Rafael Rubilar Pons

Áreas de Investigación

• Suelos y Nutrición Forestal
• Ecofisiología y Productividad Forestal
• Sustentabilidad Hídrica y Nutricional Forestal

 

Líneas de Investigación

• Sustentabilidad hídrica y nutricional de plantaciones y bosques naturales
• Productividad Forestal, Modelamiento Productivo de Interacciones GxExS (genética, ambiente y silvicultura)
• Modelamiento Espacial y Sensoramiento Remoto de la Productividad Forestal
• Suelos y Nutrición Forestal

Proyectos de Investigación Destacados

• 2021-2027 Investigador Principal. ANID BASAL FB210015 CENAMAD  “Centro Nacional de Excelencia para la Industria de la Madera (CENAMAD)”
  2022-2025 Investigador principal. Proyecto ANID ACT210060 Anillo FIRING: Multiscale effects of extreme forest fires on erosion, water, and biogeochemical cycles in natural and managed forest soils.
  2021-2024 Investigador colaborador. Fondef ID21I10108_2021. “Material compuesto bioformulado como alternava eco-sustentable para mejorar la retención de humedad y nutrientes en suelos culvables”
• 2019-2023 Investigador Principal – Fondecyt 1190835 “Linkages between water stress response and patterns of C flux in Eucalyptus genotypes”. Inicio Junio 2019-Termino Junio 2023.
• 2019-2023 Coinvestigador- Fondecyt 1191382 “Predisposition: A posible phenomenon associated to death of Araucaria araucana Moll Koch in the Nahuelbuta Coastal Range. Inicio Junio 2019-Termino Junio 2023.
• 2019-2022 Director Alterno – ANID 20196338 Max Planck – ForCARe, Forest Carbon Associative Research: Quantifying the effect of forest use intensification on soil carbon stabilization processes
• 2019-2022 Director alterno – FONDEF IDEA I+D 1181915. Development of a product for the control of eucalyptus weevil, based on scientific evidence obtained from new metabolomics approaches. 
• 2023-2019 Investigador Principal – Fondecyt 1190835 “Linkages between water stress response and patterns of C flux in Eucalyptus genotypes”. Inicio Junio 2019-Termino Junio 2023.
• 2023-2019 Coinvestigador- Fondecyt 1191382 “Predisposition: A posible phenomenon associated to death of Araucaria araucana Moll Koch in the Nahuelbuta Coastal Range. Inicio Junio 2019-Termino Junio 2023.
• 2022-2019 Director alterno – FONDEF IDEA I+D 1181915. Development of a product for the control of eucalyptus weevil, based on scientific evidence obtained from new metabolomics approaches.
• 2019-2017 Director Proyecto FONDEF IdeA IT16I10087. EUCAHYDRO II: Predictive model of water use, water use efficiency and drought resistance of Eucalytpus plantations and genotypes. Inicio: Marzo 2017-Termino: Diciembre 2019.
• 2018-2016 FONDEQUIP EQM150018. Proyecto de Equipamiento Mayor Adjudicado. Incorporación de Parámetros Isotópicos y Nutricionales de Rápida Determinación para Evaluar la Sustentabilidad Hídrica y Nutricional de Especies Forestales. 2016-2018. Investigador Principal.

 

Últimas Publicaciones

Juan Carlos Valverde, Rafael Rubilar, Alex Medina, Oscar Mardones, Verónica Emhart, Daniel Bozo, Yosselin Espinoza and Octavio Campoe. Taper and individual tree volume equations of Eucalyptus varieties under contrasting irrigation regimes. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science.2022  https://nzjforestryscience.nz/index.php/nzjfs/article/view/181

Timothy J. Albaugh a,* , David R. Carter a , Rachel L. Cook b , Otavio ´ C. Campoe c , Rafael A. Rubilar d , Jerre L. Creighton. Improving Pinus taeda site index from rotation to rotation with silvicultural treatments. Forest Ecology and Management Volume 526, 15 December 2022, 120581

Campos, J. V., Riquelme, S., Pecio, L., Guedes, L., Mardones, C., Alzamora, R., Arteaga-Pérez, L. E., Rubilar, R., Fiehn, O., & Pérez, A. J. (2022). Constitutive and inducible defense in Eucalyptus determines the feeding host of Gonipterus platensis, denoting specific plant-insect coevolution and a strategy for resistance improvement. Industrial Crops and Products,2022 189, 115811. Doi: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2022.115811

Riquelme, S., Campos, J. V., Pecio, L., Alzamora, R., Mardones, C., Simonet, A. M., & Pérez, A. J. (2022). Sirex noctilio infestation led to inevitable pine death despite activating pathways involved in tolerance. Phytochemistry, 203, 113350. Doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2022.113350

Eugenio Sanfuentes, Mariela González, Miguel Castillo, Rafael Rubilar, Ximena Besoain, Claudia Sanhueza, Milena Smith. Detection of Phytophthora cinnamomi on declining Araucaria araucana forests. Forest Pathology. Manuscript ID EFP-SH-2022-022

Rosa M. Alzamora, Waldo Oviedo & Rafael Rubilar (2022) Life cycle analysis to estimate CO2e emissions from forest harvesting systems in intensively managed Pinus radiata plantations, Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 2022 37:2, 144-152, DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2022.2044901

José Luis Ulloa, Paula Aguayo, Daniel Conejera, Rafael Rubilar, Claudio Balocchi, Sofía Valenzuela. Transcriptomic response in foliar and root tissues of a drought‑tolerant Eucalyptus globulus genotype under drought stress. Trees. 2022 Quantile: Q2, IF: 1.664, H Index: 77 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-021-02241-5

Matthew J. Sumnall, Timothy J. Albaugh, David R. Carter, Rachel L. Cook, W. Cully Hession, Otávio C. Campoe, Rafael A. Rubilar, Randolph H. Wynne & Valerie A. Thomas. Effect of varied unmanned aerial vehicle laser scanning pulse density on accurately quantifying forest structure. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2022, 43:2, 721-750. Quantile: Q2, IF: 1.664, H Index: 77 https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2021.2023229

Andrew Trlica, Rachel L. Cook, Timothy J. Albaugh, Rajan Parajuli, David R. Carter and Rafael A. Rubilar. Financial Returns for Biomass on Short-Rotation Loblolly .Pine Plantations in the Southeastern United States. Forest Science, 2022, Volume 67, Issue 6, Pages 670–681. Quantile: Q2, IF: 1.664, H Index: 77. https://doi.org/10.1093/forsci/fxab033

Carlos A. Gonzalez-Benecke, M.P. Fernandez, T.J. Albaugh, R. Ahumada, H.E. Bown, J. Gayoso, V. Gerding, O.B. Mardones, A.R. Rodríguez, R. Rubilar. General above-stump volume and biomass functions for Pinus radiata, Eucalyptus globulus and Eucalyptus nitens. Biomass and Bioenergy 155 (2021). Quantile: Q1, IF: 5.061, H Index: 180. 106280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2021.106280

Thiago Wendling Gonçalves de Oliveira, Rafael Rubilar, Carlos Roberto Sanquetta, Ana Paula Dalla Corte, Alex Medina, Oscar Mardones, Veronica Emhart, Juan Jose Quiroga, Hector Valenzuela, Daniel Bozo. Differences in early seasonal growth efficiency and productivity of eucalyptus genotypes. New Forests (2021) Quantile: Q1, IF: 2.560, H Index: 51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-021-09888-5

Matthew J. Sumnall, Andrew Trlica, David R. Carter, Rachel L. Cook, Morgan L. Schulte, Otavio C. Campoe, Rafael A. Rubilar, Randolph H. Wynne, Valerie A. Thomas. Estimating the overstory and understory vertical extents and their leaf area index in intensively managed loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations using airborne laser scanning. Remote Sensing of Environment 254 (2021) 112250. Quantile: Q1, IF: 10.164, H Index: 281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112250

Vitor Vannozzi Brito, Rafael Alejandro Rubilar, Rachel Louise Cook, Otávio Camargo Campoe, David Robert Carter, Oscar Mardones. Evaluating remote sensing indices as potential productivity and stand quality indicators for Pinus radiata plantations. Scientia Florestalis (2021) 49(129) e3316. https://doi.org/10.18671/scifor.v49n129.08

Thiago Wendling Gonçalves de Oliveira, Rafael Rubilar, Carlos Roberto Sanquetta, Ana Paula Dalla Corte and Alexandre Behling. Simultaneous estimation as an alternative to young eucalyptus aboveground biomass modeling in ecophysiological experiments. Acta Scientiarum – Agronomy (2021), v43, e52126. Doi: 10.4025/actasciagron.v43i1.52126

Timothy J. Albaugh, Janine M. Albaugh, David R. Carter, Rachel L. Cook, Chris W. Cohrs, Rafael A. Rubilar, Otavio C. Campoe. Duration of response to nitrogen and phosphorus applications in mid-rotation Pinus taeda. Forest Ecology and Management 498 (2021) 119578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119578.

Simón Sandoval, Jorge Cancino, Eduardo Acuña, Rafael Rubilar. Predicting parameters of Weibull probability density function for diametric distributions in A. melanoxylon, E. camaldulensis, and E. nitens bioenergy plantation. Dendrobiology (2021) 86:8-18. https://doi.org/10.12657/denbio.086.002

Rangel Consalter, Antônio Carlos Vargas Motta, Julierme Zimmer Barbosa, Fabiane Machado Vezzani, Rafael Alejandro Rubilar, Stephen A. Prior, Silvana Nisgoski, Marcos Vinícius Martins Bassaco. Fertilization of Pinus taeda L. on an acidic oxisol in southern Brazil: growth, litter accumulation, and root exploration. European Journal of Forest Research (2021) 140:1095–1112 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-021-01390-z

David R. Carter, H.Lee Allen, Thomas R. Fox, Timothy J. Albaugh, Rafael A. Rubilar, Otávio C. Campoe, and Rachel L. Cook. A 50-Year Retrospective of the Forest Productivity Cooperative in the Southeastern United States: Regionwide Trials. Journal of Forestry (2021), 119(1):73-85. doi:10.1093/jofore/fvaa046

Aburto F., Cartes E., Mardones O., Rubilar R. Hillslope soil erosion and mobility in pine plantations and native deciduous forest in the coastal range of south-Central Chile. Land Degradation and Development 2020:1-14. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.3700 (IF:3,755/ISSN: 1099-145X).

Scolforo, H.E., C. Montes, R.L. Cook, H.L. Allen, T.J. Albaugh, R. Rubilar, O. Campoe. 2020. A new approach to modeling volume response from mid-rotation fertilization of Pinus taeda L. plantations. Forests 11, 646. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11060646.

Ariana Bertin-Benavides & Luisa Bascuñán-Godoy & Carlos Henríquez-Castillo & Mabel Delgado & Carlos F. Burgos & Catalina Mardones & Andrea Ávila-Valdés & Francisco Valdebenito & Soraya Bravo & Rafael Rubilar & Rodrigo Hasbún & Alejandra Zúñiga-Feest. 2020. Contrasting responses of cluster roots formation induced by phosphorus and nitrogen supply in Embothrium coccineum populations from different geographical origin. Plant and Soil https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04622-0.

Schulte, M.L., R.L. Cook, T.J. Albaugh, H.L. Allen, R.A. Rubilar, R. Pezzutti, S.L. Caldato, O. Campoe, D.R. Carter. 2020. Mid-rotation response of Pinus taeda to early silvicultural treatments in subtropical Argentina. For. Ecol. Manage. 473: 118317. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118317.

Raymond, J.E., T.R. Fox, R.L. Cook, T.J. Albaugh, R.A. Rubilar. 2020. Losses of fertilizer nitrogen after a winter fertilization in three managed pine plantations of the southeastern United States. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 84(2): 609-617. DOI: 10.1002/saj2.20017.

Rafael Rubilar, Robert Hubbard, Veronica Emhart, Oscar Mardones, Juan Jose Quiroga, Alex Medina, Hector Valenzuela, Juan Espinoza, Yuri Burgos, Daniel Bozo. Climate and water availability impacts on early growth and growth efficiency of Eucalyptus genotypes: The importance of GxE interactions. Forest Ecology and Management 458 (2020) 117763 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117763.

Acevedo M., Rafael Rubilar, R. Kasten Dumroese, Juan F. Ovalle, Simón Sandoval, Rodrigo Chassin‑Trubert. 2020. Nitrogen loading of Eucalyptus globulus seedlings: nutritional dynamics and influence on morphology and root growth potential. New Forests https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-020-09778-2.

R.P. Chudy, K.A. Chudy, B. Kanieski da Silva, F.W. Cubbage, R. Rubilar, R. Lord. Profitability and risk sources in global timberland investments. Forest Policy and Economics 111 (2020) 102037 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2019.102037.

Timothy J. Albaugh, Chris A. Maier, Otávio C. Campoe, Marco A. Yáñez, Eric D. Carbaugh, David R. Carter, Rachel L. Cook, Rafael A. Rubilar, Thomas R. Fox. Crown architecture, crown leaf area distribution, and individual tree growth efficiency vary across site, genetic entry, and planting density. Trees (2020) 34:73–88 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-019-01898-3.

Rute Berger, José A. Aleixo da Silva, Rinaldo Luiz, Rafael A. Rubilar. 2019. Vegetation indices for the leaf area index estimation in clonal plantations of Eucalyptuys saligna Smith. Ciencia Florestal 29(2) 885-899. DOI: 10.5902/1980509816942. ISSN: 1980-5098.

Albaugh, T.J., T.R. Fox, R.L. Cook, J.E. Raymond, R.A. Rubilar, O.C. Campoe. 2019. Forest fertilizer applications in the southeastern United States from 1969 to 2016. Forest Science, In press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/forsci/fxy058.

Hebert Ojeda, Rafael A. Rubilar, Cristian Montes, Jorge Cancino and Miguel Espinosa. Leaf area and growth of Chilean radiata pine plantations after thinning across a water stress gradient. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science (2018) 48:10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40490-018-0116-8.

F. Vargas, C. A. Gonzalez-Benecke, R. Rubilar, M. Sanchez-Olate. Modelling the effect of weed competition on long-term volume yield of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. plantations across an environmental gradient. Forests (2018) 9:480. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-017-9625-1.

Eduardo Acuña, Rafael Rubilar, Jorge Cancino, Timothy J. Albaugh, Chris A. Maier. Economic assessment of Eucalyptus globulus short rotation energy crops under contrasting silvicultural intensities on marginal agricultural land. Land Use and Policy 76:329-337. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.05.028.

Timothy J. Albaugh, Thomas R. Fox, Chris A. Maier, Otávio C. Campoe, Rafael A. Rubilar, Rachel L. Cook, Jay E. Raymond, Clayton A. Alvares, Jose L. Stape. A common garden experiment examining light use efficiency and heat sum to explain growth differences in native and exotic Pinus taeda. Forest Ecology and Management 425: 35–44. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.05.033.

Julio César Ríos Saucedo, Rafael Rubilar Pons, Jorge Cancino Cancino, Eduardo Acuña Carmona, José Javier Corral Rivas, Rigoberto Rosales Serna. Densidad básica de la madera y poder calorífico en vástagos de tres cultivos dendroenergéticos. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales 9 (47):253-272. https://doi.org/10.29298/rmcf.v9i47.157.

F. Vargas, R. Rubilar, C. A. Gonzalez-Benecke, M. Sanchez-Olate, Pablo Aracena. Long-term response to area of competition control in Eucalyptus globulus plantations. New Forests (2018). 49:383-398. DOI: 10.3390/f9080480.

Rubilar, R.A., H.L. Allen, T.R. Fox, R.L. Cook, T. J. Albaugh, O.C. Campoe. 2018. Advances in silviculture of intensively managed plantations. Current Forestry Reports 4:23-34. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40725-018-0072-9.

Espinoza S.E., Magni C.R., Rubilar R.A., Yañez M.A., Santelices R.E., Cabrera A.M., Ivković M. Field performance of various Pinus radiata breeding families established on a drought-prone site in central Chile. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science Volume 47(1),12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40490-017-0093-3.

Chris A. Maier, Timothy J. Albaugh, Rachel I. Cook, Kevin Hall, Daniel McInnis, Kurt H. Johnsen, John Johnson, Rafael A. Rubilar, James M. Vose. Comparative water use in short-rotation Eucalyptus benthamii and Pinus taeda trees in the Southern United States. Forest Ecology and Management 397 (2017) 126–138.

Timothy J. Albaugh, Thomas R. Fox, Rafael A. Rubilar, Rachel L. Cook, Ralph L. Amateis, Harold E. Burkhart. Post-thinning density and fertilization affect Pinus taeda stand and individual tree growth. Forest Ecology and Management 396 (2017) 207–216.

Rafael A. Rubilar, Robert M. Hubbard, Marco A. Yañez, Alex M. Medina, Hector E. Valenzuela Quantifying differences in thermal dissipation probe calibrations for Eucalyptus globulus species and E. nitens × globulus hybrid. Trees-Structure and Function 31(4):1263-1270. DOI 10.1007/s00468-017-1545-3.

María Silva, Rafael Rubilar, Juan Espinoza, Marco Yánez, Verónica Emhart, Juan José Quiroga. Respuesta en parámetros de intercambio gaseoso y supervivencia en plantas jóvenes de genotipos comerciales de Eucalyptus spp sometidas a déficit hídrico. Bosque 38(1):79-87.

Timothy J. Albaugh, Rafael A. Rubilar, Chris A. Maier, Eduardo A. Acuna, Rachel L. Cook. Biomass and nutrient mass of Acacia dealbata and Eucalyptus globulus bioenergy plantations. Biomass and Bioenergy 97 (2017) 162-171.

Ríos-Saucedo J.C., E. Acuña-Carmona, J. Cancino-Cancino, R. Rubilar, J.J. Corral-Rivas, and R. Rosales-Serna. 2017. Dinámica de brotación y densidad básica de la madera en rebrotes de tres especies dendroenergéticas. Agrociencia 51 (2): 215-227.

Acuña E., J. Cancino, R. Rubilar and L. Silva. 2017. Volume, physical characteristics and costs of harvest residue utilization of Pinus radiata as an energy source. Custos e Agronegócio on line 13(1): 442-463.

Acuña E., J. Cancino, R. Rubilar and C. Parra. 2017. Bioethanol potential from high density short rotation woody crops on marginal lands in central Chile. Cerne 23(1):133-145.