Dr. Mariana Cecilia Chiuffo

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsEcology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems
KeywordsContext dependency, Environmental change, Community ecology, Biotic interactions, Ecological modelling

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityGolm
InstitutionUniversität Potsdam
InstituteInstitut für Biochemie und Biologie

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Damaris ZurellInstitut für Biochemie und Biologie, Universität Potsdam, Golm
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2025

Programme(s)

2025Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2026Arnillas, Carlos Alberto and Stotz, Gisela C. and Ortiz, Andrea Monica D. and Chinga Chamorro, Javiera Beatriz and Chiuffo, Mariana C. and Collinge, Sharon K. and Kariuki, Rebecca W. and Norman, Hazel and Regan, Helen M. and Visakorpi, Kristiina and Devarajan, Kadambari and Klein, Alexandra‐Maria and Schnabel, Florian and Arponen, Anni and Cadotte, Marc W. and Cousens, Roger and Ehrlich, Ken and Grell‐Brisk, Marilyn and Hughes, Lesley and Kharouba, Heather M. and Martin, Tara G. and Prado‐Valladares, Ana Carolina and Rumpff, Libby and Soares, Bruno E. and Williams, Michael and Winter, Marten and Yannelli, Florencia A. and Beyene, Menilek and Fernando, Sula and Hart, Thomas and Santaoja, Minna and Santos Domínguez, Nicolás: Strengthening responsibilities to face global crises: A call to ecologists, environmental scientists and their societies. In: People and Nature, 8, 2026, 800--807
2026Chiuffo, Mariana C. and Torres, Agostina and Tammone, Mauro N. and Nuñez, Martin A. and Rodriguez‐Cabal, Mariano A.: The interacting effects of precipitation and microhabitat on non‐native seed predation are contingent on temporal dynamics. In: Oikos, 2026, e12309
2026Martin, Tara G. and Arnillas, Carlos A. and Arponen, Anni and Devarajan, Kadambari and Ehrlich, Ken and Kharouba, Heather M. and Prado‐Valladares, Ana Carolina and Regan, Helen M. and Rumpff, Libby and Schnabel, Florian and Winter, Marten and Visakorpi, Kristiina and Baum, Julia K. and Cadotte, Marc W. and Camaclang, Abbey and Chinga, Javiera B. and Chiuffo, Mariana C. and Clark, Emily and Collinge, Sharon and Cousens, Roger D. and Grell‐Brisk, Marilyn and Kariuki, Rebecca W. and Klein, Alexandra‐Maria and Ortiz, Monica D. and Magel, Jennifer M. T. and McComb, Sofie and Moore, Jonathan W. and Norman, Hazel and Stewart, Daniel and Soares, Bruno E. and Stotz, Gisela C. and Williams, Michael and Yannelli, Florencia A. and Hughes, Lesley A.: With Knowledge Comes Responsibility: Increasing Conservation Scientists’ Impact in a Time of Global Crises. In: Conservation Letters, 19, 2026, e70076
2025Yannelli, Florencia and Visakorpi, Kristiina and Arponen, Anni and Arnillas, Carlos and Chinga Chamorro, Javiera and Chiuffo, Mariana and Collinge, Sharon and Cousens, Roger and Devarajan, Kadambari and Ehrlich, Ken and Grell-Brisk, Marilyn and Kariuki, Rebecca and Kharouba, Heather and Ortiz, Andrea Monica and Prado-Valladares, Ana and Regan, Helen and Schnabel, Florian and Soares, Bruno and Stotz, Gisela and Williams, Michael and Cadotte, Marc W.: Ecology for a social revolution: Re-defining the role of ecological and environmental science professionals and their responsibilities towards society. In: Research Ideas and Outcomes, 11, 2025, e152859
2024Chiuffo, Mariana C and Hierro, José L: Abiotic and biotic contexts shape the effect of disturbance on non‐native plant invasion. In: Oikos, 2, 2024, e09952
2024Rodriguez‐Campbell, Antonio and Rahn, Olivia and Chiuffo, Mariana C. and Hargreaves, Anna L.: Clay larvae do not accurately measure biogeographic patterns in predation. In: Journal of Biogeography, 51, 2024, 1004--1013
2024Hargreaves, Anna L. and Ensing, John and Rahn, Olivia and Oliveira, Fernanda M. P. and Burkiewicz, Jérôme and Lafond, Joëlle and Haeussler, Sybille and Byerley-Best, M. Brooke and Lazda, Kira and Slinn, Heather L. and Martin, Ella and Carlson, Matthew L. and Sformo, Todd L. and Dawson-Glass, Emma and Chiuffo, Mariana C. and Vargas-Rodriguez, Yalma L. and García-Jiménez, Carlos I. and Gomes, Inácio J. M. T. and Klemet-N’Guessan, Sandra and Paolucci, Lucas and Joly, Simon and Mehltreter, Klaus and Muñoz, Jenny and Buono, Carmela and Brodie, Jedediah F. and Rodriguez-Campbell, Antonio and Veen, Thor and Freeman, Benjamin G. and Lee-Yaw, Julie A. and Muñoz, Juan Camilo and Paquette, Alexandra and Butler, Jennifer and Suaréz, Esteban: Latitudinal gradients in seed predation persist in urbanized environments. In: Nature Ecology \& Evolution, 2024,
2022Chiuffo, Mariana C and Moyano, Jaime and Policelli, Nahuel and Torres, Agostina and Vitali, Agustín and Nuñez, Martín A and Rodriguez‐Cabal, Mariano A: Importance of invasion mechanisms varies with abiotic context and plant invader growth form. In: Journal of Ecology, 110, 2022, 1957--1969
2022Franzese, Jorgelina and Raffaele, Estela and Chiuffo, Mariana C and Blackhall, Melisa: The legacy of pine introduction threatens the fuel traits of Patagonian native forests. In: Biological Conservation, 267, 2022, 109472
2022Nuñez, Martin A and Chiuffo, Mariana C and Seebens, Hanno and Kuebbing, Sara and McCary, Matthew A and Lieurance, Deah and Zhang, Bo and Simberloff, Daniel and Meyerson, Laura A: Two decades of data reveal that Biological Invasions needs to increase participation beyond North America, Europe, and Australasia. In: Biological Invasions, 24, 2022, 333--340
2021Reinhart, Kurt O and Bauer, Jonathan T and McCarthy‐Neumann, Sarah and MacDougall, Andrew S and Hierro, José L and Chiuffo, Mariana C and Mangan, Scott A and Heinze, Johannes and Bergmann, Joana and Joshi, Jasmin: Globally, plant‐soil feedbacks are weak predictors of plant abundance. In: Ecology and evolution, 11, 2021, 1756--1768
2021Nuñez, Martin A and Chiuffo, Mariana C and Pauchard, Aníbal and Zenni, Rafael D: Making ecology really global. In: Trends in Ecology \& Evolution, 2021,
2019Castro‐Díez, Pilar and Vaz, Ana Sofia and Silva, Joaquim S and Van Loo, Marcela and Alonso, Álvaro and Aponte, Cristina and Bayón, Álvaro and Bellingham, Peter J and Chiuffo, Mariana C and DiManno, Nicole: Global effects of non‐native tree species on multiple ecosystem services. In: Biological Reviews, 2019,
2019Moyano, Jaime and Chiuffo, Mariana C and Nuñez, Martín A and Rodriguez-Cabal, Mariano A: Seed predation does not explain pine invasion success. In: Oecologia, 189, 2019, 981--991
2018Chiuffo, Mariana C and Cock, Marina C and Prina, Aníbal O and Hierro, José L: Response of native and non-native ruderals to natural and human disturbance. In: Biological Invasions, 20, 2018, 2915--2925
2018Chiuffo, Mariana C and Moyano, Jaime and Rodriguez-Cabal, Mariano A and Nuñez, Martín A: Seed predation of non-native species along a precipitation gradient. In: Plant ecology, 219, 2018, 1307--1314
2017Nuñez, Martin A and Chiuffo, Mariana C and Torres, Agostina and Paul, Thomas and Dimarco, Romina D and Raal, Peter and Policelli, Nahuel and Moyano, Jaime and García, Rafael A and van Wilgen, Brian W: Ecology and management of invasive Pinaceae around the world: progress and challenges. In: Biological Invasions, 19, 2017, 3099--3120
2014Pearson, DE and Hierro, Jose Luis and Chiuffo, M and Villarreal, D: Rodent seed predation as a biotic filter influencing exotic plant abundance and distribution. In: Biological invasions, 16, 2014, 1185--1196