Rodrigo S. Rios
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Rodrigo S. Rios
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Evolutionary Ecologist | Desert | Plants | Vertebrates | Trait Evolution | Funcional Ecology | Community Ecology | Chile | Universidad De La Serena | IEB

Interests centered on the study of biodiversity from an ecological and evolutionary perspective.
Deciphering the root anatomy of Encelia canescens (Asteraceae), a summer deciduos shrub representative of the Atacama Coastal Desert, Chile. Vascular system structure is non-convencional, with reduced cortex. 🤩
May 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Just a small sample of the cross sections used to study chances in anatomical traits in response to water scarcity in petioles of Vitis vinifera varieties from Chile. A collaboration led by PhD student Emilio Villalobos-Soublett from Universidad de Chile.
February 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Honored to have been awarded a FONDECYT Regular 2025 grant (ANID-Chile), boosting research in the Atacama Desert.

Grant: "The fast-slow continuum of woody shrub communities as a driver of the fast-slow rates of ecosystem functioning across an aridity gradiente within they Atacama Desert"
February 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM