ELIZALDE, LUCIANA; LESCANO, M. NATALIA; WERENKRAUT, VICTORIA; PIRK, GABRIELA I.

Numbers matter: Predatory ability increases with forager group size in omnivorous ant species with similar predatory traits

ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY; Año: 2022

FRANZESE, J.; DI VIRGILIO, A.; PIRK, G.; LESCANO, M.N.; SPEZIALE, K.L.

Low biotic resistance to cheatgrass invasion in Patagonia: evidence from competition experiments

BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS; Año: 2022 vol. 24 p. 235 - 246

FARJI-BRENER, A.G.; PIRK, G.I.; LESCANO M.N; ELIZALDE, L.; WERENKRAUT, V.; BUTELER, M; ALMA, A.M.; ORTIZ, D; DEVEGILI, A. M.

Act locally, think globally. Ant studies in Argentina in the context of ecological theory

ECOLOGÍA AUSTRAL; Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2022 vol. 32

LESCANO M.N; PIRK, G.I.; DI VIRGILIO, A; FRANZESE, J.; SPEZIALE, K

Leaf-cutting ants facilitation to non-native plants is passed from one generation to the next

PLANT ECOLOGY; Lugar: Berlin; Año: 2022

LESCANO, M. N.; QUINTERO, C.; FARJI-BRENER, A. G.; BALSEIRO, E.

Excessive nutrient input induces an ecological cost for aphids by modifying their attractiveness towards mutualist ants

FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY; Año: 2022

DEVEGILI, ANDRÉS M.; LESCANO, MARÍA N.; GIANOLI, ERNESTO; FARJI-BRENER, ALEJANDRO G.

Evidence of indirect biotic resistance: native ants decrease invasive plant fitness by enhancing aphid infestation

OECOLOGIA; Año: 2021

ELIZALDE, LUCIANA; ARBETMAN, MARINA; ARNAN, XAVIER; EGGLETON, PAUL; LEAL, INARA R.; LESCANO, MARÍA NATALIA; SAEZ, AGUSTÍN; WERENKRAUT, VICTORIA; PIRK, GABRIELA I.

The ecosystem services provided by social insects: traits, management tools and knowledge gaps

BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS; Año: 2020

PIRK, G.I.; ELIZALDE, L.; LESCANO M. N; WERENKRAUT, V.

Essential but invisible: non-apparent but widespread ant nests favour soil nutrients and plant growth in semi-arid areas

ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY; Lugar: Londres; Año: 2020

DEVEGILI, A. M.; LESCANO M. N; GIANOLI, E; FARJI-BRENER, A.G.

Defence variation within a guild of aphid-tending ants explains aphid population growth

ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY; Lugar: Londres; Año: 2020

CHALCOFF, VANINA R.; LESCANO, MARÍA NATALIA; DEVEGILI, ANDRÉS M.

Do novel interactions with local fauna have reproductive consequences for exotic plants? A case study with thistles, ants, aphids, and pollinators

PLANT ECOLOGY; Año: 2019 vol. 220 p. 125 - 134

LESCANO, MARIA NATALIA; QUINTERO, CAROLINA; FARJI-BRENER, ALEJANDRO GUSTAVO; BALSEIRO, ESTEBAN

Pay it forward: refuse dump from leaf-cutting ants promotes caterpillar digestive performance by increasing plant nitrogen content

ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY; Año: 2019 p. 40 - 49

DEVEGILI, ANDRÉS M.; ALMA, ANDREA MARINA; LESCANO, MARIA NATALIA; FARJI-BRENER, ALEJANDRO G.

Wind matters: Asymmetric distribution of aphids on host plants can be explained by stems functioning as windbreaks

AUSTRAL ECOLOGY; Año: 2019

SPEZIALE, KARINA L.; DI VIRGILIO, AGUSTINA; LESCANO, MARIA N.; PIRK, GABRIELA; FRANZESE, JORGELINA

Synergy between roads and disturbance favour Bromus tectorum L. invasion

PeerJ; Lugar: London; Año: 2018 vol. 6

FARJI-BRENER, A.G.; LESCANO M. N.

Refuse dumps from leaf-cutting ant nests reduce the intensity of above-ground competition among neighboring plants in a Patagonian steppe

ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY; Lugar: Paris; Año: 2017

LESCANO, M.N.; ELIZALDE, L.; WERENKRAUT, V.; PIRK, G.I.; FLORES, G.E.

Ant and tenebrionid beetle assemblages in arid lands: Their associations with vegetation types in the Patagonian steppe

JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS; Año: 2017 p. 51 - 57

WERENKRAUT, V.; PIRK, G.I.; LESCANO M. N; BENCLOWICZ, J.; ELIZALDE, L.

Firewood as a pathway for insect introductions. What are the risks of ant invasions in Patagonia?

ECOLOGÍA AUSTRAL; Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2017 vol. 27 p. 305 - 311

LESCANO M. N; FARJI-BRENER, A.G.; GIANOLI, E

Outcomes of competitive interactions after a natural increment of resources: the assemblage of aphid-tending ants in northern Patagonia.

INSECTES SOCIAUX; Lugar: BASEL; Año: 2015 vol. 62 p. 199 - 205

LESCANO M. N.; FARJI-BRENER, A.G.; GIANOLI, E

Nocturnal resource defence in aphid-tending ants of northern Patagonia

ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY; Lugar: Londres; Año: 2014 vol. 39 p. 203 - 209

GHERMANDI L.; GONZÁLEZ, S; LESCANO M. N.; ODDI, F

Effects of fire severity on early recovery of Patagonian steppes

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE; Lugar: Collingwood; Año: 2013 vol. 22 p. 1055 - 1062

LESCANO M. N; FARJI-BRENER, A.G.; GIANOLI, E; CARLO, T.A

Bottom-up effects may not reach the top: the influence of ant-aphid interactions on the spread of soil disturbances through trophic chains

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. SERIES B: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES.; Lugar: Londres; Año: 2012 vol. 279 p. 3779 - 3787

LESCANO, MARÍA NATALIA; FARJI-BRENER, ALEJANDRO

Exotic thistles increase native ant abundance through the maintenance of enhanced aphid populations

ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH; Año: 2011 vol. 26 p. 827 - 834

LESCANO, MARÍA NATALIA; FUENTES, V L; SAHADE, R; TATIAN, M

Identification of gut contents and microscopical observations of the gut epithelium of the macrophagous ascidian Cibacapsa gulosa Monniot and Monniot 1983 (Phlebobranchia, Octacnemidae)

POLAR BIOLOGY; Año: 2011 vol. 34 p. 23 - 30

FARJI-BRENER, ALEJANDRO; LESCANO NATALIA; GHERMANDI LUCIANA

Ecological engineering by a native leaf-cutting ant increases the performance of exotic plant species

OECOLOGIA; Año: 2010 vol. 163 p. 163 - 169