Lineas de Investigación
Ecología de plantas trepadoras del bosque templado lluvioso de Chile, Ecología Funcional de especies del género Nothofagus del centro-sur de Chile (rasgos funcionales asociados al transporte de agua), Taxonomía de plantas vasculares del centro-sur de Chile, Ecología de plantas vasculares del continente Antártico.
Rodríguez-Quintero, W.D., Moreno-Chacón, M., Carrasco-Urra, F. & A. Saldaña. 2022. Is the host tree location pattern of the massive woody climber Hydrangea serratifolia (Hydrangeaceae) in a Chilean temperate rainforest influenced by Skototropism? (status: aceptada en Plant Signaling & Behavior)
Molina-Montenegro M, Atala C, Carrasco-Urra F. Differential impact of an eclipse on photosynthetic performance of trees with different degrees of shade tolerance. Forests 12: 1353. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12101353.
Carrasco-Urra F, Saldaña A, Molina-Montenegro M. 2019. ¿Pueden los rasgos hidráulicos ayudar a explicar los límites de distribución actual en dos especies de Nothofagus en los Andes de Chile?. Gayana Botánica 76 (2):237-246.
Atala C, Pertierra LR, Aragón P, Carrasco-Urra F, Lavín P, Gallardo-Cerda J, Ricote-Martínez N, Torres-Díaz C, Montenegro-Molina MA. 2019. Positive interactions among native and invasive vascular plants in Antarctica: assessing the “nurse effect” at different spatial scales. Biological Invasions 21: 2819-2836. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-019-02016-7.
Carrasco-Urra F, Quezada IM, Saldaña A. 2018. Variation in traits related to water transport in Nothofagus dombeyi helps to explain its latitudinal distribution limit in the Chilean Andes. Plant Ecology & Diversity 11 (3): 307-317. https://doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2018.1507056.
Moreno-Chacón M, Mardones D, Viveros N, Madriaza K, Carrasco-Urra F, Marticorena A, Baeza C, Rodríguez R & A Saldaña. 2018. Flora vascular de un remanente de bosque esclerófilo mediterráneo costero: Estación de Biología Terrestre de Hualpén, Región del Biobío, Chile. Gayana Botánica 75(1):466-481.
Cristian Torres-Díaz, Jorge Gallardo-Cerda, Paris Lavín, Rómulo Oses, Fernando Carrasco-Urra, Cristian Atala, Ian S. Acuña-Rodríguez, Peter Convey, Marco A. Molina- 2014. Biological interactions and simulated climate change modulates the ecophysiological performance of Colobanthus quitensis in the Antarctic Ecosystem. Plos One 11 (10): e0164844. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0164844.
Gianoli E, Carrasco-Urra F. 2014. Leaf mimicry in a climbing plant protects against herbivory. Current Biology 24 (9): R357-R 359. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.066.
Citado y seguido por la página National Geographic:
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y la revista Science: http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/04/scienceshothttp://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/04/scienceshot-chameleon-vine-discovered-chilechameleon–vine–discovered–chile
Molina-Montenegro MA, Carrasco-Urra F, Acuña-Rodríguez I, Oses R, Torres-Díaz C, Chwedorzewska KJ. 2014. Assessing the importance of human activities for the establishment of the invasive Poa annua in Antarctica. Polar Research 33 (21425): http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v33.21425.
Acuña-Rodríguez IS, Gianoli E, Carrasco-Urra F, Stotz GC, Salgado-Luarte C, Ríos RS, Molina-Montenegro MA. 2014. Antarctic ecology one century after the conquest of the South Pole: how much have we advanced? Bioscience 64 (7): 593-600.
Stotz GC, Salgado-Luarte C, Ríos RS, Acuña-Rodríguez IS, Carrasco-Urra F, Molina-Montenegro MA, Gianoli E. 2013. Trends in Antarctic ecological research in Latin America shown by publications in international journals. Polar Research 32 (19993):1-7.
Molina-Montenegro MA, Carrasco-Urra F, Rodrigo C, Convey P, Valladares F, Gianoli E. 2012. Ocurrence of the non-native Bluegrass on the Antarctic mainland and its negative effects on native plants. Conservation Biology 26 (4): 717-723.
Molina-Montenegro MA, Torres-Díaz C, Carrasco-Urra F, González-Silvestre LA, Gianoli E. 2012. Plasticidad fenotípica en dos poblaciones antárticas de Colobanthus quitensis (Caryophyllaceae) bajo un escenario simulado de cambio global. Gayana Botánica 69 (1): 152-160.
Carrasco-Urra F. & E. Gianoli. Abundance of climbing plants in a southern temperate rain forest: host tree characteristics or light availability? Journal of Vegetation Science 20 (6): 1155-1162.
Proyecto de la International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) convocatoria para “Small Collection Grant 2022 program”. Nombre del proyecto: From past to future of the Chilean Mediterranean forest of Maule region: starting digitalization of species from Herbarium UTAL (University of Talca).