Proyectos (últimos 5 años)

• 2012-2015. “Antarctic Plant Ecophysiology: Unraveling the biological consequences of climate change on plant populations of the Maritime Antarctic. (I.P. León Bravo). Co-Investigador” . Anillos de Investigación en Ciencia Antártica, Programa de Investigación Asociativa CONICYT-INACH, NºART1102 , Luis Corcuera.

• 2012-2014. “Role of frond curling and tissues associated to the rachis and veins in desiccation tolerance of filmy ferns (Hymenophyllaceae). Co-investigador.” . Fondecyt 1120964. , Luis Corcuera.

• 2011-2014. “Effect of acclimation to moderate water stress and high irradiance on crown architecture, photosynthesis, growth, and survival of seedlings of Eucryphia cordifolia (Ulmo) in open planting sites.” . FONDECYT 11110661 , Luis Corcuera.

• 2009-2011. “Desiccation tolerance in epiphytic species of the Hymenophylaceae Family (Pteridophyta) from the temperate rain forest of Southern Chile: is this physiological mechanism determinant of their distribution and abundunce.” . FONDECYT 1090397 , Luis Corcuera.

• 2007-2010. “La transición de tolerancia a la sombra a especie emergente del dosel en Nothofagus nitida: cambios ontogénicos y efecto de la calidad y cantidad de luz” . FONDECYT 1070551 , Luis Corcuera.

Publicaciones (últimos 5 años)

• Cavieres LA, Sáez P., Sanhueza C, Sierra-Almeida A, Rabert C, Corcuera LJ, Alberdi M, Bravo LA . 2016. “Ecophysiological traits of Antarctic vascular plants: their importance in the responses to climate change” Plant Ecology 217: 343-358

• Ostria-Gallardo E, Ranjan A, Zumstein K, Chitwood DH, Kumar R, Townsley BT, Ichihashi Y, Corcuera LJ, Sinha NR. 2016. “Transcriptomic analysis suggests a key role for SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN LIKE, NAC and YUCCA genes in the heteroblastic development of the temperate rainforest tree Gevuina avellana (Proteaceae)” New Phytologist 210:694-708; doi: 10.1111/nph.13776

• Flores-Bavestrello A, Król M, Ivanov AG, Hüner NPA, García-Plazaola JI, Corcuera LJ, Bravo LA. 2016. “Two Hymenophyllaceae species from contrasting natural environments exhibit a homoiochlorophyllous strategy in response to desiccation stress” Journal of Plant Physiology 191: 82–94

• Gallardo-Cerda J, Bravo LA, Atala C, Vergara Quezada D, Corcuera LJ, Molina Montenegro MA . 2016. “Dehydrins presence in xylem parenchyma cells enhances hydraulic conductivity and physiological performance in Nothofagus dombeyi” South African Journal of Botany 102: 240-244; doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2015.07.018

• Parra MJ, Acuña KI, Sierra-Almeida A, Sanfuentes C, Saldaña A, Corcuera, LJ, Bravo LA . 2015. “Photosynthetic Light Vertical Distribution Species in a Temperate Southern Chile” PLoS ONE 10(12): e0145475. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0145475

• Ostria–Gallardo E, Paula S, Corcuera LJ, Coopman RE. 2015. “Little environment has little effect on heteroblastic development of the temperate rain forest tree Gevuina avellana Mol. (Proteaceae)” International Journal of Plant Science 176: 285-293. DOI: 10.1086/680230

• Sanhueza C, Bascuñan-Godoy L, Turnbull MH, Corcuera LJ. 2015. “Response of photosynthesis and respiration to temperature under water deficit in two evergreen Nothofagus species” Plant Species Biology 30:163:-165

• Morales LV, Coopman RE, Rojas R, Escandón AB, Galmés J, García-Plazaola JI, Gago J, Cabrera HM, Flexas J, Corcuera LJ. 2014. “Acclimation of leaf cohorts expanded under light and water stresses: an adaptive mechanism of Eucryphia cordifolia to face changes in climatic conditions?” Tree Physiology 34:1305-1320. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpu085

• Sanhueza C, Bascuñan-Godoy L, Turnbull MH, Corcuera LJ . 2014. “Response of photosynthesis and respiration to temperature under water deficit in two evergreen Nothofagus species” Plant Species Biology. Apr. 2014 Doi: 10.1111/1442-1984.12047

• Saldaña A., Parra M.J., Flores-Bavestrello A., Corcuera L.J. & L.A. Bravo. 2014. “Effects of forest successional status on microenvironmental conditions, diversity and distribution of filmy fern species in a temperate rainforest” Plant Species Biology 29: 253-262

• Sanhueza C, Bascuñan-Godoy L, Corcuera LJ, Turnbull MH . 2013. “The response of leaf respiration to water stress in Nothofagus species” New Zealand Journal of Botany 51:88-103

• Molina-Montenegro MA, Palma-Rojas C, Alcayaga-Olivares Y, Oses R, Corcuera LJ, Cavieres LA, Gianoli E . 2013. “Ecophysiological plasticity and local differentiation help explain the invasion success of Taraxacum officinale (dandelion) in South America” Ecography 36 (6): 718 – 730

• Molina-Montenegro MA, Corcuera LJ . 2012. “The conquest of the South Pole: Importance and lessons for the present” Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 85:365-367

• Bascuñán-Godoy L, Sanhueza C, Cuba M, Zúñiga G, Corcuera LJ, Bravo, LA . 2012. “Cold-acclimation limits low temperature induced photoinhibition by promoting a higher photochemical quantum yield and a more effective PSII restoration in darkness in the Antarctic rather than the Andean ecotype of Colobanthus quitensis Kunt Bartl (Cariop” BMC Plant Biology 12:114 –

• Gallardo J, Bravo LA, Corcuera LJ. . 2012. “Leaf seasonal accumulation of a 47-kDa Dehydrin and changes in cryoprotective activity in Nothofagus dombeyii (Mirb) Blume.” Gayana Botanica 69: 1-8.

• Navarrete AA, Bravo LA, Molina-Montenegro MA, Corcuera LJ. 2012. “Antioxidant responses in two Colobanthus quitensis (Caryophyllaceae) ecotypes exposed to high UV-B radiation and low temperature” Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 85: 419-433

• Parra, M.J., K. Acuña, L. Corcuera y R. Rodríguez. . 2012. “Presencia de la familia Hymenophyllaceae (Pteridophyta) en el Parque Katalapi, Cordillera de Quillaipe, Provincia de Llanquihue, Chile.” Gayana Botánica 69(2): 384-387.

• Lusk CH, Corcuera LJ. 2011. “Effects of light availability and growth rate on leaf lifespan of four temperate rainforest Proteaceae.” Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 84: 269-277.

• Coopman RE, Briceño V, Corcuera LJ, Reyes-Díaz M, Alvarez D, Sáez K, García-Plazaola JI, Alberdi M, Bravo LA. . 2011. “Tree size and light availability increase photochemical instead non-photochemical capacities of Nothofagus nitida trees growing in an evergreen temperate rain forest” Tree Physiol. 31(10):1128-1141

• Bascuñán-Godoy L, García-Plazaola JI, Bravo LA, Corcuera LJ. 2010. “Leaf functional and micro-morphological photoprotective attributes in two ecotypes of Colobanthus quitensis from the Andes and Maritime Antarctic.” Polar Biology 33: (on line first) DOI 10.1007/s00300-010-0765-4.

• Casanova-Katny MA, Zúñiga G, Corcuera LJ, Bravo LA, Alberdi M. 2010. “Deschampsia antarctica Desv. primary photochemistry performs differently in plants grown in the field and laboratory.” Polar Biology 33:477–483

• Coopman RE, Jara, JC, Escobar R, Corcuera LJ, Bravo LA. 2010. “Genotypic variation in morphology and freezing resistance of Eucalyptus globulus seedlings subjected to drought hardening in nursery.” Electronic Journal of Biotechnology 13: 5-6. ISSN 0717-3458

• Donoso-Ñanculao G, Castro M, Navarrete D, Bravo L, Corcuera LJ. 2010. “Seasonal induction of cluster roots in Embothrium coccineum J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. in the field: factors that regulate their evelopment.” Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research 70:559-566

• Coopman RE, Fuentes-Neira FP, Briceño VF, Cabrera HM, Corcuera LJ, Bravo LA. 2010. “Light energy partitioning in PSII during development of Nothofagus nitida under different light environments in the Chilean temperate rain forest.” Trees 24:247–259

• Saldaña A, Hernández C; Coopman R; Bravo LA, Corcuera LJ. 2010. “Differences in light usage among three fern species of genus Blechnum of contrasting ecological breadth in a forest light gradient.” Ecological Research 25: 273-281.

• Alberdi M, Reyes-Díaz M, Zúñiga R, Hess S, Bravo LA, Corcuera LJ. 2009. “Photochemical efficiency of PSII and photoprotective prigments in seedlings and adults of two Proteaceae with different shade tolerance from the Chilean Temperate rain forest.” Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 82:387-402.

• Zúñiga-Feest A, Bascuñán L, Reyes-Diaz M, Bravo LA , Corcuera LJ. 2009. “Is survival after ice encasement related with organ sugar distribution in the Antarctic plants Deschampsia antarctica Desv. (Poaceae) and Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl. (Caryophyllaceae)?.” Polar Biology 32:583-591

• Piper F I, Reyes-Díaz M, Corcuera LJ, Lusk CH. 2009. “Carbohydrate storage, survival, and growth of two evergreen Nothofagus species in two contrasting light environments.” Ecological Research 24: 1233-1241.

• Sierra-Almeida A, Casanova-Katny A, Bravo LA, Corcuera LJ, Cavieres LA.. 2007. “Photosynthetic responses to temperature and light of Antarctic and Andean populations of Colobanthus quitensis (Caryophyllaceae).” Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 80: 335-343.

• TITTARELLI A, MILLA L, VARGAS F, MORALES A, NEUPERT C, MEISEL LA, SALVO H, PEÑALOZA E, MUÑOZ G, CORCUERA LJ, SILVA H.. 2007. “Isolation and comparative analysis of the wheat TaPT2 promoter: identification in silico of new putative regulatory motifs conserved between monocots and dicots..” Journal of Experimental Botany 58: 2573-2582