer, U., Vergara, P.

Vertebrate Zoology

Vol. 60,

pp. 233

- 242.
Frugivory on Persea lingue in temperate Chilean forests: interactions between fruit availability and habitat fragmentation across multiple spatial scales

Vergara, P., Smith, C., Del Piano, C., Orellana, I., Gho, D.

Oceanología

Vol. 164,

pp. 981

- 991.
The importance of forest patch networks for the conservation of the Thorn-tailed Rayaditos in central Chile

Vergara, P., Hahn, I., Zeballos, H., Armesto, J.

Ecological Research

Vol. 25,

pp. 683

- 690.
Description of Dicrossus foirni sp. n. and Dicrossus warzeli sp. n. (Telestei: Perciformes: Cichlidae), two new cichlid species from the Rio Negro and the Rio Tapajós, Amazon drainage, Brazil

Römer, U., Hahn, I., Vergara, P.

Vertebrate Zoology

Vol. 60,

pp. 123

- 138.
Heavy metals in northern Chilean rivers: spatial variation and temporal trends

Pizarro, J., Vergara, P., Rodríguez, J.

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Vol. 181,

pp. 747

- 754.

2009

Biogeography, diversity, and conservation of the birds of the Juan Fernández Islands, Chile

Hahn, I., Römer, U., Vergara, P., Walter, H.

Vertebrate Zoology

Vol. 59,

pp. 103

- 114.
Linking edge effects and patch size effects: Importance of matrix nest predators

Vergara, P., Hahn, I.

Ecological Modelling

Vol. 220,

pp. 1 189

- 1 196.
Responses of Chilean forest birds to anthropogenic habitat fragmentation across spatial scales

Vergara, P., Armesto, J.

Landscape Ecology

Vol. 24,

pp. 25

- 38.

2008

Conservation of birds in evergreen Chilean forests: the effect of partial cutting systems

Vergara, P., Schlatter, R.

Wildlife Research

Vol. 35,

pp. 134

- 139.

2007

On the seasonal effect of landscape structure on a bird species: the thorn-tailed rayadito in a relict forest in northern Chile

Vergara, P., Marquet, P.

Landscape Ecology

Vol. 22,

pp. 1 059

- 1 071.

2006

Aggregate retention in two Tierra del Fuego Nothofagus forests: short-term effects on bird abundance

Vergara, P., Schlatter, R.

Forest Ecology and Management

Vol. 225,

pp. 213

- 224.
Abundance and movement of understory birds in Maulino forest fragmented by pine plantations

Vergara, P., Simonetti, J.

Biodiversity and Conservation

Vol. 15,

pp. 3 937

- 3 947.
A new bird-flea from Chile (Siphonaptera : Ceratophyllidae)

Beaucournu, J., Vergara, P., Balboa, L., Gonzalez-Acuña, D.

Journal de la Société Française de Parasitologie

Vol. 13,

pp. 227

- 230.

2005

Magellanic woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus) sap feeding and its role in the Tierra del Fuego forest bird assemblage

Schlatter, R., Vergara, P.

Journal of Ornithology

Vol. 146,

pp. 188

- 190.

2004

Does nest-site cover reduce nest predation for rhinocryptids?

Vergara, P., Simonetti, J.

Journal of Field Ornithology

Vol. 75,

pp. 188

- 191.
Avian responses to fragmentation of the Maulino Forest in central Chile

Vergara, P., Simonetti, J.

Oryx

Vol. 38,

pp. 383

- 388.
Magellanic Woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus) abundance and foraging in Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Vergara, P., Schlatter, R.

Journal of Ornithology

Vol. 145,

pp. 343

- 351.

2003

Forest fragmentation and rhinocryptid nest predation in central Chile

Vergara, P., Simonetti, J.

Acta Oecologica

Vol. 24,

pp. 285

- 288.

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