Britt Wallberg Núñez

Dr. Britt Wallberg Núñez

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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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19 August 2023 in Aquatic Ecology
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JBJéssica Bórquez
Jéssica Bórquez
SSSandra Sampertegui
Sandra Sampertegui
BNBritt Wallberg Núñez
Britt Wallberg Núñez
DCDiana Coral-Santacruz
Diana Coral-Santacruz
VRVíctor H. Ruiz
Víctor H. Ruiz
ABAngéline Bertin
Angéline Bertin

23 June 2022 in Environmental Management
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AMAngie C. Montenegro-Hoyos
Angie C. Montenegro-Hoyos
EMEduardo Muñoz-Carvajal
Eduardo Muñoz-Carvajal
BNBritt Wallberg Núñez
Britt Wallberg Núñez
MSMylene E. Seguel
Mylene E. Seguel
SRSergio Andres Rosales
Sergio Andres Rosales
FSFrancisco A. Squeo
Francisco A. Squeo

1 October 2026 in Diversity
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ALAndrea P. Loayza
Andrea P. Loayza
BNBritt Wallberg Núñez
Britt Wallberg Núñez
FAFermín Alfaro
Fermín Alfaro
PRPatricio De los Rios-Escalante
Patricio De los Rios-Escalante
JPJorge Pérez-Schultheiss
Jorge Pérez-Schultheiss
JPJaime Pizarro-Araya
Jaime Pizarro-Araya
Dryland agroecosystems can sustain soil arthropod communities, yet their detritivore faunas remain poorly documented in hyperarid regions. Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) are important macrodetritivores whose assemblages in northern Chile remain largely unknown. Using standardized pitfall trapping, we characterized the isopod assemblage of five olive (Olea europaea) groves differing in age, structure, and irrigation in the Huasco Valley, southern Atacama Desert. We collected 14,128 individuals belonging to four oniscidean taxa in three families: Armadillidium vulgare, Porcellio laevis, Porcellionides cf. sexfasciatus, and Benthanoides sp. The first three are introduced Palearctic species, whereas Benthanoides is a native Neotropical genus. Together, Benthanoides sp. and P. laevis accounted for 91.3% of captures. Observed taxon richness differed by only one taxon among groves, whereas total activity-density varied nearly 20-fold and dominance structure differed markedly. Benthanoides sp. dominated the young grove and P. laevis the intermediate grove, while the two centennial groves supported the most balanced assemblages. Overall, native and introduced taxa contributed almost equally to total captures (46.7% and 53.3%, respectively). Because grove age, structure, and irrigation covary, and each combination of characteristics was represented by only one or two groves, these among-grove patterns should be interpreted descriptively. These findings provide the first taxonomically resolved baseline for Oniscidea in Atacama olive agroecosystems and show that cultivated groves can support a native detritivore at high activity-density alongside introduced synanthropes.