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Quintero, C. et al. Introduced ungulate browsing facilitates nonnative tree invasions through enhanced compensatory growth and inducible defenses, In review in Biological Invasions.
Ocampo-Zuleta* et al. Dry or Damp? Linking moisture, morphology, and chemistry to flammability in lichens from southern Chile. In review in Fire Ecology.
Lescano et al. A win-win for crops and environment: biofertilizers enhance productivity while preserving key ecosystem services in agroecosystems. In review in Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems.
(* indicates undergraduate, graduate, or postdoc student)
Tapella, M. P.*, Quintero, C., Rodriguez-Cabal, M. A., Sasal, Y., & Barrios-Garcia, M. N. 2025. Contrasting effects of vertebrate and invertebrate herbivores on leaf litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems: A meta-analysis. Functional Ecology, 00, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70172.
Nacif M.E.*, C. Quintero & L. Garibaldi. 2025. Understanding the impact of projected temperature increase on plant performance and plant-herbivore interactions at managed native tree plantations in northern Patagonia. European Journal of Forest Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-025-01798-x.
Chamorro, M.F*., Mazzoni, A.; Lescano, M.N.; Fernandez, A.; Reiner, G.; Langenheim, M.A.; Mattera, G.; Robredo, N.; Garibaldi, L. & Quintero, C. 2025. Wild vs. cultivated strawberries: differential fruit quality traits and antioxidant properties in Fragaria chiloensis and Fragaria × ananassa. Discover Food 5 (71) https://doi.org/10.1007/s44187-025-00346-1.
Guerrero F, Espinoza L, Carmona C, Blackhall M, Quintero C, Ocampo-Zuleta K, Paula S, Madrigal J, Guijarro M, Carrasco Y, Bustamante-Sánchez MA, Miranda A, Yañez K, Bergmann J, Taborga L, Toledo M. 2024. Unraveling the chemistry of plant flammability: Exploring the role of volatile secondary metabolites beyond terpenes. Forest Ecology & Management Vol 572: 122269 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122269
Gavini S.S. and C. Quintero. 2024. Predation risk and floral rewards: how pollinators balance these conflicts and the consequences for plant fitness. Current Research in Insect Science (CRIS) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cris.2024.100091
Robinson, M.; P.G. Hahn; B.D. Inouye; N. Underwood; S.R. Whitehead…[184 additional authors as The Herbivory Variability Network]… and W.C. Wetzel. 2023. Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory. Science 382(6671): 679-683.
Lescano M.N., C. Quintero, A.G. Farji-Brener & E. Balseiro. 2022. Excessive nutrient input induces an ecological cost for aphids by modifying their attractiveness towards mutualist ants. Functional Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14163.
Serra M.N., C. Quintero, M.A. Rodríguez-Cabal, A.S. Martínez & J. Paritsis. 2022. Temperature and host plant species affect the performance and immunocompetence of an outbreak defoliator in northwestern Patagonia. Ecological Entomology DOI: 10.1111/een.13142.
Fernandez A.R., A. Sáez, C. Quintero, G. Gleiser & M.A. Aizen. 2021. Intentional and unintentional selection during plant domestication: herbivore damage, plant defensive traits, and nutritional quality of fruit and seed crops. New Phytologist, 231(4): 1586-1598. doi: 10.1111/nph.17452.
Nacif M.E.*, C. Quintero & L. Garibaldi. 2021. Intermediate harvesting intensities enhance native tree performance of contrasting species while conserving herbivore diversity in a Patagonian woodland. Forest Ecology and Management 483, 118719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118719.
Gavini S.S.*, C. Quintero & M. Tadey. 2020. Intraspecific variation in body size of bumblebee workers influences anti‐predator behavior. Journal of Animal Ecology 89:658–669 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13135
Gavini S.S.*, C. Quintero & M. Tadey. 2019. Ecological role of a flower-dwelling predator in a tri-trophic interaction in northwestern Patagonia. Acta Oecologica 95: 100-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2018.12.001.
Lescano M.N., C. Quintero, A.G. Farji-Brener & E. Balseiro. 2019. Pay it forward: refuse dump from leaf-cutting ants promotes caterpillar digestive performance by increasing plant nitrogen content. Ecological Entomology 44: 40–49. DOI: 10.1111/een.12667. https://rdcu.be/4f9V
Gavini S.S.*, C. Quintero & M. Tadey. 2018. Predator and floral traits change pollinator behavior, with consequences for plant fitness. Ecological Entomology 43 (6) 1-11. DOI: 10.1111/een.12659. [pdf]
Paritsis J., J. Landesman, T. Kitzberger, F. Tiribelli, Y. Sasal, C. Quintero, R. Dimarco, N. Barrios-Garcia, A.L. Iglesias, J.P. Diez, M. Sarasola & M.A. Nunez. 2018. Pine plantations and invasion alter fuel structure and potential fire behavior in a Patagonian forest-steppe ecotone. Forests 9, 117: 1-16. DOI: 10.3390/f9030117 [pdf]
Quintero C. & M.D. Bowers. 2018. Plant and herbivore ontogeny interact to shape the preference, performance and chemical defense of a specialist herbivore. Oecologia 187: 401-412. DOI :10.1007/s00442-018-4068-8.
Hudson L.N., T. Newbold, S. Contu, S.L.L. Hill, et al. 2017. The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology and Evolution DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2579. [pdf]
De Palma 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]
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]
Hudson L.N, T. Newbold, S. Contu, et. al. 2014. The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts. Ecology and Evolution 4 (24): 4701-4735. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1303 [pdf]
Quintero, C., E.C. Lampert & M.D. Bowers. 2014. Time is of the essence: Direct and indirect effects of plant ontogenetic trajectories on higher trophic levels. Ecology 95: 2589-2602. [pdf]
Jamieson, M., C. Quintero, & D.M. Blumenthal. 2013. Interactive effects of simulated nitrogen deposition and altered precipitation patterns on plant allelochemical concentrations. Journal of Chemical Ecology 39: 1204-1208. [pdf]
Quintero, C., K.E. Barton & K. Boege. 2013. The ontogeny of plant indirect defenses. Perspective in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 15: 245-254. [pdf]
Quintero, C. & M.D. Bowers. 2013. Effects of insect herbivory on induced chemical defences and compensation during early plant development in Penstemon virgatus. Annals of Botany, Special Issue ‘Seedling herbivory’, 112: 661–669. [pdf]
Alba, C., R. Prioreschi* & C. Quintero. 2013. Population and leaf-level variation of iridoid glycosides in the invasive weed Verbascum thapsus L. (common mullein): implications for herbivory by generalist insects. Chemoecology 23:83–92. [pdf]
Paritsis J., C. Quintero, T. Kitzberger, & T.T. Veblen. 2012. Mortality of the outbreak defoliator Ormiscodes amphimone (F.) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) caused by natural enemies in northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 85:113-122. [pdf]
Quintero C. & M.D. Bowers. 2012. Changes in plant chemical defenses and nutritional quality as a function of ontogeny in Plantago lanceolata (Plantaginaceae). Oecologia 168: 471-481. [pdf]
Quintero C. & M.D. Bowers. 2011. Plant induced defenses depend more on plant age than previous history of damage: implications for plant-herbivore interactions. Journal of Chemical Ecology 37: 992–1001. [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: 254-274. [pdf]
Paritsis J., M. Elgueta, C. Quintero & T.T. Veblen. 2010. New host-plant records for the defoliator Ormiscodes amphimone (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Neotropical Entomology 39(6): 1048-1050. [pdf]
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Capítulos o Secciones de Libros / Book Chapters or Sections
Barrios-García M.N.N., C. Quintero, S. Ballari, Y. Sasal, A. Vitali & M.A. Rodriguez-Cabal. 2023. Impact of introduced herbivores in Patagonian forests. in Valenzuela A.E.J., Anderson C.B., Ojeda R.A. y S.A. Ballari, editors. Introduced Invasive Mammals of Argentina. SAREM Series A: Mammalogical Research Volume 3, Argentina. [pdf] https://www.sarem.org.ar/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SAREM-Introduced-Invasive-Mammals-of-Argentina-2023.pdf
Quintero, C., L. A. Garibaldi, A. Grez, C. Polidori & J. L. Nieves-Aldrey. 2014. Galls of the temperate forest of southern South America: Argentina and Chile. En: Neotropical Insect Galls. G.W. Fernandes & J.C. Santos (eds.). Springer. [pdf] See http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-017-8783-3
Chalcoff V.R., C.L. Morales, M.A. Aizen, Y. Sasal, A.E. Rovere, M. Sabatino M., C. Quintero & M. Tadey. 2014. Interacciones planta-animal: la polinización. En: Ecología e Historia Natural de la Patagonia Andina: un cuarto de siglo de investigación en biogeografía, ecología y conservación. Estela Raffaele, Mónica de Torres Curth, Carolina L. Morales y Thomas Kitzberger Editores. -1a ed. - Cuidad Autónoma de Buenos Aires: Fundación de Historia Natural Felix de Azara. 256 p. ISBN 978-987-3781-01-8. [pdf] in https://www.conicet.gov.ar/programas/vocar/recursos-publicaciones/
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Artículos, Folletos y Libros de divulgación / Outreach articles and books
Guerrero et al. 2024. ¿Por qué algunas hojas arden más rápido que otras? La química detrás de los incendios forestales. The Conversation https://theconversation.com/por-que-algunas-hojas-arden-mas-rapido-que-otras-la-quimica-detras-de-los-incendios-forestales-241060
Paritsis, J.; M.E. Kun y C. Quintero. 2023. Guía de Identificación de Insectos de la Patagonia, Zona Andina. 1ª ed. Editorial Artemisa, CABA. 80p. ISBN 978-987-674-958-9. inibioma.conicet.gov.ar/una-guia-para-el-reconocimiento-de-insectos-de-la-patagonia/
Pastore H., C. Chehebar, J. Paritsis, C. Quintero, A. Scolaro, A. Laspiur, P. Chafrat, C. Úbeda, S. Alsogaray & F. Vital. 2023. Vida en los Bosques Andinos de la Patagonia – Life in the Andean Forests of Patagonia. Folleto desplegable para la identificación de especies. Serie ArtemisaBio. Ed. Artemisa.
Ferreyra, M., C. Ezcurra, A. Paso, S. Calvelo, Paritsis, J., S. Gavini, C. Quintero, M. Kun, C. Chehebar, H. Pastore, S. Alsogaray, F. Vital, E. Kubisch & A. Scolaro. 2022. Vida en la Alta Montaña Patagónica - High-Mountain wildlife in Patagonia. Folleto desplegable para la identificación de especies. Serie ArtemisaBio, Ed. Artemisa.
Paritsis, J., & Quintero, C. 2018. “Cuncuna” Ormiscodes amphimone. In: M. Masciochi, V. Lantschner, & J. Villacide (Eds.), Cuadernillo N°17: Serie de divulgación sobre insectos de importancia ecológica, económica y sanitaria (INTA). https://sites.google.com/site/gepinsectos/publicaciones/divulgacion/serie-divulgacion
Gavini, S. S., M. Tadey y C. Quintero. 2016. ¿Qué rol ecológico cumplen las arañas que usan flores para cazar? Desde la Patagonia, difundiendo saberes vol 13, Nº 22: 2-9.
Nuñez, M y C. Quintero. 2002 ¿Qué Hacer con las Especies Exóticas Invasoras?: Problemática y Técnicas de Manejo. Cuaderno Universitario Nº 44. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche.
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Tesis/Thesis
Quintero, C. 2011. The importance of plant ontogeny for tri-trophic interactions. Tesis Doctoral, University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado. EE.UU. 169pp.
Quintero, C. 2003. Orquídeas, abejas y arañas: efectos directos e indirectos de la explotación de un mutualismo planta-polinizador por un depredador. Tesina de Licenciatura, Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Bariloche, Argentina. 118pp.
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