Dr. Michel Sallaberry


Hierarchy: Associate professor

Working day: Complete 44 hours

Academic degrees:

Ph.D Ecology and Population Biology (1990) University of Pennsylvania. USES.

Bachelor of Science (1980) University of Chile. Chile.

Job title:

— Bachelor of Science with mention in Biology, 1980. Universidad de Chile.

— PhD, 1990. University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Laboratory: Laboratory of Vertebrate Zoology

Contact: F: 2978-7355; Email: msallabe@uchile.cl

Link capsule:

https://ciencias.uchile.cl/ciencias/CPT_MICHEL%20SALLABERRY_1.swf

 

 


Research Line: Conservación Biológica

Brief description of research lines

My research areas are mainly in the Ornithology and Herpetology group in several subjects: Population Biology and Conservation in Migratory Species and Antarctic Penguins. Population, evolutionary and phylogeographic studies in amphibians. I have also worked on multidisciplinary MAB projects, with emphasis on biogeography studies and conservation of native fauna. Lately, I have worked on projects related to the study of the Nile virus and avian influenza in native species. At the same time, I have been developing what is currently the most complete osteological collection in the country with more than 600 specimens, which has been the basic support for the publication of numerous scientific articles in Paleornitology and Zoo archeology. In relation to the teaching activity, I coordinate the courses of Zoology I of undergraduate and Ornithology of postgraduate. I also collaborate with the courses of Field Zoology, Evolution and Limnology.

Academic Portfolio:

https://www.uchile.cl/portafolio-academico/perfilAcademico.jsf?username=msallabe

Links (publications):

Books and monographs

12) Sallaberry M., S. Soto-Acuña, R. Yury-Yañez and D. Rubilar-Rogers. 2015. Fossil birds from Chile. Chapter VIII. In BOOK OF VERTEBRATE FOSSILS OF CHILE Editors: D. Rubilar, R. Otero, A. Vargas and M. Sallaberry Department of Ecological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile. Accepted.

11) Jimenez Huidobro P. y M. Sallaberry M. 2015. Fossil amphibians of Chile. In BOOK OF VERTEBRATE FOSSILS OF CHILE Editors: D. Rubilar, R. Otero, A. Vargas and M. Sallaberry Department of Ecological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile. Accepted.

10) Sallaberry M., I. Peña-Villalobos, R. Yury Yañez, S. Soto-Acuña, P. Fibla, K. Buldrini, J. Alarcon and J. Salazar. 2015. Vertebrate zoology and its multiple interactions. In Ecological Sciences 1983-2013: Thirty years of Chilean research. Ed. V. Montecino and J. Orlando. chap. XIV: 255-266.

9) Sallaberry M, & J. Salazar. 2015. Biodiversity of the birds of Chile. Ed. P. Jara IEB. In press.

8) Correa A., J. Mpodozis and M. Sallaberry. 2014. Chilean Rhinocryptidae (Avian): Spetiation. Verlag/Publisher Lap Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN: 879-3-659-55015-7. 108pp.

7) Sallaberry, M., A. Veloso, P. Victoriano, J. Mella, and M. Méndez. 2012. Species of the genus Telmatobius of the southern highlands. Amphibian Conservation of Chile: Memories of the Amphibian Conservation Workshop for public organizations. Eds. C. Sabat-Azat and A. Valenzuela-Sanchez 94-97.

6) Sallaberry M. and J. Salazar. 2012. The Birds of Lake Rapel. In Biodiversity of Lake Rapel. Editors: S. Scott. Accepted. In press.

5) Sallaberry M. and H. Hidalgo. 2012. The Role of Wild Birds in the Transmission of Diseases. Accepted, Book Chapter. Medical Zoology III. Editors M. Canals and P. Cattan. University Ed. 151-172.

4) Buldrini K.E., S. Soto-Acuña, R. Yury-Yañez, P. Jiménez-Huidobro, I. Peña-Villalobos, P. Fibla-López, A. Valenzuela, C. S. Gutstein, D. Rubilar-Rogers and M. Sallaberry. 2011. Use of osteological collections in scientific studies. Editors M. Sallaberry and H. Morales. In press.

3) Sallaberry M., R. Yury-Yáñez, S. Soto-Acuña and D.Rubilar-Rogers. 2010. Fossil waterfowl. In Bibliography on Aquatic Biodiversity of Chile. S. Palma, P. Baez and G. Small (Eds.). National Oceanographic Committee, Valparaíso. 431-433.

2) Sallaberry M. 2010. Seabirds. In Bobliography on Aquatic Biodiversity of Chile. S. Palma, P. Baez and G. Small (Eds.). National Oceanographic Committee, Valparaiso 437-450.

1) Sallaberry M. 2010. High Andean birds. In Field Guide to the High Andean Zone of Chile Ed. P. Jara-Arancio. 79-99.

NATIONAL MAGAZINES:

4) Isaac Peña-Villalobos, Pablo Fibla, Michel Sallaberry, Isabel Cartajena, Camila Opazo. 2014. Discrimination of bird taxa through the comparative analysis of the microstructure of feathers: an application at the Tulán 122 site, Puna de Atacama, Chile. Chilean Journal of Anthropology. 30: 30-35.

3) Sallaberry, M.A., P. Harrison , C. Gasking , K. Bair, A. Jaramillo& Sh. Metz. 2011.

Finding of a new species of tern (Oceanitidae) in Chile. Rev. Occidente. 407: 38-39. 

2) Fibla, P .; N. Sallaberry-Pincheira and M. Sallaberry A. 2010. Count of dead seabirds at La Rinconada beach, Antofagasta and comments about the distribution of Macronectes halli in Chile. Bol. Chilean Ornithology 16 (1): 37-41.

1) Perona F., P. Negrete, M. Sallaberry and P. Sabat. 2010. Effects of Climate Change on the Feeding of Seabird Populations on Ardley Island. Bol. Antártico Chileno 28 (2) 7-8.

INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINES:

16) Gonzalo P. Barriga, Dusan Boric, Marcelo Cortez-San Martin, Victor Neira, Harm van Bakel, Rodrigo Tapia, Daniela Toro-Ascuy, Lucila Moreno, Yesseny Vasquez, Michel Sallaberry, Fernando Torres-perez, Daniel González-Acuña, Rafael A. Medina. 2016. Identification of a North American Lineage H5 avian influenza virus in an Antarctic penguin. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Aceptado.

15) Fibla P., P. Saez, H. Salinas, C. Araya, M.. Sallaberry & M. Mendez. 2016. An integrative evaluation of the taxonomic identity of two Telmatobius (Anura – Telmatibiidae) frog species from Western Andean slopes of Northernmost Chile. Zootaxa. Enviado.

14) Negrete Pablo, Franco Perona, Petra Quillfeldt, Rona A.R. McGill, Michel Sallaberry & Pablo Sabat. 2016. Temporal variation in isotopic composition of Pygoscelis penguins at Ardley Island, Antarctic: are foraging habits impacted by environmental change? Polar Biology. Aceptado.

13) Pedro F. Victoriano; Carla Munoz-Mendoza; Paola A. Saez; Hugo F. Salinas; Carlos Munoz-Ramirez; Michel Sallaberry; Pablo Fibla; Marco A. Mendez. 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 2015 106 (S1): 546-559.doi: 10.1093/jhered/esv039

12) Yury-yáñez, R., C. Acosta Hospitaleche, S. Soto Acuña, C.S. Gutstein, M.E. Suarez, D. Rubilar-Rogers & M. Sallaberry. 2015. A small intriguing new fossil species of penguin from the late Miocene Bahía Inglesa Formation, Atacama Desert, northern Chile. Aceptado. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. ISI ().

11) Yury-yáñez, R., C. Acosta Hospitaleche, C. Carreño, C.S. Gutstein, M.E. Suarez, D. Rubilar-Rogers & M. Sallaberry. 2014. Fossils of Pliocene Juvenile Penguins (Spheniscidae, Pygoscelis grandis) from coastal Atacama Desert, northern Chile. Enviado Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. ISI ().

10) Sáez, P., P. Fibla, C. Correa, M. Sallaberry, H. Salinas, A. Veloso, J. Mella, P. Iturra and M.A. Méndez. 2014. A new endemic lineage of Andean frog genusTelmatobius(Anura, Telmatobiidae) from the western slope of the Central Andes.Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society.  (171)269-782. ISI (2.583)Areas of current research include (i) geographic variation on behavior and life histories, (ii) use of marginal habitats within the geographic distribution, (iii) the influence of climatic extremes, including altitudinal and latitudinal ones, and (iv) the influence of environmental adjustments on reproductive behavior and immunocompetence. On laboratory research, we assess operant conditioning behavior and decision making. Our fieldwork research occurs all over Chile.

9) Peña-Villalobos, I, L. Olguín, P. Fibla López, V. Castro & M. Sallaberry. 2013. Hunting and use of seabirds during the Middle Holocene on the arid coast of Northern Chile. Chilean Journal of Natural History 86: 301-313. ISI (0.929).

8) Harrison, P., M. Sallaberry, Ch. P. Gaskin, K. A. Baird, A. Jaramillo, Sh. M. Metz, M. Pearman, M. O’keeffe, J. Dowdall, S. Enright, K. Fahy, J. Gilligan, G. Lillie, 2013. A new storm petrel species from Chile. The Auk. 130(1):180-191. ISI (1,838).

7) Yury-Yáñez, R.E, R.A. Otero, S. Soto-Acuña, M.E. Suarez, D. Rubilar-Rogers, M. Sallaberry. 2012. First bird remains from the Eocene of Algarrobo, central Chile. Andean Geology. 39(3):548-557. ISI (0.727).

6) Peña-Villalobos I., P. Fibla, J. Salazar & M. Sallaberry A. 2012. Temporal changes in abundance and composition in the aquatic bird community in artificial dams in central Chile. Gayana. 76 (2): 92-101. ISI (0.190)Areas of current research include (i) geographic variation on behavior and life histories, (ii) use of marginal habitats within the geographic distribution, (iii) the influence of climatic extremes, including altitudinal and latitudinal ones, and (iv) the influence of environmental adjustments on reproductive behavior and immunocompetence. On laboratory research, we assess operant conditioning behavior and decision making. Our fieldwork research occurs all over Chile.

5) Correa C.L., M.A. Méndez, A. Veloso & M. Sallaberry. 2012. Genetic and reproductive evidence of natural hybridization between the sister species Rhinella atacamensis and R. arunco (Anura, Bufonidae). Journal of Herpetology. 46(4):568-577. ISI (2,642)Areas of current research include (i) geographic variation on behavior and life histories, (ii) use of marginal habitats within the geographic distribution, (iii) the influence of climatic extremes, including altitudinal and latitudinal ones, and (iv) the influence of environmental adjustments on reproductive behavior and immunocompetence. On laboratory research, we assess operant conditioning behavior and decision making. Our fieldwork research occurs all over Chile.

4) Sallaberry-Pincheira, N., C. Garin, D. Gonzalez-Acuña, M. Sallaberry & J. Vianna. 2011. Phylogeography of the Chilean Long-tailed snake Philodryas chamissonis (Colubroidae: Dipsididae: Xenodontinae) reveal high divergence across an extensive latitudinal distribution. Diversity and Distribution. 17, 152-162. ISI (4,830)Areas of current research include (i) geographic variation on behavior and life histories, (ii) use of marginal habitats within the geographic distribution, (iii) the influence of climatic extremes, including altitudinal and latitudinal ones, and (iv) the influence of environmental adjustments on reproductive behavior and immunocompetence. On laboratory research, we assess operant conditioning behavior and decision making. Our fieldwork research occurs all over Chile.

3) Sallaberry M.A., RE. Yury-Yáñez, R.A Otero, S. Soto-Acuña & T. Torres G. 2010. Eocene birds from the western margin of southernmost South America. Journal of Paleontology 84(6):1061-1070. ISI (2,214)Areas of current research include (i) geographic variation on behavior and life histories, (ii) use of marginal habitats within the geographic distribution, (iii) the influence of climatic extremes, including altitudinal and latitudinal ones, and (iv) the influence of environmental adjustments on reproductive behavior and immunocompetence. On laboratory research, we assess operant conditioning behavior and decision making. Our fieldwork research occurs all over Chile.

2) Alfaro C., D. Figueroa Perez, P. Sabat K., M. Sallaberry AAreas of current research include (i) geographic variation on behavior and life histories, (ii) use of marginal habitats within the geographic distribution, (iii) the influence of climatic extremes, including altitudinal and latitudinal ones, and (iv) the influence of environmental adjustments on reproductive behavior and immunocompetence. On laboratory research, we assess operant conditioning behavior and decision making. Our fieldwork research occurs all over Chile. & M. Canals L. 2010. Comparison of the oxygen diffusing capacity of the Picui Ground Dove Columbina picui with other doves of Chile. International Journal of Morphology 28(1):127-133. ISI (1,421).

1) Sallaberry M.A., H. Hirsimäki, & A. Olausson. 2010. Range extension of Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi and new observations of Tamarugo Conebill Conirostrum tamarugense in northern ChileAreas of current research include (i) geographic variation on behavior and life histories, (ii) use of marginal habitats within the geographic distribution, (iii) the influence of climatic extremes, including altitudinal and latitudinal ones, and (iv) the influence of environmental adjustments on reproductive behavior and immunocompetence. On laboratory research, we assess operant conditioning behavior and decision making. Our fieldwork research occurs all over Chile. Cotinga 32: 157. ??

 

Administrative responsibilities:

 2010 to date: Member of the Joint Committee of the Faculty of Sciences

 Research and Outreach Activities:

  • Coordinating Professor of Zoology Course I, Undergraduate
  • Coordinating Professor of Ornithology Course, Pre and post grade
  • Associate professor Golf Course Zoology
  • Associate professor in Zoology Course II