Dr. Mariana Chiuffo
Forschungsinteressen
Mein allgemeines Forschungsinteresse gilt dem Verständnis der Auswirkungen abiotischer und biotischer Faktoren auf biotische Interaktionen und biologische Invasionen. Meine Forschungserfahrung liegt hauptsächlich in der Ökologie von Pflanzengemeinschaften. Dabei untersuche ich räumliche Muster und Prozesse durch eine Kombination aus Beobachtungsstudien, manipulativen Experimenten und quantitativen Reviews. Derzeit zielt meine Arbeit darauf ab, zu erforschen, wie Gemeinschaften und Artinteraktionen auf Umweltveränderungen in Raum und Zeit reagieren.
Forschungsschwerpunkte
- Kontextabhängigkeit biotischer Interaktionen
- Struktur und Zusammensetzung von Gemeinschaften
- Koexistenz von Arten
- Invasionen von Pflanzen

Dr. Mariana Chiuffo
Links
Persönliche Webseite: mchiuffo.weebly.com
Wissenschaftliche Profile: ResearchGate, Google Scholar
Ausbildung
2016 - Universidad Buenos Aires. Ph.D. von der Universität von Buenos Aires.
2009 - Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. BSc in Natürliche Ressourcen und Umweltmanagement.
Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang
2025-Present – PostDoc in der Arbeitsgruppe Ökologie/Makroökologie, University of Potsdam.
2021- Present – Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (beurlaubt), Grupo de Ecología de las Invasiones - INIBIOMA - CONICET, Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Argentinien. Dauerstelle innerhalb des argentinischen Wissenschaftssystems; derzeit für PostDoc-Forschung im Ausland beurlaubt
2019-2021 – PostDoc-Stipendiatin, Grupo de Investigaciones de Ecología en Ambientes Antropizados (IdEAS)- INIBIOMA - CONICET, Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Argentinien.
2019 – PostDoc - Division of Biological Sciences. University of Montana, United States.
2016-2019 – PostDoc-Stipendiatin, Grupo de Ecologia de las Invasiones - INIBIOMA - CONICET, Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Argentinien.
Stipendien und Auszeichnungen
2025 – Humboldt-Forschungsstipendium für erfahrene Wissenschaftler, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung.
2022–2023 – PIBAA-Stipendium, CONICET (Argentinien) – Hauptforscher.
2022–2023 – „Walk the Trail! Moorschutz in Patagonien“, European Outdoor Conservation Association – Co-Koordinator.
2019 – PICT Joven (PICT 2019 Nr. 00969), Nationale Agentur für Wissenschaftliche und Technologische Förderung (Argentinien) – Hauptforscher.
2019 – Fulbright-Stipendium, Forschungsaufenthalt an der University of Montana, USA (3 Monate)
2015 – Postdoktorandenstipendium, CONICET.
2014 – Reisestipendium, Berufsverband der Naturwissenschaften von La Pampa (XXVI Argentinisches Ökologie Treffen).
2014 – Stipendium, Millennium Science Initiative ICM P05-002 (Chile) – Postgraduierten-Kurs „Trends in the Ecology of Plant Invasion“.
2011 – PhD-Stipendium Typ II, CONICET.
2010 – Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP), Forschungsaufenthalt an der University of Guelph, Kanada (9 Monate).
2009 – PhD-Stipendium Typ I, CONICET.
Publikationen
Eingereicht
Arnillas, CA, Stotz, GC, Ortiz, AMD., Chinga Chamorro, JB, Chiuffo, MC, Collinge, SK, Kariuki, RW, Norman, H, Regan, H, Visakorpi, K, Devarajan, K, Klein, A-M, Schnabel, F, Arponen, A, Cadotte, MW, Cousens, R, Ehrlich, K, Grell-Brisk, M, Hughes, L, Kharouba, HM, Martin, T, Prado-Valladares, AC, Rumpff, L, Soares, BE, Williams, M, Winter, M, Yannelli, F, Beyene, M, Fernando, S, Hart, T, Santaoja, M, Santos Domínguez, N. Strengthening responsibilities to face global crises: A call to ecologists, environmental scientists, and their societies. Eingereicht bei People and Nature.
Martin, T, Arnillas, C, Arponen, A, Devarajan, K, Ehrlich, K, Kharouba, HM, Prado-Valladares, AC, Rumpff, L, Schnabel, F, Winter, M, Visakorpi, K, Baum, JK, Cadotte, MW, Camaclang, A, Chamorro, JC, Chiuffo, MC, Clark, E, Collinge, SK, Cousens, R, Grell-Brisk, M, Kariuki, RW, Klein, A-M, Ortiz, MAD, Magel, J, McComb, S, Moore, JW, Norman, H, Regan, H, Stewart, D, Soares, BE, Stotz, GC, Williams, M, Yannelli, F. With knowledge comes responsibility: Increasing conservation scientists' impact in a time of global crisis. Eingereicht bei Conservation Letters.
Ortiz, AMD, Huinca Blanco, P, Arnillas, CA, Arponen, A, Cadotte, MW, Chinga Chamorro, JB, Chiuffo, MC, Collinge, S, Devarajan, K, Ehrlich, K, Grell-Brisk, M, Guevara, C, Kariuki, RW, Kharouba, HM, Martin, T, Prado-Valladares, AC, Regan, HM, Santos Domínguez, N, Soares, BE, Stotz, GC, Ulloa Caniú, I, Visakorpi, K, Winter, M, Yannelli, FA. Listening deeply to Indigenous people: A collaborative perspective of a Mapuche Machi and ecologists. Eingereicht bei Ecology and Evolution.
Peer-reviewed
Yannelli, F, Visakorpi, K, Arponen, A, Arnillas, C, Chinga Chamorro, J, Chiuffo, MC, Collinge, SK, Cousens, R, Devarajan, K, Ehrlich, K, Grell-Brisk, M, Kariuki, RW, Kharouba, HM, Ortiz, AMD, Prado-Valladares, A, Regan, H, Schnabel, F, Soares, BE, Stotz, GC, Williams, M, Cadotte, MW. (2025). Ecology for a social revolution: Re-defining the role of ecological and environmental science professionals and their responsibilities towards society. Research Ideas and Outcomes, 11, e152859. link
Hargreaves, AL, Ensing, J, Rahn, O, Oliveira, FMP, Burkiewicz, J, Lafond, J, Haeussler, S, Byerley-Best, MB, Lazda, K, Slinn, HL, Martin, E, Carlson, ML, Sformo, TL, Dawson-Glass, E, Chiuffo, MC, Vargas-Rodriguez, YL, García-Jiménez, CI, Gomes, IJMT, Klemet-N’Guessan, S, Paolucci, L, Joly, S, Mehltreter, K, Muñoz, J, Buono, C, Brodie, JF, Rodriguez-Campbell, A, Veen, T, Freeman, BG, Lee-Yaw, JA, Muñoz, JC, Paquette, A, Butler, J, Suaréz, E. (2024). Latitudinal gradients in predation persist in urbanized environments. Nature Ecology & Evolution 8, 1897–1906. link
Rodriguez-Campbell, A, Rhan, O, Chiuffo, MC, Hargreaves, AL. (2024). Clay larvae do not accurately measure biogeographic patterns in predation. Journal of Biogeography, 6, 1004–1013. link
Chiuffo, MC, Hierro, JL. (2024). Abiotic and biotic contexts shape the effect of disturbance on non-native plant invasion. Oikos, 2, e09952. link
Robinson, ML, Hahn, PG, Chiuffo, MC, et al. (2023). Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory. Science, 382, 679–683. link
Chiuffo, MC, Moyano, J, Policelli, N, Torres, A, Vitali, A, Nuñez, M, Rodriguez-Cabal, M. (2022). Importance of invasion mechanisms varies with abiotic context and invader growth form. Journal of Ecology, 110, 1957–1969. link
Franzese, J, Raffaele, E, Chiuffo, MC, Blackhall, M. (2022). Pine introduction legacy threatens fuel traits of native forests in Patagonia. Biological Conservation, 267, 109472. link
Kuebbing, S, McCary, MA, Lieurance, D, Nuñez, MA, Chiuffo, MC, Zhang, B, Seebens, H, Simberloff, D, Meyerson, L. (2022). A self-study of editorial board diversity at Biological Invasions. Biological Invasions, 24, 321–332. link
Nuñez, MA, Chiuffo, MC, Seebens, H, Kuebbing, S, McCary, M, Lieurance, D, Zhang, B, Simberloff, D, Meyerson, LA. (2022). Two decades of data reveal that Biological Invasions needs to increase participation beyond North America, Europe, and Australasia. Biological Invasions, 24, 333–340. link
Nuñez, MA, Chiuffo, MC, Pauchard, A, Zenni, R. (2021). Making ecology really global. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 36, 766–769. link
Reinhart, K, Bauer, J, McCarthy-Neumann, S, MacDougall, A, Hierro, J, Chiuffo, MC, Mangan, S, Heinze, J, Bergmann, J, Joshi, J, Duncan, R, Diaz, J, Kardol, P, Rutten, G, Fischer, M, van der Putten, W, Bezemer, T, Klironomos, J. (2021). Globally, plant-soil feedbacks are weak predictors of plant abundance. Ecology and Evolution, 11, 1756–1768. link
Castro-Díez, P, Vaz, AS, Silva, JS, van Loo, M, Alonso, A, Aponte, C, Bayón, Á, Bellingham, P, Chiuffo, MC, DiManno, N, Julian, K, Kandert, S, La Porta, N, Marchante, H, Maule, HG, Mayfield, MM, Metcalfe, D, Monteverdi, MC, Nuñez, MA, Ostertag, R, Parker, IM, Peltzer, DA, Potgieter, L, Raymundo, M, Rayome, D, Reisman-Berman, O, Richardson, DM, Roos, RE, Saldaña, A, Shackleton, RT, Torres, A, Trudgen, M, Urban, J, Vicente, JR, Vilà, M, Ylioja, T, Zenni, RD, Godoy, O. (2019). Global effects of non-native tree species on multiple ecosystem services. Biological Reviews, 94, 1477–1501. link
Moyano, J, Chiuffo, MC, Nuñez, MA, Rodriguez-Cabal, MA. (2019). Seed predation does not explain pine invasive success. Oecologia, 189, 981–991. link
Moyano, J, Chiuffo, MC, Policelli, N, Nuñez, MA, Rodriguez-Cabal, MA. (2019). The interplay between propagule pressure, seed predation and ectomycorrhizal fungi in plant invasion. NeoBiota, 42, 45–58. link
Chiuffo, MC, Moyano, J, Rodriguez-Cabal, MA, Nuñez, MA. (2018). Seed predation of non-native species along a precipitation gradient. Plant Ecology, 11, 1307–1314. link
Chiuffo, MC, Cock, M, Prina, A, Hierro, JL. (2018). Response of native and non-native ruderals to natural and human disturbance. Biological Invasions, 20, 2915–2925. link
Chiuffo, MC, Policelli, N, Moyano, J, Torres, A, Rodriguez-Cabal, MA, Nuñez, MA. (2017). Still no evidence that pathogen accumulation can revert the impact of invasive plant species. Biological Invasions, 20, 9–10. link (*equal co-first authors)
Policelli, N, Chiuffo, MC, Moyano, J, Torres, A, Rodriguez-Cabal, MA, Nuñez, MA. (2017). Pathogen accumulation cannot undo the impact of invasive species. Biological Invasions, 20, 1–4. link (*equal co-first authors)
Nuñez, MA, Chiuffo, MC, Torres, A, et al. (2017). Ecology and management of invasive pines around the world: Progress and challenges. Biological Invasions, 19, 3099–3120. link
Chiuffo, MC, MacDougall, AS, Hierro, JL. (2015). Native and non-native ruderals experience similar plant-soil feedbacks and neighbor effects in a system where they coexist. Oecologia, 179, 843–852. link
Pearson, DE, Hierro, JL, Chiuffo, MC, Villarreal, D. (2014). Rodent seed predation provides strong biotic resistance to exotic plant invasion. Biological Invasions, 16, 1185–1196. link
Hierro, JL, Eren, Ö, Villarreal, D, Chiuffo, MC. (2013). Non-native conditions favor non-native populations of invasive plant: Demographic consequences of seed size variation? Oikos, 122, 583–590. link