Publications

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Aizen, M.A., S. Aguiar, J.C. Biesmeijer, L.A. Garibaldi, D.W. Inouye, C. Jung, D.J. Martins, R. Medel, C.L. Morales, H. Ngo, A. Pauw, R.J. Paxton, A. Sáez, & C.L. Seymour 2019. Global agricultural productivity is threatened by increasing pollinator dependence without a parallel increase in crop diversification. Global Change Biology 25: 3516-3527. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A., C. Smith-Ramírez, C.L. Morales, L. Vieli, A. Sáez, R.M. Barahona-Segovia, M.P. Arbetman, J. Montalva, L.A. Garibaldi, D.W. Inouye, & L. D. Harder. 2019. Coordinated global species-importation policies are needed to reduce serious invasions globally: the case of alien bumble bees in South America. Journal of Applied Ecology 56: 100–106. [pdf]

Arbetman, M.P., G. Gleiser, C. L. Morales, P. Williams, and M.A. Aizen. 2017. Global decline of bumblebees is phylogenetically structured and inversely related to species’ range size and pathogen incidence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0204). [pdf]

Aizen, M.A., G. Gleiser, M. Sabatino, L.J. Gilarranz, J. Bascompte, & M. Verdú. 2016. The phylogenetic structure of plant-pollinator networks increases with habitat size and isolation. Ecology Letters 19: 29-36. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A., C.L. Morales, D.P. Vázquez, L.A. Garibaldi, A. Sáez, & L.D. Harder. 2014. When mutualism goes bad: density-dependent impacts of introduced bees on plant reproduction. New Phytologist 204: 322-328. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A., M. Sabatino & M. Tylianakis. 2012. Specialization and rarity predict non-random loss of interactions from mutualist networks. Science 335: 1486-1489. [pdf] [suppl]

Aizen, M.A., L.A. Garibaldi & M. Dondo. 2009. Expansión de la soja y diversidad de la agricultura argentina. Ecología Austral 19:45-54. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. & L.D. Harder. 2009. The global stock of domesticated honey bees is growing slower than agricultural demand for pollination. Current Biology 19: 915-918. [pdf] [suppl]

Aizen, M.A., L.A. Garibaldi, S.A. Cunningham & A.M. Klein. 2008. Long-term global trends in crop yield and production reveal no current pollination shortage but increasing pollinator dependency. Current Biology 18: 1572–1575. [pdf] [suppl] [dispatch by R. Winfree]

Aizen, M.A., C.L. Morales & J.M. Morales. 2008. Invasive mutualists erode native pollination webs. PLoS Biology 6(2): e31. [pdf] [primer by J.M. Tylianakis]

Aizen, M.A. & Harder, L.D. 2007. Expanding the limits of the pollen-limitation concept: effects of pollen quantity and quality. Ecology 88: 271-281. [pdf]

Amico, G.C. & Aizen, M.A. 2000. Mistletoe seed dispersal by a marsupial. Nature 408: 929-930. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. & Feinsinger, P. 1994. Forest fragmentation, pollination, and plant reproduction in a Chaco dry forest, Argentina. Ecology 75: 330-351. [pdf]


COMPLETE PUBLICATION LIST

2020

Sáez, A., M.A. Aizen, S. Medici, S., M. Viel, E. Villalobos, & P. Negri. 2020. Bees increase crop yield in an alleged pollinator-independent almond variety. Scientific Reports 10: 3177. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-59995-0).

Garibaldi, L.A., A. Sáez, M.A. Aizen, T. Fijen, & i. Bartomeus. 2020. Crop pollination management needs flower visitor monitoring and target values. Journal of Applied Ecology (publicado online, doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13574).

Pérez‐Méndez, N., G.K.Andersson, F. Requier, J. Hipólito, M.A. Aizen, C.L. Morales,, N, García, G.P. Gennari, & L.A. Garibaldi. 2020. The economic cost of losing native pollinator species for orchard production. Journal of Applied Ecology (publicado online, doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13561).

2019

Gavini, S., G.M. Suárez, C. Ezcurra, & M.A. Aizen. 2019. Facilitation of vascular plants by cushion mosses in high-Andean communities. Alpine Botany 129: 137-148.

Aizen, M.A., S. Aguiar, J.C. Biesmeijer, L.A. Garibaldi, D.W. Inouye, C. Jung, D.J. Martins, R. Medel, C.L. Morales, H. Ngo, A. Pauw, R.J. Paxton, A. Sáez, & C.L. Seymour 2019. Global agricultural productivity is threatened by increasing pollinator dependence without a parallel increase in crop diversification. Global Change Biology 25: 3516-3527.

Harder, L.D., M. Strelin, I. Clocher, M. Kulbaba, & M.A. Aizen. 2019. The dynamic mosaic phenotypes of flowering plants. New Phytologist 224: 1021-1034.

Coulin C., M.A. Aizen M.A., & L.A. Garibaldi. 2019. Contrasting responses of plants and pollinators to woodland disturbance. Austral Ecology 44: 1040-1051.

Gavini, S., C. Ezcurra, & M.A. Aizen. 2019. Plant–plant interactions promote alpine diversification. Evolutionary Ecology 33: 195–209.

Teixido, A.L. & M.A. Aizen. 2019. Reproductive assurance weakens pollinator-mediated selection on flower size in an annual mixed-mating species. Annals of Botany 123: 1067-1077.

Sáez, A., P. Negri, M. Viel, & M.A. Aizen. 2019. Pollination efficiency of artificial and bee pollination practices in kiwifruit. Scientia Horticulturae 246: 1017-1021. (doi: 10.1016/j.scienta.2018.11.072).

Gleiser, G., K.L. Speziale, S.A. Lambertucci, F. Hiraldo, J.L. Tella, & M.A. Aizen. 2019. Uncoupled evolution of male and female cone sizes in an ancient conifer lineage. International Journal of Plant Sciences 180: 72-80.

Aizen, M.A., C. Smith-Ramírez, C.L. Morales, L. Vieli, A. Sáez, R.M. Barahona-Segovia, M.P. Arbetman, J. Montalva, L.A. Garibaldi, D.W. Inouye, & L. D. Harder. 2019. Coordinated global species-importation policies are needed to reduce serious invasions globally: the case of alien bumble bees in South America. Journal of Applied Ecology 56: 100–106.

2018

Strelin, M.M. & M.A. Aizen. 2018. The interplay between ovule number, pollination and resources as determinants of seed set in a modular plant. PeerJ 6, e5384.

Cavallero L., C.L. Morales, A. Montero-Castaño , J.H. Gowda , & M.A. Aizen. 2018. Scale-dependent effects of conspecific flower availability on pollination quantity and quality in an invasive shrub. Oecologia 188: 501-513.

Nuismer, S.L., B. Week, & M.A. Aizen. 2018. Coevolution slows the disassembly of mutualistic networks. American Naturalist 192: 490-502.

Agüero, J.I., O. Rollin, J.P. Torretta, M.A. Aizen, F. Requier, & L.A. Garibaldi. 2018. Honeybee impacts on plants and wild bees in natural habitats (in Spanish). Ecosistemas 27: 60-69.

Sáez, A, J.M. Morales, C.L. Morales, L.D. Harder & M.A. Aizen. 2018. The costs and benefits of pollinator dependence: empirically-based simulations predict raspberry fruit quality. Ecological Applications 28: 1215-1222.

Speziale, K.L., S.A. Lambertucci, G. Gleiser, J.L. Tella, F. Hiraldo, & M.A. Aizen. 2018. An overlooked plant-parakeet mutualism counteracts human overharvesting on an endangered tree. Royal Society Open Science 5: 171456.

Vanbergen, A.J, A. Espíndola, & M.A. Aizen. 2018. Risks to pollinators and pollination from invasive alien species. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2: 16–25. (GS 7)

Gleiser, G., I. Chybicki, S. González-Martínez, & M.A. Aizen. 2018. Phenological match drives pollen-mediated gene flow in a temporally dimorphic tree. Plant Biology 20: 93–100.

2017

Gleiser, G., S.A. Lambertucci, K.L. Speziale, F. Hiraldo, J.L. Tella, & M.A. Aizen. 2017. The southernmost parakeet might be enhancing pollination of a dioecious ancient conifer. Ecology 98: 2969-2971.

Garibaldi, L.A., S. Aguiar, M.A. Aizen, C.L. Morales, & A. Sáez. 2017. ¿Diversidad o dominancia en la producción de alimentos? El caso de los polinizadores. Ecología Austral 27: 340-347.

Geslin, B., M.A. Aizen, N. Garcia, A.J. Pereira, B. E. Vaissière, & L.A. Garibaldi. 2017. The impact of honey bee colony quality on crop yield and farmers' profit in apples and pears. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 248:153-161.

Arbetman, M.P., G. Gleiser, C. L. Morales, P. Williams, and M.A. Aizen. 2017. Global decline of bumblebees is phylogenetically structured and inversely related to species’ range size and pathogen incidence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0204). [pd]

Amico, G.C., Y. Sasal, R. Vidal-Russell, J.M, Morales, and M.A. Aizen. 2017. Consequences of disperser behaviour for seedling establishment of a mistletoe species. Austral Ecology (doi: 10.1111/aec.12517). [pdf]

Willcox, B.K., M.A. Aizen, S.A. Cunningham, M.M. Mayfield, & R. Rader. 2017. Deconstructing pollinator community effectiveness. Current Opinion in Insect Science (doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2017.05.012). [pdf]

Sáez A.,C.L. Morales, L.A. Garibaldi, & M.A. Aizen. 2017. Invasive bumble bees reduce nectar availability for honey bees by robbing raspberry flower buds. Basic and Applied Ecology 19: 26-35. [pdf]

Chalcoff, V.R., G. Gleiser, C. Ezcurra, & M.A. Aizen. 2017. Pollinator type and secondarily climate are related to nectar sugar composition across the angiosperms Evolutionary Ecology 31: 585-602. [pdf]

Garibaldi, L.A., S.A. Cunningham, M.A. Aizen, L. Packer, & L.D. Harder. 2017. The potential for insect pollinators to alleviate global pollination deficits and enhance yield of fruit and seed crops. In: D. Roubik (editor). The pollination of plants: A compendium for practitioners. FAO, Rome. [pdf]

Morales C.L., A. Sáez, L.A. Garibaldi & M.A. Aizen. 2017. Disruption of pollination services by invasive pollinator species. In: M. Vila, P. Hulme and G. Ruiz (editors). Impact of Biological Invasions on Ecosystem Services. Pp. 203-220. Springer. [pdf]

2016

Potts, S.G., V.Imperatriz-Fonseca, H.T. Ngo, M.A. Aizen, J.C. Biesmeijer, T.D. Breeze, L.V. Dicks, L.A. Garibaldi, R. Hill, J. Settele, & A.J. Vanbergen. 2016. Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being. Nature 540: 220–229. [pdf]

Bartomeus, I., D. Gravel, J.M. Tylianakis, M.A. Aizen, I.A. Dickie, & M. Bernard-Verdier. 2016. A common framework for identifying linkage rules across different types of interactions. Functional Ecology 30: 1894-1903. [pdf]

De Palma, A., S. Abrahamczyk, M.A. Aizen, et al. 2016. Predicting bee community responses to land-use changes: Effects of geographic and taxonomic biases. Scientific Reports 6:31153. doi:10.1038/srep31153. [pdf]

Tur, C., A. Sáez, A. Traveset,& M.A. Aizen. 2016. Evaluating the effects of pollinator-mediated interactions using pollen transfer networks: evidence of widespread facilitation in south Andean plant communities. Ecology Letters 19: 576-586. [pdf]

Harder, L.D., M.A. Aizen, & S.A. Richards. 2016. The population ecology of male gametophytes: the link between pollination and seed production. Ecology Letters 19: 497-509. [pdf]

Harder, L.D., M.A. Aizen, S.A. Richards, M.A. Joseph, & J.W. Busch. 2015. Diverse ecological relations of male gametophyte populations in stylar environments. American Journal of Botany 103: 484-497. [pdf]

Chalcoff, V. & M.A. Aizen. 2016. Pollination unpredictability and ovule number in a South-Andean Proteaceae along a rainfall gradient. Australian Journal of Botany 64: 8-14. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A., G. Gleiser, M. Sabatino, L.J. Gilarranz, J. Bascompte, & M. Verdú. 2016. The phylogenetic structure of plant-pollinator networks increases with habitat size and isolation. Ecology Letters 19: 29-36. [pdf]

Garibaldi L.A., Aizen M.A., Cunningham S.A., Harder L.D. & Klein A.M. 2016. Incremental contribution of ecosystem services to agricultural productivity: effects of service quantity and quality. In: B. Gemmill-Herren (editor). Pollination Services to Agriculture: Sustaining and Enhancing a Key Ecosystem Service. Routledge, 310 pp ( ISBN 978-1138904408). http://www.contentbookstore.com/book/9781138904408

Morales, C., J. Montalva, M. Arbetman, M.A. Aizen, C. Smith-Ramírez, L. Vieli, and R. Hatfield. 2016. Bombus dahlbomii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T21215142A100240441. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T21215142A100240441.en.

S.G. Potts, V. L. Imperatriz-Fonseca, H. T. Ngo, J. C. Biesmeijer, T. D. Breeze, L. V. Dicks, L. A. Garibaldi, R. Hill, J. Settele, A. J. Vanbergen, M. A. Aizen, S. A. Cunningham, C. Eardley, B. M. Freitas, N. Gallai, P. G. Kevan, A. Kovács-Hostyánszki, P. K. Kwapong, J. Li, X. Li, D. J. Martins, G. Nates-Parra, J. S. Pettis, R. Rader, and B. F. Viana (eds.). 2016. IPBES: Summary for policymakers of the assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on pollinators, pollination and food production. Secretariat of the Intergorvemmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecoystem Services, Bonn, Germany, pp. 1–36. (The report has been featured in more than 28 languages at 1,300+ online news sites in 81 countries). [pdf]

M.A. Aizen, J.C. Biesmeijer, and D.J. Martins (Coordinating Lead Authors). 2016. Chapter 3: The status and trends in pollinators and pollination. In: S.G Potts and V.L. Imperatriz-Fonseca (Coordinators). Assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on pollinators, pollination and food production. IPBES, United Nations.

2015

Garibaldi, L.A., I. Bartomeus, R. Bommarco, A. Klein, S. Cunningham, M.A. Aizen, V. Boreux, M. Garratt, L. Carvalheiro, C. Kremen, C. Morales, C. Schüepp, N. Chacoff, B. Freitas, V. Gagic, A. Holzschuh, B. Klatt, K. Krewenka, S. Krishnan, & M. Mayfield. 2015. Trait matching of flower visitors and crops predicts fruit set better than trait diversity. Journal of Applied Ecology 52: 1436–1444.[pdf]

González-Varo, J., R. Albaladejo, M.A. Aizen, J. Arroyo, & A. Aparicio. 2015. Extinction debt of a common shrub in a fragmented landscape. Journal of Applied Ecology 52: 580–589. [pdf]

Martyniuk, N.A., C. L. Morales, & M.A. Aizen. 2015. Invasive conifers reduce seed set of a native Andean cedar through heterospecific pollination competition. Biological Invasions 17: 1055-1067. [pdf]

Gilarranz, L.J., M. Sabatino, M.A. Aizen,& J. Bascompte. 2015. Hotspots of mutualistic networks. Journal of Animal Ecology 84: 407–413. [pdf]

Valiente-Banuet, A., M.A. Aizen, J.M. Alcántara, J. Arroyo, A. Cocucci, M. Galetti, M.B. García, D. García, J.M. Gómez, P. Jordano, R. Medel, L. Navarro, J.R. Obeso, R. Oviedo, N. Ramírez, P.J. Rey, A. Traveset, M. Verdú & R. Zamora. 2015. Beyond species loss: the extinction of ecological interactions in a changing world. Functional Ecology 29: 299–307. [pdf]

Cavallero, L., D.R. López, E. Raffaele & M.A. Aizen. 2015. Structural-functional approach to identify post-disturbance recovery indicators in forests from northwestern Patagonia: a tool to prevent state transitions. Ecological Indicators 52: 85-95. [pdf]

Quintero, C., J.C. Corley & M.A. Aizen. 2015. Weak trophic links between a crab-spider and the effective pollinators of a rewardless orchid. Acta Oecologica 62: 32-39. [pdf]

2014

Aizen, M.A., C.L. Morales, D.P. Vázquez, L.A. Garibaldi, A. Sáez, & L.D. Harder. 2014. When mutualism goes bad: density-dependent impacts of introduced bees on plant reproduction. New Phytologist 204: 322-328. [pdf]

Sáez, A., C.L. Morales, L. Ramos, & M.A. Aizen. 2014. Extremely frequent bee visits increase pollen deposition but reduce drupelet set in raspberry. Journal of Applied Ecology 51: 1603-1612. [pdf]

Amico,G.C., R. Vida l-Russell, M.A. Aizen, & D. Nickrent. 2014. Genetic diversity and population structure of the mistletoe Tristerix corymbosus (Loranthaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 300: 153-162. [pdf]

Morales, C.L., A. Sáez, M.P. Arbetman, L. Cavallero, & M.A. Aizen. 2014. Detrimental effects of volcanic ash deposition on bee fauna and plant-pollinator interactions. Ecologia Austral 24:42-50. [pdf]

Sáez, A., M. Sabatino, & M.A. Aizen. 2014. La diversidad floral del borde afecta la riqueza y abundancia de visitantes florales nativos en cultivos de girasol. Ecologia Austral 24:94-102. [pdf]

Garibaldi, L.A., L.G. Carvalheiro, S.D. Leonhardt, M.A. Aizen, B.R. Blaauw, R. Isaacs, M. Kuhlmann, D. Kleijn, A.M. Klein, C. Kremen, L. Morandin, J. Scheper, & R. Winfree. 2014. From research to action: practices to enhance crop yield through wild pollinators. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12: 439-447. [pdf]

Hudson, L.N., T. Newbold, S. Contu, S.L. Hill, I. Lysenko, A. De Palma, H.R.P. Phillips, R.A. Senior, D.J. Bennett, H. Booth, A. Choimes, D.L.P. Correia, J. Day, S. Echeverría-Londoño, M. Garon, M.L.K. Harrison, D.J. Ingram, M. Jung, V. Kemp, L. Kirkpatrick, C.D. Martin, Y. Pan, H.J. White, J. Aben, S. Abrahamczyk, G.B. Adum, V.Aguilar-Barquero, M.A. Aizen et al. 2014. The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts. Ecology and Evolution 4: 4701-4735. [pdf]

Alves dos Santos, I., M.A. Aizen, & C.I. da Silva. 2014. Conservação de polinizadores. En: A. R. Rech, K. Agostini, P. E. Oliveira y I. C. Machado (eds.). Biologia da Polinização. Pp. 650-694. Editora Projeto Cultural, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brasil. (ISBN 978-85-68126-01-1) [pdf]

M.A. Aizen. 2014. Introducción. En: Raffaele, E., M. de Torres Curth, C.L. Morales & T. Kitzberger (edS.). Ecología e historia natural de la Patagonia Andina: un cuarto de siglo de investigación en biogeografía, ecología y conservación. Pp. 13-18. Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. (ISBN 978-987-3781-01-8) [pdf]

Ezcurra, C., A.C: Premoli, C.P. Souto, M.A. Aizen, M. Arbetman, P. Mathiasen, M.C. Acosta & P. Quiroga. 2014. La vegetación de la región Andino Patagónica tiene su historia. En: Raffaele, E., M. de Torres Curth, C.L. Morales y T. Kitzberger (editores). Ecología e historia natural de la Patagonia Andina: un cuarto de siglo de investigación en biogeografía, ecología y conservación. Pp. 19-36. Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. (ISBN 978-987-3781-01-8) [pdf]

Chalcoff, V.R., C.L. Morales, M.A. Aizen, Y. Sasal, A.E. Rovere, M. Sabatino, C. Quintero & M. Tadey. 2014. Interacciones planta-animal, la polinización. En: Raffaele, E., M. de Torres Curth, C.L. Morales y T. Kitzberger (editores). Ecología e historia natural de la Patagonia Andina :un cuarto de siglo de investigación en biogeografía, ecología y conservación. Pp. 113-132. Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. (ISBN 978-987-3781-01-8)

2013

Rodriguez-Cabal, M.A, N. Barrios-Garcia, G.C. Amico, M.A. Aizen, & N.J. Sanders. 2013. Node-by-node disassembly of a mutualistic interaction web driven by species introductions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110: 16503-16507. [pdf]

Morales, C.L., M.P. Arbetman, S.A. Cameron & M.A. Aizen. 2013. Rapid ecological replacement of a native bumble bee by invasive species. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 11: 529–534. [pdf]

Garibaldi, L.A., I. Steffan-Dewenter, R. Winfree, M.A. Aizen, Bommarco R., Cunningham S.A., Kremen C., Carvalheiro L.G., Harder L.D., Afik O., Bartomeus I., Benjamin F., Boreux V., Cariveau D., Chacoff N.P., Dudenhöffer J.H., Freitas B.M., Ghazoul J., Greenleaf S.,Hipólito J., Holzschuh A., Howlett B., Isaacs R., Javorek S.K., Kennedy C.M., Krewenka K., Krishnan S., Mandelik Y., Mayfield M.M., Motzke I., Munyuli T., Nault B.A., Otieno M., Petersen J., Pisanty G., Potts S.G., Rader R., Ricketts T.H., Rundlöf M., Seymour C.L., Schüepp C., Szentgyörgyi H., Taki H., Tscharntke T., Vergara C.H., Viana B.F., Wanger T.C., Westphal C., Williams N., & Klein A.M. (2013) Wild pollinators enhance fruit set of crops regardless of honey-bee abundance. Science 339: 1608-1611. [pdf][suppl]

Arbetman, M.P., I. Meeus, C.L. Morales, M.A. Aizen & G. Smagghe (2013) Alien parasite hitchhikes to Patagonia on invasive bumblebee. Biological Invasions 15: 489-494. [pdf]

Cavallero, L., E. Raffaele & M.A. Aizen (2013) Birds as mediators of passive restoration during early post-fire recovery. Biological Conservation 158: 342-350. [pdf]

2012

Garibaldi, L.A., C.L. Morales, L. Ashworth, N.P. Chacoff & M.A. Aizen (2012) Nuestra alimentación depende de animales que polinizan los cultivos. Ciencia Hoy 126: 35-43. [pdf]

Cavallero, L., M.A. Aizen & E. Raffaele ( 2012) Endozoochory decreases environmental filtering imposed to seedlings. Journal of Vegetation Science 23: 677-689. [pdf]

Sáez, A., M. Sabatino & M.A. Aizen (2012) Interactive effects of large- and small-scale sources of feral honey-bees for sunflower in the Argentine Pampas. PLoS One 7: e30968. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A., M. Sabatino & M. Tylianakis (2012) Specialization and rarity predict non-random loss of interactions from mutualist networks. Science 335: 1486-1489. [pdf] [suppl]

Chalcoff, V.R., M.A. Aizen & C. Ezcurra (2012) Erosion of a pollination mutualism along an environmental gradient in a south Andean treelet, Embothrium coccineum (Proteaceae). Oikos 121: 471–480. [pdf]

2011

Aizen, M.A., M. Lozada & C.L. Morales (2011) Comparative nectar-foraging behaviors and efficiencies of an alien and a native bumble bee. Biological Invasions 13: 2901-2909. [pdf]

Garibaldi, L.A, M.A. Aizen, A.M. Klein, S.A. Cunningham & L.H. Harder (2011) Global growth and stability of agricultural yield decrease with pollinator dependence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 14 : 5909–5914. [pdf]

Amico, G.C., M.A. Rodriguez-Cabal & M.A. Aizen (2011) Geographic variation in fruit colour is associated with contrasting seed disperser assemblages in a south-Andean mistletoe. Ecography 34: 177–352. [pdf]

Menz, M.H.M, R.D. Phillips, R. Winfree, C. Kremen, M.A. Aizen, S.D. Johnson & K.W. Dixon (2011) Reconnecting plants and pollinators: challenges in the ecological restoration of pollination function. Trends in Plant Science 16:4-12. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. (2011) Editor's Choice. Comentario sobre "Kaiser-Bunbury, C.N., Valentin, T., Mougal, J., Matatiken, D. & Ghazoul, J. (2011) The tolerance of island plant–pollinator networks to alien plants. Journal of Ecology, 99, 202-213". Homepage del Journal of Ecology. http://www.journalofecology.org/view/0/edchoice991.html

2010

Chacoff, N.P., C.L. Morales, L.A. Garibaldi, L. Ashworth & M.A. Aizen. 2010. Pollinator dependence of Argentinian agriculture: current status and temporal analysis. American Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology 3(1): 106-116. [pdf]

Sabatino, M., N. Maceira, N. & M.A. Aizen (2010) Direct effects of habitat area on interaction diversity in pollination webs. Ecological Applications 20: 1491-1497. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A & L.D. Harder (2010) Too busy bees (Op-ed article). New York Times (25-03-2010). [pdf]

Harder, L.D. & M.A. Aizen (2010) Floral adaptation and diversification under pollen limitation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 365: 529–543. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A & A.E. Rovere (2010) Reproductive interactions mediated by flowering overlap in a temperate hummingbird-plant assemblage. Oikos119: 696-706. [pdf]

Quintero, C., C.L. Morales & M.A. Aizen (2010) Effects of anthropogenic habitat disturbance on local pollinator diversity and species turnover across a precipitation gradient. Biodiversity and Conservation 19: 257-274. [pdf] [suppl]

2009

Chacoff, N.P., C.P. Souto, M.A. Aizen & A. Premoli (2009) Is there genetic variation in seedless Argentinean grapefruit? Implications for crop production and conservation. Basic and Applied Genetics 20: 27-35. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A & N. Chacoff (2009) Las interacciones planta-animal como servicio ecosistémico: el caso del mutualismo de polinización. En: (Medel, R, M.A. Aizen y R. Zamora) Ecología y evolución de interacciones planta-animal. Pp. 315-330. Editorial Universitaria, Chile. [pdf]

Medel, R., M.A. Aizen & R. Zamora, editores (2009) Ecología y evolución de interacciones planta-animal. 399 p. Editorial Universitaria, Chile.

Aizen, M.A & L.D. Harder (2009) The truth about honeybees. New Scientist 2731: 26-27. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. & L.D. Harder (2009) Geographic variation in the growth of domesticated honey-bee stocks: disease or economics? Communicative & Integrative Biology (published online). [pdf] [suppl]

Winfree, R., R. Aguilar, D.P. Vázquez, G. LeBuhn & M.A. Aizen (2009) A meta-analysis of bees’ responses to anthropogenic disturbance. Ecology 90: 2068–2076. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. & L.D. Harder (2009) The global stock of domesticated honey bees is growing slower than agricultural demand for pollination. Current Biology 19: 915-918. [pdf] [suppl]

Aizen, M.A., L.A. Garibaldi, S.A. Cunningham & A.M. Klein (2009) How much does agriculture depend on pollinators? Lessons from long-term trends in crop production. Annals of Botany 103: 1579-1588. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A., L.A. Garibaldi & M. Dondo (2009) Expansión de la soja y diversidad de la agricultura argentina. Ecología Austral 19:45-54. [pdf]

Garibaldi, L.A., M.A. Aizen, S. Cunningham & A.M. Klein (2009) Pollinator shortage and global crop yield: looking at the whole spectrum of pollinator dependency. Communicative & Integrative Biology 18: 1572–1575. [pdf]

Amico, G.C., M.A. Rodríguez-Cabal, M.A. & M.A. Aizen (2009) The potential key seed-dispersing role of the arboreal marsupial Dromiciops gliroides. Acta Oecologica 35: 8-13. [pdf]

2008

Aizen, M.A., L.A. Garibaldi, S.A. Cunningham & A.M. Klein (2008) Long-term global trends in crop yield and production reveal no current pollination shortage but increasing pollinator dependency. Current Biology 18: 1572–1575. [pdf] [suppl] [dispatch by R. Winfree]

Chalcoff, V.R., Ezcurra, C. & M.A. Aizen (2008) Uncoupled geographic variation between leaves and flowers in a south-Andean Proteaceae. Annals of Botany102: 79–91. [pdf]

Chalcoff, V.R, M.A. Aizen & L. Galetto (2008) Sugar preferences of the green-backed firecrown hummingbird (Sephanoides sephaniodes, Trochilidae): a field experiment. Auk 125: 60–66. [pdf]

Chacoff, N.P, M.A. Aizen & V. Aschero (2008) Proximity to forest edge does not affect crop production despite pollen limitation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275: 907–913. [pdf]

Paritsis, J. & M.A. Aizen (2008) Effects of exotic conifer plantations on the biodiversity of understory plants, epigeal beetles and birds in Nothofagus dombeyi forests. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 1575–1583. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A., C.L. Morales & J.M. Morales (2008) Invasive mutualists erode native pollination webs. PLoS Biology 6(2): e31. [pdf] [primer by J.M. Tylianakis]

Aizen, M.A. & C. Ezcurra (2008) Do leaf margins of the temperate forest flora of southern South America reflect a warmer past? Global Ecology and Biogeography 17: 164-174. [pdf]

Rodríguez-Cabal, M.A., G.C. Amico, A.J. Novaro & M.A. Aizen (2008) Population characteristics of Dromiciops gliroides (Philippi, 1893), an endemic marsupial of the temperate forest of Patagonia. Mammalian Biology 73: 74-76. [pdf]

2007

Rodríguez-Cabal, M., M.A. Aizen & A. Novaro (2007) Habitat fragmentation disrupts a plant-disperser mutualism in the temperate forest of South America. Biological Conservation 39: 195-202. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A (2007) Enfoques en el estudio de la reproducción sexual de las plantas en ambientes alterados: limitaciones y perspectivas. Ecología Austral 17: 7-19. [pdf]

Chacoff, N.P & M.A. Aizen (2007) Pollination requirements of pigmented grapefruit (Citrus paradisi Macf.) from northwestern Argentina. Crop Science 47: 1143-1150. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. & Harder, L.D. (2007) Expanding the limits of the pollen-limitation concept: effects of pollen quantity and quality. Ecology 88: 271-281. [pdf]

Kremen, C., N. M. Williams, M.A. Aizen, B. Gemmill-Herren, G. Lebuhn, R. Minckley, L. Packer, S. G. Potts, T. Roulston, I. Steffan-Dewenter, D.P. Vazquez, R. Winfree, L. Adams, E. E. Crone, S. S. Greenleaf, T. H. Keitt, A. Klein, J. Regetz y T. Ricketts (2007) Pollination and other ecosystem services produced by mobile organisms: a conceptual framework for the effects of land use change. Ecology Letters 10: 299–314.

2006

Aizen, M.A. & Vázquez, D.P. (2006) Flower performance in human-altered habitats. En: L.D Harder y S.C.H. Barrett (editores). Ecology and Evolution of flowers. Pp. 159-179. Oxford University Press. [pdf]

Aguilar, R., L. Ashworth, Galetto L. & Aizen, M.A. (2006) Plant reproductive susceptibility to habitat fragmentation: review and synthesis through a meta-analysis. Ecology Letters 9: 968-980. [pdf]

Chalcoff, V.R., Aizen, M.A. & Galetto, L. (2006) Nectar concentration and composition of 26 species from the temperate forest of South America. Annals of Botany 97: 413-421. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. & Vázquez, D.P. (2006) Flowering phenologies of hummingbird plants from the temperate forest of southern South America: is there evidence of competitive displacement? Ecography 29: 357-366. [pdf]

Chacoff, N.P. & Aizen, M.A. (2006) Edge effects on flower-visiting insects in grapefruit plantations bordering premontane subtropical forest. Journal of Applied Ecology 43: 18-27. [pdf]

Morales, C.L. & Aizen, M.A. (2006) Invasive mutualisms and the structure of plant-pollinator interactions in the temperate forest of north-west Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Ecology 94: 171-180. [pdf]

Premoli, A.C., Aizen, M.A., Kitzberger, T. & Raffaele, E. (2006) Situación ambiental de los Bosques Patagónicos. En: A. Brown, U. Martínez Ortiz, M. Acerbi, y J. Corcuera (editores). La situación ambiental argentina 2005. Pp. 281-291. Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina, Buenos Aires.

2004-2005

Aizen, M.A. (2005) Breeding system of Tristerix corymbosus (Loranthaceae), a winter-flowering mistletoe from the southern Andes. Australian Journal of Botany 53: 357-361. [pdf]

Amico, G.C. & Aizen, M.A. (2005) Dispersión de semillas por aves en un bosque templado de Sudamérica austral: ¿quién dispersa a quien? Ecología Austral 15: 89-100. [pdf]

Vázquez, D.P. & Aizen, M.A. (2005) Community-wide patterns of specialization in plant-pollinator interactions revealed by null models. En: N. M. Waser y J. Ollerton (editores). Specialization and generalization in plant-pollinator interactions. Pp. 200-219. The University of Chicago Press. [pdf]

Morales, C.L. & Aizen, M.A. (2004). Potential displacement of the native bumblebee Bombus dahlbomii by the invasive Bombus ruderatus in NW Patagonia. En: K. Hartfelder y D .De Jong (editores). Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Tropical Bees and VI Encontro sobre Abelhas (pp. 70 - 76). International Bee Research Association.

Ashworth, L., Aguilar, R., Galetto, L. & Aizen, M.A. (2004) Why do pollination generalist and specialist plant species show similar reproductive susceptibility to habitat fragmentation? Journal of Ecology 92: 717-719. [pdf]

Harder, L. & Aizen, M.A. (2004) The functional significance of synchronous protandry in Alstroemeria aurea. Functional Ecology 18: 467-474. [pdf]

Vázquez, D.P. & Aizen, M.A. (2004) Asymmetric specialization: a pervasive feature of plant-pollinator interactions. Ecology 85: 1251-1257. [pdf]

2002-2003

Aizen, M.A. (2003) Down-facing flowers, hummingbirds and rain. Taxon 52: 675-680. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. (2003) Influences of animal pollination and seed dispersal on winter flowering in a temperate mistletoe. Ecology 84: 2613–2627. [pdf]

Vázquez, D.P. & Aizen, M.A. (2003) Null model analyses of specialization in plant-pollinator interactions. Ecology 84: 2493-2501. [pdf]

Rovere, A., Aizen, M.A. & Kitzberger, T. (2003) Growth and climatic response of male and female trees of Austrocedrus chilensis, a dioecious conifer from the Temperate Forests of southern South America. Ecoscience 10: 195-203. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. & P. Feinsinger. (2003) Bees not to be? Responses of insect pollinator faunas and flower pollination to habitat fragmentation. En: G.A. Bradshaw & P.A. Marquet (editores). How landscapes change: human disturbance and ecosystem fragmentation in the Americas. Pp. 111-129. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A., Asworth, L. & Galetto, L. (2002) Reproductive success in fragmented habitats: do compatibility systems and pollination specialization matter? (Forum article). Journal of Vegetation Science 13: 885-892. [pdf]

Torres, C., Eynard, M.C., Aizen, M.A. & Galetto, L. (2002) Selective fruit maturation and seedling performance in Acacia caven (Fabaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 163: 809-813. [pdf]

Morales, C.L. & Aizen, M.A. (2002) Does invasion of exotic plants promote invasion of exotic flower visitors? A case study from the temperate forests of the southern Andes. Biological Invasions 4: 87-100. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A., D.P. Vázquez y C. Smith-Ramírez. (2002) Historia natural de los mutualismos planta-animal del Bosque Templado de Sudamérica Austral. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 75: 79-97. [pdf]

Souto, C.P., Aizen, M.A. & A.C. Premoli. 2002. Effects of crossing distance and genetic relatedness on pollen performance in Alstroemeria aurea (Alstroemeriaceae). American Journal of Botany 89: 427-432. [pdf]

1998-2001

Tadey, M. & Aizen, M.A. (2001) Why do flowers of a hummingbird-pollinated mistletoe face down? Functional Ecology 15: 782-790. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. (2001) Flower sex ratio, pollinator abundance, and the seasonal pollination dynamics of a protandrous plant. Ecology 82: 127-144. [pdf]

Amico, G.C. & Aizen, M.A. (2000) Mistletoe seed dispersal by a marsupial. Nature 408: 929-930. [pdf]

Nuñez, C., Aizen, M.A. & C. Ezcurra (1999) Species associations and nurse plant effect in patches of high-Andean vegetation. Journal of Vegetation Science 10: 357-364. [pdf]

Ladio, A.H. & Aizen, M.A. (1999) Early reproductive failure increases nectar reward and pollination success of late-produced flowers in Alstroemeria aurea(Alstroemeriaceae). Oecologia 120: 235-241. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. & C. Ezcurra (1998) High incidence of plant-animal mutualisms in the woody flora of the temperate forest of southern South America: biogeographical origin and present ecological significance. Ecología Austral 8: 217-236. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. (1998) Forest fragmentation and plant reproduction: the pollination link. Proceedings del Taller "Recent Advances in Biotechnology, pp. 22-37.International Foundation for Science-Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Septiembre 1997. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. International Foundation for Science, Estocolmo, Suecia

Aizen, M.A. & Searcy, K. (1998) Selective fruit filling in relation to pollen load size in Alstroemeria aurea (Alstroemeriaceae). Plant Sexual Reproduction 11: 166-170.

Aizen, M.A. & Raffaele, E. (1998) Flowering shoot defoliation affects pollen grain size and postpollination pollen performance in Alstroemeria aurea. Ecology 79: 2133-2142. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. & Basilio, A. (1998) Sex differential nectar secretion in protandrous Alstroemeria aurea (Alstroemeriaceae): is production altered by pollen removal and receipt? American Journal of Botany 85: 245-252. [pdf]

1994-1997

Aizen, M.A. (1997) Influence of local floral density and flower-phase sex ratio on pollen receipt and seed output: empirical and experimental results in dichogamous Alstroemeria aurea (Alstroemeriaceae). Oecologia 111: 404-412. [pdf]

Clayton, S. & Aizen, M.A. (1996) Effects of pollinia removal and insertion on flower longevity in Chloraea alpina (Orchidaceae). Evolutionary Ecology 10: 653-660. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. & Raffaele, E. (1996) Nectar production and pollination in Alstroemeria aurea: responses to level and pattern of flowering shoot defoliation. Oikos 76: 312-322. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. & Woodcock, H. (1996) Effects of acorn size on seedling survival and growth in Quercus rubra L. following simulated spring frost. Canadian Journal of Botany 74: 308-314. [pdf]

Roig Alsina, A. & Aizen, M.A. (1996) Bombus ruderatus, una nueva especie de Bombus para la Argentina (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Physis 51: 120-121.

Aizen, M.A. & Basilio, A. (1995) Within and among flower sex-phase distribution in Alstroemeria aurea (Alstroemeriaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 73: 1986-1994. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. & Patterson, W.A. (1995) Leaf phenology and herbivory along a temperature determined topographical gradient: a test of the phenological window hypothesis. Journal of Vegetation Science 6: 543-550. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. & Rovere, A.E. (1995) Does pollen viability decrease with aging? A cross-population examination in Austrocedrus chilensis. International Journal of Plant Sciences 156: 227-231. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. & Feinsinger, P. (1994) Habitat fragmentation, native insect pollinators, and feral honeybees in Argentine "Chaco Serrano". Ecological Applications 4: 378-392. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. & Feinsinger, P. (1994) Forest fragmentation, pollination, and plant reproduction in a Chaco dry forest, Argentina. Ecology 75: 330-351. [pdf]

1989-1993

Aizen, M.A. (1993) Self pollination shortens flower lifespan in Portulaca umbraticola H.B.K. International Journal of Plant Sciences 154: 412-415. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. & Patterson, W.A. (1992) Do big acorns matter? - A reply to Jensen. Journal of Biogeography 19: 581-582. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. & Woodcock, H. (1992) Latitudinal trends in acorn size in the eastern North American oaks. Canadian Journal of Botany 70: 1218-1222. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. (1991) Predación de semillas de Acacia Aroma por el brúchido Pseudopachymerina grata en función de la posición de las semillas y el número de semillas por vaina. Ecología Austral 1: 17-24. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A. & Kenigsten, A. (1990) Floral sex ratios in scrub oak (Quercus ilicifolia) vary with microtopography and stem height. Canadian Journal of Botany 68: 1364-1968. [pdf]

Aizen, M.A., Searcy, K. & Mulcahy, D. (1990) Among- and within-flower comparisons of pollen tube growth following self and cross pollinations in Dianthus chinensis L. (Caryophyllaceae). American Journal of Botany 77: 671-676. [pdf]

Aizen M.A. & Patterson, W.A. (1990) Acorn size and geographical range in the North American oaks. Journal of Biogeography 17: 327-332. [pdf]

Patterson, W.A. & Aizen, M.A. (1989) Hardwood competition and weevil infestation in white pine: lessons from a long term study. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 6: 186-188.

Aizen M.A. (1989) The fit of logspecies-logarea regression lines to nonequilibrium archipelagoes: a simulation approach. Ecological Modelling 47: 265-273.

Commentaries

Bascompte, J., M.A. Aizen, C. Fontaine, M.A. Fortuna, P. Jordano, T. M. Lewinsohn, J. Memmott, J.M. Olesen, T. Petanidou, V. Rico-Gray & J.N. Thompson (2010) Reports from the 2009 ESA AnnualMeeting- Symposium 6: Mutualistic Networks. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 91: 367-370.

Aizen, M.A., Kitzberger, T., Premoli, A. & Heinemann, K. (2000) Estación Biológica del Bosque Lluvioso Templado. Boletín de la Asociación Argentina de Ecología 9(1): 4-5.

Aizen, M.A. & Kitzberger, T. (1999) La Selva Valdiviana: el gran cerco verde de los Andes. Patagonia Geográfica 1: 6-21.

Aizen, M.A. (1998) Cuando pa' Chile me voy. Comentario sobre el libro "Ecología de los bosques nativos de Chile"(Juan J. Armesto, Carolina Villagrán y Mary Kalin Arroyo, eds.). Boletín de la Asociación Argentina de Ecología 7(2): 30-31.

Aizen, M.A. (1997) Coevolución de plantas y animales: las interacciones biológicas como fuente de cambio evolutivo recíproco. Ciencia Hoy 7(40): 47.

Aizen, M.A. & Galetto, L. (1996) Los polinizadores, animales olvidados. OVEI (Revista de la Organización de Viaje de Estudios de Ingeniería y Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba) 4: 20-23.

Aizen, M.A. (1996) Fuego, biodiversidad e interacciones biológicas. Revista de la Sociedad Naturalista Andino-Patagónica 3: 9.

Aizen, M.A. & Farji-Brener, A.G. (1995) La enseñanza de la ecología en las universidades. Boletín de la Asociación Argentina de Ecología 4 (1): 6-7.