Publications
In review
Published
Ibarra-Isassi, J., Handa, I.T. & Lessard, J.P. 2022. Community-wide trait adaptation, but not plasticity, explain ant community structure in extreme environments. Functional Ecology. Accepted Author Manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14185
Gibb, H., Bishop, T.R., Parr, C., Lessard, J.P., Sanders, N.J., Shik, J., Ibarra-Isassi, J., Narendra, A., Dunn, R.R. & Wright, I.J. 2022. Ecological strategies of (pl)ants: toward a world-wide worker economic spectrum for ants. Functional Ecology 00:1-13 doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14135
Balzani, P., Vizzini, S., Frizzi, F., Masoni, A., Lessard, J.P., Bernasconi, C., Francoeur, A., Ibarra-Isassi, J., Brassard, F., Cherix, D. & Santini, G. 2021. Plasticity in the trophic niche of an invasive ant explains establishment success and long-term coexistence. Oikos 130(5):691-696 doi: 10.1111/oik.08217
Ibarra-Isassi, J., Handa, I.T., Arenas-Clavijo A., Escobar-Ramirez, S., Armbrecht, I. & Lessard, J.P. 2021. Shade-growing practices lessen the impact of coffee plantations on multiple dimensions of ant diversity. Journal of Applied Ecology 58(5):919-930 doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13842
Ibarra-Isassi, J. & Oliveira, P. S. 2018. Indirect effects of mutualism: ant–treehopper associations deter pollinators and reduce reproduction in a tropical shrub. Oecologia 186(3):691-701. doi 10.1007/s00442-017-4045-7 [PDF]
Highlited in Journal CoverIbarra-Isassi, J. & Sendoya, S. F. 2016. Ants as floral visitors of Blutaparon portulacoides (A. St-Hil.) Mears (Amaranthaceae): An ant pollination system in the Atlantic Rainforest. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 10:221-227. doi 10.1007/s11829-016-9429-9 [PDF]
Other contributions
Guest blog entries
Le Beagle - Biodiversity Science in Québec
The quest for a real-life zombie
Myrmecological News
The Latitude Project – 60° North – Canada
STRI'S Tropical Biology Field Course 2017
Ecological Advice for the Bewildered – The Bearded Guide to Life
Ecological Advice for the Bewildered – The Bearded Guide to Life Part II
Public Talks and Outreach
October 2021
XXIV Congreso de la Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biología y la Conservación
II Simposio Nacional de Biología y Conservación - El Salvador
"Las pequeñas cosas que gobiernan al mundo"
March 2021
Loyola Sutainability Research Centre & Concordia's 4th Space
Sustainability and the Climate Crisis: A week of discussion
Panel "Insects: Indicators and agents of global change?"
June 2020
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemática UES - Educación a Distancia
"Las hormigas y la producción de frutos y dispersión de semillas"
May 2020
Fundación Naturaleza El Salvador
"Las hormigas como visitantes florales y su rol en la reproducción de las plantas"
March 2022 - CIPAV - Proyecto Fortalecimiento de la Resiliencia Climática de los Bosques Cafetaleros de El Salvador - "Transformaciones del paisajes en Latinoamérica: el contexto"
March 2022 - Marco Foster Middle School; Dual Immersion Science and Spanish 6 - "Un día en la vida de una hormiga"
September 2021 - Dawson College - "Where are the ants? Who are the ants? And I'll do you one better: Why are the ants?"
November 2019 - Concordia University ExpoScience 2019
November 2018 - Concordia University ExpoScience 2018
February 2018 - Universidad del Valle - "Interacciones entre hormigas y flores y sus consecuencias para la reproducción de las plantas"
December 2017 - Redpath Museum - "An evolutionary perspective on ant-flower interactions"