Member Profile
Membership type: full
Mariana Villegas Bilbao La Vieja
Country of origin: Bolivia Currently in: Bolivia, La Paz General field of specialization: Biological Systems and Organisms-
Degrees
2016 Doctorate Biological Systems and Organisms2011 Master Biological Systems and Organisms2006 Undergraduate Biological Systems and Organisms -
Current Research Activities
Biological Systems and Organisms
Researcher at Estación Biológica Santiago de Chirca, La Paz, Bolivia. Research associate at Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia.
Publications resulting from Research:
• Villegas, M., C. Soos, G. Jiménez-Uzcátegui, S. Matan, K.A. Hobson. 2021. Isotopic niche segregation among Darwin’s Finches on Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos. Diversity 13: 147. https:// doi.org/10.3390/d13040147
• Villegas, M., B.A. Loiselle, R.T. Kimball and J.G. Blake. 2021. Ecological niche differentiation in Chiroxiphia and Antilophia manakins (Aves, Pipridae). PLoS ONE 16(1): e0243760. https://doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243760
• Villegas, M., J.G. Blake, K.E. Sieving and B.A. Loiselle. 2018. Vocal variation in Chiroxiphia boliviana (Aves; Pipridae) along an Andean elevational gradient. Evolutionary Ecology 32: 171-190.
• Espin, J., S. Palmas, F. Carrasco-Rueda, K. Riemer, P.E. Allen, N. Berkebile, K.A. Hecht, K. Kastner-Wilcox, M.M. Núñez-Regueiro, C. Prince, C. Rios, E. Ross, B. Sangha, T. Tyler, J. Ungvari-Martin, M. Villegas, T.T. Cataldo, and E. M. Bruna. 2017. A persistent lack of international representation on editorial boards in environmental biology. PLoS Biol 15(12): e2002760.
• Leveau, L. M., C. M. Leveau, M. Villegas, J. A. Cursach and C. G. Suazo. 2017. Bird communities along urbanization gradients: A comparative analysis among three Neotropical cities. Ornitología Neotropical 28: 77-87.
• Villegas, M., S. D. Newsome and J. G. Blake. 2016. Seasonal patterns in δ2H values of multiple tissues from Andean birds provide insights into elevational migration. Ecological Applications 26(8): 2383-2389.
• Blendinger, P. G. and M. Villegas. 2011. Crop size is more important than neighborhood fruit availability to fruit removal of Eugenia uniflora (Myrtaceae) by bird seed dispersers. Plant Ecology 212: 889-899.
• Villegas, M. and A. Garitano-Zavala. 2010. Bird community responses to different urban conditions in La Paz, Bolivia. Urban Ecosystems 13: 375-391.
• Villegas, M. & A. Garitano-Zavala. 2008. Las comunidades de aves como indicadores ecológicos para programas de monitoreo ambiental en la ciudad de La Paz, Bolivia. Ecología en Bolivia 43(2): 146-153.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchResearch on avian ecology, specifically on seed dispersal by birds and bats in montane tropical forests of La Paz (Sud Yungas).
