ECOSYSTEMS SERVICES PROVIDED BY PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS
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Works at Multidisciplinary Institute of Vegetal Biology (IMBIV)
loashworth [at] gmail.com
lash [at] imbiv.unc.edu.ar
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Works at Multidisciplinary Institute of Vegetal Biology (IMBIV)
I am a Biologist with a PhD in Ecology graduated from the National University of Córdoba, Argentina. My research focuses on assessing the benefits that humans obtain from the mutualist and antagonist interactions that plants establish with animals (e.g., pollination, herbivory). I am interested in determining how these contrasting interactions act simultaneously in shaping the production of fruits and seeds, the chemical quality of secondary compounds (escencial oils) in native plant species. Particularly I am focusing on non-cultivated native plants that have economical and socio-cultural importance such as medicinal and aromatic plants and plants used as human food and forrage for cattle.
Ecosystem services provided by native plants and by their ecological interctions with animals are poorly valued and under-studied. However, these interactions are likely to be highly susceptible in currently human-modified landscapes.
Ecosystem services provided by native plants and by their ecological interctions with animals are poorly valued and under-studied. However, these interactions are likely to be highly susceptible in currently human-modified landscapes.