Publications

December 2022

Journal Articles

    1. MOLINET J., EIZAGUIRRE J., QUINTREL P., BELLORA N., VILLARREAL, P., NESPOLO, R. F., CUBILLOS, F.A., (2022). Natural Variation in Diauxic Shift between Patagonian Saccharomyces eubayanus Strains. Msystems. 7. 6. e00640-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00640-22
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., PEÑA I., MEJIAS, C., ÑUNQUE A., ALTAMARIANO T., & BOZINOVIC, F. (2022). Communal nesting is the optimal strategy for heat conservation in a social marsupial: lessons from biophysical models. Journal of Experimental Biology. 225. 22. jeb244606. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244606
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., MEJIAS, C., & BOZINOVIC, F. (2022). Isometric scaling of hibernation: when trees do not let the forest be seen. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 289. 1984. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1719
    1. FENG S., BAI M., RIVAS-GONZALES I., LI C., FRANCO L., GAITÁN-ESPITIA J.D., NESPOLO, R. F., WARREN J., SCHIERUP M., ZHANG G. (2022). Incomplete lineage sorting and phenotypic evolution in marsupials. Cell. 185, 10. 1646-1660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.03.034
    1. SAENZ-AGUDELO, P., PELUSO L., NESPOLO, R.F. BROITMAN B., HAYE P., LARDIES M. (2022). Population genomic analyses reveal hybridization and marked differences in genetic structure of Scurria limpet sister species with parapatric distributions across the South Eastern Pacific. Ecology and Evolution. 12, 5. e8888. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8888
    1. MEJIAS, C., NAVEDO J.G., SABAT P., FRANCO L., BOZINOVIC, F. & NESPOLO, R. F. (2022). Body Composition and Energy Savings by Hibernation: Lessons from the South American Marsupial Dromiciops gliroides. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 95, 3. https://doi.org/10.1086/719932
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., MEJIAS, C., & BOZINOVIC, F. (2022). Why bears hibernate? Redefining the scaling energetics of hibernation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 289. 1973. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0456
    1. MOLINET J., URBINA K., VILLEGAS C., ABARCA V., OPORTO C., VILLARREAL, P., SALINA F., NESPOLO, R. F., CUBILLOS, F.A., (2022). A Saccharomyces eubayanus haploid resource for research studies. Scientific reports. 5976 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10048-8
    1. VILLARREAL, P., VILLARROEL, C.A., O’DONNELL, S., AGIER, N., QUINTERO‐GALVIS, J.F., PEÑA, T.A., NESPOLO, R. F., FISCHER, G., VARELA, C., CUBILLOS, F.A., (2022). Late Pleistocene‐dated divergence between South Hemisphere populations of the non‐conventional yeast L . cidri. Environmental Microbiology. 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16103
    1. QUINTERO-GALVIS, J. F., SAENZ-AGUDELO, P., AMICO, G. C., VAZQUEZ, S., SHAFER, A. B. A., & NESPOLO, R. F. (2022). Genomic diversity and Demographic History of the Dromiciops genus (Marsupialia: Microbiotheriidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 168. 107405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107405
    1. FONTÚRBEL, F., FRANCO M, BOZINOVIC, F. QUINTERO‐GALVIS, J. F., MEJIAS C, AMICO G, VASQUEZ S, SABAT P, SANCHEZ-HERNANDEZ J,WATSON D, SAENZ-AGUDELO, P., & NESPOLO, R. F. (2022). The ecology and evolution of the Monito del monte, a relict species from the southern South America temperate forests. Ecology and Evolution. 10.22541/au.163782997.73725373/v1
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., FONTÚRBEL, F., MEJIAS, C., CONTRERAS, R., GUTIERREZ, P. ODA E, SABAT P, HAMBLY C, SPEKMAN JR, BOZINOVIC, F. (2022). A Mesocosm Experiment in Ecological Physiology: The Modulation of Energy Budget in a Hibernating Marsupial under Chronic Caloric Restriction. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 95. 1. https://doi.org/10.1086/717760
    1. VILLARREAL, P, QUINTREL PA, OLIVARES-MUÑOZ, RUIZ J, NESPOLO, R. F. & CUBILLOS, F. A. (2022). Identification of new ethanol‐tolerant yeast strains with fermentation potential from central Patagonia. Yeast. https://doi.org/10.1002/yea.3662
    1. NAVARRETE L, BOZINOVIC, F. PEÑA-VILLALOBOS I, CONTRERAS C, SANCHEZ-HERNANDEZ J, NEWSOME S.D, NESPOLO, R. F., SABAT P. (2021). Integrative Physiological Responses to Acute Dehydration in the Rufous-Collared Sparrow: Metabolic, Enzymatic, and Oxidative Traits. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.767280
    1. FONTÚRBEL, F., NESPOLO, R. F., AMICO G & WATSON D.M. (2021). Climate change can disrupt ecological interactions in mysterious ways: Using ecological generalists to forecast community-wide effects. Climate Change Ecology. 2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecochg.2021.100044
    1. MARDONES, W., VILLARROEL, C.A., ABARCA V, URBINA, K., PEÑA T, MOLINET J, NESPOLO, R. F. & CUBILLOS, F. A. (2021). Rapid selection response to ethanol in Saccharomyces eubayanus emulates the domestication process under brewing conditions. Microbial Biotechnology, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13803
    1. SABAT P, NEWSOME S, PINOCHET S, NESPOLO, R. F., SANCHEZ-HERNANDEZ J, MADONADO K, GERSON A, SHARP Z, WHITEMAN JP. (2021). Triple Oxygen Isotope Measurements (Δ'17O) of Body Water Reflect Water Intake, Metabolism, and δ18O of Ingested Water in Passerines. Frontiers in Physiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.710026
    1. MEJIAS, C., CASTRO-PASTENE, C., CARRASCO, H., QUINTERO‐GALVIS, J. F., SOTO-GAMBOA, M., BOZINOVIC, F., & NESPOLO, R. F.. (2021). Natural history of the relict marsupial Monito del Monte at the most extreme altitudinal and latitudinal location. Ecosphere, 9639. https://doi.10.1002/ecs2.3577
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., MEJÍAS, C., ESPINOZA, A., QUINTERO-GALVIS, J. F., REZENDE, E. L., FONTÚRBEL, F. E., & BOZINOVIC, F. (2021). Heterothermy as the Norm, Homeothermy as the Exception: Variable Torpor Patterns in the South American Marsupial Monito del Monte (Dromiciops gliroides). Frontiers in Physiology. https://doi.10.3389/fphys.2021.682394.
    1. QUINTERO-GALVIS, J. F., SAENZ-AGUDELO, P., CELIS-DIEZ, J. L., AMICO, G. C., VAZQUEZ, S., SHAFER, A. B. A., & NESPOLO, R. F. (2020). The Biogeography of Dromiciops in Southern South America: middle Miocene transgressions, speciation and associations with Nothofagus Short running title: Phylogeography of Dromiciops. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 163, 107234. https://doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107234
    1. GIROUD S, K., HABOLD, C., NESPOLO, R. F., MEJIAS C, TERRIEN, T., LOGAN S, HENNINING R & STORY K (2020). The torpid state: Recent advances in metabolic adaptations and protective mechanisms. Frontiers in Physiology. 11: 623665. https://doi: 10.3389/fphys.2020.623665
    1. URBINA, K., VILLARREAL, P., NESPOLO, R. F., SALAZAR, R., SANTANDER, R., & CUBILLOS, F. A. (2020). Volatile Compound Screening Using HS-SPME-GC/MS on Saccharomyces eubayanus Strains under Low-Temperature Pilsner Wort Fermentation. Microorganisms, 8(5), 755. https://doi:10.3390/microorganisms8050755
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., VILLARROEL, C. A., OPORTO, C. I., TAPIA, S. M., VEGA-MACAYA, F., URBINA, K., … CUBILLOS, F. A. (2020). An Out-of-Patagonia migration explains the worldwide diversity and distribution of Saccharomyces eubayanus lineages. PLoS Genetics, 16(5), e1008777. https://doi.10.1371/journal.pgen.1008777
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., SOLANO‐IGUARAN, J. J., PALEO‐LÓPEZ, R., QUINTERO‐GALVIS, J. F., CUBILLOS, F. A., & BOZINOVIC, F. (2020). Performance, genomic rearrangements, and signatures of adaptive evolution: Lessons from fermentative yeasts. Ecology and Evolution. ece3.6208. https://doi:10.1002/ece3.6208
    1. MARDONES, W., VILLARROEL, C.A., KROGERUS, K., TAPIA, S.M., URBINA, K., OPORTO, C.I., NESPOLO, R. F. & CUBILLOS, F. A. 2020. Molecular profiling of beer wort fermentation diversity across natural Saccharomyces eubayanus isolates. Microbial Biotechnology, 13(4), 1012–1025. https://doi.10.1111/1751-7915.13545
    1. REZENDE E.L, BACIGALUPE L.D, NESPOLO, R. F. & BOZINOVIC F, (2020). Shrinking dinosaurs and the evolution of endothermy in birds. Science Advances, 6(1), eaaw4486. https://doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw4486
    1. ODA, E., RODRÍGUEZ-GÓMEZ, G.B., FONTÚRBEL, F.E., SOTO-GAMBOA, M. & NESPOLO, R. F. 2019. Southernmost records of Dromiciops gliroides: extending its distribution beyond the Valdivian rainforest. Gayana (Concepción) 83: 145–149.
    1. SABAT P, BOZINOVIC F, CONTRERAS-RAMOS C, NESPOLO, R. F.. NEWSOME SH, QUIRICI V, MALDONADO K, PEÑA-VILLALOBOS I, RAMIREZ-OTAROLA N & SANCHEZ-HERNANDEZ JC. (2019). The interplay between ambient temperature and salt intake affects oxidative status and immune responses in a ubiquitous Neotropical passerine, the rufous-collared sparrow. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A, 234, 50–59. https://doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2019.04.016
    1. D’ELIA, G, FABIAN J, LEONARDO B, BOZINOVIC F, CANTO J, CORREA CJ, FONTÚRBEL F , LISÓN F, MÉNDEZ M, NESPOLO, R. F., OPAZO J, PALMA E, RAU JA, RODRÍGUEZ S, RODRÍGUEZ-SERRANO E, SABAT P, VÁSQUEZ R, & VICTORIANO P. (2019). “Sugerencias Para Mejorar La Regulación Chilena de Manipulación de Vertebrados Terrestres En Poblaciones Naturales En El Contexto de Investigaciones Científicas.” Gayana 83(1):1–5.
    1. RAMÍREZ-CÁCERES, G.E., MOYA-HERNANDEZ, M., QUILODRAN, M, NESPOLO, R. F., CEBALLOS R., VILLAGRA, C.A & RAMÍREZ C.C. (2019). Harbouring the secondary endosymbiont Regiella insecticola increases predation risk and reproduction in the cereal aphid Sitobion avenae. Journal of Pest Science. 1–9.
    1. TAPIA-MONSALVE, R., NEWSOME, S.D., SANCHEZ-HERNANDEZ, J., NESPOLO, R. F., BOZINOVIC F. SABAT, P. (2018). Terrestrial birds in coastal environments: metabolic rate and oxidative status varies with the use of marine resources. Oecologia. 188: 65–73.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., GAITAN-ESPITIA, J.D., QUINTERO-GALVIS, J.F., FERNANDEZ, F.V.,SILVA, A.X., MOLINA, C., STOREY K.B & BOZINOVIC F. (2018). A functional transcriptomic analysis in the relict marsupial Dromiciops gliroides reveals adaptive regulation of protective functions during hibernation. Molecular Ecology. 27: 4489–4500.
    1. QUINTERO-GALVIS J.F., PALEO-LOPEZ R., SOLANO-IGUARAN J.J., LEDGER T., POUPIN M.J., GAITÁN-ESPITIA J.D., ANTOŁ A., TRAVISANO M. & NESPOLO, R. F. (2018). Exploring the evolution of multicellularity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae under bacteria environment: an experimental phylogenetics approach. Ecology and Evolution. 8(9), 4619–4630.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., GONZALEZ-LAGOS C., SOLANO-IGUARAN J.J.,ELFWING E., GARITANO-ZAVALA A., MAÑOSA S., ALFONSO J.C. & ALTIMIRAS J (2018). Aerobic power and flight capacity in birds: a phylogenetic test of the heart-size hypothesis. The Journal of experimental biology. https://doi: 10.1242/jeb.162693
    1. WIJENAYAKE, S., LUU, B.E., ZHANG, J., TESSIER, S.N. QUINTERO-GALVIS J.F, GAITÁN-ESPITIA J.D., NESPOLO, R. F. & STOREY K.B. (2018). Strategies of biochemical adaptation for hibernation in a South American marsupial Dromiciops gliroides: 4. Regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex and metabolic fuel selection. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 224, 32-37.
    1. LUU, B.E., WIJENAYAKE, S., ZHANG, J., TESSIER, S.N. QUINTERO-GALVIS J.F, GAITÁN-ESPITIA J.D., NESPOLO, R. F. & STOREY K.B. (2018). Strategies of biochemical adaptation for hibernation in a South American marsupial Dromiciops gliroides: 3. Activation of pro-survival response pathways. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 224, 26–31.
    1. LUU, B.E., WIJENAYAKE, S., ZHANG, J., TESSIER, S.N. QUINTERO-GALVIS J.F, GAITÁN-ESPITIA J.D., NESPOLO, R. F. & STOREY K.B. (2018). Strategies of biochemical adaptation for hibernation in a South American marsupial Dromiciops gliroides: 2. Control of the Akt pathway and protein translation machinery. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 224, 19–25.
    1. WIJENAYAKE, S., LUU, B.E., ZHANG, J., TESSIER, S.N. QUINTERO-GALVIS J.F, GAITÁN-ESPITIA J.D., NESPOLO, R. F. & STOREY K.B. (2018). Strategies of biochemical adaptation for hibernation in a South American marsupial Dromiciops gliroides: 1. Mitogen-activated protein kinases and the cell stress response. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 224, 12–18.
    1. BACIGALUPE LD, MOORE A.J, NESPOLO R.F, REZENDE E & BOZINOVIC F. (2017). Quantitative Genetic Modeling of the Parental Care Hypothesis for the Evolution of Endothermy. Frontiers in Physiology. 8: 1005.
    1. SABAT P, NARVÁEZ C, PEÑA-VILLALOBOS I, CONTRERAS C, MALDONADO K, SANCHEZZ-HERNANDEZ J.C, NEWSOME S.D, NESPOLO R.F & BOZINOVIC F. (2017). Coping with Salt Water Habitats: Metabolic and Oxidative Responses to Salt Intake in the Rufous-Collared Sparrow. Frontiers in Physiology. 8: 654.
    1. VERGARA-AMADO J, SILVA A.X, MANZI C, NESPOLO R.F, & CARDENAS L. (2017). Differential expression of stress candidate genes for thermal tolerance in the sea urchin Loxechinus albus. Journal of Thermal Biology, 68, 104-109.
    1. NESPOLO R.F, FIGUEROA J, SOLANO-IGUARAN J.J. (2017). Studying the evolutionary signicance of thermal adaptation in ectgotherms: The diversification of amphibians energetics. Journal of Thermal Biology, 68, 5-13.
    1. MALDONADO K., SABAT T, PÍRIZ G, BOGDANOVICH J.M, NESPOLO R.F, BOZINOVIC F. (2017). Is maximun food instake in endotherms contrained by net or factorial aerobic scope? Lessons from the Leaf-Eared mouse. Frontiers in Physiology. 7: 649.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., SOLANO-IGUARAN J.J, & F BOZINOVIC (2017). Phylogenetic Analysis Supports the Aerobic-Capacity Model for the Evolution of Endothermy. The American Naturalist. 189: 1, 13-27
    1. FRANCO M, CONTRERAS C, PLACE N, BOZINOVIC F & NESPOLO, R. F. (2017). Leptin levels, seasonality and thermal acclimation in the Microbiotherid marsupial Dromiciops gliroides: Does photoperiod play a role?. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A. 233–240
    1. PALEO-LOPEZ R, QUINTERO-GALVIS J.F, SOLANO-IGUARAN J.J, SÁNCHEZ-SALAZAR, A.M, GAITÁN-ESPITIA J.D & NESPOLO, R. F. (2016). A phylogenetic analysis of macroevolutionary patterns in fermentative yeasts. Ecology and Evolution. 6,3851-3861.
    1. HADJ-MOUSSA, H., MOGGRIDGE, J.A., LUU, B.E., QUINTERO-GALVIS, J.F., GAITÁN-ESPITIA, J.D., NESPOLO, R. F. & STOREY, K.B. (2016) The hibernating South American marsupial, Dromiciops gliroides, displays torpor-sensitive microRNA expression patterns. Scientific Reports. 6, 24627.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., SILVA AX, FIGUEROA F, & BACIGALUPE LD. (2015). Anticipatory gene regulation driven by maternal effects in an insect–host system. Ecology and Evolution. 5:23, 5601-5608
    1. BARTHELD JS, GAITÁN-ESPITIA JD, ARTACHO P, SALGADO‐LUARTE C, GIANOLI E & NESPOLO, R. F. (2015). Energy expenditure and body size are targets of natural selection across a wide geographic range, in a terrestrial invertebrate. Functional Ecology. 29:1, 1463-1474
    1. GAITÁN-ESPITIA JD & NESPOLO, R. F. (2014). Is there metabolic cold adaptation in terrestrial ectotherms? Exploring latitudinal compensation in the invasive snail Cornu aspersum. The Journal of experimental biology. 217:13, 2261-2267
    1. CORTÉS P, FRANCO M, MORENO-GÓMEZ F, BARRIENTOS K & NESPOLO, R. F. (2014) Thermoregulatory capacities and torpor in the South American marsupial, Dromiciops gliroides. Journal of thermal biology 45, 1-8
    1. NESPOLO, R. F. & ROFF DA (2014) Model Falsification, Quantitative Genetics, and the Evolution of Endothermy: Are We Choosing the Right Tool? (A Reply to Hayes). American Naturalist 184: 6, 804-805 -82. CONTRERAS C, FRANCO M, PLACE N & NESPOLO, R. F. (2014). The effects of poly-unsaturated fatty acids on the physiology of hibernation in a South American marsupial, Dromiciops gliroides. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology 177, 62-69
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., BARTHELD JL, GONZALEZ A, BRUNING, A, ROFF DA, BACIGALUPE LD & GAITÁN-ESPITIA JD, (2014) The quantitative genetics of physiological and morphological traits in an invasive terrestrial snail: additive vs. non-additive genetic variation. Functional Ecology 28:3, 682-692
    1. NESPOLO, R. F. & ROFF DA (2014) Testing the aerobic model for the evolution of endothermy: implications of using present correlations to infer past evolution. American Naturalist 183: 1, 74-83.
    1. FRANCO M., CONTRERAS C. CORTÉS P., NESPOLO, R. F.. (2013). Aerobic power, huddling and the efficiency of torpor in the South American marsupial, Dromiciops gliroides. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 53: 1, E284-E284
    1. GAITÁN-ESPITIA JD, ARIAS MB, LARDIES MA, NESPOLO, R. F. (2013) Variation in thermal sensitivity and thermal tolerances in an invasive species across a climatic gradient: lessons from the land snail Cornu aspersum. PLOS ONE e70662.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., SCHEIHING† RA & ARTACHO P (2013) Sexual selection on locomotor performance in the calanoid copepod Tigriopus californicus. Evolutionary Ecology Research 15: 557–566.
    1. BACIGALUPE LD, BARRIENTOS K, BECKERMAN AP, CARTER M, FIGUEROA CC, FOSTER SP, MOORE AJ, SILVA AX & NESPOLO, R. F. (2013) Can invasions occur without change? A comparison of G matrices and selection in the peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae. Ecology & Evolution 3:15, 5109-5118.
    1. FRANCO M, CONTRERAS C & NESPOLO, R. F. (2013) Profound changes in blood parameters during torpor in a South American marsupial. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A -Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 166:2, 338-342
    1. BRUNING A, GONZALEZ A, GAITAN-ESPITIA JD, BARTHELD, JL & NESPOLO, R. F. (2013) Metabolism, growth and the energetic definition of fitness: A quantitative genetic study in the land snail Cornu aspersum. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 86: 538-546.
    1. BRUNING A, GONZALEZ A, GAITAN-ESPITIA JD, BARTHELD, JL, TOADER-WILLIAMS, A, MONDACA F, NESPOLO, R. F. (2013) Energy metabolism, heart rate and physiological differentiation in the pulmonate gastropod cornu aspersum. Journal of Molluscan Studies 79: 257-262.
    1. GAITÁN-ESPITIA JD, SCHEIHING R, POULIN E, ARTACHO P & NESPOLO, R. F. (2013) Mitochondrial phylogeography of the land snail Cornu aspersum: tracing population history and the impact of human-mediated invasion in austral South America. Evolutionary Ecology Research 15: 61-78.
    1. GAITÁN-ESPITIA, BRUNING A, MONDACA F & NESPOLO, R. F. (2013) Intraspecific variation in the metabolic scaling exponent in ectotherms: Testing the effect of latitudinal cline, ontogeny and transgenerational change in the land snail Cornu aspersum. Comparative and Biochemistry and Physiology A 165:169-177.
    1. GAITÁN-ESPITIA, NESPOLO, R. F. & OPAZO JC (2013) The complete mitochondrial genome of the land snail Cornu aspersum (Helicidae: Mollusca): intra-specific divergence of protein-coding genes and phylogenetic considerations within Euthyneura. PLOS ONE e67299.
    1. DLUGOSZ EM, CHAPPELL MA, MEEK TH, SZAFRAŃSKA P, KAROL Z, KONARZEWSKI M, JONES JJ, BICUDO E, NESPOLO, R. F., CAREAU V, AND GARLAND T (2013). Phylogenetic analysis of mammalian maximal oxygen consumption during exercise. Journal of Experimental Biology. 216: 24, 5109-5118
    1. CASTAÑEDA LD & NESPOLO, R. F. (2013) Phenotypic and Genetic Effects of Contrasting Ethanol Environments on Physiological and Developmental Traits in Drosophila melanogaster. PLOS ONE 8:e58920
    1. WITHERS PC, COOPER CE, NESPOLO, R. F. (2012) Evaporative water loss, relative water economy and evaporative partitioning of a heterothermic marsupial, the Monito del Monte (Dromiciops gliroides). Journal of Experimental Biology. 215, 2806-2813.
    1. GAITÁN-ESPITIA J, FRANCO M, BARTHELD JL, NESPOLO, R. F. (2012) Repeatability of energy metabolism and resistance to dehydration in the invasive slug Limax maximus. Invertebrate Biology 131: 11-18.
    1. CARTER M, SIMON JC, NESPOLO, R. F. (2012). The effects of reproductive specialization on energy costs and fitness genetic variances in cyclical and obligate parthenogenetic aphids. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION https://doi: 10.1002/ece3.247
    1. URREJOLA S, NESPOLO, R. F., LARDIES MA (2011). Diet-induced developmental plasticity in life-histories and energy metabolism in a beetle. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 84: 523-533.
    1. NAYA DE, CATALAN T, ARTACHO P, GAITÁN-ESPITIA JD, NESPOLO, R. F. (2011) Exploring the functional association between physiological plasticity, climatic variability, and geographical latitude: lessons from land snails. Evolutionary Ecology Research 13:647-659.
    1. ARTACHO P, FIGUEROA CC, CORTÉS C, SIMON JC, NESPOLO, R. F. (2011) Short-term consequences of reproductive mode variation on the genetic architecture of energy metabolism and life-history traits in the pea aphid Journal of Insect Physiology 57: 986-994.
    1. CORTÉS P, FRANCO M, SABAT P, QUIJANO SA, NESPOLO, R. F. (2011) Bioenergetics and intestinal phenotypic flexibility in the marsupial, Monito del Monte (Dromiciops gliroides) from the temperate forest in South America. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 160: 117-124.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., CORREA L, PEREZ-APABLAZA CX, CORTÉS P, BARTHELD JL (2011) Energy metabolism and the postprandial response of the Chilean tarantulas, Euathlus truculentus (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 159: 379-382 .
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., BACIGALUPE LD, FIGUEROA CC, KOTEJA P, OPAZO JC (2011) Using new tools to solve an old problem: the evolution of endothermy in vertebrates. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 26: 414- 423.
    1. SCHEIHING R, CARDENAS LC, LABARCA P, NESPOLO, R. F. (2011). Viability selection on body size in a non-marine ostracod. Hydrobiologia 671: 193-203.
    1. SCHEIHING R, CARDENAS LC, LABARCA P, NESPOLO, R. F. (2011). Spatial and temporal analysis of the genetic diversity and population structure in a freshwater ostracod from the high Andean plateau. Evolutionary Ecology Research 13: 91-104.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., RD SEPULVEDA, LD CASTAÑEDA, D ROFF (2011) Effects of shape variations on the energy metabolism of the sand cricket Gryllus firmus: a geometric morphometrics analysis. Biological Research 44: 69-74.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F. (2010) Is the evolutionary theory still useful? A review with examples. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 83: 479-495.
    1. CASTAÑEDA LE, FIGUEROA CC, BACIGALUPE LD & NESPOLO, R. F. (2010) Effects of wing polyphenism, aphid genotype and host plant chemistry on energy metabolism of the grain aphid, Sitobion avenae. Journal of Insect Physiology 56: 1920-1924.
    1. CASTAÑEDA LE, FIGUEROA CC, & NESPOLO, R. F. (2010) Do insect pests perform better on highly defended plants? Costs and benefits of induced detoxification defences in the aphid Sitobion avenae. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 2474-2483.
    1. SCHEIHING R, LABARCA P SANTIBAÑEZ P, ASENCIO G, NESPOLO, R. F. (2010). A quantitative survey of the aquatic invertebrate community in the “Monumento Natural Salr de Surire” from Chilean altiplano. Journal of Natural History 637: 45-52.
    1. CASTAÑEDA LE, FIGUEROA CC, & NESPOLO, R. F. (2010) Physiological approach to explain the ecological success of “superclones” in aphids: interplay between detoxification enzymes, metabolism and fitness. Journal of Insect Physiology 56: 1058-1064.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., CORTÉS P, VERDUGO C, BACIGALUPE LD (2010) Bioenergetics of torpor in the Microbiotherid marsupial, Monito del Monte (Dromiciops gliroides): the role of temperature and food availability. Journal of Comparative Physiology B180: 767-773.
    1. SCHEIHING R, CARDENAS L, NESPOLO, R. F., KRALL P, WALZ K, SHIRO KOHSHIMA, LABARCA P (2010) Morphological and Molecular analysis of South American Centropagidae family (Copepoda: Calanoidea). Hydrobiologia 637: 45-52.
    1. BACIGALUPE LD, BUSTAMANTE D, BOZINOVIC F, NESPOLO, R. F.. (2010) Phenotypic integration of morphology and energetic performance under routine capacities: a study in the leaf-eared mouse Phyllotis darwini. Journal of Comparative Physiology B160:293-299.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., HALKETT F, FIGUEROA CC, PLANTEGENEST, M & SIMON JC (2009) Evolution of trade-offs between sexual and asexual phases and the role of reproductive plasticity in the genetic architecture of aphid life histories. Evolution 63: 2402-2412.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F. & BACIGALUPE LD (2009) Viability selection on early body mass and the effect of female body size on fecundity: a study on the leaf-eared mouse Phyllotis darwini. Ecological Research 24: 997-1002.
    1. ARTACHO P & NESPOLO, R. F. (2009) Intrapopulation variation in the standard metabolism of a terrestrial mollusc: repeatability of the CO2 production in the land snail Helix aspersa. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 82: 181-189.
    1. CORTES P, QUIJANO SA & NESPOLO, R. F. (2009) Bioenergetics and inter-individual variation in physiological capacities in a relict mammal, the monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides). Journal of Experimental Biology 212: 297-207.
    1. CASTAÑEDA LE, FIGUEROA CC, FUENTES E, NIEMEYER H & NESPOLO, R. F. (2009) Energy costs of detoxification systems in aphids feeding on chemically defended host-plants: a correlational study in the grain aphid, Sitobion avenae. Journal of Experimental Biology 212: 1185-1190.
    1. ARTACHO P & NESPOLO, R. F. (2009) Natural Selection on Reducing Energy Metabolism in the Garden Snail (Helix aspersa). Evolution 63: 1044-1050.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., D FAIRBAIRN & DA ROFF (2008). Energetic trade-off between maintenance costs and dispersion capacity in the sand cricket (Gryllus firmus). Functional Ecology 22: 624-632.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., PARTACHO, LE CASTAÑEDA, C VERDUGO (2008) Short-term thermoregulatory adjustments in a South American anseriform, the black-necked swan (Cygnus melanocoryphus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 150: 366-368.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., CC FIGUEROA, M PLANTEGENEST, JC SIMON (2008) Short-term population differences in the genetic architecture of life history traits related to sexuality in an aphid species. Heredity 100: 374-381.
    1. ARTACHO, P, LE CASTAÑEDA, M SOTO-GAMBOA, C VERDUGO & RF NESPOLO (2007) Using haematological parameters to assess the health and nutritional status of an endangered Black-Necked swan population. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A147: 1060-1066.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F. & M FRANCO (2007) Metabolic rate is a repeatable trait: a meta analysis. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 2000-2005.
    1. ALCAPAN, AC, RF NESPOLO & JE TORO (2007) Heritability of body size in the Chilean blue mussel (Mytilus chilensis Hupé 1854: effects of environment and aging. Aquaculture Research 38: 313-320.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., P ARTACHO & LD CASTAÑEDA (2007) Cyclic gas-exchange in the Chilean red cricket: inter-individual variation and thermal dependence. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 668-675.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F. (2007) A complex population dynamic explained by a single-l ocus Mendelian model for litter size. Heredity 98: 63-64.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., LE CASTAÑEDA & DA ROFF (2007). Quantitative genetic variation of metabolism in the nymphs of the sand cricket, Gryllus firmus, inferred from an analysis of inbred-lines. Biological Research 40: 5-12.
    1. ARTACHO, P, LE CASTAÑEDA, M SOTO-GAMBOA, C VERDUGO & RF NESPOLO (2007). Blood biochemistry in a population of black-necked swans (Cygnus melanocoryphus) in a conservation priority area. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A146: 283-290.
    1. CASTAÑEDA LE P SABAT SP GONZALES & RF NESPOLO (2006). Digestive plasticity in tadpoles of the Chilean giant frog (Caudiverbera caudiverbera): factorial effects of diet and temperature. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 79: 919-926.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., LE CASTAÑEDA & DA ROFF (2005). Dissecting the variance-covariance structure in insect physiology: the multivariate association between metabolism and morphology in the nymphs of the sand cricket (Gryllus firmus). Journal of Insect Physiology 51: 913-921.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., LD BACIGALUPE, DM BUSTAMANTE & F BOZINOVIC (2005). Quantitative genetics of bioenergetics and growth-related traits in the wild mammal, Phyllotis darwini. Evolution 59: 1829-1837.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F. (2005). New invariants and dimensionless numbers: futile renaissance of old fallacies? Biological Research 38: 27-29.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F. & P ARTACHO (2005). How general are current comparative physiology studies? A quantitative review. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 78: 313-321.
    1. ARTACHO P, LE CASTAÑEDA & RF NESPOLO (2005). The role of quantitative genetic studies in animal physiological ecology. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 78: 161-167.
    1. BACIGALUPE LD, RF NESPOLO, D BUSTAMANTE & F BOZINOVIC (2005). Is there a trade-off betweeen energetics and spleen mass? A quantitative genetic study in the leaf-eared mouse. Evolutionary Ecology Research 7: 1-7.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., LE CASTAÑEDA & DA ROFF (2005). The effect of fasting on activity and resting metabolism in the sand cricket, Gryllus firmus: a multivariate approach. Journal of Insect Physiology 51: 61-66.
    1. BACIGALUPE LD, RF NESPOLO, JC OPAZO & F BOZINOVIC (2004). The role of thermal history on phenotypic plasticity in thermogenic capacity and organ size in the leaf-eared mouse Phyllotis darwini. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 77: 805-815.
    1. SABAT P, RF NESPOLO & F BOZINOVIC (2004). Water economy of three Cinclodes (Furnariidae) species inhabiting marine and freshwater ecosystems. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 77: 219 - 225.
    1. CARTER, MJ, MA LARDIES, RF NESPOLO & F BOZINOVIC (2004). Heritability of progeny size in a terrestrial isopod: transgenerational environmental effects on a life history trait. Heredity 93: 455 - 459.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F. (2003). Evolution by natural selection: more evidence than ever before. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 76:699-716.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., MA LARDIES & F BOZINOVIC (2003). Intrapopulation variation in the standard metabolic rate of insects: repeatability, thermal dependence and sensitivity (Q10) of oxygen consumption in a cricket. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 4309-4315.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., LD BACIGALUPE & F BOZINOVIC (2003). Heritability of energetics in a wild mammal, the leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis darwini). Evolution 57: 1679-1688.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., M ARIM & F BOZINOVIC (2003). Body size as a latent variable in a structural equation model: thermal acclimation and energetics of the leaf-eared mouse. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 2145-2157.
    1. REZENDE, EL, A CORTÉS, LD BACIGALUPE, RF NESPOLO & F BOZINOVIC (2003). Ambient temperature limits daily activity of the fossorial rodent Spalacopus cyanus. Journal of Arid Environments 55: 63-74.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., LD BACIGALUPE & F BOZINOVIC (2003). The influence of heat increment of feeding on metabolic rate in Phyllotis darwini (Muridae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A134: 139-145.
    1. KENAGY, GJ, RA VASQUEZ, RF NESPOLO & F BOZINOVIC (2002). Daily and seasonal limits of time and temperature on surface activity of degus. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 75: 567-581.
    1. BUSTAMANTE, DM, RF NESPOLO, EL REZENDE & F BOZINOVIC (2002). Dynamic thermal balance in small mammals: the interplay among ambient temperature, body size and behavior. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 75: 396-404.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., LD BACIGALUPE, P SABAT & F BOZINOVIC (2002). Interplay between energy metabolism, organ masses and digestive enzyme activity in the mouse-opossum, Thylamys elegans: the role of thermal acclimation. Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 2697-2703.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F. & M ROSENMANN (2002). Intraspecific allometry of hematological parameters in Basilichthys australis. Journal of Fish Biology 60: 1358-1362.
    1. KENAGY, GJ, RA VASQUEZ, RF NESPOLO & F BOZINOVIC (2002). A time-energy analysis of summer daytime surface activity in degus, Octodon degus. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 75: 149-156.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., JC OPAZO & F BOZINOVIC (2001). Thermal acclimation and nonshivering thermogenesis in three species of South American rodents: a comparison between arid and mesic habitats. Journal of Arid Environments 48: 581-590.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F., LD BACIGALUPE, EL REZENDE, F BOZINOVIC (2001) When nonshivering thermogenesis equals maximum metabolic rate: thermal acclimation and phenotypic plasticity of fossorial cururos (Spalacopus cyanus, Rodentia). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 74: 325-332.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F. (2000) Desempeño fisiológico, estacionalidad y plasticidad fenotípica en pequeños mamíferos: microevolución de la capacidad de cambio en rasgos termorregulatorios. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 73: 553 - 563.
    1. OPAZO, JC, RF NESPOLO & F BOZINOVIC (1999) Arousal from torpor in the chilean mouse-opposum (Thylamys elegans): Does non-shivering thermogenesis play a role? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 123: 399 - 408.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F. J OPAZO, M ROSENMANN & F BOZINOVIC (1999) Thermal acclimation, maximum metabolic rate and nonshivering thermogenesis in Phyllotis xanthopygus (Rodentia) inhabiting the andean range. Journal of Mammalogy 80: 742 - 748.
    1. NESPOLO, R. F. & M ROSENMANN (1997) Historia térmica de roedores: una aproximación experimental. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 70: 363 - 370.
    1. BOZINOVIC F & RF NESPOLO (1997) Effect of ambient temperature and energy demands on digestive functions in leaf-eared mice (Phyllotis darwini) from central Chile. International Journal of Biometeorology 41: 23 - 25.
    1. BOZINOVIC F, FF NOVOA & R NESPOLO (1997) Effect of dietary composition on food selection and assimilation in the leaf eared mouse (Phillotys darwini) inhabiting central Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 70: 289 - 295.

Chapter Book

    1. RF NESPOLO, SÁENZ-AGUDELO, P., MEJÍAS, C., QUINTERO-GALVIS, J.F., PEÑA, I., SABAT, P., SÁNCHEZ-HERNÁNDEZ, J.C., GUROVICH, Y. 2022. Chapter 5 The Physiological Ecology of the Enigmatic Colocolo Opossum, the Monito del Monte (genus Dromiciops), and Its Role as a Bioindicator of the Broadleaf Biome, in: Larramendy, M.L., Liwszyc, G. (Eds.), Marsupial and Placental Mammal Species in Environmental Risk Assessment Strategies. Royal Society of Chemistry. pp. 81–111. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781839163470-00081
    1. SOTO-GAMBOA M, LAGOS N, QUIROZ E, JARAMILLO E, RF NESPOLO, CASANOVA-KATNY A (2007). On the causes of the disappearance of aquatic plant Egeria densa and black-necked swans in a Ramsar sanctuary: inappropriate statistical analyses, reduced scope of experimental design and the implausible chemical mechanisms proposed by Mulsow & Grandjean (2006). Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics 2007: 7-10.
    1. GUERRA, J., GAYOSO, J., SCHLATTER, J., RF NESPOLO (2005) Análisis de la biomasa de raíces en diferentes tipos de bosques. Avances en la evaluación de Pinus radiata en Chile. Bosque 26: 5-21.
    1. RF NESPOLO (2003) Genética cuantitativa y microevolución the caracteres fisiológicos. En: “Fisiología Ecológica de plantas y animales en Sudamérica: estudios interdisciplinarios” (F. Bozinovic Ed.). Pp. 27-42. Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago, Chile.
    1. RF NESPOLO (2003) Termorregulación, vicuñas y esquila: un análisis exploratorio desde la fisiología comparada. En “Plan Nacional de Conservación y Manejo de la Vicuña (Vicugna vicugna Molina, 1782) en Chile” (Galaz, JL & Gonzáles, G Eds.) Pp 43-54, OGRAMA SA. Santiago, Chile.
    1. SOTO-GAMBOA M & RF NESPOLO (1997) Desarrollo de la homeotermia en dos aves antárticas: el efecto de la deprivación de ingesta. Serie Científica INACH 47: 31 - 37.
Roberto F. Nespolo
Roberto F. Nespolo
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