Escuela de Pregrado – Facultad de Ciencias – Universidad de Chile
Nombres:
JUAN JOSÉ
Apellidos:
ARMESTO ZAMUDIO
Contacto (Opcional):
ARMESTO@BIO.PUC.CL
Título Profesional o Grado Académico (incluya el año de obtención):
LICENCIATURA EN CIENCIAS C/M BIOLOGÍA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE 1977 .
Estudios de Postgrado o Especialización (institución donde lo obtuvo y año de obtención):
PH.D. EN BOTÁNICAY FISIOLOGÍA DE PLANTAS, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, USA
1984
Actividad Actual e Institución en la cual trabaja:
PROFESOR TITULAR DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. DEPARTAMENTO DE
CIENCIAS ECOLÓGICAS, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS.
Reseña de su actividad laboral actual:
 Ecología Vegetal.
 Biodiversidad y conservación.

Manejo de Bosques
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PUBLICACIONES INDEXADAS : ( últimos 10 años).
1.
Pérez, C.A., M.R. Carmona, J.C. Aravena & J.J. Armesto (2004) Succesional changes in soil nitrogen availability, non-symbiotic fixation and carbon/nitrogen ratios in Southern Chilean forest ecosystems. Oecologia 140: 617-625.
2. Reid, S., I.A. Díaz, J.J. Armesto & M.F. Willson (2004) Importance of native bamboo for understory birds in Chilean temperate forests. Auk 121:515-525.
3. Gutiérrez, A.G., J. J. Armesto & J. C. Aravena (2004) Disturbance and regeneration dynamics of an old-growth North Patagonian rain forest in Chiloé
Island, Chile. Journal of Ecology 92:598-608.
4. Chacón, P. & J.J. Armesto (2005) Effect of canopy openness on growth, specific leaf area and survival of tree seedlings in a temperate rainforest of
Chiloé Island, Chile. New Zealand Journal of Botany 43: 71-81.
5. Moreno, J., S. Merino, R.A. Vásquez & J.J. Armesto (2005) Breeding biology of the thorn-tailed rayadito (Furnariidae) in south-temperate rainforests of Chile.
Condor 107(1): 69-77.
6. Díaz, I.A., J.J. Armesto, S.E. Reid, K.E. Sieving & M.F. Willson (2005) Linking forest structure and composition: avian diversity in successional forests of
Chiloé Island, Chile. Biological Conservation 123: 91-101.
7.
Pérez, C.A., R. Guevara, M.R. Carmona & J.J. Armesto (2005) Nitrogen mineralization in epiphytic soils of an old-growth Fitzroya cupressoides forest, southern Chile. Ecoscience 12: 210-215.
8. SmithRamírez, C., P. Martínez, M. Núñez, C. González & J.J. Armesto (2005)
Diversity, flower visitation frequency, and generalism of pollinators in temperate rain forests of Chiloé Island, Chile. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
147: 399-416.
9. Chacón, P. & J.J. Armesto (2006) Do carbon-based defences reduce foliar damage? Habitat-related effects on tree seedling performance in a temperate rainforest of Chilo é Island, Chile. Oecologia 146: 555-565.
10. delVal, E., J.J. Armesto, O. Barbosa, D.A. Christie, A.G. Gutiérrez, C.G. Jones,
P.A. Marquet & K.C. Weathers (2006) Rain forest islands in the Chilean semiarid region: fog-dependency, ecosystem persistence and tree regeneration. Ecosystems 9: 598-608.
11. Díaz, I.A., J.J. Armesto & M.F. Willson (2006) Mating success of the endemic
Des Murs' Wiretail (Sylviorthorhynchus desmursii, Furnariidae) in fragmented
Chilean rainforests. Austral Ecology 31: 13-21.
12. Hinojosa, L.F., J.J. Armesto & C. Villagrán (2006) Are Chilean coastal forests pre-Pleistocene relicts? Evidence from foliar physiognomy, paleoclimate, and phytogeography. Journal of Biogeography 33: 331-341.
13. Méndez, M.A., F. Torres-Pérez, C. Correa, E.R. Soto, J.J. Núñez, A. Veloso &
J.J. Armesto (2006) Genetic divergence in the endangered frog Insuetophrynus acarpicus (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Herpetological Journal 16: 93-96.
14. Núñez-Avila, M.C. & J.J. Armesto (2006) Relict islands of the temperate rainforest tree Aextoxicon punctatum (Aextoxicaceae) in semi-arid Chile: genetic diversity and biogeographic history. Australian Journal of Botany 54:
733-743.
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15. Rovere, A.E., C. SmithRamírez, J.J. Armesto & A.C. Premoli (2006) Breeding system of Embothrium coccineum (Proteaceae) in two populations on different slopes of the Andes. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 79: 225-232.
16. Willson, M. F. & J.J. Armesto (2006) Is natural history really dead? Toward the rebirth of natural history. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 79: 279-283.
17. Armesto, J.J., S. Bautista, E. Del Val, B. Ferguson, X. García, A. Gaxiola, H.
GodinezAlvarez, G. Gann, F. López-Barrera, R. Manson, M. Núñez-Avila, C.
Ortiz-Arrona, P. Tognetti & G. Williams-Linera (2007) Towards an ecological restoration network: Reversing land degradation in Latin America. Frontiers in
Ecology & the Environment 5: 1001-1004.
18. del-Val, E., J.J. Armesto, O. Barbosa & P.A. Marquet (2007) Effects of herbivory and patch size on tree seedling survivorship in a fog-dependent coastal rainforest in semiarid Chile. Oecologia 153: 625-632.
19. Díaz, M.F. & J.J. Armesto (2007) Limitantes físicos y bióticos de la regeneración arbórea en matorrales sucesionales de la Isla Grande de Chiloé,
Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 80: 13-26.
20. Díaz, M.F., S. Bigelow & J.J. Armesto (2007) Alteration of the hydrologic cycle due to forest clearing and its consequences for rainforest succession. Forest
Ecology and Management 234: 32-40.
21. Rüger, N., A.G. Gutiérrez, W. Daniel Kissling, J.J. Armesto & A. Huth (2007)
Ecological impacts of different harvesting scenarios for temperate evergreen rain forest in southern Chile. A simulation experiment. Forest Ecology and
Management 252: 52 –66.
22.
Gutiérrez, A.G., O. Barbosa, D.A. Christie, E. del Val, H.A. Ewing, C.G. Jones,
P.A. Marquet, K.C. Weathers & J.J. Armesto (2008) Regeneration patterns and persistence of the fog-dependent Fray Jorge forest in semiarid Chile during the past two centuries. Global Change Biology 14: 161 –176.
23. Rozzi, R., J.J. Armesto, B. Goffinet, W. Buck, F. Massardo, J. Silander, M.T.K.
Arroyo, S. Russell, C.B. Anderson, L.A. Cavieres & J.B. Callicott (2008)
Changing biodiversity conservation lenses: insights from the sub-Antarctic nonvascular flora of southern South America. Frontiers in Ecology and the
Environment 6: 131-137.
24. Ruger, N., A.G. Gutiérrez, K.D. Kissling, J.J. Armesto & A. Huth (2008)
Ecological impacts of different harvesting scenarios for temperate evergreen rain forest in southern Chile - A simulation experiment. Forest Ecology and
Management 252: 52-66.
25. Pérez, S.E., C.A. Pérez, M.R. Carmona, J.M. Farina & J.J. Armesto (2008)
Effects of labile phosphorous and carbon on non-symbiotic N-2 fixation in logged and unlogged evergreen forests in Chiloe Island, Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 81: 267-278.
26. Anderson, C.B., G.E. Likens, R. Rozzi, J.R. Gutiérrez, J.J. Armesto & A. Poole
(2008) Integrating Science and Society through long-term socioecological research. Environmental Ethics 30: 295-312.
27. Pérez, F., M. K. Arroyo & J. J. Armesto (2009) Evolution of autonomous selfing accompanies increased specialization in the pollination system of Schizanthus
(Solanaceae). American Journal of Botany 96: 1168-1176.
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28. Vergara, P. M. & J. J. Armesto (2009) Responses of Chilean forest birds to anthropogenic habitat fragmentation across spatial scales. Landscape Ecology
24: 25-38.
29. Ramos-Jiliberto, R., A. A. Albornoz, F. S. Valdovinos, C. SmithRamírez, M.
Arim, J. J, Armesto & P. Marquet (2009). A network analysis of plant –pollinator interactions in temperate rain forests of Chiloé Island, Chile. Oecologia 60: 607-
706.
30. Gutiérrez, A. G., J. J. Armesto , J. C. Aravena, M. Carmona, N. V. Carrasco, D.
A. Christie, M.P. Peña, C. Pérez, A. Huth (2009) Structural and environmental characterization of oldgrowth temperate rainforests of northern Chiloé Island,
Chile: Regional and global relevance. Forest Ecology and Management 258:
376-388.
31. Pérez, C. A., M. R. Carmona, J. C. Aravena, J. M. Fariña & J. J. Armesto
(2009) Environmental controls and patterns of cumulative radial increment of evergreen tree species in montane, temperate rainforests of Chiloé Island, southern Chile. Austral Ecology 34: 259-271.
32. Pérez, C.A., M.R. Carmona, J.C. Aravena, J.M. Farina & J.J. Armesto (2009)
Environmental controls and patterns of cumulative radial increment of evergreen tree species in montane, temperate rainforests of Chiloe Island, southern Chile. Austral Ecology 34: 259-271.
33. Newton, A. C., L. Cayuela, C. Echeverría, J. J. Armesto , R. F. Del Castillo, D.
Golicher, D. Geneletti , M. Gonzalez-Espinosa, A. Huth , F. López-Barrera, L.
Malizia, R. Manson, A. Premoli, N. Ramírez-Marcial, J. M. Rey-Benayas, N.
Ru ger, C. Smith-Ramírez, G. Williams-Linera (2009) Toward Integrated
Analysis of Human Impacts on Forest Biodiversity: Lessons from Latin America.
Ecology and Society 14: published on line. http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss2/art2/
34. Armesto, J. J., Manuschevich, D., Mora, A., Smith-Ramirez, C., Rozzi, R.,
Abarzúa, A. M., Marquet, P. A. (2010) From the Holocene to the Anthropocene:
A historical framework for land cover change in southwestern South America in the past 15,000 years. Land Use Policy 27: 148-160.
35. Barbosa O., Marquet P.A., Bacigalupe L.D., Christie D.A., del-Val E., Gutierrez
A.G., Jones C.G., Weathers K.C. & Armesto J.J.
(2010) Interactions among patch area, forest structure and water fluxes in a fog-inundated forest ecosystem in semi-arid Chile. Functional Ecology 24: 909-917
36. Diaz I. A., K. E. Sieving, M. E. Pena-
Foxon, J. Larraín &
J. J. Armesto (2010).
Epiphyte diversity and biomass loads of canopy emergent trees in Chilean temperate rain forests: A neglected functional component. Forest Ecology and
Management 259: 1490-1501.
37. Salinas, M. F., Arroyo, M. T. K., & Armesto, J. J.
(2010). Epiphytic growth habits of Chilean Gesneriaceae and the evolution of epiphytes within the Tribe
Coronanthereae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden , 97(1): 117 –127. doi:10.3417/2006210
38. Pérez, C. A., Carmona, M. R., & Armesto, J. J.
(2010) Non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation during leaf litter decomposition in an old-growth temperate rain forest of
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Chiloé Island, southern Chile: Effects of single versus mixed species litter.
Austral Ecology , 35: 148 –156. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02020.x
39. Pérez, C.A., M.R. Carmona, J.M. Farina & J.J. Armesto (2010). Effects of
Nitrate and labile Carbon on denitrification of southern temperate forest soils.
Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research 70: 251-258.
40. Smith-Ramirez, C., J. L. Celis-Diez, E. von Jenstchyk, J. E. Jimenez & J. J.
Armesto (2010) Habitat use of remnant forest habitats by the threatened arboreal marsupial Dromiciops gliroides (Microbiotheria) in a rural landscape of southern Chile. Wildlife Research 37: 249 –254.
41. Rozzi, R., C.B. Anderson, J.C. Pizarro, F. Massardo, Y. Medina, A. Mansilla,
J.H. Kennedy, J. Ojeda, T. Contador, V. Morales, K. Moses, A. Poole, J.J.
Armesto
& M.T.K. Arroyo (2010) Filosofía ambiental de campo y conservación biocultural en el Parque Etnobotánico Omora: aproximaciones metodológicas para am pliar los modos de integrar el componente social (“s”) en Sitios de
Estudios SocioEcológicos a Largo Plazo (SESELP). Revista Chilena de
Historia Natural 83: 27-68.
42. del-Val, E., & Armesto, J. J.
(2010) Seedling Mortality and Herbivory Damage in Subtropical and Temperate Populations: Testing the Hypothesis of Higher
Herbivore Pressure Toward the Tropics. Biotropica , 42: 174 –179. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00554.x
43. Anderson, C.P., R. Rozzi, J. J. Armesto & J.R. Gutiérrez (2010). Construyendo una Red Chilena p ara Estudios Socioecológicos a Largo Plazo: Avances, enfoques y relevancia. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 83: 1-11.
44. Carmona, M.R., J.C. Aravena, M.A. Bustamante-Sanchez, J.L. Celis-Diez, A.
Charrier, I. A. Díaz, J. Díaz-Forestier, M. F. Díaz, A. Gaxiola, A. G. Gutiérrez, C.
HernandezPellicer, S. Ippi, R. Jaña-Prado, P. Jara-Arancio, J. Jimenez, D.
Manuschevich, P. Necochea, M. Nuñez-Avila, C. Papic, C. Pérez, F. Pérez, S.
Reid, L. Rojas, B. Salgado, C. SmithRamírez, A. Troncoso, R. A. Vásquez, M.
F. Willson, R. Rozzi & J. J. Armesto (2010).Estación Biológica Senda Darwin: investigación ecológica de largo plazo en la interfase ciencia-sociedad.
Revista
Chilena de Historia Natural 83: 113-142.
45. Reid, S., & Armesto, J. J.
(2010) Avian gut-passage effects on seed germination of shrubland species in Mediterranean central Chile. Plant Ecology ,
212: 1 –10. doi:10.1007/s11258-010-9796-8
46. Reid, S., & Armesto, J. J.
(2011) Interaction dynamics of avian frugivores and plants in a Chilean Mediterranean shrubland. Journal of Arid Environments,
75(3): 221 –230.
47. Vergara, P.M., I.J. Hahn, H. Zeballos & Armesto, J. J.
(2010) The importance of forest patch networks for the conservation of the Thorn-tailed Rayaditos in central Chile. Ecological Research 25: 683-690.
48. Nunez-Avila, M. C., Uriarte, M., Marquet, P. A., & Armesto, J. J . (2011)
Microsatellite markers for the relict tree Aextoxicon punctatum : The only species in the Chilean endemic family Aextoxicaceae. American Journal of
Botany , 98: e30 –e32. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000425
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49. Salvande, M., J. Figueroa & J. J Armesto (2011) Quantity component of the effectiveness of seed dispersal by birds in the temperate rainforest of Chiloé,
Chile. Bosque 32(1): 39-45.
50. Bustamante Sánchez, M. A., Armesto, J. J ., & Halpern, C. B. (2011). Biotic and abiotic controls on tree colonization in three early successional communities of Chiloe Island, Chile. Journal of Ecology , 99, 288 –299.
51. Jiménez, M. A., Jaksic, F. M., Armesto, J. J.
, Gaxiola, A., Meserve, P. L., Kelt,
D. A., & Gutiérrez, J. R. (2011). Extreme climatic events change the dynamics and invasibility of semi-arid annual plant communities. Ecology letters , 14(12),
1227 –1235. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01693.x
52. González, A.L., J.M. Fariña, R. Pinto, C. Pérez, K.C. Weathers, J. Armesto & P.
Marquet (2011) Bromeliad growth and stoichiometry: responses to atmosphericb nutrient supply in fog-dependent ecosystems of the hyper-arid
Atacama Desert, Chile. Oecología 167:835–845
53. Suárez, L. H., Pérez, F., & Armesto, J. J . (2011). Strong Phenotypic Variation in Floral Design and Display Traits of an Annual Tarweed in Relation to Small-
Scale Topographic Heterogeneity in Semiarid Chile. International Journal of
Plant Sciences , 172(8), 1012 –1025. doi:10.1086/660105
54. Becerra, P. I., González-Rodríguez, V., Smith-Ramírez, C., & Armesto, J. J.
(2011). Spatio-temporal variation in the effect of herbaceous layer on woody seedling survival in a Chilean mediterranean ecosystem. Journal of Vegetation
Science , 22(5), 847 –855. doi:10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01291.x
55. Anderson, C. B., Celis-Diez, J. L., Bond, B. J., Martinez Pastur, G., Little, C.,
Armesto, J. J.
, et al. (2012) Progress in creating a joint research agenda that allows networked long-term socio-ecological research in southern South
America: Addressing crucial technological and human capacity gaps limiting its application in Chile and Argentina. Austral Ecology 37(5): 529 –536.
56. BustamanteSánchez, M. A., & Armesto, J. J.
(2012). Seed limitation during early forest succession in a ru ral landscape on Chiloé Island, Chile: implications for temperate forest restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology , 49(5), 1103
–1112. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02179.x
57. CelisDiez J.L., J. Hetz, P.A. Marín-Vial, G. Fuster, P. Necochea, R.A. Vásquez,
F.M. Jaksic & J. J. Armesto (2012). Population abundance, natural history, and habitat use by the arboreal marsupial Dromiciops gliroides in rural Chiloé
Island, Chile. Journal of Mammalogy 93 (1) 134-148.
58. Díaz, I. A., Sieving, K., Peña-Foxon, M. E., & Armesto, J. J.
(2012). A field experiment links forest structure and biodiversity: epiphytes enhance canopy invertebrates in Chilean forests. Ecosphere , 3, 1 –17.
59. Gallardo, M. B., Perez, C., Nuñez-Avila, M. C., & Armesto, J. J . (2012).
Desacoplamiento del desarrollo de l suelo y la sucesión vegetal a lo largo de una cronosecuencia de 60 mil años en el volcán Llaima, Chile. Revista Chilena
De Historia Natural 85: 291-306.
60. Massardo, F., A. Mansilla, J.J.Armesto
& R.Rozzi (2012) Ecología y Filosofia ambiental desde el confín Austral de America. Enviromental Ethics 34(S4):7-8.
61. Salinas, F., & Armesto, J. J.
(2012). Regeneration niche of three epiphytic species of Gesneriaceae from Chilean rainforests: implications for the evolution of growth habits in Coronanthereae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society ,
170, 79 –92.
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62. Rozzi, R., Armesto, J., Gutiérrez, J., Massardo, F., Likens, G., Anderson, C.,
Poole, A., et al. (2012). Integrating ecology and environmental ethics: earth stewardship in the southern end of the Americas. BioScience , 62, 226 –236.
Capítulos de libro
 Arroyo, M.T.K., O. Matthei, M. Muñoz-Schick, J.J. Armesto, P. Pliscoff, F.
Pérez & C. Marticorena (2005) Flora de cuatro reservas nacionales en la
Cordillera de la Costa, 35º-36ºS, VII Región, Chile y su papel en la protección de la biodiversidad regional. In (C. Smith & J.J. Armesto & C. Valdovinos, eds), “ Biodiversidad y Ecología de los Bosques de la Cordillera de la Costa de
Chile ", 225-235. Editorial Universitaria, Santiago.
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SmithRamírez, C., J.J. Armesto, J. Rodríguez, A.G. Gutiérrez, D. Christie & M.
Núñez (2005) Aextoxicon punctatum, el tique u olivillo. In: (C. Smith-Ramírez,
J.J. Armesto & C. Valdovinos, eds), "Historia, Biodiversidad y Ecología de los
Bosques Costeros de Chile", pp. 278-283. Editorial Universitaria, Santiago.
 Villagrán, C. & J.J. Armesto (2005) Fitogeografía histórica de la Cordillera de la
Costa de Chile. In: (C. Smith-R amírez, J.J. Armesto & C. Valdovinos, eds),
"Historia, Biodiversidad y Ecología de los Bosques Costeros de Chile", pp. 99-
116. Editorial Universitaria, Santiago.
 Armesto, J.J., M.F. Willson, I. Díaz & S. Reid (2005) Ecología del paisaje rural de la isla de Chiloé: Diversidad de especies de aves en fragmentos de bosques nativos. In: (C. SmithRamírez, J.J. Armesto & C. Valdovinos, eds), "Historia,
Biodiversidad y Ecología de los Bosques Costeros de Chile", pp. 585-599.
Editorial Universitaria, Santiago.

A rroyo, M.T.K., J.J. Armesto, F. Bozinovic, L.A. Cavieres, J.R. Gutiérrez, C.
Latorre, P. Marquet, D. Soto & F.A. Squeo (2006) Ciencias ambientales.
Diagnóstico y mirada hacia el futuro. In: (J. Allende, J. Babul, S. Martínez & T.
Ureta, eds), "Análisis y Proyecciones de la Ciencia Chilena 2005", pp. 295-331.
Academia Chilena de Ciencias, Santiago.
 Veblen, T.T., J.J. Armesto, B. Burns, T. Kitzberger, A. Lara, B. León & K.R.
Young (2006) The coniferous forests of South America. In: (F. Anderson, ed),
"Ecosystems of the World: Coniferous Forests", pp. 701-725. Elsevier,
Amsterdam.
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Armesto, J.J., M.T.K Arroyo & L.F. Hinojosa (2007) The mediterranean environment of central Chile. In: (T.T. Veblen, K.R. Young & A.R. Orme, eds),
"The Physical Geography of South America", pp. 184-199. Oxford University
Press, New York.
 Jaña-Prado, R., J.L. Celis-Diez, A.G. Gutiérrez, C. Cornelius & J.J. Armesto
(2007) Diversidad en bosques fragmentados de Chiloé: ¿Son todos los fragmentos iguales? In: (A.A. Grez, J.A. Simonetti & R.O. Bustamante, eds),
"Biodiversidad en ambientes fragmentados de Chile: patrones y procesos a diferentes escalas". Editorial Universitaria, Santiago.
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Latorre, C., P.I. Moreno, G. Vargas, A. Maldonado, R. VillaMartínez, J.J.
Armesto, C. Villagrán, M. Pino, L. Núñez & M. Grosjean (2007) Late Quaternary environments and paleoclimate. In: (W. Gibbons & T. Moreno, eds), “The
Geology of Chile”, pp. 309-328. London Geological Society Press, London.
 López-Barrera, F., J.J. Armesto, G. Williams-Linera, C. Smith-Ramírez & R.H.
Manson (2007) Fragmentation and edge effects on plant-animal interactions, ecological processes and biodiversity. In: (A.C. Newton, ed), “Biodiversity Loss and Conservation in Fragmented Forest Landscapes: The Forests of Montane
Mexico and Temperate South America", pp. 69-101. CABI Publishing.
 Newton, A.C., C. Echeverría, M. González-Espinosa, G. Williams-Linera, N.
Ramírez-Marcial, O. Thiers, J.J. Armesto, J.C. Aravena & A. Lara (2007)
Testing forest biodiversity indicators by assessing anthropogenic impacts along disturbance gradients. In: (A.C. Newton, ed), “Biodiversity Loss and
Conservation in Fragmented Forest Landscapes: The Forests of Montane
Mexico and Temperate South America", pp. 276-290. CABI Publishing.

SmithRamírez, C., A.E. Rovere, M.C. Núñez-Avila & J.J. Armesto (2007)
Habitat fragmentation and reproductive ecology of Embothirum coccineum,
Eucryphia cordifolia and Aextoxicon punctatum in southern temperate rainforests. In: (A.C. Newton, ed), “Biodiversity Loss and Conservation in
Fragmented Forest Landscapes: The Forests of Montane Mexico and
Temperate South America", pp. 102-119. CABI Publishing.
 Arroyo, M.T.K., J.J. Armesto & F.A. Squeo (2008) Conservación de especies amenazadas a nivel global y regional. In: (F.A. Squeo, G. Arancio & J.R.
Gutiérrez, eds), "Libro Rojo de la Flora Nativa y de los Sitios Prioritarios para su conservación: Región de Atacama", pp. 3-12. Ediciones Universidad de La
Serena, La Serena.
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Armesto, J. J.
, Smith-
Ramírez, C., Carmona, M.R., Celis-Diez, J.L., Díaz, I.A.,
Gaxiola, A., Gutiérrez, A., Nuñez-Avila, M.C., Perez, C.A., Rozzi, R. (2009) Oldgrowth temperate rainforests of South America: Conservation, plant-animal interactions, and baseline biogeochemical processes. En: Wirth, C. (Ed.), “Oldgrowth forests. Function, Fate and Value.” Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 367-390.
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Armesto, J. J ., M. A. Bustamante, M. F. Díaz, M. E.Gonzáles, A. Holz, M.
Núñez & C. Smith (2009) Fire Disturbance Regimes, Ecosystem Recovery and
Restoration Strategies in Mediterranean and
 Temperate Regions of Chile. En: A. Cerda, P. R. Robichaud (eds.) “Fire Effect on soils and restoration strategies”, pp. 537-568. Science Publishers, Enfield,
New Hampshire.

Becerra P, C SmithRamírez, C Echeverria & J. J Armesto (2011) Effect of fragmentation on plant communities of central Chile- En: Newton, A & N
Tejedor (Eds.), “ Principles and practices of forest landscape restoration” , IUCN,
Cambridge, UK, 121.
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Smith-
Ramírez, C., G. Williams-Linera, R.F. del Castillo, N. Ramírez-Marcial, R.
Aguilar, N. Taylor, D. Golicher, P. Becerra, C. Echeverria, J.L. Celis-Diez & J. J.
Armesto (2011) Fragmentation and altitudinal effects on tree diversity in seasonally dry forests of Mexico and Chile. En: Newton, A & N Tejedor (Eds.).
“Principles and practices of forest landscape restoration”, IUCN, Cambridge,
UK,103-130.
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Williams-Linera G, C Alvarez-Aquino, A Suarez, C Blundo, C SmithRamírez, C
Echeverria, E Cruz-Cruz, G Bolados, JJ Armesto , K Heinemann, L Malizia, P
Becerra, RF del Castillo & R Urrutia (2011) Experimental analysis of dryland forest restoration techniques. En: Newton, A & N Tejedor (Eds.). “Principles and practices of forest landscape restoration”, IUCN, Cambridge, UK, 131-181.
 González-Espinosa M, MR Parra-Vázquez, MH Huerta-Silva, N Ramírez-
Marcial, JJ Armesto , AD Brown, C Echeverría, BG Ferguson, D Geneletti, D
Golicher, J Gowda, SC Holz, E Ianni, T Kitzberger, A Lara, F López-Barrera, L
Malizia, RH Manson, JA Montero-Solano, G Montoya-
Gómez, F Orsi, AC
Premoli, JM Rey-Benayas, I Schiappacasse, C SmithRamírez, G Williams-
Linera, AC Newton (2011) Development of policy recommendations and management strategies for restoration of dryland forest landscapes. En:
Newton, A & N Tejedor (Eds.). “Principles and practices of forest landscape restorat ion”, IUCN, Cambridge, UK, 2011, 307-352.
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Libros
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SmithRamírez, C., J. J. Armesto & C. Valdovinos, eds. (2006). “Biodiversidad,
Historia y Ecología de los bosques de la Cordillera de la Costa, Chile” . Ed.
Universitaria 700 pp.
 Villagrán, C., C. Marticorena, J.J. Armesto , eds. (2007) “ Flora de las plantas vasculares de zapallar: Revisión ampliada e ilustrada de la obra de Federico
Johow .” Ed. Cuatro Vientos.
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Hoffman, A. & J. J. Armesto (2008) Ecología. Conocer la casa de todos .
Editorial Biblioteca Americana, Santiago.
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Hoffmann, A., J. J. Armesto , M. T. K. Arroyo (2009) Darwin en Sudamérica.
Nace un gran naturalista. Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Andros
Impresores, Santiago.
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Armesto, J. J . et al. (2011) Botánica Ecológica. Guía de campo de la flora leñosa de Chiloé . Andros Impresores, Chile.
PROYECTOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN : ( últimos 10 años)
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2008, Water and nutrient cycling in terrestrial food webs across environmental gradients: insights from stable isotope content of producers and consumers.
Fondecyt 3080040, 2 años, patrocinante.
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2007, Mecanismos ecologicos que explican la evolucion concertada de la autogamia y de la especializacion de los sistemas de polinizacion en la especie altoandina schizanthus grahamii (solanaceae). Fondecyt 3070030, 2 años, patrocinante.
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2006, Efectos de la fragmentacion del habitat sobre la persistencia metapoblacional de las aves de bosques del sur de chile: utilizacion de modelos espacialmente realistas. Fondecyt 3060083, 2 años, patrocinante.
 “Millennium Nucleus: Center for advanced studies in ecology and research on biodiversity.” MIDEPLAN, Chile Grant P99-103 FICM (co-PI) January 2000-
January 2003. US$ 300,000
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 “Biodiversity, conservation restoration and sustainable use in fragmented forest landscapes”. (Biocores) European Union, International Cooperation with
Developing Countries Program. Co-PI (2001-2004) USD 120,000.
 “Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity (CASEB)”. Grant
FONDAP-Fondecyt 1501-0001. January 2002-2006, renewed 2007-2011. Co-
PI, US$ 1,000,000 annually.
 Millennium Scientific Initiative: “Institute of Ecology & Biodiversity”. Co-PI.
MIDEPLAN, Chile. 2006-2010, USD $1 million annually.
 ”Restoration of forest landscapes for biodiversity conservation and rural development in the drylands of Latin America (Reforlan).” International
Cooperation with Developing Countries Program, European Union, Framework
VI. Co-PI. USD $130.000 annually. 2006-2009
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2008-2012: Programa de Financiamiento Basal (CONICYT, Chile). Grant given to Co rporación Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad. Co-Principal investigator.
USD $ 700,000 annually.
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20112012: Apoyo a la formación de redes internacionales de colaboración
(Conicyt, Chile).
New Zealans’s Landcare Research and Chile. Workshop. USD
25,000.
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2009-2012: The evolution of nutrient limitation in short-term postglacial chronosequences in southern Chile. FONDECYT 1090135. Co-PI.
Actualización, mayo 2014
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