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Dr. Edith Villa-Galaviz
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Since 2023

Scientific Coordinator, Reassembly Ecuador

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2022

Postdoctoral researcher, University of Helsinki, Finland.

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2020

Postdoctoral researcher, Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mexico.

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2014-2019

PhD at the University of Bristol, UK: "Bottom-up effects of eutrophication on insect interaction networks".

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2010-2012

M.S Ecology at the UNAM, Mexico: "Feeding specialization of Lepidoptera community in different successional status of the tropical dry forest of Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico".

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2010

Curatorial Assistant, Herbarium "Luz María Villarreal de Puga, University of Guadalajara, Mexico.

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2007 - 2009

Research Assistant, University of Guadalajara, Mexico.

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2004 - 2009

BSc Biology at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico.

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Research interests     

 

I am interested in understanding how  human actions affect species interactions. My research aims to help the conservation and management of species interactions.

 

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Research domains: 

Species interactions

Ecological networks

Insects: pollination,

herbivory and parasitoidism.

 

 

 Research projects  

 

DFG Research Unit REASSEMBLY 

(FOR 5207)

 

 

 

 

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Contact

 

edith.villa@tu-darmstadt.de

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B1|01, Room 264 

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Dr. Edith Villa Galaviz

Fachbereich Biologie

Technische Universität Darmstadt

Schnittspahnstr. 3

64287 Darmstadt

Germany

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 Publications                
  • Escobar, S,   F.L., Newell, M., Endara,  J. E.,  Guevara-Andino, A. R., Landim, E.K.,  Neuschulz, R.,  Hausmann,  J. Müller,  K. M., Pedersen,  M.,  Schleuning, C. T., Tremlett, E., Villa-Galaviz, H. M., Schaefer,  D.A.,  Donoso & N. Blüthgen.  2025.  Reassembly of a Tropical Rainforest: A New Chronosequence in the Chocó Tested with the Recovery of Tree Attributes. Ecosphere  16(2): e70157. 

  • Parisy, B., N.M., Schmidt,  A., Cirtwill, E., Villa-Galaviz,  M., Tiusanen,  C.F.C, Klütsch, P. E., Aspholm, K., Raundrup, E. J., Vesterinen,  H., Wirta & T. Roslin. 2024. Arctic plant-fungus interaction networks show major rewiring with environmental variation. Commun Earth Environ 5, 735.

  • Vázquez-González, C., Villa-Galaviz, E., Reyes-Hernández, M. et al. 2024. Temporal variation in tree diversity effects on birds and its implications for top-down control of insect herbivores in a tropical system. Oecologia.204, 603–612

  • Villa-Galaviz E, Smart SM, Ward SE, Fraser MD, Memmott J. 2023. Fertilization using manure minimizes the trade-offs between biodiversity and forage production in agri-environment scheme grasslands. PLoS ONE 18(10): e0290843

  • Villa-Galaviz, E*., A. Cirtwill*, R. Gibson T. Timberlake,T. Roslin & J. Memmott. 2023. What makes a good pollinator? Specialized insects with long periods transport the most strawberry pollen.  (Joint first-author). Ecological Solutions and Evidence,  4, e12253.​

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