Instituto de Entomología - Carlos Muñoz Ramírez

 

 

 

Carlos Muñoz Ramírez

• Antecedentes Académicos

  • Biologo. Universidad de Concepcion
  • Magister en Ciencias mencion Zoología. UdeC
  • PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. University of Michigan, USA

• Actividades de Docencia

  • Introducción a la Ecología Molecular
  • Filogeografia

• Lineas de Investigación

  • Evolución y ecología del mimetismo.

• Dirección de Tesis

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• Proyectos VcM/Extensión

• Proyectos de Investigación

  • CIBAS grant (UCSC): “Una perspectiva ecológica-química-genética para evaluar la relevancia de los ensambles larvales de insectos dípteros en el ambiente intermareal rocoso”. (Co-Investigador).
  • 2018: FONDECYT Postdoctorado (3180331). “Testing the historical permeability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) and the role of ecological interactions in the evolution of the Antarctic diversity: Using host-parasite systems as biological models”. (Investigador Principal).
  • 2016: CONICYT-NERC (223449). A multi-disciplinary approach to understand the impact of ice loss and deglaciation on Antarctic coastal benthic ecosystems”. Proyecto Programa de Cooperación Internacional. (Investigador Asociado).
  • 2016: NSF-DDIG Grant. National Science Foundation (DEB-1601260). “Can the degree of mimicry predict levels of genetic structure among populations? A test using mimetic ground beetles”. (US$20,150). (Investigador Principal).

• Publicaciones

  • Flores K, Lopez Z, Muñoz-Ramirez C.P, Gonzalez-Wevar C, Oliva M, Cárdenas L. (2019). Identification assisted by molecular markers of larval parasites in two limpet species (Patellogastropoda: Nacella) inhabiting Magellan and Antarctic coastal systems. Polar Biology 42: 1175-1182. Doi: 10.1007/s00300-019-02511-6
  • Norambuena HV, Van Els P, Muñoz-Ramírez CP, Victoriano PF (2018). First steps towards assessing the evolutionary history and phylogeography of a widely distributed Neotropical grassland bird (Motacillidae: Anthus correndera). PeerJ. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5886
  • Oyanedel A, Habit E, Belk MC, Solís-Lufí K, Colin N, Gonzalez J, Jara A, Muñoz-Ramírez CP* (2018). Movement patterns and home range in Diplomystes camposensis (Siluriformes: Diplomystidae), an endemic and threatened species from Chile. Neotropical Ichthyology, 16(1) e170134. doi: 10.1590/1982-0224-20170134. (*corresponding author).
  • Alfaro FM*, Muñoz-Ramírez C*, Zúñiga-Reinoso A, Trewick SA, Méndez MA. (2018). Phylogeography of the Chilean red cricket Cratomelus armatus (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) reveals high cryptic diversity in Central Chile. Biol. J. Linnean Society, 123(4): 712-727. doi: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly019. *These authors contributed equally
  • Fuentes-Olivares P, Muñoz-Ramírez CP*. 2018. On the seasonal abundance of two coexisting species of Ceroglossus ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from the Katalapi park, South Chile. Revista Chilena de Entomología, 44(1): 15–21. *Corresponding author
  • Muñoz-Ramírez CP, Bitton J-P, Doucet SM, Knowles L.L. 2016. Mimics here and there, but not everywhere: Müllerian mimicry in Ceroglossus ground beetles? Biology Letters 20160429. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0429. This article was selected for the journal cover.
  • Muñoz-Ramírez C, Unmack PJ, Habit E, Johnson JB, Victoriano P. 2016. Low Genetic diversity in Diplomystes camposensis, an endemic and endangered catfish from South Chile. Zoological Studies, 55:16. doi:10.6620/ZS.2016.55-16.
  • Muñoz-Ramírez C. 2015. The Phylogenetic position of Ceroglossus ochsenii GERMAIN and Ceroglossus guerini GERMAIN (Coleoptera: Carabidae), two endemic ground beetles from the Valdivian forest of Chile. Revista Chilena de Entomologia, 40: 14-21.
  • Victoriano PF, Munoz-Mendoza C, Saez PA, Salinas HF, Muñoz-Ramírez C, Sallaberry M, Fibla P, Mendez-Torres M. 2015. Evolution and conservation on top of the world: Phylogeography of the Marbled Water Frog (Telmatobius marmoratus species complex; Anura, Telmatobiidae) in protected areas of Chile. Journal of Heredity, 546–559. doi:10.1093/jhered/esv039.
  • Muñoz-Ramírez CP, Victoriano PF, Habit E. 2015. Inter-basin dispersal through irrigation canals explains low genetic structure in Diplomystes cf. chilensis, an endangered freshwater catfish from Central Chile. Limnologica, 53: 10–16. doi:10.1016/j.limno.2015.04.004
  • Alfaro F, Zuñiga-Reinoso A, Muñoz-Ramirez C, Elgueta M. 2015. New records reveal the actual distribution of Cratomelus meritus Gorochov (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae), a giant red cricket from Chile. Neotropical Entomology, 44: 194–196. (doi: 10.1007/s13744-015-0270-0)