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Dr. Sergio Castro

Cargo: 
Dpto. Biología. Biotecnología Vegetal
E-mail: 
sergio.castro@usach.cl
Biografía: 

Doctor en Ciencias Biológicas, con mención en ecología. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Licenciado en Ciencias Biológicas. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Lineas de Investigación: 

Biotecnología Vegetal.

Proyectos: 
  • Comparando las preferencias ciudadanas y estatus socioeconómico como determinantes de la diversidad florística en jardines domiciliarios en Santiago (Chile). ANID (2024). 4 años IR
  • Desarrollo de un proceso de bioelectroreciclaje de pilas y/o baterías de uso doméstico. ANID. (2024). 2 años - CO-I
  • Introducción de plantas no-residentes nativas en praderas urbanas naturalizadas que se establecen en lotes abandonados en la ciudad de Santiago, Chile central Fondo Interno de Investigación, Universidad Central de Chile. Código CIP 2020016. (2021). 3años - CO-I
Últimas Publicaciones: 

22.- ROJAS P, CASTRO SA, VILA I, JAKSIC FM. (2024). Differential response of the components of functional diversity in Orestias fishes (Cyprinodontidae) of the High Andean Plateau. Global Ecology and Conservation.

21.- CASTRO SA, ROJAS G, JAKSIC FM (2024). Vascular flora of Punta Arenas city: comparative analysis of composition, life forms, and biogeographic origins. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

20.- BARAHONA NA, VERGARA PM, ALANIZ AJ, CARVAJA MA, CASTRO SA, QUIROZ M, HIDALGO‐CORROTEA CM, FIERRO A (2024). Understanding how environmental degradation, microclimate, and management shape honey production across different spatial scales. Environmental Science and Pollution Research

19.- JAKSIC FM, CASTRO SA. (2023). The identity of Fuegian and Patagonian “dogs” among indigenous peoples in southernmost South America. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

18.- CASTRO SA, ROJAS P, VILA I, JAKSIC FM. (2023). Covariation of taxonomic and functional facets of β-diversity in Chilean freshwater fish assemblages: Implications for current and future processes of biotic homogenization. PLoS ONE

17.- VERGARA PM, FIERRO A, CARVAJAL MA, ALBERTO J, ALANIZ A, ZORONDO-RODRÍGUEZA F, CIFUENTES MC, CASTRO SA (2023). Environmental and biotic filters interact to shape the coexistence of native and introduced bees in northern Patagonian forests Agriculture, Ecosystems, Environment.

16.- CASTRO SA, JEREZ E. (2022). The fruit-color polymorphism in Gaultheria mucronata (L.f.) Hook. & Arn. does not affect pre-dispersive germination. Gayana Botánica

15.- CASTRO SA, FIGUEROA JA, GARITANO-ZAVALA A, LEVEAU LM, LOBO E. (2022). Ecological and evolutionary processes in Neotropical urban ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

14.- CASTRO SA, SOBARZO F, CARMONA MR, CASTRO-COMTE C, CASTRO-COMTE JP, FIGUEROA J. Richness and taxonomic representation of the genus Platanus in Santiago (Chile) based on PCR procedure on the LEAFY gene (LFY-i2). Gayana Botánica

13.- ACUÑA-CASTILLO C, INOSTROZA-MOLINA A, CASTRO SA, MOLINA-CABRERA S, LEIVA-SALCEDO E, RIQUELME D, LURASCHI R, BARRERA-AVALOS C,VALLEJOS-VIDAL E, EMELLA-TORRES A, VALDÉS D, CLAUDIO TORRES C, MAISEY K, ESCOBAR A, REYES-CERPA S, TORO-ASCUY D, IMARAI M, FELIPE E. REYES-LÓPEZ FE, SANDINO AM. (2022). Comparison of the first and second wave of infections by SARS-CoV-2: A retrospective and longitudinal study from a primary health care center in Santiago of Chile. Front. Public Health

12.- CASTRO SA, JAKSIC FM. (2022). El primer viaje de circunnavegación global Magallanes-Elcano: comentarios a los iniciáticos encuentros con la biodiversidad sudamericana

11.- MAGALLANIAFIGUEROA JA, MARÍA GABRIELA SALDÍAS MG, DIEGO LAGOS D, TEILLIER, CASTRO SA. (2022). Soil seed banks are short-lived and triggered by the first effective rainfalls in the vacant lots of Santiago, Chile. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

10.- ARCOS‐LEBERT G, ARAVENA‐HIDALGO T, FIGUEROA JA, JAKSIC FM, CASTRO SA. (2021). Native trees provide more benefits than exotic trees when ecosystem services are weighted in Santiago, Chile. TREES, STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

9.- ROJAS P, CASTRO SA, VILA I, JAKSIC FM. (2021). Exotic species elicit decoupled responses in functional diversity components of freshwater fish assemblages in Chile. Ecological Indicators

8.- CASTRO SA, ROJAS P, VILA I, HABIT E, PIZARRO- KONCZAK J, ABADES S, JAKSIC FM (2020). Partitioning β-diversity reveals that invasions and extinctions promote the biotic homogenization of Chilean freshwater fish fauna. PLoS ONE

7.- ROJAS P, CASTRO SA, VILA I, JAKSIC FM.  (2020). Exotic species modify the functional diversity patterns of freshwater fish assemblages in continental Chile: Examining historical and geographical patterns. Global Ecology and Conservation

6.- FIGUEROA JA, SALDÍAS G, TEILLIER S, CARRERA E, CASTRO SA. (2020). Seed banks in urban vacant lots of a Latin American megacity are easily germinable and strongly dominated by exotic flora. Urban Ecosystems

5.- NONI-MORALES D, BARROS D, CASTRO SA, ORTIZ C. (2019). Germination and seedling growth of the Chilean native grass Polypogon australis in soil polluted with diesel oil. International Journal of Phytoremediation

4.- ROJAS P, VILA I, HABIT E, CASTRO SA (2019). Homogenization of the freshwater fish fauna of the biogeographic regions of Chile. Global Ecology and Conservation

3.- FIGUEROA JA, CASTRO SA, REYES M, TEILLIER S. (2018). Urban park area and age determine the richness of native and exotic plants in parks of a Latin American city: Santiago as a case study. Urban Ecosystems

2.- SANTILLI I, CASTRO SA, FIGUEROA JA, GUERRERO N, RAY C, ROMERO-MIERES M, ROJAS G, LAVANDERO N. (2018). Exotic species predominates in the urban woody flora of central Chile. Gayana Botánica

1.- GUTIÉRREZ-TAPIA P, AZÓCAR MI, CASTRO SA. (2018). A citizen-based platform reveals the distribution of functional groups inside a large city from the Southern Hemisphere: e-Bird and the urban birds of Santiago (Central Chile). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural