Publications
Alves-Martins, F.; Stropp, J.; Juen, L., [et al, including Sanmartín-Villar, I.]. (2024). Sampling completeness changesperceptions of continental scale climate-species richness relationships in odonates. Journal of Biogeography, 51(7), 1148-1162.
Castro-Cardoso, M.; Trigos-Peral, G.; Chiara, V.; Cordero-Rivera, A.; Sanmartín-Villar, I. (2024). Adaptation to new resources: interaction between introduced psyllids and native and exotic ants in Eucalyptus plantations in NW Spain. Arthropod-Plant Interactions.
Sanmartín-Villar, I.; Cordero-Rivera, A. (2023). Biodiversity and the importance of insect diversity. In Biological Invasions and Global Insect Decline. Elsevier. ISNB: 9780323999182.
Sanmartín-Villar, I.; Cruz da Silva, E.; Chiara, V.; Cordero-Rivera, A.; Lorenzo-Carballa, M.O. (2022). Genetic divergence and aggressiveness within a supercolony of the invasive ant Linepithema humile. NeoBiota, 77, 125-153.
Sanmartín-Villar, I.; Cordero-Rivera, A. (2022). Odonata survival: insights from mark-recapture experiments. In Dragonflies and Damselflies: Model Organisms for Ecological and Evolutionary Research (2nd edition) (pp. 129-140). Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780192898623.
Lorenzo-Carballa, M. O.; Sanmartín-Villar, I.; Cordero-Rivera, A. (2022). Molecular and morphological analyses support different taxonomic units for Asian and Australo-Pacific forms of Ischnura aurora (Odonata, Coenagrionidae). Diversity, 14(8), 606.
Sanmartín-Villar, I.; Yu, X.; Cordero-Rivera, A. (2022). Direct and cross-generational effects of reproduction on fitness and behavioural variability in male-biased environments. Current Zoology, DOI: 10.1093/cz/zoac045.
Sanmartín-Villar, I. Social buffer or avoidance depends on the similarity of stress between queen ants. (2022). Current Zoology, DOI: 10.1093/cz/zoac031.
Sanmartín-Villar, I.; Lorenzo-Carballa, M. O.; Zhang, H.; Cordero-Rivera, A. (2022). Ischnura praematura sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae): a species from Yunnan (China) whose females mate in the teneral state. Zootaxa, 5087(1), 59-74.
Galicia-Mendoza, D. I.; Sanmartín-Villar, I.; García-Miranda, O.; Cordero-Rivera, A. (2021). Territorial damselflies are larger and show negative allometry in their genitalia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 134(3), 697-706.
Sanmartín-Villar, I.; Jeanson, R. (2021). Early social context does not influence behavioral variation at adulthood in ants. Current Zoology, 68(3), 335-344.
Sanmartín-Villar, I.; Csata, E.; Jeanson, R. (2021). Variability in activity differs between castes in the ant Linepithema humile. Ecological Entomology, 46, 1373–1378.
Cordero-Rivera, A.; Roucourt Cezário, R; Guillermo-Ferreira, R.; Marques Lopez, V.; & Sanmartín-Villar, I. (2021). Can scientific laws be discussed on philosophical grounds? A reply to naïve arguments on “predators” by Bramble (2020). Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 44(2), 205-211.
Sánchez-Guillén, R. A.; Ceccarelli, S. F.; Villalobos, F.; Neupane, S.; Rivas-Torres, A.; Sanmartín-Villar, I.; Wellenreuther, M.; Bybee, S. B.; Velásquez-Vélez, M. I.; Realpe, E.; Chávez-Ríos, J. R.; Dumont, H. J. & Cordero-Rivera, A. (2020). The evolutionary history of colour polymorphism in Ischnura damselflies (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica, 49(3/4), 333-370.
Vilela, D. S. & Sanmartín-Villar, I. (2019). Reproductive behavior and Sexual Selection. In Aquatic Insects (pp. 263-293). Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-030-16327-3.
Cordero–Rivera, A.; Sanmartín–Villar, I.; Herrera, M. S.; Rivas–Torres, A.; & Encalada, A. C. (2019). Survival and longevity in neotropical damselflies (Odonata, Polythoridae). Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 42(2), 293-300.
Gabela-Flores, M. V.; Sanmartin-Villar, I.; Rivas-Torres, A.; Encalada, A. C.; & Cordero-Rivera, A. (2019). Demography and territorial behaviour of three species of the genus Hetaerina along three tropical stream ecosystems (Odonata: Calopterygidae). Odonatologica, 48(1/2), 79-100.
Sanmartín-Villar, I.; Rivas-Torres, A.; Gabela-Flores, M. V.; Encalada, A. C.; & Cordero-Rivera, A. (2017). Female polymorphism and colour variability in Argia oculata (Coenagrionidae: Zygoptera). Neotropical Biodiversity, 3(1), 203-211.
Rivas-Torres, A.; Sanmartín-Villar, I.; Gabela-Flores, M. V.; & Cordero-Rivera, A. (2017). Demographics and behaviour of Heteragrion cooki, a forest damselfly endemic to Ecuador (Odonata). International Journal of Odonatology, 20(2), 123-135.
Galicia-Mendoza, I.; Sanmartín-Villar, I.; Espinosa-Soto, C.; Cordero-Rivera, A. (2017). Male biased sex ratio reduces the fecundity of one of three female morphs in a polymorphic damselfly. Behavioral Ecology, 8(4), 1183–1194.
Sanmartín-Villar, I.; Zhang, H.; & Cordero-Rivera, A. (2017). Ontogenetic colour changes and male polymorphism in Mnais andersoni (Odonata: Calopterygidae). International Journal of Odonatology, 20(2), 53-61.
Arambourou, H.; Sanmartín-Villar, I.; & Stoks, R. (2017). Wing shape-mediated carry-over effects of a heat wave during the larval stage on post-metamorphic locomotor ability. Oecologia, 184(1), 279-291.
Narváez, A. & Sanmartín-Villar, I. (2017) Leposoma parietale (common root lizard). Mating. Herpetological review. 47 - 4, pp. 671 - 671.
Lorenzo-Carballa, M. O.; Hassall, C.; Encalada, A. C.; Sanmartín-Villar, I.; Torres-Cambas, Y.; & Cordero-Rivera, A. (2016). Parthenogenesis did not consistently evolve in insular populations of Ischnura hastata (Odonata, Coenagrionidae). Ecological Entomology, 42(1), 67-76.
Sanmartín-Villar, I. & Cordero-Rivera, A. (2016). The inheritance of female colour polymorphism in Ischnura genei (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae), with observations on melanism under laboratory conditions. PeerJ, 4, e2380.
Sanmartín-Villar, I. & Cordero-Rivera, A. (2016). Female colour polymorphism and unique reproductive behaviour in Polythore damselflies (Zygoptera: Polythoridae). Neotropical entomology, 45(6), 658-664.
Debecker, S.; Sanmartín‐Villar, I.; de Guinea‐Luengo, M.; Cordero‐Rivera, A.; & Stoks, R. (2016). Integrating the pace‐of‐life syndrome across species, sexes and individuals: covariation of life history and personality under pesticide exposure. Journal of Animal Ecology, 85(3), 726-738.
Sanmartín-Villar, I.; Zhang, H-M.; & Cordero-Rivera, A. (2016). Colour polymorphism and ontogenetic colour changes in Ischnura rufostigma (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica, 45(1-2), 77-86.
Velo-Antón, G.; Santos, X.; Sanmartín-Villar, I.; Cordero-Rivera, A.; & Buckley, D. (2015). Intraspecific variation in clutch size and maternal investment in pueriparous and larviparous Salamandra salamandra females. Evolutionary ecology, 29(1), 185-204.
Outreach publications
Sanmartín-Villar, I. (2024) Elas fixérono antes. Cerna. 23-26.
Congresses
Narasimhan, S.*; Villar-Damiani, M.E.; Arganda-Carreras, S.; Witek, M.; Sanmartín-Villar, I. Are invaders smart? Individual cognition vs social information in invasive and native ants. XXVII International Congress of Entomology. Kyoto, Japan. 28/08/2024.
Narasimhan, S.; Csata, E; Trapero-Camesella, L.; Cordonnier, M.; Casacci, L. P.; Cordero-Rivera, A.; Witek, M.; Sanmartín-Villar I.* Evolution as the weakness of an empire: Isolation and new introductions as disruptors of the invasiveness of Argentine ants in Europe. XXVII XXVII International Congress of Entomology. Kyoto, Japan. 26/08/2024.
Narasimhan, S.*; Villar-Damiani, M.E.; Arganda-Carreras, S.; Witek, M.; Sanmartín-Villar, I. Are invaders smart? Individual cognition vs social information in invasive and native ants. IV International Young Researchers Conference on Invasive Species. Vigo, Spain. 15/07/2024.
Assistance to The Emerging Science of Animal Consciousness. New York University. Online. 19/04/2024.
Narasimhan, S.*; Chiara, V.; Arganda-Carreras, S.; Witek, M.; Sanmartín-Villar I. Behavioural and neural variability: Do invasive ants need it to solve problems? XII European Conference of Entomology. Heraklion, Greece. 16-20/10/2023.
Castro-Cardoso, M; Trigos-Peral, G.; Chiara, C.; Cordero-Rivera, A.; Sanmartín-Villar, I*. Interaction between introduced psyllids and native and exotic ants in eucalyptus plantations. XII European Congress of Entomology. Heraklion, Greece. 17/10/2023.
Sanmartín-Villar, I.*; Cruz da Silva, E.; Chiara, V.; Cordero-Rivera, A.; Lorenzo-Carballa, M.O. Divergence and aggressiveness within a supercolony. XII European Congress of Entomology. Heraklion, Greece. 17/10/2023.
Narasimhan S.*, Chiara V., Witek M., Sanmartín-Villar I.; Problem-solving through individual cognition in invasive social insects. 9th European Student Conference on Behavior & Cognition. Lisboa, Portugal. 20-22/09/2023.
Narasimhan S.*, Chiara V., Witek M., Sanmartín-Villar I. Problem-solving through individual cognition in invasive social insects. 7th Meeting of the Central European Section of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects. Cluj-Napoca, Rumanía. 17-20/09/2023.
Sanmartín-Villar, I.*; Cruz da Silva, E.; Chiara, V.; Cordero-Rivera, A.; Lorenzo-Carballa, M.O. Genetic divergence and aggressiveness within a supercolony of the invasive ant Linepithema humile. 7th Meeting of the Central European Section of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects. Cluj-Napoca, Rumanía. 18/09/2023.
Narasimhan S.*, Chiara V., Arganda-Carreras S., Witek M., Sanmartín-Villar I. Problem-solving through individual cognition in invasive social insects. Ento23; Falmouth, Reino Unido (online). 05-07/09/2023.
Sanmartín Villar, I.*; Yu, X.; Cordero-Rivera. Direct and cross-generational effects of reproduction on fitness and behavioural variability in male-biased environments. European Conference on Behavioural Biology. Groningen, Netherlands. 20/07/2022.
Sanmartín Villar, I.* Social buffer or avoidance depends on the similarity of stress between queen ants. European Conference on Behavioural Biology. Groningen, Netherlands. 20/07/2022.
Sanmartín Villar, I.*; Jeanson, R. Within and between behavioural variability in ants. Taxomara. Online, España. 12/12/2021.
Sanmartín Villar, I*. Que ocorre tras a introdución de especies? O caso da formiga arxentina na Galiza. V Xornadas sobre Biodiversidade e Patrimonio Natural da SGHN. Online, Galiza, España. 27/11/2021.
Sanmartín Villar, I.*; Jeanson, R. Within and between behavioural variability in ants. V Worshop IUSSI: Insetos Sociais em Rede. Online, Brasil. 12/10/2021.
Sanmartín Villar, I.*; Jeanson, R. Do ant castes differ in behavioural variability? 19eme Colloque de Biologie de l'Insecte. Albi, Midi-Pyrénées, Francia. 26/06/2019.
Cordero Rivera, A*; Rivas-Torres, A.; Sanmartín-Villar, I.; Sánchez-Herrera, M.; Encalada, A. Fitted for long life? Survival and longevity of the Neotropical damselfly (Odonata: Polythoridae). 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society & XIV AEET Meeting. Barcelona, Catalunya, España. 04/02/2019.
Sanmartín Villar, I.*; Jeanson, R. Does early social context influence the expression of behavioural variability in ants? International Congress of the Spanish Society of Ethology and Evolutionary Ecology. Mieres, Principado de Asturias, España. 04/09/2018.
Sanmartín Villar, I.*; Jeanson, R. Effect of the social context experienced during ontogenesis on the adult behavioural variability. International Union for the Study of Social Insects 2018. Guarujá, Brasil. 07/08/2018.
Sanmartín Villar, I.*; Jeanson, R. Influence of familiarity and fertility status on the choice of co-founding queens in the ant . 2nd CRCA PhD Student Symposium. Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, Francia. 28/09/2017.
Sanmartín Villar, I.*; Zhang, H.M.; Cordero Rivera, A. El polimorfismo marca la diferencia: comportamiento reproductivo en seis calopterígidos chinos (Odonata: Zygoptera). Eco-etología 2016. Granada, Andalucía, España. 20/09/2016.
Sanmartín Villar, I.*; Cordero Rivera, A. Polimorfismo femenino y comportamiento exclusivo del género (Odonata: Zygoptera). Eco-etología 2016. Granada, Andalucía, España. 20/09/2016.
Sanmartín Villar, I.*; Debecker, S.; de Guinea Luengo, M.; Cordero Rivera, A.; Stoks, R. Mantenimiento del comportamiento a través de la metamorfosis en cuatro especies de damisela del género (Zygoptera, Coenagrionidae). XV Congreso nacional y XII Iberoamericano de Etología. Barcelona, Catalunya, España. 03/09/2014.
Sanmartín Villar, I.*; Debecker, S.; de Guinea Luengo, M.; Cordero Rivera, A.; Stoks, R. Behavioural syndromes across metamorphosis in four color-polymorphic species. 3th European Congress of Odonatology. Montpellier, Francia. 07/07/2014.
Sánchez Guillén, R.A.; Sanmartín Villar, I.*; Cordero Rivera, A. Pre- and postmating prezygotic barriers in heterospecific interactions between closely related damselflies. 2013 International Congress of Odonatology. Freising, Oberbayern, Alemania. 17/06/2013.
Galicia Mendoza*, D.I.; Sanmartín Villar, I.; Cordero Rivera, A. Fecundidad diferencial ante acoso de machos en tres morfos de color de (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). XIV Congreso nacional y XI Iberoamericano de Etología. Sevilla, Andalucía, España. 11/09/2012.
Sanmartín Villar, I.*; Cordero Rivera, A. The presence of predator fish doesn not increase mortality of (Zygoptera, Coenagrionidae) larvae. XIV Congreso nacional y XI Iberoamericano de Etología. Sevilla, Andalucía, España. 11/09/2012.
Sanmartín Villar, I.*; Cordero Rivera, A. The presence of predator fish doesn not increase mortality of (Zygoptera, Coenagrionidae) larvae. XVI Congress of the Iberian association of Limnology. Guimaraes, Norte, Portugal. 02/07/2012.
Assistance to XIII Congreso Nacional y X Iberoamericano de Etología. Ciudad Real. Spain. 21-25/10/2010.
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International stays
2022 / 2024 - Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii. Polska Akademia Nauk. Warsaw, Poland. Supervisor: Magdalena Witek.
2017 / 2019 - Centre des Recherches sur la Cognition Animale. CNRS. Toulouse, France. Supervisor: Raphaël Jeanson.
2016 - Laboratorio de Ecología Acuática. University of San Francisco de Quito. Quito, Ecuador. Supervisor: Andrea C. Encalada.
2015 - State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Wuhan, Popular Republic of China. Supervisor: Quinghua Cai.
2014 - Laboratorio de Ecología Acuática. University of San Francisco de Quito. Quito, Ecuador. Supervisor: Andrea C. Encalada.
2013 / 2014 - Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Evolution and Conservation. University of Leuven. Leuven, Belgium. Supervisor: Robby Stoks.
Fellowships
2017 / 2020 - Axudas de apoio á etapa postdoutoral. Xunta de Galicia. Ref: ED481B 2017/034. Duration: 3 years and 6 months.
2018 - Mobility grant for Congress Assistance. Union Internationale pour l'Étude des Insectes Socieaux. Duration: 5 days.
2015 - Ayudas a la movilidad predoctoral para la realización de estancias breves en centros de
I+D españoles y extranjeros 2014. Ministry of Spain. Ref: EEBB-I-15-09382. Duration: 3 months.
2013 / 2016 - Formación de Personal Investigador (FPI 2012). Ministry of Spain. Ref: BES-2012-052005. Duration: 4 years.
Projects
2022 / 2024 - Alien rule: Unveiling the mechanisms used by invasive ants to adapt to current and future environmental conditions. Ref: 2021/43/P/NZ8/03306. Principal Investigator. Polonez Bis MSCA Horizon 2020 Grant Agreement (GA 945339).
2019 / 2022 - Functional and ethological diversity in mainland and island communities
(ETODIVERSIDAD). Ref: PGC2018-096656-B-100. Researcher. Ministry of Spain.
2012 / 2015 - Old responses to new challenges: Ecology and Evolution of odonates.
(ODOEVO2011). Ref: CGL2011-22629. Researcher. Ministry of Spain.
Others
Organizer of the symposium "Behavioural diversity: causes and consequences" at the XXVII International Congress of Entomology (Kyoto, August 2024).
Reviewer for Aquatic Sciences, Arthropod-Plant Interactions, Behavioral Ecology, Biology Letters, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Ecological Entomology, Insects, Insectes Socieaux, International Journal of Odonatology, and Scientific Reports.
Topic editor in Insects. MDPI. Special Issue: Behavioural variability.
Scientific divulgation: GCiencia (3), Faro de Vigo (2015, 2021, 2023), La Vanguardia, DUVI, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Radio Valladares (42:10).
Translation: AnimalTA. Spanish and Galician versions.
Membership:
ADEGA (Asociación para a Defensa Ecolóxica de Galiza)
AIM (Asociación Ibérica de Myrmecología)
APPEL (Association de Parrainage Pour l'Education et la Liberté)
CEDRO (Centro Español de Derechos Reprográficos)
CEMMA (Coordinadora para o Estudo dos Mamíferos Mariños)
IUSSI-CE (International Union for the Study of Social Insects; Central European section)
SEEEE (Sociedad Española de Etología y Ecología Evolutiva)
SGHN (Sociedade Galega de Historia Natural)
