Víctor Parra-Tabla Lab 

Welcome!

Since 2000, our lab is devoted to the study of plant ecology and especially on single and multiple plant-insect interactions, including mutualistic and antagonistic relationships, such as: pollination, seed-dispersal, herbivory, plant-herbivores-parasitoids interactions, and plant-pollinator networks. We adopted an evolutionary- ecological perspective in order to understand how biotic interactions evolve. Recently we have been working with plant local adaptation to insect interactions, using ambitious field experiments at large geographical scales with special attention to alien species. Additionally, we are generating ecological information that could be use for: forest management, conservation of endangered and endemic plant species, crop pollination, and programs to control invasive plant species.

We are lucky because we have several friends as collaborators. We have ongoing projects and collaborations with: Carlos Herrera and Conchita Alonso (Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Spain); Fabian Vargas Mendoza (ENCB, IPN, México); Luis Abdala-Roberts (UADY, México); Xoaquin Moreira,(CSIC-Galicia Spain); Tia-Lynn Ashman (University of Pittsburgh, USA); Gerardo Arceo (East Tennessee University, USA); Miguel Munguia Rosas CINVESTAV (México); and Robert Raguso (Cornell, USA)

Update: January /2024