Publications

2026

Predicting interaction frequency in plant-pollinator networks

Dormann CF, Castillo WJ, Pascual Tudanca MP, CaraDonna P, Burkle LA, Rakosy D, Winfree R, Zoller, L, Benadi G, Bluthgen N, Kaiser-Bunbury CN, Fründ J, Hartig F, Knight TM, Minachilis K, Pichler M, Resasco J, Petanidou T, Tinoco BA, Peralta G, Vázquez DP.

Ecology (in press)

Pollinator behaviour and morphology to understand pollination niche partitioning in co-occurring closely related plant species

Drewniak ME, Peralta G, Zapata AI, Beccacece HM, Imhof L, Cocucci AA, Moré M.

Ecological Entomology (in press)

Ageing in honeybees: telomere length is more strongly associated with climate and resource availability than with urbanisation and pollution

Burraco P, Pérez-Méndez N, Graffigna S, Martínez L, Haedo JP, Sciberras M, Maldonado MA, Torretta JP, Pompozzi G, Copperi S, Miranda F, Peralta G, Álvarez L, Pérez LI, Allasino ML, Reis Diniz M, Pacual-Tudanca MP, González-Vaquero R, Vázquez DP, Marrero HJ.

Global Change Biology , 32(7): e71014

The hypermodular structure of tripartite networks

Pinheiro R, Peralta G, Lewinsohn T, Cagnolo L.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 293(2077): 20261348

Plant-herbivore-parasitoid food webs across an edge gradient from natural southern beech to plantation pine forests

Peralta G, Frost CM, Didham RK, Tylianakis JM.

Ecology, 107:e70513 [data]

Drivers of brood parasitism in solitary bees across a South American dryland ecoregion

dos Reis Diniz ME, Chirilá MV, Aranda-Rickert A, Allasino M, Andrada F, Arcángel AE, Cagnolo L, Campanella MV, Chacoff NP, Giannoni S, Lomáscolo SB, Marinero NV, Marrero HJ, Martínez LC, Miguel MF, Pascual Tudanca MP, Peralta G, Pereyra PJ, Rojo LD, Santos M, Tálamo A, Torretta JP, Vázquez DP.

Apidologie, 57(43): 1-16 [data]

A special feature highlighting impactful science from countries and regions underrepresented in Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B

Brosnan SF, Meirmans S, Neiman M, Peralta G, Singh-Shepherd S.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 293(2073): 20261176

Urbanization reduces abundance but not reproductive performance of mud-dauber wasps

Graffigna S, Haedo JP, Pompozzi G, Copperi S, Peralta G, Álvarez JL, Martínez LC, Pérez LI, Maldonado MA, Allasino ML, Sciberras M, dos Reis Diniz ME, Pascual-Tudanca MP, González-Vaquero RA, Vázquez DP, Torretta JP, Marrero HJ.

Ecological Entomology, 51: 886-900 [data]

Increased traffic volume threatens plant-pollinator interactions and plant reproductive success

Wang Y, Peralta G, Ghazoul J, Xie Y, Ma H, Qiu Y, Yan X, Chang Y, Zhao Z.

Journal of Ecology, 114: e70264 [data]

Locally unusual fruit composition drive rare-biased seed dispersal

Peralta G, da Silva LP, Timóteo S, Costa JM, Heleno RH.

Current Biology, 36: 1026-1032 [data]

Adequate honey bee density reduces the need for artificial pollination methods in a highly pollinator-dependent crop

Sáez A, Sioppa C, Aizen M, Peralta G.

Annals of Applied Biology, 188: 962-970 [data]

Individual fruit and crop size effects on seed dispersal differ between plant species offering contrasting rewards

Campagnoli M, Peralta G, Christianini AV.

Plant Ecology, 227: 17 [data]

2025

Environmental drivers of wild bee reproductive performance across a South American dryland ecoregion

Aranda-Rickert A, Peralta G, Diniz MER, Tálamo A, Allasino M, Andrada F, Arcángel AE, Cagnolo L, Campanella MV, Chacoff NP, Chirilá MV, Díaz Casas AY, Giannoni S, Lomáscolo SB, Marinero NV, Marrero HJ, Martínez LC, Miguel MF, Pascual Tudanca MP, Pereyra PJ, Rojo LD, Santos M, Schulze-Sylvester M, Torretta JP, Vázquez DP.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 292 [data]

Functional robustness declines faster than structural robustness in hyperdiverse seed dispersal networks following defaunation

Campagnoli M, Rumeau B, Peralta G, Christianini A.

Biological Conservation, 308: 111265

Exploring the floral interactions of diurnal arctiid moths using citizen science

Beccacece HM, Drewniak ME, Peralta G, Cocucci AA, Sérsic A.

Journal of Applied Entomology, 149: 901-913 [data]

Plant and frugivore species characteristics drive frugivore contributions to seed dispersal effectiveness in a hyperdiverse community

Campagnoli M, Christianini A, Peralta G.

Functional Ecology, 39: 238-253 [data]

2024

Pollinator intraspecific body size variation and sociality influence their interactions with plants

Peralta G, Resasco J, Worthy S, Frost C, Guevara AT, Manning I, Cagnolo L, Burkle L.

Functional Ecology, 38: 875-882 [data 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Predicting plant-pollinator interactions: concepts, methods, and challenges

Peralta G, CaraDonna PJ, Rakosy D, Fründ J, Pascual Tudanca MP, Dormann CF, Burkle LA, Kaiser-Bunbury CN, Knight TM, Resasco J, Winfree R, Blüthgen N, Castillo WJ, Vázquez DP.

Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 39: 494-505

2023

Scale- dependent effects of landscape structure on pollinator traits, species interactions and pollination success

Peralta G, Webber CJ, Perry GLW, Stouffer DB, Vázquez DP, Tylianakis JM.

Ecography, e06453 - Editor's Choice [data]

Tripartite networks show that keystone species can multitask

Timóteo S, Albrecht J, Rumeu B, Norte AC, Traveset A, Frost CM, Marchante E, López-Núñez FA, Peralta G, Memmott J, Olesen JM, Carvalheiro LG, Correia M, Staab M, Blüthgen N, Farwig N, Mironov S, Rodríguez-Echeverría S, Heleno R.

Functional Ecology, 37: 274-286 [data]

2022

Ecological interaction networks: what we know, what we don't, and why it matters

Vázquez DP, Peralta G, Cagnolo L, Santos M.

Ecologia Austral, 32: 670-697

Fragility of nocturnal interactions: Pollination intensity increases with distance to light pollution sources but decreases with increasing environmental suitability

Soteras MF, Camps GA, Costas S, Giaquinta A, Peralta G, Cocucci A.

Environmental Pollution 292: 118350

2021

Rethink roads through the Chaco Serrano forest

Peralta G, Bertea FMF, Cagnolo L.

Science 374 (6572): 1208-1209

Invertebrate communities in adjacent Douglas fir and native beech forests in New Zealand

Evans AM, Peralta G, van Beest FM, Klijzing K, Peltzer DA.

New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 45(2): 3446

Predicting direct and indirect non-target impacts of biocontrol agents using machine-learning approaches

Kotula HJ, Peralta G, Frost CM, Todd JH, Tylianakis JM.

PLoS ONE 16(6): e0252448 [data]

2020

Strength of niche processes for species interactions is lower for generalists and exotic species

Peralta G, Perry GLW, Vázquez DP, Dehling DM, Tylianakis JM.

Journal of Animal Ecology 89(9): 2145-2155 - Highly commended paper [data]

Trait matching and phenological overlap increase the spatio-temporal stability and functionality of plant-pollinator interactions

Peralta G, Vázquez DP, Chacoff NP, Lomáscolo SB, Perry GLW, Tylianakis JM.

Ecology Letters 23(7): 1107-1116 [data]

Towards a framework for understanding the context-dependence of the impacts of non-native tree species

Sapsford S, Brandt A, Kimberley D, Peralta G, Dickie I, Gibson II R, Green J, Hulme P, Nunez M, Orwin K, Pauchard A, Wardle D, Peltzer D. Functional Ecology 34(5): 944-955

Dehling DM, Peralta G, Bender I, Blendinger PG, Böhning-Gaese K, Muñoz M, Neuschulz EL, Quitián M, Saavedra F, Santillán V, Schleuning M, Stouffer DB.

Ecology 101(7): e03028

Community- and trophic-level responses of soil nematodes to removal of a non-native tree at different stages of invasion

Peralta G, Dickie IA, Yeates GW, Peltzer DA.

PLoS ONE 15(1): e0227130 [data]

No such thing as a free lunch: interaction costs and the structure and stability of mutualistic networks

Peralta G, Stouffer DB, Bringa EM, Vázquez DP.

Oikos 129(4): 503-511

Climatic and local stressor interactions threaten tropical forests and coral reefs

França FM, Benkwitt CE, Peralta G, Robinson JPW, Graham NAJ, Tylianakis JM, Berenguer E, Lees AC, Ferreira J, Louzada J, Barlow J. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 375: 20190116 [data]

2019

Contrasting responses of soil nematode communities to native and non-native woody plant expansion

Peralta G, Schon NL, Dickie IA, St. John MG, Orwin KH, Yeates GW, Peltzer DA.

Oecologia 190: 891-899

2018

Plant, herbivore and parasitoid community composition in native Nothofagaceae forests vs. exotic pine plantations

Peralta G, Frost C, Didham R.

Journal of Applied Ecology 55: 1265–1275 - Blog post - Highly commended paper [data]

2017

Fire influences the structure of plant-bee networks

Peralta G, Stevani E, Chacoff N, Dorado J, Vazquez D.

Journal of Animal Ecology 86: 1372-1379 [data]